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The Rubin Institute
Offers Rare Opportunity to Hear Highly Esteemed Nationally Renowned Journalists
Share Valuable Insights and Opinions on the Art of Writing and Discussing Music
Oberlin Conservatory reveals topics to be discussed by
Alex Ross, Anne Midgette, Heidi Waleson, John Rockwell, Tim Page and Charles Michener
DECEMBER 21, 2011-Oberlin Conservatory of Music announced today the titles of the keynote addresses to be given by respected journalists participating in the inaugural Rubin Institute for Music Criticism, taking place January 18 – 22, 2012 on the Oberlin College campus. Alex Ross, Anne Midgette, Heidi Waleson, John Rockwell, and Tim Page, all members of the Institute’s Writers Panel, will give talks covering a wide variety of subjects in music criticism. These talks offer audiences the rare chance to hear from some of today’s most respected writers about the field in which they work.
"The Prospects of Music Writing in a Post-Critical Age" - Alex Ross, New Yorker Magazine critic and author
“Artist as Critic/Critic as Artist” - Anne Midgette, Washington Post critic and author
“No One True Faith: Criticism and Historical Performance” - Heidi Waleson, Wall Street Journal critic
“Nostalgia from a World in which Print was King and Critics were Oracular Pontificators Whom Everyone Else Followed like Sheep” - John Rockwell, writer and arts critic
"Be Your Own Critic" - Tim Page, Professor, Journalism and Music, USC; author.
Oberlin Conservatory is pleased to welcome John Rockwell, writer, critic, and former editor of The New York Times Sunday Arts & Leisure section, who was able to reschedule a previous engagement to join the Institute, to the Writers Panel. The Writers Panel comprises Alex Ross, New Yorker music critic and author, Anne Midgette, music critic for The Washington Post, former New York Times critic and author; Heidi Waleson, music critic for the Wall St. Journal and contributing writer to numerous other publications; Tim Page, Professor of Journalism and Music at the University of Southern California, author and former music critic at the Washington Post; Mr. Rockwell, and Stephen Rubin, President and Publisher, Henry Holt & Co., and benefactor of The Rubin Institute for Music Criticism. The Panel will hold private workshops with the hand-selected young writers (Rubin Institute Fellows) participating in the Institute. (Note: Panel members will not review the Institute concerts for their respective publications.)
Charles Michener, author and former senior editor at The New Yorker will also give a keynote address entitled, “He Can't Do That to My Review: The Limits of Music Criticism” tailored for the members of the public who wish to write a review to be considered for the $1,000 Public Review Prize (see end of release).
The Rubin Institute for Music Criticism is the first program of its kind focusing on performance and performance criticism. The biennial Institute comprises a week-long series of public events, including performances, keynote addresses by critics, critical review and discussion panels. The Rubin Institute brings together before the public national music journalists, renowned musicians, and aspiring young writers, combining the wisdom and insight of today’s highly esteemed critics, the artistry and daring of acclaimed musicians, and the energy and promise of tomorrow’s music journalists.
The 2012 Rubin Institute will include four public concerts on Oberlin’s 133 year-old Artist Recital Series by acclaimed musicians from the solo, chamber, and orchestral stages: The Cleveland Orchestra, pianist Jeremy Denk, baroque orchestra Apollo’s Fire, and the International Contemporary Ensemble (ICE). These performances will be reviewed by a hand-selected group of young writers (Rubin Institute Fellows) whose work will be critiqued in private workshops and public sessions by a panel of highly esteemed national music critics and journalists.
The Rubin Institute also presents an informative talk on performing from the perspective of those who perform and compose. Pulitzer Prize-winning composer David Lang, pianist Jeremy Denk, and flutist Claire Chase ’01, founder of the International Contemporary Ensemble, will discuss music and the creation, performance, and reception of music in the 21st century, followed by a question and answer session with the public.
Prior to the Institute, the student writers selected as Fellows will have worked with a special preparatory team of local journalists and writers while taking the Oberlin Conservatory’s new fall course, Introduction to Music Criticism. The course’s teaching panel includes Brian Alegant, professor and Director of the Music Theory Division at the Oberlin Conservatory; Mike Telin ’84, Executive Editor, ClevelandClassical.com; Dan Hathaway, Founder, ClevelandClassical.com, and Donald Rosenberg, journalist and President of the Music Critics Association of North America. Students will also have spent two class sessions with guest speaker Charles Michener, author and former senior editor of The New Yorker.
