Cavani Quartet's Merry Peckham Named to Chamber Music Position</h1> <article> <h1>Cavani Quartet's Merry Peckham Named to Chamber Music Position</h1> <p>eburnett — Mon, 07 Nov 2016 18:01:50 +0000</p> <span>Cavani Quartet's Merry Peckham Named to Chamber Music Position</span> <span><span>eburnett</span></span> <span><time datetime="2016-11-07T13:01:50-05:00" title="Monday, November 7, 2016 - 13:01">Mon, 11/07/2016 - 13:01</time> </span> <div class="text-content field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item"><p>Cellist Merry Peckham, a founding member of the acclaimed <a href="http://cavani.org/">Cavani String Quartet</a> and a longtime educator who has developed a host of accomplished performers, will join the �鶹��Ƶ Conservatory faculty as teacher of chamber music and string chamber music coordinator beginning July 1.</p> <p>The appointment unites a pair of longtime friends and colleagues: <a href="/news/violist-kirsten-docter-92-join-oberlin-conservatory-faculty">Kirsten Docter</a>, violist for the Cavani Quartet, also joins the �鶹��Ƶ faculty this year. Both have earned praise for previous teaching experiences at �鶹��Ƶ, including a decade-long stint for Peckham.</p> <p>“�鶹��Ƶ is an amazing place,” she says. “The conservatory and the college both have such a <i>can-do</i> attitude. It’s just a wonderful atmosphere in which to nurture well-rounded musicians on the verge of a professional career in music. The students at �鶹��Ƶ learn to perform at a high artistic level as well as how to make a real difference in the world as communicators and advocates of great music.</p> <p>"Through my 10 years of teaching at �鶹��Ƶ, I’ve appreciated the passion with which the students approach their chamber music. I don’t have to convince them that chamber music is an important thing to do. Their passion and enthusiasm is wonderfully palpable.”</p> <p>As a member of the Cavani Quartet, Peckham was honored with a Naumburg Chamber Music Award, <i>Musical America</i>’s Young Artists of the Year award, and the ASCAP-<i>Chamber Music America</i> Award for Adventurous Programming of Contemporary Music. The quartet twice won the Guarneri String Quartet Residency Award, and Peckham won the overall string category and the cello division of the National Federation of Music Clubs Competition. With Cavani, she has toured extensively throughout the United States and abroad. In 2014, the quartet celebrated its 30th anniversary.</p> <p>As an educator, Peckham has served as a member of the Cleveland Institute of Music faculty since 1998, and the Cavani Quartet has been CIM’s quartet in residence since 1988. In addition to �鶹��Ƶ, she has taught at Baldwin Wallace University, the University of Texas at Austin, and other institutions. She has led master classes in numerous festivals and academic settings across America and around the globe.</p> <p>"Merry brings to this position a great breadth of experience, as well as tremendous passion and energy for chamber music," says Dean of the Conservatory Andrea Kalyn. "Her coaching and mentoring of students has been exemplary, and it is with great pleasure that we welcome her to �鶹��Ƶ in this new capacity."</p> <p>In addition to her new role at �鶹��Ƶ, Peckham is associate director of the Perlman Music Program, an organization founded by Toby and Itzhak Perlman dedicated to training exceptional young musicians. With her fellow Cavani members, Peckham has developed numerous programs intended to introduce new audiences to classical music—among them the Music, Art & Poetry (MAP) Project, for which the quartet won a Cuyahoga Arts and Culture grant in 2016. Peckham has trained members of numerous acclaimed string ensembles, including the Miró, Ariel, Biava, Maia, Aeolus, and Jupiter quartets.</p> <p>Since 2004, she has hosted <i><a href="http://www.ideastream.org/wclv/offbeat">Offbeat</a></i>, an insightful, sometimes irreverent Saturday radio program on WCLV 104.9 FM, Cleveland’s classical music station. She is also the cellist of the Elysian Piano Trio, ensemble in residence at the Baldwin Wallace Conservatory of Music.</p> <p>Peckham earned a bachelor of music degree from Indiana University and a master of music from the Eastman School of Music. She pursued additional studies at Yale University and Ohio State University. Her teachers and mentors have included Janos Starker, Aldo Parisot, Gary Hoffman, Paul Katz, Peter Salaff, and Toby Perlman.