Cincinnati Conservatory of Music

The Cincinnati Conservatory of Music was a conservatory, part of a girls' finishing school, founded in 1867 in Cincinnati, Ohio.^[1] It merged with the College of Music of Cincinnati in 1955, forming the Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music, which is now part of the University of Cincinnati.

Cincinnati Conservatory of Music
On the lawn of The Cincinnati Conservatory of Music 1913
Location
Cincinnati, Ohio United States
Information
Type	Conservatory
Established	1867 (1867)
Founder	Clara Baur
Closed	1955 (1955)
Affiliation	University of Cincinnati – College-Conservatory of Music

The Conservatory, founded by Clara Baur, was the first music school in Cincinnati.^[2] In 1924, Mr. Burnet Corwin Tuthill, General Manager of the Conservatory, instigated the formation of the National Association of Schools of Music together with five other institutions (American Conservatory of Music, Bush Conservatory of Music, Louisville Conservatory of Music, Pittsburgh Musical Institute, and Walcott Conservatory of Music) at a meeting held on June 10, 1924.^[3]

Noted alumni include cancer research Aldred Scott Warthin (1877), singer and entertainer Tennessee Ernie Ford (1939), trumpeter Al Hirt (attended 1940), jazz pianist Pat Moran McCoy, composers Harold Morris, Conlon Nancarrow, and Margaret McClure Stitt (attended 1904–05).

Many well-known musicians and singers are alumni of the successor organization to the Cincinnati Conservatory of Music, the College-Conservatory of Music, part of the University of Cincinnati. These include Kathleen Battle (1970), Christy Altomare (2008) of Spring Awakening fame, and Dylan Mulvaney (2019).

Notable alumni

• James G. Heller (1892–1971), rabbi and composer, professor of musicology at Conservatory
• Corinne Stocker Horton (1871–1947), elocutionist, journalist, newspaper editor, and clubwoman
• Carrie Obendorfer Simon (1872–1961), communal leader

References

• Shotwell, John Brough (1902). A History of the Schools of Cincinnati. The School Life Company.
• Southern, Eileen (1997). Music of Black Americans. New York: W.W. Norton & Co. ISBN 0-393-03843-2.
• Tuthill, Burnet Corwin (1963). NASM — The First Forty Years: A Personal History of the National Association of Schools of Music LC:ML27.U5 N2634. Washington, DC: NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF SCHOOLS OF MUSIC.

Notes

1. Southern, pg. 221
2. Shotwell, pg. 373
3. Tuthill, pg. 1