Friends of Credo is a new program for 2018 which builds meaningful connections with our community. There is no cost to join. As a friend you have free access to all Credo concerts in Oberlin this July and special invitations to connect with Credo students throughout the festival. 

Curious about what it's like to volunteer for Credo? Here's a word from one of our loyal Service Day drivers Rick Klingshirn: “Imagine driving your car with 4 or 5 student musician passengers who, having just recently met each other,  talk and laugh the entire ride to the next stop, whether it be the local food bank, a performance at a hospice house, senior citizen home, or other destination…”

Announcement: Credo's application deadline for violists and cellists has been extended until April 6. As you know, having the right fits for quartets is one of the prime drivers for a great Credo experience. This year we need a few more young violists and cellists - so we've extended the deadline until April 6. (Apply here: https://www.credomusic.org/applyoberlin)

Each summer we are pleased to offer a series of (mostly free!) concerts in the Cleveland, Oberlin and Chicago areas as part of our summer programs. Click here to view our summer concert schedule on our website and make sure to mark your calendars! We hope to see you there!

Credo Alumna Anna Wolle ('12, '15) will move to Senegal (in West Africa) this summer to launch Teranga Strings , a project that will begin with a free summer violin program for forty children in Dakar, the capital of Senegal. The children will hail from two existing non-profit organizations: L’Empire des Enfants, which houses sixty formerly indentured servants, and SOS Village d’Enfants, which houses over one hundred orphans.

This month a group of 14 students from the Oberlin Conservatory of Music will spend two weeks of intensive chamber music study in Oberlin before heading to Beaumont, Texas and Puerto Rico to serve the communities affected by the devastating hurricanes. They will bring not only music but willing and able hands to help with whatever is needed. The project is a joint effort of Credo Music and the Oberlin Conservatory of Music.

Each year Credo Music begins the Christmas season with two Messiah Sing Along concerts: one in Oberlin and the other in Chicago. The community comes together not only to enjoy and participate in beautiful music-making, but to generously support a local ministry. This year we raised $2500 for the Harmony Food Pantry, a ministry serving the North Lawndale community in Chicago and $2000 for Family Promise of Lorain Country, a ministry serving homeless families in Lorain Country, Ohio.

Credo Music will host its annual Messiah Sing Along concerts in River Forest on December 3 at Grace Lutheran Church and in Oberlin on December 10 in Finney Chapel. Come and sing along, or just listen to this holiday favorite. 

We are pleased to announce that we are now accepting online applications for our 2018 summer programs.

Credo's programming is intentionally built upon our mission statement "Develop the Gift, Acknowledge the Source, Respond in Service". Our educational programs go beyond technical development, encouraging students to pursue personal excellence on par with their pursuit of instrument mastery. 

We're so glad you're here! We hope that you'll find everything you need easily. If you have any questions, suggestions or comments, we'd love to hear from you! Leave your comments below, send us an email, or give us a call (440-774-3658) and let us know what you think!

Credo Music in pleased to present its annual Messiah Sing-Along. The concert will take place in Chicago (River Forest) on December 3, and in Oberlin on December 10. Mark your calendars! We'll post more details by the end of the month. 

On Friday September 8, 2017 eighty four musicians took the stage at Severance Hall to allow their gift of music to serve those affected by the devastating hurricanes in Texas and Florida. The full orchestra included musicians from The Cleveland Orchestra together with students from the Oberlin Conservatory and the Cleveland Institute of Music: 18 Credo alumni and faculty among them.