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Artist Recital Series

Allen Memorial Art Museum

5 Bonus Event: Marilyn Horne

16 Exhibition Schedule

8 Jasper String Quartet

17 Renovation Schedule

9 Olivier Latry, organ 14 Pacifica String Quartet

Oberlin Opera Theater

18 The Cleveland Orchestra

11 The Bartered Bride

20 Yefim Bronfman, piano

24 La Clemenza di Tito

21 Esperanza Spalding, bass 23 Christine Brewer, soprano

Oberlin Theater and Dance

25 James Ehnes, violin

7 Macbeth 12 FLY: Five First Ladies of Dance

Oberlin Convocation Series

13 Eurydice

2 Ishmael Beah & Dan Chaon

26 Flora, the Red Menace

3 Mark Boal 4 Josh Ritter

Concert

10 Christine Todd Whitman

6 Chick Corea Trio

15 Nell Irvin Painter 19 Gloria Steinem 22 General Anthony Zinni

27 Subscriptions 27 Friends of the Artist Recital Series 28 Tickets

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Cover photo by Christian Steiner

29 Getting to Oberlin

Welcome to

Oberlin

One of the nation’s top liberal arts colleges, Oberlin has long been a haven for creative thinkers and artists.

Located 30 miles west of Cleveland, the college, conservatory of music, and art museum present an extraordinary range of public concerts, exhibits, performances, and lectures each year, enriching the cultural life of Northeast Ohio and celebrating the great intellectual and artistic voices of our time.

Oberlin presents more than 500 concerts each year, many of them free. Find hundreds more

Kevin Reeves

events online at oberlin.edu/events.

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Beah’04 & Dan Chaon Ishmael

Tuesday, September 14, 2010, 7:30 p.m.

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orn in 1980 in Sierra Leone, West Africa, Ishmael Beah is the New York Times best-selling author of A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier, which ranked third on TIME’s list of Top 10 Nonfiction Books of 2007. Today, as a UNICEF advocate for Children Affected by War, a member of the Human Rights Watch Children’s Advisory Committee, and president of the Ishmael Beah Foundation, Beah has spoken before the United Nations and others about the effect of war on children. He is a visiting scholar at the Center for International Conflict Resolution at Columbia University.

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an Chaon, the Pauline M. Delaney Professor of Creative Writing and Literature at Oberlin College, holds a Pushcart Prize and an O. Henry Award, as well as the 2006 Academy Award in Literature from the American Academy of Arts and Letters. His second short story collection, Among the Missing, was a finalist for the 2001 National Book Award. His most recent novel, the New York Times bestseller Await Your Reply, received glowing reviews in scores of national publications.

“Beah’s memoir joins an elite class of writing: Africans

“Dan Chaon is a rarity among his

witnessing African wars.”

contemporaries, a respected literary

— New York Times

author not afraid to dip one foot into the murky waters of the macabre.”

— Los Angeles Times

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PHOTOS Courtesy of Dan Chaon / Courtesy of Ishmael Beah

CONVOCATION

A Conversation with

CAA

“Filmmakers are always going to be interested in making movies that plug into society around them. That’s what a vibrant, artistically alert community should be doing.

After all, it would be sad if we only made films about alien robots.”

A Evening with

Mark

Boal ’95

Sunday, September 19, 2010, 7:30 p.m.

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ark Boal’s experience as a magazine journalist embedded with Army bomb technicians in a deadly period of the Iraq war inspired him to develop his own screenplay for the Oscar-winning independent film The Hurt Locker.

As a producer of the film and its writer, Boal won two Academy Awards, for best picture and best original screenplay. He has covered politics, technology, crime, and the youth and drug cultures in stories for Rolling Stone, Brill’s Content, Mother Jones, and Playboy.

His 2008 investigative story for Rolling Stone about the life and times of mall shooter Robert Hawkins was included in the anthology The Best American Crime Reporting 2009, edited by Otto Penzler. He is working on a new script, an original story titled Triple Frontier, for Paramount Pictures. Boal majored in philosophy at Oberlin, graduating with honors.

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CONVOCATION

— Mark Boal

Josh

Ritter ’99

Saturday, September 25, 2010, 8 p.m.

