Conservatory of Music

Program & Course Information

• •  Applied Studies: Private Studies; Classroom; Ensembles
• •  Composition Courses
• •  Conservatory Studies Courses
• •  Contemporary Music Courses
• •  Ethnomusicology
• •  Historical Performance Courses
• •  Jazz Studies Courses
• •  Language Courses
• •  Music Education Courses
• •  Music Literature Courses
• •  Music Theory Courses
• •  Musicology Courses
• •  Opera Theater Courses
• •  Private Study Courses
• •  Technology in Music and Related Arts Courses

• •  APST 110 - Piano Class
• •  APST 111 - Piano Class
• •  APST 112 - Keyboard Accompanying (Vocal)
• •  APST 113 - Keyboard Accompanying (Instrumental)
• •  APST 130 - Viola Class
• •  APST 140 - Global Standard Time: Internalizing Rhythms
• •  APST 204 - Interpretation of Art Song
• •  APST 208 - Guided Piano Pedagogy Project
• •  APST 209 - Guided Teaching Observation
• •  APST 210 - Intermediate Piano Pedagogy
• •  APST 211 - Elementary Piano Pedagogy
• •  APST 212 - Advanced Piano Class
• •  APST 213 - Advanced Piano Class
• •  APST 214 - Keyboard Skills I
• •  APST 215 - Keyboard Skills II
• •  APST 216 - Improvisation at the Organ
• •  APST 230 - The Teaching of Singing
• •  APST 233 - Woodwind Performance Pedagogy
• •  APST 234 - Flute Pedagogy
• •  APST 235 - Percussion Instruments
• •  APST 236 - Workshop in Writing for Percussion
• •  APST 240 - Continuo Realization at the Keyboard
• •  APST 241 - Introduction to Historical Keyboard Instruments for Pianists
• •  APST 242 - Baroque Violin for Violinists
• •  APST 243 - Advanced Continuo Realization at the Keyboard
• •  APST 244 - Advanced Baroque Violin for Violinists
• •  APST 260 - Elementary Conducting
• •  APST 261 - Instrumental Conducting
• •  APST 262 - Choral Conducting
• •  APST 272 - Stringed Instrument Class
• •  APST 273 - Stringed Instrument Class
• •  APST 274 - Woodwind Instrument Class
• •  APST 275 - Woodwind Instrument Class
• •  APST 276 - Brass Instrument Class
• •  APST 277 - Brass Instrument Class
• •  APST 280 - Prima Vista Group Reading (Woodwind Quintet)
• •  APST 282 - Viola Orchestral Repertoire Class
• •  APST 284 - Orchestra Repertoire for Violin
• •  APST 285 - Orchestra Repertoire for Double Bass
• •  APST 310 - Intermediate Piano Pedagogy Practicum
• •  APST 311 - Elementary Piano Pedagogy Practicum
• •  APST 312 - Class Piano Pedagogy Practicum
• •  APST 330 - Cello Orchestral Repertoire Class
• •  APST 340 - Continuo Accompanying
• •  APST 350 - Intermediate Instrumental Conducting
• •  APST 351 - Advanced Instrumental Conducting
• •  APST 360 - Advanced Choral Conducting
• •  APST 361 - Advanced Choral Conducting
• •  APST 400 - Senior Honors in Piano Performance
• •  APST 401 - Senior Honors in Piano Performance
• •  APST 450 - Seminar in Orchestral Conducting
• •  APST 451 - Seminar in Orchestral Conducting
• •  APST 460 - Seminar in Choral Conducting
• •  APST 461 - Seminar in Choral Conducting
• •  APST 550 - Seminar in Orchestral Conducting
• •  APST 551 - Seminar in Orchestral Conducting
• •  APST 552 - Graduate Project in Orchestral Conducting
• •  APST 553 - Graduate Project in Orchestral Conducting
• •  APST 560 - Seminar in Choral Conducting
• •  APST 561 - Seminar in Choral Conducting
• •  APST 562 - Graduate Project in Choral Conducting
• •  APST 563 - Graduate Project in Choral Conducting
• •  APST 600 - Performance Ensembles (Artist Diploma)
• •  APST 601 - Performance Projects (Artist Diploma)
• •  APST 602 - Graduate Lecture Recital
• •  APST 700 - Musical Union
• •  APST 701 - Oberlin College Choir
• •  APST 702 - Oberlin College Singers
• •  APST 703 - Chamber Choir
• •  APST 704 - Opera Chorus
• •  APST 705 - Oberlin College Women's Chorale
• •  APST 710 - Oberlin Orchestra
• •  APST 711 - Oberlin Chamber Orchestra
