The Curtis Institute of Music

Name of School:

Curtis Institute of Music

Location:

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.A.

Type of School:

Private, coeducational

Courses/Degrees Offered:

Bachelor of Music - Majors in Composition, Conducting, Keyboard, Ochestral Instruments and Voice.

The school also offers a Diploma program (minimum 2 year residency), the Master of Music in Opera (requires a minimum of 32 graduate credits), the Professional Studies Certificate in Opera (nondegree program) and Musical Studies.

Quick Facts:

In 1924, the Curtis Institute of Music was founded by Mary Louise Curtis Bok; it offers merit-based full-tuition scholarships to its students. The school maintains a small number of selected enrollees guiding them under the philosophy that students "learn most by doing."

Famous people who attended Curtis includes Samuel Barber, Leonard Bernstein, Gian Carlo Menotti and Lang Lang. Keyboard, composition and conducting students practice on Steinway pianos exclusively. Their current president is Roberto Díaz.

Website:

More information is available at the Curtis Institute of Music web site.