The Oberlin Summer Research Institute isn't limited to STEM subjects—projects can range across all disciplines. Walker Whitehouse ’26 studied classical music and its history; the project was called Dead Master’s Apprentice: Ways of Knowing in Classical Music. "My project is about bringing more consciousness to the way we interact with music and musical traditions, in order to give musicians and music lovers more choice around what they want our music to be," Walker explains. Throughout the course of the project, Walker trained to improvise, compose, and perform using historical methods and ideas contained in Neapolitan Partimento and Solfeggio sources. "Music used to be considered a craft, and musicians were artisans that needed practical skills to improvise and compose quickly for opera houses, courts and churches. Having entrenched myself in what remains of these traditions, I now see a path to true fluency in Classical music," Walker reflects. If you're interested in summer re...