Join us for the first annual Oberlin Cares - Alumni Day of Service on Saturday, April 17th at George Jones Farm and Nature Preserve in Oberlin. Put on your old Oberlin t-shirt, grab a pair of work gloves and help take the celebrated Oberlin community service spirit to the streets! Oberlin Cares is an alumni program that allows for Obies to get together and get busy in their local communities. Alumni, students and friends of Oberlin College are invited to work together across the country during this annual alumni day of service. To see all the participating alumni clubs and learn more about Oberlin Cares - Alumni Day of Service visit: www.oberlin.edu/alumni/oberlinClubs/oberlincares.html
This first Cleveland Oberlin Cares Day event will be held at George Jones Farm and Nature Preserve. Volunteers must be 18 or accompanied by an adult. Please arrive at the Farm shortly before 1 p.m. to meet with regional coordinator Kira McGirr '06. The George Jones Farm and Nature Preserve is a 70 acre farmstead owned by Oberlin College and operated by the New Agrarian Center (NAC) as a cooperative farm incubator and Volunteers will need to wear clothes that they don't mind getting dirty. Since you will be working in wooded areas jeans or pants are recommended. Also all volunteers should wear close toed shoes or boots (no flip flops, crocs, etc.). If you have a favorite gardening tool that you would like to bring that is okay. Please make sure to label tools so that at the end of the day everything goes back to the right person. We encourage volunteers to bring their own work gloves.
When: Saturday, April 17th from 1PM - 4PM
Where: George Jones Farm and Nature Preserve
44333 State Route 511 East
Oberlin, OH
visit: www.georgejonesfarm.org/
RSVP online at Cleveland Oberlin Cares Day or by calling the Oberlin Alumni Office at 440-775-8692
There is a capacity for up to 30 volunteers only so register today!
Parking: There are a few spaces available at the farm. Additional parking can be done at the park just west of the farm.
Since this is an outdoor project if there is severe or inclement weather the project would have to be either rescheduled or moved into the greenhouse. The potluck will take place regardless of weather.
ALUMNI POTLUCK: After the project at the Farm please join everyone at the home of Kira McGirr '06 and Charles McGuire '91 for a potluck dinner at 124 Cypress Street in Oberlin. What to bring based on the first letter of your last name, please bring:
* A-H bring main dish
* I-P bring side dish/appetizer
* Q-Z bring dessert/wine/beer
Kira and Charles will provide paper plates, cups and silverware, as well as some non-alcoholic beverages.
Friday, March 26, 2010
Oberlin Artist Recital Series
Oberlin’s Artist Recital Series concludes its 131st season with performances by two internationally celebrated ensembles. The Cleveland Orchestra, “the finest in America” (New York Magazine), returns on Friday, April 9, for its 208th Oberlin appearance. Russian-American conductor Semyon Bychkov makes his Cleveland Orchestra podium debut with a program featuring Schumann’s triumphant second symphony. The weekend of stunning musicianship continues on Sunday, April 11, when the American Brass Quintet, the “high priests of brass” (Newsweek), celebrates a half-century as one of the world’s leading brass chamber ensembles. Both concerts take place in the acoustically renowned Finney Chapel. Each concert begins at 8 p.m.
Semyon Bychkov and the Cleveland Orchestra
Since leaving St. Petersburg in 1975, Semyon Bychkov has enjoyed a career that has taken him across the globe, conducting some of the greatest orchestras in the United States, Europe, the Far East, and the former Soviet Union. Bychkov has held the positions of principal guest conductor, music director, or chief conductor with multiple world-famous orchestras including the Buffalo Philharmonic, the Orchestre de Paris, St. Petersburg Philharmonic, Maggio Musicale in Florence, the Dresden Semperoper, and, most recently, WDR Sinfonie-Orchester Köln. In addition, he has been a frequent guest with the orchestras of New York, Chicago, Los Angeles, Vienna, Berlin, Munich, and London.
The centerpiece of Bychkov’s debut with the Cleveland Orchestra is Schumann’s Symphony No. 2. The all-orchestral program will also highlight works by two 20th-century French composers: Le Tombeau de Couperin by Maurice Ravel (1875-1937), a suite originally composed for solo piano and orchestrated by the composer in 1919, and Métaboles by Henri Dutilleux (b. 1916), one of the most important French composers of the last 50 years, whose works continue to garner international acclaim.