The titles, dates and times of the keynote addresses, along with biographical information on the journalists, can be found in the pdf below. All keynote addresses are free of charge with a purchase of a ticket to the concert that day. Please visit www.oberlin.edu/rubininstitute for details on concerts, ticket prices, the $10,000 Rubin Prize in Music Criticism (to support further study or internships in the field of music criticism), the $1,000 Public Review Prize (an award for the best review by an audience member of a concert performed during the inaugural Institute), and all other events that are part of The Rubin Institute, including directions and a complete Institute schedule. The Rubin Institute for Music Criticism, and the above mentioned Institute Prizes, are made possible by the generosity of Stephen Rubin, President and Publisher of Henry Holt & Co.
Please click on the pdf below for the Keynote Address Schedule.
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Oberlin Conservatory of Music Names 2012 Rubin Institute Fellows
Ten young writers hailing from California, Florida, Massachusetts, Michigan, New York, Ohio, and Texas
will participate in the week-long series of public and private events comprising
The Rubin Institute for Music Criticism
and be considered for the $10,000 Rubin Prize in Music Criticism
Charlotte Dutton, North Hollywood, California
Megan Emberton, Chelsea, Michigan
Megan Farnsworth, Wellington, Ohio
Mandy Hogan, Jersey Village, Texas
Gabe Kanengiser, Los Angeles, California
Susan lee, Los Angeles, California
Chad Putka, Worthington, Ohio
Sam Rosenberg, Brooklyn, New York
Jacob Street, North Reading, Massachusetts
Matthew Young, Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida
For full release, please click on the pdf below
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Oberlin Conservatory of Music
Announces
The Rubin Institute for Music Criticism $1,000 Public Review Prize
December 5, 2011-David H. Stull, ’89 Dean of the Oberlin Conservatory of Music, has announced that The Rubin Institute for Music Criticism (January 18 – 22, 2012) has added an award for the best review by an audience member of a concert performed during the inaugural Institute. The winner of the Public Review Prize, which carries a $1,000 cash award, will be named at the Institute’s closing ceremony.
Dean Stull stated, “The core purpose of the Rubin Institute is to expand the discourse on classical music and to encourage robust discussion. All of us have reactions to concerts, but rarely do we refine these reactions into perspectives. In the world of online blogs, we often opt for the former over the latter. During the course of this inaugural week in January, the audience, the critics, and musicians will have an opportunity to engage and consider music, not just hear it. I think it will be a thrilling event.”
The Rubin Institute for Music Criticism brings together leading music critics, renowned musicians, and aspiring young writers before the public. It is the first program of its kind to focus on performance and performance criticism. Taking place Wednesday, January 18 through Sunday, January 22, 2012 on the Oberlin College Campus in Oberlin, Ohio, the biennial Institute comprises a week-long series of public events, including performances, keynote addresses by critics, critical review and discussion panels.
The Public Review Prize offers the public another opportunity to engage more fully in the Institute. Members of the public who attend one or more of the first three evening concerts (January 18, 19 and 20) are invited to submit a 500-word review of each performance they attend by 9:00 am the following day. Reviews will be submitted via email to rubin.institute@oberlin.edu. (Note: only one review per person per concert may be submitted.)
For review guidelines, concerts to be reviewed, and other details, please click on the full release below.
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The Rubin Institute for Music Criticism
January 18 - 22, 2012
Oberlin College & Conservatory, Oberlin, Ohio
Bringing together leading music critics, renowned musicians,
and aspiring young writers before the public for an intensive week
of performances, criticism, and discussions on writing about music.
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Leading Music Critics
Public Performances By Renowned Solo, Chamber, and Orchestral Musicians
Young Aspiring Writers
Groundbreaking New Institute at Oberlin Conservatory of Music
Focuses On Performance and Performance Criticism
Introducing
The Rubin Institute for Music Criticism
January 18—22, 2012
SEPTEMBER 30, 2011 - Always on the cutting edge of education and culture, the Oberlin Conservatory of Music is proud to announce a bold, creative program, The Stephen and Cynthia Rubin Institute for Music Criticism. The inaugural sessions will take place January 18 - 22, 2012 on the 440-acre Oberlin College Campus in Oberlin, Ohio, just 35 miles southwest of Cleveland. The first program of its kind focusing on performance and performance criticism, the biennial Institute comprises a week-long series of public events, including performances, key-note addresses by critics, critical review and discussion panels. The Rubin Institute will bring together before the public national music journalists, renowned musicians, and aspiring young writers, combining the wisdom and insight of today’s highly esteemed critics, the artistry and daring of acclaimed musicians, and the energy and promise of tomorrow’s music journalists.
The Rubin Institute will include four public concerts on Oberlin's 133 year-old Artist Recital Series by acclaimed
musicians from the solo, chamber, and orchestral stages. These performances will be reviewed by a hand-selected group of young writers (Rubin Institute Fellows) whose work will be critiqued in private workshops and public sessions by a panel of highly esteemed national music critics and journalists.
