Oberlin College is a private liberal arts college and conservatory of music in Oberlin, Ohio, United States. Founded in 1833, it is the oldest coeducational liberal arts college in the United States and the second-oldest continuously operating coeducational institute of higher learning in the world. The Oberlin Conservatory of Music is the oldest continuously operating conservatory in the United States. In 1835, Oberlin became one of the first colleges in the United States to admit African Americans, and in 1837, the first to admit women. It has been known since its founding for progressive student activism.
The college was named after a prominent minister, J. F. Oberlin.
Severance Hall
Peters Hall, the Oberlin Administration Building, in 1909
Oberlin's football team, 1892
A music school is an educational institution specialized in the study, training, and research of music. Such an institution can also be known as a school of music, music academy, music faculty, college of music, music department, conservatory, conservatorium or conservatoire. Instruction consists of training in the performance of musical instruments, singing, musical composition, conducting, musicianship, as well as academic and research fields such as musicology, music history and music theory.
Curtis Institute of Music in Philadelphia, one of the world's most elite conservatories
Graduates of the Saint Petersburg Conservatory in Russia include Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Sergey Prokofiev, Dmitri Shostakovich, and George Balanchine.
Based around Notre-Dame de Paris, the Notre-Dame school was an important centre of polyphonic music.
Musikgymnasium Schloss Belvedere, a specialist music school in Weimar, Germany
