Jordan College of Fine Arts
The history of the Jordan College of Fine Arts (JCFA) extends from the year 1895, when the Metropolitan School of Music was founded. That school merged in 1928 with the Indiana College of Music and Fine Arts to become the Arthur Jordan Conservatory of Music, which was located at 3419 North Pennsylvania Street, currently a condo complex called "Charmwood". Classes were held in the mansion, and the surrounding auxiliary building, which was built in 1925 to match the mansion, held the dormitories.
In 1951, after 23 years of close affiliation, the conservatory became a part of Butler University as Jordan College of Music. The name was changed to the Jordan College of Fine Arts in 1978.
JCFA's stated mission is to educate students in the arts as professions by means of its undergraduate and graduate programs. The Jordan College of Fine Arts offers both graduate and undergraduate programs, including degrees in Arts Administration, Dance, Dance-Performance, Dance-Pedagogy, Theatre, Recording Industry Studies, Multimedia, Electronic Media, Music Education, Music Composition, Instrumental Performance, Jazz Studies, Lyric Theatre, Music Performance, and Voice Performance. The Department of Dance is an accredited institutional member of the National Association of Schools of Dance (NASD), the Department of Music is an accredited institutional member of the National Association of Schools of Music (NASM), and the Department of Theatre is an accredited institutional member of the National Association of Schools of Theatre (NAST). The current Dean of the College is Prof. Ronald Caltabiano.
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