News
Oberlin Ensembles Perform for United Nations at Carnegie Hall
November 10, 2022
Office of Communications
December 2 concert before U.N. General Assembly celebrates new partnership; public preview in Oberlin slated for November 29.
![Oberlin Orchestra at Carnegie Hall.](https://www.oberlin.edu/sites/default/files/styles/fp_w360_h270/public/content/news/image/carnegie_hall_by_fadi_kheir.jpg?itok=ap8AxmZp)
Ross Karre Named Percussion Professor at Oberlin Conservatory
January 21, 2022
Erich Burnett
Appointment begins in fall 2022, charts new course for department led for 50 years by Michael Rosen.
![Ross Karre performing.](https://www.oberlin.edu/sites/default/files/styles/fp_w360_h270/public/content/news/image/ross_karre_for_web.jpg?itok=XfgbOk2C)
Conservatory Percussion Department Prepares for Life After a Legend
March 8, 2021
Erich Burnett
Pablo Rieppi to teach at Oberlin in 2021-22 as professor Michael Rosen concludes remarkable tenure.
![Michael Rosen in his percussion studio.](https://www.oberlin.edu/sites/default/files/styles/fp_w360_h270/public/content/news/image/mikerosenstudio_2015_by_tanya_rosen-jones.jpg?itok=U4VBR7Z0)
Oberlin Percussion Group Takes on Daunting Work by James Wood on New Oberlin Music Release
August 7, 2020
Erich Burnett
Commissioned by professor Michael Rosen, evocative Cloud-Polyphonies premiered at Oberlin in 2011.
![album cover featuring birds snd colorful clouds.](https://www.oberlin.edu/sites/default/files/styles/fp_w360_h270/public/content/news/image/oc_20-02_cloud-polyphonies_opg_-_for_web.png?itok=iymITlTL)
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)
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)
In the Practice Room with Percussionist and Fulbrighter Carson Fratus
April 8, 2019
Conservatory Communications Staff
After earning two Oberlin degrees, he will pursue his love of South Indian music.
![Carson Fratus.](https://www.oberlin.edu/sites/default/files/styles/fp_w360_h270/public/content/news/image/carson_fratus.png?itok=15MdDqQh)
Oberlin Music Releases Works by Ricardo Zohn-Muldoon
November 16, 2018
Erich Burnett
Songtree features performances by prominent Oberlin alumni and the Contemporary Music Ensemble.
![Songtree: Music of Ricardo Zohn-Muldoon](https://www.oberlin.edu/sites/default/files/styles/fp_w360_h270/public/content/news/image/oc_18-03_songtree_front_cover2_copy_3.jpg?itok=cSm9ek0Y)
TIMARA's Peter Swendsen Discusses Premiere with Jennifer Torrence '09
September 18, 2016
Julie Gulenko '15
Inspired by Shakespeare's Tempest, What Noises Remain emphasizes percussion and field recordings from around the world.
![Peter Swendsen.](https://www.oberlin.edu/sites/default/files/styles/fp_w360_h270/public/content/news/image/swendsenheadshot.jpg?itok=QeJ4w6ht)