Oberlin College Course Catalog

Summer Programs

Oberlin Summer School. The Conservatory offers both a six- and an eight-week session of private applied study on a limited number of instruments. Credit for such work is granted only to students who have completed high school.

Six-week session – May 31 to July 2, 2004
3 credits 2 hours of lessons per week
2 credits 1-1/2 hours of lessons per week
1 credit 45 minutes of lessons per week
Eight-week session – May 31 to July 16, 2004
4 credits 2 hours of lessons per week
3 credits 1-1/2 hours of lessons per week
2 credits 1 hour of lessons per week

Tuition for the summer session is $555 per credit hour. Application and $25 registration deposit are due at the Office of the Registrar by May 17, 2004. For further information and application forms, contact the Office of the Associate Dean, Oberlin College Conservatory of Music, 77 West College Street, Oberlin, OH 44074. Phone: (440) 775-8293.

Summer Programs. The Conservatory offers a series of workshops and institutes which provide high-school and college students, teachers, and accomplished amateurs with an exceptional opportunity to develop performance and teaching skills, expand repertoire, build technique and generally enjoy music-making and performances in a supportive and collegial atmosphere. Participants will study with members of the Conservatory's distinguished resident and guest faculty and will have full use of the Conservatory's exceptional facilities. In addition, participants may be eligible to receive college credit.

Previous workshops and institutes have included the following:
Baroque Performance Institute (Kenneth Slowik, Director)
Institute of Voice Performance Pedagogy (Richard Miller, Director)
Oberlin Flute Institute (Michel Debost, Director)
Oberlin in Italy (Daune Mahy, Director)
Oberlin Piano Festival and Competition (Robert Shannon, Director)
Oberlin Percussion Institute (Michael Rosen, Director)
Oberlin Summer Academy for High School Organists (David Boe and James David Christie)
Vocal Academy for High-School Students (Daune Mahy and Gerald Crawford, Co-Directors)
Workshops in Electronic and Computer Music (Gary Lee Nelson, Director)

For a brochure and infomation on current workshops and institutes, contact the Office for Outreach Programs, Oberlin Conservatory of Music, 39 West College Street, Oberlin, OH 44074-1576. Phone: (440) 775-8044. Web address: www.oberlin.edu/con/summer.