New England Conservatory of Music
The New England Conservatory of Music was founded in 1867. Hand in hand with the development of modern America, it soon reached a leading position among music schools in this country. Students from many parts of the world have come to this seat of musical learning and, again, have departed with a thorough technical and artistic training in their possession.
The school buildings are especially adapted for the many details of thorough musical instruction. There are three concert halls, with a total seating capacity of over 2,000; a large library, with many rare volumes; a fine concert organ and fourteen other organs for teaching and practice purposes; and, added to these, seventy-five class rooms and private studios.
A walk through the buildings confirms the impression that here is a veritable beehive of musical activity.
From the Conservatory of Music, we cross Huntington Avenue once more and continue about one block south, reaching the