The Maestro Gets His Rematch</h1> <article> <h1>The Maestro Gets His Rematch</h1> <p>eburnett — Mon, 07 Nov 2016 18:01:50 +0000</p> <span>The Maestro Gets His Rematch</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><a href="https://new.oberlin.edu/conservatory/faculty/faculty-detail.dot?id=3275001">Raphael Jiménez</a> has been eyeing February 27 for more years than he can remember. For 91ֱ��’s associate professor of conducting, this moment—<a href="https://calendar.oberlin.edu/event/oberlin_orchestra_raphael_jimenez_conductor_1376#.Vs3oHSlb8WE">the first concert of the spring semester by the 91ֱ�� Orchestra at Finney Chapel</a>—offers an opportunity for redemption he has craved for decades.</p> <p>When Jiménez was conducting his first orchestras as a very young man in Venezuela, he once led a performance of Rachmaninoff’s Piano Concerto No. 2 with internationally celebrated pianist <a href="https://new.oberlin.edu/conservatory/faculty/faculty-detail.dot?id=20713">Monique Duphil</a> as the soloist. Duphil had been beloved for years in the South American nation; Jiménez was desperately nervous about sharing the stage with a titanic performer at the height of her powers, and so he prepared like a madman in the days leading up to the concert. Still, he couldn’t help but feel he had not done Duphil justice.</p> <p>In 2011, as Jiménez arrived in 91ֱ�� to become the conservatory’s director of orchestras, he knew he would be reunited with Professor Duphil. And he still longed for an opportunity to revisit “Rocky II” with her.</p> <p>That opportunity arrives Saturday, when Jiménez leads the orchestra in an 8 p.m. performance of the concerto with Duphil once again as the soloist. “By now,” Jiménez says with a smile, “I think I know what I’m doing.”</p> <p>The program also includes only the second performance of Professor of Composition <a href="https://new.oberlin.edu/conservatory/faculty/faculty-detail.dot?id=42961ce2-dbe8-4d99-80a3-7c79ca42a01c">Stephen Hartke</a>’s Symphony No. 4. The massive piece features Assistant Professor of Organ <a href="https://new.oberlin.edu/conservatory/faculty/faculty-detail.dot?id=7dc03968-8cee-47a5-854e-847feb1fb812">Jonathan Moyer AD ’12</a> and soprano Amber Monroe ’17 in solo roles.</p> <p>Pieces for organ and orchestra are rare, but Hartke has been interested in the genre since childhood—and even held a college job playing organ for a church. His Symphony No. 4 was commissioned for the Los Angeles Philharmonic, which premiered the piece in 2014. The L.A. Phil’s concert hall houses a behemoth of an organ nicknamed “Hurricane Mama,” providing an ideal setting for a work for organ and orchestra.</p> <p>Hartke calls the organ a fifth choir—“a chameleon” that can add shading to the other instruments and also stand on its own. At the February 27 performance, those duties will fall to Moyer.</p> <p>“Hartke uses the organ in both traditional and non-traditional ways,” Moyer says. “There are the more typical organ sounds, but he has also created some very unusual effects. Though the part is quite dominant and virtuosic, you get the sense that the organ is just another texture in the orchestra, not like a solo part in a concerto.”</p> <p>Hartke’s piece calls for 108 musicians, plus its two soloists. “There are not many new pieces in the symphonic repertoire that are of this magnitude,” Jiménez says.</p> <p>The symphony ends with a setting of Michael Hartnett’s translation of Federico García Lorca’s poem “Sleepwalking Ballad,” which provides commentary on the dramatic arc of the preceding music.</p> <p>Monroe, the soprano soloist, recently earned acclaim for her turn in the lead role of <i><a href="/news/oberlin-opera-theater-co-presents-harriet-tubman-jan-29-feb-7">Harriet Tubman: When I Crossed That Line to Freedom</a></i>. The opera was co-produced by 91ֱ�� Opera Theater and Cleveland Opera Theater for a series of performances in late January and early February.</p> <p>“I have little experience singing contemporary music,” she says. “It is very exciting because your discoveries are your own and you are given leeway to experiment with your own ideas and imagination.”