Need a "safety" choice -- accomplished with the oboe

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Wed, 09 Aug 2006 20:23:42 +0000

In that case, just about any smaller liberal arts college might well be happy to have a good oboist, barring those with music degree programs.
However, if a good oboe teacher and reasonably good orchestra or wind ensemble isn’t available to your child, the school may figure that he/she won’t enroll anyway.
That said, I would recommend Rhodes and Davidson in the South. Both are very strong academically, both offer scholarships for musical talent, and neither has conservatory students to compete with.
In Texas, Southwestern has a very small BM program, but would probably be very happy to have a talented non-major oboist.