The Making of a Music Academy

This book focuses on Miami University’s music-training program and its efforts to maintain a rich experience in the arts. It argues that music is essential to the ideals of a complete education. It is a representative story that includes interviews with former and present faculty, administrators, and alumni.

Jerome Stanley was born in Illinois in 1941. He studied music at Washington University in St. Louis, Miami University in Ohio, and the College-Conservatory of Music at the University of Cincinnati. He is an emeritus professor at Miami University and lives with his wife in Oxford, Ohio.