News
Oberlin College & Conservatory Celebrates Black History Month
March 12, 2024
Communications Staff
Throughout February 2024 (and a little into March), Oberlin commemorated Black History Month around the theme Ode to Home.
![Watercolor shapes on cream background under text that reads "Ode to Home," 2024 Oberlin College Black History Month](https://www.oberlin.edu/sites/default/files/styles/fp_w360_h270/public/content/news/image/bhm_2024_campus_screen.png?itok=4-TEhpN_)
The Dark Side of Orpheus
March 7, 2024
Stephanie Manning '23
Oberlin Opera Theater’s latest production gives a complex, contemporary take on the familiar story of the Greek hero in Monteverdi’s L’Orfeo.
![Graphic depiction of chest of man in black suit with red tie, staircase and back of a figure wearing a white gown and one wearing a black suit](https://www.oberlin.edu/sites/default/files/styles/fp_w360_h270/public/content/news/image/24_con_lorfeo_news_center_graphic.png?itok=BxFhzaBE)
Oberlin Alumni and Faculty Celebrated for Composition Achievements
March 5, 2024
Cathy Partlow Strauss ’84
The American Academy of Arts and Letters awards prizes and funding to four alumni and a member of the Composition Department faculty.
![Bibbins Hall exterior view Bibbins Hall exterior view](https://www.oberlin.edu/sites/default/files/styles/fp_w360_h270/public/content/news/image/bibbins_yevhen_gulenko_3.jpg?itok=t96xfmEU)
Oberlin Artist Recital Series Presents Artemis
March 5, 2024
Jarrett Hoffman '14
2023 DownBeat Readers Poll “Jazz Group of the Year” to perform in Finney Chapel. During their two-day residency on campus they’ll also work with students.
![five women some standing some sitting with blue curtain backdrop](https://www.oberlin.edu/sites/default/files/styles/fp_w360_h270/public/content/news/image/artemis_760x570.png?itok=pYju24Hh)
Oberlin Jazz Faculty and Students Participate in Launch of Ideastream's JazzNEO
March 1, 2024
Cathy Partlow Strauss ’84
Oberlin jazz faculty member Chris Coles and three Jazz Studies students—bassist Ahmed McLemore, pianist Wilson Woods, and drummer Max Simas—were featured performers for a capacity audience at Cleveland’s premier jazz venue, the Bop Stop, for Ideastream’s launch event.
![jazz ensemble—sax, piano, bass, and drums—on stage jazz ensemble—sax, piano, bass, and drums—on stage](https://www.oberlin.edu/sites/default/files/styles/fp_w360_h270/public/content/news/image/jazz_neo_launch_at_bop_stop_by_matt_crow_ideastream_public_media.jpeg?itok=oESzSZ5G)
Renowned Organist David Hurd is Featured Artist for Annual David Boe Memorial Concert
March 1, 2024
Daniel Hathaway
During his visit to Oberlin, Hurd will give a public performance on Sunday, March 3 at 4:30 p.m. as well as a master class for Oberlin organists on the Fisk organ in Finney Chapel, Saturday, March 2 at 10 a.m. Both the master class and the concert are free and open to the public.
![David Hurd sits in front of the organ David Hurd sits in front of the organ](https://www.oberlin.edu/sites/default/files/styles/fp_w360_h270/public/content/news/image/david_hurd-_pc_monica_clare_760x570.png?itok=HSFT1oA5)
Oberlin Presents Grammy-Winning Imani Winds in Concert
February 28, 2024
Stephanie Manning '23
When flutist Brandon Patrick George ’08 attended Imani Winds’ Artist Recital Series performance back in 2007, he never imagined that he would one day sit in the flute chair. “Being...
![five people standing holding instruments and smiling](https://www.oberlin.edu/sites/default/files/styles/fp_w360_h270/public/content/news/image/imani_winds_760_x_570.png?itok=eYL8wGkT)
Oberlin a Top Producer of Fulbright Students for 2023-24
February 13, 2024
Communications Staff
On February 13, 2024, The Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs of the U.S. Department of State recognized Oberlin College and Conservatory as a Top Producer of Fulbright Students for the 15th consecutive year.
![a photo of Oberlin College on a sunny day](https://www.oberlin.edu/sites/default/files/styles/fp_w360_h270/public/content/news/image/option_1.jpg?itok=Gv6q5S_Z)
David Byrd-Marrow Appointed Horn Faculty at Oberlin Conservatory
February 7, 2024
Cathy Partlow Strauss ’84
Versatile American horn player David Byrd-Marrow has been appointed to the tenure-track horn professor position at Oberlin Conservatory. He brings an expansive range of experience and repertoire to the role.
![David Byrd-Marrow portrait Man seated, wearing concert black, holding a french horn](https://www.oberlin.edu/sites/default/files/styles/fp_w360_h270/public/content/news/image/david_byrd-marrow_760x570.jpeg?itok=HvuT5J_z)
Oberlin Faculty, Alums Win 2024 Grammy Awards
February 6, 2024
Office of Communications
Oberlin faculty and multiple alums win 2024 Grammy Awards in the classical and opera categories.
![Oberlin horn professor and composer Jeff Scott and members of Imani Winds on the Grammys red carpet](https://www.oberlin.edu/sites/default/files/styles/fp_w360_h270/public/content/news/image/imani-winds.jpg?itok=VoLuhs05)