News
Five Faculty Earn Excellence in Teaching Honors
March 14, 2024
Communications Staff
Annual awards celebrate distinguished and sustained leadership across the college and conservatory.
The Dark Side of Orpheus
March 7, 2024
Stephanie Manning '23
Oberlin Opera Theater’s latest production gives a complex, contemporary take on the familiar story of the Greek hero in Monteverdi’s L’Orfeo.
Oberlin Alumni and Faculty Celebrated for Composition Achievements
March 5, 2024
Cathy Partlow Strauss ’84
The American Academy of Arts and Letters awards prizes and funding to four alumni and a member of the Composition Department faculty.
Oberlin Artist Recital Series Presents Artemis
March 5, 2024
Jarrett Hoffman '14
2023 DownBeat Readers Poll “Jazz Group of the Year” to perform in Finney Chapel. During their two-day residency on campus they’ll also work with students.
Oberlin Jazz Faculty and Students Participate in Launch of Ideastream's JazzNEO
March 1, 2024
Cathy Partlow Strauss ’84
Oberlin jazz faculty member Chris Coles and three Jazz Studies students—bassist Ahmed McLemore, pianist Wilson Woods, and drummer Max Simas—were featured performers for a capacity audience at Cleveland’s premier jazz venue, the Bop Stop, for Ideastream’s launch event.
Renowned Organist David Hurd is Featured Artist for Annual David Boe Memorial Concert
March 1, 2024
Daniel Hathaway
During his visit to Oberlin, Hurd will give a public performance on Sunday, March 3 at 4:30 p.m. as well as a master class for Oberlin organists on the Fisk organ in Finney Chapel, Saturday, March 2 at 10 a.m. Both the master class and the concert are free and open to the public.
Oberlin Presents Grammy-Winning Imani Winds in Concert
February 28, 2024
Stephanie Manning '23
When flutist Brandon Patrick George ’08 attended Imani Winds’ Artist Recital Series performance back in 2007, he never imagined that he would one day sit in the flute chair. “Being...
David Byrd-Marrow Appointed Horn Faculty at Oberlin Conservatory
February 7, 2024
Cathy Partlow Strauss ’84
Versatile American horn player David Byrd-Marrow has been appointed to the tenure-track horn professor position at Oberlin Conservatory. He brings an expansive range of experience and repertoire to the role.
Oberlin Faculty, Alums Win 2024 Grammy Awards
February 6, 2024
Office of Communications
Oberlin faculty and multiple alums win 2024 Grammy Awards in the classical and opera categories.
Fourth Year Soprano Elizabeth Hanje Wins Houston Grand Opera's Eleanor McCollum Competition
February 3, 2024
Cathy Partlow Strauss ’84
After an exhaustive international search and multi-round competition, Hanje has won first prize and $10,000 at the 36th Annual Eleanor McCollum Competition for Young Singers. She is a student of Professor Salvatore Champagne.