</p> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-type field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__item">News Releases</div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-date field--type-datetime field--label-hidden field__item"><time datetime="2016-02-19T12:00:00Z">Fri, 02/19/2016 - 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="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=2365">Chamber Music</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-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>Violist Kirsten Docter '92 to Join �鶹��Ƶ Conservatory Faculty</h1> <p>eburnett — Mon, 07 Nov 2016 18:01:50 +0000</p> <span>Violist Kirsten Docter '92 to Join �鶹��Ƶ Conservatory Faculty</span> <span><span>eburnett</span></span> <span><time datetime="2016-11-07T13:01:50-05:00" title="Monday, November 7, 2016 - 13:01">Mon, 11/07/2016 - 13:01</time> </span> <div class="text-content field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item"><p>Kirsten Docter, a longtime educator and chamber musician with the award-winning Cavani Quartet, has been named Associate Professor of Viola at the �鶹��Ƶ Conservatory of Music.</p> <p>The appointment represents a sort of homecoming for Docter, who earned a bachelor of music in viola performance at �鶹��Ƶ in 1992 and has taught viola and coached chamber music as visiting faculty since 2006. She will begin her appointment July 1.</p> <p>“I’m a proud �鶹��Ƶ graduate, and I feel like I know what it means to be a student here,” says Docter, citing �鶹��Ƶ’s dedication to social activism and entrepreneurship, as well as its pioneering support of the double degree.</p> <p>“Students today are asked to be much broader in their scope,” she says. “I love the thoughtfulness of �鶹��Ƶ students. They know what it means to be musicians."</p> <p>The same can be said of Docter. A first-prize winner of the Primrose International and American String Teachers Association viola competitions, she has performed on major series and in festivals throughout North America and Europe. She has collaborated with Itzhak Perlman, Robert Mann, Donald Weilerstein, Stephanie Blythe, and countless other prominent artists.</p> <p>With the Cleveland-based Cavani Quartet, Docter won the Naumberg Chamber Music Award and was named <i>Musical America</i>’s Young Artist of the Year. Cavani earned <i>Chamber Music America</i>’s Guarneri String Quartet Award for Artistic Excellence—and was the only ensemble to receive the honor twice.</p> <p>Since 1993, Docter has served on the faculty of the Cleveland Institute of Music. The Cavani Quartet has been ensemble in residence at CIM since 1988.</p> <p>Throughout her career, Docter and her Cavani colleagues have demonstrated tireless devotion to educational outreach, and they routinely perform free concerts for young audiences and others. The quartet is renowned for embracing a wide range of art forms, from master works to modern compositions, and for developing programs that incorporate poetry, dance, and visual art.</p> <p>“Kirsten is much admired as a violist, a chamber musician, and a teacher," says Dean of the Conservatory Andrea Kalyn. "Her work reflects all that we seek to instill in our students—the highest levels of artistry, professional flexibility, and imagination, and a commitment to taking great music into the world. We are delighted to welcome Kirsten to her new role on the �鶹��Ƶ faculty."</p> <p>At �鶹��Ƶ, Docter will play a pivotal role in instruction of viola students, in addition to leading a weekly studio class and coaching chamber ensembles.</p> <p>As an undergraduate, Docter studied with Jeffery Irvine and Lynne Ramsey. She continued her education at the Curtis Institute of Music, where she earned an artist diploma and studied under Karen Tuttle.</p> <p>Docter lives in suburban Cleveland with her husband, arts administrator Paul Cox, and their sons, Sebastian and Benjamin.</p> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-type field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__item">News Releases</div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-date field--type-datetime field--label-hidden field__item"><time datetime="2016-02-05T12:00:00Z">Fri, 02/05/2016 - 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="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=2365">Chamber Music</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news?tag=2974">Conservatory Alumni</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-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>�鶹��Ƶ Trio Releases New CD of Expressive Chamber Music</h1> <p>eburnett — Mon, 07 Nov 2016 18:02:04 +0000</p> <span>�鶹��Ƶ Trio Releases New CD of Expressive Chamber Music</span> <span><span>eburnett</span></span> <span><time datetime="2016-11-07T13:02:04-05:00" title="Monday, November 7, 2016 - 13:02">Mon, 11/07/2016 - 13:02</time> </span> <div class="text-content field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item"><p>The �鶹��Ƶ Trio, the acclaimed ensemble founded in 1982 by three members of the �鶹��Ƶ Conservatory faculty, has released a new CD on the conservatory's official record label, �鶹��Ƶ Music.