Mission
"Continuing a heritage: Preparing music educators for the future"
Music Education Division Mission Statement
Oberlin has maintained a strong dedication to the preparation of music educators since 1921, when the first four-year degree in public school music was established here. The Music Education Division remains firm in its view that the development of outstanding music teachers for public and private schools throughout the United States and the world is a noble and worthy pursuit.
The mission of the Music Education Division is to prepare its candidates for careers as professional music educators and to emulate and convey the following core values: pursuing excellence in education; a commitment to diversity; excellence in musicianship, pedagogy and scholarship. As a guiding principle, the Music Education Division seeks to promote the highest standards for achievement in all areas of professional education and music.
Oberlin College Conservatory of Music Goals and Objectives
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John Knight in rehearsal with the College Community Winds
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It is the purpose of the Conservatory of Music at Oberlin College to provide the most talented and motivated young musicians with an education in music at the undergraduate level that balances specific career training with the attainment of general knowledge. To this end, the Conservatory of Music strives to achieve the following goals:
- to provide students with intensive training in the discipline of music
- to acquaint students with the growing scope and substance of musical thought and practice
- to advance the historical, theoretical, and critical study of music
- to equip students with technical, cognitive, and creative skills that will enable them to use musical knowledge effectively
- to provide an environment in which musical excellence can flourish
- to foster students' understanding of both the creative process in music and the products of musical creation
- to ready students for advanced musical study beyond the college years
- to prepare students for professional careers in music
- to acquaint students with knowledge and modes of inquiry characteristic of other disciplines
- to cultivate in students the desire for continued musical and intellectual growth throughout their lives
- As a professional school in a college setting, the Conservatory strives also
- to provide students in the College of Arts and Sciences with a variety of opportunities to develop musical skills and knowledge
- to encourage students' active involvement as listeners and performers of music
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