[2] The college's objective was to "cultivate a taste for music [and] to organize a school of instruction and practice".

[4] One of his recruits was Otto Singer who was the assistant musical director and stayed with the college until he retired in 1892.

In the College of Music's first year, Thomas established and trained a student choir and an orchestra.

[4] Despite having a four-year contract, Thomas resigned after eighteen months and returned to New York City.

[4] Apparently, Thomas did not like Cincinnati and had differences with Nichols, a businessman and journalist, whose primary focus was financial.

[2] On September 5, 1902, the day before the start of the school year, an electrical fire caused extensive damage and destroyed two buildings, including The Odeon, the college's main theater and concert hall.

[4] The college rebuilt Odeon Hall; it was completed in November 1903 but was half the size and fireproof.

[4] The college maintained itself in the Great Depression by creating a radio broadcast program on WCKY and WLK from 1931 to 1934.

[4] In September 1951, the college admitted its first Black student, Herman Griffin, who enrolled in the radio and television program.

[4] This was caused, in part, by the college's commitment to providing a faculty of notable musicians and educators.

Its auditorium only seated 700 but featured fireproof construction, including the largest pored concrete balcony at the time.

[17] In 1925, some of its departments were boys choir, double base, dramatic art and expression, harmony and counterpoint, modern languages, opera, organ, pianoforte, voice, viola, violin, violincello, theory and composition, and public school music.

The first was Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia, a social fraternity for men with a special interest in music, which opened a chapter in 1903.