News
Zola Barnes ’19 Awarded Newman Civic Fellowship
May 16, 2018
Amanda Nagy
The yearlong fellowship supports community service-minded students.
![Zola Barnes Portrait of Zola Barnes](https://www.oberlin.edu/sites/default/files/styles/fp_w360_h270/public/content/news/image/zolabarnes-jennifer_manna.jpg?itok=Lr2wbFE0)
Hollywood & Fine
November 10, 2017
by Eilish Spear '20
Violist Meredith Crawford ’09 forged a robust career in Los Angeles while completing two Oberlin degrees.
![Meredith Crawford ’09](https://www.oberlin.edu/sites/default/files/styles/fp_w360_h270/public/content/news/image/meredith_crawford.jpg?itok=jKMZNm0n)
Double Degree Student Matt Bickett Explores Bach's Cantatas with Series of Performances
October 28, 2017
by Daniel Hathaway
Oberlin student Matt Bickett is putting Johann Sebastian Bach’s church cantatas into context with his Oberlin Cantata Project.
![pen and ink illustration of early music singers](https://www.oberlin.edu/sites/default/files/styles/fp_w360_h270/public/content/news/image/cantataperformance.jpg?itok=i0vZD0cI)
Ace of Clubs
July 27, 2017
Samantha Spaccasi ’17
A circuitous route through Oberlin led directly to a dream job for Gabe Pollack ’11, who today manages a popular jazz club in the Cleveland area.
![The Bop Stop's Gabe Pollack Former Oberlin double-degree student Gabe Pollack](https://www.oberlin.edu/sites/default/files/styles/fp_w360_h270/public/content/news/image/gabe_pollack_by_julie_gulenko.jpg?itok=qLH06nqz)
Around the World with a Watson Fellowship
May 23, 2017
Amanda Nagy
May 2017 graduates Kirk Pearson (on right) will explore invented instruments, while Paulus Van Horne will study the effects of noise in megacities.
![Paulus Van Horne, left, and Kirk Pearson, winners of the 2017 Watson Fellowship](https://www.oberlin.edu/sites/default/files/styles/fp_w360_h270/public/content/news/image/paulus-kirk_composite.jpg?itok=tuLmA_Kw)
Sounds of TIMARA...Today
April 3, 2017
Samantha Spaccasi
Double-degree student Judy Jackson '18 blends her love of computers and computer music.
![TIMARA student Judy Jackson](https://www.oberlin.edu/sites/default/files/styles/fp_w360_h270/public/content/news/image/timara2017-077_copy.jpg?itok=hfjAXvrh)
Four Days in Portugal
December 9, 2016
Christine Jay ’17
Oberlin flute students join their mentor at an international music conference.
![Two women posing](https://www.oberlin.edu/sites/default/files/styles/fp_w360_h270/public/content/news/image/four-days-in-portugal.jpg?itok=G9ejOBNI)
Sounds of the Sea
November 23, 2016
Neil McCalmont '19
Double-degree violinist Sophie Davis ’17 explores the connections between music and the environment.
![Sophie Davis and her crew mates made music on the deck of their research vessel](https://www.oberlin.edu/sites/default/files/styles/fp_w360_h270/public/content/news/image/josie-davis-boat_2.jpg?itok=zALLMrLC)
Business and Pleasure and Ballerinas
May 16, 2016
Faith Roberts
Thanisa Durongkaveroj ’18, an international student from Thailand, seeks balance among her many interests.
![Thanisa Durongkaveroj](https://www.oberlin.edu/sites/default/files/styles/fp_w360_h270/public/content/news/image/thanisa_0.jpg?itok=EmWj4u8l)
Four Hands, Two Voices, One Family
May 3, 2016
Daniel Hautzinger
Multitalented pianists Chelsea and Chloe DeSouza accompany each other just about everywhere.
![](https://www.oberlin.edu/sites/default/files/styles/fp_w360_h270/public/content/news/image/desouzas3_0.jpg?itok=tcgbmvz6)