Country:
HONG KONG
State:
City:
Special Indexes:
Arts Management/Music Management, Choral Conducting, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Eurhythmics/Dalcroze, Instrument Collections, Orff Schulwerk, Sound Engineering, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
A government-supported institution founded in 1956. There are some fine performing spaces and a state-of-the-art electro-acoustic music centre. The music department owns an Indonesian gamelan, and is equipped with 52 pianos, two harpsichords and three organs. ...
Country:
HONG KONG
State:
City:
Special Indexes:
Arts Management/Music Management, Choral Conducting, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
The Hong Kong Institute of Education was established in 1994 as an amalgamation of three former colleges of education. It is now known as the Education University of Hong Kong. Language of instruction is English....
Country:
ICELAND
State:
City:
REYKJAVÍK
Special Indexes:
Arts Management/Music Management, Choral Conducting, Church Music/Religious Music, Community Music Training, Early Music Performance, Opera Performance
Notes:
This self-governing university awards the only university-level degrees in the arts in Iceland. It opened in 1999 and consists of departments of fine arts, theatre, music, dance, art education, and design and architecture. The music department commenced operation in 2001. The Joint European Master'...
Country:
INDIA
State:
KARNATAKA
City:
BANGALORE
Special Indexes:
Arts Management/Music Management, Sound Engineering
Notes:
The SAE College was founded in 1977 in Sydney, Australia, and currently has 56 colleges in 24 countries around the world. Its head office is located in Littlemore Park, Oxford, UK. It is one of the largest institutions for audio, multimedia and digital film education in the world, with courses in su...
Country:
INDIA
State:
MAHARASHTRA
City:
MUMBAI (formerly BOMBAY)
Special Indexes:
Arts Management/Music Management, Sound Engineering
Notes:
The SAE College was founded in 1977 in Sydney, Australia, and currently has 56 colleges in 24 countries around the world. Its head office is located in Littlemore Park, Oxford, UK. It is one of the largest institutions for audio, multimedia and digital film education in the world, with courses in su...
Country:
INDIA
State:
MAHARASHTRA
City:
MUMBAI (formerly BOMBAY)
Special Indexes:
Arts Management/Music Management, Institutions for Women Only, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Music Therapy, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
The university was founded in 1916, and was a landmark in the provision of higher education for women in India. It operates on four campuses, with music being taught at Churchgate and Pune. The Department of Music organises national seminars in music and music research. Languages of instruction are ...
Country:
INDIA
State:
NATIONAL CAPITAL TERRITORY
City:
NEW DELHI
Special Indexes:
Arts Management/Music Management, Sound Engineering
Notes:
The SAE College was founded in 1977 in Sydney, Australia, and currently has 56 colleges in 24 countries around the world. Its head office is located in Littlemore Park, Oxford, UK. It is one of the largest institutions for audio, multimedia and digital film education in the world, with courses in su...
Country:
INDIA
State:
TAMIL NADU
City:
CHENNAI (formerly MADRAS)
Special Indexes:
Arts Management/Music Management, Sound Engineering
Notes:
The SAE College was founded in 1977 in Sydney, Australia, and currently has 56 colleges in 24 countries around the world. Its head office is located in Littlemore Park, Oxford, UK. It is one of the largest institutions for audio, multimedia and digital film education in the world, with courses in su...
Country:
INDIA
State:
UTTAR PRADESH
City:
NOIDA
Special Indexes:
Arts Management/Music Management, Sound Engineering, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
The Academy was founded in 1992, and since then has become a leader in the field of media education. the Academy has links with Rock School, UK, thus providing students with global exposure....
Country:
INDONESIA
State:
JAVA
City:
YOGYAKARTA
Special Indexes:
Arts Management/Music Management, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
This government-sponsored institute was founded in 1984 from the amalgamation of the existing Art Academy, the Music Academy and the Dance Academy. There are faculties of fine arts, recording media arts and performance arts covering traditional as well as modern international styles....
Country:
INDONESIA
State:
SUMATRA
City:
PADANGPANJANG
Special Indexes:
Arts Management/Music Management, Instrument Collections, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
This national Institution, (nowadays generally known as ISI Padang Panjang), can trace its history back to 1965, and gained its current name and status in 2010. There are departments of Karawitan (traditional music performance), dance, music, theatre, and cultural anthropology. The Institute is als...
