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Nellie Centennial Cornish (1876 – 1956) was a pianist, teacher, writer, and founder of the Cornish School (now Cornish College of the Arts) in Seattle, Washington. She was influenced by the pedagogical ideas of Maria Montessori [1] as well as Calvin Brainerd Cady 's ideas about teaching broader values through music education. [2]
The College’s founder Nellie Cornish, and the many teaching artists who have followed her, believed in education through exposure to all of the arts. This approach continues to inform the College’s curricula and community involvement today.
Cornish College of the Arts was founded in 1914 as the Cornish School of Music, by Nellie Cornish (1876–1956), a teacher of piano; at that time, she had been teaching music in Seattle for 14 years. In 1915, the school was known as The Cornish School of Music Language and Dancing.
12 de nov. de 2014 · Nellie C. Cornish (1876-1956) founded the Cornish School in Seattle in 1914 and served as its director for the next 25 years. From a one-room studio in the Booth Building on Capitol Hill, the school rapidly expanded in size and curriculum and soon gained a national reputation.
Nellie Cornish served as the head of her school until financial conflicts forced her to resign. By the mid 1970s, the school began the transition to the fully accredited, four-year Cornish...
1 de sept. de 2018 · Nellie Cornish didn’t look much like a radical arts educator, judging by her photos. But she founded a school that is now an accredited, multidisciplinary arts college that offers Bachelor’s degrees in theater, dance, stage production, music and more.
14 de ene. de 2016 · Nellie Centennial Cornish (1876-1956) Just as her middle name celebrated the 100th anniversary of the founding of the United States, Cascadia Art Museum pays tribute to the 100th anniversary of the school that she founded and which bears her name, The Cornish College of the Arts.