</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="2016-02-24T12:00:00Z">Wed, 02/24/2016 - 12:00</time> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-author field--type-string field--label-hidden field__item">Daniel Hautzinger</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=2370">Ensembles & Orchestras</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=29541">Piano</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="/raphael-jimenez" hreflang="und">Raphael Jiménez</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/stephen-hartke" hreflang="und">Stephen Hartke</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/conducting-and-ensembles" hreflang="und">Conducting and Ensembles</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/keyboard-studies" hreflang="und">Keyboard Studies</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">Chris Lee</div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-media field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__item"> </div> </article> <article> <h1>91ֱ�� Ensembles to Perform in Chicago January 29-30</h1> <p>eburnett — Mon, 07 Nov 2016 18:02:04 +0000</p> <span>91ֱ�� Ensembles to Perform in Chicago January 29-30</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><a class="newshub_embed" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GMPvVi8b4Ko">91ֱ�� Conservatory 2016 Chicago Tour</a></p> <p>Student ensembles from the 91ֱ�� Conservatory of Music will make their Chicago debuts in January 2016 as part of the conservatory's yearlong 150th anniversary celebration.</p> <p>The Chicago tour features more than 100 conservatory students in three performances: two by the Contemporary Music Ensemble at Roosevelt University’s Ganz Hall on January 29, followed by the 91ֱ�� Orchestra at Symphony Center on January 30. Complete tour information is available at <a href="https://www2.oberlin.edu/chicago2016/">www2.oberlin.edu/chicago2016</a>.</p> <p>Chicago audiences are already familiar with 91ֱ��’s extensive network of alumni, including the Grammy Award-winning sextet eighth blackbird, which formed at 91ֱ��, and members of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra and International Contemporary Ensemble.</p> <p>“The tour represents an important professional moment for our students, as they step out of the practice room and onto the stage of one of the world’s great concert halls,” says Andrea Kalyn, dean of the 91ֱ�� Conservatory. “But it is also an opportunity for us to share the artistry and work of our students and faculty, and to bring alumni and friends together in celebration of music.”</p> <p>The Contemporary Music Ensemble will kick off the tour with a pair of performances at Ganz Hall on the campus of Roosevelt University at 7 and 9 p.m. Friday, January 29. (The 7 p.m. show is sold out; limited availability remains for the 9 p.m. show.) The program will open with the North American premiere of <i>One Bright Morning</i> by Jesse Jones, featuring 91ֱ�� student Olivia Boen ’17, a soprano from River Forest, Illinois. Also on the program is <i>Passion Prayers</i> by University of Chicago Professor Augusta Read Thomas, featuring cello soloist and 91ֱ�� faculty member Darrett Adkins ’91; and the Grammy Award-winning piece <i>Meanwhile</i>, written by 91ֱ�� Professor of Composition Stephen Hartke. The performances will be led by 91ֱ�� Professor of Conducting Timothy Weiss.</p> <p>The 91ֱ�� Orchestra will follow with a performance at Symphony Center at 8 p.m. Saturday, January 30, under the direction of Associate Professor of Conducting Raphael Jiménez. The program includes soprano Marcy Stonikas ’02 in Strauss’ <i>Four Last Songs</i>, in addition to Stravinsky’s <i>The Rite of Spring</i> and Berlioz’s <i>Roman Carnival</i> Overture. The performance will be preceded by a lecture featuring Harvard University musicologist and author Thomas Kelly, beginning at 7 p.m.</p> <p>In addition to the main stage performances, 91ֱ�� students will visit area schools and community music programs in the Chicago area, sharing their experiences, presenting brief concerts, and fueling inspiration for future generations of musicians.</p> <p>“It is worth noting the fact than an undergraduate orchestra can play <i>The Rite of Spring</i> with ease nowadays,” says Jiménez. “This is a piece that, for its premiere, took a professional orchestra 22 rehearsals to prepare. It speaks of the evolution of orchestral playing in the world and loudly speaks of the sophisticated training that our conservatory students are receiving.</p> <p>"There is no room for error in this kind of repertoire,” Jiménez continues. “But nothing motivates 91ֱ�� students more than a challenge, and to have the opportunity to perform it in Symphony Center makes it even more exciting for us.”</p> <p>Admission to all performances is free, but tickets are required. Reserve seats for the 91ֱ�� Orchestra by calling the Symphony Center Box Office (312-294-3000) or visiting cso.org.</p> <p>Contemporary Music Ensemble tickets can be reserved by calling 440-775-8200 or visiting oberlin.edu/chicago2016.</p> <p><b>PROGRAM</b></p> <p><b>DATE:</b> Friday, January 29, 2016 (7 p.m.)