Country:
IRELAND
State:
City:
CORK
Special Indexes:
Arts Management/Music Management, Instrument Collections, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Music Theatre Performance, Music Therapy, Sound Engineering, Suzuki, Wellness for Musicians
Notes:
The Cork School of Music was founded in 1878 and has been a constituent school of Cork’s Institute of Technology (CIT) since 1993. A new purpose-built home for the Cork School of Music opened in September 2007, and houses the 300-seat Curtis Auditorium. Other facilities include several fine perfor...
Country:
IRELAND
State:
City:
DUNDALK
Special Indexes:
Arts Management/Music Management, Community Music Training, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Music Theatre Performance, Sound Engineering, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
Formerly known as a Regional Technical College, the Dundalk Institute of Technology (DkIT) consists of Schools of Business and Humanities, Engineering, Health and Science, and Informatics and Creative Arts. The School of Informatics and Creative Arts offers programs in computing, creative media, fil...
Country:
IRELAND
State:
City:
LIMERICK
Special Indexes:
Arts Management/Music Management, Church Music/Religious Music, Community Music Training, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Music Therapy, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
The Irish World Academy of Music and Dance (formerly known as the Irish World Music Centre) is housed at the University of Limerick and was set up in 1994, allowing for the co-existence of academic and performance programs at the University. It is involved with community outreach, concerts, seminars...
Country:
ITALY
State:
CAMPANIA
City:
SALERNO
Special Indexes:
Arts Management/Music Management, Band Conducting, Choral Conducting, Early Music Performance, Jazz/Popular Music Performance
Notes:
The Conservatorio can trace its history back to 1819. It gained its current name and status in 1980. In addition to the professional program the Conservatorio offers music tuition to children and interested members of the local community. An active member of the Association Européenne des Conserva...
Country:
ITALY
State:
CAMPANIA
City:
NAPLES (NAPOLI)
Special Indexes:
Arts Management/Music Management, Choral Conducting, Early Music Performance, Instrument Collections, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Library Collections, Orchestral Conducting
Notes:
The Conservatorio can trace its history back to 1583 with the establishment of four orphanages. It gained its current name and status in 1826. The library holds a number of autograph copies of manuscripts of Alessandro and Domenico Scarlatti, Pergolesi, Paisiello, Cimarosa, Rossini, Bellini, Donize...
Country:
ITALY
State:
FRIULI VENEZIA GIULIA
City:
UDINE
Special Indexes:
Arts Management/Music Management, Sound Engineering
Notes:
The University was founded in 1978. The Department of Historical and Documentary Sciences offers the three-year program of Corso di Laurea in the disciplines of Art, Music and Spectacle (Theatre) (DAMS). ...
Country:
ITALY
State:
LOMBARDY
City:
MILAN
Special Indexes:
Arts Management/Music Management, Sound Engineering
Notes:
The SAE College was founded in 1977 in Sydney, Australia, and currently has 56 colleges in 24 countries around the world. Its head office is located in Littlemore Park, Oxford, UK. It is one of the largest institutions for audio, multimedia and digital film education in the world, with courses in su...
Country:
ITALY
State:
TRENTINO ALTO ADIGE
City:
TRENTO
Special Indexes:
Arts Management/Music Management, Band Conducting, Choral Conducting, Early Music Performance, Jazz/Popular Music Performance
Notes:
The Conservatorio can trace its history back to 1795 and gained its current name and status in 1980. There is collaboration with the Haydn Orchestra of Bolzano and Trento, allowing students to participate in rehearsals and some performances. A preparatory program is offered to students wishing to en...
Country:
ITALY
State:
TRENTINO ALTO ADIGE
City:
BOLZANO (BOZEN)
Special Indexes:
Arts Management/Music Management, Band Conducting, Choral Conducting, Church Music/Religious Music, Early Music Performance, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Sound Engineering
Notes:
The Conservatorio can trace its history back to 1854. It was granted its current name and status in 1999. There is a course for students with special musical talents enabling them to fast-track the preparation time for entry into the professional course. The Conservatorio also offers music tuition t...
