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Cadek Conservatory of Music
Cadek Conservatory of Music (pronunciation) is a conservatory located in Chattanooga, Tennessee.

It was founded in 1904 by Joseph Ottokar Cadek, a Prague-born and -trained violinist who emigrated to the United States in 1892. He was invited to lead an orchestra performing in the Chattanooga area, and decided to settle there with his wife, Marguerite Girard.

"After teaching at the Southern School in Chattanooga, Joseph, the entrepreneur, recognized the opportunity to develop a conservatory of musical arts providing the highest quality of study and performance. With encouragement from community leaders, he purchased the building owned by the Mizpah Congregation at 421 Walnut St. and founded the Cadek Conservatory in 1904."

"Joseph's first student at the conservatory was S. Bartow Strang, a respected attorney who practiced law in Chattanooga and was active in civic affairs. Strang became the first president of the Cadek Conservatory of Music.

During the early years of the conservatory, Marguerite and Joseph raised four musical children, Ottokar, Lillian, Harold and Theodora. Every night the children would share practice time on the two pianos in the family living room. After music lessons, Marguerite read German-language books of mystery and adventure to them. Both parents and children spoke English and German."

"Affiliated with the university since 1935, the conservatory merged with the University of Chattanooga in 1948, resulting in a union dedicated to the growth of musical arts in Chattanooga by keeping the Cadek legacy alive. Cadek's musical culture and artistic excellence has enriched thousands of students over the decades."

Directors of Cadek Conservatory

"Strang became the first president of the Cadek Conservatory of Music"

"From 1933 to 1967 (after Joseph's death in 1927), Harold became director of Cadek Conservatory"

(check out https://findingaids.utc.edu/agents/corporate_entities/16)

ALL OF THE ABOVE FROM: https://www.timesfreepress.com/news/2015/feb/15/joseph-cadek-brings-music-chattanooga/

also read (about cadek's son): https://encyclopediaofalabama.org/article/ottokar-cadek/

utc's v good summary of cadek org: https://findingaids.utc.edu/agents/corporate_entities/16

more relevant to the man than the institution: https://www.chattanoogamusicclub.org/cmc-history

chattanooga girls' choir (affiliated with cadek): http://chattanoogagirlschoir.org/history

cadek's website: https://www.cadek.org/about-cadek/about-us

Image: Cadek in 1924 https://collections.chattlibrary.org/s/localhistory/item/5328#lg=1&slide=0

UTC records: https://findingaids.utc.edu/repositories/2/resources/6

and then obv it's at Girls Preparatory School now