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Clear filtersOctober 28, 2014
Meet Israel Gutierrez, fourth-year bass trombonist here at Oberlin Conservatory.
October 15, 2014
Hello listeners! We are so excited to bring you the first episode of our podcast!
April 17, 2014
Welcome to your own private tour of the Oberlin Conservatory!
March 14, 2014
Now the Oberlin practice rooms aren't simply "four walls, a stand, a chair, and a STEINWAY piano." Each room falls into a certain category of personality.
December 5, 2012
Hint: It's two credits. Hint: It's in the Conservatory. Confession: It's not easy at all.
November 15, 2012
I was surprised at the level of detail that goes into every inch of the piano. You can see why a good piano costs as much as a car - we spent a few classes repainting the dampers, aligning and glueing new felt to each damper (the shape of the felt changes through different registers of the piano), putting them back into the piano, and fitting them until they perfectly silenced the strings.
October 17, 2012
Oberlin students make many noises, some of them are beautiful, others, not so much. Here is a mix of some of the sounds that I like that emanate from the Conservatory practice rooms and the...
October 17, 2012
It had been at least a year since I had been in this studio though, and I was excited to bring a camera with me.
November 8, 2011
No one looks forward to auditions. But they are inevitable.
April 30, 2010
We had about two hours to get a sneak peak of the building today, and I was absolutely blown away. Many photos inside.
April 25, 2010
Behind the scenes for my junior recital