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[Oberlin Conservatory @OberlinCon]

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! https://t.co/rIFht84cwM

#NEAJazzMaster #garybartzsax

[Oberlin Conservatory @OberlinCon]

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. https://t.co/Wa1DtYJMQl

[Oberlin Conservatory @OberlinCon]

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. https://t.co/ypyhAz16Pg

#jazzmusic @artemisjazz

[Oberlin Conservatory @OberlinCon]

@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

[Oberlin Conservatory @OberlinCon]

@RhiannonGiddens '00 performs as a guest instrumentalist playing banjo and viola on the new track “Texas Hold ‘Em” that @Beyonce dropped on Super Bowl Sunday. #banjoauntie

https://t.co/zjYpu9Cg8t

[Oberlin Conservatory @OberlinCon]

@beyoncepress So proud of our Oberlin Conservatory alumna Rhiannon Giddens '00!

[Oberlin Conservatory @OberlinCon]

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.
https://t.co/293b7YpGrK

[Houston Grand Opera @HouGrandOpera]

The curtain closes on an electrifying Concert of Arias, and we're thrilled to announce this year's winners! ✨

🏆 First Place: Elizabeth "Hanje"

[Oberlin Conservatory @OberlinCon]

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. https://t.co/XStTut9ky5

[Oberlin Conservatory @OberlinCon]

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 https://t.co/5mhre7olzG

https://t.co/7KGqjbMBZv

[Oberlin Conservatory @OberlinCon]

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.
https://t.co/5xfgQIP61I

[Oberlin Conservatory @OberlinCon]

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

[Oberlin Conservatory @OberlinCon]

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: https://t.co/WmS8NaKV6H

View the video of the performance:
https://t.co/ufxnnURQ5L

[Oberlin Conservatory @OberlinCon]

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

[Oberlin Conservatory @OberlinCon]

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: https://t.co/CMJ5MOBv1G

[Oberlin Conservatory @OberlinCon]

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
https://t.co/XdmAfOCgAL

[Oberlin College @oberlincollege]

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: https://t.co/FlptxknDZk

[Oberlin Conservatory @OberlinCon]

"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."
https://t.co/IAkQkJv9rA

[Oberlin Conservatory @OberlinCon]

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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