The program has gained an international reputation for its selectivity and its distinctive conservatory training.

The nonprofit group based in New York is a bridge between conservatory training for actors and the profession.

He underwent the traditional conservatory training in France, then, at 20, took a job traveling with a theatrical troupe, writing and playing music.

I've always gravitated toward hiring people for my ensemble who have conservatory training, and then something has happened to their training.

It is a full ensemble of young professionals, on the brink of careers during and after conservatory training.

Balakirev remained suspicious of anyone with a formal conservatory training but clearly recognized Tchaikovsky's great talents.

She spoke of a 26-year-old tenor she has been working with who has had four years of conservatory training.

After giving them two years of after-school conservatory training, he recently handed them the reins to the company.

"Four years of conservatory training, and this is what it comes down to," she muttered, happily.

In Leipzig, art music's value was assumed; little was needed to assure its future but subsidized conservatory training.