Colburn School
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adjacent to the Museum of Contemporary Art
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and across the street from the Walt Disney Concert Hall
Walt Disney Concert Hall
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. It consists of three parts – the School of Performing Arts which has open enrollment and serves children in the community through age 18, the select, pre-college Colburn Academy, and the Conservatory of Music.
History
The school was originally established in 1950 as a preparatory arm of the USC Thornton School of MusicUSC Thornton School of Music
The University of Southern California Thornton School of Music, founded in 1884 and dedicated in 1999, is one of the premier music schools in the United States...
, and was located across the street from the Shrine Auditorium
Shrine Auditorium
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, in a warehouse which had been converted into extra USC practice rooms, rehearsal halls, and dance studios. It later broadened its mission and changed its name to the Community School of Performing Arts. In 1980, it finalized its split with USC and branched out on its own. In 1985, the school received a significant endowment from Richard D. Colburn, and it was re-named in his honor. It moved from its original location near the USC campus to its current location in 1998.
The Conservatory of Music was established in 2003 and offers a Bachelor of Music
Bachelor of Music
Bachelor of Music is an academic degree awarded by a college, university, or conservatory upon completion of program of study in music. In the United States, it is a professional degree; the majority of work consists of prescribed music courses and study in applied music, usually requiring a...
degree, a Performance Diploma, an Artist's Diploma, and a Professional Studies Certificate to students. The Conservatory offers full scholarship, housing, and stipends to all of its students.
Facilities and Architecture
The school's main building was designed by the architectural firm Hardy Holzman Pfeiffer Associates and includes the Lloyd WrightLloyd Wright
Frank Lloyd Wright, Jr. , commonly known as Lloyd Wright, was an American landscape architect and architect, most active in Los Angeles and Southern California...
designed studio of Jascha Heifetz
Jascha Heifetz
Jascha Heifetz was a violinist, born in Vilnius, then Russian Empire, now Lithuania. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest violinists of all time.- Early life :...
, which was originally situated in Heifetz's backyard, and was saved from demolition and rebuilt on the second floor of the school's Grand Avenue building.
Also located in the building is Zipper Hall
Zipper Hall
Herbert Zipper Concert Hall is a 415 seat music venue located on the campus of the Colburn School in Los Angeles, California, United States. In addition to serving as a performance space for the school, it also is home to Monday Evening Concerts, Southwest Chamber Music, Piano Spheres, and Musica...
, a small concert venue that hosts professional as well as student performances throughout the year. The Los Angeles Philharmonic
Los Angeles Philharmonic
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and Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra
Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra
The Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra is a 40-member American chamber orchestra based in Los Angeles, California, considered by music critic Jim Svejda as "America's finest chamber orchestra".-History:...
have both performed chamber music concerts in the facility.
The Conservatory expansion was designed by Pfeiffer Associates (after Hardy Holzman Pfeiffer split up).
Notable faculty
- Robert LipsettRobert LipsettRobert C. Lipsett, birth name "Mister Lipsett" is a renowned violin teacher in Los Angeles, California. He holds the Jascha Heifetz Distinguished Violin Chair at the Colburn School of Performing Arts. He also serves on the faculty at the Aspen School of Music, the Colburn Conservatory and the...
, violin - Arnold SteinhardtArnold SteinhardtArnold Steinhardt , is an American violinist, best known as the first violinist of the Guarneri String Quartet....
, violin - Paul ColettiPaul ColettiPaul Coletti is a prominent viola soloist and chamber musician. He has performed throughout the world, making solo appearances at the Sydney Opera House, Queen Elizabeth Hall and Teatro Colón . He has performed Béla Bartók´s Viola Concerto with Yehudi Menuhin conducting...
, viola - Ronald LeonardRonald LeonardRonald Leonard is an American cellist. He has had a distinguished career as a soloist, chamber musician, principal cellist and teacher. He is currently on the faculties of the USC Thornton School of Music and the Colburn School...
