Oberlin Conservatory of Music
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The Oberlin Conservatory of Music, located in Oberlin, Ohio, was founded in 1865 and is the nation's oldest continuously operating conservatory. It is considered one of the best music schools in the United States, and its alumni can be found in many professional ensembles. It is one of the few American conservatories to be completely attached to a liberal arts college (Oberlin College, allowing students the opportunity to seriously pursue degrees in both music and a traditional liberal arts subject via the five year Double-Degree program).
Minoru Yamasaki designed the conservatory building in 1963. The style of the building closely resembles Yamasaki's later design of the World Trade Center in New York City.
The conservatory offers undergraduate degrees in:
*Jazz Studies
*Technology In Music And Related Arts (TIMARA)
*Vocal Performance
*Music Education
*Historical Performance
*Instrumental Music Performance for Flute, Clarinet, Oboe, Trumpet, Trombone, Bassoon, Classical Saxaphone, Horn, Tuba, Violin, Viola, Double Bass, Cello, Harp and Classical Guitar
[edit] Alumni
- Eric Arbiter, bassoonist
- Cory Arcangel, computer artist
- Sibbi Bernhardsson, violinist, Pacifica Quartet
- MaVynee Betsch, piano and voice
- Salvatore Champagne, tenor
- Brian Chase, drummer Yeah Yeah Yeahs
- Stanley Cowell, jazz pianist
- Jeremy Denk, pianist
- eighth blackbird (all members), contemporary music sextet
- Monica Ellis, bassoonist
- Franco Farina, tenor
- Simin Ganatra, violinist, Pacifica Quartet
- Kyle Gann, composer
- Denyce Graves, mezzo-soprano
- David Hoose, conductor
- International Contemporary Ensemble, contemporary music ensemble
- Steven Isserlis, cellist
- Carla Kihlstedt, violinist/singer
- Alex Klein, oboist
- Jennifer Koh, violinist
- Judy Kuhn, actress/singer
- Scott Lawton, conductor
- Emily Manzo, pianist
- David Maslanka, composer
- Charles McGuire, musicologist
- Kevin McHugh, pianist
- David Miller, tenor, member of the multi-platinum operatic pop quartet Il Divo
- Amy X Neuburg, composer/singer/electronic artist
- James Paul, conductor
- Ned Rothenberg, woodwind multi-instrumentalist/composer
- Christopher Rouse, Pulitzer Prize winning composer [1]
- Greg Saunier, drummer Deerhoof
- Shinkoyo, art+music collective Shinkoyo, Sadjeljko
- Robert Spano, conductor
- Toyin Spellman-Diaz, oboist
- William Grant Still, composer (did not graduate)
- Jon Theodore, drummer The Mars Volta
- Carol Wincenc, flutist
- David Zinman, conductor
[edit] External links
- Conservatory Website
- Conservatory of Music on Oberwiki
- Oberlin College Archives, see Record Group 10 for Conservatory-specific material
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