Oberlin College and Conservatory

Punch Brothers Residency: Fiddle Workshop - Gabe Witcher

Tuesday, April 12, 2016 at 4:30pm to 6:00pm

Bibbins Hall (Conservatory of Music)
77 West College Street, Oberlin, OH 44074

A Fiddle Workshop by Gabe Witcher of The Punch Brothers.

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Formed in 2006, the virtuosic, genre-bending quintet Punch Brothers boast members who hail from all over the musical map. MacArthur Award-winner Chris Thile has elevated mandolin playing from its folk origins to the finest in jazz improvisation and classical performance. Fiddle player Gabe Witcher has more than 300 records and countless movie and television scores to his credit, including the 2006 Oscar winnerBrokeback Mountain. Three-finger banjo player Noam Pikelny developed his bluegrass facility growing up in Chicago; he studied music at the University of Illinois in Champaign-Urbana before striking out professionally and redefining the role of the instrument. Versatile bass player Paul Kowert, a graduate of the Curtis Institute of Music in Philadelphia, has performed with orchestras as a soloist and section member, in such internationally renowned venues as Switzerland’s Verbier Festival. Guitarist Chris Eldridge, a 2004 graduate of Oberlin College, devoted his student years to creating an independent major in bluegrass music, working closely with Professor of Jazz Guitar Bobby Ferrazza.

The Phosphorescent Blues, the band’s fourth album for Nonesuch, was released in January 2015. Their new 5-song EP, The Wireless, was released in November 2015. They will be on tour in the U.S. this spring, and head abroad for their first ever visit to Tokyo, Japan in August.

More at http://www.punchbrothers.com/

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