Three Concerto Competition Winners to Perform in April, May</h1> <article> <h1>Three Concerto Competition Winners to Perform in April, May</h1> <p>eburnett — Mon, 07 Nov 2016 18:02:52 +0000</p> <span>Three Concerto Competition Winners to Perform in April, May</span> <span><span>eburnett</span></span> <span><time datetime="2016-11-07T13:02:52-05:00" 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>Three of the four winners of the 2014 Concerto Competition will perform with ensembles over the second half of the spring semester.</p> <p>Pianist Marika Yasuda will perform the Barber Piano Concerto with the �鶹��Ƶ Orchestra on Saturday, April 11.</p> <p>Clarinetist Jesse McCandless will perform the Nielsen Clarinet Concerto with the �鶹��Ƶ Chamber Orchestra on Tuesday, May 5.</p> <p>Senior pianist Yihui Liu will perform Prokofiev’s second piano concerto with the �鶹��Ƶ Orchestra on Friday, May 8.</p> <p>All three performances begin at 8 p.m. in Finney Chapel and will be live-streamed at <a href="http://new.oberlin.edu/conservatory/listenlive/">oberlin.edu</a>. The fourth winner, pianist San Jittakarn, performed Gershwin’s <i>Rhapsody in Blue</i> with the �鶹��Ƶ Orchestra on Friday, December 5.</p> <p>For more information about the 2014 Concerto Competition, please visit �鶹��Ƶ's <a href="/news/four-students-honored-oberlins-2014-concerto-competition">News Center archives</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="2015-03-31T12:00:00Z">Tue, 03/31/2015 - 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=2372">Performing Arts</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-image-caption field--type-string-long field--label-hidden field__item">Winners of the 2014 Concerto Competition: San Jittakarn, Marika Yasuda, Jesse McCandless, and Yihui Liu (from left).</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>Four Students Honored in �鶹��Ƶ's 2014 Concerto Competition</h1> <p>eburnett — Mon, 07 Nov 2016 18:03:18 +0000</p> <span>Four Students Honored in �鶹��Ƶ's 2014 Concerto Competition</span> <span><span>eburnett</span></span> <span><time datetime="2016-11-07T13:03:18-05:00" title="Monday, November 7, 2016 - 13:03">Mon, 11/07/2016 - 13:03</time> </span> <div class="text-content field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item"><p>Pianists San Jittakarn, Marika Yasuda, and Yihui Liu, and clarinetist Jesse McCandless were winners of the �鶹��Ƶ Conservatory’s 2014 <strong>Concerto Competition</strong>, which took place October 11 in historic Finney Chapel.</p> <p>All four students are seniors at �鶹��Ƶ, and each will perform their winning repertoire in free, public concerts with �鶹��Ƶ’s orchestras under the direction of <a href="/raphael-jimenez">Raphael Jiménez</a>. The performances are scheduled throughout the academic year and will be held in Finney Chapel.</p> <p>A native of Thailand, pianist San Jittakarn will perform Gershwin’s <i>Rhapsody in Blue</i> with the �鶹��Ƶ Orchestra on Friday, December 5. Jittakarn began playing piano at age 5 and later studied with French pianist Sébastien Koch at Thailand’s Mahidol University. He has won numerous awards abroad, including first prize in the 8th National Piano Competition in Bangkok and the HRH Galyani Vadhana Award. In the spring of 2014, he won �鶹��Ƶ’s John Elvin Piano Prize and the Arthur Dann Piano Competition. Jittakarn is a student of Monique Duphil.</p> <p>Pianist Marika Yasuda of Williamsburg, Virginia, will perform the Barber Piano Concerto with the �鶹��Ƶ Orchestra on Saturday, April 11. A student of <a href="/alvin-chow">Alvin Chow</a> and Philip Highfill, Yasuda is a double major in piano performance and vocal accompaniment. She has received top prizes at the Harold Protsman Classical Period Piano Competition and has performed in master classes for celebrated artists such as Leon Fleisher, Robert McDonald, Nelita True, and Stanislav Ioudenitch. In January 2013, Yasuda made her Carnegie Hall debut with the �鶹��Ƶ Orchestra during its New York tour, and she performed at the Kennedy Center in the spring of 2014.