In announcing details of The Rubin Institute, David H. Stull '89, Dean of the Oberlin Conservatory of Music, stated, "We are tremendously excited to launch The Stephen and Cynthia Rubin Institute for Music Criticism at Oberlin College. This program will dramatically enhance the discourse and awareness of classical music and will provide an extraordinary opportunity for our students and community to engage the great artists and writers of our time. I am deeply grateful to Steve Rubin for his vision and support of this program.
We are pleased to have with us for the first session of The Rubin Institute such renowned performers as Ohio's own Cleveland Orchestra, pianist Jeremy Denk '90, baroque orchestra Apollo's Fire and the International Contemporary Ensemble, whose performance includes the premiere of a new work by Pulitzer Prize-winning composer David Lang.
It is an honor to have four nationally respected critics participating in the Writers Panel for the inaugural session of the Institute: Alex Ross, New Yorker music critic and author; Tim Page, Professor of Journalism and Music at the University of Southern California, author and former music critic at the Washington Post; Anne Midgette, current Music Critic at the Washington Post, former New York Times critic, and Heidi Waleson, music critic for The Wall St. Journal and contributing writer to numerous other publications. We are also pleased to have Jeremy Denk, who, in addition to his work as a performing musician, is the author of a widely followed and popular blog, join the Writers Panel for the second half of the Institute."
Stephen Rubin, benefactor of The Rubin Institute, commented on the importance of creating a program centered on
performance and performance criticism: "When my late wife and I decided to underwrite a program supporting what we consider to be the dying art of serious classical music criticism, we had the unfocussed germ of an idea. David H. Stull and his colleagues at Oberlin took the ball and ran with it spectacularly, coming up with a far-reaching program of tremendous depth, breadth and sophistication. I am thrilled by David's vision, ambition and determination."
Beginning Wednesday, January 18th, the Rubin Institute Fellows will attend and write reviews on each of the four consecutive, open-to-the-public Institute concerts. Their work will be critiqued privately and publicly the following day by the Writers Panel (Note: Panel members will not review the concerts for their respective publications). The first critique will take place during a private morning workshop conducted by the Writers Panel. In the afternoon, the Panel will present a public session focusing on writing critically about music that will include the Fellows' concert reviews. The reviews will also be posted on The Rubin Institute for Music Criticism's website at: www.oberlin.edu/rubininstitute.
Of special note are the pre-concert keynote addresses presented each night of the Institute by one of the journalists on the Writers Panel. Taking place each night an hour before that evening's performance, each talk is a rare opportunity for audiences, musicians, and writers alike. The 30-45 minute speeches will address, in addition to writing about a performance, the myriad opportunities for writing and speaking about music, including program notes, blogging, vlogging, and pre-concert talks, among others.
Saturday afternoon, January 21st, The Rubin Institute presents an informative talk on performing from the perspective of those who perform and compose. Pulitzer Prize-winning composer David Lang, pianist Jeremy Denk, and flutist Claire Chase '01, founder of the International Contemporary Ensemble, will discuss music and the creation, per-formance, and reception of music in the 21st century, followed by a question and answer session with the public.
Leading up to the Institute, the student writers will have worked with a special preparatory team of local journalists and writers while taking the Oberlin Conservatory's new fall course, Introduction to Music Criticism. The course's teaching panel includes Brian Alegant, Professor and Director of the Music Theory Division at the Oberlin Conservatory; Mike Telin '84, Executive Editor, ClevelandClassical.com; Dan Hathaway, Founder, ClevelandClassical.com, and Donald Rosenberg, journalist and President of the Music Critics Association of North America. Students will also have spent several class sessions with guest speaker Charles Michener, author and former senior editor of The New Yorker. (Details on the Rubin Institute Fellows will be released closer to the Institute session near the end of the fall semester when they are selected.)
The week-long series culminates with the awarding of the $10,000 Rubin Prize in Music Criticism to one of the Rubin Institute Fellows. Dean Stull, Mr. Rubin, and the Institute Panel will select the awardee. The Rubin Prize, intended to support further study or internships in the field of music criticism, will be disbursed over a two-year period, and will be awarded at the end of each future Rubin Institute session.
For more details on The Rubin Institute for Music Criticism and Oberlin Conservatory of Music, please visit
www.oberlin.edu/rubininstitute or www.oberlin.edu.
A detailed schedule of events, including biographies of the performers, panel members, teachers and others involved
in The Rubin Institute is available at The Rubin Institute website. Downloadable pdf files of directions to Oberlin, maps of the Campus, and of this release are also available at the Institute website.
For questions regarding The Rubin Institute, or to request an interview or press tickets to any or all of the concerts, please contact:
Laura Grant, Grant Communications
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