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.

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
• Edna Gockel Gussen, director, mid 1920s
• 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