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For Tracy Chevalier ’84, the Oberlin-In-London program was a magical, intense period of cultural and intellectual stimulation. As the beloved study-away experience celebrates 50 years, the New York Times best-selling author looks back on the semester she spent studying and living in London.

Grammy-certified vocalist and viola da gamba player Ari Mason ’14 finds her niche in video games, films, and a vocal library.

“It was really amazing going into the community and performing an art form that they probably haven't seen before,” second-year voice major Ella Vaugn said, “Teachers would tell us that they've never seen their students so engaged.”

Jazz icon and Oberlin Conservatory professor, Billy Hart, is part of the inaugural group of venerated jazz greats recognized as champions of the music genere.

This spring, Oberlin Opera is set to entangle its audiences in the game of love with its production of Mozart’s La Finta Giardiniera. Set in a garden, this story will intertwine love, trickery, and the art of gameplay into one.

Celebrated violinist and pedagogue Midori concludes a two-part Oberlin residency on March 5, reuniting with pianist Özgür Aydin to perform a program inspired by poetry and folk music.

In 2018, Oberlin College named its main library after civil rights leader Mary Church Terrell, Class of 1884.

Nineteen Oberlin College and Conservatory students and alumni were awarded Fulbright grants for the 2024-25 academic year, making the college the No. 1 producer of honorees among U.S. undergraduate-only institutions.

Five-year path toward two degrees includes focused work in the thriving arts world of nearby Cleveland.

Thanks to Oberlin faculty and students, the story of college and conservatory grad Shirley Graham Du Bois ’34 will not be forgotten.