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A 150th Anniversary Celebration Concert featuring 10 current piano faculty members; and three retired members of the piano faculty including Joseph Schwartz (Robert W. Wheeler Chair in Performance, 1960-98), Sanford Margolis, (professor, 1972-2015) and Frances Walker Slocum (professor, 1976-1991).

Program:

Nocturne in D-flat Major for the Left Hand, Op. 9, No. 2    Alexander Scriabin

Peter Takács (Faculty, 1976-)

from Drei Klavierstücke, Op. 11                                    Arnold Schoenberg

      No. 1 Mäßig                                                                          

      No. 3 Bewegt

Sanford Margolis (Faculty, 1972-2015)

Paysage                                                                                    Franz Liszt

St. Francois de Paule: marchant sur les flots                             

Frances Walker Slocum (Faculty, 1976-91)

Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2 in C-sharp Minor, S. 244/2                    Liszt

Joseph Schwartz (Faculty, 1960-98)

- Intermission –

La Valse                                                                              Maurice Ravel                                             

Angela Cheng & Alvin Chow

(Faculty, 1999-)

Scaramouche                                                                    Darius Milhaud

      Vif                                                                                      

      Modéré

      Brasileira

Monique Duphil (Faculty, 1992-)

Peter Takács

La terrasse des audiences du clair de lune                        Claude Debussy

Ondine                                                                                      

Philip Highfill (Faculty, 1987-)

Réminiscences de Don Juan                                                              Liszt

Haewon Song (Faculty, 1994-)

Robert Shannon (Faculty, 1976-)

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The history of piano at Oberlin is a long and distinguished one, with former graduates enjoying successful careers.  Students at Oberlin have gone on to win prizes in some of the world’s most prestigious competitions, including the Queen Elizabeth Competition in Brussels, Chopin Competition in Warsaw, Arthur Rubinstein International Piano Masters Competition in Tel Aviv, Van Cliburn Competition in Ft Worth, Naumberg Competition in New York City, Gina Bachauer Competition in Salt Lake City, and the William Kapell Competition in College Park, MD.  Oberlin piano alumni also hold prominent academic positions across the globe.