The Orchestral Ensembles at the Oberlin Conservatory of Music by Marci Janas '91
			The Oberlin Orchestra and the Oberlin Chamber Orchestra follow a demanding schedule of six hours of rehearsal per week and concerts every three to four weeks, through which students are exposed to a cross-section of orchestral literature. Both orchestras perform well-known works from the standard repertoire for orchestra as well as less familiar literature, from the baroque to the contemporary. Student soloists selected through an annual concerto competition are featured regularly, as are faculty soloists. Both orchestras collaborate regularly with the Oberlin Opera Theater and the Conservatory's larger choral ensembles. In recent years, guest conductors have included the late Robert Shaw (music director emeritus of the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra), Michael Morgan '79 (music director of the Oakland East Bay Symphony), Catherine Comet (Grand Rapids Symphony Orchestra), violinist and conductor Oscar Shumsky, and composer John Williams. In October of 2000 the Oberlin Orchestra traveled to the Getty Center in Los Angeles to perform under the baton of Maestro Williams. Select concerts featuring Oberlin ensembles are broadcast live on Cleveland's classical music radio station, WCLV.
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