News
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.
Da Capo Chamber Players to Perform Works by George Walker ’41 and Wendell Logan
January 30, 2020
Cathy Partlow Strauss
Alumni-founded ensemble honors acclaimed African American composers with ties to Oberlin at New York's Merkin Hall in February.
Performance Features World Premiere of Ogonek Chamber Concerto
December 6, 2019
Cathy Partlow Strauss
Pianist Xak Bjerken will give the premiere performance of Elizabeth Ogonek’s chamber concerto where are we now (2019) tonight at 7:30 p.m., Friday, December 6 in Oberlin Conservatory...
Pulitzer Prize-Winning Composer Christopher Rouse ’71 Dies at 70
October 11, 2019
Erich Burnett
His deeply emotional, evocative works were performed by major orchestras around the world.
