OCLIPSE Concert Series: Faculty and Student Performances

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This OCLIPSE Concert Series event features Oberlin Conservatory's Creative Music Lab and Free Music Ensemble with composer IONE.

Dana Jessen will lead performances by two student ensembles, Creative Music Lab and the Free Music Ensemble, in a collection of music with an eclipse theme, including the world premiere of new work by composer Ione, commissioned by Oberlin Conservatory of Music in commemoration of the 2024 Total Solar Eclipse. The ensembles will also perform Nicole Mitchell's Inescapable Spirals and an original work by Creative Music Lab.

Program:

Nicole Mitchell Inescapable Spiral (2017)

Creative Music Lab Eat the Sun (2024, world premiere)

IONE Sun Sound Keeper (2024, world premiere)

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About Creative Music Lab

The Oberlin Creative Music Lab specializes in contemporary, open-form, and guided improvisation while performing existing works written for creative music ensemble.

Creative Music refers to the approach of music making established and embodied by the Association for the Advancement of Creative Musicians. The course seeks to honor the AACM model through a laboratory environment that allows musical exploration and experimentation.

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Conservatory visitors are asked to enter the complex through either Bibbins Hall’s east entrance (off College Place, across from the Oberlin College Bookstore) or the Conservatory Lounge’s west entrance (off S. Professor St., adjacent to the Conservatory Pond). All other entrances will be closed to the public.

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Learn more about Oberlin College and Conservatory events celebrating the eclipse.