Country:
ITALY
State:
TRENTINO ALTO ADIGE
City:
TRENTO
Special Indexes:
Arts Management/Music Management, Ethnomusicology/World Music
Notes:
The University was founded in 1962. The Department of Conservation and Management of Cultural Heritage offers the Corso de Laurea Magistrale in the disciplines of Art, Music and Spectacle (Theatre) (DAMS)....
Country:
ITALY
State:
TUSCANY
City:
LUCCA
Special Indexes:
Arts Management/Music Management, Band Conducting, Choral Conducting, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Library Collections, Music Theatre Performance, Personal Archives
Notes:
A private music school founded in 1842. The Puccini Project aims to acquire all the sources of the musical output of Puccini who was born in Lucca. The library contains a number of early autograph manuscripts of Giacomo Puccini as well as other material related to his training and early years. Ther...
Country:
ITALY
State:
VENETO
City:
VENICE (VENEZIA)
Special Indexes:
Arts Management/Music Management, Ethnomusicology/World Music
Notes:
The University was established in 1868 as a business school, and gained its current name and status in 1935. The historical seat is Ca' Foscari, a Venetian Gothic palace (ca' being the abbreviated form of 'case' = house). The School of Cultural Production and Conservation of the Cultural Heritage is...
Country:
JAMAICA
State:
City:
KINGSTON
Special Indexes:
Arts Management/Music Management, Band Conducting, Choral Conducting, Community Music Training, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Library Collections, Sound Archives, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
Established in 1995, this is the only institution of its kind in the English-speaking Caribbean. The College has schools of drama, dance, visual arts, music and arts management as well as a school of continuing education. Evening and summer courses are offered to interested adults and may lead to mo...
Country:
JAMAICA
State:
City:
KINGSTON
Special Indexes:
Arts Management/Music Management, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Library Collections, Sound Engineering, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
The University of the West Indies (UWI) was founded in 1948 as a college of the University of London. It was granted full university status in 1962, and operates in 16 English-speaking countries and territories in the Caribbean. The UWI campus in Mona, Jamaica is the headquarters of the system, and ...
Country:
JAPAN
State:
AICHI PREFECTURE
City:
NAGAKUTE
Special Indexes:
Arts Management/Music Management, Opera Performance, Orchestral Conducting
Notes:
A prefectural co-educational university founded in 1966. The music department consists of divisions of musicology, composition and performance. Facilities include an 850-seat concert hall with orchestra pit, recording room and a pipe organ. The University has established a Center for Promoting Fine ...
Country:
JAPAN
State:
AICHI PREFECTURE
City:
NAGOYA
Special Indexes:
Arts Management/Music Management, Band Conducting, Community Music Training, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Music Therapy, Opera Performance, Sound Engineering, Wellness for Musicians
Notes:
A private co-educational university founded in 1970. There are schools of music, art, design and human development, with music programs offered at the East campus. Facilities include state-of-the-art electronic studios and fine performance spaces. A junior college offers music programs to young chi...
Country:
JAPAN
State:
HYOGO PREFECTURE
City:
NISHINOMIYA
Special Indexes:
Arts Management/Music Management, Institutions for Women Only, Music Therapy
Notes:
A private university for women founded in 1939 as a girls’ high school. It gained its current name and status in 1949. The program becomes co-educational at graduate level. The School of Music has two departments - Performing Arts, and Applied Music. There is an international branch campus in Spo...
Country:
JAPAN
State:
KANAGAWA PREFECTURE
City:
YOKOHAMA
Special Indexes:
Arts Management/Music Management, Band Conducting, Choral Conducting, Church Music/Religious Music, Early Music Performance, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Institutions for Women Only, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Opera Performance, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
This is a private Protestant Christian university for women founded in 1950, and gained its current name and status in 1965. It has two campuses in the Yokohama area. Historically the University grew from a small private school for girls in Yokohama founded in 1870, and was the first such school in ...
Country:
JAPAN
State:
KANAGAWA PREFECTURE
City:
ATSUGI
Special Indexes:
Arts Management/Music Management, Choral Conducting, Early Music Performance, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Music Theatre Performance, Music Therapy, Opera Conducting, Opera Performance, Orchestral Conducting, Sound Engineering
Notes:
This private co-educational music academy can trace its history back to 1930 and gained its current name and status in 1984. The academy places particular emphasis on vocal music and study of Western opera and has established an Opera Research Centre which co-operates with the Japan Opera Foundation...
