Liverpool College of Music

Liverpool College of Music was an academy for classical musicians that existed between around 1884 and 1911, originally at 11 Hardman Street.

Although some records refer to 'since 1884' and others to 'established in 1895', there is a report of the 'new Music School, Liverpool (limited)' opening on 21 January 1892,[4] and also a tenth-anniversary concert (for the College) on 10 November 1902.

[6] During its existence, the College moved first to 98 Upper Parliament Street (a building whose freehold had been bought in 1880 by the Liverpool Art Club Building Co., Ltd to rent out, originally, to Liverpool Art Club; it was renovated in 1881 to incorporate a new 60 ft gallery designed by W. & G. Audsley, who were LAC members),[7][8] and then, sometime after 1895, to Canning Street.

[11] By 1901 Phipps was advertising the Conservatoire as having 'forty professors' and multiple establishments in London and Manchester as well as Liverpool.

[20] Names associated with the College include some that are internationally renowned, while others are better known on a local level or within specific genres:

11 Hardman Street, Liverpool
A 1900 advertisement for Liverpool College of Music.
A 1920 advert showing the continued use of the name Liverpool College of Music