In 1937, Hutcheson succeeded Erskine as president of the combined institutions. Damrosch continued as the Institute's dean, and Ernest Hutcheson was appointed dean of the Graduate School. In 1926, the Graduate School and the Institute of Musical Art merged as the Juilliard School of Music under one president, the distinguished Columbia University professor John Erskine, but with separate deans and identities. In 1924, the trustees of that bequest founded the Juilliard Graduate School to help worthy music students complete their education. Juilliard, a wealthy textile merchant, died in 1919, his Will contained the largest single bequest for the advancement of music at that time. The Juilliard Graduate School Building shown at left of Institute (1950) The Institute quickly outgrew its original home at Fifth Avenue and 12th Street, and, in 1910, moved to new quarters on Claremont Avenue at 122nd Street in Morningside Heights. Damrosch and his financial backer, James Loeb (who contributed $500,000 in memory of his mother), modestly planned for 100 students, but found that they had greatly underestimated the demand for high-quality musical training. Frank Damrosch, the godson of Franz Liszt and the head of music education for New York City's public schools, was convinced that American musicians should not have to go abroad for their training. 998 (1905) – Recital HallĪt the time The Juilliard School was founded in 1905 (as the Institute of Musical Art), the idea of establishing a music academy in America to rival the European conservatories was a novel one. 806 (1910) – Recital Hallĥ3 Fifth Avenue at 12th Street (1894-1910) – known as the Institute of Musical Art
► II/7 Holtkamp Organ Company, Job 1843 (1968) – Practice – sold
► II/17 Flentrop Orgelbouw (1969) – Studio 60 Lincoln Center Plaza (since 1969) – renamed The Juilliard School (1969)
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