Founded in 1924, the Curtis Institute of Music is a full-scholarship music school located on Philadelphia’s historic Rittenhouse Square. Its new 105,000-square footeducation and residence building, named for H. F. “Gerry” and Marguerite Lenfest, opened in September 2011 on time for the start of the academic year and under its $50 million budget.
Lenfest Hall doubles the size of Curtis and expands its campus along Locust Street. New state-of-the-art facilities include: the 3,200-square foot Gould Rehearsal Hall, 32 additional practice and performance studios, an orchestra library, an orchestral collection of over 200 stringed instruments, and for the first time, student residences and dining facilities – all within close proximity to existing facilities on Rittenhouse Square.