American Brass Quintet
Reigning as the world’s longest continuously performing professional brass quintet, the American Brass Quintet (ABQ) has performed in virtually all of the world’s major cities, concert halls, and festivals, and has amassed the largest brass chamber music discography on record. “A spectacular demonstration of ensemble virtuosity,” writes the New York Times. “The brilliance of their playing is matched by the extraordinary sonics: crystalline definition, airy spaciousness, superb presence, and an overall clarity that is positively breathtaking.” The ABQ’s anniversary tour features performances throughout Asia, Canada, and the United States, including a concert at Lincoln Center’s Alice Tully Hall in October.
The ABQ’s Oberlin program will highlight a diverse repertoire, ranging from its own definitive editions of Renaissance and Baroque masterpieces to commissioned works by significant contemporary composers, including Gordon Beeferman, David Sampson, Osvaldo Lacerda, and Shafer Mahoney.
ABQ members Raymond Mase, trumpet; Kevin Cobb, trumpet; David Wakefield, horn; Michael Powell, trombone; and John D. Rojak, bass trombone, will also participate in a mini-residency of master classes and workshops with Oberlin students during the days surrounding their concert. “Their commitment as teachers and leaders in the field of brass instruction, and to the advancement of the repertoire for brass quintet, is an inspiration to both faculty and students alike,” says Dean of the Conservatory of Music David Stull.
Ticket Information
Tickets are available through Oberlin College’s Central Ticket Service (CTS). Purchase tickets online at www.oberlin.edu/artsguide; by phone at 440-775-8169 or 800-371-0178; in person at the CTS box office, located in the lobby of Hall Auditorium, 67 North Main St., in Oberlin; or by mail, by submitting the order form available on the Artist Recital Series website. CTS is open Monday through Friday, from noon until 5 p.m.
Finney Chapel is located at 90 North Professor St., and is wheelchair accessible. Free parking is available throughout the Oberlin College campus.
Semyon Bychkov and the Cleveland Orchestra
Since leaving St. Petersburg in 1975, Semyon Bychkov has enjoyed a career that has taken him across the globe, conducting some of the greatest orchestras in the United States, Europe, the Far East, and the former Soviet Union. Bychkov has held the positions of principal guest conductor, music director, or chief conductor with multiple world-famous orchestras including the Buffalo Philharmonic, the Orchestre de Paris, St. Petersburg Philharmonic, Maggio Musicale in Florence, the Dresden Semperoper, and, most recently, WDR Sinfonie-Orchester Köln. In addition, he has been a frequent guest with the orchestras of New York, Chicago, Los Angeles, Vienna, Berlin, Munich, and London.
The centerpiece of Bychkov’s debut with the Cleveland Orchestra is Schumann’s Symphony No. 2. The all-orchestral program will also highlight works by two 20th-century French composers: Le Tombeau de Couperin by Maurice Ravel (1875-1937), a suite originally composed for solo piano and orchestrated by the composer in 1919, and Métaboles by Henri Dutilleux (b. 1916), one of the most important French composers of the last 50 years, whose works continue to garner international acclaim.
American Brass Quintet
Reigning as the world’s longest continuously performing professional brass quintet, the American Brass Quintet (ABQ) has performed in virtually all of the world’s major cities, concert halls, and festivals, and has amassed the largest brass chamber music discography on record. “A spectacular demonstration of ensemble virtuosity,” writes the New York Times. “The brilliance of their playing is matched by the extraordinary sonics: crystalline definition, airy spaciousness, superb presence, and an overall clarity that is positively breathtaking.” The ABQ’s anniversary tour features performances throughout Asia, Canada, and the United States, including a concert at Lincoln Center’s Alice Tully Hall in October.
The ABQ’s Oberlin program will highlight a diverse repertoire, ranging from its own definitive editions of Renaissance and Baroque masterpieces to commissioned works by significant contemporary composers, including Gordon Beeferman, David Sampson, Osvaldo Lacerda, and Shafer Mahoney.
ABQ members Raymond Mase, trumpet; Kevin Cobb, trumpet; David Wakefield, horn; Michael Powell, trombone; and John D. Rojak, bass trombone, will also participate in a mini-residency of master classes and workshops with Oberlin students during the days surrounding their concert. “Their commitment as teachers and leaders in the field of brass instruction, and to the advancement of the repertoire for brass quintet, is an inspiration to both faculty and students alike,” says Dean of the Conservatory of Music David Stull.
