Oberlin Musical Union to present Carmina Burana

The Oberlin Musical Union, under the direction of Miguel Felipe, will perform Carl Orff's landmark piece, Carmina Burana, on Sunday, December 5^th at Finney Chapel in Oberlin at 8 pm.

The concert also includes the Oberlin Choristers, conducted by Kathleen Plank. It will feature nearly 200 singers, including student soloists and two guest soloists: distinguished alumni Peter Tantsits ’01 (tenor) and Hugh Russell ‘00 (baritone). The choir will be accompanied by the Orff-sanctioned chamber instrumentation of two pianos and percussion, featuring students from the Oberlin Conservatory of Music. The concert is dedicated to the 12-year tenure of Oberlin's last Director of Choral Ensembles, Dr. Hugh F. Floyd. Admission is free.

Finney Chapel

90 North Professor Street

Oberlin, OH 44074

New York Gypsy All-Stars Band at The Cat in the Cream

The New York Gypsy All-Stars band will bring their unique blend of jazz-inflected Gypsy music to Oberlin College’s Cat in The Cream coffeehouse on Thursday, December 2 at 8 pm. Admission is free.

Time Out New York calls clarinetist and bandleader Ismail Lumanovski “an adventurous, modern-minded frontman, who leads his band through a varied terrain of Balkan, Turkish and Romani selections, spiked with jazz and Western styles.”

Their music is rooted in the rich cultural background of its members, including the use of traditional instruments like the kanun (a 79-string plucked zither) and doumbek (an hourglass-shaped hand drum). Packed with playful improvisation and infectious dance rhythms, their music draws in equal measure from the group’s Eastern European heritage as well as Western jazz, rock, and funk music.

The Cat in The Cream

180 West Lorain Street

Oberlin, OH 44074

Comedian Aaron Mucciolo '02

Aaron Mucciolo '02 is now a member of the house improv comedy teams at Big Dog Theater in Coventry. The short-form team (a la 'Whose Line is it Anyway?') will have a preview performance at the Powerhouse Pub on December 11th with two sets of improv starting at 8pm. Tickets (just $5) are available at bigdogtheater.com.

Powerhouse Pub
2000 Sycamore Street
Cleveland, OH 44113
(216) 861-4982

The Oberlin Conservatory Collaborates With The Cleveland Museum of Art

Oberlin's Collegium Musicum celebrates new museum exhibit and gallery renovations with a free concert in The Cleveland Museum of Art's rotunda on Wednesday, December 8, at 7:30 pm.

In celebration of the "Treasures of Heaven: Saints, Relics, and Devotion in Medieval Europe" exhibition and newly reopened medieval galleries, Oberlin Conservatory's 40-voice student ensemble Collegium Musicum sings in the rotunda on December 8.

Founded in the early 1960's, Collegium Musicum specializes in the performance of medieval, renaissance, and early baroque music, and is celebrating its 12th year under the direction of Steven Plank.

The ensemble has performed Mass and motet settings by Byrd, Tallis, Fayrfax, Monteverdi, Victoria, Lasso, Schuetz, and Palestrina, and recently presented concerts in Washington, D.C., and at Kenyon College in addition to performing frequently at the Cleveland Museum of Art.

The event is free and open to the public, and tickets are not required. Click here for further information.

The Cleveland Museum of Art
11150 East Boulevard
Cleveland, OH 44106

Cleveland Orchestra Fridays@7

Join the Cleveland Orchestra for part of their popular Fridays@7 concert series on Friday, December 3rd! The Fridays@7 series continues with a program featuring Mahler's explosive and cathartic First Symphony, nicknamed "Titan." After the concert, there’s more . . . food, drink, and different sounds, with a unique Fridays@7 world music presentation. In addition to the "Titan", the Cleveland Orchestra will also be performing Otto Nicolai's Overture to The Merry Wives of Windsor. The entire concert should last no more than an hour.

The Oberlin Club of Cleveland is being offered a special deal of $30 tickets (orchestra-level seating) plus a FREE drink. The drink coupon can be used at Severance Hall during the pre or post-concert portion of the night. Drink tickets will be distributed with each ticket purchased (either by mail or at will call).

DATE:
Friday, December 3rd

TIME:
5:00PM

LOCATION:
Severance Hall
11001 Euclid Avenue
Cleveland, OH
Directions: www.clevelandorchestra.com

The Cleveland Orchestra includes over seven Obies (Scott Dixon ’02, bassist; Mary Katherine Fink ’83, flute/piccolo; Paul Kushious ’83, cellist; Michael Mayhew ’92, associate principal horn player; Donald Miller ’72, percussionist; Trina Struble ’91, principal harpist), including James Feddeck '05, Assistant Conductor and recent winner of the Outstanding Young Alumni Award.

The program for the evening is as follows:

@5:00 PM: Severance Hall doors open for libations, creative cuisine, and Indian classical music with Steve Gorn and Hom Nath Upadhyaya.

@7:00 PM: The orchestra performs. There's no intermission. It's straight-through like a movie. Exciting and to the point.

@8:15 PM (or so): Stay for an after-party in Severance Hall's gorgeous Grand Foyer complete with food, drinks, and the jazz-inflected Turkish sounds of the New York Gypsy All-Stars!

@10 PM: Head to Happy Dog (located at 5801 Detroit Ave in the Gordon Square district) for a show with Bill Fox and the Tadpoles. Happy Dog is waiving the cover charge for anyone coming from the Orchestra concert!

Order your tickets NOW! Redeem this offer by using promo code 8801. You have a variety of options for ordering tickets - Visit clevelandorchestra.com and print the tickets at home! Or call 216-231-1111 or visit the Severance Hall Ticket Office in person, at 11001 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, OH. Ticket Office Hours are Weekdays 9am-6pm and Saturday 10am to 6pm.

Please register online at www.alumni.oberlin.edu/eventregistration to let us know you’ll be joining us!

Author Sid Comings '69

Sid Comings '69 will discuss his new book, Oddments: Tales of a Legacy Student, on Thursday, December 2 at 8pm at Slow Train Cafe, in Oberlin.

Sid will talk about his experiences growing up in Oberlin, attending the College, and continuing to live in Oberlin. His family has been a part of Oberlin since nearly the beginning, so Sid will also discuss some of the town's history and his family's involvement in the town (including the establishment of the Comings Bookstore, now the Oberlin Bookstore).

Slow Train Cafe
55 East College Street
Oberlin, OH 44074

FLY: Five First Ladies of Dance

The Oberlin Theater and Dance Department presents a rare opportunity to see five, forever-young first ladies of dance when Germaine Acogny, Carmen de Lavallade, Dianne McIntyre, Bebe Miller, and Jawole Willa Jo Zollar each take the stage to perform a solo work. These groundbreaking dancer/choreographers have shaped the history of contemporary dance as they have continued to raise the artistic bar and inspire the dance world. Their span of work can be measured in decades, but their influence can be measured one dancer at a time. This production is co-produced with DANCECleveland.

Performances are Friday, December 3 and Saturday, December 4 at 8 p.m. in Hall Auditorium. Tickets may be purchased by contacting Central Ticket Service at 440.775.8169.

Hall Auditorium

67 North Main Street

Oberlin, OH 44074