News Releases
A Musical Dream Comes True
April 13, 2015
Daniel Hautzinger
Clarinetist Boris Allakhverdyan ’06 rises quickly to a principal role with the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra.
Aiming for the Orchestra
March 13, 2015
Rosalind Black
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
Conservatory Communications Staff
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
Erich Burnett
Best known as Officer Clemmons from Mister Rogers' Neighborhood, Oberlin alumnus will perform American spirituals and a community children's concert.
Jeremy Denk Earns Avery Fisher Prize, Orchestra Appointment
March 21, 2014
By Erich Burnett
Latest honors continue a remarkable run for the 1990 Oberlin alumnus.
Conservatory Unveils David H. Stull Hall
September 30, 2013
Erich Burnett
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.
Oberlin congratulates alums of eighth blackbird on third Grammy
February 20, 2013
Communications Staff
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
Logan Buckley
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
Carol Longsworth
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
Logan Buckley
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.