Ticket Information
Tickets are available through Oberlin College’s Central Ticket Service (CTS). Purchase tickets online at www.oberlin.edu/artsguide; by phone at 440-775-8169 or 800-371-0178; in person at the CTS box office, located in the lobby of Hall Auditorium, 67 North Main St., in Oberlin; or by mail, by submitting the order form available on the Artist Recital Series website. CTS is open Monday through Friday, from noon until 5 p.m.
Finney Chapel is located at 90 North Professor St., and is wheelchair accessible. Free parking is available throughout the Oberlin College campus.
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
Wednesday, March 17, 2010
Oberlin College Choir to perform in Shaker Heights
The Oberlin College Choir will be presenting a concert at First Unitarian Church of Cleveland at 4:00pm on Sunday, April 25, 2010.
Founded in 1929 by Olaf C. Christiansen as the Oberlin A Cappella Choir, the Oberlin College Choir is a select ensemble of College and Conservatory students. Oberlin College Choir performs a wide variety of a capella and accompanied choral literature. In 1964, under the direction of Robert Fountain, the ensemble sang 39 concerts in the former Soviet Union and in Romania as part of the Cultural Exchange Program of the U. S. State Department. Since 1997, the choir has been conducted by Director of Choral Ensembles and Associate Professor of Choral Conducting Hugh Floyd.
A freewill offering will be accepted. Meet the musicians at a reception following the concert.
The program is as follows:
Psalm 100 (Jauchzet dem Hernn, alle Welt) by Felix Mendelssohn
Immortal Bach arranged by Knut Nystedt
Lobe den Herren by Hugo Distler
Os Justi (Psalm 37: 30-31) by Anton Bruckner
Trois Chansons de Charles d’Orléans by Claude Debussy
Dieu! qu’il la fait bon regarder!
Quant j’ai ouy le tabourin
Yver, vous n’estes qu’un villain
This Marriage by Eric Whitacre
Four Shakespeare Songs by Jaakko Mäntyjärvi
Come Away, Death (Twelfth Night II:4)
Lullaby (A Midsummer Night’s Dream II:2)
Double, Double Toil and Trouble (Macbeth IV:1)
Full Fathom Five (The Tempest I:2)
She’s Like the Swallow arranged by Edward T. Chapman
Loch Lomond arranged by Jonathan Quick
First Unitarian Church of Cleveland is located at:
21600 Shaker Blvd.
Shaker Heights, Ohio 44122
Office: 216-751-2320
Founded in 1929 by Olaf C. Christiansen as the Oberlin A Cappella Choir, the Oberlin College Choir is a select ensemble of College and Conservatory students. Oberlin College Choir performs a wide variety of a capella and accompanied choral literature. In 1964, under the direction of Robert Fountain, the ensemble sang 39 concerts in the former Soviet Union and in Romania as part of the Cultural Exchange Program of the U. S. State Department. Since 1997, the choir has been conducted by Director of Choral Ensembles and Associate Professor of Choral Conducting Hugh Floyd.
A freewill offering will be accepted. Meet the musicians at a reception following the concert.
The program is as follows:
Psalm 100 (Jauchzet dem Hernn, alle Welt) by Felix Mendelssohn
Immortal Bach arranged by Knut Nystedt
Lobe den Herren by Hugo Distler
Os Justi (Psalm 37: 30-31) by Anton Bruckner
Trois Chansons de Charles d’Orléans by Claude Debussy
Dieu! qu’il la fait bon regarder!
Quant j’ai ouy le tabourin
Yver, vous n’estes qu’un villain
This Marriage by Eric Whitacre
Four Shakespeare Songs by Jaakko Mäntyjärvi
Come Away, Death (Twelfth Night II:4)
Lullaby (A Midsummer Night’s Dream II:2)
Double, Double Toil and Trouble (Macbeth IV:1)
Full Fathom Five (The Tempest I:2)
She’s Like the Swallow arranged by Edward T. Chapman
Loch Lomond arranged by Jonathan Quick
First Unitarian Church of Cleveland is located at:
21600 Shaker Blvd.
Shaker Heights, Ohio 44122
Office: 216-751-2320
Wednesday, March 10, 2010
Takács String Quartet
The program for Oberlin College’s Artist Recital Series concert featuring the Takács String Quartet has been revised. The amended program for the concert, which takes place on Thursday, March 18, 2010, at 8 p.m. in Finney Chapel, will offer an intimate evening with three members of the quartet. Violinist Edward Dusinberre, violist Geraldine Walther, and cellist Andras Fejer will perform Beethoven’s String Trio, Op. 9 No. 1 in G Major; Mozart’s Duo for Violin and Viola No. 2 in B-flat Major, K. 424; and Hungarian composer Zoltán Kodály’s Duo for Violin and Cello, Op. 7.
