Annual Fall Potluck

The Oberlin Club of Cleveland invites you to join fellow Cleveland area Oberlin Alumni, Friends and Family at the home of Vikki and Richard Broida '79 for our annual fall potluck!

As usual, spouses, partners, family and friends are all welcome.

Saturday, November 12th - REGISTER TODAY!
7:00 PM

Home of Vikki and Richard Broida '79
3034 Edgehill Road
Cleveland Heights, OH 44118
-Street Parking is available

Please bring a beverage (alcoholic or non) to share, and based on the letter of your last name, please bring:
A-H: dessert
I-P: side dish/appetizer
Q-Z: main dish

Paper products and some non-alcoholic beverages will be provided. We look forward to seeing you there! If you have any questions, please contact Kira McGirr '06 at kmcgirr@gmail.com.

Please RSVP by Wednesday, November 8th online at CLEVELAND ANNUAL FALL POTLUCK

Teresa Wakim ’02 Debut with The Cleveland Orchestra

Save - the - Date

Join us as we celebrate the American solo debut of Teresa (Tess) Wakim '02, soprano, at Severance Hall on Friday, November 18, 2011. Having recently won first prize in the International Soloist Competition for Baroque Music in Brunnenthal, Austria, among other accolades, she will perform with The Cleveland Orchestra, lead by Ton Koopman, on an all-Bach concert. We will have the chance after the concert to speak with and congratulate Tess at a local bar. If you can’t make the event on the 18^th, she will also perform on Thursday, November 17 and Saturday, November 19, all performances at 8:00pm.

For more information on Tess, please visit http://web.me.com/teresawakim/Teresa_Wakim/HOME.html

More information regarding tickets and the post-concert reception to come shortly!

Arts Meet Education

On Saturday, October 15, celebrate with a gala evening of art, education, and economic development as Gordon Square Arts District and Oberlin College kick off an academic-based collaboration! The evening includes performances by Oberlin Conservatory students, an auction of works created by Oberlin College Faculty artists, open wine and beer bar, hors d’oeuvres and desserts, DJ and dancing, exhibition of works by Oberlin College students, and much more. 

For complete information, as well as full schedules for the evening and ticket purchasing information, please visit http://gordonsquare.org/oct15/. 

On-Campus Happenings for October

The On Campus Events Calendar for October is nice and full! I’ve included a sampling of events below, including a selection of the various athletic events; check out the complete Events Calendar at http://new.oberlin.edu/calendar. As usual, Oberlin’s Artist Recital Series and Convocation Series will feature a number of interesting and talented performers and speakers this year.

For more information on the Convocation Series, please visit http://www.oberlin.edu/artsguide/convocation-series

The next Convocation features Salman Rushdie on Wednesday, October 12, 2011, 7:30 pm. Free ticket required. Contact Central Ticket Service at 440.775.8169 or 800.371.0178 for more information.

The author of 10 novels, three works of non-fiction, and a book of short stories, Sir Salman Rushdie has acquired both critical acclaim and international controversy for his writing. Accusations of blasphemy against Islam followed the publication of his 1988 novel, The Satanic Verses, and an ensuing death sentence by Ayatollah Khomeini forced Rushdie into hiding for several years. He has collected numerous awards and honors, among them a knighthood by Queen Elizabeth II in 2007. Rushdie has adapted works for the stage, and his books have been translated into more than 40 languages. His 1981 novel, Midnight’s Children, was recently named the Best of the Booker, securing his spot as the top winner in the award’s 40-year history.

For more information on the Artist Recital Series, and to purchase tickets, please visit http://www.oberlin.edu/artsguide/artist-recital-series/

The next ARS concert features The Cleveland Orchestra on Wednesday, January 18, 2012 at 8:00 pm. Tickets required. Contact Central Ticket Service at 440.775.8169 or 800.371.0178 for more information

Oberlin Orchestra Concert
On Saturday, October 1, at 8:00 pm, the Oberlin Orchestra will give their first performance of the year in Finney Chapel with Raphael Jimenez, the new Director of Orchestras at Oberlin Conservatory of Music. Free admission.