</p> <p><i>Dvořák | Shostakovich | Tower</i> features three distinctive pieces that traverse disparate worlds en route to the same destination: Each one is an emotionally charged expression of its composer’s life.</p> <p>The recording opens with Dmitri Shostakovich’s Trio No. 2, a compelling tale of human endurance and tragedy, informed by the swirling emotions of the composer’s turbulent personal life and the toll of toiling in the shadow of oppressive Soviet Russia. It is contrasted by Joan Tower’s <i>Big Sky</i>, inspired by her childhood memories of horseback riding amid the bucolic mountain valleys of Bolivia. Rounding out the recording is Antonin Dvořák’s <i>Dumky</i> trio: a suite-like collection of movements, alternately joyful and melancholic, inspired by traditional Bohemian music.</p> <p>Originally consisting of violinist Stephen Clapp, pianist Joseph Schwartz, and cellist Andor Toth Jr., the �鶹��Ƶ Trio today features �鶹��Ƶ faculty members David Bowlin (violin), Haewon Song (piano), and Amir Eldan (cello). Together, they have presented recitals and master classes across the United States, Korea, and China. In keeping with the ensemble’s commitment to educating young artists, members of the �鶹��Ƶ Trio enjoy teaching at top music schools in the U.S. and abroad.</p> <p>Distributed by Naxos of America, the �鶹��Ƶ Trio’s <i>Dvořák | Shostakovich | Tower</i> is available through select retailers and digital music channels worldwide.</p> <p>�鶹��Ƶ Music is the official record label of the �鶹��Ƶ Conservatory of Music. Other recent titles include <i>full moon in the city</i> featuring bassoon professor George Sakakeeny and <i>Gabrieli</i> by the National Brass Ensemble.</p></div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-type field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__item">News Releases</div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-date field--type-datetime field--label-hidden field__item"><time datetime="2016-01-11T12:00:00Z">Mon, 01/11/2016 - 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="field field--name-field-news-tags field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news?tag=2375">�鶹��Ƶ Music Label</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news?tag=2356">Conservatory</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news?tag=2365">Chamber Music</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news?tag=2974">Conservatory Alumni</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=29541">Piano</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-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>2014 String Quartet Intensive and Festival Opens January 7</h1> <p>eburnett — Mon, 07 Nov 2016 18:04:25 +0000</p> <span>2014 String Quartet Intensive and Festival Opens January 7</span> <span><span>eburnett</span></span> <span><time datetime="2016-11-07T13:04:25-05:00" title="Monday, November 7, 2016 - 13:04">Mon, 11/07/2016 - 13:04</time> </span> <div class="text-content field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item"><p>Winter term at �鶹��Ƶ often means a quiet month between semesters, when the bustle of campus life takes a break.</p> <p>But this January the conservatory will come alive like never before: The first <b>String Quartet Intensive and Festival</b> takes place January 7 through 29 in multiple venues across campus.</p> <p>In store are three weeks packed with master classes and performances by renowned guest artists and string quartets, and two evenings of music by student ensembles. All events are free and open to the public.</p> <p>"The list of performers represents the spectrum of what is great about �鶹��Ƶ chamber music," says Associate Professor of Viola Michael Strauss, who coordinated the String Quartet Intensive and Festival along with fellow members of the conservatory faculty.