Oberlin Blogs

In this post: notes on being double-degree, funny looks, historical performance, me on a soapbox (figuratively), rants on authorial intent, more apocryphal stories, why I play the recorder, musical temperament, A440 Hz, the varieties of recorders, a picture, clips of my junior recital, and Tom DeLay dancing with the stars.

I never knew how much Randolph Coleman meant to me and how much of an impact he has made on my life until he retired.

Does being a double degree student make you less of a musician? Less of a scholar?

I have always had mixed feelings about composition. I suppose that's why I am a double degree student.

First things first: if you're around town you should go see the opera Cendrillon when it goes up this coming week. The Opera Theatre department here is probably the best undergraduate classical

The best part about college - any college - is that there's always something to look forward to.

Final exams are an inextricable component of higher education, but they needn't cast too menacing a pall over the college experience.

I'd like to use this post as an opportunity to further introduce myself (past the perfunctory greeting and awkward head shot provided by my profile).