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Yes Sweet Can
March 3, 8:00
Ohlone College, Fremont
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Eric "EO" Oberthaler received a B.M. from Oberlin Conservatory ('93)
and an M.F.A. from the California Institute of the Arts ('96), where
he studied composition with Mel Powell and Stephen Mosko, trumpet and
improvisation with Wadada Leo Smith, and classical Indian music with
sarod master Rajeev Taranath. Equally at home with digital audio
production and traditional composition, EO has produced a diverse body
of work that includes the music for Yes Sweet Can!, Flowering
Anomalies (recently premiered at TED2009), Chorus of Dreams and Inside
Out (two feature-length stage shows created for UV-light dance-theater
company ArcheDream for Humankind), three large-scale operatic rituals
for the Burning Man festival (1999, 2000, 2002) involving hundreds of
performers, the techno-rock opera Joe Messiah, and dozens of songs and
new works for Gamelan X, including their recent CD release, SATU.
EO's chamber orchestra compositions have been performed by the
Atlantic Brass Quintet, the CalArts New Century Players, Indiana
University New Music Ensemble, and the Oberlin Contemporary Music
Ensemble. A naturally dynamic performer, E O specializes in trumpet,
keyboards, and voice. He is a featured trumpeter with Brass Menazeri,
the Bay Area's premier balkan brass band, and has appeared on numerous
recordings including the Residents' Animal Lover and Joanna Newsom's
recent release, Have One On Me.
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