The Canadian Conservatory of Music was a music conservatory in Ottawa

Ottawa

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, Canada

Canada

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 that was actively providing higher education

Higher education

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 in music

Music

Music is an art form whose medium is sound and silence. Its common elements are pitch , rhythm , dynamics, and the sonic qualities of timbre and texture...

 during the first half of the 20th century. Founded by Harry Puddicombe

Harry Puddicombe

Harry Puddicombe was a Canadian composer, pianist, and music educator. He is best remembered for his work as a teacher, notably founding the Canadian Conservatory of Music in 1902 and serving as its director for 35 years...

 in 1902, the school was located on Bay Street. Puddicombe's brother-in-law, Donald Heins

Donald Heins

Donald Heins was a Canadian violinist, violist, conductor, organist, composer, and music educator of English birth. He notably founded the first professional orchestra in Ottawa, the Ottawa Symphony Orchestra , in 1902, serving as its director until 1927...

, founded the conservatory's student orchestra in 1903 which eventually became Ottawa's first professional orchestra in 1910, the Ottawa Symphony Orchestra

Ottawa Symphony Orchestra

The Ottawa Symphony Orchestra is a full size orchestra in Ottawa including professional, student and amateur musicians. With around 100 musicians, the OSO is Ottawa's largest orchestra, which allows it to perform large symphonic repertoire of the 19th and 20th centuries, including works by...

 (no relation to the current orchestra of that name). Some of the schools notable pupils and faculty members include composer

Composer

A composer is a person who creates music, either by musical notation or oral tradition, for interpretation and performance, or through direct manipulation of sonic material through electronic media...

s Joseph Beaulieu

Joseph Beaulieu

Joseph Beaulieu was a Canadian composer, folklorist, and music educator. He traveled extensively throughout Canada collecting folk songs, which he compiled in several published books. As a composer, his works reflect his strong interest in folk music in there structure and melody. He wrote over...

, Gladys Ewart

Gladys Ewart

Gladys Ewart was a Canadian pianist and music educatorBorn in Ottawa, she was the daughter of John S. Ewart and Jessie Ewart . She studied with Harry Puddicombe at the Canadian Conservatory of Music in her native city, with Alexander Siloti in New York City, and with Martinus Sieveking in London...

, Johana Harris

Johana Harris

Johana Harris was a Canadian pianist, composer, and music educator. She had highly successful career as a concert pianist, making numerous recordings and appearing as a soloist with almost every major American symphony orchestra. She made over 100 solo recordings, working with such labels as...

, Bill Richards

Bill Richards (musician)

Bill Richards was a Canadian violinist, composer, arranger, and editor. His compositional output includes several film scores, a Flute Quartet , and a number of fiddle tunes. He recored two of his own fiddle compositions for Spiral Records in 1957 and another of his fiddle compositions was...

, and Herbert Sanders

Herbert Sanders

Herbert Sanders was a Canadian organist, pianist, conductor, composer, writer on music, and music educator of English birth. His compositional outpust includes numerous sacred songs, anthems, and works for organ. He won the American Guild of Organists's Clemson Gold Medal for composition twice...

; and pianist

Pianist

A pianist is a musician who plays the piano. A professional pianist can perform solo pieces, play with an ensemble or orchestra, or accompany one or more singers, solo instrumentalists, or other performers.-Choice of genres:...

s Yvon Barette, Annie Jenkins, and Hélène Landry. The school closed in 1937, when the school's building was confiscated by the municipality of Ottawa to meet the expanding public school systems needs. The pianist Davenport Kerrison also used the name the "Canadian Conservatory of Music" to refer to his private music studio during the latter part of the 19th century.