Maplewood Music Seminary


Maplewood Music Seminary was a music school for young women in East Haddam, Connecticut. In 1875 it had more than one hundred enrolled students. It was located above Upper Landing and performances it hosted included light operas, plays, and pageants although it was best known for opera. It was described as "posh, and the spring commencement ceremony was a noted social event. Its graduation program was housed in the Connecticut River Museum.
It was established around 1865 by Dwight Babcock, and operated for twelve years before malarial outbreaks caused its struggle and decline. Professor Dwight S. Babcock afterwards "removed" to Rhode Island.

Personnel

D. S. Babcock was its principal. He taught piano, organ, harp, and guitar. The girls sang and could be heard from Champion House. Their songs included those from the opera Martha by Friedrich von Flotow. Maltbie Babcock taught at the school. In 1872, the Connecticut School Journal praised Babcock and his school noting the views from it over the Connecticut River.

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