Reviews of professor Bryan Parkhurst

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
Amazing and actually challenging. Others in my class complained - they complained because they are weak students.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
Awful teacher, would not take again and would not recommend.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
One of the best profs at oberlin.  Tons of energy, sometimes too much for 9 am. extremely funny Lots of homework but you can redo any assignment.  No tests.

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
(MUTH130)

I have mixed feelings about Professor Parkhurst. He makes class fun and interesting, and you go over most of the work during class, but he doesn't always give the best explanations to concepts, and you have to sing a lot despite him not really teaching you how to sing. However, I'm not in Aural Skills, so that could be part of the reason

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Hilarious dude. Amazing jokes and memes.

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Prof. Parkhurst is an interesting guy, and clearly very smart. However, I did not find the way he structures his class to be very engaging. Students do presentations every class but without slides, so it's difficult to pay attention. The readings are horribly dense and long. I would take another class of his, but I wouldn't recommend this one.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
Funny guy. Lots of singing in class. Very relaxed atmosphere for class participation.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
Probably the funniest professor at Oberlin. The readings were too long but the grading is lenient and he gives tons of helpful feedback on papers.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
MT 131 with Parkhurst is probably my favorite class at Oberlin.  Super funny and engaging guy. Lots of assignments but he guides you through them in class. Lots of singing, almost as much as an aural skills class--you have to make singing / piano videos for homework.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
"Coach" makes aural skills super fun. He lets you redo any assignment and class is always interesting and enjoyable. I got way better at solfege. Also he could probably be a stand-up comedian.