The teaching of Music at the Philippine Women's University System began in 1925, a few years, six years to be exact, after the founding of the University. In 1938, the Department of Music was organized and operated until the outbreak of World War II. From 1943-1944, the Philippine Conservatory of Music which was founded by the late Dean Felicing Tirona existed as an affiliate school of PWU. Enrollment was open to both men and women.
In 1947, the School of Music and Fine Arts was opened with a Voice Clinic the only service of its kind in the country. Since then, it has achieved distinction both here and abroad. Its graduates have become artists, performers and educators.