DEPARTMENTS       From the Dean       Of Note Composer John Adams on music in our time; Fulkerson's very full year includes travel with Oberlin Percussion Group; Roland Pandolfini, Milan Vitek, and Dan Wall join Con faculty       Accolades Junior Kelsey Cowger wins Lake Michigan Scholar Search; Tenor Scott Mello makes Carnegie Hall debut       Faculty Notes Tribute to Neal Creque (1940-2000); World premieres treat audiences in Chicago, Cleveland, and D.C.; Reviewer lauds David Breitman's Kennedy Center fortepiano performance       Alumni Notes       Dateline         FEATURES       A Symphony of Old and New: Oberlin's C.B. Fisk Organ The sound of Cavaillé-Coll's majestic organs comes to life in Finney Chapel       An Exalted and Enchanted Noise: The Oberlin Orchestra at the Getty Center The orchestra travels west to perform under John Williams' baton (cover story)       Dr. Lindeman Goes to Washington Carolynn Lindeman '62 discusses her appointment to the President's Advisory Committee on the Arts for the John F. Kennedy Center       The View from Here: A Window on Conservatory Life Senior Holly Matyas recounts the experience of her first production