News
Jazz Professor Billy Hart Named NEA Jazz Master for 2022
July 21, 2021
Erich Burnett
Drummer has performed with a long list of jazz greats across a career spanning seven decades.
![Billy Hart.](https://www.oberlin.edu/sites/default/files/styles/fp_w360_h270/public/content/news/image/billy_hart_by_joe_mabel_wikimedia_commons.jpg?itok=K-_kfA8p)
Richard Hoffmann, Composer and Protégé of Arnold Schoenberg, Dies at 96
July 15, 2021
Erich Burnett
Fifty-year teaching career at Oberlin included annual student trips to his native Vienna.
![Richard Hoffmann.](https://www.oberlin.edu/sites/default/files/styles/fp_w360_h270/public/content/news/image/richard_hoffman_1967_courtesy_oberlin_college_archives.jpg?itok=n_1jz_i3)
Peter Takács’ Complete Beethoven Sonatas Reissued on Cambria Label
July 14, 2021
Erich Burnett
Initially released in 2011, acclaimed 11-disc set includes insightful essay by the longtime Oberlin piano professor.
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CBYX Fellowship Winner Combines a Love of Language with Vocal Performance
June 30, 2021
Yvonne Gay
As a fellowship recipient in the Congress-Bundestag Youth Exchange for Young Professionals program, Charlotte Maskelony ’21, a classical vocal performance major, will spend the year studying, interning, and living with hosts in Germany.
![A portrait of a young girl standing on a rooftop.](https://www.oberlin.edu/sites/default/files/styles/fp_w360_h270/public/content/news/images-2021/charlotte_maskelony.jonathanclark24.jpg?itok=ACYB3rA3)
Verona Quartet Begins Second Year at Oberlin with Debut Recording and Concert
June 30, 2021
Erich Burnett
July 7 recital with faculty pianist Scott Cuellar marks first live, indoor campus performance with an audience since March 2020.
![Verona Quartet.](https://www.oberlin.edu/sites/default/files/styles/fp_w360_h270/public/content/news/image/verona_quartet_for_web_0.jpg?itok=VClwp_s8)
Oberlin-Como Piano Festival Begins July 13
June 22, 2021
Stephanie Manning '23
Online format presents unique opportunity to spotlight master teacher interviews.
![2021 Oberlin-Como Virtual Piano Festival.](https://www.oberlin.edu/sites/default/files/styles/fp_w360_h270/public/content/news/image/oberlin-como_web_header.jpg?itok=3rZ_XlVh)
Home Township Hero
June 21, 2021
Cathleen Partlow Strauss '84
Tshepiso Ledwaba ’20 brought the talent to become a world-class piano tech. Oberlin gave him the training.
![Tshepiso Ledwaba.](https://www.oberlin.edu/sites/default/files/styles/fp_w360_h270/public/content/news/image/ledwaba_portrait_unisa_01-20-4.jpg?itok=cbWNGh59)
From Preschool to Star Wars
June 17, 2021
Charlotte Maskelony '21
Versatile singer and educator Adriana Manfredi ’01 stretches the bounds of her music career.
![Adriana Manfredi.](https://www.oberlin.edu/sites/default/files/styles/fp_w360_h270/public/content/news/image/adriana_manfredi.jpg.jpg?itok=6CRZ5bgd)
Janet Wu ’21 Earns Oberlin’s Nexial Prize for 2021
May 25, 2021
Erich Burnett
Double-degree pianist to pursue medicine at Stanford University.
![Janet Wu.](https://www.oberlin.edu/sites/default/files/styles/fp_w360_h270/public/content/news/image/janet_wu_courtesy_janet_wu.jpg?itok=kv8ECzTb)
Nkeiru Okoye '92 Earns Guggenheim Fellowship for Composition
May 19, 2021
Erich Burnett
Award supports completion of an opera that explores the experience of Black women.
![Nkeiru Okoye.](https://www.oberlin.edu/sites/default/files/styles/fp_w360_h270/public/content/news/image/nkieruokoye.jpg?itok=EgApzBhm)