News
Around the World with a Watson Fellowship
May 23, 2017
Amanda Nagy
May 2017 graduates Kirk Pearson (on right) will explore invented instruments, while Paulus Van Horne will study the effects of noise in megacities.
![Paulus Van Horne, left, and Kirk Pearson, winners of the 2017 Watson Fellowship](https://www.oberlin.edu/sites/default/files/styles/fp_w360_h270/public/content/news/image/paulus-kirk_composite.jpg?itok=tuLmA_Kw)
Memory_Archive Explores Digital Identity
April 20, 2017
Hillary Hempstead
In his senior composition recital, fifth-year Kirk Pearson attempts to explain what would happen if the characteristics of the digital world started to permeate our physical lives.
![Photo of a light projection on a chapel wall](https://www.oberlin.edu/sites/default/files/styles/fp_w360_h270/public/content/news/image/kirk-chapel.jpg?itok=pTz_WXjQ)
Stephen Hartke World Premiere Highlights Oct. 28 Sinfonietta Concert
October 26, 2016
Erich Burnett
Willow Run, which features saxophonist Noah Getz ’97, also to be performed Nov. 5 at the Cleveland Museum of Art.
![professor Stephen Hartke](https://www.oberlin.edu/sites/default/files/styles/fp_w360_h270/public/content/news/image/hartke_headshot_by_tanya_rosen-jones_copy_2.jpg?itok=M-B5ufI4)
A Look into Sonic Arts at Oberlin
August 10, 2016
Julie Gulenko '15
Summer program devoted to electroacoustic music invites students to plug and play.
![four electroacoustic musicians.](https://www.oberlin.edu/sites/default/files/styles/fp_w360_h270/public/content/news/image/eli_stine_with_saw_group.png?itok=NLRKkZPl)
How Hao Found His Creative Streak
March 17, 2016
Daniel Hautzinger
First-year composer Hao Zou craved American arts culture—and Oberlin weather.
![](https://www.oberlin.edu/sites/default/files/styles/fp_w360_h270/public/content/news/image/_mg_7421_3.jpg?itok=9elywf0t)
Oberlin Music Releases Toward the Curve, Featuring Pianist Thomas Rosenkranz '99
July 2, 2015
Erich Burnett
Music for piano and surround-sound electronics highlight alumni talent from the ranks of Oberlin's TIMARA and composition departments.
![Toward the Curve: Thomas Rosenkranz, piano plus surround sound electronics](https://www.oberlin.edu/sites/default/files/styles/fp_w360_h270/public/content/news/image/ttc_for_newshub_0.jpg?itok=wPraPWZc)
Recital Talk with Sivan Silver-Swartz '15
April 18, 2015
Conservatory Communications Staff
Senior composition student discusses the creative process and more.
![Sivan Silver-Swartz recital poster.](https://www.oberlin.edu/sites/default/files/styles/fp_w360_h270/public/content/news/image/sivan_recital_poster.png?itok=e34oo50Z)
Student Composers Get a Formalist Education
March 12, 2015
Daniel Hautzinger
New creations, written over winter term, spring to life through a string quartet collaboration on campus.
![Student composers worked with members of the Formalist Quartet](https://www.oberlin.edu/sites/default/files/styles/fp_w360_h270/public/content/news/image/dsc_0179_1.jpg?itok=bOdYcs1O)
Student Compositions to Be Premiered by Formalist Quartet in February
January 23, 2015
Conservatory Communications Staff
Winter Term workshop includes collaboration with visiting artists.
![Formalist Quartet working in Clonick Hall.](https://www.oberlin.edu/sites/default/files/styles/fp_w360_h270/public/content/news/image/formalist_quartet_in_clonick.png?itok=TPqjRcFz)
Gregory Walker Plays His Father's Work With Oberlin Orchestra
October 30, 2014
Conservatory Communications Staff
Accomplished in a wide array of styles, Walker the younger helps the campus pay tribute to one of its most lauded composers.
![George Walker](https://www.oberlin.edu/sites/default/files/styles/fp_w360_h270/public/content/news/image/georgewalker_0.jpg?itok=WGoOsEyZ)