This timeline overview contains important milestones in the School’s history.
1913
珍妮特·丹尼尔斯, 一位年轻的音乐家，毕业于纽约社会工作学院, begins teaching music at the Union Settlement on East 104th Street in Manhattan.
1917
因为第一次世界大战, The Union Settlement notifies 珍妮特·丹尼尔斯 Schenck that they can no longer support the Music School financially. 她建立了一个独立的董事会来维持学校的运转.
1918
In March, Harold Bauer 和 Pablo Casals become the founding members of the artist auxiliary board.
A budget of $3,000 for 1918–1919 is approved by the new Board of Trustees.
1919
The first District Music Service begins (community outreach) with concerts given at various divisions of Ellis Isl和, 包括肺结核和精神病病房. 每周访问外科医院和炮弹休克医院.
1920
学院的第一个章程发布. The School is incorporated as the Neighborhood Music School under the Board of Regents of the University of the State of New York.
1921
10月, the Board of Trustees purchases a building from the Jewish Guild for the Blind, 给邻里音乐学校一个真正的家, 东105街238号.
1922
5月-举行第一次毕业典礼并颁发第一张文凭.
1925
The School’s first auditorium is constructed seating over two hundred people.
在11月, the Board of Regents of the University of the State of New York grants the School’s permanent charter.
1928
The School moves into a new four-story building, built on the same site as the old.
1930
New library 和 elevator for the library are added; a beautiful reading room is constructed in place of the entrance court.
1938
Amendment to charter of the Neighborhood Music School renames the institution Manhattan School of Music.
The new Hubbard Auditorium 和 additional rooms added to the building are completed.
1940
The Concert 和 Placement Bureau (placement office) opens in May “to secure engagements for our gifted students so that they may have the encouragement 和 discipline of frequent appearances.”
1941
研究生院成立.
1942
学院颁发第一个研究生文凭.
1943
Amendment to the charter authorizes the School to grant the bachelor of music degree.
1945
珍妮特维. Schenck是学院的主任，由Dr . Schenck博士协助. Harold Bauer in conferring the degree of bachelor of music for the first time.
1947
Amendment to the charter authorizes the School to confer the master of music degree.
1954
School is exp和ed; library wing is added.
1956
Janet Schenck retires as director; she remains on the School’s board of trustees 和 becomes director emeritus 和 trustees’ representative to the administration.
Board of trustees appoint Metropolitan Opera baritone John Brownlee as the School’s new director. 他担任董事/总裁直到1969年.
School receives full membership to the Middle States Association of Colleges 和 Schools.
1958
另外增加了两层, 包括一个又大又漂亮的餐厅吗, 演奏厅, 工作室, 还有额外的练习室.
1963
五月-校董会宣布8美元.500万美元的扩建计划(后来改为900万美元).5 million) which includes the purchasing of the Juilliard building on Claremont Avenue.
1968
儿童歌剧院, 在辛西娅·奥尔巴赫的指导下, 是专门为儿童表演歌剧的吗, 孩子们唱.
1969
学校校长约翰·布朗利于1月10日意外去世.
乔治·锡克, noted opera 导体 和 music director of the Metropolitan Opera Studio, 被任命为校长并在秋季任期内就职, (1976年卸任).
学校搬到了克莱蒙特大道120号.
1970
约翰·C. Borden Auditorium dedication concert is held on January 31 at the School’s new home on 120 Claremont.
1971
A group of alumni organize an effort to redeem the stone seal from the old building by contracting stone cutters working on the Cathedral of St. 神圣的约翰.
1974
Amendment to the charter authorizes the granting of the doctor of musical arts degree.
1976
约翰·克罗斯比成为总统，一直担任到1986年.
1980
约瑟芬C. 惠特福德，教务长，在任职50年后退休.
1981
《newbb电子平台》课程在春季开课. 教授:Richard E. 亚当斯(1961届)，这是同类课程的第一门.
1982
爵士研究课程是第一次提供.
1984
美国弦乐四重奏成为常驻四重奏.
爵士/商业音乐专业的研究生课程宣布.
1986
吉迪恩W. 沃尔德罗普, 作曲家, 导体, 茱莉亚音乐学院前院长, 成为总统(直到1989年).
1987
Jazz/commercial music department offers new bachelor’s degree program.
1989
彼得•西蒙, pianist 和 former director of academic studies at the Royal Conservatory in Toronto, 成为总统(1991年卸任).
1991
管弦乐表演研究生课程开始.
1992
玛尔塔·卡萨尔斯·伊斯托明, 曾任肯尼迪中心艺术总监, 成为总统(任期至2005年).
1996
Videoconferencing begins at Manhattan School of Music on November 1 — esteemed French 作曲家 Henri Dutilleux is broadcast live from Paris into Borden Auditorium at a concert which features the New York premiere of his composition, 音色，空间，运动.
1999
July 5 — The Manhattan School of Music Summer Music Camp opens exclusively for public school students in grades 5 through 8 from the five boroughs.
2001
G. Chris 和 SungEun Andersen Hall is completed 和 opened in the fall, housing over 350 students. This wonderful new facility provides students with an increased sense of community as well as much-needed practice rooms, 将以前提供给学生的练习空间增加一倍. 此外，还计划建造一个新的图书馆和两个新的表演空间.
2002
Hubbard Recital Hall is given major renovations over the summer 和 renamed Gordon K. 和哈丽特·格林菲尔德演奏厅.
2003
A new degree offering in the doctoral program is announced for the fall: the jazz department will offer a DMA in 爵士乐艺术 Advancement. This degree is unique in its shared emphasis on composition, performance, 和 pedagogy.
2004
新大楼的彼得·杰伊·夏普图书馆的工作已经完成, 秋天开门使用.
2005
预备部更名为大学预科部.
Robert Sirota is appointed the School’s eighth president, effective October 2005.
2007
Construction of a president’s residence 和 two state-of-the-art performance spaces is completed in the spring. The new spaces include: the Peter Jay Sharp President’s Residence located atop the 19-story G. Chris 和 SungEun Andersen Hall; the William R. 艾琳·D. Miller Recital Hall; 和 the Alan M. 和Joan Taub Ades表演空间.
Manhattan School of Music inaugurates graduate degree program in 当代的表现, 这是第一次.
开设音乐教育双学位课程. 毕业生将获得表演硕士学位, a master’s degree in education (from Teacher’s College at Columbia University), 和 1-12 certification to teach n the New York City public school system.
2010
音乐创业中心成立, continuing 和 exp和ing the offerings of the previous Office of Career Development.
2013
Dr. 詹姆斯·甘德被任命为学院的第九任院长. An educator 和 musician with a deep commitment to students 和 the development of American conservatory learning, Dr. 甘德雷将于5月6日就任总统.
2015
宣布了一个新的音乐剧学位课程.
2017
The Centennial Project is announced, revitalizing the heart of the campus.
