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3 unusual facts about American Conservatory of Music


Joseph John Richards

When not playing for a circus, Richards studied music at Kansas State Teachers College and the American Conservatory of Music.

Reginald Robinson

In 1988 Robinson paid took a few lessons with Professor Theodore Bargman at the American Conservatory of Music in downtown Chicago.

Storm Bull

In 1919, Storm Bull began his formal musical training at the Laboratory Schools of the University of Chicago, the American Conservatory of Music, and the Chicago Musical College.


Edward Bland

Edward senior died in the Battle of the Bulge in 1944, and son Edward Bland also briefly served in the Army during World War II, after which he studied at both the University of Chicago and the American Conservatory of Music on the G.I. Bill.

Ruth Kobart

-- not Finkelstein, this is a commonly accepted mistake --> in Des Moines, Iowa, Kobart studied opera at the American Conservatory of Music in Chicago and made her professional debut as the Witch in an off-Broadway production of Engelbert Humperdinck's Hänsel und Gretel.


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