Conservatory Celebrates Recipients of 2022-23 Honors & Awards</h1> <article> <h1>Conservatory Celebrates Recipients of 2022-23 Honors & Awards</h1> <p>jreinier — Tue, 23 May 2023 18:41:50 +0000</p> <span>Conservatory Celebrates Recipients of 2022-23 Honors & Awards</span> <span><span>jreinier</span></span> <span><time datetime="2023-05-23T14:41:50-04:00" title="Tuesday, May 23, 2023 - 14:41">Tue, 05/23/2023 - 14:41</time> </span> <div class="text-content field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item"><p>Recipients of �鶹��Ƶ Conservatory’s 2022-23 Honors and Awards included 43 outstanding students from across the Conservatory’s 11 divisions. Most of the prizes were given to graduating seniors honored for their achievements throughout their time at �鶹��Ƶ. </p> <p>Some awards, such as the Beethoven, Serkin, Elvin, and Dann prizes in piano, and the Senior Concerto Competition winners, were earned earlier in the year through juried competitions. </p> <p>The Flint Initiative, Grindlay, and XARTS grants were awarded by Conservatory Professional Development to fund exceptionally creative, collaborative, and entrepreneurial projects that students completed during Winter Term and summer break. </p> <p>Conservatory Dean Bill Quillen shares: “On behalf of the Conservatory’s faculty and staff, it is a great pleasure to congratulate the 2023 Conservatory Honors and Awards winners. We are incredibly proud of these students — and, indeed, all of our students — and we are inspired every day by their creativity, artistry, hard work, open-mindedness, and their commitment to service and to making the world a better place through music.”</p> <h3>2022-23 Honors and Awards</h3> <p><strong>The Arthur Dann Piano Competition</strong><br> <em>Awarded to the winner of this juried competition for excellence in piano performance.</em><br> <strong>JJ Bui</strong>, third year</p> <figure class="captioned-image obj-right"> <figcaption>Prof. Alvin Chow, Jiongli Wang</figcaption> </figure> <p><strong>The Beethoven Prizes in Piano</strong><br> <em>Awarded in a juried competition to piano majors for outstanding performance in works of Beethoven.</em><br> The Takács/Beethoven Prize (First): <strong>Jiongli Wang</strong>, third year<br> The Leon Fleisher Prize (Second): <strong>Yihang (Alex) Chen</strong>, third year<br> The Howard Karp '51 Prize (Third): <strong>Natasha Wu ’23</strong><br> Semi-finalist prize: <strong>Leo Lu</strong>, first year</p> <p><strong>The Carol Nott Piano Pedagogy Prize</strong><br> <em>Awarded to an outstanding graduating senior for continued study in piano  pedagogy. </em><br> <strong>Annie (Guoanni) Qin ’23</strong></p> <p><strong>The David S. Boe - C. B. Fisk Prize for Excellence in Organ Performance</strong><br> <em>Awarded to an outstanding organ student.</em><br> <strong>Oziah B. Wales ’23</strong></p> <figure class="captioned-image obj-right"> <figcaption>Malcolm Bamba, Chris Jenkins</figcaption> </figure> <p><strong>The Dolores and Donald White Prize</strong><br> <em>Awarded to Conservatory students who demonstrate leadership in elevating �鶹��Ƶ Conservatory’s diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging goals through music performance.</em><br> <strong>Malcolm F. Bamba</strong>, fourth year, Independent Major in Arts Leadership & Marketing<br> <strong>Blake Logan</strong>, second year, Cello Performance and Undecided B.A.</p> <p><strong>The Earl L. Russell Award in Historical Performance</strong><br> <em>Awarded to worthy students majoring in Historical Performance to assist with the purchase of a musical instrument.</em><br> <strong>Kailah Grace Robbins</strong>, third year, Flute Performance and Baroque Flute</p> <p><strong>The Ernest Hatch Wilkins Memorial Prize</strong><br> <em>Awarded to a returning student who has demonstrated academic excellence in the three preceding years.</em><br> <strong>Nik D. Rejto (Divall)</strong>, third year, Classical Guitar</p> <p><strong>The Faustina Hurlbutt Prize</strong><br> <em>Awarded to an outstanding graduating student in cello, piano, violin, or voice.</em><br> <strong>Luka C. Stefanovic ’23</strong>, BM/MM, Cello Performance, Historical Performance, Baroque Cello</p> <p><strong>The Flint Initiative Grant (FIGs)</strong><br> <em>Awarded to innovative, motivated, and prepared Conservatory and Double-Degree students to develop imaginative artistic projects.</em><br> <strong>Ishan Loomba ’23</strong>, Piano Performance and Psychology, minor in Computer Science<br> <strong>Ilana McNamara</strong>, fourth year, Viola Performance and Mathematics<br> <strong>Ozüm Pamukcu ’23</strong>, Musical Studies and Economics<br> <strong>Sangeetha Ramanuj</strong>, second year, Musical Studies and Mathematics<br> <strong>Katia Rumin</strong>, second year, Viola Performance</p> <p><strong>The Graham Grindlay '00 Endowed Memorial Music & Computer Science Innovation Fund </strong><br> <em>Supports the development and execution of projects that bring together music and sound with computer science or technological innovation.</em><br> <strong>Ivy Fu ’23</strong>, TIMARA and Art History<br> <strong>Julia Collins</strong>, third year, TIMARA <br> <strong>Maya McCollum</strong>, fourth year, TIMARA and Studio Art</p> <p><strong>The John Elvin Piano Prize</strong><br> <em>Awarded to a student judged by the Piano Department to be the most talented in the junior class.