The Cincinnati Conservatory of Music was a conservatory, part of a girls'

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, founded in 1867 in

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. It merged with the

College of Music of Cincinnati A college (Latin: ''collegium'') is an educational institution or a constituent part of one. A college may be a degree-awarding tertiary educational institution, a part of a collegiate or federal university, an institution offering ...

in 1955, forming the

Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music Cincinnati ( ) is a city in the U.S. state of Ohio and the county seat of Hamilton County. Settled in 1788, the city is located at the northern side of the confluence of the Licking and Ohio rivers, the latter of which marks the state line wit ...

, which is now part of the

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. The Conservatory, founded by Clara Baur, was the first music school in Cincinnati. In 1924, Mr. Burnet Corwin Tuthill, General Manager of the Conservatory, instigated the formation of the

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together with five other institutions (

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, Bush Conservatory of Music, Louisville Conservatory of Music, Pittsburgh Musical Institute, and Walcott Conservatory of Music) at a meeting held on June 10, 1924.Tuthill, pg. 1 The Cincinnati Conservatory of Music, Inc., became an institutional member of the National Association of Schools of Music on February 1, 1930. Its certificate was signed by the President, Harold L. Bulter and Secretary, Burnet M. Bushelf. Noted alumni include singer and actor

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, trumpeter

Al Hirt Alois Maxwell "Al" Hirt (November 7, 1922 – April 27, 1999) was an American trumpeter and bandleader. He is best remembered for his million-selling recordings of "Java" and the accompanying album '' Honey in the Horn'' (1963), and for the them ...

, jazz pianist

Pat Moran McCoy Pat Moran (born 1934 in Enid, Oklahoma) is an American jazz pianist. Life and work Born Helen Mudgett, Pat Moran studied piano at Phillips University and later at the Cincinnati Conservatory of Music. Career She began her career as a concert ...

, singer and entertainer

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, composers Harold Morris,

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, and Christy Altomare of ''Spring Awakening'' fame, as well as pathologist

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Notable alumni

James G. Heller James Gutheim Heller (January 4, 1892 – December 19, 1971) was an American rabbi and composer. Life Heller was born on January 4, 1892, in New Orleans, New Orleans, Louisiana, the son of Rabbi Maximilian Heller and Ida Marks. Heller graduated ...

(1892-1971), rabbi and composer, professor of musicology at Conservatory *

Corinne Stocker Horton Corinne Stocker Horton (, Stocker; after first marriage, Horton; after second marriage, Smith; pen name, Mrs. Thaddeus Horton; August 21, 1871 – September 12, 1947) was an American elocutionist, journalist, newspaper editor, and clubwoman. For ...

(1871-1947), elocutionist, journalist, newspaper editor, and clubwoman *

Carrie Obendorfer Simon Carrie Simon (March 5, 1872 – March 3, 1961) was a Jewish-American communal leader from Washington, D.C. Life Simon was born on March 5, 1872, in Uniontown, Alabama, the daughter of Leo William Obendorfer and Mary Wise. A few years after her b ...

(1872-1961), communal leader

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