The Royal Conservatory of Music, branded as The Royal Conservatory, is a music education organization and performance venue headquartered in Toronto, Canada. It was founded in 1886 by Edward Fisher as The Toronto Conservatory of Music. In 1947, King George VI incorporated the organization through royal charter.
Its Toronto home was designated a National Historic Site of Canada in 1995, in recognition of the institution's significant influence on music education in Canada.
Michael Foulkes is the current Chair of the Board and Peter Simon is the President.
History
Early history
The Conservatory was founded in 1886 as The Toronto Conservatory of Music and opened in September 1887, located on two floors above a music store at the corner of Dundas Street and Yonge Street. Its founder Edward Fisher was a young organist born in the United States. The Conservatory became the first institution of its kind in Canada: a school dedicated to the training of singers and musicians, and also to instilling a love of music in young children. In its first year, it hired Italian musician and composer Francesco D'Auria to teach at the conservatory.
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 institution), conservatory o conservatoire.
Instruction includes training in the performance of musical instruments, singing, musical composition, conducting, musicianship, as well as academic and research fields such as musicology, music history and music theory.
Music instruction can be provided within the compulsory general education system, or within specialized children's music schools such as the Purcell School. Elementary-school children can access music instruction also in after-school institutions such as music academies or music schools. In Venezuela El Sistema of youth orchestras provides free after-school instrumental instruction through music schools called núcleos.
The term “music school” can be also applied to institutions of higher education under names such as school of music, such as the Jacobs School of Music of Indiana University; music academy, like the Sibelius Academy; music faculty as the Don Wright Faculty of Music of the University of Western Ontario; college of music, characterized by the Royal College of Music and the Berklee College of Music; music department, like the Department of Music at the University of California, Berkeley; or the term conservatory, exemplified by the Conservatoire de Paris. In other parts of Europe, the equivalents of higher school of music or university of music may be used, such as the Hochschule für Musik und Tanz Köln (Cologne University of Music).
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published: 21 Apr 2020
Royal Conservatory Orchestra | October 30, 2020 at 8:00 PM
Toronto Symphony Orchestra's concertmaster and a violinist in the New Orford String Quartet, Jonathan Crow, will lead the first Royal Conservatory Orchestra concert as concertmaster. The evening will also feature the new recipient of the Ihnatowycz Piano Prize, Sae Yoon Chon, as the piano soloist in Beethoven’s “Emperor” Concerto.
Part of the Temerty Orchestral Program at The Glenn Gould School (GGS), the Royal Conservatory Orchestra (RCO) is widely regarded as an outstanding ensemble and one of the best training orchestras in North America. It consists of instrumental students in the undergraduate and graduate programs of The Glenn Gould School. Graduates of the RCO have joined the ranks of the greatest orchestras in the world.
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Join us TONIGHT as the Royal Conservatory Orchestra takes the stage with guest conductor Naomi Woo!
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Leon Fleisher at The Royal Conservatory of Music
Leon Fleisher, Ihnatowycz Chair in Piano at The Royal Conservatory.
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Sergei Rachmaninoff | Prelude in D Major | Performed by Peter Simon
Peter Simon, who retires as President & CEO of The Royal Conservatory on August 31, performs Rachmaninoff’s Prelude in D Major. Filmed at the RCM’s Koerner Hall.
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Take Our Kids to Work Day 2024 at the Royal Conservatory!
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Inside The Royal Conservatory Of Music - Doors Open
This is video of the inside of the Royal Conservatory Of Music, which was one of the sites for Doors Open
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published: 30 May 2018
A Look Inside The Royal Conservatory Music Development Program
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Toronto Symphony Orchestra's concertmaster and a violinist in the New Orford String Quartet, Jonathan Crow, will lead the first Royal Conservatory Orchestra con...
Toronto Symphony Orchestra's concertmaster and a violinist in the New Orford String Quartet, Jonathan Crow, will lead the first Royal Conservatory Orchestra concert as concertmaster. The evening will also feature the new recipient of the Ihnatowycz Piano Prize, Sae Yoon Chon, as the piano soloist in Beethoven’s “Emperor” Concerto.
