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Gary Bartz, Oberlin’s Grammy-winning professor of jazz sax, will be honored on Sat, Apr 13 at 7:30 PM at the Kennedy Center. Named a 2024 NEA Jazz Master, Bartz will perform at the event. Stream it! arts.gov/honors/jazz
#NEAJazzMaster #garybartzsax
Thrilled to announce Oberlin's Commencement speaker! @RhiannonGiddens '00—the genre-defying singer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist who trained as an operatic soprano at Oberlin Conservatory—will deliver the keynote address to the Class of 2024. oberlin.edu/news/rhiannon-gi…
Hear jazz supergroup Artemis—Downbeat's 2023 Jazz Group of the Year—in concert on the Oberlin Artist Recital Series at Finney Chapel, Wednesday March 13 . Tickets $10-$35. oberlin.edu/events/artist_re…
#jazzmusic @artemisjazz
@LeagueOrch to honor Oberlin alumnus Lee Koonce '82 with the Gold Baton Award at the 2024 National Conference. Koonce has been recognized for his leadership in transforming the Gateways Music Festival into an organization of national significance.
PC: Jenn Manna
#oberlinalumni
Versatile American horn player David Byrd-Marrow has been appointed to the tenure-track horn professor position at Oberlin Conservatory. He brings an expansive range of experience and repertoire to the role and will join the brass department in fall 2024.
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The curtain closes on an electrifying Concert of Arias, and we're thrilled to announce this year's winners! ✨
🏆 First Place: Elizabeth "Hanje" – at Houston, TX
Conductor Stephen Gunzenhauser ’63 publishes “Travels with Stephen—The Most Famous Unknown Conductor” today! It covers 40 years of his life in music, as director of the Lancaster Symphony Orchestra and Grammy-nominated globetrotting guest conductor. stephengunzenhauser.com
The Making of World Premiere: Desenne Double Flute Concerto at Oberlin
After a long route to its debut, Still’s championship of this piece will be realized in a performance tonight—11/1 at 7:30, Finney Chapel. Stream it live at oberlin.edu/livestream
oberlin.edu/news/making-worl…
Subscribe now to the 23-24 Oberlin Artist Recital Series! Six concerts plus bonus program spotlight contributions of women musicians & composers. Hear Emerson Quartet, Seraph Brass, Jeremy Denk, Sounds of Zamar, Imani Winds, Artemis, and Silkroad.
oberlin.edu/artsguide
BREAKING! Oberlin jazz faculty member and legendary saxophonist Gary Bartz has been named a 2024 Jazz Master by the National Endowment for the Arts. Bartz joins the ranks with fellow Oberlin faculty member Billy Hart, a 2022 NEA Jazz Master.
#saxophonist #GaryBartz #neajazzmaster
Scholarship and research are alive at Oberlin Baroque Performance Institute. Last week the faculty performed the modern day premiere of newly discovered works by Marin Marais.
Read more: clevelandclassical.com/micha…
View the video of the performance:
youtu.be/NjrERknyqm0
Congratulations to Oberlin second-year jazz vocalist Aanya Sengupta, winner of @DownBeatMag's 46th Annual Student Music Award for Outstanding Performance by an Undergraduate Jazz Vocal Soloist!
#Voice #Jazz #JazzVoice #MusicAwards #OberlinJazz
Congrats to singer-songwriter
@RhiannonGiddens '00 on winning a 2023 #PulitzerPrize for music! Giddens & collaborator Michael Ables won for writing the opera "Omar." Read more about Giddens: bit.ly/3BsuZ01
Oberlin Sinfonietta, student composers, and Conservatory Professors Tim Weiss and Michael Frazier are at Detroit's Resonate Symposium—with partners Detroit Chamber Winds & Strings and The Carr Center. Learn more!
#resonateproject
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Yeah Yeah Yeahs (@yyys) members Karen O and Brian Chase met while attending Oberlin. How did the band settle on their memorable name? @AmerSongwriter has the story: americansongwriter.com/behin…
"Oberlin Opera’s wonderful mid-March production of Candide combined several layers of brilliance...Jonathon Field has ended his Oberlin Opera tenure with a brilliant show whose professionalism and energy will be difficult to match."
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Tuesday, March 28, is Oberlin's annual giving day, All In for Oberlin. One act of generosity can support scholarships, provide access, boost opportunities, and champion wellness.
#AllInForOberlin #GivingDay
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Best wishes to Oberlin Conservatory senior pianists Kai-Min Chang and Yangrui Cai—two of six finalists in the First Ljubljana International Piano Competition in Slovenia! Finals performance of complete concerti are March 4.
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Oberlin Improv Fest 2023 celebrates range of creative practices. The three-day festival, running March 2-4, presents 13 events and brings guest artists to campus to teach and perform. #OIF23
oberlin.edu/news/oberlin-imp…