Category: Sydney Conservatorium of Music, Sydney, New South Wales

Categories: Sydney, New South Wales | New South Wales, Universities

One of the oldest and most prestigious music schools in Australia, the Sydney Conservatorium of Music, established in 1915 as the New South Wales State Conservatorium of Music and known as The Con, is a heritage-listed music school in Macquarie Street, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia; adjacent to the Royal Botanic Gardens on the eastern fringe of the Sydney central business district. The Con is a faculty of the University of Sydney, and incorporates the community-based Conservatorium Open Academy and the Conservatorium High School. The sandstone, Gothic picturesque building was originally built in 1820 as the Government House stables.

Wikipedia: Sydney Conservatorium of Music; accessed 20 Jul 2019.
Sydney Conservatorium of Music website; accessed 20 Jul 2019.

Joan Hammond 24 May 1912 Christchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand - 26 Nov 1996

Eve (MacDougall) Cotton 1917 Broken Hill, New South Wales, Australia - 2000

Alan Mackerras 17 Nov 1925 Schenectady, New York, United States - 14 Jul 2010

Anna Meggy 07 Jan 1887 Sydney, New South Wales (Australia) - 08 Feb 1959

Ethel (Young) Bean 1894 Narrandera, New South Wales (Australia) - 1991

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