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 to 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.

Oberlin Conservatory, the country's oldest continuously operating school of music, is now celebrating its 150th Anniversary. This National Medal of Arts winner is renowned for its focus on undergraduate pre-professional education, and for shared programming on a seamless campus with Oberlin College

Oberlin, OH 44074

UNITED STATES

(440) 775-8413

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. For more information: Career Center; Office of Professional Development.

KEY STATISTICS (college level and above)

Music Faculty: 80 full time, 25 adjunct

Applied Music (Performance) • Brass • Composition (Performance) • 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 • Musicology • Vocal Accompanying • Piano Technology

ADDITIONAL PROGRAMS (non-matriculating/prep)