News
Master Class at the Cat with Chris Eldridge ’04
October 9, 2023
Genevieve Dilan
Grammy Award-winning guitarist and singer Chris Eldridge ’04 returned to Oberlin for a brief residency that included a band workshop at the Cat in the Cream on the afternoon of October 6.
![Chris Eldridge, seated at a cafe table, gesturing towards a music ensemble off-frame.](https://www.oberlin.edu/sites/default/files/styles/fp_w360_h270/public/content/news/image/202310_chriseldridge_gdilan-1.jpg?itok=Cz31ur1j)
The Lives of African American Women are Shared in a History Design Lab Project
December 2, 2021
Yvonne Gay
A history project moves from the classroom to an ongoing digital platform that focuses on the lives of extraordinary African American women closely associated with the college.
![A student in a class looks at a professor.](https://www.oberlin.edu/sites/default/files/styles/fp_w360_h270/public/content/news/images-2021/historydesignlabinstitute.yvonnegay.jpg?itok=WpiSw8Ns)
Expressing Vulnerability Through Music
March 24, 2021
Yvonne Gay
A few months ago, Özüm Pamukçu ’23 explored her ability to become fully vulnerable. Her journey led to the production of two original songs and a thirst for more.
![A wide photo of downtown Istanbul, Turkey.](https://www.oberlin.edu/sites/default/files/styles/fp_w360_h270/public/content/news/images-2021/istanbulturkey._photo_by_kerem_albuyurjpg-cover.jpg?itok=0OlkPXZE)
Discovering a Passion for Science Communication: Lisa Learman '16
January 6, 2021
Jaimie Yue '22
A biology and musical studies double major at Oberlin, Learman is completing her PhD in the Cellular and Molecular Medicine program at Johns Hopkins University.
![Lisa Learman '16 Lisa Learman, wearing a lab coat, stands in a science lab.](https://www.oberlin.edu/sites/default/files/styles/fp_w360_h270/public/content/news/lisa_learman_crop-news.jpg?itok=gPi2uM7q)
Arts and Sciences Orchestra Collaboration Premieres December 15
December 10, 2020
Erich Burnett
Virtual performance draws upon musicians from the college, community, conservatory, and elsewhere.
![string musicians performing.](https://www.oberlin.edu/sites/default/files/styles/fp_w360_h270/public/content/news/image/as_orchestra_ensembles2_dec_2020.png?itok=zEIhO0tz)
Oberlin Conservatory Claims Record Number of Fulbright Finalists
May 13, 2020
Erich Burnett
Honored students for 2020-21 plan musical studies across Europe, teaching in India, and more.
![Fulbright Program](https://www.oberlin.edu/sites/default/files/styles/fp_w360_h270/public/content/news/image/fulbright_logo_2020.jpg?itok=kqIul4L7)
Sophia Bass ’20 Awarded Fulbright Research Grant in India
May 13, 2020
Hillary Hempstead
The musical studies major will study Carnatic music in India.
![woman in blue dress sits on stool with drum.](https://www.oberlin.edu/sites/default/files/styles/fp_w360_h270/public/content/news/images-2020/bass_sophia_headshot-news3.png?itok=YZdWWsBX)
Oberlin Gives Students in the Arts and Sciences a New Path to Musical Education
March 10, 2020
Communications Staff
Oberlin’s liberal arts students will have a new way to tap into the world-class musical education offered by the Conservatory of Music next year, as the institution launches a new music minor.
![Violin section and conductor](https://www.oberlin.edu/sites/default/files/styles/fp_w360_h270/public/content/news/image/as-orchestra-ygulenko.jpg?itok=hU6F1E9g)
Phlox Ensembles Give Underrepresented Groups a Voice
January 19, 2020
Hannah Schoepe ’20
Ensembles promote women and trans individuals in classical music, and celebrates repertoire by composers of these identities.
![students sing in an ensemble.](https://www.oberlin.edu/sites/default/files/styles/fp_w360_h270/public/content/news/image/phlox-nc-wt.jpg?itok=1HoPQP_w)
No Time Like Ngo Time
January 8, 2020
Charlotte Maskelony ’21
In four short years at Oberlin College, Alex Ngo set his course for a life in music.
![cast of Oberlin Theater Department's production of Cabaret](https://www.oberlin.edu/sites/default/files/styles/fp_w360_h270/public/content/news/image/cabaret_cast_by_john_seyfried.jpg?itok=70GENRyg)