</p> <p>Musicians involved include the Jupiter Quartet, �鶹��Ƶ's current artists in residence, featuring alumna violist Liz Freivogel ’00; the Wasmuth Quartet, which won a silver medal at the 2013 Fischoff National Chamber Music Competition and which includes �鶹��Ƶ alumni Brendan Shea ’09 (violin) and Abigail Rojansky ’11 (viola); and the Cleveland-based Cavani Quartet, two-time winner of Chamber Music America’s Guarneri String Quartet Award for Artistic Excellence. Conservatory faculty and student ensembles will also perform.</p> <p>The intensive opens January 7 with a guest recital by violinist Areta Zhulla of Lincoln Center’s Chamber Music Society Two. On January 25, guest violinist Timothy Lees, concertmaster of the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra, will perform with the Jupiter Quartet. The festivities close on January 29 with a master class and recital by acclaimed cellist Zuill Bailey. </p> <p>“It is going to be a very satisfying month of music making and a delight for the ears of our audience,” says Strauss.</p> <p>The complete schedule is as follows:</p> <p><b>TUESDAY, JANUARY 7:</b> <a href="https://calendar.oberlin.edu/event/guest_recital_areta_zhulla_violin?utm_campaign=widget&utm_medium=widget&utm_source=�鶹��Ƶ+College">Guest recital by violinist Areta Zhulla of Lincoln Center’s Chamber Music Society Two, with James Howsmon, piano (8 p.m., Kulas Recital Hall)</a></p> <p><b>FRIDAY, JANUARY 10:</b> <a href="https://calendar.oberlin.edu/event/the_string_quartet_intensive_and_festival_a_viennese_evening#.UrRSBuuE6Vs">A Viennese Evening, featuring �鶹��Ƶ faculty and Areta Zhulla (8 p.m., Kulas Recital Hall)</a></p> <p><b>TUESDAY, JANUARY 14:</b> <a href="https://calendar.oberlin.edu/event/string_quartet_intensive_and_festival_guest_recital_wasmuth_quartet#.UrRSJ-uE6Vs">Wasmuth Quartet, silver medalists in the 2013 Fischoff National Chamber Music Competition, featuring �鶹��Ƶ Conservatory alumni (8 p.m., Stull Recital Hall)</a></p> <p><b>THURSDAY, JANUARY 16 and 23:</b> <a href="https://calendar.oberlin.edu/event/the_string_quartet_intensive_and_festival_student_quartets_part_i#.UrRSQeuE6Vs">Two concerts featuring student chamber music quartets and other ensembles (8 p.m., Kulas Recital Hall)</a> For information on the January 23 performance, <a href="https://calendar.oberlin.edu/event/the_string_quartet_intensive_and_festival_student_quartets_part_ii#.UrRbz-uE6Vs">click here</a>.</p> <p><b>FRIDAY, JANUARY 17:</b> <a href="https://calendar.oberlin.edu/event/guest_master_class_cavani_string_quartet_chamber_music#.UrRSXOuE6Vs">Guest master class and performance by the Cavani Quartet, two-time winner of Chamber Music America’s Guarneri String Quartet Award for Artistic Excellence (3 p.m. master class, David H. Stull Recital Hall; 8 p.m. performance, Kulas Recital Hall)</a></p> <p><b>SATURDAY, JANUARY 25:</b> <a href="https://calendar.oberlin.edu/event/the_string_quartet_intensive_and_festival_gala_concert#.UrRSjuuE6Vs">Gala Concert, featuring �鶹��Ƶ artists-in-residence Jupiter Quartet, �鶹��Ƶ faculty and students, and guest violinist Timothy Lees, concertmaster of the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra (8 p.m., Warner Concert Hall)</a></p> <p><b>WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 29:</b> <a href="https://calendar.oberlin.edu/event/guest_recital_zuill_bailey_cello#.UrRSr-uE6Vs">Guest master class and recital by renowned cellist Zuill Bailey (4 p.m. master class and 8 p.m. recital, David H. Stull Recital Hall)</a></p> <p>For more information, including updates on live streams of certain events, please visit the <a href="https://calendar.oberlin.edu/calendar/month/2014/1?event_types%5B%5D=19263">Events Calendar at oberlin.edu</a>.</p></div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-type field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__item">News Releases</div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-date field--type-datetime field--label-hidden field__item"><time datetime="2013-12-19T12:00:00Z">Thu, 12/19/2013 - 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=2365">Chamber Music</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-image-caption field--type-string-long field--label-hidden field__item">The Jupiter Quartet at Finney Chapel.</div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-image-credit field--type-string field--label-hidden field__item">Roger Mastroianni</div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-media field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__item"> </div> </article> </main></body></html>