Concert: Contemporary Music Ensemble

Watch the webcast  – streamed live at concert time.

Timothy Weiss leads the Contemporary Music Ensemble (CME) in Warner Concert Hall. CME features Oberlin Conservatory student musicians playing new pieces by a wide range of 20th- and 21st-century composers. This concert features Associate Professor of Viola Kirsten Docter ’92 and banjo player Max Allard ’25. The program also highlights works from Allard ’25 and Conservatory Composition faculty member Jesse Jones.

Program:

Max Allard Banjo Concerto (world premiere)

   Max Allard, banjo

Elizabeth Ogonek The Water Cantos (Notes from Quiet Places) (2018)

Jesse Jones Viola Concerto, Op. 68 (2019)

   Kirsten Docter ‘92, viola

View the December 11, 2024 program

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