More About the Faculty: Robert Dodson Wendell Logan Gregory Fulkerson Richard Miller Jeffrey Mumford Joanne Erwin Steve Plank George Sakakeeny Lisa Crawford Robert Shannon Roger Chase St. Petersburg Quartet Timothy Weiss		"Musical Wonders...at the Intersection of Music and the Everyday World" is a new 2-minute feature from the Oberlin Conservatory of Music at Oberlin College. Musical Wonders debuted on WCLV-FM, Cleveland's classical music radio station, on January 16, 2002, and is heard there on select Wednesdays at 6:55 PM. Each week Paula Gordon '68 poses a different question to faculty members, exploring the similarities and connections between professional music making and the everyday world. "Have you ever wondered what a music conservatory . . . conserves?" Robert K. Dodson, Dean of the Oberlin Conservatory of Music Listen to the broadcast: 56k | ISDN “Have you ever wondered if you’ve 'got the right to sing the blues'?" Wendell Logan, Professor of African-American Music and Chair of Oberlin’s Jazz Studies Program Listen to the broadcast: 56k | ISDN “Have you ever wondered how musicians cope with failure?” Gregory Fulkerson, Professor of Violin. Listen to the broadcast: 56k | ISDN “Have you ever wondered about the connections between singing and speaking?” Richard Miller, Professor of Singing. Listen to the broadcast: 56k | ISDN “Have you ever wondered how music gets composed?” Jeffrey Mumford, Assistant Professor of Composition. Listen to the broadcast: 56k | ISDN “Have you ever wondered how music becomes part of us?” Joanne Erwin, Associate Professor of Music Education. Listen to the broadcast: 56K | ISDN “Have you ever wondered why Bach’s music is still around after 300 years?” Steve Plank, Professor of Musicology. Listen to the broadcast: 56K | ISDN "Have you ever wondered how musicians overcome ‘stage fright’?" George Sakakeeny, Associate Professor of Bassoon. Listen to the broadcast: 56K | ISDN "Have you ever wondered why people are fascinated by 'early music'?" Lisa Goode Crawford, Professor of harpsichord. Listen to the broadcast: 56K | ISDN "Have you ever wondered if you have to be a trained musician to get the most out of music?" Robert Shannon, Professor of piano. Listen to the broadcast: 56K | ISDN "Have you ever wondered if there is a tension in orchestras between personal creativity and following the leader?" Roger Chase, Professor of viola. Listen to the broadcast: 56K | ISDN "Have you ever wondered how musicians find the right sound?" Alla Aranovskaya and Aleksey Koptev, St.Petersburg String Quartet (Quartet in Residence) Listen to the broadcast: 56K | ISDN "Have you ever wondered how a handful of talented individuals becomes a successful group?" Timothy Weiss, Associate Professor of Wind Conducting. Listen to the broadcast: 56K | ISDN Everyone is invited to submit questions, via e-mail, at musicalwonders@oberlin.edu.