Conservatory Alumni

Conservatory alumni earn top honors in major national and international competitions across the musical spectrum. They excel as performing artists and as conductors, composers, producers, theoreticians, entrepreneurs, historians, educators, and more.

Cassie Pilgrim AD ’20 Nets Principal Oboe Position

Student of Professor Robert Walters will continue at Oberlin while beginning career with St. Paul Chamber Orchestra.

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Conservatory Unveils David H. Stull Hall

September 30, 2013

Perched atop Bibbins Hall, Oberlin's newest performance space offers a creative solution to the conservatory’s great demand for concert venues and pays tribute to the former dean who envisioned it.

Alumna Wins Met National Council Auditions

March 13, 2013

Sydney Mancasola ’11 is the latest in a long line of Oberlinians to succeed in the National Council Auditions of the Metropolitan Opera.

Oberlin congratulates alums of eighth blackbird on third Grammy

February 20, 2013

The contemporary music ensemble eighth blackbird, formed at Oberlin by students in 1996, has recently won their third Grammy Award—Best Chamber Music Performance—for a piece written by composer Stephen Hartke, also a 2013 Grammy Award winner.

Lyric tenor Alek Shrader '07 in recital at Oberlin Conservatory March 1

February 14, 2013

The Washington Post calls Oberlin alumnus and Met Opera singer Alek Shrader "a gifted young tenor." He will present a recital at Oberlin Conservatory on March 1, at 7 p.m. in Warner Concert Hall. The concert is free and no tickets are required.

Members of Apollo's Fire and Oberlin Conservatory present music by Bach and Haydn for Family Promise of Lorain County

February 1, 2013

On Sunday, February 17 at 3 p.m., musicians from the widely acclaimed Apollo’s Fire Baroque Orchestra and Oberlin Conservatory of Music will perform in a concert to benefit homeless families served by Family Promise of Lorain County. The concert will be held at First Church in Oberlin and donations are welcome.

Oberlin Orchestra with Pianist Jeremy Denk to give NYC Tour Preview Concert on January 16

January 9, 2013

The Oberlin Orchestra, performing with guest soloist Jeremy Denk ’90 and led by Associate Professor of Conducting Raphael Jiménez, will give a preview of their 2013 NYC Tour Carnegie Hall program on January 16 in Finney Chapel. The concert will begin at 8:00 p.m. and admission is free.

Cellist Steven Isserlis and pianist Jeremy Denk to perform at Oberlin College on February 5

January 3, 2013

Kindred spirits Steven Isserlis and Jeremy Denk will perform on Oberlin College's Artist Recital Series on Tuesday, February 5. The Oberlin graduates will present an evening of works by Hahn, Fauré, Ades, Saint-Saëns, and Franck. Tickets are $15–$42 and are available at 800-371-0178 or online at www.oberlin.edu/arseries.

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