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A new partnership with an industry giant bolsters distribution of recordings made by Oberlin Conservatory's commercial label.

Longtime Conservatory of Music faculty member Ed Miller was a prolific composer and a versatile educator whose works were performed by orchestras around the world and by many fellow professors.

Three of the world’s most promising young violinists will perform July 26 with the Cleveland Orchestra at Severance Hall. Only one will be named champion of the 2013 Cooper International Competition.

The field of 24 participants has been reduced to 10 as the 2013 edition of the Cooper International Competition enters the Concerto Round.

The Community Music School (CMS) at the Oberlin Conservatory will present a “Mega Musical Mash-up: A Festival of Community Music” on June 2. It will be the culminating event in a series of ten concerts and musical events put on to celebrate the ten-year anniversary of the CMS.

Oberlin violists Aaron Mossburg ‘13 and Daniel Orsen ‘16 both won their divisions in the 2013 American String Teachers Association National Solo Competition, sweeping the viola category. The final round was held from April 6 to 8 at the Kaufman Center’s Merkin Hall in New York City. Oberlin was the only conservatory to have finalists in two divisions.

Liver transplant recipient and baroque flute professor Michael Lynn shows his appreciation for the care he received at the Cleveland Clinic by organizing a benefit concert.

Seven conservatory students will travel to Washington D.C. to perform on April 14 in the Kennedy Center's annual Conservatory Project. The project provides a platform for the best musicians from American conservatories, and introduces the next generation of performers to Washington, D.C. audiences.

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.

Recipient of a 2013 Grammy Award for Best Opera Recording, Deborah Voigt is known as today's preeminent dramatic soprano. She performs on Oberlin's Artist Recital Series on Sunday, March 10 at 8 p.m. in Finney Chapel. Tickets at 800-371-0178 or oberlin.edu/artsguide.