Birmingham Conservatory of Music

The Birmingham Conservatory of Music, founded by Benjamin Guckenberger in 1895, was a notable music school with a full time faculty in several specialties. It was located at 1816 2nd Avenue North.

Edna Gockel Gussen served as the school's director in the mid 1920s.

In 1953 the school's programs were absorbed into the Music Department of Birmingham-Southern College as the Birmingham-Southern College Conservatory of Fine and Performing Arts.

Notable faculty

• Ottokar Cadek
• Joe Gauggel
• Benjamin Guckenberger
• Carolyn Pfau
• Hugh Thomas
• Albert Urbach
• Dorsey Whittington
• Frances Whittington

Notable students

• Billie Anderton
• Ollie Backus
• Amos Hudson
• Hugh Martin
• Ruth Matthews
• Madelyn Poole
• Ray Reach
• Ezra Sims
• Ben Summerford