News
Madisyn Mettenburg ’19 Awarded Fulbright English Teaching Assistantship in South Korea
May 15, 2019
Phoebe Pan ’20
Madisyn Mettenburg ’19 has been awarded a Fulbright English Teaching Assistantship in South Korea.
![Madisyn Mettenburg ’19 Madisyn Mettenburg seated, posing outside of the Conservatory of Music library.](https://www.oberlin.edu/sites/default/files/styles/fp_w360_h270/public/content/news/image/madisyn_mettenburg_headshot.jpg?itok=MemNC-Uo)
Phoebe Durand-McDonnell ’19 Awarded Fulbright Award in Switzerland
May 15, 2019
Erin Ulrich ’18
Harp performance major Phoebe Durand-McDonnell ’19 has been awarded a Fulbright to study historical harp performance in Switzerland.
![Phoebe Durand-McDonnell ’19 Phoebe Durand-McDonnell smiling and seated playing the harp.](https://www.oberlin.edu/sites/default/files/styles/fp_w360_h270/public/content/news/image/phoebe_durand-mcdonnell_headshot.jpg?itok=Hx1HfcC5)
Virtuoso Cellist, Teacher George Neikrug Dies at 100
May 15, 2019
By Erich Burnett
Member of Oberlin String Quartet made 1966 solo appearance in New York to honor conservatory's centennial.
![photo of late cello professor George Neikrug](https://www.oberlin.edu/sites/default/files/styles/fp_w360_h270/public/content/news/image/george_neikrug_courtesy_oberlin_college_archives.jpg?itok=rHSGjQDZ)
Oberlin Arts and Sciences Orchestra Offers Non-Music Majors Access to Conservatory
May 14, 2019
Hillary Hempstead
Led by Visiting Assistant Professor of Conducting Tiffany Chang ’09, the Oberlin Arts and Sciences Orchestra gives students in the College of Arts and Sciences access to experiences in the conservatory.
![Oberlin Arts and Sciences Orchestra Oberlin Arts and Sciences Orchestra plays in Finney Chapel](https://www.oberlin.edu/sites/default/files/styles/fp_w360_h270/public/content/news/image/oaso-conduct.jpg?itok=eXuNrdht)
A Career Composing Music: Griffin Jennings ’18
May 13, 2019
Jane Hobson ’22
Freelance composer Griffin Jennings ’18 is discovering creative ways to write music and push the boundaries of film and podcast music composition.
![Griffin Jennings ’18 Headshot of Griffin Jennings against a brick wall](https://www.oberlin.edu/sites/default/files/styles/fp_w360_h270/public/content/news/image/griffin_jennings_headshot.jpg?itok=RwBnMCES)
Amelia Lewis ’21 Earns Science Research Fellowship in Germany
May 9, 2019
Erin Ulrich ’18
A geology and environmental studies double major, Amelia Lewis ’21 will be conducting geomorphology research at the University of Tübingen in Germany this summer.
![Amelia Lewis ’21 Amelia Lewis smiling, seated at a desk in the geology lab](https://www.oberlin.edu/sites/default/files/styles/fp_w360_h270/public/content/news/image/amelia_lewis_headshot.jpg?itok=yaz_fdLm)
Courtney Bryan ’04 Awarded Rome Prize for Composition
May 8, 2019
Erich Burnett
Multitalented musician to live in Italy, create chamber piece based on the life of an ancient emperor.
![composer Courtney Bryan](https://www.oberlin.edu/sites/default/files/styles/fp_w360_h270/public/content/news/image/screen_shot_2019-05-08_at_2.48.32_pm.jpg?itok=J0aixuyi)
Julia Berrebi ’19 Awarded Visiting English Teaching Post at Lingnan University in Hong Kong
May 8, 2019
Erin Ulrich ’18
An English major, Julia Berrebi ’19 will embark on a yearlong teaching position at Lingnan University in Hong Kong after graduation.
![Julia Berrebi ’19 Julia Berrebi holding a book and smiling, sitting at a desk in the Writing Center](https://www.oberlin.edu/sites/default/files/styles/fp_w360_h270/public/content/news/image/julia_berrebi_headshot.jpg?itok=iJrovsGi)
Applying Experience: Nia Owen ’18
May 6, 2019
Phoebe Pan ’20
Nia Owen ’18 is heading to Cambridge University to pursue a Master of Philosophy in film and screen studies.
![Nia Owen ’18 Nia Owen against a city backdrop](https://www.oberlin.edu/sites/default/files/styles/fp_w360_h270/public/content/news/image/nia_owen_headshot.jpg?itok=YtgfjYVi)
Carson Fratus Awarded Fulbright Foreign Scholarship to Study Music of South India
May 6, 2019
Julie Gulenko ’15
A winter-term trip gave Carson Fratus a glimpse of India. Now a Fulbright fellowship gives him a year.
![photo by julie gulenko’15 percussionist Carson Fratus](https://www.oberlin.edu/sites/default/files/styles/fp_w360_h270/public/content/news/image/carsonfratus.jpg?itok=yhywPg2j)