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1. www.curtis.edu › about › history-2-0History 2.0 - Curtis Institute of Music

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   Overview. Legacy of Curtis by Department. Century of Excellence Timeline. Curtis Institute of Music opened on October 13, 1924. The school, founded by Mary Louise Curtis Bok, has spent a century shaping the future of classical music, offering exceptional training without financial barriers.

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   Jul 30, 2017 · From the first moment until closely before her death at age 93, Mary Luise Curtis Bok Zimbalist was a daily presence at Curtis – it was her vision which created this international, inclusive...

3. www.curtis.edu › about › historyLegacy of Piano - Curtis Institute of Music

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   Legacy of Piano. Since 1924, the Curtis Institute of Music’s piano department has been recognized as one of the best in the world, eminently positioned to fulfill the school’s foundational mission: “to hand down through contemporary masters the great traditions of the past.”.

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   Aug 16, 2024 · The history of Curtis and its inspiring impact on the classical music world over the past 100 years is spotlighted in the September 2024 issue of The Strad. Beginning with an exploration of the school’s earliest days and its founder, Mary Louise Curtis Bok, the article focuses on the ecosystem of Curtis, with its student body of around 160 ...

5. curtis.thesnug.dev › about › who-we-areWho We Are - Curtis Institute of Music

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   Jul 9, 2024 · The Curtis Institute of Music opened on October 13, 1924. It fulfilled the fondest dream of Mary Louise Curtis Bok, the only child of Philadelphia-based Louisa Knapp and Cyrus H. K. Curtis, whose Curtis Publishing Company produced two of the most popular magazines in America: the Saturday Evening Post and the Ladies’ Home Journal .

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   The school held its first commencement a decade after opening, awarding Bachelor of Music and Master of Music degrees. [12] Starting in the late 1920s, Curtis made significant changes to fully support students financially. In 1928, Mrs. Louis Bok expanded the school's first endowment of $500,000 to $12.5 million.

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   When did the Curtis Institute of music open?

   • The Curtis Institute of Music opened on October 13, 1924. It fulfilled the fondest dream of Mary Louise Curtis Bok, the only child of Philadelphia-based Louisa Knapp and Cyrus H. K. Curtis, whose Curtis Publishing Company produced two of the most popular magazines in America: the Saturday Evening Post and the Ladies’ Home Journal.

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   When did the Curtis Institute open?

   • The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania chartered the Curtis Institute on April 18, 1924, which opened in October 1925 on three mansions on 1727 and 1720 Locust Street and 235 South 18th Street. Both the Curtis Institute and the Settlement Music School shared a building at Queen Street in South Philadelphia for the first year.

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   What is the Curtis Institute & Settlement Music School?

   • Both the Curtis Institute and the Settlement Music School shared a building at Queen Street in South Philadelphia for the first year. Bok established the institute to train talented musicians for professional careers and to teach music for its own sake and not as a means to another end.

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   Is the Curtis Institute of music still tuition-free?

   • The school she founded is still tuition-free to all 175 students – ensuring that artistic promise, and not financial situation, is the sole consideration for acceptance. With Leopold Stokowski, conductor of the Philadelphia Orchestra from 1912 to 1941, and the Polish pianist Josef Hoffmann, the Curtis Institute of Music was born.

   How frighteningly good do you have to be to get into Curtis?

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   What makes Curtis a great school?

   • For nearly a century Curtis has provided each member of its small student body an unparalleled education alongside musical peers, distinguished by a “learn by doing” philosophy and personalized attention from a faculty that includes a high proportion of actively performing musicians.

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   Who introduced mandatory weekly lectures at Curtis University?

   • Thompson introduced mandatory weekly lectures providing an overview of music history. Violinist Efrem Zimbalist, who had become the head of the violin department in 1930 at Curtis, replaced Thompson as director in 1941.

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8. www.classical-music.com › articles › curtis-instituteCurtis Institute of Music - creating the world's top ...

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   So, with the school’s 100th anniversary approaching in October 2024, I was keen to visit its campus – the perfect opportunity to get to the heart of such a phenomenal success rate. A quick scan of statistics quoted on the school’s website provided telling clues.