Country:
JAPAN
State:
KANAGAWA PREFECTURE
City:
HIRATSUKA
Special Indexes:
Arts Management/Music Management, Early Music Performance, Music Therapy, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
A private co-educational university founded in 1942. There are eight campuses, music programs being organised at the Shonan campus. ...
Country:
JAPAN
State:
OKAYAMA PREFECTURE
City:
KURASHIKI
Special Indexes:
Arts Management/Music Management, Band Conducting, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Music Therapy, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
A private co-educational university originally founded in 1930 on Buddhist principles. It gained its current name and status in 1966. Facilities include a large concert hall and an outdoor theatre. The attached Sakuyo Junior College offers a music program in performance on Western or traditional Jap...
Country:
JAPAN
State:
ŌSAKA PREFECTURE
City:
ŌSAKA
Special Indexes:
Arts Management/Music Management, Instrument Collections, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Library Collections, Opera Performance, Sound Archives, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
A private co-educational music college founded in 1915 and was chartered as a university in 1958. The college houses a pipe organ, an opera house with resident professional chorus and orchestra, a state-of-the-art electronic music laboratory, a museum holding over 3,500 musical instruments from arou...
Country:
JAPAN
State:
SHIZUOKA PREFECTURE
City:
HAMAMATSU
Special Indexes:
Arts Management/Music Management
Notes:
The University was established in 2000 and comprises two faculties - Faculty of Cultural Policy and Management and the Faculty of Design. ...
Country:
JAPAN
State:
TOKYO PREFECTURE
City:
TOKYO
Special Indexes:
Arts Management/Music Management, Band Conducting, Choral Conducting, Early Music Performance, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Instrument Collections, Instrument Making/Maintenance, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Library Collections, Music Therapy, Opera Performance, Orchestral Conducting, Sound Engineering, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
A private co-educational music college. Founded in 1926 as the Tokyo Conservatory of Music, it was renamed in 1951. The College is located 35 km west of downtown Tokyo in Tachikawa-shi, one of the largest cities in the Tokyo metropolitan area. There are two departments: performance and composition, ...
Country:
JAPAN
State:
TOKYO PREFECTURE
City:
TOKYO
Special Indexes:
Arts Management/Music Management, Early Music Performance, Instrument Collections, Library Collections, Opera Performance, Sound Engineering
Notes:
A private co-educational music academy founded in 1929 and regarded as equivalent to a university. There are campuses in Tokyo (the Ekoda campus) for third and fourth year and graduate students, and in Iruma (in Saitama prefecture on the outskirts of Tokyo, opened in 1971) for first and second year ...
Country:
JAPAN
State:
TOKYO PREFECTURE
City:
TOKYO
Special Indexes:
Arts Management/Music Management, Sound Engineering
Notes:
The SAE College was founded in 1977 in Sydney, Australia, and currently has 56 colleges in 24 countries around the world. Its head office is located in Littlemore Park, Oxford, UK. It is one of the largest institutions for audio, multimedia and digital film education in the world, with courses in su...
Country:
JAPAN
State:
TOKYO PREFECTURE
City:
TOKYO
Special Indexes:
Arts Management/Music Management, Early Music Performance, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Instrument Collections, Library Collections, Music Therapy, Opera Performance, Orchestral Conducting, Sound Archives, Sound Engineering, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
A national co-educational university founded in 1887 and was granted full university status in 1949 with the amalgamation of the separate schools of Fine Arts and Music. There are programs in fine arts, music, film and new media, and global arts. The Master’s degree was added in 1963 and the Docto...
Country:
JAPAN
State:
TOTTORI PREFECTURE
City:
TOTTORI
Special Indexes:
Arts Management/Music Management
Notes:
A national co-educational university founded in 1949. There are campuses in Koyama and Yonago. The Regional Art Center, founded in 2004, is an academic institute within the Faculty of Regional Sciences, aiming to promote the arts throughout the prefecture. It carries out research into culture and t...
Country:
JORDAN
State:
City:
AMMAN
Special Indexes:
Arts Management/Music Management, Sound Engineering
Notes:
The SAE College was founded in 1977 in Sydney, Australia, and currently has 56 colleges in 24 countries around the world. Its head office is located in Littlemore Park, Oxford, UK. It is one of the largest institutions for audio, multimedia and digital film education in the world, with courses in su...
