September On-Campus Events

The students are back on campus, so the Events Calendar is filling up! Check out the complete Events Calendar at http://new.oberlin.edu/calendar. As usual, Oberlin’s Artist Recital Series and Convocation Series will feature a number of interesting and talented performers and speakers this year.

For more information on the Convocation Series, please visit http://www.oberlin.edu/artsguide/convocation-series This year starts off with Adrian Fenty ’92 on Tuesday, September 13 at 7pm and Ira Glass on Saturday, September 24 at 7pm.

For more information on the Artist Recital Series, and to purchase tickets, please visit http://www2.oberlin.edu/artsguide/artist-recital-series/ This year starts off with violin virtuoso Itzhak Perlman on Sunday, September 11 at 8pm.

Constitution Day Speaker
On Wednesday, September 14, Louise Melling '82 will give a talk titled "I have Sex: Why to Care about Reproductive Rights in the 21st Century" from 4:30-5:30 in West Lecture Hall. No tickets are required.

Louise Melling is a Deputy Legal Director of the ACLU and the Director of the ACLU’s Center for Liberty. The Center encompasses the ACLU’s work on reproductive freedom, women’s rights, lesbian gay bisexual and transgender rights, and freedom of religion and belief. Before assuming the role of Deputy Legal Director in 2010, Ms. Melling was Director of the ACLU Reproductive Freedom Project, in which capacity she oversaw nationwide litigation, communications research, public education campaigns, and advocacy efforts in the state legislatures. Ms. Melling has appeared in federal and state courts around the country to challenge laws that restrict reproductive rights. She has appeared in many media outlets, including Good Morning America, MSNBC, Frontline, the New York Times, Washington Post, and Newsweek.

West Lecture Hall, Science Center
119 Woodland Street
Oberlin, Oh 44074

Murphy Colloquium featuring Christopher Macklin
A guest lecture entitled “Musica sanat corpus per animam”: The Black Death and the Composition of a Plainsong Mass, by Christopher Macklin, Assistant Professor of Music at Mercer University, will be presented as part of the 2011-12 Murphy Colloquium Series on Wednesday, September 14 from 7:30-8:30pm in Kulas Recital Hall. Admission is free.

Christopher Macklin is currently the Assistant Professor of Music History/Musicology at the Townsend School of Music, Mercer University in Macon, Georgia (USA). His research primarily focuses on the relationship between music and scribal cultures, particularly in the late medieval period, and has been published in journals such as Early Music, The Journal of the Royal Musical Association, and Early Music History.

Kulas Recital Hall, Conservatory of Music
77 West College Street
Oberlin, OH 44074

A Vocal Celebration of Verdi
On Friday, September 23 from 8:00-10:00pm, The Consulate of Italy in Detroit in partnership with Oberlin College Conservatory of Music is pleased to present a Celebration of Verdi in honor of the 110th Anniversary of Verdi's death. Along with a power-point presentation, Oberlin Conservatory vocal music students will perform some of the most popular Verdi songs, opera arias, and duets, accompanied at the piano.

Kulas Recital Hall, Conservatory of Music
77 West College Street
Oberlin, OH 44074

Culture Festival
Come celebrate the diversity within Oberlin and raise awareness of languages and cultures from around the world on Saturday, September 24 from 12:00-4:00pm. There will be tables brimming with a variety of foods, drinks and activities, as well as performances by community members and students organizations from Oberlin College. Rain site: Science Center Perlik Commons

Tappan Square
Intersection of State Routes 58 and 511
Oberlin, OH 44074

Lydia Frumkin Retirement Recital
On Friday, September 30, from 8:00-10:00pm, a recital will be given in honor of Lydia Frumkin, Professor of Piano, who will be retiring from the Conservatory of Music. Free admission. Program TBA.

Kulas Recital Hall, Conservatory of Music
77 West College Street
Oberlin, OH 44074

Oberlin Orchestra Concert
On Saturday, October 1, from 8:00-10:00pm, the Oberlin Orchestra will be giving their first performance of the year in Finney Chapel with Raphael Jimenez, the new Director of Orchestras at Oberlin Conservatory of Music. Free admission. Program TBA.

Finney Chapel
90 North Professor Street
Oberlin, OH 44074