2020-21 GUIDE TO MUSIC SCHOOLS
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Oberlin Conservatory of Music
Oberlin College |
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MISSION
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 leading to lives of professional impact in all areas of music; offer superb liberal arts education; open the world to its students so they 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
Oberlin Conservatory focuses on undergraduate pre-professional musicians in classical, contemporary, jazz performance; composition; and electronic music. Two graduate programs—Piano Technology and Recording Arts & Production—lead to Artist Diplomas. The conservatory is embedded within the premier liberal arts environment of Oberlin College and is renowned for the Double Degree Program.
LOCATION
77 West College Street
Oberlin, OH 44074
ADMISSIONS
440-775-8413
Audition Requirements
FINANCIAL INFORMATION
CAREER / POST-GRADUATION ASSISTANCE
Oberlin College’s Career Center and Oberlin Conservatory's Professional Development Office help students and recent alumni in the College of Arts and Sciences and the Conservatory of Music.
KEY STATISTICS (college level and above)
580 music students
550 scholarships awarded
Music Faculty: 80 full time, 25 adjunct
AREAS OF STUDY
Brass • Composition • Conducting • Early Music •
Jazz Studies & Contemporary Media • Music Technology (including production) •
Musicology • Organ • Piano • Strings and Harp • Vocal Arts/Opera • Winds and Percussion
Other Areas of Study: Vocal Accompanying • Piano Technology
DEGREE PROGRAMS
Master of Music (MM) in Performance on Historical Instruments; Master of Music (MM) (Choral Conducting or Instrumental Conducting) in Conducting
ADDITIONAL PROGRAMS (non-matriculating/prep)
BROCHURE / CATALOGUE
PANDEMIC & SAFETY
✔=Yes ✖=No ◯=Under consideration
Is the school considering:
✔ Shifting semester start and/or end dates?
✔ Changes to class and/or ensemble sizes?
✔ Shifting more coursework online?
✔ Requiring masks for students, faculty, staff?
✔ Reducing on-campus housing density, if provided?
Does the school plan to test all for COVID-19 at term start, then periodically? ✔
Does the school plan changes to tuition and/or room & board fees? ✖
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