<br> Ganz Hall of Roosevelt University, 430 S. Michigan Ave, Chicago IL 60605</p> <p><b>FEATURING:</b> 91ֱ�� Contemporary Music Ensemble<br> Timothy Weiss, conductor</p> <p><b>REPERTOIRE:</b><br> <br> Jesse Jones<br> <i>One Bright Morning</i> (2015) 10' [North American Premiere]<br> Olivia Boen, soprano</p> <p>Andrew Norman<br> <i>Gran Turismo</i> (2007) 8'</p> <p>Stephen Hartke<br> <i>Meanwhile</i> (2007) 18'</p> <p>Augusta Read Thomas<br> <i>Passion Prayers</i> (1999) 10'<br> Darrett Adkins, cello</p> <p>Marc-André Dalbavie<br> <i>Melodia</i> (2009) 14'</p> <p>Julian Anderson<br> <i>Alhambra Fantasy</i> (2000) 11'</p> <p><b>DATE:</b> Saturday, January 30, 2016 (8 p.m.)<br> Chicago Symphony Center, 220 S. Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL 60604</p> <p><b>FEATURING:</b> 91ֱ�� Orchestra<br> Raphael Jiménez, conductor</p> <p><b>REPERTOIRE:</b></p> <p>Hector Berlioz<br> <i>Roman Carnival</i> Overture</p> <p>Richard Strauss<br> <i>Four Last Songs</i><br> Marcy Stonikas, soprano</p> <p>Igor Stravinsky<br> <i>The Rite of Spring</i></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="2015-12-01T12:00:00Z">Tue, 12/01/2015 - 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=2370">Ensembles & Orchestras</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news?tag=2408">Conservatory 150th Anniversary</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news?tag=2356">Conservatory</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="/jesse-jones" hreflang="und">Jesse Jones</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">Chris Lee</div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-media field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__item"> </div> </article> <article> <h1>Gregory Ristow '01 Joins 91ֱ�� Conducting Faculty</h1> <p>eburnett — Mon, 07 Nov 2016 18:02:25 +0000</p> <span>Gregory Ristow '01 Joins 91ֱ�� Conducting Faculty</span> <span><span>eburnett</span></span> <span><time datetime="2016-11-07T13:02:25-05:00" 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>Conductor, teacher, and singer Gregory Ristow ’01 has been appointed Assistant Professor of Conducting and Director of Vocal Ensembles at the 91ֱ�� Conservatory of Music. He will begin July 1.</p> <p>“I'm excited to be coming to 91ֱ�� to direct the vocal ensemble program,” says Ristow. “For me, it's a return to the place where I first discovered the joy and beauty of ensemble singing, as well as its importance to my development as a musician.”</p> <p>Ristow comes to 91ֱ�� from DePauw University School of Music, where he has served as director of choral activities since 2011. Ristow also serves as conductor of the Interlochen Singers and previously was director of choirs at the Rochester Institute of Technology and at Lone Star College-Montgomery, where he received the 2008 Faculty Excellence Award. In addition to his work as a choral conductor, Ristow is in demand as a teacher of Dalcroze eurhythmics—a method of teaching music through movement—and he teaches eurythmics at the Interlochen Arts Camp in Interlochen, Michigan.</p> <p>As a singer, he has received praise as a performer with "star quality" who was "striking whenever he appeared on stage" (<i>Indianapolis Examiner</i>). He has sung professionally with the Houston Chamber Choir and Houston’s Mercury Baroque, and conducted professionally as artistic director of Encore Vocal Arts in Indianapolis and as a guest conductor with the Indianapolis Chamber Orchestra, Houston’s Foundation for Modern Music, Rochester’s Gregory Kunde Chorale, and Rochester’s Voices.</p> <p>“I am elated that Greg will be joining the Vocal Studies Division,” says the division's director, Associate Professor Salvatore Champagne. “Greg brings a wide breadth of talents, accomplishments, and experience. His proven commitment to vocal music education and the care he demonstrates for his students' musical development are inspirational. We look forward to an exciting and productive collaboration.”</p> <p>Ristow will serve as director of vocal ensembles, including the 91ֱ�� College Choir and Musical Union, and will teach courses in vocal chamber music and conducting.</p> <p>The 91ֱ�� College Choir is a select ensemble of college and conservatory students that performs a wide variety of a cappella and accompanied choral literature. Each ensemble performs one concert at the end of the fall and spring semesters. Founded in 1837, the 140-voice 91ֱ�� Musical Union brings together students from both the college and community, and maintains the second-oldest continuing choral tradition in the United States.