On Saturday evening of March 1st Hao Yang performed a program as eclectic and emotional as her approach to the classical guitar. Fitting to the intimacy of Kulas Recital Hall, her craft expressed itself through storytelling. The selected pieces showcased an exploration across emotional extremes and mastery of technique. Her unmatched expression has brought her… Continue reading Hao Yang Matches Her Technicality With Warmth
Category: Reviews
Review: The Experience Machine
The Experience Machine, a musical written and directed by Rylan Dean Hefner, was performed as a staged reading at the Cat in the Cream on February 7th. Hefner, a third-year Theater and Musical Studies major from Minneapolis, has been working on the show for most of her time at Oberlin, and the production was the… Continue reading Review: The Experience Machine
Live Becomes Living with Yuka Honda
Last month, I attended all five events for WOBC’s 75th anniversary band-a-thon fundraiser for El Centro and Obies for Undocumented Inclusion. The experience of seeing twenty-one live performances in under forty-eight hours alone was exhilarating, if not slightly overstimulating. However, this made the more atmospheric and immersive acts stand out more, and no concert was… Continue reading Live Becomes Living with Yuka Honda
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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