The Curtis Institute of Music #272173

To Offer courses of study which provide all the necessary elements for the development of artists, teachers, or non-professional students of music: To employ as teachers, artists who combine pedagogic qualities with practical musicianship. The faculty includes artists Who are actually on the concert platform today, and who have international as well as national reputation as teachers and soloists: TO foster the student's sense of discrimination through opportunities Which the private teacher is usually unable to give; these advantages include recitals and lectures, personal contact with leading artists, and courses in such cultural subjects as are essential for a thorough musical education: To stimulate the student's creative faculties by maintaining an environment conducive to personal response and serious study.