| History
of the UO School of Music
1886:
For more than a century, the University
of Oregon School of Music has been an outstanding
source of performers, educators and composers.
In 1886, ten years after the University
of Oregon opened, D.W. Coolidge, ‘professor
of music, piano, organ and harmony’
began the one-person Department of Music
with 31 piano students and 2 organ students.
Today, nearly 70 music faculty serve 500
major and 4,000 non-major students across
campus.
1921:
The UO constructs a dedicated School of
Music building consisting of Beall Concert
Hall. It was designed by Ellis Lawrence,
founder of the UO School of Architecture
and Allied Arts, and architect of several
important buildings on campus including
the original cores of the Museum of Art
and Knight Library. |
Original campus buildings, Villard Hall
(left) and Deady Hall (right) in 1876. |