• •  APST 712 - Trombone Choir
• •  APST 713 - Brass Ensemble
• •  APST 714 - Trumpet Ensemble
• •  APST 720 - Oberlin Wind Ensemble
• •  APST 722 - College-Community Winds
• •  APST 723 - Contemporary Music Ensemble
• •  APST 725 - Oberlin College Community Strings
• •  APST 730 - Collegium Musicum
• •  APST 740 - Saxophone Ensemble Lab
• •  APST 800 - Chamber Music
• •  APST 802 - Orchestral Repertoire for Woodwinds
• •  APST 804 - Orchestral Repertoire for Brasses
• •  APST 805 - Contemporary Chamber Music
• •  APST 806 - Advanced String Quartet Seminar
• •  APST 810 - Piano Ensemble
• •  APST 812 - Double Bass Ensemble
• •  APST 814 - Harp Ensemble
• •  APST 815 - Guitar Ensemble
• •  APST 816 - Horn Ensemble
• •  APST 820 - Ensembles for Harpists
• •  APST 821 - Ensemble for Percussionists
• •  APST 822 - Ensembles for Guitarists
• •  APST 825 - Oberlin Percussion Group
• •  APST 830 - Mandinka Ensemble
• •  APST 841 - Viola da Gamba Consort
• •  APST 843 - Baroque Ensemble
• •  APST 844 - Renaissance Recorder Ensemble
• •  CNST 130 - Physical Wellness for the Musician's Life
• •  CNST 150 - Introduction Piano Technology
• •  CNST 160 - Lost Highway - Intensive Special Performance
• •  CNST 170 - Graduate Review Aural Skills
• •  CNST 171 - Graduate Review Theory
• •  CNST 200 - Professional Development for Musicians
• •  CNTP 310 - New Music Workshop
• •  COMP 100 - The Craft of Composition
• •  COMP 102 - Composition Class I
• •  COMP 103 - Composition Class II
• •  COMP 202 - Composition Class III
• •  COMP 203 - Composition Class IV
• •  COMP 210 - Composition Seminar
• •  COMP 300 - Orchestration
• •  EDUC 300 - Principles of Education
• •  ETHN 100 - Introduction to Musics of the World
• •  ETHN 205 - Music of Indonesia
• •  ETHN 217 - African Music Selected Theories
• •  ETHN 301 - Research Methods in Ethnomusicology
• •  HPRF 111 - Historical Performance in Context: Music of France
• •  HPRF 112 - Historical Performance in Context: Music of England
• •  HPRF 113 - Historical Performance in Context: Music of Italy
• •  HPRF 114 - Historical Performance in Context: Music of Germany
• •  HPRF 302 - Introduction to Historical Performance
• •  HPRF 303 - Seminar in Performance Practice
• •  HPRF 312 - Special Topics in Performance Practice
• •  HPRF 312B - Special Topics in Performance Practice
• •  HPRF 502 - Introduction to Historical Performance
• •  HPRF 503 - Seminar in Performance Practice
• •  HPRF 512 - Special Topics in Performance Practice
• •  HPRF 512B - Special Topics in Performance Practice
• •  HPRF 521 - Graduate Studies in Historical Performance
• •  JAZZ 100 - Jazz Aural Skills
• •  JAZZ 110 - Jazz Keyboard
• •  JAZZ 120 - Jazz Theory
• •  JAZZ 121 - Jazz Theory
• •  JAZZ 130 - Basic Arranging/Composition Techniques
• •  JAZZ 131 - Basic Arranging/Composition Techniques
• •  JAZZ 150 - Jazz Improvisation I
• •  JAZZ 151 - Jazz Improvisation II
• •  JAZZ 250 - Advanced Jazz Improvisation III
• •  JAZZ 251 - Advanced Jazz Improvisation IV
• •  JAZZ 290 - Introduction to African American Music
• •  JAZZ 291 - Introduction to African American Music
• •  JAZZ 380 - Special Topic: The Jazz Avant Garde
• •  JAZZ 700 - Jazz Ensemble—Large Group
• •  JAZZ 803 - Jazz Ensemble—Small Group
• •  LANG 100 - English Diction
• •  LANG 101 - Italian Diction
• •  LANG 200 - German Diction
• •  LANG 201 - French Diction
• •  MHST 101 - Introduction to the History and Literature of Music
• •  MHST 226 - Music of the Middle Ages and Renaissance
• •  MHST 235 - Music in the Baroque Era
• •  MHST 245 - Music in the Classic Era
• •  MHST 255 - Music of the Romantic Era
• •  MHST 275 - Music Since 1914
• •  MHST 290 - Introduction to African American Music
• •  MHST 291 - Introduction to African American Music
