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Oberlin Conservatory is delighted to announce that pianist José Ramón Méndez will join the faculty as Associate Professor of Piano in the fall 2024 semester.

In a "first" for the Oberlin Concerto Competition, the soloist—performing David Baker’s 1987 Concerto for Cello and Jazz Band—will be accompanied by a jazz ensemble.

Performances get underway on Friday, April 5 at 7:30 p.m., with Juan Pedro Espinosa Monteros and the Oberlin Chamber Orchestra leading the way in Carl Nielsen's Clarinet Concerto.

With Lee’s broad experience as a soloist and orchestral and chamber musician, she brings wide dimension to the role.

Jazz supergroup provides valuable lessons in music, artistry, and mentorship by engaging with students and community members through a presentation, Q&A, master class, and career talk.

Throughout February 2024 (and a little into March), Oberlin commemorated Black History Month around the theme Ode to Home.

Oberlin Opera Theater’s latest production gives a complex, contemporary take on the familiar story of the Greek hero in Monteverdi’s L’Orfeo.

The American Academy of Arts and Letters awards prizes and funding to four alumni and a member of the Composition Department faculty.

2023 DownBeat Readers Poll “Jazz Group of the Year” to perform in Finney Chapel. During their two-day residency on campus they’ll also work with students.

Oberlin jazz faculty member Chris Coles and three Jazz Studies students—bassist Ahmed McLemore, pianist Wilson Woods, and drummer Max Simas—were featured performers for a capacity audience at Cleveland’s premier jazz venue, the Bop Stop, for Ideastream’s launch event.