Tickets are still available and can be purchased through Oberlin College’s Central Ticket Service (CTS). Buy tickets online at www.oberlin.edu/artsguide; by phone at 440-775-8169 or 800-371-0178; in person at the CTS box office, located in the lobby of Hall Auditorium at 67 North Main Street in Oberlin; or by mail, by submitting the order form available on the website. CTS is open Monday through Friday, from noon until 5 p.m.
Finney Chapel is located at 90 North Professor Street and is wheelchair accessible. Free parking is available throughout the Oberlin College campus.
Tickets are still available and can be purchased through Oberlin College’s Central Ticket Service (CTS). Buy tickets online at www.oberlin.edu/artsguide; by phone at 440-775-8169 or 800-371-0178; in person at the CTS box office, located in the lobby of Hall Auditorium at 67 North Main Street in Oberlin; or by mail, by submitting the order form available on the website. CTS is open Monday through Friday, from noon until 5 p.m.
Finney Chapel is located at 90 North Professor Street and is wheelchair accessible. Free parking is available throughout the Oberlin College campus.
Thursday, February 25, 2010
The Oberlin Conservatory of Music Awarded 2009 National Medal of Arts
What an exciting time to be alumni of Oberlin!
From the press release:
OBERLIN, OHIO (February 25, 2010)—The Oberlin Conservatory of Music is a recipient of the 2009 National Medal of Arts, the highest award given by the United States government to artists and arts patrons in recognition of the wealth and depth of their creative expressions. President Barack Obama is presenting the award to Dean of the Conservatory David H. Stull at a White House ceremony today in the East Room. Those in attendance include Oberlin College President Marvin Krislov, Robert Lemle, chair of Oberlin College's Board of Trustees, and trustee Stewart Kohl. A gala dinner celebrating the honorees took place at the National Museum of American History yesterday evening, sponsored by the President's Committee on the Arts and the Humanities.
The Oberlin Conservatory of Music is the only professional music school to be so honored by President Obama. The other honorees for 2009 are: singer and songwriter Bob Dylan; director and actor Clint Eastwood; graphic designer Milton Glaser; architect and sculptor Maya Lin; singer, dancer, and actress Rita Moreno; soprano Jessye Norman; arts patron and design advocate Joseph P. Riley Jr.; painter and sculptor Frank Stella; conductor Michael Tilson Thomas; composer and conductor John Williams; and the School of American Ballet.
The National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) administrates the National Medal of Arts.
“These individuals and organizations show us how many ways art works every day. They represent the breadth and depth of American architecture, design, film, music, performance, theatre, and visual art,” says NEA Chairman Rocco Landesman. “This lifetime honor recognizes their exceptional contributions, and I join the President and the country in saluting them.”
Oberlin College President Marvin Krislov, who was appointed by President Obama to the National Council on the Humanities in 2009, says: “Being awarded the National Medal of Arts is a tremendous honor for the Oberlin Conservatory of Music. It is a great tribute to the conservatory’s faculty, staff, and students, past and present, whose relentless dedication to achieving excellence is the hallmark of music at Oberlin.”
Renowned internationally as a professional music school of the highest caliber, the Oberlin Conservatory of Music has been called a “national treasure” by the Washington Post. Established in 1865 as one of the two divisions of Oberlin College in Oberlin, Ohio, the conservatory is America’s oldest continuously operating conservatory of music and is the only major music school in the U.S. devoted primarily to the education of undergraduate musicians.
“This is an extraordinary moment in the history of the Oberlin Conservatory of Music,” says Dean Stull. “It is directly attributable to the brilliant work undertaken by generations of faculty, students, and alumni since our founding more than 140 years ago. We should all take great pride in receiving the highest honor in the land for artistic excellence and achievement. I offer my deepest gratitude to President Obama for his recognition of Oberlin, and for including us in his first group of honorees to receive the National Medal of Arts.”
