David H. Stull Biography

On behalf of the Oberlin Conservatory of Music Dean of the Conservatory David H. Stull accepted the National Medal of Arts from President Barack Obama in February 2010. This signature honor is a capstone to his tenure as the conservatory’s chief academic officer which began with his appointment in 2004.
At the conservatory Stull has focused considerable attention on internationalism; since 2005 he has made numerous visits to China engaging music pedagogues and administrators in conversations about the study of classical music in the West. In winter 2010-11 he accompanied the Oberlin Orchestra on its second tour of Asia. Also during his tenure as dean Oberlin received what is believed to be the largest gift ever for advancing the study of jazz. As a result the conservatory celebrated the opening and dedication of the Bertram and Judith Kohl Building in May 2010.
In January 2009 Stull moderated a panel discussion about contemporary music in Los Angeles at Walt Disney Concert Hall’s BP Hall. The event preceded a performance by the Oberlin Conservatory Symphony Orchestra that was part of a West Coast tour. In January 2007 he presided over the panel discussion “Playing to Win: The Future of Great Music in the 21st Century” which preceded a performance by the Oberlin Conservatory Symphony Orchestra led by Robert Spano at Carnegie Hall. The following month the conservatory presented the U.S. premiere of Olga Neuwirth’s opera Lost Highway. Both events garnered considerable critical acclaim.

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