News Collection
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.
Oberlin Alumni and Faculty Celebrated for Composition Achievements
The American Academy of Arts and Letters awards prizes and funding to four alumni and a member of the Composition Department faculty.
Read Full Story
Karen Jesse '04 Returns to Oberlin to Kick Off 2015 Vocal Academy
July 17, 2015
Acclaimed soprano's July 24 recital to include works by Mahler, Britten, and Richard Strauss.
Oberlin Music Releases Toward the Curve, Featuring Pianist Thomas Rosenkranz '99
July 2, 2015
Music for piano and surround-sound electronics highlight alumni talent from the ranks of Oberlin's TIMARA and composition departments.
Gregory Ristow '01 Joins Oberlin Conducting Faculty
May 20, 2015
Multifaceted role to include teaching vocal chamber music and directing Oberlin's vocal ensembles.
Music You Can Feel
April 20, 2015
Through a variety of multimedia projects, experimental composer Ashley Fure ’04 works beyond the bounds of sound.
Oberlin Music Releases The Reckless Heart, Featuring Kendra Colton '83
April 16, 2015
CD includes songs by Welsh composer Andy Vores, as well as Britten, Barber, and Ivor Gurney.
A Musical Dream Comes True
April 13, 2015
Clarinetist Boris Allakhverdyan ’06 rises quickly to a principal role with the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra.
Sydney's Opera Home
March 25, 2015
Oberlin Conservatory graduate Sydney Mancasola ’11 earns a warm welcome to the career of her dreams.
Coding and Composing
March 13, 2015
Eli Stine ’14 unites his two passions, music and computer science, as a Jefferson Fellow in the Composition and Computer Technologies Ph.D. program at the University of Virginia.
Aiming for the Orchestra
March 13, 2015
Hunter Gordon ’14 studies bassoon full-time at Rice University's Shepherd School of Music, hoping to begin his career as a professional musician.
Oberlin CME to Premiere Aaron Helgeson's Snow Requiem March 6
March 2, 2015
Inspired by tragic events during an 1888 blizzard, the piece will also be performed March 7 at the Cleveland Museum of Art.
Singer François Clemmons '67 Visits Oberlin for Residency and Concerts
February 20, 2015
Best known as Officer Clemmons from Mister Rogers' Neighborhood, Oberlin alumnus will perform American spirituals and a community children's concert.
Progressive Quintet Punch Brothers Named Oberlin Affiliate Scholars
December 3, 2014
Honor comes amid a two-year residency made possible by Oberlin alumnus Ed Helms ’96.
