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OBERLIN COLLEGE CHOIR TO PERFORM WITH CLEVELAND ORCHESTRA AT SEVERANCE HALL MARCH 1, 2, AND 3
FEBRUARY 15, 2001-- The Oberlin College Choir, a select ensemble of College and Conservatory students, will perform Bach's Cantata No. 56, "Ich will den Kreuzstab gerne tragen," with The Cleveland Orchestra and bass-baritone soloist Thomas Quasthoff at Severance Hall on March 1, 2 and 3. All performances are at 8 p.m. Tickets range from $26 to $61 and are available by calling The Cleveland Orchestra ticket office at (216) 231-1111 or 1-800-686-1141, or by ordering online at www.clevelandorchestra.com.
Franz Welser-Möst will conduct The Cleveland Orchestra for the program, which also includes Shostakovich's Symphony No. 14.
Founded in 1929 by Olaf C. Christianson as the Oberlin A Cappella Choir, the Oberlin College Choir performs a wide variety of a capella and accompanied choral literature. In 1964, under the direction of Robert Fountain, the ensemble sang 39 concerts in the former Soviet Union and in Romania as part of the Cultural Exchange Program of the U. S. State Department. Since 1997, the choir has been conducted by Assistant Professor of Choral Conducting Hugh Floyd, who is on sabbatical this year.
Michael Slon, visiting instructor of choral conducting, will prepare the choir for its Cleveland performances
The Oberlin College Choir has a history of performing with The Cleveland Orchestra. Each chance to do so, says Slon, "presents a tremendous experience for Oberlin's young musicians. The Cleveland Orchestra is perhaps the best in the country. To hear an ensemble of this caliber, let alone perform with it, is one of the greatest opportunities possible for these students."
The Oberlin Conservatory of Music at Oberlin College, founded in 1865, is the nation's oldest continuously operating conservatory, and the only major music school in the country linked with a preeminent college of arts and sciences. The Conservatory offers majors in performance, composition, music education, music theory, electronic and computer music, jazz studies, music history, and a double major in piano performance and vocal accompanying. There are approximately 400 public concerts on campus each year--most of them free--including performances by student ensembles, faculty members, and performances and master classes by guest artists.
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