Alek Wasserman is a pianist and music educator who is a graduate student at Oberlin Conservatory of Music.
Community Oberlin Is The Most Jewish Place I’ve Ever Lived When choosing the right graduate school, I wanted to make sure that I found a school that had good academics and a good sense of community. As an upperclassman at a conservatory of music within a small liberal arts college, it was only natural that I’d look at The Oberlin Conservatory of Music, perhaps the… By Alek Wasserman Dec 27, 2016 | 2 min read
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