</p> <p>“It's an exciting time to be a choral musician and to be coming to 91ֱ��,” Ristow says. “I'm looking forward to working with the faculty to help structure a program that fits the needs of each of 91ֱ��'s singers, whether they're studying to be a professional singer or making music as a joyful complement to their life.”</p> <p>Ristow received his doctor of musical arts and master of music degrees from the Eastman School of Music, and his bachelor of music from the 91ֱ�� Conservatory. He also holds a Dalcroze certificate from the Juilliard School and a Dalcroze license from the Longy School of Music.</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="2015-05-20T12:00:00Z">Wed, 05/20/2015 - 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=2370">Ensembles & Orchestras</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news?tag=2356">Conservatory</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/conducting-and-ensembles" hreflang="und">Conducting and Ensembles</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>91ֱ�� CME to Premiere Aaron Helgeson's Snow Requiem March 6</h1> <p>eburnett — Mon, 07 Nov 2016 18:03:18 +0000</p> <span>91ֱ�� CME to Premiere Aaron Helgeson's Snow Requiem March 6</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><i>This article was written by Mike Telin ’84 for <a href="http://clevelandclassical.com/oberlin-contemporary-music-ensemble-to-premiere-helgesons-snow-requiem/">clevelandclassical.com</a>. It is republished here with their permission.</i></p> <p>In his book <i>The Children’s Blizzard</i>, author David Laskin chronicles the events of January 12, 1888. That morning the temperatures in the upper Midwest were unseasonably warm—so warm in fact that children walked to school without coats, hats, or gloves. That afternoon, one of the deadliest winter storms in U.S. history left thousands stranded as they attempted to make their way home. By the next morning, the storm had claimed more than 500 casualties, many of them schoolchildren.</p> <p>This horrifying day in history is the inspiration behind composer Aaron Helgeson’s latest work. On <a href="https://calendar.oberlin.edu/event/contemporary_music_ensemble_timothy_weiss_conductor_2183#.VPS3o-tSwhE">Friday, March 6, at 8 p.m.</a> in the 91ֱ�� Conservatory’s Warner Concert Hall, and on Saturday, March 7, at 2 p.m. in Gartner Auditorium at the Cleveland Museum of Art, Timothy Weiss will lead the 91ֱ�� Contemporary Music Ensemble in world-premiere performances of Helgeson’s <i>Snow Requiem</i> for solo violin, solo soprano, 16-voice choir, strings, percussion, and harp. The program also includes Sofia Gubaidulina’s <i>Concerto for Bassoon and Low Strings</i>, featuring Ben Roidl-Ward as soloist, and Jonathan Harvey’s <i>Wheel of Emptiness</i>.</p> <p>During a conversation in his studio, Helgeson, who is a visiting assistant professor of composition at 91ֱ�� as well as a 2005 graduate of the college and conservatory, said that the gestation of the work was quite long. “It started when I was finishing my doctoral dissertation in 2012. I felt I had mastered my toolbox in terms of composing, and I began to think about developing a project that would allow me to apply those tools to subject matter that might be of interest to people outside of the new music community. At the time, I was reading a lot of creative non-fiction, a genre that is an interest of mine, when I came across David Laskin’s book, <i>The Children’s Blizzard</i>.</p> <p>Although <i>Snow Requiem</i> is not a programmatic work, Helgeson said that Laskin’s detailed writing about the event did have a direct effect on his piece. “It was a blizzard that saw wind speeds of up to 80 mph, single-day temperature drops of as much as 55 degrees fahrenheit, and snow drifts of 10-20 feet, all over the course of 8 hours.</p> <p>“At the time, all of the weather forecasting was done via the Military Signal Corps, and a lot of enterprises had paid them off in order to get weather information early. Among those enterprises were the railroads, and because they had received advance notice of the storm, they shut down early, which meant that many people could not get out of the region. Most of the people in the area were Norwegian, German, and Ukrainian homesteaders, and Laskin talks about the folk music and the hymns that were sung. He also recreates the storm and the experience of the children of the people in the region. There is a particularly gruesome chapter about a group of boys who were stuck in the storm for hours, and their experiences during the different stages of hypothermia.”