Musician entering the Oberlin Conservatory

The Oberlin Conservatory of Music, located in Oberlin, Ohio, was founded in 1865 and is the nation's oldest continuously operating conservatory. It is considered one of the best music schools in the United States, and its alumni and alumnae can be found in many professional ensembles. It is one of the few American conservatories to be completely attached to a liberal arts college. One advantage that this offers students is the opportunity to seriously pursue degrees in both music and a traditional liberal arts subject (through Oberlin College via the five year Double-Degree program). Musician entering the Oberlin Conservatory in Oberlin, Ohio (taken Sept 27, 2004) © 2004 Matthew Trump File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... Musician entering the Oberlin Conservatory in Oberlin, Ohio (taken Sept 27, 2004) © 2004 Matthew Trump File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... Oberlin is a city located in Lorain County, Ohio, to the south and west of Cleveland. ... Oberlin College is a small, selective liberal arts college in Oberlin, Ohio, in the United States. ...

The conservatory building was designed by Minoru Yamasaki in 1963. The style of the building closely resembles Yamasaki's later design of the World Trade Center in New York City. Minoru Yamasaki (ミノル・ヤマサキ) (December 1, 1912–February 6, 1986) was a Japanese American architect, born in Seattle, Washington, a second-generation Japanese American. ... 1963 (MCMLXIII) was a common year starting on Tuesday (the link is to a full 1963 calendar). ... The World Trade Center in New York City (sometimes informally referred to as the WTC or the Twin Towers) was a complex of seven buildings, mostly designed by Japanese American architect Minoru Yamasaki and developed by the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey. ... Flag Seal Nickname: The Big Apple, The Capital of the World[1], Gotham Government Counties (Boroughs) Bronx (The Bronx) New York (Manhattan) Queens (Queens) Kings (Brooklyn) Richmond (Staten Island) Mayor Michael Bloomberg (R) Geographical characteristics Area    - City 1,214. ...

The conservatory offers undergraduate degrees in:

• Composition
• Jazz Studies
• Technology In Music And Related Arts (TIMARA)
• Organ
• Piano
• Vocal Performance
• Music Education
• Music Theory
• Music History
• Historical Performance
• All orchestral instruments: strings (including harp) and winds
• Classical Guitar
• Percussion

Musical composition is: an original piece of music the structure of a musical piece the process of creating a new piece of music // A musical composition A piece of music exists in the form of a written composition in musical notation or as a single acoustic event (a live performance... Jazz is an original American musical art form originating around the start of the 20th century in New Orleans, rooted in Western music technique and theory, and is marked by the profound cultural contributions of African Americans. ... Organ in Katharinenkirche, Frankfurt am Main, Germany Modern style pipe organ at the concert hall of Aletheia University in Matou, Taiwan The organ is a keyboard instrument with one or more manuals, and usually a pedalboard. ... A baby grand piano, with the lid up. ... Music theory is a field of study that describes the elements of music and includes the development and application of methods for analyzing and composing music, and the interrelationship between the notation of music and performance practice, theory. ... In musicology, music history is the study of how music has developed over time, and may include manuscript studies, textual criticism, iconography, studies of the relationship between words and music, and the relationship between music and society. ... A string instrument (also stringed instrument) is a musical instrument that produces sound by means of vibrating strings. ... The harp is a stringed instrument which has its strings positioned perpendicular to the soundboard. ... A wind instrument is a musical instrument that contains some type of resonator (usually a tube), in which a column of air is set into vibration by the player blowing into (or over) a mouthpiece set at the end of the resonator. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Percussion instruments are music instruments played by being struck, shaken, rubbed or scraped, hence the percussive name. ...

Alumni

• Cory Arcangel, computer artist
• Brian Chase, drummer Yeah Yeah Yeahs
• Franco Farina, tenor
• Denyce Graves, mezzo-soprano
• Steven Isserlis, cellist
• Carla Kihlstedt, violinist/singer
• Alex Klein, oboist
• Jennifer Koh, violinist
• Judy Kuhn, actress/singer
• Emily Manzo, pianist
• David Maslanka, composer
• David Miller, tenor, member of the multi-platinum operatic pop quartet Il Divo
• Amy X Neuburg, composer/singer/electronic artist
• Ned Rothenberg, woodwind multi-instrumentalist/composer
• Christopher Rouse, Pulitzer Prize winning composer [1]
• eighth blackbird (all members), contemporary music sextet

Cory Arcangel (born 1978) is a digital artist who lives and works in Manhattan. ... Brian Chase can be: Brian Chase (drummer) of the band Yeah Yeah Yeahs Brian Chase, who sparked the John Seigenthaler Sr. ... Yeah Yeah Yeahs is an alternative rock band from New York City consisting of lead singer Karen O, drummer Brian Chase, and guitarist Nick Zinner. ... Denyce Graves (born March 7, 1963 in Washington, DC) is an African American opera singer. ... Steven Isserlis is one of the most prominent current British cellists. ... Carla Kihlstedt, a violinist and vocalist, is a founding member of Tin Hat Trio and Sleepytime Gorilla Museum. ... Alex Klein is an oboist who began his musical studies in his native Brazil at the age of nine, and made his solo orchestral debut the following year. ... Judy Kuhn is an American actress and singer. ... David Maslanka . ... David Miller, born April 14, 1973, is an American tenor, member of the operatic pop musical quartet Il Divo. ... Il Divo (L-R: Urs, Sébastien, David, and Carlos. ... Amy X Neuburg (b. ... Ned Rothenberg (b. ... Christopher Rouse (born 15 February 1949 in Baltimore, Maryland) is an American composer. ... eighth blackbird is a contemporary music sextet founded in 1996. ...

External links

• Conservatory Website
• Oberlin College Archives, see Record Group 10 for Conservatory-specific material