Concert: PI Ensemble with Leo Blanco, piano

Watch the webcast  – streamed live at concert time.

Leo Blanco, piano, will perform in collaboration with Oberlin student PI ensembles in the Cat in the Cream Coffeehouse.

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Performance and Improvisation (PI) Ensembles provide an opportunity for students to enrich their existing musical vocabularies and skills through practical exploration of many different world musics and improvisation across a range of genres and styles. 

Emphasis is placed on transcription and creating a means of adaptation to the student’s primary (western) instrument.  Ensemble instruction is divided into two modules per semester, each focusing on the musical styles of a particular region (Sub-Saharan Africa, South America/Central America/the Caribbean, Northern Africa/the Middle East, Asia). 

PI ensembles will participate in intensive residencies and collaborative performances with visiting artists.

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Pardon Our Dust - Visitor parking nearby Hales, The Cat in The Cream is limited due to construction on campus. Other nearby visitor parking is available in the lots:

• behind Mudd Learning Center (Terrell Main Library) north of W. College Street, accessible from W. College Street
• behind Bosworth Hall (Fairchild Chapel) north of W. Lorain Street, accessible from both W. Lorain Street and N. Main Street