</em><br> <strong>Yihang (Alex) Chen</strong>, third year, Piano Performance</p> <p><strong>The Louis Sudler Prize in the Arts</strong><br> <em>Awarded in the Conservatory every five years and on the faculty’s recommendation to a graduating senior who has performed with uncommon distinction in music performance. The award was established in 1982 by Louis Sudler of Chicago, a musician with a lifelong commitment to the training of young artists in university.</em><br> <strong>Adam S. Chlebek ’23</strong>, Organ Performance</p> <p><strong>The Louis and Annette Kaufman Music Achievement Award in Violin</strong><br> <em>Awarded to an outstanding student of violin.</em><br> <strong>Matthew S. Cone ’23</strong>, Violin Performance</p> <figure class="captioned-image obj-right"> <figcaption>Bill Quillen, Gillian Piper</figcaption> </figure> <p><strong>The Louis and Marguerite Bloomberg Greenwood Prize</strong><br> <em>Awarded to a graduating student excelling in cello, piano, violin, or voice.</em><br> <strong>Gillian B. Piper ’23</strong>, Jazz Voice Performance<br> <strong>Kylie P. Buckham ’23</strong>, Vocal Performance</p> <p><strong>The Margot Bos Stambler '84 Professional Development Award</strong><br> <em>Awarded to an outstanding vocal performance major of great promise to enhance career opportunities.</em><br> <strong>Kylie A. Kreucher ’23</strong>, Vocal Performance<br> <strong>Brian R. Wacker ’23</strong>, Vocal Performance</p> <p><strong>The Ohio Federation of Music Clubs (OFMC) Agnes Fowler Collegiate Scholarship</strong><br> <em>Awarded to a junior majoring in music, and who is strong in instrumental or voice performance. Made possible by the OFMC, a statewide organization devoted to the love and encouragement of music in Ohio.</em><br> <strong>Felix J. Veser</strong>, third year, Viola Performance</p> <p><strong>The Pi Kappa Lambda Prize for Musicianship</strong><br> <em>Awarded to students judged to be the most outstanding of those elected to Pi Kappa Lambda, an American honor society for undergraduate students, graduate students, and professors of music.</em><br> <strong>Clara I. Dahmer ’23</strong>, Vocal Performance<br> <strong>Kylie A. Kreucher ’23</strong>, Vocal Performance<br> <strong>Matthew S. Cone ’23</strong>, Violin Performance</p> <p><strong>The Piano Faculty Prize in Accompanying</strong><br> <em>Awarded to graduating seniors who have demonstrated excellence in accompanying singers and instrumentalists.</em><br> <strong>Kai-Min Chang ’23</strong>, Piano Performance<br> <strong>Ishan Loomba ’23</strong>, Piano Performance and Psychology, minor in Computer Science</p> <p><strong>The Rudolph Serkin Scholarship</strong><br> <em>Awarded to a student demonstrating excellence in piano performance.</em><br> <strong>Yubo Deng</strong>, second year, Piano Performance</p> <p><strong>The Ruth Cogan Memorial Scholarship in Vocal Performance</strong><br> <em>Awarded to a vocal performance student who has demonstrated significant work in voice pedagogy or in the PACE concentration.</em><br> <strong>Nisha P. Caiozzi ’23</strong>, Vocal Performance</p> <figure class="captioned-image obj-right"> <figcaption>Adam Chlebek, Oziah B. Wales,<br> Katherine Johnson, Prof. Jonathan Moyer</figcaption> </figure> <p><strong>The Selby Harlan Houston Prize</strong><br> <em>Awarded to a graduating senior whose performance in organ and music theory is of distinguished quality.</em><br> <strong>Katherine E. Johnson ’23</strong>, Organ Performance and English</p> <p><strong>The Senior Concerto Competition</strong><br> <em>Awarded in a juried competition each fall. Winners are featured as soloists in performances of complete concertos with the �鶹��Ƶ orchestras during the spring semester.</em><br> <strong>Kylie P. Buckham ’23</strong>, Vocal Performance<br> <strong>Annie (Guoanni) Qin ’23</strong>, Piano Performance<br> <strong>Matthew S. Cone ’23</strong>, Violin Performance<br> <strong>Jonathan Kronheimer ’23</strong>, Oboe Performance</p> <figure class="captioned-image obj-right"> <figcaption>Rachel Yee, Prof. Tom Lopez, Gabriel Baskin</figcaption> </figure> <p><strong>The TIMARA Founders Fund John Clough Prize</strong><br> <em>Awarded to a TIMARA major for distinctive work within the department.</em><br> <strong>Gabriel L. Baskin ’23</strong></p> <p><strong>The TIMARA Founders Fund Olly Wilson Prize</strong><br> <em>Awarded to a TIMARA major for distinctive work within the department.</em><br> <strong>Rachel Yee ’23</strong>, TIMARA and Computer Science, minor in Music and Cognition</p> <p><strong>The Theodore Presser Undergraduate Scholar Award</strong><br> <em>This award, made possible by the Presser Foundation, is awarded to an outstanding returning student for excellence in musicianship.</em><br> <strong>Abby Lopez</strong>, second year, Bassoon Performance</p> <p><strong>The Walter E. Aschaffenburg Prize</strong><br> <em>Awarded to a graduating senior for outstanding music composition.</em><br> <strong>Isaac Santos ’23</strong>, Composition</p> <p><strong>The Wendell and Bettye Logan Prize in Jazz Studies</strong><br> <em>Awarded to a graduating student who has demonstrated excellence in performance or composition.</em><br> <strong>Kamran M. Curlin ’23</strong>, fourth year, Jazz Bass and History</p> <p><strong>The XARTS Fund</strong><br> <em>Supports the development and execution of collaborative, multi-disciplinary, artistic projects.</em><br> <strong>Awen McKee</strong>, second year, Composition<br> <strong>Analise Granados</strong>, second year, Violin Performance and Undecided (B.A.)