Hartke, Ogonek & Jones: Chamber Works Oberlin Contemporary Music Ensemble & Timothy Weiss

• Stephen Hartke (b. 1952):
• 1Hartke: Willow Run12:07
• Elizabeth Ogonek (b. 1989): The Water Cantos (Notes from Quiet Places):
• 2Ogonek: The Water Cantos (Notes from Quiet Places): I. Processional. Winter Road [Aspen Vista]03:31
• 3Ogonek: The Water Cantos (Notes from Quiet Places): II. Montage. Falling Blue [Elk River]09:54
• 4Ogonek: The Water Cantos (Notes from Quiet Places): III. On Becoming a Wave [Face Rock]04:55
• 5Ogonek: The Water Cantos (Notes from Quiet Places): Scherzo. One Last Drop [Ghost Ranch]01:36
• Jesse Jones (b. 1978):
• 6Jones: One Bright Morning, Op. 4910:01
• Total Runtime42:04

Info for Hartke, Ogonek & Jones: Chamber Works

Long a center for the creation and performance of new music, Oberlin Conservatory showcases the composition faculty in the recording premieres of three works performed by the Oberlin Contemporary Music Ensemble and featuring alumni saxophone soloist Noah Getz '97 and soprano Olivia Boen '17.

Oberlin Contemporary Music Ensemble
Timothy Weiss, conductor

Oberlin Contemporary Music Ensemble
Deemed “a hotbed of contemporary-classical players” and a “rural experimental haven” by The New York Times, Oberlin Conservatory of Music cultivates innovation in its students. In its six annual full-concert cycles, Oberlin’s Contemporary Music Ensemble (CME), directed by Timothy Weiss, performs music of all contemporary styles and genres: from minimalism to serialism, to electronic, cross genre, mixed media, and beyond.

CME has worked with many prominent composers including George Crumb, Sir Harrison Birtwistle, Stephen Hartke, Helmut Lachenmann, David Lang, Joan Tower, Frederic Rzewski, and others, and has premiered many of their works. CME also regularly premieres works by Oberlin faculty, student, and alumni composers.

Each year, some of the most well-regarded contemporary music icons perform as soloists with CME, including Jennifer Koh (Oberlin College 1997), Claire Chase (Oberlin Conservatory 2001), David Bowlin (Oberlin Conservatory 2000), Tony Arnold (Oberlin Conservatory 1990), Marilyn Nonken, Stephen Drury, Steven Schick, and Ursula Oppens. Distinguished students receive opportunities to perform as soloists with the ensemble as well.

CME presents an annual concert series at the Cleveland Museum of Art and regularly tours the United States. In recent years, the group has performed at the Winter Garden, Miller Theater, Merkin Concert Hall, DiMenna Center, Harvard University, Benaroya Hall, Palace of Fine Arts, and Carnegie Hall’s Weill Recital Hall. CME has also been featured on a number of commercial recordings, including John Luther Adams’ In the White Silence (New World Records), Lewis Nielson’s Écritures: St. Francis Preaches to the Birds (Centaur Records), and in several releases on the Oberlin Music label.

For more than two decades, Timothy Weiss has been music director of the Oberlin Contemporary Music Ensemble and has brought the group to a level of artistry and virtuosity in performance that rivals the finest new music groups. A committed educator, Weiss is professor of conducting and chair of the Division of Contemporary Music at the Oberlin Conservatory of Music, where he helped create and mentor Eighth Blackbird and the International Contemporary Ensemble (ICE). He has gained critical acclaim for his performances and brave, adventurous programming throughout the United States and abroad. His repertoire in contemporary music is vast and fearless, including masterworks, very recent compositions, and an impressive number of premieres and commissions. His work has been honored with an Adventurous Programming Award from the League of American Orchestras.

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