News
Tackling Society’s Greatest Challenges in StudiOC
Amanda Nagy
In StudiOC clusters, faculty and students collaborate to connect disciplinary insights and lessons from individual classes.
Traveling with Teresa Tippens '15
Tyler Sloan
Teresa Tippens ’15 recently returned from a two-year Oberlin Shansi fellowship teaching English in Yogyakarta, Indonesia.
Art Rental: A Behind the Scenes Look
Mathias Reed
The Oberlin College Art Rental Program allows Oberlin students to rent two original works of art each semester for just $5 each.
Academic by Day, Actor by Night: Afia Ofori-Mensa in 'Simply Simone'
Hillary Hempstead
Afia Ofori-Mensa deactivated her personal Facebook account, hoping to recover time she spent on the site to writing a book manuscript. Instead, Ofori-Mensa found herself playing a young Nina Simone in a production of 'Simply Simone: The Music of Nina Simone' at Karamu House in Cleveland.
Jamey Haddad’s World Ensemble Under One Sun Debuts on Oberlin Music
By Erich Burnett
Oberlin Conservatory faculty member Jamey Haddad and his longtime musician friend Billy Drewes release their first recording together with Oberlin Music Label.
Obies Helping Obies
Amanda Nagy
The revamped academic advising model launched this fall aims to transform the first-year experience.
Oberlin Orchestra Welcomes New Students—and Everyone Else—to Experience Music at the Conservatory
By Erich Burnett
Raphael Jiménez, associate professor of conducting and director of Oberlin Orchestras, invites students and community members to an introductory concert to kick off the 2017-2018 large ensemble performance season at Oberlin.
Oh SNATS!
Conservatory Communications Staff
Voice major Theodora Nestorova launches a campus group for singers.
Northeast Ohio’s Music Community Unites for Harvey Relief September 8
by Cathy Partlow Strauss
Oberlin Conservatory students, alumni, and faculty will join with musicians of The Cleveland Orchestra and students from the Cleveland Institute of Music and Credo Music for "Help After Harvey: A Benefit Concert for the American Red Cross."
Professor of Conducting Robert Spano Leads Fall Convocation Series
Communications Staff
Robert Spano '84 will talk about the "State of the Art" in a discussion moderated by Conservatory Dean Andrea Kalyn.