[1] In 1886 the German violinist Willy Hess took up a professorship in the Rotterdams Conservatorium voor Muziek which he held for two years.

[2] In 1930 the alternative Rotterdamsch Toonkunst Conservatorium (Rotterdam Musical Arts Conservatory) was founded with the composer Willem Pijper as director.

[3] The Rotterdamse Dansschool (Rotterdam Dance School) was established in 1931 by Corrie Hartong as director and the German dancer Gertrud Leistikow as a teacher.

[6] The school puts on public performances, at times using the adjacent De Doelen concert hall.

[7] In September 2011 the Codarts Ensemble performed a program that explored the boundary between classical music and jazz, with works by Stravinsky, Gershwin, Shostakovich, Antheil and Harvey.

[5] In May 2011 the Rotterdam Dance Academy performed at the Venice Biennale with a show called Talent on the Move.

[12] [13] The school prepares students for higher music education, but graduates must still pass entrance examinations to continue at Codarts.

[14] The high school was the subject of the 2007 documentary De Droomfabriek (The Dream Factory) directed by Netty van Hoorn.

The building is relatively high to accommodate all the demands of the school, and has a total floor space of 10,500 square metres (113,000 sq ft).

This is the main floor for Codarts, holding the restaurant, library and several performance rooms, and opening onto a terrace on the roof of the Doelen extension.