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CONVOCATION

t’s been said that folk-leaning singer/songwriter Josh Ritter channels the greats, but he does so better than any other contemporary artist. Ritter arrived at Oberlin expecting to follow in the footsteps of his parents—both neuroscientists. At Oberlin, the Idaho native got his first listen to Leonard Cohen and Gillian Welch and fell in love with folk style and songwriting. Dropping his neuroscience major to instead pursue music, Ritter graduated and moved to Boston for its proximity to classic folk venues. In 2002, on a shoestring budget, he recorded his critically acclaimed breakthrough album Golden Age of Radio, which gained national exposure and five-star reviews.

His fifth and latest album, So Runs the World Away, was released in May 2010. “I’ve come to expect good records from him...but this one took my breath away,” said Bob Boilen of NPR’s All Songs Considered. Ritter lives in Brooklyn, New York, with his wife, musician Dawn Landes.

SAM KASSIER

* Free tickets available from CTS starting 9/13 for OCID, with limited tickets available for the general public. See page 28 for details.

“He sets out to carry a world of ideas on a few basic chords.

There is no limit to the depth and ambition of his songs.”

— New York Times

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Bonus

Event

Master Classes with

Marilyn

Horne

Friday, October 1, 2010, 8 p.m.

Sunday, October 3, 2010, 2 p.m.

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ne of the greatest operatic mezzo-sopranos in history, Marilyn Horne returns to the Oberlin Conservatory of Music this fall for a residency as Distinguished Professor of Voice.

These master classes offer a unique opportunity for all to listen and learn as a legend works with Oberlin voice majors.

The Distinguished Professorship of Voice is made possible with the support of the Danenberg Residency Fund.

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ARTIST RECITAL SERIES

Roger Mastroianni

Free for ARS Subscribers

Chick Corea Trio with Christian McBride & Brian Blade

Thursday, October 7, 2010, 8 p.m.

Finney Chapel $10 with ocid ; $20 for general public

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“Corea’s genius comes in knowing how to use the dynamic range of a piano like an orchestra.”

— Edmonton Journal

KRIS CAMPBELL

CONCERT

hick Corea tours the States with his new trio, featuring bassist Christian McBride and drummer Brian Blade. An NEA Jazz Master, 16-time Grammy winner, prolific composer, and keyboard virtuoso, Corea has attained living-legend status after four decades of unparalleled creativity and an artistic output that is staggering. From straight-ahead to avant-garde, bebop to fusion, children’s songs to chamber music—along with some far-reaching forays into symphonic works—Chick has touched an astonishing number of musical bases while maintaining a standard of excellence that is awe-inspiring.

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“All is the fear, and nothing is the love.”

— Macbeth

Macbeth

By William Shakespeare

Thursday, October 7, 2010, 8 p.m.

Friday, October 8, 2010, 8 p.m.

Saturday, October 9, 2010, 8 p.m.

Sunday, October 10, 2010, 2 p.m.

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isiting Professor Justin Emeka sets his production in the South during Reconstruction shortly after the Civil War—one of the most tumultuous and significant moments in American history. Using Shakespeare’s original text, this production incorporates elements of plantation life, Union and Confederate soldiers, spirituals, mysticism, and the KKK to reveal the terror of one of Shakespeare’s most gruesome plays.

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THEATER

Civil War archive

“Sonically delightful and expressively compelling…”

ARTIST RECITAL SERIES

— The Strad

Jasper

String Quartet

Tuesday, October 19, 2010, 8 p.m.

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ormed at the Oberlin Conservatory of Music in 2003 and rapidly gaining a worldwide reputation as one of the top young quartets, the Jasper String Quartet features J Freivogel ’06, Sam Quintal ’06, Rachel Henderson ’06, and violinist Jae Niwa. Since their time at Oberlin, these rising stars have garnered some of the most illustrious prizes in the chamber music world—including a silver medal at the 2009 Fischoff Chamber Music Competition. Most recently a graduate quartet-inresidence at the Yale School of Music, the group begins a residency at Oberlin this fall, teaching and coaching chamber ensembles throughout the year.

Their Finney Chapel concert in October features works by Schubert, Kernis, and Beethoven.

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Olivier

Latry

organ

Tuesday, November 9, 2010, 8 p.m.

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ailed for his “consummate artistry” and “elegant virtuosity,” Notre Dame’s titular organist Olivier Latry plays it all. A selfproclaimed ambassador of 17th- to 21st-century music, Latry is not only recognized as one of the world’s leading performers of traditional organ music—particularly Messaien—he also dazzles audiences worldwide with the music of his contemporaries. A devoted improviser, Latry has garnered a reputation as one of the world’s top “improvisateurs” in the French tradition. He will lend his signature prowess to Finney Chapel’s Kay Africa Memorial Organ, built by C.B. Fisk, Inc.

