<p>Carleton vs. Oberlin</p>
<p>My son is deciding between Carleton and Oberlin. He is thinking of going into medicine and will major in the sciences. He has been approved, following audition, to study with a violin professor in the Oberlin Conservatory, if he attends. He enjoys studying the violin and playing in orchestra and, especially, string quartet.</p>
<p>I know he wants to go to a school where he can participate in chamber music. And I don't mean having a group of students casually getting together and playing. That is nice too, but he wants to be in a string quartet that will be coached by an instructor. I heard that he may not get as much of a chance at Oberlin because he is not a conservatory student. I'm trying to find out if this is true. Would he be more likely to play in a coached quartet at Carleton or Oberlin?</p>
<p>Does anyone know about Carleton's music department? How are you assigned a violin teacher for private instruction? How many string ensembles do they have? size of orchestra?...any information about the music department would be helpful.</p>