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Oberlin Celebrates Professor Steven Plank’s 20 Years as Collegium Musicum Director with Reunion Weekend and Concert

Alex Birnie ‘10 - February 08, 2010

Oberlin will celebrate Professor of Musicology Steven Plank’s 20th season as director of Collegium Musicum by bringing together former members of the ensemble for two days, February 19 and 20. More than 50 alumni from across the country will perform alongside current students under Plank’s baton in a special concert taking place in Warner Concert Hall on Saturday, February 20, at 8 p.m. The concert is free and open to the public.

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Associate Professor of Jazz Trombone Robin Eubanks Wins 2009 DownBeat Readers' Poll

Marci Janas ’91 - February 04, 2010

The readers of DownBeat magazine have spoken. Grammy winner Robin Eubanks, associate professor of jazz trombone, is the number one jazz trombone player for 2009. This is the 74th year that the magazine has been taking the temperature of its readers, who cast their opinions in categories that include individual artists, jazz groups, and recordings. There were 12 trombonists in Eubanks’ category, which included such artists as Slide Hampton and Delfeayo Marsalis.  “I want to thank DownBeat’s readers for the acknowledgement, and I hope to see and meet them as I travel and tour this year,” says Eubanks.

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Oberlin College Celebrates Black History Month

February 03, 2010

Oberlin College will observe Black History Month 2010 with a series of speakers, social events, and performances that celebrate black history, showcase Oberlin’s black community, and present perspectives on black culture today. Among the many programs will be a presentation by civil rights activist and educator Prexy Nesbitt on February 14 and a performance by Oberlin’s Black Musicians Guild on February 21.

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Joshua Bell and Jeremy Denk, February 3, 2010 in Finney Chapel

January 31, 2010

**UPDATE 1-29-10: This event is SOLD OUT!

Oberlin College will launch the spring season of its Artist Recital Series on Wednesday, February 3, 2010, with an 8 p.m. performance in Finney Chapel by one of today’s finest pairs of classical musicians: violinist Joshua Bell and pianist Jeremy Denk. “These two musicians are an ideally matched duo, with Mr. Denk’s fiery playing complementing Mr. Bell’s luxuriant singing tone.” (the New York Times)

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Three Concerts, Three Days, Sixty Songs: Oberlin Celebrates Schumann, February 4-6, 2010

Jessica Futran '13 - January 29, 2010

The Oberlin Conservatory of Music will present a series of three concerts, Schumann: Off the Beaten Path, a compilation of sixty Schumann compositions, in celebration of his 200th birthday. The concerts will take place at 8 p.m. on February 4, 5, and 6 in Oberlin’s Warner Concert Hall. Admission is free and no tickets are required.

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New Art Therapy Program Will Help Students Decompress

By Paris Achenbach - January 28, 2010

Starting February 17, Oberlin’s Center for Leadership in Health Promotion (CLHP) will offer an art therapy program designed to help students unwind through painting, drawing, and other creative ventures. “Art therapy is a way for students to decompress, get out of their head, and just take a moment to relax,” says CLHP director Lori Morgan Flood.

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Shuo Li '12 Earns Second Prize at Meg Quigley Vivaldi Competition

By Alex Birnie '10 - January 27, 2010

Bassoonist and conservatory sophomore Shuo Li won second prize at the Meg Quigley Vivaldi Competition, which took place January 15-17, 2010, on the Oberlin campus. Shuo Li of China was one of 10 semifinalists who participated in the event, which also featured a symposium of workshops, master classes, and recitals by leading bassoonists. The competition and symposium, founded in 2004 by Oberlin alumnae Nicolasa Kuster ’93 and Kristin Wolfe Jensen ’89, attracted more than 100 talented bassoonists from throughout the Americas. The competition is exclusive to women bassoonists and offers the chance for them to compete for more than $20,000 in total prizes, including a grand prize of $9,000. Shuo Li was awarded $5,500. The grand prizewinner was Amanda Swain from Houston, Texas.

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Robert Bosch Awarded Mathematical Art Exhibition First Prize

January 25, 2010

Professor of Mathematics and Robert and Eleanor Biggs Professor of Natural Science Robert Bosch, who produces works of art constructed with the aid of mathematical optimization techniques, was recently awarded first prize at the Mathematical Art Exhibition for Embrace, a sculpted variation of a continuous line drawing. Constructed from stainless steel and brass, the work is an artistic rendition of a solution to the traveling salesman problem.

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Two Classic American Operas Staged in Oberlin January 30

Jessica Futran ’13 - January 21, 2010

Some of the conservatory's most talented opera students will appear in a winter-term production of two classic American operas: Gian Carlo Menotti’s The Medium and Leonard Bernstein’s Trouble in Tahiti. The operas will be presented as a double-bill on one night only, Saturday, January 30, at 8 p.m. in Finney Chapel, and admission is free.

