Summer Programs
Sonic Arts Workshop
SONIC ARTS WORKSHOP: ELECTRONIC MUSIC COMPOSITION AND PRODUCTION
Sunday, July 12-Saturday, July 18, 2026
CURRENT APPLICATION STATUS: OPEN
February 15 – Priority Application Deadline
March 15 – Priority Admissions Notification
March 15 – Final Application Deadline if space permits
April 1 – Final Admissions Notification
The program will cover issues of interest to advanced current high school composers, who have not yet graduated, heading toward conservatory studies and those generally interested in experimenting with electroacoustic music production and its intersections with other disciplines. Students have an opportunity to focus on the composition of electroacoustic music and expand their technical and creative resources during the Workshop.
Topics will include digital audio editing and manipulation, real-time computer music performance techniques, and discussion of pieces from the field's growing repertoire.
SAW is co-directed by Tom Lopez and Francis Wilson. Participants will also work with alumni of the conservatory’s Technology in Music and Related Arts (TIMARA) Department, Jack Hamill (2022 graduate of TIMARA), and advanced TIMARA majors.
Participants may receive 1 credit from Oberlin College upon successful completion of the program. If a student matriculates to Oberlin, the credit may count toward general elective credit. It will not count toward the fulfillment of major or distribution requirements.
OPENING EVENTS ON SUNDAY, JULY 12
1-3pm Registration and moving in
3:30pm Orientation Meeting
5:15pm Dinner at Stevenson Dining Hall
7pm Faculty Concert and Orientation Meeting
CLOSING EVENTS ON SATURDAY, JULY 18
3pm Participant Concert in Clonick Hall located in the Kohl Bulding
5pm Closing dinner
Family and friends welcome to attend all concerts and closing dinner!
The application requires links of two or three examples of your creative work. (YouTube, Vimeo, SoundCloud, GoogleDrive, etc.) This might include scores for traditional instruments, audio recordings of purely electronic pieces, video files with original video or pre-existing video with original sound design, and so on.
In general, we are interested in anything that demonstrates your creativity with electronic media. Please contact Tom Lopez if you have any questions about what to include. tom.lopez@oberlin.edu
CURRENT APPLICATION STATUS: OPEN
February 15 – Priority Application Deadline
March 15 – Priority Admissions Notification
March 15 – Final Application Deadline if there are program openings
April 1 – Final Admissions Notification
APPLICATION FEE: $65
PROGRAM, HOUSING & MEALS FEE: $1,650 (double room, two beds per room)
PROGRAM FEE ONLY FOR COMMUTERS: $1,100
COMMUTERS WITH LUNCH AND DINNER: $1,300
PAYMENT DEADLINES
APRIL 1 - Priority Admissions
APRIL 15 - Final Admissions
CHECKS MAY BE WRITTEN TO: OBERLIN COLLEGE
AND SENT TO:
SONIC ARTS WORKSHOP
CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC
77 WEST COLLEGE STREET
OBERLIN OHIO 44074