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CREDO CHAMBER MUSIC ASSOCIATION, LED BY OBERLIN CONSERVATORY VIOLA PROFESSOR PETER SLOWIK, ANNOUNCES PROGRAMMING
JUNE 25, 2002--Peter Slowik, professor of viola at the Oberlin Conservatory of Music at Oberlin College and artistic director of Credo Chamber Music Association (CCMA), announces CCMA's fourth summer of programming, with activities that include a series of public Oberlin concerts, some of which are free, a Chicago-area tour, and performances in Alaska.
The program includes a string pedagogy workshop to be held on the campus
of the Oberlin Conservatory of Music from July 7 to July 20. Approximately
60 students, chosen from nearly 120 applicants from across the country,
will participate in 14 days of chamber music, community-service work,
and worship. Twenty of these musicians will travel to Wheaton and Northbrook,
Illinois, for concert performances on July 21 and 22. These musicians
will also perform community-service work in the Chicago area before traveling
to Goshen, Indiana, where a concurrent Credo program is taking place at
Goshen College. There they will join approximately 30 high school and
college-age singers, gathered for a week of vocal chamber music. A festival
concert featuring the Oberlin Credo instrumentalists and the Goshen Credo
vocalists will take place on Friday, July 26. A string quartet selected
from the original group of Oberlin Credo participants will perform the
final activity of CCMA's 2002 summer program. The quartet will travel
to Fairbanks, Alaska, for one week of performances and community service
in the city and surrounding areas.
"Credo Chamber Music Association is unusual because of the way it
combines musical excellence with high-level professional training in an
environment of service," says Artistic Director Slowik, an internationally
known concert and recording artist. "With a new choral program, our
largest string enrollment to date, and two tours, including a first-ever
to Alaska, Credo continues to show signs of rapid growth."
Slowik founded CCMA in 1999, when he was a professor at Northwestern University.
Parents of serious music students and several Chicago area music educators
and pastors joined him in creating the first session.
Recent CCMA students include state winners from the American String Teachers'
Solo Competition; prizewinners in the Fischoff National Chamber Music
Competition; students from the nation's top conservatories, including
Eastman, Indiana, Juilliard, Oberlin, and Peabody; and principal players
from youth orchestras in Atlanta, Chicago, and Milwaukee. CCMA faculty
include the Dean of Juilliard; players from the nation's top orchestras,
including the Chicago Symphony, Cleveland Orchestra, and Pittsburgh Symphony
(principal); and Slowik, who is president of the American Viola Society.
"Credo's success lies in its unique design," says Slowik. "Credo's
high-level professional training includes the most instructional time
devoted to chamber music (1.5 hours daily) of any program in the country.
Individual contact with faculty -- leading artist-teachers--is provided
through private lessons and master classes. What further sets Credo apart
is its holistic approach, with musical excellence set as an important
component of a disciplined life. Credo affirms that this 'disciple-ship'
can be best developed through close modeling of the all-powerful yet sacrificial
life of Jesus. Credo teaches students to 'offer' every part of their being
to others, serving them with simple physical labor (cleaning homeless
shelters, etc.), as well as using their specially developed musical gifts
by playing concerts for those who could not otherwise have the opportunity
to hear live music. Through this unusually healthy approach to music study,
as the extension of a focused and balance life, Credo empowers its students
to be more winsome and productive members of their communities, musical
ensembles, and families."
For more information about Credo Chamber Music Association, please contact
Peter Slowik at 440-878-4539 (evening), 440-775-8235 (day), or artistic@credo.cc
Oberlin
Concert Schedule for
Credo Chamber Music Association
Saturday, July 13, at 1:30 P.M.
Kulas Recital Hall
Student Concert
FREE
Program:
TBA
Saturday, July 13, at 7 P.M.
Warner Concert Hall
Student Concert
FREE
Program:
TBA
Sunday, July 14, at 7P.M.
Kulas Recital Hall
Faculty Concert
Tickets: $10 general admission at the door; $5 for senior citizens
Program:
Mozart Duo No. 1 in G-Major, K. 423
Kodály Duet for violin and violoncello, Op. 7
Tchaikovsky Souvenir de Florence, Op. 70 (for two violins, two violas,
and two cellos)
Saturday, July 20, at 11 A.M.
Warner Concert Hall
Student Concert
FREE
Program:
TBA
Saturday, July 20, at 1:30 P.M.
Warner Concert Hall
Student Concert
FREE
Program:
TBA
Media Contact: Marci Janas
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