S.Cecilia Conservatory in Rome — Local services in Rome

My experience with Santa Cecilia was terrible. On the web side there isn't enough information and the secretary couldn't give me the information I needed. Everybody in the conservatory knows nothing and always tells you to ask someone else (that obviously doesn't know anything). Yesterday I had the solfeggio's exam. The written part should have been at 8:00 am, instead it was at 9:30 am. They took as all in a theatre room without desks, we had to write on our knees. My oral part should have been at 11 o'clock, instead they made me wait for 6 hours (I had the oral test at 5 pm) without telling me nothing, in a narrow hallway full of tired and noisy people, without something for sitting down. They told my father (in a rude way) to go away, so I was alone for all the time. The janitors were all rude and they spoke in Roman dialect so I couldn't understand a thing they said. I didn't like that...

Located in Via dei Greci, between Via del Corso and Via della Croce, the Saint Cecilia Conservatorio is a landmark for classical music in Rome and in Italy. It is a school music where the audience can assist to classical music performance s several times per year. Some free events are organized in Via dei Greci 18 and in other city center locations. I went for a free jazz concert on a Sunday in February. It was not the greatest in the program but the location of the Conservatory is evocative of music in general and I liked...

TO ALL STUDENTS OF THE WORLD: If you are talented in music, DO NOT waste your time and MONEY at this conservatory. It is NOT what they claim! I know many students who have lost their enthusiasm for studying music and left this school simply because of its incapable, embarrassing staff and teachers (if you can find any!). Santa Cecilia is simply a dying institute taking its...