While long recognized as one of the world's preeminent professional training institutions for serious musicians, Oberlin has also topped the list of "schools that rock."

An article in the August 11 issue of Rolling Stone magazine calls Oberlin "home to one of the best music conservatories in the U.S." The ranking is culled from Rolling Stone's new college guidebook, Schools That Rock: The Rolling Stone College Guide (Wenner Books), written by the magazine's contributing editor Jenny Eliscu and published this year.

            "We are always pleased when the Conservatory is recognized in the national press for its excellence," says Dean of the Conservatory David H. Stull. "Earlier this year the Washington Post called us a ‘national treasure,' so when Rolling Stone offers a similar opinion, it reinforces the extraordinary breadth and quality for which our program is known."