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Private
study (PVST) on an instrument or in voice is described in the
following paragraphs. Private study in composition is described
under Composition, below. The general aim of private instruction
in Performance is thorough development in all phases of performing--technique,
style, musicianship, interpretation, and repertoire.
Assignments
to instructors are made by the Associate Dean for Student Academic
Affairs in the Conservatory, and students usually remain with the
same instructor throughout the course of study. Students may not
study with teachers not contracted by Oberlin College. A student
assigned to Private Study must contact the instructor before the
close of the first week of the semester or forfeit his or her spot
on the instructor's schedule.
Conservatory
students are permitted to take one Principal Private Study and one
Secondary Private Study, or two Secondary Private Studies, without
payment of additional tuition; Arts and Sciences students are permitted
to take one Secondary Private Study without payment of additional
tuition unless the Private Study increases the student's registered
hours to more than 16 per semester. (See "Tuition" in the Expenses
section at the beginning of this catalog.)
College
of Arts and Sciences students should refer to the Music section
of the Arts and Sciences portion of this catalog for further information
on Private Study.
Principal
Private Study. 60 minutes of private instruction each week,
for 3-6 credits per semester. Students majoring in Performance must
take Principal Private Study I-VIII; students majoring in Music
Education must take Principal Private Study I-VII; students majoring
in Music History must take Principal Private Study I-IV.
Secondary
Private Study. 30 minutes of private instruction each week,
for two credits per semester. Secondary Private Study is required
for many Conservatory majors and for the Music major in the College
of Arts and Sciences. Students with a Secondary Private Study requirement
may audition for full or partial waiver of this requirement before
the appropriate department when the Secondary Private Study auditions
are heard.
Secondary
Private Study Auditions. Students wishing to take a Secondary
Private Study in Performance must demonstrate performance proficiency,
by audition before a committee of the applied study department concerned.
Auditions are held during the first week of classes each semester.
Audition request forms are available from the Conservatory Applied
Studies Administrative Assistant (Bibbins 113). Audition results
are posted at the beginning of each semester, and prior to registration
deadlines, whenever possible.
Whether
the Secondary Private Study is required or elected, students may
continue such study for as many semesters as they choose; however,
students who receive an unsatisfactory grade (C+ or below) normally
forfeit their place on a teacher's schedule and are required to
reaudition if they wish to be considered for subsequent placement
on a teaching schedule; under extenuating circumstances a student
who has received an unsatisfactory grade may be granted a one-semester
probationary period by the faculty member giving or supervising
the instruction, in consultation with the Associate Dean in the
Conservatory. Students who, of their own volition, discontinue Secondary
Private Study for one or more semesters are not guaranteed a future
place on a teacher's schedule; students who discontinue Secondary
Private Study in Piano for more than one semester are required to
reaudition.
Assignment
to Teaching Schedules. Because all students approved for Secondary
Private Study cannot be assigned to faculty schedules, some students
may be assigned to study with advanced students under the Supervised
Student Teaching program (described earlier in this catalog).
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Private
Applied Study Courses in
Performance
(These
courses may be repeated for credit.)
Students
beginning Private Applied Study in the Conservatory are normally
assigned to PVST I, and progress in subsequent semesters through
PVST II, III, and so on. Transfer students are assigned to an initial
Private Applied Study course based on an audition at the time of
entering the Conservatory. Under certain circumstances it is possible
for a student to skip a course in the Private Applied Study sequence;
to do so requires a recommendation from the applied study department
concerned, and the approval of the Associate Dean for Student Academic
Affairs in the Conservatory. In certain cases a student may be required
to repeat one of the Private Applied Study courses in a sequence,
again upon the recommendation of the applied study department concerned,
and with the approval of the Associate Dean in the Conservatory.
Students who complete all the Private Applied Study courses in a
sequence, and who continue their applied study at Oberlin, are assigned
to the final course in the sequence in each subsequent semester.
Principal
Private Applied Study in performance is offered in the following
instruments: piano, voice, organ, strings (violin, viola, cello,
double bass, guitar), woodwinds (flute, oboe, clarinet, saxophone,
bassoon), brass (French horn, trumpet, trombone, tuba), harp, percussion,
early instruments (harpsichord, fortepiano, Baroque violin, Baroque
cello, viola da gamba, Baroque flute, recorder, Baroque oboe), jazz
performance (bass, drums, guitar, piano, saxophone, trombone, trumpet).
Secondary
Private Applied Study is offered in all the above instruments.
For
a list of faculty who teach private applied study, please see the
specific department in the section describing undergraduate Conservatory
degree programs.
Principal
Private Applied Study
(Artist Diploma, Performance Diploma) PVST I-IV 6 hours
Principal
Private Applied Study PVST I-X 3-6 hours
Freshman
and sophomore voice majors and all music education majors may elect
to take principal applied study for three hours. In all other majors,
students must take a minimum of four hours of principal applied
study each semester. Music education majors who are also performance
majors must follow the private study requirement for the performance
major.
Principal
Private Applied Study may be elected for five or six hours with
the permission of the applied instructor and with the consent of
the Associate Dean for Student Academic Affairs. Normally, a student
elects additional hours of private study during semesters in which
additional student preparation time is required for events such
as recitals, outside performances, competitions or auditions. The
additional credit hour(s) does not imply additional private instruction
time.
Secondary
Private Applied Study PVST I-VIII 2 hours
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