The Oberlin Orchestra and conservatory choral ensembles—Oberlin College Choir, Gospel Choir, and Musical Union—feature a performance of the 1932 oratorio, The Ordering of Moses, by R. Nathaniel Dett, a Canadian-American composer of African descent and a 1908 graduate of Oberlin Conservatory.

Highlighted oratorio soloists will be soprano Chabrelle Williams ’09, mezzo-soprano Ronnita Miller, tenor Limmie Pulliam ’98, and baritone Eric Greene. 

The Oberlin Orchestra will also perform A Metaphor for Power by ASCAP award-winning composer Iván Enrique Rodríguez, as well as Johannes Brahms’ Tragic Overture.

The performance will be conducted by Oberlin Conservatory Professor Raphael Jiménez.

Choral ensembles have been prepared by Ben Johns and Gregory Ristow.

This concert is generously supported by Jolyon F. Stern ’61 and Nelle Nugent Stern.