<br> <strong>Katie Galt</strong>, fourth year, Viola Performance and Comparative Literature<br> <strong>Mariah Leontopoulou-Cochran</strong>, fourth year, Jazz Voice, minor in �鶹��Ƶ<br> <strong>Maya Irizarry Lambright</strong>, third year, Violin Performance<br> </p></div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-subhead field--type-string field--label-hidden field__item">43 outstanding students from the Conservatory were selected for honors and awards this year.</div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-type field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__item">News Story</div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-date field--type-datetime field--label-hidden field__item"><time datetime="2023-05-23T12:00:00Z">Tue, 05/23/2023 - 12:00</time> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-author field--type-string field--label-hidden field__item">Communications Staff</div> <div class="text-content field field--name-field-intro-text field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field__item"><p>At the end of each spring semester, �鶹��Ƶ Conservatory’s faculty and administration celebrate students whose academic and artistic work is especially meritorious. They are selected by committees and competition juries for exemplary musicianship, academic work, and personal achievement. Awards generated by numerous endowed funds are dedicated to acknowledging these musicians' demonstrated excellence, supporting their ongoing study and creative projects, and even assisting them with instrument purchases.</p></div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-tags field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news?tag=2373">Awards and Honors</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news?tag=2356">Conservatory</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-programs field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news?program=33031">TIMARA</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news?program=33331">Composition</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news?program=34691">Jazz Performance</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news?program=35116">Violin</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news?program=36206">Viola</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news?program=35261">Cello</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news?program=33041">Baroque Cello</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news?program=29541">Piano</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news?program=32966">Organ</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news?program=35881">Bassoon</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news?program=37361">Oboe</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news?program=35596">Voice</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-departments field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/conservatory/divisions/jazz-studies" hreflang="und">Jazz Studies</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/conservatory/divisions/vocal-studies" hreflang="und">Vocal Studies</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/conservatory/divisions/strings" hreflang="und">Strings</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/conservatory/divisions/keyboard-studies" hreflang="und">Keyboard Studies</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/conservatory/divisions/winds-brass-and-percussion" hreflang="und">Winds, Brass, and Percussion</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/conservatory/divisions/contemporary-music" hreflang="und">Contemporary Music</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/conservatory/divisions/historical-performance" hreflang="und">Historical Performance</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/conservatory/divisions/music-theory" hreflang="und">Music Theory</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/arts-and-sciences/departments/musical-studies" hreflang="und">Musical Studies</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/conservatory/divisions/pace" hreflang="und">Pedagogy, Advocacy, and Community Engagement</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/conservatory/divisions/musicology" hreflang="und">Musicology</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-pin-school-page field--type-boolean field--label-hidden field__item">Off</div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-photo-gallery-top field--type-boolean field--label-hidden field__item">false</div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-image-credit field--type-string field--label-hidden field__item">Joshua Reinier</div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-media field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__item"> </div> </article> <article> <h1>�鶹��Ƶ Alumni Honored with Awards at 61st Grammys</h1> <p>cstrauss — Mon, 11 Feb 2019 21:09:06 +0000</p> <span>�鶹��Ƶ Alumni Honored with Awards at 61st Grammys</span> <span><span>cstrauss</span></span> <span><time datetime="2019-02-11T16:09:06-05:00" title="Monday, February 11, 2019 - 16:09">Mon, 02/11/2019 - 16:09</time> </span> <div class="text-content field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item"><p>�鶹��Ƶ alumni are regularly featured at the annual Grammy Awards ceremony. The 61st edition honoring musical accomplishments by performers over the last year included �鶹��Ƶ alumni in six categories across three genres. </p> <p>Best Folk Album: <em>All Ashore</em> — Punch Brothers (<strong>Chris Eldridge ’04</strong>, guitar)</p> <p>Best Opera Recording: Bates: <em>The (R)evolution of Steve Jobs</em> — <strong>Michael Christie ’96</strong>, conductor; <strong>Edward Parks ’06</strong>, baritone</p> <p>Best Classical Solo Vocal Album: <em>Songs of Orpheus - Monteverdi, Caccini, d’India & Landi</em> — <strong>Jeannette Sorrell ’90</strong>, conductor; Apollo’s Fire Baroque Orchestra (with �鶹��Ƶ alumni <strong>Johanna Novom ’07</strong>, <strong>Rene Schiffer ’96</strong>, <strong>Karina Schmitz ’02</strong>, <strong>Rebecca Landell Reed ’11</strong>)</p> <p>Best Jazz Vocal Album: <em>The Window</em> — Cécile McLorin Salvant, and pianist <strong>Sullivan Fortner ’08</strong></p> <p>Best Orchestral Performance: <em>Shostakovich: Symphonies Nos. 4 & 11</em> — Boston Symphony Orchestra, Andris Nelsons, conductor (with �鶹��Ƶ alumna and violinist <strong>Yuncong Zhang ’07</strong>)</p> <p>Best Choral Performance, Classical: <em>Zealot Canticles</em> — The Crossing chamber choir with <strong>Mandy Wolman ’07</strong></p> <p><br> </p> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-type field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__item">News Story</div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-date field--type-datetime field--label-hidden field__item"><time datetime="2019-02-11T12:00:00Z">Mon, 02/11/2019 - 12:00</time> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-author field--type-string field--label-hidden field__item">Cathy Strauss</div> <div class="text-content field field--name-field-intro-text field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field__item"><p>Numerous alumni across classical, jazz, and folk genres named winners at the 61st Grammy Awards ceremony.</p> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-tags field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news?tag=2356">Conservatory</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news?tag=2368">Alumni</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news?tag=2373">Awards and Honors</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-programs field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news?program=32971">Opera Theater</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news?program=35596">Voice</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news?program=35616">Conducting</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news?program=33041">Baroque Cello</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news?program=33036">Baroque Violin</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news?program=35116">Violin</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news?program=25281">Musical Studies</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news?program=34691">Jazz Performance</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news?program=35986">Viola da Gamba</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news?program=36206">Viola</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-faculty field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/peter-slowik" hreflang="und">Peter Slowik</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/bobby-ferrazza" hreflang="und">Bobby Ferrazza</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/robert-spano" hreflang="und">Robert Spano</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-departments field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/conservatory/divisions/historical-performance" hreflang="und">Historical Performance</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/conservatory/divisions/jazz-studies" hreflang="und">Jazz Studies</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/conservatory/divisions/strings" hreflang="und">Strings</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/arts-and-sciences/departments/musical-studies" hreflang="und">Musical Studies</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/conservatory/divisions/vocal-studies" hreflang="und">Vocal Studies</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/conservatory/divisions/conducting-and-ensembles" hreflang="und">Conducting and Ensembles</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-image-caption field--type-string-long field--label-hidden field__item">�鶹��Ƶ alumni (clockwise from top left) Sullivan Fortner, Edward Parks, Chris Eldridge, and Jeannette Sorrell at the 2018 Grammy Awards Ceremony.</div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-pin-school-page field--type-boolean field--label-hidden field__item">Off</div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-photo-gallery-top field--type-boolean field--label-hidden field__item">false</div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-image-credit field--type-string field--label-hidden field__item">�鶹��Ƶ Conservatory</div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-media field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__item"> </div> </article> <article> <h1>She Wrote the Book on BPI</h1> <p>eburnett — Wed, 19 Dec 2018 22:11:13 +0000</p> <span>She Wrote the Book on BPI</span> <span><span>eburnett</span></span> <span><time datetime="2018-12-19T17:11:13-05:00" title="Wednesday, December 19, 2018 - 17:11">Wed, 12/19/2018 - 17:11</time> </span> <div class="text-content field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item"><p>“In the beginning, we didn’t have any computers,” Catharina Meints says, recounting the earliest days of the Baroque Performance Institute at �鶹��Ƶ and the challenges they faced in connecting with their target audiences.</p> <p>“We didn’t have any cell phones. And an international phone call was beyond outrageously expensive. So we wrote letters.”