2014-15 GUIDE TO MUSIC SCHOOLS
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Oberlin Conservatory of Music
Oberlin College |
MISSION
For its students, the aims of Oberlin College and the Oberlin Conservatory of Music are to: Graduate liberal arts and conservatory students who have learned to think with intellectual rigor, creativity, and independence; provide the highest level of conservatory education; offer superb liberal education; open the world to its students and develop the skills and knowledge they will need to engage highly diverse communities; nurture students’ creativity; help students clarify and integrate their intellectual strengths and interests, social commitments, and vocational aspirations; enable students to integrate and apply their knowledge; and nurture students’ social consciousness and environmental awareness.
WHAT DISTINGUISHES THIS SCHOOL?
The only conservatory awarded the National Medal of Arts, Oberlin is renowned as a music school of the highest caliber, devoted to undergraduate education, and inventor of the double degree program.
LOCATION
39 West College Street
Oberlin, OH 44074
UNITED STATES
ADMISSIONS
(440) 775-8413
Audition Requirements
Audition requirements vary according to instrument. For complete information: Audition requirements
FINANCIAL INFORMATION
CAREER / POST-GRADUATION ASSISTANCE
Oberlin College’s Career Center helps students and recent alumni in the College of Arts and Sciences and the Conservatory of Music identify and achieve meaningful career objectives that build upon their Oberlin education and experiences. We offer group and individual counseling as well as experiential opportunities that complement all students’ learning and experiences during their time at Oberlin.
KEY STATISTICS (college level and above)
580 music students
Music Faculty: 71 full time, 25 adjunct
AREAS OF STUDY
Applied Music (Perfromance) • Brass • Composition • Guitar • Harp • Historical Performance • Jazz Studies & Contemporary Media • Music Education • Orchestral Conducting • Organ • Percussion • Piano • Strings • Theory • Voice/Opera • Woodwinds
Other Areas of Study: Contemporary Chamber Music • Technology in Music and Related Arts • Vocal Accompanying • Piano Technology
DEGREE PROGRAMS
ADDITIONAL PROGRAMS
non-matriculating/prep)
EVENTS & PERFORMANCES
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