Greetings from Oberlin!

April 18, 2007 at 1:18 PM

Greetings, comrades and compatriots! As I type this, I am sitting in the library at Oberlin Conservatory, which I am 99% certain I will be attending this fall! Last night I heard a really quite good concert by the Oberlin Chamber Orchestra which included Ginastera's Suite from "Estancia", a rather odd (IMHO) piece by a student composer, and Sibelius Symphony #3, which is GORGEOUS. I can't believe I'd never even heard it before!

Today I'm going to meet the famous (Hungarian!) musicologist Peter Laki, who is a visiting professor here, sit in on Milan Vitek's violin studio class and have a lesson with him, and try to talk to some students about what life is really like here...you know, beyond the glossy photos in the viewbook. :)

I'll update later. Viszontlatasra!

From Tom Holzman
Posted on April 18, 2007 at 2:41 PM

Good luck!

From Pieter Viljoen
Posted on April 18, 2007 at 6:50 PM

Congrats Maura, Oberlin is a great place to study.

From Karin Lin
Posted on April 18, 2007 at 7:43 PM

Congratulations and good luck, Maura!

From John Chew
Posted on April 18, 2007 at 11:25 PM

Wow! Good luck!

From Sydney M.
Posted on April 18, 2007 at 11:34 PM

YAY!!

From Yixi Zhang
Posted on April 19, 2007 at 2:13 AM