“Definitive, informative, persuasive, engaging, intensely musical, flawless…

Words simply cannot begin to do justice to M. Latry’s consummate artistry.”

— Organists’ Review

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at the door

Christine Todd

Whitman

Bridging Differences through Environmental Action: How Shared Goals for the Planet Can Bring us Together Thursday, November 11, 2010, 7:30 p.m.

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ormer New Jersey governor and EPA administrator Christine Todd Whitman is president of the Whitman Strategy Group, a consulting firm that specializes in energy and environmental issues. With U.S. Senator John Danforth, she cofounded the Republican Leadership Council to support fiscally conservative, socially tolerant candidates and to reclaim the word “republican.”

Author of the New York Times bestseller It’s My Party Too, Whitman earned bipartisan praise as governor for her commitment to preserve a record amount of New Jersey land as green space. In her tenure at the EPA, the agency established the first federal program to promote redevelopment and reuse of previously contaminated industrial sites known as brownfields. Today, she serves on the board of directors of several nonprofits and corporations.

“Anyone who thinks that they are too small to make a difference has never Courtesy of Christine Todd Whitman

tried to fall asleep with a mosquito in the room.”

— Christine Todd Whitman

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become of me? All

John Seyfried

“Oh, what will the girls love me and try to kill me.”

— The Bartered Bride

The Bartered Bride A comic opera in three acts ̆ Smetana, with

by Bedrich a libretto by Karel Sabina

Wednesday, November 17, 2010, 8 p.m.

Friday, November 19, 2010, 8 p.m.

Saturday, November 20, 2010, 8 p.m.

Sunday, November 21, 2010, 2 p.m.

Hall Auditorium S ingle T ickets : $12 P ublic , $8 S eniors /OC staff & faculty , $5 S tudents /A ll tickets $3 more at the door S ubscription *: $22 P ublic , $14 S eniors /OC staff & faculty , $7 S tudents Christopher Larkin, guest conductor

Jonathon Field, director

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re ambitious parents and manipulative marriage brokers any match for young, determined love? This comic tale by Czech ̆ composer Bedrich Smetana puts traditional folk dances in this story of his people. Marzenka, the daughter of rich peasants, is in love with Jenik, but her parents have arranged a marriage for her and the foppish Vasek. Employing all manner of clever tricks and hilarious miscommunications, Jenik strives against all odds to gain Marzenka’s hand in marriage. Set in a small Czech town with authentic costumes, with its enduring and classic message of true love’s resilience, The Bartered Bride will charm the hearts of opera and music fans.

* subscription includes both operas

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OPERA

Candide, Spring 2010

FLY:

Five First Ladies of Dance

Friday, December 3, 2010, 8 p.m.

Saturday, December 4, 2010, 8 p.m.

Hall Auditorium A tickets : $30 public , $26 seniors / ocid / A ll tickets $3 more at the door area

B tickets : $20 public , $16 seniors / ocid / A ll tickets $3 more at the door area

C tickets : $15 public , $11 seniors / ocid / A ll tickets $3 more at the door area

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Performance sponsors:

Victor Jouvert

DANCE

elcome to 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 dancers/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 coproduced with DANCECleveland.

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Jennifer Manna

“Ms. Ruhl’s magical play about the joys and trials of living and dying invites the happiest kind of commemoration.

Like all fine poems, songs, and paintings, it’s a love letter to the world that deserves to be remembered for a good long time.”

— New York Times The Seagull, 2009

THEATER

Eurydice

By Sarah Ruhl

Thursday, February 10, 2011, 8 p.m.

Friday, February 11, 2011, 8 p.m.

Saturday, February 12, 2011, 8 p.m.

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Brian Scott, guest designer

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his quirky and arresting meditation on the Orpheus myth will be given an exciting, vibrant staging by guest director Barney O’Hanlon and guest designer Brian Scott, members of the internationally acclaimed SITI Company, under the artistic directorship of contemporary theater legend Anne Bogart.

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“This was playing of the most sublime kind, utterly absorbing in its subtle expressiveness, polish, and ready communication of stylistic character.”

ARTIST RECITAL SERIES

— Daily Telegraph (London)

Pacifica

String Quartet

Wednesday, February 16, 2011, 8 p.m.

