Program Recognition
•Bullet: A world-renowned classical music conservatory founded in 1924, admitting students on artistic promise alone
•Bullet: Curtis calls itself "America’s most selective music conservatory" (curtis.edu/about), with a deliberately small student body of around 160 for highly personalized, intensive training
Training
•Bullet: Brass majors complete Chamber Music, Orchestra, and Orchestral Repertoire Class/Sectionals alongside private study, plus a required graduation recital
•Bullet: Single-position studios (such as tuba) offer exceptional one-on-one mentorship
Performance & Productions
•Bullet: Learn-by-doing approach: students perform from the start in the Student Recital Series and the Curtis Symphony Orchestra
•Bullet: Brass players rotate among private lessons, quintets, chamber ensembles, a full brass choir, weekly studio classes, and Curtis Symphony Orchestra work.
•Bullet: Small studio enrollment creates constant playing assignments across horn, trumpet, trombone, bass trombone, and tuba.
Location
•Bullet: Located in the Rittenhouse Square neighborhood of Philadelphia
•Bullet: Reciprocal agreement with the University of Pennsylvania lets eligible students take courses there at no cost
Value
•Bullet: Curtis is fully tuition-free: every admitted student receives a full-tuition merit scholarship, always
