[citation needed] In 1810, the Union for the Improvement of Music in Bohemia (Jednota pro zvelebení hudby v Čechách) was formed, which ensured the financial operation of the school for the next hundred years.

[citation needed] In 1891, Antonín Dvořák joined the faculty as head of the composition department and served as the school's director between 1901 and 1904.

Dvořák's students included the composers Vítězslav Novák, Josef Suk (who later also served as director of the conservatory), Rudolf Friml, Oskar Nedbal, and Franz Lehár.

In 1945, a number of professors and students of higher classes at the conservatory left to found the Academy of Performing Arts.

The Prague Conservatory offers instruction in several instruments, including accordion, guitar, piano, and organ, as well as in singing, composition, conducting, and acting.