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Oberlin Music Label Releases “Wish: Music of Valerie Coleman”
May 25, 2023
Cathy Partlow Strauss ’84
Flute Professor Alexa Still collaborates with pianist Evan Hines '16 in seven works for flute written by composer Valerie Coleman—some inspired by poems of Maya Angelou and Fred D'Aguiar; album also features the readings of these poems by Oberlin's President Carmen Ambar.
![Wish album cover - image showing a hand with butterfly resting on index finger hand with butterfly resting on index finger](https://www.oberlin.edu/sites/default/files/styles/fp_w360_h270/public/content/news/image/wish_cover_760x570.png?itok=vhKZsYqO)
Use It or Lose It: Railey Stern Yen Uses Fulbright to Reconnect with Taiwan
May 25, 2023
Amanda Nagy
A May 2023 graduate of the double degree program, Stern Yen will apply his experiences in teaching and working with youth.
![Railey Stern Yen Railey Stern Yen.](https://www.oberlin.edu/sites/default/files/styles/fp_w360_h270/public/content/news/Images-2023/raileysternyen-trj.jpg?itok=PUILfuYf)
Conservatory Celebrates Recipients of 2022-23 Honors & Awards
May 23, 2023
Communications Staff
Recipients of Oberlin Conservatory’s 2022-23 Honors and Awards included 43 outstanding students from across the Conservatory’s 11 divisions. Most of the prizes were given to graduating...
![Conservatory students pose with awards.](https://www.oberlin.edu/sites/default/files/styles/fp_w360_h270/public/content/news/image/con-awards-2023.jpg?itok=heOAO9ht)
Bryan Parkhurst Earns Excellence in Teaching Honors
May 17, 2023
Communications Staff
Music theory professor contributed to key revisions to the conservatory curriculum.
![Bryan Parkhurst.](https://www.oberlin.edu/sites/default/files/styles/fp_w360_h270/public/content/news/image/rs78779_bryanparkhurst-015-lpr.jpg?itok=od79Cyyr)
Dang Thai Son Earns Excellence in Teaching Honors
May 17, 2023
Communications Staff
Piano professor’s legacy carries forward in new generation of standout performers.
![Dang Thai Son exuberantly teaching a student at the piano.](https://www.oberlin.edu/sites/default/files/styles/fp_w360_h270/public/content/news/image/dang_thai_son_in_como_master_class_march_2017_by_dale_preston_83.jpg?itok=AvUO6c2z)
Megan Kaes Long Earns Excellence in Teaching Honors
May 17, 2023
Communications Staff
Music theory professor garnered industry accolades, contributed to pivotal curriculum revisions.
![Megan Kaes Long.](https://www.oberlin.edu/sites/default/files/styles/fp_w360_h270/public/content/news/image/megan_kaes_long_2019_by_tanya_rosen-jones-lpr.jpg?itok=kFklHFga)
Rhiannon Giddens ’00 Wins 2023 Pulitzer Prize for Music
May 12, 2023
Annie Zaleski
Singer, multi-instrumentalist, and composer honored for the historical opera Omar.
![Rhiannon Giddens.](https://www.oberlin.edu/sites/default/files/styles/fp_w360_h270/public/content/news/image/giddens_by_ebru_yildiz.png?itok=pazHjgbm)
Chopin Competition Winner Bruce Liu to Perform on Oberlin Artist Recital Series
April 23, 2023
Cathy Partlow Strauss ’84
Rising Canadian pianist Bruce Liu, winner of the 18th Chopin International Piano Competition in Warsaw, Poland, will perform the closing program on the Oberlin Artist Recital Series 2022-23 season. The concert is at 2:30 p.m. on April 30 in historic Finney Chapel.
![Bruce Liu performing at the Chopin Competition in October 2021. Bruce Liu performing at the Chopin Competition in October 2021.](https://www.oberlin.edu/sites/default/files/styles/fp_w360_h270/public/content/news/image/bruce-liu_at_chopin_competition_760x570.jpeg?itok=wrS4Rtg9)
Students, Faculty Participate in Detroit's Resonate Symposium
April 14, 2023
Cathy Partlow Strauss ’84
Two years in the making, Oberlin Conservatory students and faculty are in midtown Detroit, April 14-15, to participate and perform in the Resonate Chamber Music Symposium , held at The Carr Center —an organization dedicated to showcasing Black arts and artists.
![Faculty composer Michael Frazier receives ovation for a performance in Finney Chapel.](https://www.oberlin.edu/sites/default/files/styles/fp_w360_h270/public/content/news/image/frazier_ovation_2023.jpg?itok=glClqeU3)
Oberlin's Cooper International Competition for Piano Returns in 2023
April 7, 2023
Cathy Partlow Strauss ’84
“We are thrilled to bring back the Cooper piano competition and to collaborate with the Cleveland Orchestra once again as we celebrate the best young piano talent in the world,” says Oberlin Professor of Piano Robert Shannon, Cooper piano competition director and jury chair. Applications are due on April 25.
![Cooper Competition graphic Cooper Competition yellow, red and white graphic with a violin set on a piano keyboard](https://www.oberlin.edu/sites/default/files/styles/fp_w360_h270/public/content/news/image/2022_cooper_competion_web_page_graphic_0.png?itok=jKNaWAjT)