This Sunday at 3 p.m. will mark the beginning of Oberlin’s 127th Artist Recital Series with pianist and famed Beethoven interpreter Richard Goode.

Season highlights will include the young, but hugely successful Miró Quartet, founded by Conservatory alums Daniel Ching (violin, ’95) and Joshua Gindele (cello, ’97) and the King’s Singers from Cambridge.

Continuing the international trend, the series will host percussion ensemble Kroumata, which hails from Sweden and promises to be eclectic and energetic.

In addition, Finney will host one of Canada’s leading orchestras, I Musici de Montreal, and Italian-born violinist Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg.

These concerts add yet another dimension to Oberlin’s musical culture, which always feature a large variety of musical acts.

“The Artist Recital Series brings...artists from different disciplines [with] tremendous range of genre,” said Conservatory Dean David Stull.

The concert tickets are highly affordable, drawing members of the community to these sold-out performances every year.

“It makes music of this caliber widely accessible to the public,” said Stull.

As a Conservatory tuba major, Stull heard a concert given by Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers. He still vividly remembers the performance.

“Art Blakey gave me one of his drumsticks,” said Stull. “It was one of the greatest concerts of my life.”

Tenor saxophonist Wayne Shorter, former member of the Jazz Messengers, will arrive on campus in April with his ensemble, the Wayne Shorter Quartet. The group boasts an innovative jazz flavor, filled with global influences.

“And of course, I would always go and hear the Cleveland Orchestra,” Stull said.

He cites a performance of Symphonique Fantastique by Hector Berlioz as one of the most memorable.

Since 1919, the Cleveland Orchestra has given a total of 204 on-campus performances.

This season’s concert will feature concertmaster William Preucil in the Stephen Paulus Violin Concerto, as well as favorites such as Mozart’s Symphony No. 29 in A Major, K. 201 and Elgar’s Enigma Variations, led by conductor Donald Runnicles.

The highly-acclaimed orchestra’s dedication to education enriches its long-standing relationship with Oberlin.

The ensemble strives “to present concerts of the highest artistic quality...and to encourage students to examine the nature, meaning and value of the arts in the community and in the world at large.”

One of the longest running programs of its kind, world-renowned individuals and ensembles such as Dave Brubeck, Glenn Gould, Sergei Rachmaninoff, Lang Lang, the Cleveland Orchestra, Orpheus Chamber Orchestra and the American Brass Quintet have graced the stage of Finney Chapel since 1878.

Oberlin’s 127th season will keep Finney filled with a wide variety of sounds.

Single tickets and subscription packages are available from CTS. 440-775-8169