Libby Van Cleve (born August 22, 1958) is an American oboist and Director of Yale University's Oral History of American Music.[1]

Libby Van Cleve
Born (1958-08-22) August 22, 1958 (age 66)
Occupation(s)Oboist
Director of Yale's Oral History of American Music
PartnerJack Vees

Education and personal life

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Van Cleve has received the following degrees:

She currently resides in Guilford, Connecticut with husband Jack Vees, a composer and bassist, and their daughter Nola.[2]

Oboist

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Libby Van Cleve has recorded works of composers such as Anthony Braxton, Ingram Marshall, Jack Vees, and Eleanor Hovda on oboe, English horn, and oboe d'amore.[3] Through the 1990s, she also collaborated with the avant-garde and now inactive Nancy Meehan Dance Company many times.[4][5][6] Van Cleve currently teaches oboe at Wesleyan University in Middletown, Connecticut and at Connecticut College in New London, CT.[3]

In 2004, Van Cleve published her first book, Oboe Unbound: Contemporary Techniques.[3] Composer Anthony Braxton said of the book: "The release of this book will extend the evolution and exploratory dimensions of creative oboe music. It is a must-have for any serious student of oboe music." In 2014, a revised edition was released. Prominent oboist Allan Vogel commented, "Oboe Unbound is inspiring comprehensive, and easy to learn from...I recommend it highly."[7] As a more recent project, Van Cleve has released the first three Bach Cello Suites, edited for oboe, through The Music Source, T.D. Ellis Music Publishing.[8]

OHAM

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Van Cleve began her work at the Oral History of American Music as assistant to the director in 1993 and in 2000, became associate director.[1] In 2004, Van Cleve spearheaded efforts which resulted in a $148,000 grant toward preserving OHAM's recordings from the Save America's Treasures initiative.[9] Her second book was published in 2005, Composers' Voices From Ives to Ellington, co-written with Vivian Perlis.[10] In 2006, the two co-authors received ASCAP's Deems Taylor Special Recognition Award for their work.[11] In 2010, Libby Van Cleve succeeded Vivian Perlis as Director of the Oral History of American Music project.[1]

Selected discography

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With Anthony Braxton
With Others

References

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  1. ^ a b c "Vivian Perlis announces retirement from Oral History of American Music project". Yale School of Music Website. Retrieved 23 December 2015.
  2. ^ "About; Personal Website". Retrieved 23 December 2015.
  3. ^ a b c Hoffman, Hank (December 2010). "Oboist feasts on challenge, champions contemporary music". The Arts Paper. Arts Council of Greater New Haven.
  4. ^ Kisselgoff, Anna (29 March 1994). "Review/Dance; Experimental Works of Oblique Expression". The New York Times. Retrieved 23 December 2015.
  5. ^ Dunning, Jennifer (27 March 1995). "In Performance; Dance". The New York Times. Retrieved 23 December 2015.
  6. ^ Kisselgoff, Anna (31 March 1998). "DANCE REVIEW; Among the Mountains and Cracking Ice, Meditation with an Edge". The New York Times. Retrieved 23 December 2015.
  7. ^ "Oboe Unbound: Contemporary Techniques, Revised Edition". Rowman & Littlefield. Retrieved 23 December 2015.
  8. ^ "T.D. Ellis Publishing". The Music Source. Retrieved 11 February 2016.
  9. ^ Robinson, Dale (1 February 2004). "Granted, it's tough out there". New Haven Register.
  10. ^ Wise, Brian (13 November 2005). "The Flip Side of American Music". The New York Times. Retrieved 23 December 2015.
  11. ^ "39th Annual ASCAP Deems Taylor Awards Announced". The American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers. Retrieved 7 January 2016.
  12. ^ "Life Field--Retrospective Selections". David Rosenboom personal website. Retrieved 7 January 2016.
  13. ^ "The Eleanor Hovda Collection". Innova Recordings. Retrieved 7 January 2016.
  14. ^ Angarano, Tony (21 November 1993). "'Thousand Year Dreaming': bizarre, primitive, elegant". The Hartford Courant.
  15. ^ Ulrich, Allan (27 January 2002). "Marshall--Darkwaters; Holy Ghosts, Rave". San Francisco Chronicle.
  16. ^ "Jack Vees: Surf Music Again". New World Records. Retrieved 7 January 2016.
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