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THE MILLENIUM COLLECTIVE PRESENTS A MUSIC AND DANCE IMPROVISATION CONCERT FEBRUARY 17
FEBRUARY 13, 2001--The Millennium Collective, an ensemble of musicians specializing in improvisation, will present a free, public concert of music and dance improvisation Saturday, February 17, at 4:30 P.M. in Oberlin College’s Warner Concert Hall.
The ensemble, which has begun to explore the relationship between music and the other arts, will be joined by improvisational dancer Nusha Martynuk, Oberlin associate professor of dance, for the performance.
The Millenium Collective combines aspects of jazz and contemporary classical music, in the tradition of musicians such as Cecil Taylor and Ornette Coleman, to create spontaneous musical compositions. Works are not planned beforehand; the performers use their instrumental, improvisational, and musical communication skills to craft each performance.
"Nusha's movements will sometimes be reactions to the music, and sometimes the music will be a reaction to her," says ensemble pianist Peter Silberman, who is visiting instructor of aural skills at the Oberlin Conservatory of Music at Oberlin College.
The ensemble also includes Damon Lee, a doctoral candidate at Cornell University on saxophone; Anton Machleder, an instructor of guitar at Houghton College, guitar; and Florian Conzetti, a doctoral candidate at Peabody Conservatory, percussion.
"Our audience might hear some recognizable tunes, some jazz harmonies and rhythms, or some modern dissonant sounds--it all goes into the mix," adds Silberman.
Formed in 1999, The Millenium Collective has since performed and presented workshops at the Oberlin Conservatory, Houghton College, and the Baldwin-Wallace Conservatory.
Martynuk has been on the dance faculty at Oberlin College since 1988. She also has performed with the Zero Moving Company of Philadelphia, worked with the Artists' Project in New York City, toured internationally with the Nikolais Dance Theater, and was co-artistic director of Partners Dance with her husband, Carter McAdams, associate professor of theater and dance.
She has been recognized for her choreography with awards from the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA), the Ohio Arts Council, and the Connecticut Commission on the Arts, and received the Cleveland Arts Prize in choreography for 1999.
Media Contact: Sue
Kropp
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