Finney Chapel
90 North Professor Street
Oberlin, OH 44074

Oberlin Field Hockey
On Tuesday, October 4, starting at 4:30pm, watch Oberlin College take on Trine University on the athletic fields! The fields are located off of Woodland Street, Oberlin, OH 44074.

Men’s and Women’s Soccer
Also on Tuesday, October 4, starting at 7:00pm, watch the Oberlin men’s and women’s soccer teams take on Ohio Wesleyan University. The soccer field is located off of Woodland Street, Oberlin, OH 44074.

Speaking of men’s soccer, be sure to check out their video.

AMAM First Thursday Evening Hours
Beginning Thursday, October 6, the AMAM galleries will remain open until 8 pm. The weeks are busy with school and work, and the weekends fill up fast with extracurricular activities - that's why the AMAM has started a new public program for the fall semester - First Thursdays! During these special evening hours, the museum galleries will be open for you to revisit old favorites, explore the new installations, discover new works, listen to our audio tours, or browse through our collection catalog. AMAM staff and student docents will be on hand to answer questions and chat with you about the museum's holdings. As always, admission to the museum is free and open to all members of the public.

Allen Memorial Art Museum
87 North Main Street
Oberlin, OH 44074

Oberlin Chamber Orchestra
On Thursday, October 6, at 8:00 pm, the Oberlin Chamber Orchestra presents their first performance of the year in Finney Chapel with Raphael Jimenez, the new Director of Orchestras at Oberlin Conservatory of Music. Free admission. Program includes Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No.5 in E-flat Major, Op.73 and Dvorák’s Czech Symphony No.6 in D Major, Op.6.

Finney Chapel
90 North Professor Street
Oberlin, OH 44074

Richard Haass ’73 Lecture: US Middle East Policy After the Arab Spring
On Thursday, October 6, starting at 8:30pm, Dr. Richard Haass will give a lecture, with reception to follow. Dr Haass is president of the Council on Foreign Relations, the preeminent independent, nonpartisan organization in the United States dedicated to the study of American foreign policy. Until June 2003, Dr. Haass was director of policy planning for the Department of State, where he was a principal adviser to Secretary of State Colin Powell on a broad range of foreign policy concerns. Confirmed by the U.S. Senate to hold the rank of ambassador, Dr. Haass served as U.S. coordinator for policy toward the future of Afghanistan and was the U.S. envoy to the Northern Ireland peace process. He was also special assistant to President George H.W. Bush and senior director for Near East and South Asian affairs on the staff of the National Security Council from 1989 to1993.

Dr. Haass is the author or editor of eleven books on American foreign policy, including War of Necessity, War of Choice: A Memoir of Two Iraq Wars (Simon and Schuster, May 2009). He is also the author of one book on management. He regularly writes and speaks on global issues. A Rhodes scholar, he holds a BA from Oberlin College and both Master and Doctor of Philosophy degrees from Oxford University. He has received honorary doctorates from Hamilton College, Franklin & Marshall College, Georgetown University, Oberlin College, and Central College.

Science Center – Norman C Craig ’53 Lecture Hall
119 Woodland Street
Oberlin, OH 44074

Contemporary Music Ensemble
A performance by the Contemporary Music Ensemble will be presented on Friday, October 7, at 8:00pm, directed by Timothy Weiss with Richard Hawkins, clarinet . Free admission. Program includes Scelsi: Ohoi (16 Solo Strings), Albright: Quintet for Clarinet and String Quartet, Trueman: Counterfeit Curio, and Ligeti: Melodien.