Part of the Temerty Orchestral Program at The Glenn Gould School (GGS), the Royal Conservatory Orchestra (RCO) is widely regarded as an outstanding ensemble and one of the best training orchestras in North America. It consists of instrumental students in the undergraduate and graduate programs of The Glenn Gould School. Graduates of the RCO have joined the ranks of the greatest orchestras in the world.
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Symphony No. 35 in D Major, K. 385 (“Haffner”)
Ludwig van Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 5 in E-flat Major, op. 73 (“Emperor”)
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Toronto Symphony Orchestra's concertmaster and a violinist in the New Orford String Quartet, Jonathan Crow, will lead the first Royal Conservatory Orchestra concert as concertmaster. The evening will also feature the new recipient of the Ihnatowycz Piano Prize, Sae Yoon Chon, as the piano soloist in Beethoven’s “Emperor” Concerto.
Part of the Temerty Orchestral Program at The Glenn Gould School (GGS), the Royal Conservatory Orchestra (RCO) is widely regarded as an outstanding ensemble and one of the best training orchestras in North America. It consists of instrumental students in the undergraduate and graduate programs of The Glenn Gould School. Graduates of the RCO have joined the ranks of the greatest orchestras in the world.
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Symphony No. 35 in D Major, K. 385 (“Haffner”)
Ludwig van Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 5 in E-flat Major, op. 73 (“Emperor”)
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Join us TONIGHT as the Royal Conservatory Orchestra takes the stage in Koerner Hall with guest conductor Naomi Woo and soloist Jerry Hu. Visit the box office fo...
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Leon Fleisher, Ihnatowycz Chair in Piano at The Royal Conservatory.
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Peter Simon, who retires as President & CEO of The Royal Conservatory on August 31, performs Rachmaninoff’s Prelude in D Major. Filmed at the RCM’s Koerner Hall...
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This is video of the inside of the Royal Conservatory Of Music, which was one of the sites for Doors Open
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This is video of the inside of the Royal Conservatory Of Music, which was one of the sites for Doors Open
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This is video of the inside of the Royal Conservatory Of Music, which was one of the sites for Doors Open
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Toronto Symphony Orchestra's concertmaster and a violinist in the New Orford String Quartet, Jonathan Crow, will lead the first Royal Conservatory Orchestra concert as concertmaster. The evening will also feature the new recipient of the Ihnatowycz Piano Prize, Sae Yoon Chon, as the piano soloist in Beethoven’s “Emperor” Concerto.
Part of the Temerty Orchestral Program at The Glenn Gould School (GGS), the Royal Conservatory Orchestra (RCO) is widely regarded as an outstanding ensemble and one of the best training orchestras in North America. It consists of instrumental students in the undergraduate and graduate programs of The Glenn Gould School. Graduates of the RCO have joined the ranks of the greatest orchestras in the world.
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Symphony No. 35 in D Major, K. 385 (“Haffner”)
Ludwig van Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 5 in E-flat Major, op. 73 (“Emperor”)
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Peter Simon, who retires as President & CEO of The Royal Conservatory on August 31, performs Rachmaninoff’s Prelude in D Major. Filmed at the RCM’s Koerner Hall.
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This is video of the inside of the Royal Conservatory Of Music, which was one of the sites for Doors Open
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The Royal Conservatory of Music, branded as The Royal Conservatory, is a music education organization and performance venue headquartered in Toronto, Canada. It was founded in 1886 by Edward Fisher as The Toronto Conservatory of Music. In 1947, King George VI incorporated the organization through royal charter.
Its Toronto home was designated a National Historic Site of Canada in 1995, in recognition of the institution's significant influence on music education in Canada.
Michael Foulkes is the current Chair of the Board and Peter Simon is the President.
History
Early history
The Conservatory was founded in 1886 as The Toronto Conservatory of Music and opened in September 1887, located on two floors above a music store at the corner of Dundas Street and Yonge Street. Its founder Edward Fisher was a young organist born in the United States. The Conservatory became the first institution of its kind in Canada: a school dedicated to the training of singers and musicians, and also to instilling a love of music in young children. In its first year, it hired Italian musician and composer Francesco D'Auria to teach at the conservatory.