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Oberlin Music Label Releases “Wish: Music of Valerie Coleman”
May 25, 2023
Cathy Partlow Strauss ’84
Alexa Still 's new recording released this month on Oberlin Conservatory's house label is titled Wish. It features works for flute written by Valerie Coleman. Increasingly known for...
Conservatory Celebrates Recipients of 2022-23 Honors & Awards
May 23, 2023
Communications Staff
Recipients of Oberlin Conservatory’s 2022-23 Honors and Awards included 43 outstanding students from across the Conservatory’s 11 divisions. Most of the prizes were given to graduating...
Bryan Parkhurst Earns Excellence in Teaching Honors
May 17, 2023
Communications Staff
Music theory professor contributed to key revisions to the conservatory curriculum.
Dang Thai Son Earns Excellence in Teaching Honors
May 17, 2023
Communications Staff
Piano professor’s legacy carries forward in new generation of standout performers.
Megan Kaes Long Earns Excellence in Teaching Honors
May 17, 2023
Communications Staff
Music theory professor garnered industry accolades, contributed to pivotal curriculum revisions.
Rhiannon Giddens ’00 Wins 2023 Pulitzer Prize for Music
May 12, 2023
Annie Zaleski
Singer, multi-instrumentalist, and composer honored for the historical opera Omar.
Chopin Competition Winner Bruce Liu to Perform on Oberlin Artist Recital Series
April 23, 2023
Cathy Partlow Strauss ’84
Rising Canadian pianist Bruce Liu, winner of the 18th Chopin International Piano Competition in Warsaw, Poland, will perform the closing program on the Oberlin Artist Recital Series 2022-23 season. The concert is at 2:30 p.m. on April 30 in historic Finney Chapel.
Students, Faculty Participate in Detroit's Resonate Symposium
April 14, 2023
Cathy Partlow Strauss ’84
Two years in the making, Oberlin Conservatory students and faculty are in midtown Detroit, April 14-15, to participate and perform in the Resonate Chamber Music Symposium , held at The Carr Center —an organization dedicated to showcasing Black arts and artists.
Oberlin's Cooper International Competition for Piano Returns in 2023
April 7, 2023
Cathy Partlow Strauss ’84
“We are thrilled to bring back the Cooper piano competition and to collaborate with the Cleveland Orchestra once again as we celebrate the best young piano talent in the world,” says Oberlin Professor of Piano Robert Shannon, Cooper piano competition director and jury chair. Applications are due on April 25.
Dolores White ’54, Composer, Educator, and Pianist, Dies at 90
March 30, 2023
Cathy Partlow Strauss
A prolific composer, Mrs. White enjoyed a lengthy and diverse career incorporating teaching and performing into her artistic practice, while raising a family and supporting her husband, Donald, a...
