Donald Crockett's Whistling in the Dark for mixed chamber ensemble will be performed by the Oberlin New Music Ensemble, conducted by Timothy Weiss. The piece evokes a series of dystopian dance-like scenes at the end of the world. Whistling in the Dark was commissioned by the California Ear Unit in 1999 and has been performed throughout the US including at the Museum of Modern Art in NYC and at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art.