Longy School of Music
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The Longy School of Music is a conservatory located in Harvard Square in Cambridge, Massachusetts. It was founded in 1915 by Georges Longy, a French-born oboist who joined the Boston Symphony Orchestra in 1898. The Conservatory offers degree and diploma programs for undergraduate and graduate students, as well as a preparatory program for children and high-school age musicians, and classes for non-professional adult musicians.
In 1937, the Longy School moved to the stone house built by railroad baron Edwin Hale Abbot in 1889, and established its once close relationship with Harvard and Radcliffe Colleges. Many of Harvard’s most talented music students, including Elliott Carter, Daniel Pinkham, and Robert Freeman, crossed the Cambridge Common to study with Longy’s distinguished performance faculty, including composer Walter Piston, organist E. Power Biggs, opera director Sarah Caldwell, pianist Gregory Tucker, and soprano Olga Averino.
The renowned pedagogue and theoretician Nadia Boulanger taught advanced courses in harmony, composition, and counterpoint at the Longy School between 1938 and 1944, and established a tradition of focus on music theory and composition that continues to characterize the school to the present day. Respected educator and violinist Roman Totenberg was Director from 1978 to 1985, and still teaches at the school. Current eminent faculty include the violinist Roman Totenberg and composer Howard Frazin.
Longy School of Music offers many programs in the Preparatory Program for students to enroll in.
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