Oberlin Conservatory of Music
Musician entering the Oberlin Conservatory
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| Type | Private |
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Academic staff
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88 |
| Students | 615 |
| Location |
Oberlin, Ohio, United States 41°17′29″N 82°13′10″W / 41.291402°N 82.219407°WCoordinates: 41°17′29″N 82°13′10″W / 41.291402°N 82.219407°W |
| Practice Rooms | 150 |
| Affiliations | Oberlin College |
| Website | http://www.oberlin.edu/conservatory |
The Oberlin Conservatory of Music, located on the campus of Oberlin College in Oberlin, Ohio, was founded in 1865 and is the second oldest conservatory and oldest continually operating conservatory in the United States. Students of Oberlin Conservatory enter a very broad network within the music world, as the school's alumni can be found in most major professional ensembles. It is one of the few American conservatories to be completely attached to a liberal arts college (Oberlin College). This allows students the opportunity to seriously pursue degrees in both music and a traditional liberal arts subject via the five year Double-Degree program. Oberlin College and Conservatory pride themselves on being almost exclusively undergraduate.
The Oberlin Collegiate Institute was built on 500 acres (2.0 km2) of land, founded in 1833 and became Oberlin College in 1850. In 1867, two years after the Oberlin Conservatory's founding in 1865, the previously separate Oberlin Conservatory became incorporated with the college on a similar grant.
In tandem, the administration claimed that "Oberlin is peculiar in that which is good," notable as the first college and first conservatory in the United States to regularly admit African-American students. Oberlin College's role as an educator of African-American students prior to the Civil War and thereafter is historically significant. Notable is the graduation of William Grant Still, a student who widely became regarded as the "dean of African-American composers." These efforts have helped Oberlin remain committed to its values of freedom, social justice, and service.
It is also the oldest continuously operating coeducational conservatory, since its incorporation with Oberlin College, the first coeducational college. The college and conservatory were listed as a National Historic Landmark on December 21, 1965, for its significance in social progress.
Due to the Conservatory's affiliation with Elisha Grey, inventor of the electromechanical oscillator, and Thaddeus Cahill, inventor of the telharmonium, Oberlin Conservatory plays a role in the origins of electronic music. The TIMARA (Technology In Music And Related Arts) program was the world's first conservatory program in this field, established in 1967. Brian Jortner is widely recognized as the first student-professor to have performed noise music in an academic context, eventually becoming widely recognized for his famous "I Make A Mess;;;" series of acoustic pieces.
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