</p> <p>Clarinetist Jesse McCandless of Colton, California, will perform the Nielsen Clarinet Concerto with the �鶹��Ƶ Chamber Orchestra on Tuesday, May 5. A student of <a href="/richard-hawkins">Richard Hawkins</a>, McCandless has participated in many chamber and orchestral ensembles throughout his time at �鶹��Ƶ. He performed at the Third Practice Electroacoustic Music Festival with the Contemporary Music Ensemble, twice at the Kennedy Center, and as a soloist and chamber musician at the �鶹��Ƶ in Oakton concert series. McCandless has collaborated with eighth blackbird and recently performed in a master class for the principal clarinetist of the New York Philharmonic. He is a member of the reed trio Third Rail, which has served as ensemble in residence at Detroit Chamber Winds and Strings.</p> <p>Senior pianist Yihui Liu will perform Prokofiev’s second piano concerto with the �鶹��Ƶ Orchestra on Friday, May 8. A native of China, Liu has been awarded top prizes in numerous competitions, including the Beacon International Youth Piano Competition in Beijing, the Hong Kong-Asia Piano Open Competition, and the Shanghai International Youth Piano Competition. A student of <a href="/robert-shannon">Robert Shannon</a>, Liu has been the recipient of the Serkin Award and the John Elvin Piano Prize.</p> <p>All four performances begin at 8 p.m. and will be <a href="/node/42936">live-streamed at oberlin.edu</a>.</p> <h2>About the Competition </h2> <p>An annual tradition, the <strong>�鶹��Ƶ Conservatory Concerto Competition</strong> takes place every October and is open to conservatory seniors and artist diploma students. A guest jury adjudicates the public finals round. The three esteemed guests who served on the 2014 concerto competition jury included pianist Anton Nel, trombonist Bradley Kerns, and cellist Hans Jørgen Jensen.</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="2014-10-13T12:00:00Z">Mon, 10/13/2014 - 12:00</time> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-author field--type-string field--label-hidden field__item">Josie Davis</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=2372">Performing Arts</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/winds-brass-and-percussion" hreflang="und">Winds, Brass, and Percussion</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-image-caption field--type-string-long field--label-hidden field__item">Winners of the 2014 Concerto Competition: San Jittakarn, Marika Yasuda, Jesse McCandless, and Yihui Liu (from left).</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>�鶹��Ƶ Opera Theater presents Johann Strauss's Die Fledermaus</h1> <p>eburnett — Mon, 07 Nov 2016 18:04:51 +0000</p> <span>�鶹��Ƶ Opera Theater presents Johann Strauss's Die Fledermaus</span> <span><span>eburnett</span></span> <span><time datetime="2016-11-07T13:04:51-05:00" 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>OBERLIN, OH — �鶹��Ƶ Opera Theater is proud to present <cite>Die Fledermaus</cite><em> </em>(“The Bat”), under the baton of Maestro Raphael Jiménez, and directed by Jonathon Field. The production opens in Hall Auditorium Wednesday, March 13 at 8 p.m., and continues with additional shows on Friday and Saturday nights at 8 p.m., and Sunday afternoon at 2 p.m. The production will be sung in English.</p> <p>Set in 19th century Vienna, <cite>Die Fledermaus</cite> is one of Johann Strauss’s most celebrated and popular operettas, filled with lively melodies and unforgettable waltzes. The light, comic work as described by Director Jonathon Field, “<cite>Die Fledermaus</cite> has long been the New Year's Eve opera in Vienna, and we are giving it a touch of spring's awakening this March. It is a well-made soup of mistaken identities, revenge, saucy maids, philandering husbands, and ambiguous Russians. It is guaranteed to bring a smile to all in the audience.”</p> <p>The cast for this production of <cite>Die Fledermaus</cite> is comprised entirely of �鶹��Ƶ Conservatory students. Two casts alternate with one cast performing on Wednesday and Saturday, the other on Friday and Sunday.