</p> <p>While spending a few months teaching in Washington, D.C., Helgeson spent time at the National Archives researching weather data and the homesteaders, a topic that was of personal interest to him. “My great-great-grandfather came from Oslo during the Homestead Act and settled in that region, so there is a personal aspect for me. I wanted to create a project that I could really sink my teeth into, and this seemed to provide me with what I was looking for.</p> <p>“Its musical unfolding is structured from temperature and wind readings taken during the storm from the weather station in Huron, South Dakota, and bookended by my own transcription of two Norwegian folk songs from the Homestead-era immigrant communities in the affected areas.”</p> <p>A Norwegian folk song serves as the work’s structural base and comes from the tradition of tralling, a form of nonsense-syllable singing that is particularly prevalent in children’s music. The second folk song is a Hardanger fiddle tune that he transcribed for solo violin. The Hardanger fiddle is a violin-like instrument with sympathetic strings inside its body that resonate the notes of the bowed strings. Helgeson said it was difficult to capture the Hardanger sound in the transcription because a violin is a very different instrument, so he had to get a little creative.</p> <p>“I listened to a lot of folk tunes, but I wanted to find something that captured the quality of the story. I also wanted a tune that would not be too difficult to learn linguistically if I wanted it to be performed outside of Norway. I also needed a song that I could fragment, and then harmonize in many different ways, and I thought this tralling song had a lot of possibilities. The first movement is just this folk song. And that structure is repeated during the seven movements. But as the piece progresses, the orchestra enters into the structure, and plays along with the melody and then starts to obscure it. That’s why I say it’s a collage of different sonic elements and not a program piece.”</p> <p>In his informative composer’s notes about <i>Snow Requiem</i>, Helgeson writes: “Ultimately, this music is and isn’t a requiem. It shares similarities with previous attempts at the form (Machaut, Mozart, Brahms, Ligeti) while bearing no relation to the Catholic Mass. It has no words, yet it has a text. It is no epitaph. Rather, it’s a collage of sonic elements in proximity to the storm and those who suffered through it: the folk songs of May Hunt that kept her schoolchildren’s spirits up while they waited out the night underneath a frozen haystack they had burrowed into with their bare hands; the hypothermia-induced aural hallucinations of Peter Graber that gradually subsided as the temperature of his prairie-trapped body fell below 87 degrees; the wordless hymns of Etta Shattuck that lulled her to sleep on her deathbed weeks after being trapped in the blizzard; the deafening roar of the wind and snow as it rolled across the plains, and the even more deafening quiet that surrounded it.”</p> <p>As an undergraduate at 91ֱ��, Helgeson also earned a BA in theater. Does his theatrical experience inform his musical compositions? “People used to say, ‘You do theater and you write music, so you must write musicals.’ At first it wasn’t easy to reconcile the two. But as I’ve learned more about myself as a composer I’ve discovered that, yes, actually, the theater really has influenced a lot of what I do musically, even though it might not be obvious on the surface. If you think of the sounds as characters you can say, 'OK, what can they do in terms of their relationships to one another: this one starts a phrase, This one continues it, and this one stops it. And they’re not arbitrary—they’re based on who this character is.'”</p> <p>He also admits that he is, and always has been, interested in sound. “I grew up in Eugene, Oregon, and when we’d go camping I just loved sitting and listening to every little sound and imagining what it would be like to add this or that little sound to it. I think listening is a big part of what I do as a composer, which is one of the reasons why I really wanted to incorporate transcriptions into this piece. It affords me the opportunity to really listen to something that I’m not a native in. So this was one way of getting to know music that I have connections to but that I am not as familiar with.”</p> <p><i>Snow Requiem</i> represents the culmination of many things in Helgeson’s personal and musical life. “The more I learn about Norway, the more I feel like I need to go there. I haven’t made my pilgrimage yet, so this is maybe a way of doing that. Spending time at the Archives was great, and of course they have all sorts of immigration records, so I did find out a lot of information about my family.”</p> <p><i>This article was originally published February 24, 2015.