</p> <p>They wrote countless letters, in fact, to musicians around the world who were enraptured by historically informed music played on period instruments.</p> <p>“And we didn’t even know how to type, so we got help with that too.”</p> <p>Forged by a passion that could be indulged in precious few other ways, the Baroque Performance Institute attracted some 50 fascinated musicians in its first year, 1972. The following summer, that number doubled to 100. Over the years, Meints estimates, more than 1,000 different musicians have taken part in BPI, a great number of them returning numerous times—and some of them <em>every</em> time.</p> <p>“The people who came to BPI in those earliest years have gone on to become the most important figures in the world in terms of historical music,” says Meints, a longtime professor of viola da gamba and cello at �鶹��Ƶ, and a former longtime cellist with the Cleveland Orchestra.</p> <p>As BPI nears its 50th anniversary in 2021, it continues to attract a mix of longtime fixtures, young musicians looking to broaden the horizons of their playing—and even novices hoping to indulge long-held passions for period music.</p> <figure class="captioned-image obj-right"> <figcaption>James Caldwell and Catharina Meints, circa 1972<br> Photo courtesy �鶹��Ƶ College Archives</figcaption> </figure> <p>The roots of BPI can be traced to Meints and her late husband, James Caldwell. A recent addition to the �鶹��Ƶ Conservatory faculty at the time, oboist Caldwell harbored a relentless passion for knowledge and for collecting—everything from bonsai trees to French art nouveau glassware to modern pottery. He also collected antique viols, upon which he was not formally trained but on which he became a standout player nonetheless.</p> <p>That thirst for knowledge led Caldwell and Meints to envision an annual celebration of period music that would involve performances, master classes, and more. And both of them envisioned it involving legendary cellist August Wenzinger as a key participant.</p> <p>In the late 1960s, Caldwell and Meints had seminal experiences with the Swiss master during conferences and summer visits to Europe. Their sessions were built around the notion of <em>internalized learning</em>—experiencing an extensive amount of content in one place, then retreating home to take it in more deeply over time. �鶹��Ƶ, with its idyllic setting, plentiful available space during the summer, and cache of important historic instruments, would be the perfect place to offer such learning in America. Wenzinger himself was all too happy to oblige.</p> <p>“We spent some time thinking about the name,” Meints recalls. “Most events at the time were workshops with stacks of music,” she says, gesturing with her arms to suggest an overwhelming pile of paper. “And they never actually played anything twice.”</p> <p>“It’s going to be <em>Baroque</em>, not Renaissance,” she remembers them declaring.</p> <p>“It’s going to be <em>performance</em>-based, not just sitting around reading music,” they also agreed.</p> <p>“It’s going to be an <em>institute</em>, which implies that there will be lectures and context and learning about the music that they were playing, and not just sitting around playing reams of music.</p> <p>“So it was a very well-thought-out name. We wanted to convey a lot about what would be going on just by the title.”</p> <figure class="captioned-image obj-right"> <figcaption>2014 BPI performance in Warner Concert Hall<br> Photo by Dale Preston ’83</figcaption> </figure> <p>From the first Baroque Performance Institute through its 17th year, Wenzinger was a pivotal figure and the international celebrity whom many came to see and hear. Meints has commemorated those days with a newly released memoir, <em>�鶹��Ƶ Baroque Performance Institute: The Wenzinger Years</em>, which brings to life many of the indelible moments experienced by BPI guests in its formative days.</p> <p><a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/book/oberlin-baroque-performance-institute/id1399961854?mt=11">Available on iTunes</a> <span aria-hidden="true" class="fa fa-external-link"></span>, the ebook includes many archival photos and programs as well as complete rosters of attendees from year to year. In addition, it is embedded with numerous audio clips—about an hour of music in all—that resurrect exclusive live performances and recordings created in the 1970s and ’80s.</p> <p>“It’s unbelievable the number of lives that we have profoundly changed because they have come here and discovered what they really want to do,” Meints says. “You often find musicians who are fine players and interesting people, who find that they don't necessarily fit in with their musical world. Then they discover this and find that it’s exactly what they want to do.</p> <p>“People have found family here. They found a place to fit in.”</p> <p><em>The 2019 Baroque Performance Institute takes place June 16-29 on the campus of �鶹��Ƶ College. Learn more at <a href="/summer-programs/bpi">oberlin.edu/summer</a>.</em></p></div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-type field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__item">News Story</div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-date field--type-datetime field--label-hidden field__item"><time datetime="2018-12-20T12:00:00Z">Thu, 12/20/2018 - 12:00</time> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-author field--type-string field--label-hidden field__item">Erich Burnett</div> <div class="text-content field field--name-field-intro-text field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field__item"><p>Catharina Meints helped launch the Baroque Performance Institute. Now she’s chronicled its formative years.