Weekend Concert Schedule

Here are the tentative assignments for the concerts this weekend.  We look forward to sharing the results of our work with you!

FRIDAY NIGHT – Warner Concert Hall 7-11+   PM
       7:00

Vivaldi  Seasons

Kodaly Serenade

Dvorak Terzetto

Mozart Hunt

        8-ish

Beethoven viola 5tet

Mozart K 516

K 515

Mendelssohn a minor 4tet

      9-ish

Borodin #2

Beethoven 59.1

Gade 8tet

Dvorak Viola 5tet

      10-ish

Brahms Op. 111 Viola 5tet 

Beethoven Piano Quartet

Mendelssohn d minor trio

Schubert  Trout

      11-ish

Faure c minor

Mendelssohn 8

SATURDAY – Warner Concert Hall    1:30

Haydn Quinten Quartet

Mendelssohn 8tet

Mozart E-flat Pno Quartet

Schumann pno 5tet

As the temperature heats up (the national heatwave has hit Oberlin) the intensity of the student practicing is heating up, too.
Tomorrow we will open up the conservatory early at 6:30 to accommodate people wanting extra solo practice before the day starts.
Groups are excited about another service day tomorrow (mainly concerts) and "whole piece concerts" and recordings Thursday.
Today featured a Marilyn McDonald Master Class, and a class on how to practice (by Peter Slowik).  Credo students already know a LOT about practicing, but were able to learn new techniques and concepts.

Did we say restful for yesterday?!
Students "returned to work" today with new gusto - some new coaches, and lots of freedom to create rehearsal time.  Several hours of large ensemble rehearsals, master classes my Louisville Orchestra Concertmaster Michael Davis and Cleveland Orchestra cellist Alan Harrell, and a "college talk" by Peter Slowik highlighted the day.  We shared our favorite (mainly funny classical music) you-tube clips tonight.  To see if you are a music geek, look at:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ln5O1LuItrs

What better way to end a 95-degree day - a bonfire!!?   S'mores and campfire songs were a perfect way to end a restful day at Credo.  Students slept late, attended and played at morning worship, had the opportunity to see TWO plays:  "A wrinkle in time" and "Hamlet" at Oberlin Summer Theater.   The rest was well earned after a marvelous and productive week - the faculty thought the Saturday concerts were among the best ever at Credo!
Monday starts a new week, aiming toward final performances.  We are excited to get new faculty members:  Oberlin Conservatory's Marilyn McDonald, and Michael Davis, the Concertmaster of the Louisville Orchestra.

Faculty concerts = excitement and inspiration.

What a marvelous blessing - to have a faculty who can lucidly guide students to fine performances - AND show them how it's done with warm, deep, virtuoso performances!  Warner Concert Hall was buzzing with excitement for faculty performances of Brahms and Dvorak - and afterward the faculty was treated to a hero's tunnel of praise from the students!  (a new Credo tradition is born?) 

Earlier in the day, the students got to see some very special/rare/valuable items from the Conservatory's music library collection, and got to see an intriguing demonstration of the way music technology can interact with performers.

Satuday Concert Order

The second round of student concerts will take place tomorrow, Saturday, July 16th. Here is the program order:

2:00, Warner Concert Hall

Vivaldi,  Four Seasons, Concerto No. 3 "L'autunno": First movement

Mozart, String Quintet No. 3, K 515: Second and third movements

Dvorak, Terzetto in C Major:  Second and third movements

Kodaly, Serenade: Third movement

Mozart, String Quartet No. 17 "The Hunt", K. 458: Second movement  

Gade, String Octet: First movement

Intermission

Borodin, String Quartet No. 2: Second and third movements

Mendelssohn, String Quartet No. 2: Second and third movements

Mendelssohn,  Piano Trio No. 1:  Second movement

Beethoven, Piano Quartet in E-Flat: Second movement

Schubert, Trout Quintet: Second and third movements

8:00, Warner Concert Hall

Beethoven, String Quartet Op. 59 No. 1: Second movement

Mozart, Piano Quartet No. 2 K. 493: Third movement

Faure, Piano Quartet No. 1: Second and third movements

Schumann, Piano Quintet in E-Flat: Fourth movement

Intermission

Brahms, String Quintet Op. 111: Fourth movement

Dvorak, String Quintet in E-Flat: Second and third movements

Haydn, “Quinten” String Quartet: First movement

Mendelssohn, String Octet in E-Flat: First movement

Another great service day!

Another whirlwind of several days at Credo! The second service day is always wonderful - we went to a blood drive, habitat for humanity, made lunch at Ronald McDonald House, Joyful Noise, and played concerts all over the place!  After a day of serving others, the students got to hear professional and life testimonies of the faculty - a revelatory experience that touched everyone deeply.  Wednesday was another great day of lessons, practice, and coaching.  A large group of students got to appreciate the unique power of the three world-class organs at the Conservatory, while others learned about the Music in America initiative (see http://www.oberlin.edu/musicinamerica) or heard a lecture on the way Creation points to God's existence.  Tonight is the faculty concert!!