</i></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="2015-03-02T12:00:00Z">Mon, 03/02/2015 - 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=2370">Ensembles & Orchestras</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news?tag=2356">Conservatory</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=33331">Composition</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/contemporary-music" hreflang="und">Contemporary Music</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">Josie Davis '14</div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-media field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__item"> </div> </article> <article> <h1>L. Dean Nuernberger, Longtime Director of Collegium Musicum, Dies at 89</h1> <p>eburnett — Mon, 07 Nov 2016 18:04:25 +0000</p> <span>L. Dean Nuernberger, Longtime Director of Collegium Musicum, Dies at 89</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>L. Dean Nuernberger, a longtime professor of music theory at 91ֱ�� Conservatory and 21-year director of the medieval, renaissance, and early baroque music ensemble Collegium Musicum, died December 21 at age 89.</p> <p>Nuernberger led Collegium Musicum from 1968-1989, inspiring countless young musicians in that time. Even in his later years, Nuernberger remained close to his music: In 1983, he began writing a requiem following the death of his mother. He returned to the piece and revised it in 2009, upon the death of his wife, Barbara Elaine Nuernberger.</p> <p>As word spread of Mrs. Nuernberger’s death, former Collegium students led by Peter Gibeau ’81 united to perform a portion of the piece at her memorial service. </p> <p>Gibeau, a music professor at the University of Wisconsin, later returned to the piece to ensure that it could be performed and recorded in full. Nuernberger attended much of the taping at 91ֱ��. (<a href="http://vimeo.com/14859580">A rehearsal of that piece was recorded in August 2010.</a>)</p> <p>Nuernberger “was such a spectacular teacher,” alumna Rae de la Crétaz ’73 said at the time. “He was so generous to us—he nurtured us as people. Most of the people here will tell you he was far and away the most important teacher any of us had.” </p> <p>Nuernberger was born in Nebraska and served in the U.S. Army in France during World War II. A longtime resident of 91ֱ��, he is survived by two nieces and two nephews. A private service is planned.</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="2013-12-23T12:00:00Z">Mon, 12/23/2013 - 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=2370">Ensembles & Orchestras</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-media field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__item"> </div> </article> <article> <h1>Grammy Winners eighth blackbird to Join 91ֱ��'s CME in Concert</h1> <p>eburnett — Mon, 07 Nov 2016 18:04:25 +0000</p> <span>Grammy Winners eighth blackbird to Join 91ֱ��'s CME in Concert</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><a href="https://www.eighthblackbird.org/">Eighth blackbird</a>, the three-time Grammy winning contemporary chamber music ensemble founded by alumni of the 91ֱ�� Conservatory of Music, returns to campus this week to begin a mini-residency and collaboration with 91ֱ��’s Contemporary Music Ensemble (CME).</p> <p>On Friday, October 4, eighth blackbird will join CME in a performance featuring original works by 91ֱ�� faculty members Tom Lopez and Peter Swendsen, as well as composer-in-residence Benjamin Broening. Led by faculty conductor Timothy Weiss, the performance will take place in Warner Concert Hall beginning at 8 p.m.</p> <p>Audiences worldwide can take part in the free concert by following the live stream available at <a href="/conservatory/on-stage/live-webcasts">ListenLive!</a>, 91ֱ�� Conservatory's online streaming service.</p> <p>Eighth blackbird’s visit to campus begins on Wednesday, October 2, with a 3:30 p.m. guest lecture in Room 223 of Bibbins Hall.</p> <p>The ensemble will reunite with CME for an October 27 performance at the University of Richmond as part of Third Practice, an annual festival of electroacoustic music and mixed media that was founded by Broening.</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="2013-10-02T12:00:00Z">Wed, 10/02/2013 - 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=2370">Ensembles & Orchestras</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/contemporary-music" hreflang="und">Contemporary Music</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">Luke Ratray</div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-media field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__item"> </div> </article> </main></body></html>