</p></div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-tags field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news?tag=2356">Conservatory</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news?tag=2387">Conservatory Summer Programs</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-programs field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news?program=35986">Viola da Gamba</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news?program=33041">Baroque Cello</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-departments field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/conservatory/divisions/historical-performance" hreflang="und">Historical Performance</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-pin-school-page field--type-boolean field--label-hidden field__item">Off</div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-photo-gallery-top field--type-boolean field--label-hidden field__item">false</div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-image-credit field--type-string field--label-hidden field__item">Tanya Rosen-Jones '97</div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-media field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__item"> </div> </article> <article> <h1>HP WinterFest Celebrates Early Music Through Recitals and Master Classes</h1> <p>eburnett — Tue, 20 Feb 2018 17:33:01 +0000</p> <span>HP WinterFest Celebrates Early Music Through Recitals and Master Classes</span> <span><span>eburnett</span></span> <span><time datetime="2018-02-20T12:33:01-05:00" title="Tuesday, February 20, 2018 - 12:33">Tue, 02/20/2018 - 12:33</time> </span> <div class="text-content field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item"><p>A performance by the Flanders Recorder Quartet highlights �鶹��Ƶ’s 2018 Historical Performance WinterFest, a series of public concerts and master classes featuring faculty and guest artists who specialize in early music.</p> <p>The HP WinterFest takes place February 20 through 25 in venues on the �鶹��Ƶ campus. The schedule is as follows (all events are free):</p> <p></p> <p><strong>Tuesday, February 20</strong></p> <p>Master class: Flanders Recorder Quartet (4:30-6 p.m., Bibbins Hall 325)</p> <p>Recital: Flanders Recorder Quartet (8 p.m., Fairchild Chapel)</p> <p><strong>Wednesday, February 21</strong></p> <p>Recital: Nigel North, lutenist (8 p.m., Kulas Recital Hall)</p> <p><strong>Thursday, February 22</strong></p> <p>Master class: Nigel North, lutenist (3:30-6:30 p.m., Bibbins Hall 232)</p> <p><strong>Saturday, February 24</strong></p> <p>Recital: �鶹��Ƶ Baroque Ensemble: Cembalo Obbligato (8 p.m., Kulas Recital Hall)</p> <p></p> <p><strong>Sunday, February 25</strong></p> <p>Recital: Mark Edwards, harpsichord (8 p.m., Warner Concert Hall)</p> <p>The Flanders Recorder Quartet is celebrating 30 years of performing together around the globe—some 2,500 concerts in 52 countries. In that time, they have exalted their instrument as few others have and showcased countless extraordinary reproductions of little-known historic recorders. They were recently honored with the American Recorder Society’s 2018 Distinguished Achievement Award. At the conclusion of their 2018 performance season, the ensemble’s members have agreed to disband—making their �鶹��Ƶ engagement one of the final opportunities for their artistry to be heard live.</p> <p>Flanders’ �鶹��Ƶ February 20 program will mingle the old and the new as well as a variety of styles:</p> <ul> <li>Praetorius’ <em>Summa Parenti Gloria</em> from <em>Hymnodia Sionia</em> (1611)</li> <li>Pieter Campo’s 2015 works <em>Meditation</em> and<em> Fire</em></li> <li>Schein’s Suite 15 from <em>Banchetto Musicale</em> (1617)</li> <li>Boismortier’s Concerto VI in G from VI Concertos Pour 5 Flûtes, Op. 15 (1727)</li> <li>Sören Sieg’s 2016 composition <em>Inxaxheba</em></li> <li>Bach’s Fantasia in C BWV 570 and Fuga in C BWV 545</li> <li>Jeroen d’Hoe’s 2005 piece <em>Ella’s Blues</em></li> <li>Louis Prima’s <em>Sing, Sing, Sing (With a Swing)</em> (1936)</li> </ul> <p>A preview of works on the program can be heard <a href="http://www.flanders-recorder-quartet.be/JUBILEUM.mp3">here</a>.</p> <p>“They are a spectacular group—by far the best of their kind,” Professor of Recorder and Baroque Flute Michael Lynn says of Flanders. “I want to stress that they aren’t just great recorder players, but superb ensemble musicians on the level of any fine string quartet. And Fairchild Chapel is a perfect place to hear them.”</p> <p>Lutenist Nigel North found his initial inspiration in the ’60 instrumental pop group the Shadows. Self-taught on the lute beginning at age 15, he has come to be regarded as one of the world’s leading teachers and performers on the instrument. North devoted two decades as lute professor at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama, in addition to appointments at other prestigious conservatories. He has taught at Indiana University’s Early Music Institute since 1999. His February 21 performance features lute pieces attributed to J.S. Bach’s and catalogued as BWV 997, 998, 999, and 1000. On the recital’s second half will be a performance of the famous Violin Partita in D Minor (BWV 1004), which has been adapted for the lute.