Event is Live
Presented by Oberlin Conservatory of Music
The Oberlin Orchestra and Conservatory Choral Ensembles
Friday, January 20, 2023
8 PM
Stern Auditorium / Perelman Stage
The Oberlin Orchestra and conservatory choral ensembles feature a performance of the 1932 oratorio, The Ordering of Moses, by African Canadian composer R. Nathaniel Dett, a 1908 graduate of Oberlin Conservatory. Highlighted oratorio soloists will be soprano Chabrelle Williams, mezzo-soprano Ronnita Miller, tenor Limmie Pulliam, and baritone Eric Greene. The Oberlin Orchestra will also perform A Metaphor for Power by ASCAP award-winning Puerto Rican composer Iván Enrique Rodríguez, as well as Brahms’ Tragic Overture.
Performers
Oberlin Orchestra
Oberlin College Choir
Oberlin Gospel Choir
Oberlin Musical Union
Chabrelle Williams, Soprano
Ronnita Miller, Mezzo-Soprano
Limmie Pulliam, Tenor
Eric Greene, Baritone
Raphael Jiménez, Conductor
Program
BRAHMS Tragic Overture
IVÁN ENRIQUE RODRÍGUEZ A Metaphor for Power
DETT The Ordering of Moses