Conservatory of Music – Warner Concert Hall
77 West College Street
Oberlin, OH 44074

Oberlin Women’s Soccer
On Sunday, October 9, starting at 1:00pm, watch Oberlin College take on Kenyon College on the soccer fields! The field is located off of Woodland Street, Oberlin, OH 44074.

Murphy Colloquium: Mary Davis
A guest lecture entitled “Fashion à la Russe: Diaghilev’s Dancers in Comoedia Illustré” by Professor Mary Davis, will be presented on Wednesday, October 12 from 12:15-1:15 pm, as part of the 2011-12 Murphy Colloquium Series. Free admission.

Mary Davis is chair of the Music Department at Case Western Reserve University, associate director of Case’s Baker Nord Center for the Humanities, and university liaison and advisor to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum. At Case since 1998, Davis was the first person to be appointed to the Robson Junior Professorship. Davis’s research focuses on the relationship of music to fashion. She holds degrees from St. Mary’s College, Notre Dame (B.M.), the Peabody Conservatory of Music (M.M. Piano), the New England Conservatory of Music (M.M. Musicology) and Harvard University (Ph.D., Musicology).

Bibbins Hall, Room 224
Oberlin Conservatory of Music
77 West College Street
Oberlin, OH 44074

Oberlin Football

On Saturday, October 15, starting at 1:00pm, watch Oberlin College take on Wabash College on the football field! The stadium is located off of Woodland Street, Oberlin, OH 44074.

Tribute Concert in Honor of Robert Willoughby
Flutists from some of the most esteemed ensembles throughout the United States will gather at the Oberlin Conservatory of Music to pay tribute to their former teacher and mentor Robert Willoughby, the “American Grandmaster of the flute” (Flute). The emeritus professor of flute, his former students, and the conservatory community will celebrate Willoughby’s 90th birthday with a concert in his honor on Saturday, October 15 at 4:00 p.m. in Warner Hall. The concert is free and open to the public.

Conservatory of Music – Warner Concert Hall
77 West College Street
Oberlin, OH 44074

Antiquities or Antiquity - Who Owns the Past?
Please join the Art Department for the third of four talks on the subject of “cultural property.” Stanley Abe, Associate Professor of Art at Duke University, will present a talk entitled “Rockefeller Collecting: China and Beyond” on Monday, October 17 from 4:30-6:00 pm. The speakers in this series offer a variety of perspectives and positions on issues of antiquities, antiquity, collecting, nationalism, and preservation.

Stanley Abe has published widely on Chinese Buddhist art, contemporary Chinese art, Asian American art, Abstract Expressionism, and the construction of art historical knowledge. He is writing a critical study of how Chinese sculpture became a category of Fine Art during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.

For additional information about the talks or speakers, please contact Bonnie Cheng (bonnie.cheng@oberlin.edu)

Clarence Ward ‘37 Art Building
Classroom I
91 North Main Street
Oberlin, OH 44074-1097

A Migrant’s Journey: Discussion with Mexican Rights Advocate
A discussion with Mexican Migrant Rights Advocate Jacqueline Garcia Salamanca, held on Thursday, October 20 at 7:00 pm. Ms. Garcia Salamanca, the daughter of a migrant, works in sending communities while providing humanitarian support for migrants along the "Beast" (La Bestia), the deadly train that many thousands of migrants from Central America and Mexico ride northward each year in search of jobs and better lives for their families.

Science Center – Norman C. Craig ’53 Lecture Hall
119 Woodland Street
Oberlin, OH 44074

Josh Rzepka ’06 Releases Newest Jazz CD

Join Josh and other Oberlin Alumni and Faculty at 8:00 pm on Friday, October 28, 2011 at The Tangier in Akron to celebrate the release of his newest jazz CD, “Into the Night”. The CD features Josh, Andy Hunter ‘02, Jackie Warren ‘90, and Peter Dominguez, Professor of Double Bass and Jazz Studies, as well as Steve Kortyka and Ron Godale, performing nine original compositions. “Into the Night” was recorded in the brand new recording studio inside the Kohl building this past June.

