Vocal Performance Majors- Soprano Advice?

BassDad
Fri, 10 Aug 2007 23:33:47 +0000

The Oberlin campus is a little under an hour from downtown Cleveland. There is bus service but not at very convenient times. Taxis to Cleveland are pretty expensive. An enterprising Oberlin resident has set up a van service for the airport and downtown that is advertised on the want ads section of the Oberlin web site. My daughter has usually been able to get a ride from a friend with a car when she needs to go there or to do some shopping at the mall in Elyria, about 20 minutes away.

Conservatory students can live in any of the available housing. They are not housed separately from College students. There are a few dorms that are primarily for upperclassmen and a couple that are mostly freshman. There is lots of information on the web site.

The only grad program at Curtis is in Opera. Everything else is undergrad only. Even a Curtis diploma is no guarantee of a professional career, but it is a better head start than most. They are generous with time off from school and payment of travel and living expenses for students who are auditioning for jobs and for grad schools and participating in competitions. There are a lot of connections, particularly with the Philadelphia Orchestra, to be made there.