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Helping Kids Think Like Scientists
February 24, 2017
Hillary Hempstead
Poised in front of an audience in Wright Lecture Hall, Assistant Professor Robert Owen sprinkles sand on a vibrating plate. But instead of presenting to his usual audience of college students, 51 children fill the seats.
TIMARA Honors Longtime Engineer with Concerts and More Mar. 2-4
February 24, 2017
Erich Burnett
An integral member of the department since 1978, John Talbert will retire after spring semester.
Oberlin's TIMARA Studios Release New Music the Old Way
February 22, 2017
Erich Burnett
Electroacoustic Music at Oberlin LP features works by faculty and students past and present.
TIMARA's Peter Swendsen Discusses Premiere with Jennifer Torrence '09
September 18, 2016
Julie Gulenko '15
Inspired by Shakespeare's Tempest, What Noises Remain emphasizes percussion and field recordings from around the world.
A Look into Sonic Arts at Oberlin
August 10, 2016
Julie Gulenko '15
Summer program devoted to electroacoustic music invites students to plug and play.
Concert Halls and Castles
February 10, 2016
Amanda Nagy
Students in Technology in Music and Related Arts spend winter term sharing their works and exchanging ideas at the University of Aberdeen in Scotland.
Oberlin Music Releases Toward the Curve, Featuring Pianist Thomas Rosenkranz '99
July 2, 2015
Erich Burnett
Music for piano and surround-sound electronics highlight alumni talent from the ranks of Oberlin's TIMARA and composition departments.
Coding and Composing
March 13, 2015
Sky Kalfus
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.
TIMARA's Peter Swendsen Celebrates Release on Oberlin Music Label
November 26, 2014
By Erich Burnett
Recording incorporates environmental sounds of Norway, features Oberlin's Contemporary Music Ensemble and others.
Now You Hear Him: Devin Frenze '15 Explores the Limits of Human Ears
October 20, 2014
Michael Stenovec
The double-degree student blends studies in composition and computer science to make music that pleases the machine.
