Oberlin Blogs

Celebrating Black Music Month with a list of 100 Black artists that I love. Enjoy!

I decide to take a walk down memory lane and revisit some of my favorite concerts from my time at Oberlin.

A guide to funny opportunities at silly ole' Obe.

A semi-demi-hemi-comprehensive guide to College music opportunities.

In which I fangirl over early music.

Second semester senior thoughts and spoilers for E.B. White books.

There are a variety of questions tour guides get from prospective students applying to the college, but who are interested in pursuing music through the conservatory, but they all come down to the same thing: how involved can I be in the conservatory as a college student?

Thinking that ten years of "pre-professional" training prepares you to choreograph a three-minute contemporary solo is kind of like spending years reading Shakespeare and then being told to whip up a novel with some magical realism.

Every day in Colorado, I didn't just meet spectacular people, I met spectacular people who believe what I believe: that arts-related activism isn't frivolous, that it can save and radically transform lives.

I realized and then accepted that unmitigated busyness was not equivalent to productivity, but a threat to it. I learned that sometimes even doing something you love is a luxury that you should be prepared to sacrifice when faced with the exigencies of the bigger picture.

Looking for information on Oberlin's a cappella scene? Nothing But Treble is a good place to start.

So yesterday was a pretty big deal. After a few weeks of increased anonymous racism and homophobia on our campus,...