Trailblazing Piano Professor Frances Walker ’45 dies at 94 June 13, 2018 By Erich Burnett Accomplished performer returned to teach at her alma mater, became the first tenured black female professor. Tags: Conservatory Obituaries Piano
Robert Willoughby, Legendary Flute Professor and Performer, Dies at 96 April 24, 2018 By Erich Burnett Master of modern and historical flute devoted 37 years to teaching at Oberlin, leaving a long list of distinguished former students. Tags: Conservatory Obituaries Flute Baroque Flute Historical Performance
Composer Olly Wilson, Founding Father of Electronic Music at Oberlin, Dies at 80 April 4, 2018 By Erich Burnett Wide-ranging influences included spirituals, jazz, serialism, and more. Tags: Conservatory Obituaries TIMARA Composition
Former Double Bass Professor Lawrence Angell dies at 88 January 4, 2018 By Erich Burnett Longtime member of The Cleveland Orchestra also played jazz, craved adventure. Tags: Conservatory Obituaries Double Bass
Former Psychology Professor Ralph Harold Turner Passes Away June 22, 2017 Communications Staff Ralph Harold Turner, 100, of Oberlin, passed away April 16, 2017, at Kendal at Oberlin Health Center after a long illness. Tags: Obituaries Faculty
Influential Jazz Trumpet Professor Marcus Belgrave Dies at 78 May 29, 2015 Erich Burnett Exalted in his hometown of Detroit, he launched careers as an Oberlin faculty member from 2001-10. Tags: Conservatory Obituaries
