What We Do
The Office of the Associate Deans of the Conservatory provides oversight, support, and information regarding academic requirements, procedures, and regulations to all Oberlin students pursuing course work in music.

For Conservatory & Double Degree Students
The Office of Associate Deans coordinates academic advising; makes advisor/teacher assignments; provides information sessions for new and returning advisors; oversees students' academic standing by monitoring grade reports and communicating with students, their advisors, and the Academic Standing Committee; and offers information and advice about academic policy issues, and general academic requirements including:

Change of Status & Change of Major
Course Overload & Part-time status
Primary & Secondary Private Study
Transfer of Credit
Exception to Graduation
Emergency Incompletes & Exam Changes
(IMCN) Individual Major

Who Are We


Marci Alegant
Associate Dean
Student Academic Affairs

BM, Temple University, 1985; MM, Eastman School of Music, 1995; MM, McGill University 1996. Conducting studies with Iwan Edwards, Joseph Flummerfelt, and Timothy Vernon, and voice with Jan Simons and Masako Toribara. (Appointed 2001.)

Andrea Kalyn
(Conservatory Acting Dean Fall 2009)
Associate Dean
Academic Affairs

Lecturer in Musicology. A.R.C.T., Royal Conservatory of Music, 1985; BM, University of Western Ontario, 1987; MM, University of Western Ontario, 1990; PhD, University of Rochester, 2001. (Appointed 2005.)

Jennifer Gendics
Departmental Technician

BM, Bowling Green State University, 1994.
Vocal Performance & Musical Theater - voice with Virginia Starr.

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