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Curtis Institute of Music
Curtis Institute of Music Curtis Institute of Music, Philadelphia.

Curtis Institute of Music

school, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
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Date:
1924
Areas Of Involvement:
coeducation
Notable Alumni:
Eric Owens
Lang Lang
Alan Gilbert
Peter Serkin
Nino Rota

Curtis Institute of Music, private, coeducational conservatory of music in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S. The institute awards bachelor’s and master’s degrees. The curriculum covers composition, conducting, accompanying, music theory and history, and studies in voice and in keyboard and orchestral instruments. The institute admits only students of exceptional musical talent, and it provides all of its students with full scholarships. Total enrollment is approximately 160.

The Curtis Institute of Music was founded in 1924 by Mary Louise Curtis Bok. Such noted composers as Leonard Bernstein, Samuel Barber, Gian Carlo Menotti, and Vincent Persichetti have studied at Curtis. The institute’s library contains more than 65,000 books, music scores, and records, and its orchestra library houses the Leopold Stokowski Collection.

This article was most recently revised and updated by Amy Tikkanen.