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Celebrated Author and Oberlin Professor Dan Chaon Makes his Mark on Aspiring Writers

by Michael Emerson Dirda ’09 - January 20, 2010

Delaney Associate Professor of Creative Writing Dan Chaon, an O. Henry Award winner and New York Times bestselling author, talks about his teaching methods, collaborative learning, and how studying narrative can help you see the world in ways you’ve never seen it before.

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Apollo Theatre Receives Historic Preservation Tax Credit Award

Dec 11, 2009

Oberlin College received a significant boost in its effort to revitalize the Apollo Theatre with the announcement of a $2 million historic preservation tax credit award from the State of Ohio.


Oberlin to Host Foreign-Language Program in Summer 2010

Dec 02, 2009

Oberlin College has been selected as a new site of the Middlebury-Monterey Language Academy (MMLA), a foreign-language summer study program for talented youth that currently has campuses in Vermont and Massachusetts


Oberlin College Faculty Unanimously Endorses Open Access

Nov 20, 2009

The Oberlin College General Faculty unanimously endorsed on November 18 a resolution to make their scholarly articles openly accessible on the Internet. As a result of the measure, the rich scholarly output of the Oberlin faculty will become available to a much broader national and international audience. The Oberlin resolution is similar to policies passed at Harvard University, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, the University of Kansas, and Trinity University.


First Power Shift Ohio Summit to Be Held at Oberlin College

Nov 04, 2009

Oberlin College will host youth from all over the state in the first Power Shift Ohio summit November 6 to 8. The event is a regional spin-off of last year’s Power Shift 2009, in which 12,000 young people gathered in Washington, D.C. to lobby for environmentally friendly jobs and clean energy in the largest youth activist event on climate change in history.


Bishop Gene Robinson to Explore Religion and Sexuality at Finney

Oct 16, 2009

The Episcopal Bishop of New Hampshire Gene Robinson, widely known as the first openly gay and partnered bishop of a major Christian denomination and the religious leader who delivered the invocation at Barack Obama’s kickoff inaugural event on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial this past January, will speak at Oberlin College’s Finney Chapel on Tuesday, October 27 at 7:30 p.m.

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Oberlin chemistry professor gets $60,000 research grant (The Morning Journal)

Nov 22, 2009

The Camille and Henry Dreyfus Foundation has awarded Oberlin College Associate Professor of Chemistry Manish Mehta the Henry Dreyfus Teacher-Scholar Award for his leadership in conducting original scholarly research with undergraduates. The award — one of the chemistry community's highest honors — provides Mehta with an unrestricted research grant of $60,000 for expansion of student research opportunities over the summer, as well as travel to conferences and the purchase of new lab equipment.


Q&A with Oberlin sustainability expert and author David Orr (The Plain Dealer)

Oct 24, 2009

David Orr is in high demand -- and in typically high gear. He's professor of environmental studies and politics and adviser to the president of Oberlin College, but also teaches at the University of Vermont. Orr talked with The Plain Dealer recently about the new book and related matters.


Dan Chaon: Characters find sense of self (San Francisco Chronicle)

Oct 08, 2009

Chaon's second novel, "Await Your Reply," chronicles three characters as they attempt to reinvent themselves. This is not silly-high-schooler-has-a-

makeover stuff. Instead, Chaon investigates the psychological workings behind Lucy, an orphan who runs away with her teacher-lover; Ryan, an adoptee who disappears with his birth father and steals identities; and Miles, a lone twin who is searching for his shape-shifting brother. Chaon married one of his teachers, writer Sheila Schwartz, and is now a professor at Oberlin College in Ohio.


A night at the Apollo: DeVito, Perlman welcome Oberlin theater back to life (Morning Journal)

Oct 05, 2009

Last night, actors Danny DeVito and wife Rhea Perlman, along with director James Burrows and his wife, Debbie, helped Oberlin celebrate the grand reopening of the Apollo Theatre. The theater was purchased by Oberlin College in February and was closed all summer for renovations. “For the college, acquiring the Apollo was an unexpected opportunity that arrived at a challenging time,” Krislov said. “Given the economic circumstances, the fact that we were able to move so quickly to buy, renovate and reopen this theater tells you how much the Apollo means to this community.”


Oberlin Conservatory and Viola Professor Peter Slowik Praised in Strad Article

Oct 29, 2009

A feature in the November 2009 issue of The Strad praised Professor of Viola Peter Slowik for his work with the summer program Credo, held annually on the Oberlin campus. "Oberlin College Conservatory, home to the festival, is no run-of-the-mill institution," observes writer Heather Kurzbauer, noting the college's progressive history as "a trendsetter in the early 19th century. In the new millennium," she continues, "a college famed for its combination of academic study and high-level music offers outstanding facilities and moral support for Credo’s mission." Slowik, "a man of limitless enthusiasm and purpose," personifies Credo's dual purpose of musical excellence and faith-based community service. "While many an esteemed pedagogue spends the summer months jetting off to masterclasses around the globe, Slowik gets down to the nitty-gritty of teaching in his own backyard," writes Kurzbauer. "Refuting the very notion that teaching can be tedious, Slowik infuses his lessons with the powerful dynamics of give and take." Excerpt only available online; subscription required to view full article.

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