News
Concerto Competition Winners Take Center Stage in April, May
March 29, 2018
By Erich Burnett
Four instrumentalists to perform with Oberlin orchestras in Finney Chapel.
![2018 Oberlin Concerto Competition winners](https://www.oberlin.edu/sites/default/files/styles/fp_w360_h270/public/content/news/image/concertowinners_all.jpg?itok=LXh53Jyb)
Grammy-Winner Billy Childs Returns to Oberlin for Three Wide-Ranging Concerts
March 29, 2018
By Erich Burnett
Composer in residence to present large-scale works, perform as solo artist, and collaborate with students.
![Billy Childs Billy Childs photo](https://www.oberlin.edu/sites/default/files/styles/fp_w360_h270/public/content/news/image/billy_photo_by_unlimited_myles.jpg?itok=rTBdtMO-)
Dang Thai Son Joins Oberlin Conservatory Piano Faculty
March 21, 2018
By Erich Burnett
Famed performer’s appointment begins with the 2018-19 academic year.
![Dang Thai Son with auditorium seats in the background](https://www.oberlin.edu/sites/default/files/styles/fp_w360_h270/public/content/news/image/dang13_by_hirotoshi_sato.jpg?itok=s67yud2f)
Brentano String Quartet Performs March 30 in Oberlin
March 15, 2018
Erich Burnett
Artist Recital Series program featuring the Brentano Srring Quartet includes inventive settings of Renaissance madrigals plus a 21st-century twist.
![String quartet pose with instruments](https://www.oberlin.edu/sites/default/files/styles/fp_w360_h270/public/content/news/image/brentano-quartet-by-juergen-frank-2016-12_0.jpeg?itok=1R7f08lC)
LaunchU Awards $37K in Startup Funding
March 14, 2018
Amanda Nagy
A panel of judges and investors select four ventures in the annual LaunchU pitch competition.
![LaunchU 2018 winners Six proud winners hold their award certificates](https://www.oberlin.edu/sites/default/files/styles/fp_w360_h270/public/content/news/image/launchu_winners_group-yevhen_gulenko.jpg?itok=cxgA4GPZ)
Howard Hatton, Longtime Professor of Singing, Dies at 100
February 28, 2018
By Erich Burnett
Baritone sang Mozart’s Requiem in response to 1970 Kent State shootings.
![Howard Hatton photo, ca. 1987](https://www.oberlin.edu/sites/default/files/styles/fp_w360_h270/public/content/news/image/howard_hatton_c1987_copy.jpg?itok=4TESAAqN)
Oberlin Opera Theater Presents Britten’s Ghostly Turn of the Screw for 4 Performances March 7-11
February 22, 2018
By Erich Burnett
Adaptation of the Henry James novella retains the original’s atmospheric frights; tickets and opera brunch packages are available now.
![graphic design of Turn of the Screw](https://www.oberlin.edu/sites/default/files/styles/fp_w360_h270/public/content/news/image/turn_of_screw_image.jpg?itok=McAvI8LH)
Get to Know Violin Professor Sibbi Bernhardsson
February 16, 2018
Conservatory Communications Staff
Former member of the Pacifica Quartet reflects on his Oberlin student years and more.
![Sibbi Bernhardsson.](https://www.oberlin.edu/sites/default/files/styles/fp_w360_h270/public/content/news/image/sibbibernhardsson2015_1_0.jpg?itok=FaRjl4f-)
HP WinterFest Celebrates Early Music Through Recitals and Master Classes
February 16, 2018
By Erich Burnett
Oberlin faculty and esteemed guests to perform February 20-25 in venues on campus.
![Flanders Quartet photo](https://www.oberlin.edu/sites/default/files/styles/fp_w360_h270/public/content/news/image/flanders_hands_copy.jpg?itok=5_djKpW0)
Conservatory Alumni and Faculty Featured in soundSCAPE Festival Tour
February 12, 2018
Conservatory Communications Staff
February 18 concert in Oberlin includes soprano Tony Arnold ’90, pianist Thomas Rosenkranz ’99, and the U.S. premiere of faculty composer Jesse Jones’ After the End.
![Soundscape poster design](https://www.oberlin.edu/sites/default/files/styles/fp_w360_h270/public/content/news/image/soundscape_6.2_copy.jpg?itok=AnXkBrtt)