News
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)
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)
Oberlin Conservatory Collaborates on “Resonate” Commissioning Project
October 14, 2021
Cathy Partlow Strauss ’84
Seven-way partnership engages seven composers to create works that explore the African diaspora, with all works to be performed in Oberlin and Detroit.
![Conductor leading musicians in performance.](https://www.oberlin.edu/sites/default/files/styles/fp_w360_h270/public/content/news/image/cme_and_tim_weiss_in_chicago_2016_by_yevhen_gulenko.jpg?itok=sCWI4Do_)
Michael Morgan '79, Bay Area Conductor and Arts Advocate, Dies at 63
August 24, 2021
Erich Burnett
Oakland Symphony music director championed lesser-known repertoire, emphasized the orchestra’s role in the community.
![Michael Morgan.](https://www.oberlin.edu/sites/default/files/styles/fp_w360_h270/public/content/news/image/michael_morgan_79.jpg?itok=9u3nczoX)
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)
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)
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)
Composer, Instrumentalist, and Educator Katherine Young '03 Earns Guggenheim Fellowship
May 18, 2021
Erich Burnett
Collaboration lies at the heart of Katherine Young’s creative existence. A bassoonist and composer as well as an educator, she writes for and plays with chamber ensembles and rock bands,...
![Katherine Young.](https://www.oberlin.edu/sites/default/files/styles/fp_w360_h270/public/content/news/image/katherine_young_by_deidre_huckabay.jpg?itok=AF9uuC_G)