News
Rhiannon Giddens '00 to Appear on Oberlin Stage Left
December 7, 2020
Erich Burnett
December 10 performance with Francesco Turrisi also features Giddens in conversation.
![Francesco Turrisi and Rhiannon Giddens](https://www.oberlin.edu/sites/default/files/styles/fp_w360_h270/public/content/news/image/rhiannon_and_francesco.jpeg?itok=fHIFD9mH)
This Week in Photos: The Soundtrack of Fall
November 27, 2020
Yvonne Gay
A guitar ensemble performance in Kulas Recital Hall featured Suvan Agarwal '23, Aidan Wiley '20, and Craig Slagh '21. The passion demonstrated in their live streamed performance was captured in photos and chosen to be among the images included in this week’s photo series.
![Three students play guitar on stage.](https://www.oberlin.edu/sites/default/files/styles/fp_w360_h270/public/content/news/images-2020/guitarensemble.jacklichtenstein23.jpg?itok=y-FJjA-D)
Megan Kaes Long Named ‘‘Emerging Scholar’’ by Society for Music Theory
November 24, 2020
Erich Burnett
Honor recognizes Oberlin music theory professor’s extensive study of late-16th-century music.
![Megan Kaes Long.](https://www.oberlin.edu/sites/default/files/styles/fp_w360_h270/public/content/news/image/megan_long_by_tanya_rosen-jones.jpg?itok=7U4nRjor)
This Week in Photos: Beautiful Artistry
November 19, 2020
Yvonne Gay
A display of artwork by Studio Art seniors is shown to President Carmen Twillie Ambar. Her walk through Robert D. Baron ’64 Art Gallery was accented by sculptures and vibrant multimedia pieces. This visit is just one of the images featured in this week’s photo series.
![Two women stand in the middle of an art exhibit.](https://www.oberlin.edu/sites/default/files/styles/fp_w360_h270/public/content/news/images-2020/half-time.yvonne_gay.jpg?itok=s_Vwsbbb)
Bluegrass Guitarist Chris Eldridge Named Visiting Faculty at Oberlin
November 9, 2020
Erich Burnett
Punch Brothers founding member will teach college and conservatory students beginning in January 2021.
![bluegrass musicians on stage.](https://www.oberlin.edu/sites/default/files/styles/fp_w360_h270/public/content/news/image/punch_brothers_in_finney_chapel_by_walter_novak.jpg?itok=YMZe9EX3)
Get to Know Tamara Jade ’12
November 9, 2020
Oli Bentley '21
The Voice sensation will meet Oberlin students November 11 as part of the Alumni CONnections Series.
![Black woman singer on stage dressed in pink outfit.](https://www.oberlin.edu/sites/default/files/styles/fp_w360_h270/public/content/news/image/tamara_jade_courtesy_nbc_universal.jpg?itok=bqMlgFBq)
Not So Slight Return
November 6, 2020
Erich Burnett
Liam Kaplan ’20 attempts to complete exclusive Piano Honors Program with November 14 recital.
![man performing at the piano.](https://www.oberlin.edu/sites/default/files/styles/fp_w360_h270/public/content/news/image/liam_kaplan_orientation_concert_by_yevhen_gulenko.jpg?itok=P3k2B6Dw)
World Events Inspire Conservatory Programming
October 27, 2020
Cathy Partlow Strauss ’84
October 30 faculty recital to feature works by William Grant Still.
![David Bowlin, Sibbi Bernhardsson, and Francesca dePasquale.](https://www.oberlin.edu/sites/default/files/styles/fp_w360_h270/public/content/news/image/bowlin_bernhardsson_depasquale.jpg?itok=CGrQYM7g)
Out Loud and Outside
October 19, 2020
Charlotte Maskelony ’21
Oberlin College Choir sings in different ways for a different world.
![socially distanced student musicians rehearsing together.](https://www.oberlin.edu/sites/default/files/styles/fp_w360_h270/public/content/news/image/oberlin_college_choir_sings_at_mudd_sep_2020.jpg?itok=9HjHsTN0)
Two Phones and One Big Experiment
October 15, 2020
Erich Burnett
Oberlin Opera Theater breaks through the COVID wall with an unlikely pairing of comedy and drama.
![opera performer being videotaped](https://www.oberlin.edu/sites/default/files/styles/fp_w360_h270/public/content/news/image/virtual_opera2_by_morgan_carder.jpg?itok=uJgyz3KC)