Dictionary of Sydney

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Sydney Conservatorium of Music

Prestigious music school established to provide tuition and performance experience at the highest level for both secondary and tertiary students.

Milestone
Opened
1916
Name
Alternate
New South Wales State Conservatorium of Music
Colloquial
The Con
Position
- 1966
1915
1915 - 1922
1915 - 1955
1915 - 1965
1916
1916 - 1918
1916 - 1934
1921 - 1944
1923 - 1934
1928 - 1968
1947 - 1956
Property
Occupied
1916 -
Part of
1990 -
Type

Percy Grainger at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music

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2014

Percy Grainger was an 'all-round man' whose musical passions ranged from English folk songs through an eclectic array of composers, styles, influences and orchestrations. He graced the stage of the Sydney Conservatorium of Music as part of a two-year tour of Australia and New Zealand in 1935, leaving behind a harmonium that would languish beneath the main stage of the Vergrugghen Hall for over 70 years.