The School of Music at Ithaca College is the music school at Ithaca College, in Ithaca, New York. It is one of the five schools of the college. Ithaca College was originally founded by William Egbert in 1892 as a conservatory of music. Since 1941, the School of Music has been accredited by the National Association of Schools of Music.
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