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The Colburn School is a music, dance, and drama school located in downtown Los Angeles adjacent to the Museum of Contemporary Art and across the street from the Walt Disney Concert Hall. It consists of two parts — the School of Performing Arts which has open enrollment and serves children in the community through age 18, and the Conservatory of Music which is a degree program with highly selective enrollment. Originally called the "R. D. Colburn School of Performing Arts", it was conceived as a preparatory arm of the USC Thornton School of Music, and was located across the street from the Shrine Auditorium, in a warehouse which had been converted into extra USC practice rooms, rehearsal halls, and dance studios. The school eventually branched out on its own, and moved from the USC campus to its current location in 1998. The Conservatory of Music was established in 2003 and offers a Bachelor of Music degree, a Performance Diploma, an Artist's Diploma, and a Professional Studies Certificate to students, who pay no tuition or living expenses to attend.
The school's main building includes the Lloyd Wright designed studio of Jascha Heifetz, which was originally situated in Heifetz's backyard, and was saved from demolition and rebuilt for the school. Also located in the building is Zipper Hall, a small concert venue that hosts professional as well as student performances throughout the year.
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