San Francisco

Reserved: $20
Tickets for the concert are available by calling the City Box Office at 415-392-4400. Purchase online at www.cityboxoffice.com.

Post-concert reception: $10
Tickets for the post-concert reception are available by calling Oberlin College, Office of Public Programs at 440-775-6785 or send e-mail to public.programs@oberlin.edu.

Seattle

Reserved: $20
Tickets for the concert are available by calling Ticketmaster at 206-292-2787. For more ticket information, click here:

Pre-concert reception: $10
Tickets for the pre-concert reception are available by calling Oberlin College, Office of Public Programs at 440-775-6785 or send e-mail to public.programs@oberlin.edu.

Los Angeles

Pre-Concert Panel Discussion & Concert: $20, $15, $10
(One ticket serves as admission to both events)

General Public: Tickets are available by calling the LA Phil box office at 323-850-2000. Purchase online at www.laphil.com.

Oberlin Alumni: Tickets for the pre-concert panel discussion and concert are available by calling Oberlin College, Office of Public Programs at 440-775-6785 or sending an e-mail to public.programs@oberlin.edu. The Post-Concert Reception and $20 Concert tickets are both sold out.

Pre-Concert Discussion Panelists

Elizabeth Baker '76, Violinist, The Los Angeles Philharmonic

Violinist Elizabeth Baker, who joined the Los Angeles Philharmonic in 1987, has been particularly acclaimed for her performances of contemporary music. In 1992, she was the violin soloist in the Philharmonic’s acclaimed performances of Tippett’s Triple Concerto, conducted by André Previn. In the 1997 season she presented the Los Angeles premiere of Janácek’s Violin Concerto, conducted by Sian Edwards. She has given numerous West Coast and world premieres of works by composers such as Arvo Pärt, Philip Glass, Don Davis, Vincent Plush, William Bolcom, Donald Crockett, and Charles Amirkhanian.

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David Lang, Composer and Distinguished Visiting Professor of Composition

American composer David Lang received the 2008 Pulitzer Prize in Music for The Little Match Girl Passion, a work for four solo voices and percussion based on the Hans Christian Andersen fable of the same name. The work was co-commissioned by the Carnegie Hall Corporation and the Perth Theater and Concert Hall. It premiered October 25, 2007, in Zankel Hall at Carnegie Hall in New York City.

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David H. Stull, Dean of the Conservatory

David H. Stull has been dean of the Oberlin Conservatory of Music since 2004. Prior to his appointment as the Conservatory’s chief academic officer, he served four years as Oberlin’s associate dean, and one semester as acting dean. He also chaired Oberlin’s Educational Policy Committee for the Conservatory.

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Huang Ruo, Composer

Hailed by the Wall Street Journal as “strikingly assured,” the music of Huang Ruo ‘00 has been performed by many groups including the Philadelphia Orchestra under Wolfgang Sawallisch, the New York Philharmonic under Xian Zhang, the Juilliard Symphony under James Conlon, and others. Ruo is the 2008 first-prize laureate of the International Composition Prize, sponsored by the Luxembourg Society for Contemporary Music. He is currently a member of the composition faculty at SUNY Purchase.

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