News
Ho Ting (Kelvin) Tang Earns 2021 Takács Beethoven Piano Prize
December 13, 2021
Erich Burnett
Annual competition honors Oberlin’s longtime professor and the master who inspires his work.
![Takács Prize finalists standing with Peter Takács.](https://www.oberlin.edu/sites/default/files/styles/fp_w360_h270/public/content/news/image/takac_piano_competition_2021_49_of_59.jpg?itok=aliMJkxO)
$1.4M Gift Supports Oberlin Flute Students
December 10, 2021
Cathy Partlow Strauss ’84
Anonymous donation augments previously established Robert Willoughby Flute Scholarship Fund.
![flute section of an orchestra.](https://www.oberlin.edu/sites/default/files/styles/fp_w360_h270/public/content/news/image/chicago_tour-370.jpg?itok=3XCIPZ0e)
Fridays at Finney Concert to Feature Conductor Robert Spano and Piano Soloist Peter Takács
December 9, 2021
Cathy Partlow Strauss ’84
Program is a celebration of Beethoven’s 251st birthday.
![Robert Spano and Peter Takács.](https://www.oberlin.edu/sites/default/files/styles/fp_w360_h270/public/content/news/image/spano_takacs_3.png?itok=cVYeqatF)
Jazz Trumpeter Theo Croker ’07 Performs at Oberlin Dec. 15
December 6, 2021
Erich Burnett
Presented by the Oberlin Jazz Society, concert includes music from the new album BLK2LIFE // A FUTURE PAST.
![Theo Croker.](https://www.oberlin.edu/sites/default/files/styles/fp_w360_h270/public/content/news/image/theo_croker_credit_obidigbo_nzeribe.jpg?itok=E5e4OUg8)
Faculty Composer Jesse Jones Featured on New Oberlin Music Recording
December 2, 2021
Erich Burnett
"In Profile" includes performances by Oberlin students, faculty, and guests.
![Jesse Jones.](https://www.oberlin.edu/sites/default/files/styles/fp_w360_h270/public/content/news/image/jones_butterfield_duo_courtesy_jesse_jones.jpg?itok=3j8CS08k)
Oberlin-Como Piano Master Class Series Opens with Robert Spano '84
November 22, 2021
Erich Burnett
Nov. 30, Dec. 2 events to be followed by four additional artist-teacher visits, with virtual festival in summer.
![Oberlin-Como Piano Master Class Series](https://www.oberlin.edu/sites/default/files/styles/fp_w360_h270/public/content/news/image/como-news_center-spano1-1.png?itok=qK9kJF-K)
Winners Named in Oberlin’s 2021 Senior Concerto Competition
November 18, 2021
Cathy Partlow Strauss ’84
Four instrumentalists will perform with the Oberlin Orchestra in April and May 2022.
![Leo Choi, David Lee, Johnum Palado, and Evyn Levy.](https://www.oberlin.edu/sites/default/files/styles/fp_w360_h270/public/content/news/image/concerto_winners_composite.png?itok=kT8gaBSK)
Oberlin Conservatory Launches Dolores '54 and Donald '57 White Prize
November 12, 2021
Erich Burnett
Initiative made possible by generosity of musician-educators Dolores ’54 and Donald White.
![Dolores White '54 seated in Stull Recital Hall.](https://www.oberlin.edu/sites/default/files/styles/fp_w360_h270/public/content/news/image/20211110-073.jpg?itok=IYg7knsf)
The Chopin Whisperer
November 9, 2021
Erich Burnett
Oberlin professor Dang Thai Son conquered one of the world’s most prestigious piano competitions. Now his students are doing the same.
![Dang Thai Son with student JJ Bui.](https://www.oberlin.edu/sites/default/files/styles/fp_w360_h270/public/content/news/image/dang_with_bui.jpg?itok=XhARujBA)
Oberlin Opera Theater Presents Handel's “Acis and Galatea” Nov. 11-14
October 28, 2021
Erich Burnett
Fully staged production marks return of full audiences to Hall Auditorium for first time since fall 2019.
![painting of Acis and Galatea.](https://www.oberlin.edu/sites/default/files/styles/fp_w360_h270/public/content/news/image/claude_lorrain_-_landscape_with_acis_and_galatea2.jpg?itok=0QMAKvCZ)