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The Oberlin Conservatory of Music presents an evening of cutting-edge contemporary music on Sunday, January 11, 2009 at 7 PM, at the Palace of Fine Arts Theatre.
The concert will feature the groundbreaking - and Grammy Award winning - contemporary chamber ensemble eighth blackbird, formed at Oberlin more than 10 years ago. Joining the sextet will be members of the Oberlin Contemporary Music Ensemble (CME), and the Prima Trio, also formed at Oberlin and winner of the grand and gold prizes at the 2007 Fischoff Competition.
The concert program will feature eighth blackbird and the CME performing the West Coast premieres of Fred Rzewski's Knight, Death and the Devil, a work that was commissioned by eighth blackbird with the generous support of the Oberlin Conservatory and the University of Chicago, and the all-live version of Steve Reich's Double Sextet. Also on the program: Stephen Hartke's Meanwhile, and Peter Schickele's Serenade for Three.
THE OBERLIN CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC
The Oberlin Conservatory of Music, founded in 1865 and situated amid the intellectual vitality of Oberlin College since 1867, is one of the world's leading music schools. Renowned internationally as a professional institution of the highest caliber and pronounced a "national treasure" by the Washington Post, its alumni are found in every major orchestra and opera company, in addition to winning countless Grammy Awards and major international competitions.
http://inside.oberlin.edu/westcoast/
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