"The trio consisting of Mike King , Alex Frank and Alex Morris, is a pleasure to hear. The members of the trio communicate well with each other, play together with an excellent feeling, and perform a variety of interesting compostions and creative arrangements. They are three very talented young musicians who are a wonderful representation of the high level of talent in the Oberlin Conservatory jazz program."
-Dan Wall, Associate Professor of Jazz Piano, Oberlin Conservatory
Come hear the Michael King Trio perform Saturday, May 29th at 8pm as they forge headlong into musical life after Oberlin. Celebrating the graduation of two of the founding members (Alex Morris and Alex Frank), the trio will be performing the music they have represented Oberlin with across the United States and in China. This it the culmination of their experiences during their past 4 years in the Oberlin Jazz Studies department, and will be a memorable moment as they say farewell to this chapter of their creative lives.
The venue will be Cleveland's Nighttown, a renowned Jazz Club featuring fine dining and one of the most impressive live music calendars in the state. For more information visit nighttowncleveland.com. Tickets may be obtained by calling 216-795-0550
Nighttown
12387 Cedar Road (top of Cedar Hill)
Cleveland Heights, OH
Showing posts with label Obies. Show all posts
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Friday, May 7, 2010
Tuesday, April 13, 2010
Obies at The Cleveland Museum of Art
Opera Cleveland Chorus will be appearing at The Cleveland Museum of Art on Wednesday, April 14 at 7pm as part of the Gartner Auditorium Opening Nights Festival. As a member of the Opera Cleveland Chorus, yours truly will also be singing the role of Carmen.
Featured performers on this program include Baby Dee, the Opera Cleveland Chorus, and Louis Andriessen's "Workers Union," performed by Paul Cox and members of the Cleveland Orchestra.
Admission is free, but tickets are required. Tickets may be reserved by calling the Box Office at 216-421-7350 or 1-888-CMA-0033
Limit 4 tickets per order. In the event of a sold-out performance, stand-by tickets will be issued at the door.
The Oberlin Jazz Ensemble will be appearing at The Cleveland Museum of Art on Wednesday, April 28 at 7pm as part of the Gartner Auditorium Opening Nights Festival. Other performers on the program include Heights High Barbershoppers and the Cleveland Institute of Music Strings featuring Joel Smirnoff.
This concert is sold out, but stand-by tickets will be issued at the door.
Friday, March 26, 2010
Cleveland International Film Festival Features Obie Film Makers
You are invited to attend the premier of IVORY at the Cleveland International Film Festival.
DATES AND TIMES:
Thursday, March 25 -- 11:50 AM
Friday, March 26 -- 9:50 PM
Saturday, March 27 -- 9:20 AM
IVORY is a feature film produced by both Charles Carre and Laurence Gingold, Oberlin ’98, double degree graduates, and Oscar winning producer of The Godfather and Apocalypse Now, Grey Fredrickson.
IVORY is an Oberlin-centric film; it was inspired by Carre and Laurences’ experiences as students at Oberlin. IVORY is set in Oberlin and was partially filmed there and there are several distinctive Oberlin panoramas thorough out the film.
ABOUT THE FILM:
Andreas and Jake, both Oberlin students, are gifted classical pianists preparing to compete at the International Liszt Piano Competition in Budapest, Hungary. In the year leading up to the event, tension mounts as each young man prepares for the moment that will decide his lifelong fate. Andreas moves to Oberlin to study with a new piano teacher, convinced that her instruction and her position as a judge in the contest will give him a leg up. What he does not anticipate is that she will challenge him personally as well as musically — ultimately calling into question his artistic purpose. Jake, on the other hand, begins to unravel throughout the year. Living more dangerously all the time, one wonders if he will even make it to Budapest. To further complicate matters, Andreas becomes entwined in a love triangle with Jake’s girlfriend, a beautiful and gifted Oberlin student opera singer. The suspense builds in IVORY as the competition draws closer with more at stake for Andreas and Jake than just their onstage performances.
IVORY was shot by multi-Emmy Award and American Cinematography Society Lifetime achievement receipt, Donald Morgan; was edited by Academy Award Nominee, Tim Sternberg. And, IVORY stars an international cast of actors including Academy Award Winner Martin Landau.
TICKET INFORMATION:
More information about the film and tickets are available at http://www.clevelandfilm.org/festival/films/2010/ivory
DATES AND TIMES:
Thursday, March 25 -- 11:50 AM
Friday, March 26 -- 9:50 PM
Saturday, March 27 -- 9:20 AM
IVORY is a feature film produced by both Charles Carre and Laurence Gingold, Oberlin ’98, double degree graduates, and Oscar winning producer of The Godfather and Apocalypse Now, Grey Fredrickson.
IVORY is an Oberlin-centric film; it was inspired by Carre and Laurences’ experiences as students at Oberlin. IVORY is set in Oberlin and was partially filmed there and there are several distinctive Oberlin panoramas thorough out the film.
ABOUT THE FILM:
Andreas and Jake, both Oberlin students, are gifted classical pianists preparing to compete at the International Liszt Piano Competition in Budapest, Hungary. In the year leading up to the event, tension mounts as each young man prepares for the moment that will decide his lifelong fate. Andreas moves to Oberlin to study with a new piano teacher, convinced that her instruction and her position as a judge in the contest will give him a leg up. What he does not anticipate is that she will challenge him personally as well as musically — ultimately calling into question his artistic purpose. Jake, on the other hand, begins to unravel throughout the year. Living more dangerously all the time, one wonders if he will even make it to Budapest. To further complicate matters, Andreas becomes entwined in a love triangle with Jake’s girlfriend, a beautiful and gifted Oberlin student opera singer. The suspense builds in IVORY as the competition draws closer with more at stake for Andreas and Jake than just their onstage performances.
IVORY was shot by multi-Emmy Award and American Cinematography Society Lifetime achievement receipt, Donald Morgan; was edited by Academy Award Nominee, Tim Sternberg. And, IVORY stars an international cast of actors including Academy Award Winner Martin Landau.
TICKET INFORMATION:
More information about the film and tickets are available at http://www.clevelandfilm.org/festival/films/2010/ivory
Friday, November 20, 2009
Opera Cleveland, Don Giovanni and Alumni
Opera Cleveland's production of Don Giovanni had quite a successful run (if I do say so myself!). The final performance had a nearing capacity crowd - so perhaps opera isn't dead after all!
It was my first opera with Opera Cleveland, and I had a blast. It was also great getting to know other Obies involved in the production, including Alyson Cambridge '01, who gorgeously sang (and acted) the role of Donna Elvira; Charles Griffith '60, plying his trade in the pit on cello; Patrick Wickliffe '05, who helped the chorus get into note-perfect shape; and Christian Behrens '09 (not pictured), who also joined us in the pit as a harbinger of death on trombone. (Did you know that whenever trombones are heard, it usually signals impending death, at least in operas written before 1810?)
It was my first opera with Opera Cleveland, and I had a blast. It was also great getting to know other Obies involved in the production, including Alyson Cambridge '01, who gorgeously sang (and acted) the role of Donna Elvira; Charles Griffith '60, plying his trade in the pit on cello; Patrick Wickliffe '05, who helped the chorus get into note-perfect shape; and Christian Behrens '09 (not pictured), who also joined us in the pit as a harbinger of death on trombone. (Did you know that whenever trombones are heard, it usually signals impending death, at least in operas written before 1810?)
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