ABOUT THE NATIONAL MEDAL OF ARTS
The National Medal of Arts is designed to honor exemplary individuals and organizations that have encouraged the arts in America and offered inspiration to others through their distinguished achievement, support, or patronage. Unlike other awards, it is not limited to a single field or area of artistic endeavor. Congress established the award in 1984 to honor “individuals or groups who, in the President’s judgment, are deserving of special recognition by reason of their outstanding contributions to the excellence, growth, support, and availability of the arts in the United States.” The National Council on the Arts is responsible for making recommendations to the President of worthy individuals and organizations to receive the medal, which was designed by internationally renowned sculptor Robert Graham (1938-2008), who created the Olympic Gateway for the 1984 Olympic Games in Los Angeles. The Robert Graham Studio, located in Venice, California, produces the medals.
Past recipients of the National Medal of Arts include actors, architects, artists, art historians, arts patrons, choreographers and dancers, composers, musicians, poets and writers, ensembles, arts organizations, and schools. The pantheon of individuals and groups honored with the award include, among others, the actors Jessica Tandy, Julie Harris, and James Earl Jones; artists Georgia O’Keefe, Romare Bearden, and Willem de Kooning; composers Elliott Carter Jr. and Aaron Copland; composer and lyricist Stephen Sondheim; dancers and choreographers Martha Graham, Jerome Robbins, and Merce Cunningham; musicians Dave Brubeck, Dizzy Gillespie, Wynton Marsalis, Rudolf Serkin, and Isaac Stern; singers Ella Fitzgerald, Marilyn Horne (Distinguished Visiting Professor of Voice at Oberlin), and Barbra Streisand; writers Saul Bellow, Eudora Welty, and John Updike; National Public Radio, and, this year, the Oberlin Conservatory of Music.
From the press release:
The Oberlin Conservatory of Music Awarded
2009 National Medal of Arts
2009 National Medal of Arts
Honor Conferred by President Barack Obama in White House Ceremony on February 25
OBERLIN, OHIO (February 25, 2010)—The Oberlin Conservatory of Music is a recipient of the 2009 National Medal of Arts, the highest award given by the United States government to artists and arts patrons in recognition of the wealth and depth of their creative expressions. President Barack Obama is presenting the award to Dean of the Conservatory David H. Stull at a White House ceremony today in the East Room. Those in attendance include Oberlin College President Marvin Krislov, Robert Lemle, chair of Oberlin College's Board of Trustees, and trustee Stewart Kohl. A gala dinner celebrating the honorees took place at the National Museum of American History yesterday evening, sponsored by the President's Committee on the Arts and the Humanities.
The Oberlin Conservatory of Music is the only professional music school to be so honored by President Obama. The other honorees for 2009 are: singer and songwriter Bob Dylan; director and actor Clint Eastwood; graphic designer Milton Glaser; architect and sculptor Maya Lin; singer, dancer, and actress Rita Moreno; soprano Jessye Norman; arts patron and design advocate Joseph P. Riley Jr.; painter and sculptor Frank Stella; conductor Michael Tilson Thomas; composer and conductor John Williams; and the School of American Ballet.
The National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) administrates the National Medal of Arts.
“These individuals and organizations show us how many ways art works every day. They represent the breadth and depth of American architecture, design, film, music, performance, theatre, and visual art,” says NEA Chairman Rocco Landesman. “This lifetime honor recognizes their exceptional contributions, and I join the President and the country in saluting them.”
Oberlin College President Marvin Krislov, who was appointed by President Obama to the National Council on the Humanities in 2009, says: “Being awarded the National Medal of Arts is a tremendous honor for the Oberlin Conservatory of Music. It is a great tribute to the conservatory’s faculty, staff, and students, past and present, whose relentless dedication to achieving excellence is the hallmark of music at Oberlin.”
Renowned internationally as a professional music school of the highest caliber, the Oberlin Conservatory of Music has been called a “national treasure” by the Washington Post. Established in 1865 as one of the two divisions of Oberlin College in Oberlin, Ohio, the conservatory is America’s oldest continuously operating conservatory of music and is the only major music school in the U.S. devoted primarily to the education of undergraduate musicians.
