News
Like Only Oberlin Can
March 30, 2021
Charlotte Maskelony '21
Conservatory students reflect on a remarkable fall semester—and stay vigilant through the spring.
![Bassist practicing with a pianist.](https://www.oberlin.edu/sites/default/files/styles/fp_w360_h270/public/content/news/image/malcolm_bamba_rehearsing.png?itok=DH9uBg4a)
Expressing Vulnerability Through Music
March 24, 2021
Yvonne Gay
A few months ago, Özüm Pamukçu ’23 explored her ability to become fully vulnerable. Her journey led to the production of two original songs and a thirst for more.
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Andrea McAlister Named Yamaha Master Educator
March 23, 2021
Erich Burnett
Oberlin keyboard pedagogy professor among select group chosen in program’s inaugural year.
![teacher working with students at keyboards in a piano pedagogy lab.](https://www.oberlin.edu/sites/default/files/styles/fp_w360_h270/public/content/news/image/andi_mcalister_in_pedagogy_lab.jpg?itok=yaBncVNO)
Where Heart and Mind Meet
March 23, 2021
Erich Burnett
Annemarie Schubert ’21 chose Oberlin for violin and neuroscience. Then early music chose her.
![Baroque violinists performing onstage.](https://www.oberlin.edu/sites/default/files/styles/fp_w360_h270/public/content/news/image/annemarie-3.png?itok=KM2W2f1C)
Oberlin Alumni Win Grammys at 63rd Annual Awards Ceremony
March 15, 2021
Cathy Partlow Strauss
Winners of this year's Grammy Awards include 10 Oberlin Conservatory alumni across five different classical music categories.
![Grammy-winning album covers that feature the performances of Oberlin alumni. Five Grammy-winning album covers that feature the performances of Oberlin alumni.](https://www.oberlin.edu/sites/default/files/styles/fp_w360_h270/public/content/news/image/63rd_grammy_winners.png?itok=ZUX5kv0I)
Conservatory Percussion Department Prepares for Life After a Legend
March 8, 2021
Erich Burnett
Pablo Rieppi to teach at Oberlin in 2021-22 as professor Michael Rosen concludes remarkable tenure.
![Michael Rosen in his percussion studio.](https://www.oberlin.edu/sites/default/files/styles/fp_w360_h270/public/content/news/image/mikerosenstudio_2015_by_tanya_rosen-jones.jpg?itok=U4VBR7Z0)
Conservatory Ensembles’ Spring Season Begins March 6 on Oberlin Stage Left
February 26, 2021
Erich Burnett
Students, faculty, and composers embrace new repertoire opportunities brought about by pandemic.
![Oberlin Stage Left](https://www.oberlin.edu/sites/default/files/styles/fp_w360_h270/public/content/news/image/stage_left_webheader_for_campus_digest.jpg?itok=NAJaHIN2)
Alumni Connections Series Welcomes Victoria Theodore ’89 and Peter Flint ’92
February 15, 2021
Erich Burnett
Feb. 19 program unites Oberlin students with graduates forging successful music careers.
![Victoria Theodore and Peter Flint.](https://www.oberlin.edu/sites/default/files/styles/fp_w360_h270/public/content/news/image/peter_flint_and_victoria_theodore.jpg?itok=ulJpSrTq)
Mister Rogers’ Neighbor, Francois Clemmons ’67
February 12, 2021
Yvonne Gay
When Mister Rogers invited Officer Clemmons—played by Francois Clemmons ’67—to join him in cooling his feet in a pool of water, the pair was not only spending a refreshing moment together, Rogers was proudly showing his viewers where he stood on civil rights at a time when some public pools prohibited Black swimmers.
![Two men sit with their feet in a child's pool.](https://www.oberlin.edu/sites/default/files/styles/fp_w360_h270/public/content/news/images-2021/1clemmons-rogers.john_beale_courtesy_of_focus_features_copy.jpg?itok=mC8dlyKg)
Persistence, Practice, and Determination
February 2, 2021
Yvonne Gay
Instead of an alarm clock, the sounds of Sergei Prokofiev and Chaka Khan would waft through Caylen Bryant’s childhood home every Saturday morning. Those early days served as inspiration for the jazz bass performance and Africana Studies major. After graduating from Oberlin in 2017, Bryant went on to perfect her own sound, and head a music program handed down to her by author and musician James McBride ’79.
![A girl holds a bass guitar in a portrait.](https://www.oberlin.edu/sites/default/files/styles/fp_w360_h270/public/content/news/images-2021/caylenbryant_17._courtesy_of_cb.jpg?itok=veFwmQX6)