Tickets are available at the door or in advance. Call The Tangier Box Office at (330) 376-7171. Tickets are $10 or $20 with a CD. CD also available separately for $15.

The Tangier

532 West Market Street

Akron, OH 44302

Untangling Threads: Female Artisans in Morocco’s Rug Weaving Industry

Rugs curated by Alia Kate O.C. ‘07
Photographs by Anna Beeke O.C. ‘07

September 24 – October 30, 2011
FAVA Gallery

Public Opening Reception: September 24, 2011 6-8 pm

New Union Center for the Arts
39 South Main Street
Oberlin, Ohio 44074
Phone: (440) 774-7158

For more information, visit Fava Gallery

Renowned Flutists to Perform Tribute Concert in Honor of Robert Willoughby

From the Press Room at the Oberlin Conservatory of Music: 


Flutists from some of the most esteemed ensembles throughout the United States will gather at the Oberlin Conservatory of Music to pay tribute to their former teacher and mentor Robert Willoughby, the “American Grandmaster of the flute” (Flute). The emeritus professor of flute, his former students, and the conservatory community will celebrate Willoughby’s 90th birthday with a concert in his honor on Saturday, October 15 at 4:00 p.m. in Warner Hall (77 West College Street); the concert is free and open to the public.

“We are honored to celebrate the remarkable legacy of such a legendary teacher who inspired so many of the renowned flutists of today,” says Dean of the Conservatory David H. Stull. “We are thrilled to welcome Robert and his many gifted former students to Oberlin and wish him a very happy 90th birthday.”

“With each Willoughby student, the mold is broken and a star is born,” declares the Boston Globe. His illustrious teaching career has produced some of the world’s top flutists including Robin McKee, Janet See, and Carol Wincenc, in addition to the numerous artists who fill principal seats in celebrated orchestras across the country, among them Mark Sparks (St. Louis Symphony), Tim Day (San Francisco Symphony), Aralee Dorough (Houston Symphony), Philip Dikeman (Detroit Symphony), Adam Kuenzel (Minnesota Orchestra), Kazuo Tokito (Philadelphia Orchestra), and Mary Kay Fink (Cleveland Orchestra). A complete roster of flutists performing on the October 15 concert follows this release.

Recipient of the 1996 National Flute Association's Lifetime Achievement Award, Willoughby served as assistant principal flute of the Cleveland Orchestra under the baton of legendary George Szell and was principal flute of the Cincinnati Symphony under the direction of Max Rudolph. As professor of flute at the Oberlin Conservatory of Music for nearly four decades, Willoughby was a founding member of the Oberlin Baroque Ensemble and Oberlin Woodwind Quintet, in addition to serving as a long-time faculty member of the Oberlin Baroque Performance Institute. He is considered both a pioneer of baroque flute playing in this country and a champion of new music, taking an active role in commissioning and performing new works.

His broadly recognized discography includes extensive recordings on the Boston Records label such as Mostly French, Revelations, and a compilation of works by composers Albert Roussel, Max Reger, and Gabriel Pierné. A frequent collaborator with numerous Oberlin faculty members, among them oboist James Caldwell, cellist Catharina Meints, and harpsichordist Fenner Douglas, in 2004 Willoughby released a compilation of performances from the archives at Oberlin College on the National Flute Association’s Historic Recordings Series (Volume Three). A prolific writer, he has published numerous articles in publications including Flute Talk and the Instrumentalist. His esteemed performing career and contributions to the flute world is highly celebrated by trade journals around the world including the National Flute Association’s Flutist Quarterly and Flute, the Journal of the British Flute Society.

A native of Iowa, Willoughby’s early musical experiences at the Interlochen Arts Academy led him to pursue a degree at the Eastman School of Music, which he received in 1942. He then enlisted in the Army Air Corps and served as a pilot in World War II. Following two-and-a-half years flying B 24’s (including 35 missions over Germany), he returned to his flute training, earning a Master of Music degree from the New England Conservatory.

