University of Toronto. Faculty of Music

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University of Toronto. Faculty of Music

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  • University Toronto Faculty of Music

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Dates of existence

1918-current

History

The Faculty of Music was created in 1918. The Senate of the University withdrew its affiliations with various music schools (Toronto College of Music and Royal Hamilton College of Music) and inaugurated a Faculty of Music to teach music and administer examinations. Along with his duties as music director of the Toronto Conservatory, Augustus Stephen Vogt was appointed Dean. “Courses of Instruction” were introduced, the first courses to be taught at the Faculty; which grew to offer courses with a full range of aspects involved with western music, including Jazz performance, ethnomusicology, and music and medicine.

In 1952, The Royal Conservatory of Music and the University of Toronto's Faculty of Music came under the same administration, placing a Dean in charge of both programs. The Conservatory would be known as The School of Music and was headed by a Principal. The Faculty of Music would be headed by a Director. In 1959 plans for an electronic music studio were announced, historically the second in a North American university. The Faculty regularly hosts events in one of its two theatres; MacMillan Theatre consisting of an 815-seat hall, designed for the production of operas and large ensemble concerts and named after former dean, Sir Ernest MacMillan. World-renowned for its excellent acoustics, and Walter Hall which commemorates Arnold Walter, Director of the Faculty from 1952-1968, Walter Hall was designed for chamber concerts and recitals. The house seats 490. The hall also contains a two-manual tracker-action Casavant organ.

In 1991, the School of Music/Royal Conservatory of Music separated and once again became its own institution.

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Toronto, Ontario

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Related entity

Faculty of Music Anti-Racism Alliance (2020-)

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Local

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hierarchical

Dates of relationship

2020-

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FoMARA is a student organization within the Faculty of Music Undergraduate Association, within the University of Toronto Faculty of Music.

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Royal Conservatory of Music (1886-current)

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Royal Conservatory of Music

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University of Toronto. Faculty of Music

Dates of relationship

1952-1991

Description of relationship

The Royal Conservatory of Music and the University of Toronto Faculty of Music were affiliated from 1952-1991

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http://viaf.org/viaf/137151597

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Combined with authority record maintained by the University of Toronto Music Library (October 3, 2019).

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