A call for the establishment of a conservatory in Tel Aviv. This appeal is signed by Prof. Artur Wolf as well as 12 others, many of whom are listed as Prof. or Dr. , and who are noted writers, composers, etc.

This institution opened its doors in Jaffa in 1910, and counted among its faculty a number of professional musicians who were invited from Europe expressly to teach there. At the head of the institution (that changed its name to the Shulamit Conservatory after Shulamit Ruppin's untimely death) was the violinist Moshe Hopenko, of Geneva. The first group of students numbered 75, 30 of whom had been sent from Europe by their parents especially to study at the institution. The conservatory enjoyed immense popularity in pre-state Israel, and student concerts, and even the end-of-year playing evaluations, became major social and cultural attractions in Jaffa. The school's concerts filled a void for the many immigrants who had been accustomed to attending classical music performances in Europe, and who had forgone this pleasure for the daily toil of living in a Mideastern port town. Before long, the conservatory moved to the new, adjacent, town of Tel Aviv that was being built on the sands, and became deeply entrenched in the life of the local community.

During this period Tel Aviv had 1,800 residents, and 37% of its children studied music at the conservatory. This amazingly high percentage remained stable until the 1930's, when the number of students increased along with the dramatic growth in the population of the city.