Oberlin Blogs

Oberlin's recitals are hilarious, heartfelt, and keep me going when the semester gets busy.

The environment and community I've found here in Oberlin is one I wouldn't trade for a nine-foot Steinway.

After years of trying to fit music into my schedule, music is my schedule. How about that?

The summer of 2015, the Oberlin Brass Quintet went on a four week long tour of China during the months of July and August.

With the help of a new friend, Matt presents his guide to jazz at Oberlin!

Thinking that ten years of "pre-professional" training prepares you to choreograph a three-minute contemporary solo is kind of like spending years reading Shakespeare and then being told to whip up a novel with some magical realism.

Meet Israel Gutierrez, fourth-year bass trombonist here at Oberlin Conservatory.

Hint: It's two credits. Hint: It's in the Conservatory. Confession: It's not easy at all.

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.

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.

We had about two hours to get a sneak peak of the building today, and I was absolutely blown away. Many photos inside.

Oh my.