“This is an extraordinary moment in the history of the Oberlin Conservatory of Music,” says Dean Stull. “It is directly attributable to the brilliant work undertaken by generations of faculty, students, and alumni since our founding more than 140 years ago. We should all take great pride in receiving the highest honor in the land for artistic excellence and achievement. I offer my deepest gratitude to President Obama for his recognition of Oberlin, and for including us in his first group of honorees to receive the National Medal of Arts.”
ABOUT THE NATIONAL MEDAL OF ARTS
The National Medal of Arts is designed to honor exemplary individuals and organizations that have encouraged the arts in America and offered inspiration to others through their distinguished achievement, support, or patronage. Unlike other awards, it is not limited to a single field or area of artistic endeavor. Congress established the award in 1984 to honor “individuals or groups who, in the President’s judgment, are deserving of special recognition by reason of their outstanding contributions to the excellence, growth, support, and availability of the arts in the United States.” The National Council on the Arts is responsible for making recommendations to the President of worthy individuals and organizations to receive the medal, which was designed by internationally renowned sculptor Robert Graham (1938-2008), who created the Olympic Gateway for the 1984 Olympic Games in Los Angeles. The Robert Graham Studio, located in Venice, California, produces the medals.
Past recipients of the National Medal of Arts include actors, architects, artists, art historians, arts patrons, choreographers and dancers, composers, musicians, poets and writers, ensembles, arts organizations, and schools. The pantheon of individuals and groups honored with the award include, among others, the actors Jessica Tandy, Julie Harris, and James Earl Jones; artists Georgia O’Keefe, Romare Bearden, and Willem de Kooning; composers Elliott Carter Jr. and Aaron Copland; composer and lyricist Stephen Sondheim; dancers and choreographers Martha Graham, Jerome Robbins, and Merce Cunningham; musicians Dave Brubeck, Dizzy Gillespie, Wynton Marsalis, Rudolf Serkin, and Isaac Stern; singers Ella Fitzgerald, Marilyn Horne (Distinguished Visiting Professor of Voice at Oberlin), and Barbra Streisand; writers Saul Bellow, Eudora Welty, and John Updike; National Public Radio, and, this year, the Oberlin Conservatory of Music.
Saturday, February 20, 2010
Civic Leadership Event in Oberlin
Have you ever wanted to use your knowledge and experience, along with your background as an Obie, to help out the next generation of Obies? Now you have a chance!
Some of the students that joined us for the Black River Café event have created an ExCo (Experimental College) course entitled "Civic Leadership." Poy, Jiayu, Luke and Phebe are teaching Oberlin students some of the practical skills they will need to accomplish their goals to change the world. One of the skills they're teaching is communication--how to pitch an idea effectively and concisely to a diverse group of people in a networking situation. The 16 students are working on social change issues, and are passionate about doing what they can to change the world, in true Oberlin spirit.
On Friday, March 12, from 6:30-8pm, join the students and teachers of the Civic Leadership ExCo course, Oberlin College Faculty and other Cleveland Area alumni at Peters Hall for an evening of meeting with students, helping them out and light refreshments.
We will meet with the students, get to know them and hear their ideas and proposals, and help them along their way to better achieve their goals, giving any input and advice we may have.
Peters Hall is located at 50 North Professor Street, Oberlin, OH. Parking is available along the street throughout town.
I do hope you can join us on Friday, March 12. Please RSVP by Wednesday, March 10 by contacting me at kmcgirr@gmail.com
Some of the students that joined us for the Black River Café event have created an ExCo (Experimental College) course entitled "Civic Leadership." Poy, Jiayu, Luke and Phebe are teaching Oberlin students some of the practical skills they will need to accomplish their goals to change the world. One of the skills they're teaching is communication--how to pitch an idea effectively and concisely to a diverse group of people in a networking situation. The 16 students are working on social change issues, and are passionate about doing what they can to change the world, in true Oberlin spirit.
On Friday, March 12, from 6:30-8pm, join the students and teachers of the Civic Leadership ExCo course, Oberlin College Faculty and other Cleveland Area alumni at Peters Hall for an evening of meeting with students, helping them out and light refreshments.
We will meet with the students, get to know them and hear their ideas and proposals, and help them along their way to better achieve their goals, giving any input and advice we may have.
Peters Hall is located at 50 North Professor Street, Oberlin, OH. Parking is available along the street throughout town.
I do hope you can join us on Friday, March 12. Please RSVP by Wednesday, March 10 by contacting me at kmcgirr@gmail.com
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