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Conservatory Communications Staff
Voice major Theodora Nestorova launches a campus group for singers.
Northeast Ohio’s Music Community Unites for Harvey Relief September 8
by Cathy Partlow Strauss
Oberlin Conservatory students, alumni, and faculty will join with musicians of The Cleveland Orchestra and students from the Cleveland Institute of Music and Credo Music for "Help After Harvey: A Benefit Concert for the American Red Cross."
Professor of Conducting Robert Spano Leads Fall Convocation Series
Communications Staff
Robert Spano '84 will talk about the "State of the Art" in a discussion moderated by Conservatory Dean Andrea Kalyn.
Sept. 10 Faculty Concert to Include André Previn Premiere
By Erich Burnett
The first Faculty Chamber Series performance of the 2017-18 season includes the world premiere of a piece by pianist and composer André Previn called "Montfort." The concert will be streamed live.
President Ambar Responds to DACA Announcement
Communications Staff
President Ambar sent a message to the campus community in response to the announced phase-out of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program.
PACE Program Reenvisions Music Education for the 21st Century
By Jody Kerchner
Oberlin Conservatory’s new Pedagogy, Advocacy, and Community Engagement or PACE division prepares students for vibrant, diverse, and meaningful careers in the continually shifting musical landscape of the 21st century.
Q&A with Nicollette Mitchell ’13 HHMI Inclusive Excellence STEM Fellow
Communications Staff
Geology and Africana studies graduate Nicollette Mitchell will return to Oberlin as the first HHMI Inclusive Excellence STEM fellow.
Punch Brothers to Play Finney Chapel September 28
By Erich Burnett
Punch Brothers, the virtuosic bluegrass ensemble fronted by mandolin player Chris Thile and including Oberlin alum Chris Eldridge ’04 on guitar, will open the 2017-18 Artist Recital Series on September 28.
Reunifying Oberlin’s Natural History Collection
Hillary Hempstead
Associate Professor of Anthropology Amy Margaris ’96 along with other faculty and staff members on campus are working to digitize the college’s many “dangling collections”—objects and specimens spread across various campus buildings that at one time had a home in the college’s natural history museum.
Marina Shay ’12 Returns to Cleveland for ‘Shakespeare in Love’
Amanda Nagy
A theater graduate, Marina Shay has landed the lead role in the upcoming Cleveland Play House production.