John Beckwith Named Dean #tbt

“I’m not just coming in as Mr. Nice. I’m prepared for the battles.” – Professor John Beckwith, as quoted in the Globe and Mail, 1 March 1970.

A new a decade brought a new Dean and the relationship between the University of Toronto, the Faculty of Music, and the Royal Conservatory of Music was uneasy. Officially the organizations split in 1991, when the Royal Conservatory of Music Act of the Ontario Legislature confirmed the separation of the Conservatory from the University of Toronto and re-established The Royal Conservatory’s status as a fully independent, not-for-profit entity.

Beckwith new Dean article Globe 1 March 1970

Beckwith new Dean article Globe 1 March 1970