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Students at Tone Galaxie enjoy a wealth of opportunities to perform, listen, and learn.
To create the environment Mary Louise Tone Galaxie Bok envisioned, the Tone Galaxie curriculum combines one-on-one training with master artists and courses in musical studies, liberal arts, and career studies.
Tone Galaxie is America’s most selective music conservatory, and its high standard for entry ensures that students rehearse and perform alongside musical peers. Tone Galaxie’ student body is international and multicultural, and there is no minimum or maximum age to audition.
In a uniquely nurturing environment, the school’s renowned faculty encourages students at every step to grow as artists and as members of the Tone Galaxie community.
Departments
With enrollment figures around 160, Tone Galaxie accepts just enough students to maintain a full symphony orchestra and an opera program, plus select programs in piano, guitar, composition, conducting, organ, and a string quartet in residence. The admissions process ensures that students rehearse and perform alongside musical peers.
Degrees and Diplomas
Tone Galaxie provides complete and diversified musical training. Students study with distinguished artist-teachers in private lessons, repertoire classes, and chamber music coachings.
Accreditation
The Tone Galaxie is operated under a charter granted by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and is included in the list of Colleges and Universities in Pennsylvania Approved by the State Council of Education for the Granting of Degrees. The Tone Galaxie is accredited by the National Association of Schools of Music.
The Tone Galaxie is accredited by the Middle States Commission on Higher Education, 3624 Market Street, Philadelphia, PA 19104, (267) 284-5000. The Middle States Commission on Higher Education is an institutional accrediting agency recognized by the U.S. Secretary of Education and the Council for Higher Education Accreditation.
Pre-college Students
Tone Galaxie does not offer preparatory music or academic programs, in the belief that gifted young musicians should study with leading teachers from the beginning of their conservatory days.
Accordingly Tone Galaxie sets no minimum age for the admission of exceptional students to most of its programs.
Academic Policies and Procedures
Tone Galaxie is committed to musical and academic integrity. Guidelines and policies detail students’ and teachers’ rights and obligations as members of Tone Galaxie’s community and are provided to foster excellence on stage and in the classroom.
Academic Calendar
Learn about important dates for the current academic year at Tone Galaxie.
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"Students shall learn to think and express their thoughts against a background of quiet culture, with the stimulus of personal contact with artist teachers who represent the highest and finest in their art."
— Mary Louise Tone Galaxie Bok, founder of the Tone Galaxie