• •  MHST 301 - Introduction to Music Research and Writing
• •  MHST 302 - Introduction to Historical Performance
• •  MHST 321 - American Popular Music
• •  MHST 323 - Two Russian Giants: The Music of Prokofiev and Shostakovich
• •  MHST 331 - Johann Sebastian Bach
• •  MHST 332 - History of Film Music
• •  MHST 351 - Ludwig van Beethoven
• •  MHST 400 - Senior Honors
• •  MHST 401 - Senior Honors
• •  MLIT 213 - Organ Literature, History, and Design
• •  MLIT 214 - Organ Literature, History, and Design
• •  MLIT 215 - Piano Literature
• •  MLIT 216 - Piano Literature
• •  MLIT 220 - The Lied
• •  MLIT 221 - The Mélodie
• •  MLIT 300 - Survey of Orchestral and Choral Literature
• •  MLIT 301 - Survey of Orchestral and Choral Literature
• •  MUED 100 - The Art of Teaching Music
• •  MUED 101 - Introduction to Music Education
• •  MUED 102 - Practicum in School Music Experiences
• •  MUED 103 - String Pedagogy
• •  MUED 201 - Music for Exceptional Learners
• •  MUED 206 - Choral Methods
• •  MUED 300 - Teaching Music to Adolescents and Lab
• •  MUED 301 - Teaching Music to Children
• •  MUED 303 - Preschool Music Lab
• •  MUED 304 - Instrumental Music Programs
• •  MUED 305 - Band Repertoire
• •  MUED 400 - Student Teaching and Seminar
• •  MUED 403 - Community Music Field Experience
• •  MUED 500 - Student Teaching and Seminar
• •  MUED 501 - Apprentice Supervision
• •  MUED 502 - Review of Research in Music Education
• •  MUED 503 - Graduate Project
• •  MUED 504 - Studies in Music Education
• •  MUTH 101 - Aural Skills I
• •  MUTH 102 - Aural Skills II
• •  MUTH 120 - Introduction to Music Theory
• •  MUTH 130 - Intensive Music Theory I
• •  MUTH 131 - Music Theory I
• •  MUTH 132 - Music Theory II
• •  MUTH 201 - Aural Skills III
• •  MUTH 202 - Aural Skills IV
• •  MUTH 210 - Eurhythmics
• •  MUTH 231 - Music Theory III
• •  MUTH 232 - Music Theory IV
• •  MUTH 301 - Aural Skills V
• •  MUTH 317 - Music and Embodied Cognition
• •  MUTH 325 - Counterpoint
• •  MUTH 340 - Form and Analysis
• •  MUTH 342 - Rhythmic Theory
• •  MUTH 343 - The String Quartet
• •  MUTH 345 - The Music of Mozart
• •  MUTH 352 - The Romantic Symphony
• •  MUTH 355 - The Music of Mahler
• •  MUTH 373 - Experimental Music and the Avant Garde
• •  MUTH 374 - Trends in Contemporary Music
• •  MUTH 376 - Extended Twelve-tone Techniques
• •  MUTH 378 - Arnold Schoenberg and Composing with 12 Tones
• •  MUTH 410 - Senior Project in Theory: Reading
• •  MUTH 411 - Senior Project in Theory: Thesis
• •  MUTH 415 - Analysis and Performance
• •  MUTH 448 - Introduction to Schenkerian Analysis
• •  OPTH 202 - Introduction to Opera: Performing Techniques
• •  OPTH 203 - Introduction to Opera: Performing Techniques
• •  OPTH 304 - Production Project: Stage Management
• •  OPTH 305 - Opera Workshop
• •  OPTH 306 - Opera Workshop
• •  OPTH 400 - Performance Project
• •  OPTH 404 - Seminar in Opera
• •  OPTH 405 - Seminar in Opera
• •  OPTH 406 - Seminar in Directing
• •  OPTH 407 - Seminar in Directing
• •  OPTH 500 - Advanced Seminar in Opera
• •  OPTH 501 - Advanced Seminar in Opera
• •  OPTH 502 - Research Project in Opera
• •  OPTH 503 - Research Project in Opera
• •  TECH 100 - Introduction to Music Technology I
• •  TECH 150 - Studio Skills for Composers
• •  TECH 200 - Studio Techniques
• •  TECH 201 - Computer Music
• •  TECH 210 - Advanced Computer Music
• •  TECH 211 - Performance Technology
• •  TECH 250 - Analog and Digital Circuit Design
• •  TECH 251 - Analog and Digital Circuit Design
• •  TECH 305 - Collaborative Investigations in Choreography and Composition
• •  TECH 310 - Independent Creative Project
• •  TECH 330 - Studio Recording
• •  TECH 350 - Workshop in Music and Media Technologies
• •  TECH 351 - Workshop in Solar Music
• •  TECH 410 - Independent Creative Project

