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 and Sigma Alpha Iota 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:
- T. J. Fowler
- Rachel Andresen
- Les Baxter
- Betty Carter
- Dennis Edwards
- Jean DuShon
- Johnny Desmond
- Lucia Dlugoszewski
- Antoinette Garnes[6]
- Lou Hooper
- Boyd Marshall
- Thomas Whitfield (singer)
- Gaylord Yost (1904–1905)
- Patricia Terry-Ross
- James Frazier (1940–1984)
- Kenneth Louis Cox II[7]
- Elizebeth Thomas Werlein
- Agnes Woodward
References
- 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
- "Detroit Conservatory of Music".
- "Woman playing violin, Detroit Conservatory of Music | DPL DAMS". digitalcollections.detroitpubliclibrary.org.
- "The Half Century Magazine". Half-century magazine. April 14, 1919 – via Google Books.
- "Kenn Cox and Donald Walden: "Free Jazz Radicals" | Solidarity". www.marxists.org.
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