News
Five Faculty Earn Excellence in Teaching Honors
March 14, 2024
Communications Staff
Annual awards celebrate distinguished and sustained leadership across the college and conservatory.
![Faculty honorees pose for a photo at the home of President Ambar.](https://www.oberlin.edu/sites/default/files/styles/fp_w360_h270/public/content/news/image/rs184778_obawardsbyscottshawphotography2.jpg?itok=U_LErgD7)
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)
Semester Ends with a Packed Performance Calendar
December 8, 2023
Cathy Partlow Strauss ’84
Oberlin Conservatory’s student and faculty performers have been filling most concert venues throughout the campus over the last week. During these final five bustling days before students head into reading period and then exams, this explosion of activity feels something akin to the thrilling finale of a fireworks display on New Year's Eve. So, join in—even from a distance. All of these concerts are free and open to the public, and all but one of them can be streamed live at concert time at oberlin.edu/livestream.
![Musical Union with Oberlin Orchestra Musical Union with Oberlin Orchestra](https://www.oberlin.edu/sites/default/files/styles/fp_w360_h270/public/content/news/image/mu-orchestra_pc-john_seyfried_6.jpeg?itok=VNco9ciN)
Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment Makes Rare U.S. Visit Nov. 22 at Oberlin
November 5, 2019
Erich Burnett
British period ensemble flouts orchestra conventions, embraces the road for two stateside performances.
![musicians from Britain's Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment. musicians from Britain's Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment.](https://www.oberlin.edu/sites/default/files/styles/fp_w360_h270/public/content/news/image/oae_for_web.jpg?itok=beDK9NKH)
Robert Willoughby, Legendary Flute Professor and Performer, Dies at 96
April 24, 2018
By Erich Burnett
Master of modern and historical flute devoted 37 years to teaching at Oberlin, leaving a long list of distinguished former students.
![Robert Willoughby](https://www.oberlin.edu/sites/default/files/styles/fp_w360_h270/public/content/news/image/robert_willoughby_portrait_nd_copy.jpg?itok=EiJElbtp)
Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra Takes Bach to the Future Feb. 28
February 22, 2017
Erich Burnett
Part of the Artist Recital Series, multimedia performance celebrates the composer's genius through music and images.
![Orchestra musicians with stringed and wind instruments](https://www.oberlin.edu/sites/default/files/styles/fp_w360_h270/public/content/news/image/1617-tafelmusik-baroque-orchestra-bysianrichards.jpeg_copy.jpeg?itok=zH7_BiNz)
Four Days in Portugal
December 9, 2016
Christine Jay ’17
Oberlin flute students join their mentor at an international music conference.
![Two women posing](https://www.oberlin.edu/sites/default/files/styles/fp_w360_h270/public/content/news/image/four-days-in-portugal.jpg?itok=G9ejOBNI)
Harpsichordist Mark Edwards Named to Historical Performance Faculty
April 11, 2016
Erich Burnett
Standout performer hailed for his virtuosity and intellectual approach.
![Mark Edwards](https://www.oberlin.edu/sites/default/files/styles/fp_w360_h270/public/content/news/image/markedwards_by_elizabeth_delage_0.jpg?itok=Ry3j1CZ-)
A Long-Forgotten Instrument Takes Center Stage at Oberlin
September 10, 2014
By Erich Burnett
September 13 faculty recital marks the debut of a newly acquired 19th-century fortepiano.
![Historical keyboard](https://www.oberlin.edu/sites/default/files/styles/fp_w360_h270/public/content/news/image/zierer_closeup_0.jpg?itok=kJS5tHna)