, cello - JoAnn TurovskyJoAnn TurovskyJoAnn Turovsky is a harp teacher in Los Angeles, California. She teaches at the Thornton School of Music at the University of Southern California, and at Colburn School of Performing Arts. She performs with the Los Angeles Opera, the Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra and has recorded for numerous...
, harp - Allan VogelAllan VogelAllan Vogel is an American oboist and educator. He is currently Principal Oboe of the Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra.-Education:Vogel originally studied piano and voice at the New York High School for Music and Art, but eventually changed his focus to oboe. "From the moment I heard it, I fell in...
, oboe - Jim Walker, flute
- Yehuda Gilad, clarinet
- Mark Lawrence, trombone
- Norman PearsonNorman PearsonNorman Pearson is an American orchestral tuba player who is most known as the tubist with the Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra since 1993. Prior to his appointment with the Los Angeles Philharmonic Norman Pearson was a freelance musician in the Los Angeles area and performed regularly with the...
, tuba - John PerryJohn PerryJohn Perry may refer to:*John Perry , English politician, MP for New Shoreham*John Perry , Irish engineer*John Perry , English musician, guitarist with The Only Ones...
, piano; Piano Chair of Conservatory
Notable alumni
- Michael Tilson ThomasMichael Tilson ThomasMichael Tilson Thomas is an American conductor, pianist and composer. He is currently music director of the San Francisco Symphony, and artistic director of the New World Symphony Orchestra.-Early years:...
(conductor, pianist) - David FungDavid Fung- Professional career :In 2002, David Fung won the Symphony Australia Young Performer of the Year Award, after four rounds of competition which culminated in his performance of Rachmaninoff's Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini with the Sydney Symphony during the concerto finals at the Sydney Opera...
(pianist) - Eric ReedEric Reed (musician)Eric Scott Reed, , in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, is an American jazz pianist and composer.His group Black Note released several albums in the 1990s.-Biography:...
(pianist) - Patrice RushenPatrice RushenPatrice Rushen is a Grammy Award-winning African American R&B and jazz vocalist, composer and pianist.-Biography:...
(pianist) - Donald VegaDonald VegaDonald Vega is a Nicaraguan-born American jazz pianist and music composer.-Early life:Vega was born in Masaya, Nicaragua, a town well known for its handicrafts. He was born with a severe cleft palate, for which he has had many surgeries to correct and save his hearing. He fled the country at the...
(pianist) - Robert ChenRobert ChenRobert Chen is a Taiwanese-born violinist who currently serves as the Concertmaster of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra and Professor of Violin at Roosevelt University...
(violinist, Concertmaster, Chicago Symphony) - Leila JosefowiczLeila JosefowiczLeila Bronia Josefowicz , is an American/Canadian classical violinist.-Biography:Josefowicz was born in Missisauga, Ontario, Canada. When she was a young child her family moved to Los Angeles, California where she started studying violin at the age of three and a half using the Suzuki method...
(solo violinist) - Tamaki KawakuboTamaki Kawakubois a virtuoso violinist from United States]]. She currently tours internationally as a concert artist. She released her second CD in May 2007 called "Recital!". She shared second prize awarded at the 2002 International Tchaikovsky Competition, the highest prize awarded that year.-Early years:Tamaki...
(solo violinist) - Anne Akiko MeyersAnne Akiko MeyersAnne Akiko Meyers is an American concert violinist. Meyers has toured and collaborated with a number of symphony orchestras and Il Divo, Chris Botti and Wynton Marsalis. Meyers tours with a 1730 Stradivarius violin called the 'Royal Spanish'...
(solo violinist) - Nokuthula NgwenyamaNokuthula NgwenyamaNokuthula Ngwenyama is an American solo violist of Zimbabwean and Japanese descent. She is a recording artist under EDI Records, and has taught at the Jacob's School of Music at Indiana University.- Background :...
(solo violist) - Danielle de NieseDanielle de NieseDanielle de Niese is a lyric soprano. After success as a young child in singing competitions in Australia, she moved to the USA where she developed an operatic career...
(soprano) - Wendy Chen (solo pianist)
External links
- Official site
- Description of the school's building by the company that designed its lighting