Detroit Conservatory of Music

Detroit Conservatory of Music was a music school in Detroit, Michigan. It was considered one of the leading institutions of music in the United States.^[1] It was founded in 1874 by J. H. Hahn^[1] and opened a normal school training department in 1889.^[2]

It was located at 5035 Woodward Avenue. In 1909 the Detroit Conservatory Orchestra was organized at the school.^[1]

Chapters of Mu Phi Epsilon, Sigma Alpha Iota, and Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia existed at the school.

The school featured on postcards.^[3] The Detroit Historical Society has a collection of documents from the school.^[4] The Detroit Public Library has a photograph of a woman playing violin at the school.^[5]

Alumni

Notable alumni include:

References

^ ^a ^b ^c Burton, Clarence Monroe; Stocking, William; Miller, Gordon K. (April 14, 1922). "The City of Detroit, Michigan, 1701-1922". S. J. Clarke publishing Company – via pages 343, 504, 506, 588, 724, 1005, and 1117.
^ Conway, Colleen; Pellegrino, Kristen; Stanley, Ann Marie; West, Chad (October 15, 2019). The Oxford Handbook of Preservice Music Teacher Education in the United States. Oxford University Press. ISBN 9780190671426 – via page 52.
^ https://michmemories.org/exhibits/default/catalog/4387b7d5e056c1b6abd293e5acafe5c5 ^{[dead link]}
^ "Detroit Conservatory of Music".
^ "Woman playing violin, Detroit Conservatory of Music | DPL DAMS". digitalcollections.detroitpubliclibrary.org.
^ "Kenn Cox and Donald Walden: "Free Jazz Radicals" | Solidarity". www.marxists.org.
^ "The Half Century Magazine". Half-century magazine. April 14, 1919 – via Google Books.

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