Detroit Conservatory of Music

{{Short description|Music school in Detroit, Michigan}}

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Detroit Conservatory of Music was a music school in Detroit, Michigan. It was considered one of the leading institutions of music in the United States. It was founded in 1874 by J. H. Hahn{{Cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=T203AQAAMAAJ&dq=detroit+conservatory+of+music&pg=PA588|title=The City of Detroit, Michigan, 1701-1922|first1=Clarence Monroe|last1=Burton|first2=William|last2=Stocking|first3=Gordon K.|last3=Miller|date=April 14, 1922|publisher=S. J. Clarke publishing Company|via=pages 343, 504, 506, 588, 724, 1005, and 1117}} and opened a normal school training department in 1889.{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=use4DwAAQBAJ&dq=detroit+conservatory+of+music&pg=PA51|title=The Oxford Handbook of Preservice Music Teacher Education in the United States|first1=Colleen|last1=Conway|first2=Kristen|last2=Pellegrino|first3=Ann Marie|last3=Stanley|first4=Chad|last4=West|date=October 15, 2019|publisher=Oxford University Press|isbn=9780190671426|via=page 52}}

It was located at 5035 Woodward Avenue. In 1909 the Detroit Conservatory Orchestra was organized at the school.

Chapters of Mu Phi Epsilon, Sigma Alpha Iota, and Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia existed at the school.

The school featured on postcards.https://michmemories.org/exhibits/default/catalog/4387b7d5e056c1b6abd293e5acafe5c5 {{Dead link|date=February 2022}} The Detroit Historical Society has a collection of documents from the school.{{Cite web|url=https://detroithistorical.pastperfectonline.com/bysearchterm?keyword=Detroit+Conservatory+of+Music|title=Detroit Conservatory of Music}} The Detroit Public Library has a photograph of a woman playing violin at the school.{{Cite web|url=https://digitalcollections.detroitpubliclibrary.org/islandora/object/islandora:224555|title=Woman playing violin, Detroit Conservatory of Music | DPL DAMS|website=digitalcollections.detroitpubliclibrary.org}}