PHOTO CREDIT: VanHouten Photography

 

The sign says it all.

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L to R – Ellie Bors ’09 (cello) and Esther Fredrickson ’09 (flute), members of the Oberlin Contemporary Music Ensemble, warm up in the backstage dressing room at Benaroya Hall.

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The Prima Trio (L to R): violinist David Bogorad ’09, pianist Anastasia Dedik (AD ’06), and clarinetist Boris Allakhverdyan ’08 take a moment before the concert.

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Dean of the Conservatory David H. Stull addresses the capacity crowd at Benaroya Hall's Nordstrom Recital Hall before the concert.

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The Prima Trio in performance: violinist David Bogorad ’09 , pianist Anastasia Dedik (AD '06), and clarinetist Boris Allakhverdyan ’08

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Performing the West Coast premiere of Frederic Rzewski's Knight, Death and the Devil:
L to R – eighth blackbird's Lisa Kaplan ’96 (piano), Tim Munro ’02 (flute), Michael J. Maccaferri ’95 (bass clarinet), Matt Albert ’96 (violin), and Nicholas Photinos ’96 (cello); the Contemporary Music Ensemble's (CME) Ellie Bors ’09 (cello), eighth blackbird's Matthew Duvall ’95 (percussion); CME's Jane Mitchell ’10 (viola), Leah Asher ’09 (violin), and Brendan Shea ’09 (violin)

Knight, Death and the Devil was commissioned by eighth blackbird with the generous support of the Oberlin Conservatory of Music and the University of Chicago.

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ABOVE AND BELOW: The West Coast premiere of Steve Reich's Double Sextet performed by (L to R): eighth blackbird's Tim Munro ’02 (flute), CME's Mark Cramer ’09 (clarinet), eb's Lisa Kaplan ’96 (piano), CME's Leah Asher ’09 (violin), eb's Nicholas Photinos ’96 (cello), CME's Jennifer Torrence ’09 (mallets), eb's Matthew Duvall ’95 (mallets), CME's Ellie Bors ’09 (cello) and Thomas Fosnocht ’09 (piano), eb's Matt Albert ’96 (violin) and Michael J. Maccaferri ’95 (clarinet), and CME's Esther Fredrickson ’09 (flute)

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ABOVE AND BELOW: A standing ovation for eighth blackbird and members of the Contemporary Music Ensemble. (L-R): eighth blackbird's Tim Munro ’02 (flute); CME's Jennifer Torrence ’09 (mallets), Leah Asher ’09 (violin), Mark Cramer ’09 (clarinet); eb's Lisa Kaplan ’96 (piano) and Nicholas Photinos ’96 (cello); CME's Ellie Bors ’09 (cello); eb's Matthew Duvall ’95 (mallets); CME's Esther Fredrickson ’09 (flute); eb's Matt Albert ’96 (violin) and Michael J. Maccaferri ’95 (clarinet); and CME's Thomas Fosnocht ’09 (piano)

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