In 1858-60 he participated in a committee established to found a Music Institute.

His father was also the president of Croatian Music Institute from 1919 to 1929.

Oakes served in 1841 as a trustee of the Music Institute.

He taught privately and at the Curtis Institute of Music until his death.

Curtis Institute of Music awarded her an honorary doctorate in 2005.

They started the nonprofit World Music Institute in 1985.

The Music Institute, adjacent to the Hall also provides workshops, classes and children's groups.

All these riches come from the nonprofit World Music Institute, founded in 1985.

In 1938 he was forced to leave the Curtis Institute of Music over financial and administrative disputes.

He was accepted in the presitgious Curtis Institute of Music at age 14.