MILESTONES

1850

Illinois Wesleyan University founded.
Preparatory School established (now Preparatory Department ).

1879 Department of Music established with regular course offerings.
1884 First music graduate (diploma).
1884 Conservatory of Music established with regular course offerings.
1890 College of Music established as a result of the combining of the Conservatory of Music with the Illinois College of Music.
1914 College of Music name changed to School of Music.
1920 Music Education (Public School Music) program established.
1921 First Bachelor of Music degree granted.
1922 Dr. Arthur E. Westbrook appointed first Dean of the School of Music.
1927 Bachelor of Music Education Degree program established.
1929 School of Music accepted as a Full Member of the National Association of Schools of Music.
1939 Music Library established.
1947 College of Fine Arts established at Illinois Wesleyan University.
1950 Bachelor of Sacred Music Degree program established.
1951

Music Library moved to Presser Hall;  Symposium of Contemporary Music established.

1954 European Field Study program in music established.
1973 Alice Millar Center for the Fine Arts completed.
1976 Bachelor of Fine Arts in Music Theatre established.
1978

Bachelor of Arts in Arts Management and Bachelor of Music in Piano Pedagogy degrees established.

1979 Dedication of Thorpe Music Library.
1984 Dedication of Evelyn Chapel.
1986 Music Scholarship program enacted.
1988 Westbrook Auditorium renovation completed.
1990

Installation of Computer Music Center and Electronic Piano Lab; acquisition of new Steinway concert grand for Westbrook Auditorium.

1994 Opening of Music Theory Computer Lab
2001 The Thorpe Music Library is moved to the new Ames Library.