The Chicago Conservatory College — not to be confused with

The Music Conservatory of Chicago College of Performing Arts The Music Conservatory was founded in 1867 as the Chicago Musical College, a conservatory. In 1954, the Chicago Musical College became part of Roosevelt University Roosevelt University is a private university with campuses in Chicago and Schau ...

— was a

music school A music school is an educational institution specialized in the study, training, and research of music. Such an institution can also be known as a school of music, music academy, music faculty, college of music, music department (of a larger ins ...

specialized in advanced levels (or tertiary levels) of musical education based in

Chicago (''City in a Garden''); I Will , image_map = , map_caption = Interactive Map of Chicago , coordinates = , coordinates_footnotes = , subdivision_type = Country , subdivision_name ...

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in the

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, which operated between 1857 and 1981. According to a letter written in 1997 by the Board of Higher Education, the college was in good standing at the time of closure. It was founded by musician and composer Robert Goldbeck (1839–1908) in 1857 and is claimed to be the first music conservatory in the US. It preceded the

Oberlin Conservatory of Music The Oberlin Conservatory of Music is a private music conservatory in Oberlin College in Oberlin, Ohio. It was founded in 1865 and is the second oldest conservatory and oldest continually operating conservatory in the United States. It is one of ...

- which is today considered the oldest continuously operating conservatory in the United States - and the Chicago Academy of Music (claimed the fourth music conservatory in America) which were founded in 1865 and 1867 respectively. The Chicago Conservatory College is mentioned among present Chicago Academy of Music, the

American Conservatory of Music The American Conservatory of Music (ACM) was a major American school of music founded in Chicago in 1886 by John James Hattstaedt (1851–1931). The conservatory was incorporated as an Illinois non-profit corporation. It developed the Conservato ...

, the Sherwood Music School, Northwestern, DePaul,

Roosevelt University Roosevelt University is a private university with campuses in Chicago and Schaumburg, Illinois. Founded in 1945, the university was named in honor of United States President Franklin Delano Roosevelt and First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt. The unive ...

and the

University of Chicago The University of Chicago (UChicago, Chicago, U of C, or UChi) is a private research university in Chicago, Illinois. Its main campus is located in Chicago's Hyde Park neighborhood. The University of Chicago is consistently ranked among the b ...

in an overview of the music history of the city of

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. It is likely that the music school was founded under a different name, which was eventually changed into ''The Chicago Conservatory College''

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Chicago Conservatory College Music schools in Illinois Universities and colleges in Chicago Defunct private universities and colleges in Illinois 1857 establishments in Illinois