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Not So Slight Return
November 6, 2020
Erich Burnett
Liam Kaplan ’20 attempts to complete exclusive Piano Honors Program with November 14 recital.
World Events Inspire Conservatory Programming
October 27, 2020
Cathy Partlow Strauss ’84
October 30 faculty recital to feature works by William Grant Still.
Out Loud and Outside
October 19, 2020
Charlotte Maskelony ’21
Oberlin College Choir sings in different ways for a different world.
Two Phones and One Big Experiment
October 15, 2020
Erich Burnett
Oberlin Opera Theater breaks through the COVID wall with an unlikely pairing of comedy and drama.
Twine, a Student Life App, Announces Launch
October 2, 2020
Communications Staff
The Twine app was conceived and supported through Oberlin’s LaunchU startup accelerator.
The Show Must Go On—Online, That Is
September 23, 2020
Erich Burnett
Conservatory large ensembles begin fall season with weekly performances on Oberlin Stage Left.
Winter Term: Creating Music Miles Apart
September 23, 2020
Yvonne Gay
Seniors Arthur Welsh and Mark Ligonde had an ambitious goal for Winter Term. The pair planned to release a seven-song album with six different genres and subgenres of music, while residing miles apart. The project would challenge their compositional and production skills, but the end result was even more complex and creative than they imagined.
Winter Term: Recording the Stravinsky Violin Concerto with Piano
September 10, 2020
Yvonne Gay
Fourth-year violin major Peiwen Su took on the ambitious project to learn and record the entire Stravinsky Violin Concerto in D major. The project was both challenging and inspirational—and demonstrated to Su what is possible in this new reality.
Oberlin Conservatory Faculty Issues Racial Equity and Diversity Action Plan
September 9, 2020
Conservatory Communications Staff
Document complements Oberlin College's Presidential Initiative.
Live From the Cat
September 2, 2020
Yvonne Gay
The campus community was treated to a live-streamed jazz performance on August 28 from the Cat in the Cream Coffeehouse. The virtual concert was a first for the student-run performance space.
