VanderCook College of Music is a private music school in Chicago, Illinois, described as the only U.S. college specializing solely in training music educators. Hale Ascher VanderCook founded it in 1909 as the VanderCook Cornet School. Since 1996 it has occupied 3140 S. Federal Street on the Illinois Institute of Technology campus, in a building designed by Ludwig Mies van der Rohe and built in 1950. It offers bachelor's and master's degrees and is accredited by the Higher Learning Commission and the National Association of Schools of Music. In 1946 it co-founded the Midwest Clinic, now a major instrumental music education conference. Kimberly A. Farris has been president since 2024. Enrollment is small, roughly 110 undergraduates and 200 graduate students.
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3140 South Federal Street, Chicago, IL, Illinois, United States
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