</p> <p><strong> </strong><br> Tickets for <cite>Die Fledermaus</cite> are $15 for the general public; $10 for seniors and �鶹��Ƶ College faculty, staff, and alumni; and $6 for students. All seats are reserved. Tickets may be purchased online at <a href="http://oberlin.edu/artsguide/tickets/">www.oberlin.edu/artsguide/tickets</a>; by calling �鶹��Ƶ’s Central Ticket Service (CTS) 440-775-8169 or 800-371-0178; or by visiting the box office, located in the lobby of <a href="/artsguide/maps-and-directions">Hall Auditorium</a>. CTS hours are noon to 5 p.m., Monday through Friday and select Saturdays. Tickets are $3 more when purchased at the door. Hall Auditorium is wheelchair accessible, and hearing enhancement is available upon request. Free parking is available throughout the campus.</p> <p><strong>FACT SHEET</strong></p> <p>�鶹��Ƶ Opera Theater presents<em> </em><cite>Die Fledermaus</cite><br> <br> Hall Auditorium 67 N. Main Street, �鶹��Ƶ, Ohio</p> <p>Wednesday, March 13, 8 p.m.<br> Friday, March 15, 8 p.m.<br> Saturday, March 16, 8 p.m.<br> Sunday, March 17, 2 p.m.<br> <br> <strong>TICKETS</strong><br> Reserved seats: $15; seniors $10; students $6<br> All tickets are $3 more when purchased at the door.<br> Online: <a href="http://oberlin.edu/artsguide/tickets/">www.oberlin.edu/artsguide/tickets</a><br> Phone: 440-775-8169 or 800-371-0178<br> Central Ticket Service is located in the lobby of Hall Auditorium.<br> Open noon to 5 p.m., Monday – Friday</p> <p>Free parking is available throughout the campus.</p> <p><strong>PERFORMERS </strong></p> <p><i>Principal Roles will be played by:</i><br> <i>Gabriel von Eisenstein</i>: Rob McGinness ‘13 & Joshua Blue ’16 <br> <i>Rosalinde</i>: Alexis Aimé ’14 & Meryl Dominguez ’15 <br> <i>Adele</i>: Aubry Ballaro-Hagadorn ’14 & Lacey Harms ‘13<br> <i>Dr. Falke</i>: Bill Townsend ’14 & Aaron Keeney ’15 <br> <i>Alfred</i>: Daniel King ’15 <br> <i>Prince Orlofsky</i>: Nicole Levesque ’14 & Kayleigh Decker ’15 <br> <i>Dr. Blind</i>: Michael Patterson ’14 <br> <i>Frank</i>: Daveed Buzaglo ’16 <br> <i>Sally</i>: Danielle Cheiken ’14 & Abigail Clyne ‘13<br> <i>Frosch</i>: Joseph Trumbo ’15</p> <p><i>Chorus: </i><br> <i>Sopranos</i>: Rebecca Achtenberg ’15, Danielle Cheiken ’14, Abigail Clyne ’13, Alyssa Hesel ’14, Heidi Middendorf ’15, Rosie Williams ’15<br> <i>Mezzos</i>: Julia Farbstein ’15, Hannah Hagerty ’15, Amelia Keenan ’15, Rebecca Printz ’16, Ann Sauter ’16<br> <i>Tenors</i><em>: </em>Zane Hill ‘16, Evan Hines ‘16, Markos Simopoulos ‘16, Taylor Thompson ‘13, Michael Vallikappil ‘16<br> <i>Basses</i>: Michael Floriano ’16, Jason Goldberg ’15, Samuel Heaton ’16, DeRon McDaniel ’16, John Schmieg ’16<br> <i>Waiters/Maids</i>: Perri DiChristina ’15, Tess Klibanoff ’17, Adam Wells ’16<br> <br> <strong>About Raphael Jiménez, </strong>Director of �鶹��Ƶ Orchestras<br> <br> Conductor Raphel Jiménez joined the �鶹��Ƶ Conservatory of Music as associate professor of conducting and director of �鶹��Ƶ orchestras in 2011. Born in Florida and raised in Venezuela, Jiménez began his musical life as a violinist. While he was a member of the Simón Bolívar National Youth Orchestra of Venezuela, he was assigned his first conducting responsibility at the Venezuelan National System of Youth and Children’s Orchestras (El Sistema). He was soon conducting all the professional orchestras in the country and was appointed Principal Conductor of the Caracas National Ballet at the age of twenty-two, leading the orchestra in the numerous performances of the most representative works of this genre including <cite>Swan Lake</cite>, <cite>Don Quixote</cite>, <cite>Firebird</cite>, <cite>Coppelia</cite>, <cite>Cinderella</cite>, and <cite>Romeo and Juliet</cite>.<br> <br> Jiménez began his opera experience as assistant conductor at the Teresa Carreño Center for the Performing Arts and has since served as music director to productions of <cite>La Bohème</cite>, <cite>Barber of Seville</cite>, <cite>La Traviata</cite>, <cite>Così fan tutte</cite>, <cite>Marriage of Figaro</cite>, <cite>Florencia en el Amazonas</cite>, <cite>Rake’s Progress</cite>, <cite>Don Giovanni</cite>, and <cite>Tales of Hoffmann</cite>, to name a few.</p> <p>Jiménez devotes great effort to the promotion of new music, especially of works by Latin American composers, and has been recognized for his diverse and eclectic programming. He has had the privilege of premiering numerous works including the world premiere of <cite>and flowers pick themselves</cite> featured on the eponymous recording.