PHOTO CREDIT: Craig T. Mathew/Mathew Imaging
Glimpses backstage:
A Panel of Experts
Final Dress
The performance … and just after
Performing Beethoven
Performing Mahler
A Standing Ovation
Walt Disney Concert Hall … a prestigious venue for an important Oberlin Conservatory of Music event.
Glimpses backstage:
L-R: violists Elisa Rega and Caroline Curatolo, principal second violinist Jenny Elfving, and cellist Leah Metzler
L-R: cellist Leah Metzler, violist Caroline Curatolo, principal second violinist Jenny Elfving,; and trumpeter Nathaniel Cox
Trumpeter Emily Lawyer and trombonist Andrew Wainacht
Violist Abigail Rojansky and bassoonist Max Pipinich
L-R: violinists Sarah Martin, Shawn LeSure, and associate concertmaster Nina Soderberg
Cue Maestra Bridget-Michaele Reischl
A Panel of Experts
A pre-concert panel discussion in Walt Disney Concert Hall’s BP Hall explored the future of music rooted in the 18th and 19th centuries.
L-R: Dean of the Conservatory David H. Stull, composer Huang Ruo ’00, violinist with the LA Phil Elizabeth Baker ’76, and Composer-in-Residence David Lang
A learned discussion can have its lighter moments. Elizabeth Baker and David Lang.
Every seat in BP Hall was filled.
Dean of the Conservatory David H. Stull introduces the topic to the capacity crowd in BP Hall.
Composer Huang Ruo talks about the evolution of Hanging Cliffs.
L-R: Dean Stull, Huang Ruo, Elizabeth Baker, and David Lang
L-R: Huang Ruo, Elizabeth Baker, and David Lang
David Lang listens to a question from an audience member.
Composer-in-Residence and Distinguished Visiting Professor of Composition David Lang, winner of the 2008 Pulitzer Prize.
Elizabeth Baker makes a point.
Final Dress
L-R: Violists Abigail Rojansky, Meredith Crawford, and Jane Mitchell
Concertmaster Dechopol Kowintaweewat (left) and Associate Concertmaster Nina Soderberg (right) directly behind Associate Professor of Piano Angela Cheng, soloist for Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No. 4 in G Major, Op. 58
Joseph Stepec and Danielle Taylor in the first violin section
L-R in the back row: first violinists Shawn LeSure and Ran Cheng; L-R in the front row: first violinists David Bogorad and Priscilla Tsai, and second violinist Rachel Bundy
Views of the lower string section
L-R: French horn players Brandon Henley and Matthew McLaughlin
L-R front: violists Abigail Rojansky and Jane Mitchell
L-R back: oboists Anahid Gregorian (in turquoise) and Rachel Messing; violist Thomas McShane
L-R: bassoonists Michael Matushek and Max Pipinich
L-R: trumpeters Philip Parsons, Nathaniel Cox, and Emily Lawyer
The performance … and just after
Selected Sectionals
Composer Huang Ruo ’00. His Hanging Cliffs received its world premiere by the Oberlin Conservatory Symphony Orchestra at Walt Disney Concert Hall on January 24, 2009, accepts accolades from the audience and the ensemble.
Huang Ruo and conductor Bridget-Michaele Reischl, Music Director of the Oberlin Orchestras
Performing Beethoven
Associate Professor of Piano Angela Cheng performs Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No. 4 in G Major, Op. 58 with the Oberlin Conservatory Symphony Orchestra
Performing Mahler
A Standing Ovation
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