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Oberlin Conservatory of Music at Oberlin College (The Kennedy Center)

Oberlin Conservatory of Music

The Oberlin Conservatory of Music, founded in 1865 and situated amid the intellectual vitality of Oberlin College since 1867, is the oldest continuously operating conservatory in the United States.  Renowned internationally as a professional music school of the highest caliber and pronounced a “national treasure” by the Washington Post, its alumni have gone to achieve illustrious careers in all aspects of the serious music world.  Numerous Oberlin alumni have attained stature as solo performers, composers, and conductors, among them Denyce Graves, David Zinman, Jennifer Koh, Steven Isserlis, Robert Spano, Franco Farina, Christopher Rouse, Lisa Saffer, George Walker, and Christopher Robertson.  All of the members of the contemporary music ensembles eighth blackbird and the International Contemporary Ensemble (ICE) are Oberlin graduates, and members of the Miro, Pacifica, Juilliard, and Fry Street quartets, among others, include Oberlin alumni, who can also be found in major orchestras and opera companies throughout the world.

Watch Past Performances

Oberlin Conservatory of Music 4/14/13: Oberlin Conservatory of Music

Students play works by Lutos?awski, Stravinsky, Schoenberg, and Villa-Lobos. Part of the Conservatory Project.

Oberlin Conservatory of Music

Students play works by Lutos?awski, Stravinsky, Schoenberg, and Villa-Lobos. Part of the Conservatory Project.
Oberlin Conservatory of Music 3/10/12: Oberlin Conservatory of Music

Students play a program featuring works by Haydn, Luciano Berio, Kodály, Dutilleux, and Patrick Adams. Part of the Conservatory Project.

Oberlin Conservatory of Music

Students play a program featuring works by Haydn, Luciano Berio, Kodály, Dutilleux, and Patrick Adams. Part of the Conservatory Project.
Oberlin Conservatory of Music 5/1/11: Oberlin Conservatory of Music

Students play works by Rameau, Rachmaninoff, Moszkowski, Lindberg, and Xenakis. Part of the Conservatory Project.

Oberlin Conservatory of Music

Students play works by Rameau, Rachmaninoff, Moszkowski, Lindberg, and Xenakis. Part of the Conservatory Project.
Oberlin Conservatory of Music 5/16/10: Oberlin Conservatory of Music

The conservatory’s Donati String Quartet performs works by Abel, Bird, Schubert, Carter, Hurel, and Stravinsky. Part of the Kennedy Center Conservatory Project.

Oberlin Conservatory of Music

The conservatory’s Donati String Quartet performs works by Abel, Bird, Schubert, Carter, Hurel, and Stravinsky. Part of the Kennedy Center Conservatory Project.
Oberlin Conservatory of Music 5/19/09: Oberlin Conservatory of Music

Students from Oberlin Conservatory of Music play works by Couperin, Mayuzumi, Boehm, Beethoven, Liszt, and Oberlin pianist Ran Duan. Part of the Kennedy Center Conservatory Project.

Oberlin Conservatory of Music

Students from Oberlin Conservatory of Music play works by Couperin, Mayuzumi, Boehm, Beethoven, Liszt, and Oberlin pianist Ran Duan. Part of the Kennedy Center Conservatory Project.
Oberlin Conservatory of Music 2/25/08: Oberlin Conservatory of Music

Students from the Oberlin Conservatory of Music perform classical works by Chopin, Mozart, Muczynski, Smetana, and Richard Strauss. Part of the Conservatory Project.

Oberlin Conservatory of Music

Students from the Oberlin Conservatory of Music perform classical works by Chopin, Mozart, Muczynski, Smetana, and Richard Strauss. Part of the Conservatory Project.
Oberlin Conservatory of Music 5/23/07: Oberlin Conservatory of Music

Students perform classical works by Donatoni, Pierson, Debussy, Rossini, and Donizetti. Part of the Conservatory Project.

Oberlin Conservatory of Music

Students perform classical works by Donatoni, Pierson, Debussy, Rossini, and Donizetti. Part of the Conservatory Project.
Oberlin Conservatory of Music 2/18/06: Oberlin Conservatory of Music

Students from the conservatory perform classical works by Khachaturian, Handel, Schumann, and Liszt. Also, the Oberlin Jazz Septet plays jazz standards.

Oberlin Conservatory of Music

Students from the conservatory perform classical works by Khachaturian, Handel, Schumann, and Liszt. Also, the Oberlin Jazz Septet plays jazz standards.
Oberlin Conservatory of Music at Oberlin College 2/25/05: Oberlin Conservatory of Music at Oberlin College

Oberlin Conservatory of Music at Oberlin College presents works by Jenö Hubay, Hugo Wolf, Bohuslav Martinu, Fryderyk Chopin, and Béla Bartók.

Oberlin Conservatory of Music at Oberlin College

Oberlin Conservatory of Music at Oberlin College presents works by Jenö Hubay, Hugo Wolf, Bohuslav Martinu, Fryderyk Chopin, and Béla Bartók.

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