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iolinists Simin Ganatra ’95 and Sibbi Bernhardsson ’95 return to Oberlin with the renowned Pacifica String Quartet.

Winner of the Avery Fisher Career Grant in 2006 and the 2009 Grammy Award for “Best Chamber Performance,” the musicians have been praised for their dedication and mastery of contemporary music as well as the classics—with lauded performances of Mendelssohn and Beethoven as well as Elliot Carter’s complete quartet cycle.

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A Evening with

Nell Irvin

Painter

Tuesday, February 22, 2011, 7:30 p.m.

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“We used to think race was something permanent inside of you that never changed. Well, it changed.

— Nell Irvin Painter

Greater Talent Network, INC.

All you have to do is have sex.”

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CONVOCATION

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leading historian and distinguished writer, Nell Irvin Painter is the Edwards Professor Emeritus of American History at Princeton University and the author of seven books and numerous articles on the history of the American South.

Her latest book, A History of White People, traces 2,000 years of Western civilization, illuminating not only the invention of race, but the frequent praise of “whiteness.” Painter’s critically acclaimed book Sojourner Truth: A Life, A Symbol won the non-fiction prize of the Black Caucus of the American Library Association.

She received her doctorate from Harvard University, and she holds several honorary degrees. Retiring from Princeton in 2005, she used her newly acquired free time to earn a bachelor of fine arts degree at Rutgers University in 2009. She is currently a graduate student in painting at the Rhode Island School of Design.

AMAM Exhibition Schedule 2010 - 2011 Side by Side: Oberlin’s Masterworks at The Phillips Collection Washington, D.C. September 11, 2010–January 16, 2011 The AMAM is proud to present 25 of its European and American masterworks at The Phillips Collection in Washington, D.C. Dating from the 16th through 20th centuries, 24 paintings and one sculpture will be integrated into the galleries at the Phillips and will be seen alongside works from the same artists or those with similar themes from the Phillips’ renowned collection.

Several lectures will be held at The Phillips Collection during the exhibition, including:

ART MUSEUM

Thursday, October 7, 6:30 pm—former AMAM director Richard Spear will lecture on the AMAM works in “Side By Side.”

Thursday, October 21, 6:30 pm—AMAM Curator of Collections and Curator of European and American Art Andria Derstine will give a gallery talk and tour on the AMAM works and their intersections with The Phillips Collection.

For more information and lecture dates, please visit the AMAM’s website at www.oberlin.edu/amam.

Other AMAM exhibitions: AMAM at the Akron Museum of Art 19th-century, modern, and contemporary works from the AMAM collections Through February 2011

AMAM Paintings, Sculptures, and Miniatures at the Cleveland Museum of Art 17th through 19th-century European art from the AMAM collections Through February 2011

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Our Future

he first phase of the AMAM’s renovation project began in late summer 2009 and was completed in spring of 2010. During Phase I, HVAC and associated systems for the Robert Venturi addition to the museum were upgraded. In late December 2009, the 1917 Cass Gilbert building was closed for Phase II. Construction has begun on the north side of the building, in preparation for the addition of a geothermal well field. This phase also includes significant expansion of art storage for sculpture and objects and other support spaces.

AMAM galleries will begin phased reopening by spring 2011.

The AMAM’s partners in this project are Samuel Anderson Architects of New York (SAA) and McClure Engineering of St. Louis. Oberlin’s Class of 1958 has generously provided funding for the vestibule project; storage improvements are supported by a major grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities.

Please visit the AMAM website at www.oberlin.edu/amam or the AMAM blog http://amamblog.tumblr.com for more information about the renovation project and upcoming events.

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ART MUSEUM

Foundation for

The

Cleveland

Orchestra

with

Robert Walters, English horn Friday, February 25, 2011, 8 p.m.

Finney Chapel T ickets : $35 P ublic , $30 S eniors /OC staff & faculty , $12 S tudents /A ll tickets $3 more at the door

MATT DINE

“No other American orchestra can rival its combination of virtuosic technique, consummate ensemble playing, and rich, burnished tone …”

— Time

Roger Mastroianni

ARTIST RECITAL SERIES

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eturning to Oberlin for its 209th Artist Recital Series performance, the Cleveland Orchestra will once again prove its status as one of the world’s most powerful orchestral ensembles. Under the baton of Andrey Boreyko, the program will feature works by Bartók, Vasks, and Prokofiev.