</p> <p>He enjoys a very active career receiving critical acclaim with frequent invitations to conduct symphonic concerts, ballets, and opera productions. Recent appearances include performances in China with the orchestras of Zhejiang and Guanxi; in Latin America with the symphony orchestras of Venezuela, Colombia, Peru, and Puerto Rico; and leading the opera orchestras of Lubeck in Germany and Palm Beach in Florida. He has also conducted the Simón Bolívar Symphony Orchestra, the Florida Orchestra, Orquesta Sinfónica Municipal de Caracas, Lansing Symphony, Battle Creek Symphony, and the Filene Center Symphony Orchestra in Washington D.C.</p> <p><br> <strong>About Jonathon Field, </strong>Director of the �鶹��Ƶ Opera Theater<br> <br> Stage Director Jonathon Field has become one of America’s more versatile and popular stage directors. A trailblazer in the world of opera, Field is fascinated with traditional as well as modern stage techniques. He has developed and used video-projected scenery for over twenty-five years in productions that have been called “brilliant,” “dazzling” and “riveting.” Field is currently the Director of the �鶹��Ƶ Opera Theater and an Associate Professor at the �鶹��Ƶ Conservatory of Music.<br> <br> Field directed the American premiere of <cite>Lost Highway</cite>, an opera based on the David Lynch film that played to sold-out performances at the Miller Theater in New York. He directed the world premiere of the jazz opera <cite>Leave Me Alone</cite> in a partnership between �鶹��Ƶ Conservatory and Real Time Opera, which was one of the first operas to broadcast live on the Internet. His productions for Lyric Opera of Chicago of <cite>Trouble in Tahiti</cite>, <cite>Gianni Schicchi</cite>, the <cite>Old Maid and the Thief</cite>, and the <cite>Spanish Hour</cite> were successfully revived at the Illinois Humanities Festival. He directed touring productions of <cite>La Cenerentola</cite> and <cite>Die Fledermaus</cite> for San Francisco Opera’s Western Opera Theatre, which played in over twenty states. Over the past eight years Field directed ten productions with Arizona Opera, being deemed by the press “their most perceptive stage director.” From 2000 through 2006 he served as Artistic Director of Lyric Opera Cleveland, where he presented the operas of Mozart, Rossini, Donizetti, and the Ohio premieres of works by John Adams, Mark Adamo, and Philip Glass. Field received a Northern Ohio Live Award for his work on <cite>Don Giovanni</cite> in Cleveland, which was called “an electrifying production that has come to be the hallmark of Field’s tenure.”<br> <br> Field has been praised for his international work as well, having directed the <cite>Riverboat Show</cite> at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, <cite>Dido and Aeneas</cite> at Teatro Colon in Buenos Aires, Suor Angelica and Menotti’s <cite>Amalia al Ballo</cite> at the Urbania Festival in Italy. He has collaborated with such esteemed artists as Teresa Zylis-Gara, Jerome Hines, Pablo Elvira, Giorgio Tozzi, and Angelina Reux. Field’s expertise extends from the avant-garde to musical comedy. In 1996, he introduced computer-generated scenery to the opera world in a production of Candide at West Bay Opera in Silicon Valley, CA, with assistance from Apple, Inc. The press called the show “virtual Voltaire - the backgrounds are as varied as the story.” He pioneered the use of video-projected scenery in productions of the<cite> Turn of the Screw</cite>, <cite>Tales of Hoffmann,</cite> and <cite>Der Freischütz</cite>. In the realm of operetta and musical theatre, Field staged <cite>H.M.S. Pinafore</cite> for Opera Omaha, <cite>Trial by Jury</cite> for Lake George Opera, Bernstein’s <cite>Wonderful Town</cite> in Chicago, and <cite>Merry Widow</cite> and <cite>Countess Maritza</cite> in San Francisco. For the Oakland Symphony he translated and choreographed Stravinsky’s <cite>Pulcinella</cite>, using members of the Oakland Ballet.</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="2013-02-14T12:00:00Z">Thu, 02/14/2013 - 12:00</time> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-author field--type-string field--label-hidden field__item">Emily Peragine</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=2372">Performing Arts</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> </article> </main></body></html>