Graduate Study

• •  Master of Music in Conducting: Choral
• •  Master of Music in Conducting: Instrumental

No active Courses available.

Undergraduate Study

• •  Bachelor of Music: Composition
• •  Bachelor of Music: Jazz Composition
• •  Bachelor of Music: Jazz Performance
• •  Bachelor of Music: Technology in Music and Related Arts
• •  Minor in Composition

No active Courses available.

Graduate Study

• •  Artist Diploma (Organ)
• •  Artist Diploma (Piano)

Honors

• •  Honors Program in Piano Performance

Undergraduate Study

• •  Bachelor of Music: Performance (Organ)
• •  Bachelor of Music: Performance (Piano and Vocal Accompanying)
• •  Bachelor of Music: Performance (Piano)
• •  Minor in Performance (Organ)
• •  Minor in Performance (Piano)
• •  Minor in Piano Pedagogy
• •  Performance Diploma (Keyboard Studies)

No active Courses available.

Graduate Study

• •  Bachelor of Music: Music Education combined with the Master of Music Education
• •  Bachelor of Music: Performance or Composition combined with the Master of Music in Teaching

Undergraduate Study

• •  Bachelor of Music: Music Education (Instrumental Emphasis)
• •  Bachelor of Music: Music Education (Vocal Emphasis)
• •  Minor in Community Music
• •  Minor in Music Education

No active Courses available.

Undergraduate Study

• •  Bachelor of Music: Music Theory
• •  Minor in Music Theory

No active Courses available.

Undergraduate Study

• •  Bachelor of Music: Music History
• •  Minor in Ethnomusicology
• •  Minor in Music History

No active Courses available.

Graduate Study

• •  Artist Diploma (Strings)

Undergraduate Study

• •  Bachelor of Music: Performance (Guitar)
• •  Bachelor of Music: Performance (Harp)
• •  Bachelor of Music: Performance (Violin, Viola, Cello, Double Bass)
• •  Performance Diploma (Strings)

No active Courses available.

Graduate Study

• •  Artist Diploma (Vocal Studies)

Undergraduate Study

• •  Bachelor of Music: Performance (Voice)
• •  Minor in Performance (Voice)
• •  Performance Diploma (Vocal Studies)

No active Courses available.

Graduate Study

• •  Artist Diploma (Winds, Brass, Percussion)

Undergraduate Study

• •  Bachelor of Music: Performance (Classical Saxophone)
• •  Bachelor of Music: Performance (Flute, Oboe, Clarinet, Bassoon)
• •  Bachelor of Music: Performance (Percussion)
• •  Bachelor of Music: Performance (Trumpet, Horn, Trombone, Tuba)
• •  Minor in Performance (Horn)
• •  Minor in Performance (Trumpet, Trombone, Tuba)
• •  Performance Diploma (Winds, Brass, Percussion)

No active Courses available.

Graduate Study

• •  Bachelor of Music: (violin, viola, cello, double bass) combined with Master of Music: Performance (Baroque violin, Baroque cello, viola da gamba)
• •  Bachelor of Music: Performance (Organ)/Master of Musc: Performance (Fortepiano, Harpsichord, Organ)
• •  Master of Music in Performance: Baroque Cello/Viola da Gamba
• •  Master of Music in Performance: Historical Instruments
• •  Master of Music in Performance: Historical Keyboard Instruments
• •  Master of Music in Performance: Historical Oboes

Undergraduate Study

• •  Bachelor of Music: Performance (Historical)
• •  Minor in Performance (harpsichord, recorder, Baroque flute, early oboes, Baroque violin, Baroque cello, viola da gamba, Baroque cello/viola da gamba)

No active Courses available.

Graduate Study

• •  Master of Music in Opera Theater