Oberlin Professor of Oboe and English Horn Robert Walters, featured soloist, will also play with the orchestra, with whom he holds an appointment as oboist and solo English horn player. He has also held appointments at the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, the Cincinnati Orchestra, and the Philadelphia Orchestra. An avid teacher and performer, Walters has taught and performed at many of the country’s top venues and festivals.

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Soapbox: Speakers Who Speak Out, Inc.

“God may be in the details, but the goddess is in the questions.

Once we begin to ask them, there’s no turning back.”

A Evening with

Gloria

Steinem

Wednesday, March 2, 2011, 7:30 p.m.

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riter, lecturer, feminist, and political activist Gloria Steinem became deeply involved in the women’s liberation movement in the late 1960s. In 1971 she organized the National Women’s Political Caucus, and in 1972 founded Ms., a trendsetting magazine that treats contemporary issues from a feminist perspective. In the 1970s and ’80s she founded or cofounded other women’s organizations, including the National Organization for Women. She was also cofounder and serves on the board of Choice USA, a national organization that supports young prochoice leadership and works to preserve comprehensive sex education in schools. She was the founding president of the Ms. Foundation for Women, which supports grassroots projects to empower women and girls, and which also created Take Our Daughters to Work Day. Her books include Outrageous Acts and Everyday Rebellions, Marilyn, and Revolution from Within.

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CONVOCATION

— Gloria Steinem

Dario Acosta

“There’s this boundless technique, of course, and stylistic versatility…but there’s also a selflessness in his playing.”

ARTIST RECITAL SERIES

— Esa-Pekka Salonen

Yefim

Bronfman

piano

Saturday, March 5, 2011, 8 p.m.

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rammy Award winner and acclaimed pianist Yefim Bronfman is known by critics and listeners alike as one of the most commanding and engaging performers on the circuit today.

Since his international debut with Zubin Mehta and the Montreal Symphony in 1975, he has performed diverse repertory “rich in musical feeling” with “technical fireworks.” His rapidly growing discography, diverse tour schedule, and performances of concertos and chamber music feature collaborations with classical music’s biggest names: Isaac Stern, Esa-Pekka Salonen, Sir Simon Rattle, and dozens of others. Bronfman’s Oberlin performance will include pieces by Haydn, Schumann, and Chopin.

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Esperanza

Spalding Chamber Music Society

Wednesday, March 9, 2011, 8 p.m.

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johann sauty

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ailed as a prodigy on the acoustic double bass within months of first touching the instrument at age 15, Esperanza Spalding has emerged as a fine jazz bassist, but has also distinguished herself playing blues, funk, hip-hop, pop fusion, and Brazilian and Afro-Cuban styles as well. A decade into the 21st century, she takes a contemporary approach to a once universal form of entertainment—chamber music—with her new project, Chamber Music Society. Inspired by the classical training of her younger years, Spalding creates a modern chamber music group that combines the spontaneity and intrigue of improvisation with string trio arrangements encompassing elements of jazz, folk, and world music into the enduring foundations of classical music.

“The dialogue between her dark, muscular bass notes and her breezy, bubbly vocals is fascinating in the way the two lines diverge and converge again and again” — Washington Post

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USMC

“If you charge me with the responsibility of taking this nation to war, if you charge me with implementing that policy with creating the strategy which convinces me to go to war, and I fail you, then I ought to go.”

— Anthony Zinni

CONVOCATION

General Anthony

Zinni

Thursday, March 10, 2011, 7:30 p.m.

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nthony Zinni is a retired four-star general in the U.S. Marine Corps and former commander in chief of the U.S. Central Command. Following his retirement from the Marines in 2000 he served as America’s special envoy to Israel and the Palestinian Authority. His military service has taken him to more than 70 countries and includes deployments to the Mediterranean, the Caribbean, the Western Pacific, Northern Europe, and Korea. He served tours of duty in Okinawa and Germany, and his operational experiences include two tours in Vietnam, where he was severely wounded; emergency relief and security operations in the Philippines; and operations in the former Soviet Union, Somalia, and the Persian Gulf. Zinni has attended numerous military schools and has held academic positions. With Tom Clancy, he co-authored the New York Times bestselling book on his career, Battle Ready, and the foreign policy book The Battle For Peace. His latest book, Leading the Charge, was published in August 2009.