Following his tenure at Oberlin, Willoughby was a member of the faculty at the Peabody Conservatory in Baltimore for ten years. Now 90 years old, Willoughby continues to teach at the Longy School of Music in Boston.

Tribute concert featured performers
Tim Day ’74, San Francisco Symphony
Philip Dikeman ’85, Vanderbilt University
Greer Ellison ’74, UC Santa Cruz, Philharmonic Baroque Orchestra of the West
Mary Kay Fink ’83, The Cleveland Orchestra
Leonard Garrison ’79, University of Idaho
Adrianne Greenbaum ’70, Mount Holyoke College
Adam Kuenzel ’81, Minnesota Orchestra
Robin McKee ’76, San Francisco Symphony
Wendy Rolfe-Dunham ’74, Berklee College of Music
Mark Sparks ’82, St. Louis Symphony
Patricia Spencer ’65, Da Capo Chamber Players
Jed Wentz ’81, Musica ad Rhenum

Winter Term Internship Program

From Oberlin College Career Services:

Winter Term 2012: Offer an internship to help Oberlin students enhance their skills during Winter Term (January 4-30, 2012).

Dear Oberlin Alumni,
Please consider offering an internship through the Winter Term Internship Program, sponsored by the Office of Career Services. More information about the program and directions for posting your internship is available at http://www.oberlin.edu/career/alumni. The deadline for postings is October 4, 2011.

Also, many students need temporary housing during their internships. Information about offering housing is available on the website as well. Please support the program. If you have questions, contact Career Services at internships@oberlin.edu or (440) 775-8140.

Alumnus to perform at Slow Train Cafe

If you can't make his show at the Barking Spider Tavern on the 19th, Jason Myles Gross '03 will be playing Saturday, September 17 at 8:00pm at The Slow Train Cafe in Oberlin. 55 East College Street, Free

For more information, visit http://www.slowtraincafe.com/events.php and http://www.jasonmylesgross.com

"He’s won the hearts and minds of those who enjoy thinking people’s music. His lyrics contain timely and timeless messages and the music that underlies them just seems to exactly fit the mood making each song a holistic melodic entity." - Me & Thee Coffeehouse (Marblehead, MA)

". . .Goss is a thinking person's songwriter. He puts out these thoughts in a voice that's fragile one moment and like a wounded bird falling from the sky the next. . ." - Valley Advocate (Western, MA)

"Goss' songs are vocally and lyrically driven. He has the uncanny ability to take a cliche and spin it into original poetry" - The Oberlin Review, Oberlin, OH

Pianist Peter Takács presents free CD release concert on September 22

From the Conservatory Communications Office:

The Oberlin Conservatory of Music cordially invites you to attend a free recital by Peter Takács in celebration of his newly released, 11-disc collection of Beethoven's complete Piano Sonatas. Featuring selections from his boldest recording yet, the concert will be held on Thursday, September 22, at 8 p.m. in Warner Hall, located at 77 West College Street in Oberlin.

Almost 13 years in the making, the elegantly styled set was recorded on the Cambria label and features a bonus 11th CD that contains an array of youthful works and fragments of some of Beethoven's earlier attempts at sonata form. The set also includes a fold-out timeline that, in addition to chronicling Beethoven's life, provides sociocultural context for each of the sonatas, such as period literature and significant moments in science and history.

Following the concert, Mr. Takács will be available to sign copies of the recording, which will be on sale for $80.

Program:
Sonata in G Minor, Op. 49, No. 1
Sonata in D Major, Op. 10, No. 3
Andante favori, WoO 57
Sonata in C Major, Op. 53 "Waldstein"

(In an aside, I remember well that he was working on this while I was a student! Congratulations, Peter, on finishing this impressive project!)