Country:
JORDAN
State:
City:
AMMAN
Special Indexes:
Arts Management/Music Management, Band Conducting, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
A national autonomous university founded in 1962, the oldest in Jordan. The School of Arts and Design which offers programs in music, theatre and visual arts was established in 2002. There are links with Trinity College, London whereby the most gifted Western music graduates of the Department of Mus...
Country:
KAZAKHSTAN
State:
City:
ALMATY
Special Indexes:
Arts Management/Music Management, Choral Conducting, Instrument Making/Maintenance, Library Collections, Sound Archives, Sound Engineering, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
The Conservatory was founded in 1945. It prepares students in both Western and Kazakh traditions. The Conservatory building houses a number of fine performance spaces. There is a significant collection of recordings of traditional music in the Conservatory’s Folklore Laboratory. An instrument work...
Country:
KAZAKHSTAN
State:
City:
ASTANA
Special Indexes:
Arts Management/Music Management, Choral Conducting, Opera Conducting, Orchestral Conducting, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
The Kazakh National University of the Arts was founded in 1998 as the Kazakh National Academy of Music and gained its current name and status in 2009. It offers programs in music, drama and fine arts, film and fashion design. As well as its professional programs in music it offers music training to ...
Country:
LATVIA
State:
City:
RĪGA
Special Indexes:
Arts Management/Music Management, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
This Academy, autonomous and state-financed, was founded in 1990. It offers programs in the social sciences, humanities, theatre, dance, audio-visual art, music and creative industries and houses a Scientific Research Centre and a Centre for Creative Activities. ...
Country:
LITHUANIA
State:
City:
VILNIUS
Special Indexes:
Arts Management/Music Management, Band Conducting, Choral Conducting, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Instrument Collections, Instrument Making/Maintenance, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Library Collections, Opera Performance, Orchestral Conducting, Sound Archives, Sound Engineering, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
The Lithuanian Academy of Music and Theatre was founded in 1918 as the Kaunas Music School. In 1949 it was merged with the Vilnius Conservatoire and became the Lithuanian State Conservatoire. In 2004 it gained its current name and status and was further enlarged in 2018 with the integration of the A...
Country:
MADAGASCAR
State:
City:
ANTANANARIVO
Special Indexes:
Arts Management/Music Management, Ethnomusicology/World Music
Notes:
The University can trace its history back to 1955. Within the Faculty of Letters and Human Sciences and its Department of French and Francophone Studies there is a section entitled Mediation and Cultural Management, created in 2003. Within this area the program has offered basic music studies which ...
Country:
MALAYSIA
State:
EASTERN MALAYSIA
City:
KOTA KINABALU
Special Indexes:
Arts Management/Music Management, Band Conducting, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
The university was founded in 1994 and the Academy of Arts & Creative Technology was established in 2021. There are programs in art, music, drama and dance. Other campuses are in Labuan and Sandakan. Languages of instruction are Malay and English....
Country:
MALAYSIA
State:
EASTERN MALAYSIA
City:
KOTA SAMARAHAN
Special Indexes:
Arts Management/Music Management, Band Conducting, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Sound Engineering, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
The University, generally known as (UNIMAS), was established in 1992. Facilities include a 300-seat experimental theatre for recitals and other performances, a well-equipped MIDI studio for computer music majors, practice studios. The new campus also houses recording studios, the music library, an a...
Country:
MALAYSIA
State:
KUALA LUMPUR
City:
SUBANG JAYA
Special Indexes:
Arts Management/Music Management, Sound Engineering
Notes:
The SAE College was founded in 1977 in Sydney, Australia, and currently has 56 colleges in 24 countries around the world. Its head office is located in Littlemore Park, Oxford, UK. It is one of the largest institutions for audio, multimedia and digital film education in the world, with courses in su...
Country:
MALAYSIA
State:
KUALA LUMPUR
City:
KUALA LUMPUR
Special Indexes:
Arts Management/Music Management, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Instrument Collections, Sound Engineering, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
The university was founded in 1905 and is the oldest university in Malaysia. The Cultural Centre was established in 1974 and offers programs in drama, dance and music. Facilities include an experimental music centre and a digital music laboratory. There is a gamelan performing group. ...
