Oberlin College and Conservatory

Oberlin Sinfonietta: Timothy Weiss, conductor

Friday, April 3, 2015 at 8:00pm to 10:00pm

Warner Concert Hall
77 West College Street, Oberlin, OH 44074

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A performance by the Oberlin Sinfonietta, conducted by Timothy Weiss with faculty soloists David Bowlin '00, violin, and Haewon Song, piano.

Program:

Alban Berg: Kammerkonzert ("Chamber Concerto") (1923-25)

Thema scherzoso con VariazioniAdagioRondo ritmico con Introduzione (Kadenz)​

David Bowlin '00, violin; Haewon Song, piano

 

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Serenade in B-flat, K. 361, "Gran Partita" (1783-84)

Largo. Molto AllegroMenuettoAdagioMenuettoRomance. AdagioTema con variazioniFinale. Molto Allegro

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Violinist David Bowlin ’00 has won critical acclaim for his solo and chamber music performances from numerous sources, including most notably the New York Times, Chicago Tribune, and the Chicago Sun-Times. He is an accomplished performer of a broad range of repertoire, and has performed recitals and concertos across the United States. Among these are dozens of premieres, including the Weill Hall world premiere of Mahagoni, a violin concerto written for Bowlin by Austrian composer Alexandra Karastoyanova-Hermentin. Accolades include the 2007 Samuel Baron Prize from Stony Brook University and first prize in violin at the 2003 Washington International Competition.

In 2007, Bowlin joined the violin faculty of the Oberlin Conservatory of Music, having previously taught at the Juilliard School as assistant to Ronald Copes. He has taught on the faculties of the Okemo Young Artist Program, Green Mountain Chamber Music Festival, Madeleine Island Chamber Music Camp, and the Mannes Beethoven Institute. He has given master classes at Stony Brook University, Cornell University, North Carolina School for the Arts, Beijing's Central Conservatory, Music Institute of Chicago, and the Conservatorio de las Rosas in Morelia, Mexico.

Bowlin is a founding member of the International Contemporary Ensemble (ICE), which tours in the United States and abroad. He has held educational residencies at New York University, Northwestern University, and other institutions. He is a member of the Oberlin Trio with conservatory faculty members Haewon Song, piano, and Amir Eldan, cello, and is a former member of the Naumburg Award-winning Da Capo Chamber Players, whose recording of music by Chinary Ung was named one of NPR’s Top Five Best American Classical Albums of the Year in 2010.

Bowlin's extensive chamber music performances include concerts in New York City at Weill Recital Hall, Zankel Hall, Alice Tully Hall, the 92nd St. Y, Bargemusic, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Merkin Concert Hall, Miller Theater, and Symphony Space. He has performed and recorded with members of the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center, as well as toured in major East Coast cities with Musicians from Marlboro. Recording credits include works of Stravinsky, Webern, Xenakis, Roger Sessions, George Crumb, Huang Ruo, Chinary Ung, Ursula Mamlok, Du Yun, Su Lian Tan, and others for the Bridge, Naxos, New Focus, Arsis, and Mode labels.

Bowlin is also artistic director of Chamber Music Quad-Cities, an organization that brings chamber music performances to the community in eastern Iowa and western Illinois, of which Bowlin is a native. His major teachers include Roland and Almita Vamos, Ronald Copes, Pamela Frank, Philip Setzer, Ani Kavafian, and Stephen and Kimberly Sims.

 

Pianist Haewon Song has been a member of the Oberlin piano department since 1991. An internationally recognized artist and pedagogue, she has performed and taught at top venues throughout the United States, Europe, and Asia, including concerto performances with the KBS Orchestra in Seoul, Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, Cleveland Chamber Symphony, and Oberlin Conservatory ensembles including the Chamber Orchestra, College Community Strings, and Wind Ensemble. Song has also appeared at numerous international festivals, among them Mexico’s Cervantino Festival, the All-American Music Festival in Stuttgart, Grand Teton Music Festival, Aria Festival, Canada’s Institute of Musical Arts, Festival de Nice in France, Oberlin Summer Piano Festival, and the Tonghai Music Festival in Taiwan. In 2005, she toured Korea as a member of the Oberlin Piano Quartet, which included celebrated performances in Daejun and at the Kumho Concert Hall in Seoul.

A native of South Korea, Song attended the Toho School in Tokyo, Peabody Preparatory School, and the Juilliard School, where her major teachers were Julian Martin, Martin Canin, and Shuku Iwasaki, and has taught at Tunghai University in Taiwan and Kyung Won University in Seoul. Throughout her tenure at Oberlin, her students have won major prizes in both national and international competitions, including Music Teachers National Association Nationals, Nena Wideman Piano Competition, Kingsville International Young Performers Competitions, Oberlin International Piano Competition, Walgreens National Concerto Competition, the World Competition, and Corpus Christi International Competition. They also regularly appear with significant orchestras across the United States and Asia.

Song is a frequent performer in duo piano recitals with her husband and fellow Oberlin piano faculty member Robert Shannon ’72; their recording of George Crumb’s Celestial Mechanics (Bridge Records) has been hailed as “a wonderfully buoyant rhythmic performance” (Classicstoday.com). She is also a member of the acclaimed Oberlin Trio along with Oberlin faculty David Bowlin ’00, violin, and Amir Eldan, cello.

Event Type

Master Class, Music

Departments

Academic, Conducting and Ensembles, Administrative, Conservatory of Music

Cost

Free Admission

Contact E-mail Address

conpro@oberlin.edu

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