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Title	Dana's Institute of Music Program
Subject	Arts and Entertainment Education Music Universities and colleges
Place	Warren (Ohio) Trumbull County (Ohio) Youngstown (Ohio) Mahoning County (Ohio)
Description	This program from Dana's Institute of Music in Warren, Ohio (later the Dana School of Music at Youngstown State University) is dated January 14, 1903. Dana's Institute of Music is the oldest music school in Ohio and one of the original six music institutes in the United States. The program is from the weekly concerts offered at Dana and contains a photograph of the original school on the front cover and handwritten program on the inside. The program is two pages long and measures 5.6" by 8.6" (14.2 by 22 cm). William Henry Dana opened Dana's Musical Institute in Warren, Ohio in 1869. It was one of six collegiate-level schools of music founded immediately following the Civil War and remains today one of the six oldest, continuously functioning schools of music in the United States. Dana wrote six books dealing with music theory, composition, and orchestration. He also studied in Europe, built a second career as a lecturer, and won several political offices. Dana designed a music school that was decades ahead of its time. He required students to do three things everyday of their college career: receive a lesson of their chosen instrument, study theory and composition, and practice for four hours. Dana's school was the first in the country to offer a degree in the saxophone. The student orchestra, is the oldest continuously functioning student instrumental ensemble in the nation, rehearsed every day and presented a concert every week, which amounted to more than fifty a year. In 1870, Dana assembled a student band, which would become the oldest, continuously functioning college band in the country. By 1890, Dana's Musical Institute was receiving national and international praise. Its graduates performed and taught around the world. Upon William Henry Dana's death in 1916, the presidency of Dana's Musical Institute was assumed by his son Lynn Dana, Sr. A noted pianist and educator, he continued to refine his father's programs, moved the school to new facilities, and continued to produce graduates who made names for themselves in the world of music. The Great Depression of the 1930s marked an end to sixty years of growth and success. In 1941, Dana's Music Institute became part of Youngstown College (later Youngstown State University) becoming the Dana School of Music of Youngstown College. Lynn Dana Sr. was to assume the position of director of the school, but he died before classes started. Although his only son, Lynn Dana Jr., spent several years working behind the scenes at his father's school and while he did coordinate the move to Youngstown, he did not pursue a career in music and, after military service during World War II, left Youngstown forever. He was the last Dana to be associated with the school.
Creator	Dana's Institute of Music
Date of Original	January 14, 1903
Source	Published material
Submitting Institution	Youngstown State University Archives & Special Collections
Type	Text

Title	Om2139_1833748_001
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File Name	Om2139_1833748_001.tif
Image Height	3441
Image Width	2231
File Size	2199.204 KB
Full Text	[printed, not transcribed]

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