Country:
MALAYSIA
State:
SELANGOR
City:
SHAH ALAM
Special Indexes:
Arts Management/Music Management, Band Conducting, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Instrument Collections, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Sound Engineering, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
The university gained its current name and status in 1999. There are several campuses throughout the country. The Faculty of Music was established in 2006 as a result of the merger of the Department of Music Education and the Department of Music. It houses a Center for Music Advocacy. Facilities inc...
Country:
MALAYSIA
State:
SELANGOR
City:
PETALING JAYA
Special Indexes:
Arts Management/Music Management, Jazz/Popular Music Performance
Notes:
The Yamaha company in Malaysia was established in 1996. Its degrees and diplomas are recognised by the Ministry of Education. Diploma graduates have the opportunity to pursue a teaching career with Yamaha in its music schools, or may apply to complete full music degrees in any of: • Middlesex Univ...
Country:
MALI
State:
City:
BAMAKO
Special Indexes:
Arts Management/Music Management, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
The Conservatory of Multimedia Arts and Crafts (Balla Fasseké Kouyaté) is a public institution established in 2003. It offers programs in visual arts, dance, design, multimedia professions, music, theatre, entrepreneurship and artistic management. Facilities include well-equipped music technology ...
Country:
MEXICO
State:
PUEBLA
City:
PUEBLA
Special Indexes:
Arts Management/Music Management, Jazz/Popular Music Performance
Notes:
Founded in 1940 as the Mexico City College, this private university gained its current name and status in 1966. ...
Country:
MONGOLIA
State:
City:
ULAAN BATAAR
Special Indexes:
Arts Management/Music Management, Band Conducting, Choral Conducting, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
The University was founded in 1990 but it can trace its history back to 1950. It is a founding member of the Consortium of Mongolian Universities and Colleges. There are faculties of theatre arts, music and arts management. The music faculty comprises departments of classical music, theory, folk mus...
Country:
MOZAMBIQUE
State:
City:
MAPUTO
Special Indexes:
Arts Management/Music Management, Community Music Training, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Sound Engineering, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
Initiated in 1995 by Jeunesses Musicales International and their festivals and international tours, Music Crossroads, founded in 2013, has developed into a series of non-profit centres for young musicians in southern Africa. It aims to enhance and develop skills and professionalism of young musician...
Country:
NAMIBIA
State:
City:
WINDHOEK
Special Indexes:
Arts Management/Music Management, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Instrument Collections, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Programs for the Handicapped, Sound Engineering, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
Founded in 1971 the Windhoek College for the Arts is a state-funded institution offering training in music, dance, visual arts, and drama, fashion design, sound and television production, mainly on a part-time basis, to a full range of ages from young children to interested adults. It is run under t...
Country:
NAMIBIA
State:
City:
WINDHOEK
Special Indexes:
Arts Management/Music Management, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Instrument Collections, Library Collections, Music Theatre Performance, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
The University was established in 1992. Since its development, the Performing Arts Department has moved from music specialisation towards integrated performing arts, with theatre and dance courses playing an integral role. The department also has a strong focus on research in music education and eth...
Country:
NETHERLANDS
State:
City:
HAARLEM
Special Indexes:
Arts Management/Music Management, Community Music Training, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Sound Engineering
Notes:
Founded in the 1970s, the Conservatorium Haarlem has operated since 2010 within the campus of Inholland University of Applied Science. Studies are presented with a tri-partite combination - art, business and education. State-of-the-art facilities are provided. Part-time music programs are offered to...
Country:
NETHERLANDS
State:
City:
TILBURG
Special Indexes:
Arts Management/Music Management, Band Conducting, Choral Conducting, Early Music Performance, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Music Theatre Performance, Orchestral Conducting
Notes:
This private University’s arts sector (Fontys Hogeschool voor de Kunsten) comprises academies of dance, drama, fine arts, circus arts, architecture and Fontys Conservatorium of Music. The Conservatorium (formerly known as Brabants Conservatorium) offers programs in all aspects of popular and jazz...
Country:
NETHERLANDS
State:
City:
AMSTERDAM
Special Indexes:
Arts Management/Music Management, Sound Engineering
Notes:
The SAE College was founded in 1977 in Sydney, Australia, and currently has 56 colleges in 24 countries around the world. Its head office is located in Littlemore Park, Oxford, UK. It is one of the largest institutions for audio, multimedia and digital film education in the world, with courses in su...