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Christine

Brewer

soprano

Sunday, March 13, 2011, 4 p.m.

Finney Chapel T ickets : $30 P ublic , $25 S eniors /OC staff & faculty , $12 S tudents /A ll tickets $3 more at the door

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hristine Brewer’s Grammy Award-winning voice is known around the globe for its unique timbre. Praised for combining “vibrant personality and emotional honesty reminiscent of the great sopranos of the past,” Brewer’s vocal virtuosity is matched only by her stunning musicality, which has enchanted audiences and critics alike since her debut.

On stage, she tours regularly both in recital and at the world’s top venues, including the Lyric Opera of Chicago, the Kennedy Center, Lincoln Center, and London’s Wigmore Hall. In roles ranging from Leonore in Fidelio to Wagner’s Isolde and Brünhilde, Brewer has displayed remarkable range and depth.

“With a dramatic situation of the grandest scale and the effervescence of Wagner inspiring her vocalism, [Ms. Brewer is] an artist who arrived at her destiny.”

CHRISTIAN STEINER

— Classical Singer Magazine

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La Clemenza di Tito An opera in two acts by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, with a libretto by Metastasio

Wednesday, March 16, 2011, 8 p.m.

Friday, March 18, 2011, 8 p.m.

Saturday, March 19, 2011, 8 p.m.

Sunday, March 20, 2011, 2 p.m.

Hall Auditorium S ingle T ickets : $12 P ublic , $8 S eniors /OC staff & faculty , $5 S tudents /A ll tickets $3 more at the door S ubscription *: $22 P ublic , $14 S eniors /OC staff & faculty , $7 S tudents Niels Muus, guest conductor

Jonathon Field, director

* subscription includes both operas

Così fan tutte, Fall 2009 John Seyfried

OPERA

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eaturing a rich plot of murder, mayhem, and love during the Roman Empire, set to Mozart’s ravishing score, La Clemenza di Tito is a must-see event for opera and music lovers alike. The scheming but wounded Vitellia is plotting to overthrow the emperor Tito, who seized the throne from her father—he also happens to be her unrequited love. Deceptions run high as Vitellia manipulates affections and comes up against forces of good and evil. In one of the last operas of his career, Mozart captures the essence of powerful emotions such as love and jealousy, and how they survive in tumultuous societies.

“We, amidst such grandeur, live in constant uncertainty.”

— La Clemenza di Tito

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“Mercifully free of affectation or vanity, yet blessed with as stunning a technique and as intriguing a musical personality as any violinist on the circuit.”

James

Ehnes

Tuesday, April 26, 2011, 8 p.m.

violin

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t age 11, Canadian violinist James Ehnes gained national recognition as the Grand Prize winner in Strings at the Canadian Music Competition; since then, he has hardly stopped performing. His quietly confident technique and complex musical interpretations have taken him to four continents, playing with dozens of the top ensembles, conductors, and musicians in the world, and his recordings span from Bach to Paganini to John Adams. At Oberlin, he’ll be performing on his 1715 Stradivarius in Finney Chapel.

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Benjamin Ealovega

— London Times

Flora, the Red Menace

Music by John Kander ’51, lyrics by Fred Ebb, book by David Thompson

Thursday, May 5, 2011, 8 p.m.

Friday, May 6, 2011, 8 p.m.

Saturday, May 7, 2011, 2 p.m. and 8 p.m.

Sunday, May 8, 2011, 2 p.m.

Hall Auditorium T ickets : $8 P ublic , $6 S eniors /OC staff & faculty , $4 S tudents /A ll tickets $3 more at the door Matthew Wright, director, Holly Handman Lopez, choreographer, Ian Axness ’09, musical director

Reefer Madness, 2009

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he first offering by the celebrated writing duo John Kander ’51 and Fred Ebb, Flora, the Red Menace is a musical celebration of youth, love, and finding one’s way in life.

Set in Depression-era New York, the funny and heartwarming story centers on the newly graduated Flora Meszaros as she meets a boy, gets a job, and finds herself in the midst of political mayhem! With its memorable score, charming book, and cast of determined young bohemians, artists, and Communists, this bow to one of Oberlin’s most celebrated musicians is sure to enchant. This production is coproduced with the Oberlin Dance Company. Flora, the Red Menace will also perform during Oberlin’s 2011 Commencement Weekend.

real triumph of stagecraft and one that keeps the pace pounding along.”

— London Times

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