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In this special year-in-review photo series we look back at how the campus continued to adjust to change during the pandemic, as it launched new programs and kept old traditions alive.

Soprano performer and educator arrives from the stage of Lyric Opera of Chicago.

Debuting in fall 2022, new course of study available to all conservatory students.

Appointment begins in fall 2022, charts new course for department led for 50 years by Michael Rosen.

Principal harp of the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra to begin in fall 2022.

Performer and educator to teach tuba beginning in fall 2022.

On September 26, director Ry Russo-Young ’03 released her three-part documentary film Nuclear Family on HBO Max, which follows her landmark custody case that unfolded in the late 1980s. The film is an intimate look into Russo-Young’s childhood growing up as the younger daughter of two lesbian mothers and a paternity suit that threatened to upend their "nuclear family." 

Megan Kaes Long, an associate professor of music theory at Oberlin Conservatory, was awarded the 2021 Wallace Berry Award by the Society for Music Theory.

The prize is given annually for a

Expanded offerings build a wider variety of analytical skills, with enhanced opportunities for specialized study.

Based on groundbreaking episode of the 1990s sitcom Ellen, Oberlin production to partner with professional opera company in spring.