</p> <p>On Saturday, February 24, the �鶹��Ƶ Baroque Ensemble, featuring �鶹��Ƶ’s HP faculty Mark Edwards (harpsichord), Michael Lynn (Baroque flute), Marilyn McDonald (Baroque violin), and Catharina Meints (viola da gamba and Baroque cello), will perform a program of ensemble music by Boismortier, Richter, Rameau, as well as Bach’s Sonata for Viola da Gamba in D major.</p> <p>The fest will close with a harpsichord performance by Edwards on Sunday, February 25. The concert includes works by Byrd, Sweelinck, Louis Couperin, Scarlatti, and Handel, which will be played on a variety of instruments from �鶹��Ƶ’s extensive collection.</p> <p>Lynn notes that the WinterFest came about in part through a fortunate convergence of events on the �鶹��Ƶ calendar. He had been seeking an engagement with the Flanders Quartet, whose extensive farewell-tour schedule was filling quickly. He later learned that Professor of Classical Guitar Stephen Aron had booked lutenist North for the same week. Lynn had also been eyeing a date for Edwards to showcase an array of newly acquired harpsichords.</p> <p>“It immediately came to my mind that if possible we should put all this together and have a festival,” he says.</p> <p>Stay up to date on all events at �鶹��Ƶ at <a href="https://calendar.oberlin.edu/calendar/month?event_types%5B%5D=19263">calendar.oberlin.edu</a>.</p> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-type field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__item">News Story</div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-date field--type-datetime field--label-hidden field__item"><time datetime="2018-02-16T12:00:00Z">Fri, 02/16/2018 - 12:00</time> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-author field--type-string field--label-hidden field__item">By Erich Burnett</div> <div class="text-content field field--name-field-intro-text field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field__item"><p>�鶹��Ƶ faculty and esteemed guests to perform February 20-25 in venues on campus.</p> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-tags field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news?tag=2356">Conservatory</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-programs field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news?program=36656">Baroque Flute</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news?program=33036">Baroque Violin</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news?program=33091">Harpsichord</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news?program=33041">Baroque Cello</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news?program=36306">Classical Guitar</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-faculty field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/mark-edwards" hreflang="und">Mark Edwards</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/michael-lynn" hreflang="und">Michael Lynn</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-departments field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/conservatory/divisions/historical-performance" hreflang="und">Historical Performance</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-pin-school-page field--type-boolean field--label-hidden field__item">Off</div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-photo-gallery-top field--type-boolean field--label-hidden field__item">false</div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-media field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__item"> </div> </article> <article> <h1>Frank Talk About Injuries</h1> <p>eburnett — Mon, 07 Jun 2021 17:43:05 +0000</p> <span>Frank Talk About Injuries</span> <span><span>eburnett</span></span> <span><time datetime="2021-06-07T13:43:05-04:00" title="Monday, June 7, 2021 - 13:43">Mon, 06/07/2021 - 13:43</time> </span> <div class="text-content field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item"><p>After receiving acupuncture treatment for a hand injury in 2001, acclaimed violinist Pamela Frank suffered nerve damage in her arm that put her career on hold for more than a decade. She returned to the stage in 2012 but continues to enlighten young musicians on the importance of mindful playing.</p> <p>Frank and physical therapist Howard Nelson presented a two-day residency in �鶹��Ƶ this April that featured a master class, a workshop documenting Frank’s injury and recovery, and one-on-one sessions with students in which they were able to assess and address issues they were each facing. Frank shared the following thoughts with us during her visit.</p> <p></p> <p><strong>How much did you think about health-related issues such as “movement analysis” before you sustained an injury of your own?</strong><br> <br> Not at all! In fact, I ignored many small aches over decades and never felt I had any issues.</p> <p></p> <p><strong>How pervasive are the bad habits you see in young conservatory musicians today?</strong><br> <br> Most people have underlying problems that they do not think are significant or do not seek help for. Some of these may develop into full-blown injuries. Young people are more at risk because they think they are invincible. It is impossible for us to know the percentage of musicians who play with a significant pain problem, but there is no shortage of players who are seeking our help. </p> <p></p> <p><strong>Are there particular factors that most commonly lead to problems among musicians with whom you have worked?</strong><br> <br> There are many factors that we see repeated that can lead to pain and injury. For example:</p> <p>• Sub-optimal fit of their shoulder/chin rest combination to their anatomy. This could cause the overuse of neck muscles or the muscles on top of their shoulder to work harder in order to stabilize the instrument.