Oberlin’s Gospel Choir will have their annual concert held this Tuesday, May 6th, at 7:30PM in Finney Chapel. Having looked forward to attending, I was disappointed to discover I had scheduled another concert at the same time. In light of this oversight, I chatted with my alto friend Tali Goelman one night prior to the… Continue reading Preview: Oberlin Gospel Choir Concert
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Max Lang’s Final Collaboration With Professor Kendra Colton
Oberlin’s Kendra Colton, Associate Professor of Voice, will be retiring at the end of this semester, after one final concert with her chamber voice class on Friday, May 9th at 6pm in Stull Recital Hall. Included on the program will be the world premiere of third-year Max Lang’s They Shut Me Up in Prose for… Continue reading Max Lang’s Final Collaboration With Professor Kendra Colton
Recording Review: Replacing The Iconic OFF Soundtrack
Belgian graphic artist and game developer Martin Georis, known online as Mortis Ghost, recently unveiled plans for a remaster of his 2009 RPG OFF. The indie classic gained a large following in the years since its first fan-made English translation in 2011, inspiring many popular video games today. When the composer of the original soundtrack,… Continue reading Recording Review: Replacing The Iconic OFF Soundtrack
Francesca Neibel-Spruill’s Senior Composition Recital
Writing an hour’s worth of music, recruiting performers, rehearsing, and putting on a concert is not an easy task. However, every senior in Oberlin Conservatory’s composition department is required to perform such a feat, which Francesca Neibel-Spruill accomplished on March 15 in Warner Concert Hall. Niebel-Spruill’s refined composition style was apparent throughout the concert. Every… Continue reading Francesca Neibel-Spruill’s Senior Composition Recital
Recording Review: Carl St. Jacques’s Elemental Prayer Suite, featuring Daniel Stewart, viola
Intimate and sentimental are only a few words to describe the Santa Cruz Symphony’s premiere of Carl St. Jacques’s viola concerto The Elemental Prayer Suite. St. Jacques was a violist and close friend of music director Daniel Stewart, so his passing from lung cancer in 2022 prompted Stewart to program the concerto the following season,… Continue reading Recording Review: Carl St. Jacques’s Elemental Prayer Suite, featuring Daniel Stewart, viola
Second-Year Composition Midway
“There’s going to be God – and bananas!” was Oberlin composer Marshall Engel’s advertising pitch for the second-year composition studio midway concert. There was, in fact, God – and bananas. The beginning of second semester marks the composition department midway concerts – and second-years had their turn on March 22, at 2:00pm in Clonick Hall.… Continue reading Second-Year Composition Midway
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