Shawn David Roth

Shawn David Roth

Bachelor of Music

Performance

Voice

Ive always considered myself very lucky to have attended Oberlin. Ill be forever grateful for my experience there, and for the life lessons I learned. By the end of my four years, I had finally grown to understood what our motto, "Learning and Labor," meant and felt that I had indeed fulfilled both parts of that credo.

I did the Oberlin in Italy program the summer before my freshman year. Arezzo, 2016.

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The Local/Slow Train. We love a good caffeine break before practicing.

Music Theory IV with Andrew Pau. He taught me how to really think about music. And, perhaps more importantly as a singer, how to think about the text.

Swing&Blues

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Oberlin Arts & Sciences Orchestra

"To play a wrong note is insignificant; to play without passion is inexcusable." -Beethoven

When all the seniors sang the "Va, pensiero" chorus during the last studio class before quarantine.

05/25/2020

I will attend Academy of Vocal Arts in the fall to continue my work with Bill Schuman, one of the truly great voice teachers of our time, whom I met at Music Academy of the West while a student at Oberlin.