<br> • Improper muscle use—i.e., using more muscles than are necessary for the task.<br> • Head stays fixed, not free. <br> • Postural alignment veers too far from “neutral” for too long.<br> • Moving the body in a way that makes it difficult to hear their sound well or that can contribute to pain.<br> • Not taking enough breaks when practicing or using a computer, or not performing a beneficial intervention (such as stretching) during breaks.<br> • Postural habits to avoid: head forward, head to the left (looking at fingers), torso rotated too far, actively pulling shoulders down, left arm pinned to the body.</p> <p></p> <p><strong>Are there strategies you can share for avoiding these problems?</strong><br> <br> • Identify the movements or postures that irritate you, and minimize or eliminate them.<br> • Take short breaks (~30 seconds) every 20 minutes while working at a computer or practicing.<br> • Stretch to the opposite position from where you play.<br> • Don’t stand static with your instrument on your back.<br> • Play with the music stand as high as is comfortable at home and in rehearsal (without blocking the view of other players).<br> • Use a mirror and videotape to notice if you are out of neutral.<br> • Try to make your instrument and environment adapt to your anatomy. Modify your shoulder/chin rest as necessary.</p> <p></p> <p><strong>How does one go about locating the proper specialist to help with a given problem?</strong></p> <p>Don’t be afraid to talk to everyone you know about your problem: parents, friends, teachers, mentors, colleagues, and especially to your doctor, who can lead you to an orthopedist (specialized in the body part that bothers you), a physiatrist (rehabilitation medicine), or another specialist. Physicians can prescribe physical or occupational therapy. Occupational therapists more often work with hand and wrist problems.</p> <p><strong>Through your work with students, you’re modeling attributes of today’s entrepreneurial musician: You took a challenging situation and turned it into a path of empowerment, for yourself and for others. At what point in your recovery did you realize that your own tribulations might serve as inspiration for others?</strong><br> <br> The longer and more painstaking the rehabilitation took, the more I wondered if I would ever conquer the problem. I can’t describe the gratitude I felt and still feel to be able to play again. But as with any rehab, one is never “done.” Maintenance requires mindfulness, which I will happily practice for the rest of my life.</p> <p>My goal has nothing to do with entrepreneurship. If I can help destigmatize injury or help others “come out of the closet” by sharing my story, then it will have been worth the struggle. I will never take my recovery for granted and hope to forever inspire others to address their issues in an open and timely way.</p></div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-subhead field--type-string field--label-hidden field__item">Violinist turned mindfulness practitioner Pamela Frank shares her strategies for healthy playing.</div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-type field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__item">News Story</div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-date field--type-datetime field--label-hidden field__item"><time datetime="2017-06-28T12:00:00Z">Wed, 06/28/2017 - 12:00</time> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-author field--type-string field--label-hidden field__item">Conservatory Communications Staff</div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-tags field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news?tag=2356">Conservatory</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news?tag=2362">Health and Wellness</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-programs field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news?program=33036">Baroque Violin</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news?program=35116">Violin</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news?program=35261">Cello</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news?program=33041">Baroque Cello</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news?program=36206">Viola</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news?program=35986">Viola da Gamba</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news?program=36156">Double Bass</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-departments field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/conservatory/divisions/strings" hreflang="und">Strings</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-image-caption field--type-string-long field--label-hidden field__item">Pamela Frank (right) works with a student violinist in �鶹��Ƶ's Stull Recital Hall.</div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-pin-school-page field--type-boolean field--label-hidden field__item">Off</div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-photo-gallery-top field--type-boolean field--label-hidden field__item">false</div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-image-credit field--type-string field--label-hidden field__item">Julie Gulenko '15</div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-media field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__item"> </div> </article> </main></body></html>