News
Jazz Vocalist Dani Assis ’23 Wins Ella Fitzgerald Jazz Vocal Competition
June 4, 2024
Cathy Partlow Strauss ’84
A rising star, Assis emerged from an international pool of talent in this year’s competition with vocalists from China, Belarus, Canada, Germany, Mexico, and across the United States.
![Dani Assis portrait](https://www.oberlin.edu/sites/default/files/styles/fp_w360_h270/public/content/news/image/dani_assis_headshot.png?itok=ulQqz17c)
Students Create Project That Engages Local Hospital Patients and Nursing Home Residents
June 4, 2024
George Rogers
Oboist Meera Bhatia ’23 and flutist Emily Nixon ’23 visited local hospital and nursing homes over the past academic year, commissioning and premiering a piece by Jeff Scott through the Gletherow-Young-Deppman Project Award.
![Bhatia and Nixon at Mercy Two student musicians pose in Mercy Hospital lobby.](https://www.oberlin.edu/sites/default/files/styles/fp_w360_h270/public/content/news/image/202312_bhatia-nixon_jstrauss_760x570.jpg?itok=oMwa_LOf)
Conservatory Celebrates Standout Students for 2024
May 13, 2024
Communications Staff
Annual reception held May 13 in Stull Recital Hall.
![Elizabeth Hanje with conservatory deans.](https://www.oberlin.edu/sites/default/files/styles/fp_w360_h270/public/content/news/image/conservatory_awards_ceremony_in_stull_hall-38_0.jpg?itok=Bp7nUap4)
Violinist Maya Irizarry Lambright to Solo with Oberlin Orchestra
May 9, 2024
Cathy Partlow Strauss '84
A winner of the 2023-24 Senior Concerto Competition, Lambright will open the program with Shulamit Ran's Violin Concerto. The second half of the program features the orchestra in Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov's Scheherazade.
![Maya Irizarry Lambright violinist wearing gray suite and with short curly hair stands in front of windows](https://www.oberlin.edu/sites/default/files/styles/fp_w360_h270/public/content/news/image/concertowinners2024_lambright_760x570.jpg?itok=GvsFtWWx)
Peter Takács—A Half-Century Celebrated
May 4, 2024
Stephanie Manning ’23
This spring marks the official conclusion of Takács’ tenure, after an incredible 48 years of teaching. Many of his former students from around the world are set to convene for a celebratory concert in Warner Concert Hall on May 12
![Peter Takács portrait man seated in front of grand piano](https://www.oberlin.edu/sites/default/files/styles/fp_w360_h270/public/content/news/image/takacs_at_piano-2024_760x570.jpg?itok=cYqVhogL)
Pianist Jiongli Wang to Perform with Oberlin Chamber Orchestra
May 2, 2024
Cathy Partlow Strauss ’84
On Friday, May 3, the Oberlin Chamber Orchestra performs a program that will showcase Concerto Competition winner Jiongli Wang in Frédéric Chopin’s First Piano Concerto, as well as fourth-year composition student Cashel Day-Lewis in the premiere of his Black River Prelude commissioned by Oberlin Conservatory in honor of the Lorain County Bicentennial.
![portrait of pianist Jiongli Wang standing in front of a grand piano portrait of pianist Jiongli Wang standing in front of a grand piano](https://www.oberlin.edu/sites/default/files/styles/fp_w360_h270/public/content/news/image/concertowinners2024_wang_760x570.jpg?itok=tiFK-A7M)
Oberlin Conservatory Presents Holocaust Remembrance Day Programs
May 1, 2024
Cathy Partlow Strauss ’84
Programs on May 5 and 6 include talk by Holocaust survivor Carol Wilner, instruments from Violins of Hope, and performances by Conservatory faculty, students, and alumni.
![image of violins from the Violins of Hope collection backs of Holocaust era violins with inlaid Stars of David on the backs](https://www.oberlin.edu/sites/default/files/styles/fp_w360_h270/public/content/news/image/violins_of_hope_image_760x570.jpeg?itok=u11W8iH7)
José Ramón Méndez Appointed to Piano Faculty at Oberlin
April 18, 2024
Cathy Partlow Strauss ’84
Oberlin Conservatory is delighted to announce that pianist José Ramón Méndez will join the faculty as Associate Professor of Piano in the fall 2024 semester.
![José Ramón Mendez José Ramón Mendez portrait](https://www.oberlin.edu/sites/default/files/styles/fp_w360_h270/public/content/news/image/jose_ramon_mendez_landscape.jpeg?itok=YWZcb_YF)
Cellist Drew Dansby to Perform Jazz-Influenced Cello Concerto
April 11, 2024
Cathy Partlow Strauss ’84
In a "first" for the Oberlin Concerto Competition, the soloist—performing David Baker’s 1987 Concerto for Cello and Jazz Band—will be accompanied by a jazz ensemble.
![Drew Dansby portrait young man in gold shirt, seated with cello](https://www.oberlin.edu/sites/default/files/styles/fp_w360_h270/public/content/news/image/concertowinners2024_dansby_760x570_4.jpg?itok=H6D2teko)
Keeping Creation Collaborative with Silkroad
April 10, 2024
Stephanie Manning '23
Percussionist Haruka Fujii and friends elevate women composers and their cultural influences on the Silkroad Ensemble’s “Uplifted Voices” program, coming to Oberlin’s Artist Recital Series.
![six artists, female and non-binary, onstage playing various instruments](https://www.oberlin.edu/sites/default/files/styles/fp_w360_h270/public/content/news/image/silkroad_requested_photo_newscenter_v2.png?itok=5zOT0JKp)