News
Oberlin Music Label Releases "The Oberlin Concertos," Featuring Pianist Xak Bjerken
September 15, 2021
Erich Burnett
Recording showcases faculty composers and the Oberlin Contemporary Music Ensemble.
![Elizabeth Ogonek, Stephen Hartke, Xak Bjerken, Timothy Weiss, and Jesse Jones.](https://www.oberlin.edu/sites/default/files/styles/fp_w360_h270/public/content/news/image/piano_concerto_prjct_photo_cmichael_hartman.jpg?itok=uXvF2oQa)
Oberlin Music Release Showcases Faculty Composers and Contemporary Music Ensemble
April 2, 2021
Erich Burnett
For generations, Oberlin Conservatory has earned its reputation as a hub for the creation and performance of new music. A pivotal source of this innovative spark is the conservatory’s own...
![Stephen Hartke, Elizabeth Ogonek, and Jesse Jones.](https://www.oberlin.edu/sites/default/files/styles/fp_w360_h270/public/content/news/image/hartke_ogonek_jones_photo.jpg?itok=oKY6vmtp)
Where Heart and Mind Meet
March 23, 2021
Erich Burnett
Annemarie Schubert ’21 chose Oberlin for violin and neuroscience. Then early music chose her.
![Baroque violinists performing onstage.](https://www.oberlin.edu/sites/default/files/styles/fp_w360_h270/public/content/news/image/annemarie-3.png?itok=KM2W2f1C)
Conservatory Ensembles’ Spring Season Begins March 6 on Oberlin Stage Left
February 26, 2021
Erich Burnett
Students, faculty, and composers embrace new repertoire opportunities brought about by pandemic.
![Oberlin Stage Left](https://www.oberlin.edu/sites/default/files/styles/fp_w360_h270/public/content/news/image/stage_left_webheader_for_campus_digest.jpg?itok=NAJaHIN2)
Oberlin Trio Welcomes Cellist Dmitry Kouzov with Virtual Recital
January 15, 2021
Erich Burnett
January 22 performance features works by Haydn, Schumann, and conservatory alum George Walker ’41.
![David Bowlin, Dmitry Kouzov, and Haewon Song.](https://www.oberlin.edu/sites/default/files/styles/fp_w360_h270/public/content/news/image/oberlin_trio_2021_photos_by_tanya_rosen-jones_for_web.jpg?itok=aLbvdM0Z)
Arts and Sciences Orchestra Collaboration Premieres December 15
December 10, 2020
Erich Burnett
Virtual performance draws upon musicians from the college, community, conservatory, and elsewhere.
![string musicians performing.](https://www.oberlin.edu/sites/default/files/styles/fp_w360_h270/public/content/news/image/as_orchestra_ensembles2_dec_2020.png?itok=zEIhO0tz)
Out Loud and Outside
October 19, 2020
Charlotte Maskelony ’21
Oberlin College Choir sings in different ways for a different world.
![socially distanced student musicians rehearsing together.](https://www.oberlin.edu/sites/default/files/styles/fp_w360_h270/public/content/news/image/oberlin_college_choir_sings_at_mudd_sep_2020.jpg?itok=9HjHsTN0)
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.
![socially distanced student musicians rehearsing together](https://www.oberlin.edu/sites/default/files/styles/fp_w360_h270/public/content/news/image/rs140207_fall2020campuslife-102.jpg?itok=Q9lrd1ro)
Oberlin Percussion Group Takes on Daunting Work by James Wood on New Oberlin Music Release
August 7, 2020
Erich Burnett
Commissioned by professor Michael Rosen, evocative Cloud-Polyphonies premiered at Oberlin in 2011.
![album cover featuring birds snd colorful clouds.](https://www.oberlin.edu/sites/default/files/styles/fp_w360_h270/public/content/news/image/oc_20-02_cloud-polyphonies_opg_-_for_web.png?itok=iymITlTL)
Our Coronavirus Curtain Call
April 23, 2020
Liam Kaplan ’20
A student pianist recalls the concerto he chased for years and the Oberlin moment that will last a lifetime.
![orchestra musicians rehearsing together on stage.](https://www.oberlin.edu/sites/default/files/styles/fp_w360_h270/public/content/news/image/oberlin_orchestra_performing_beethoven_5_courtesy_mathias_reed_copy.jpg?itok=awVmKJ9d)