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Entrance to the John C. Borden Auditorium. Manhattan School of Music was founded between 1917 and 1918 by the pianist and philanthropist Janet D. Schenck. It was initially known as the "Neighborhood Music School". Initially located at the Union Settlement Association on East 104th Street in Manhattan's East Harlem neighborhood, the school moved ...
The Juilliard School (/ ˈ dʒ uː l i. ɑːr d / JOO-lee-ard) [5] is a private performing arts conservatory in New York City.Founded by Frank Damrosch as the Institute of Musical Art in 1905, the school later added dance and drama programs and became the Juilliard School, named after its principal benefactor Augustus D. Juilliard.
The Manhattan School of Music added a jazz department in 1982, followed by a jazz oriented master's in 1984, and a bachelor's in 1987. The school's influence in formalizing jazz education rapidly rose to prominence. Long before formalizing its jazz curriculum, the school had some of New York's top jazz artists on its faculty and as students. [38]
Blair School of Music of Vanderbilt University (Nashville, TN) Boston University School of Music (Boston, MA) Boyer College of Music and Dance of Temple University (Philadelphia, PA) Carnegie Mellon School of Music at Carnegie Mellon University ( Pittsburgh, PA) Chicago College of Performing Arts at Roosevelt University ( Chicago, Illinois ...
The High School of Music & Art was founded by Mayor Fiorello H. LaGuardia in 1936. He wanted to establish a public school in which students could hone their talents in music, art and the performing arts. In 1948, a similar institution – the High School of Performing Arts – was created in an effort to harness students' talents in dance.
Kaufman Music Center was founded by Dr. Tzipora Jochsberger in 1952 as a community music school. Located at 129 W. 67th St. on Manhattan's Upper West Side, today's Kaufman Music Center is home to Merkin Hall; Lucy Moses School, New York's largest community arts school; Special Music School (PS 859), a K-12 public school that teaches music as a core subject; and the teen new music program Face ...
Independent conservatories of music. Berklee College of Music, Boston. Cleveland Institute of Music. The Curtis Institute of Music, Philadelphia. Interlochen Arts Academy, Interlochen, Michigan. Manhattan School of Music, New York. New England Conservatory, Boston. San Francisco Conservatory of Music. VanderCook College of Music, Chicago.
Roach studied classical percussion at the Manhattan School of Music from 1950 to 1953, working toward a Bachelor of Music degree. The school awarded him an Honorary Doctorate in 1990. In 1952, Roach co-founded Debut Records with bassist Charles Mingus, one of the first artist-owned labels.