Country:
NETHERLANDS
State:
City:
ROTTERDAM
Special Indexes:
Arts Management/Music Management, Sound Engineering
Notes:
The SAE College was founded in 1977 in Sydney, Australia, and currently has 56 colleges in 24 countries around the world. Its head office is located in Littlemore Park, Oxford, UK. It is one of the largest institutions for audio, multimedia and digital film education in the world, with courses in su...
Country:
NETHERLANDS
State:
City:
UTRECHT
Special Indexes:
Arts Management/Music Management, Choral Conducting, Church Music/Religious Music, Early Music Performance, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Sound Engineering
Notes:
The School of the Arts was founded in 1987 and has departments of visual arts and design, theatre, music, arts management and media and technology. The Faculty of Music comprises the Utrechts Conservatorium, the Netherlands Institute for Church Music and the Netherlands Carillon School (Nederlandse ...
Country:
NEW ZEALAND
State:
NORTH ISLAND
City:
WELLINGTON
Special Indexes:
Arts Management/Music Management, Instrument Collections, Instrument Making/Maintenance, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Music Therapy, Opera Performance, Orchestral Conducting, Sound Engineering
Notes:
Massey University’s College of Creative Arts was established in 1999. The School of Music was originally formed from the combination of the Victoria University’s Conservatorium of Music and the Wellington’s Massey University’s School of Music and is currently based at the Wellington campus, ...
Country:
NEW ZEALAND
State:
NORTH ISLAND
City:
AUCKLAND
Special Indexes:
Arts Management/Music Management, Sound Engineering
Notes:
The SAE College was founded in 1977 in Sydney, Australia, and currently has 56 colleges in 24 countries around the world. Its head office is located in Littlemore Park, Oxford, UK. It is one of the largest institutions for audio, multimedia and digital film education in the world, with courses in su...
Country:
NEW ZEALAND
State:
SOUTH ISLAND
City:
CHRISTCHURCH
Special Indexes:
Arts Management/Music Management, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Music Theatre Performance, Sound Engineering
Notes:
Formerly known as the Christchurch Polytechnic Institute of Technology, this institution merged with Aoraki Polytechnic in 2016 and was given the name Ara Institute of Canterbury. The School of Performing Arts offers programs in circus arts, information design, music theatre and musical arts. The Na...
Country:
NEW ZEALAND
State:
SOUTH ISLAND
City:
DUNEDIN
Special Indexes:
Arts Management/Music Management, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Instrument Collections, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Sound Engineering
Notes:
The University of Otago is New Zealand’s oldest university, being founded in 1869. The main campus is in Dunedin, but there are campuses also in Auckland, Wellington and Christchurch. The Department of Music offers study in Western art music performance, contemporary performance, composition, musi...
Country:
NIGERIA
State:
City:
ABRAKA
Special Indexes:
Arts Management/Music Management, Band Conducting, Choral Conducting, Church Music/Religious Music, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Music Therapy, Orchestral Conducting, Sound Engineering
Notes:
The university can trace its origins back to 1975 and gained its current name and status in 1992. The main campus is in Abraka, with other campuses at Anwai and Oleh. The Music Department organises concerts, music seminars and workshops....
Country:
NIGERIA
State:
City:
IFE-IFE
Special Indexes:
Arts Management/Music Management, Choral Conducting, Church Music/Religious Music, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
The University was founded in 1961 and gained its current name and status in 1987. The music department organises a choir, a band and the University African Music and Dance Ensemble. All programs include a blend of African and Western music traditions. The music department issues the Nigerian Music ...
Country:
NORWAY
State:
City:
HAMAR
Special Indexes:
Arts Management/Music Management, Choral Conducting, Sound Engineering, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
Formerly known as Hedmark University of Applied Sciences, this University received its current name in 2017 following the merger with the then Lillehammer University College. There are campuses in Blæstad, Elverum, Evenstad, Hamar, Lillehammer and Rena. ...
Country:
NORWAY
State:
City:
OSLO
Special Indexes:
Arts Management/Music Management, Band Conducting, Choral Conducting, Church Music/Religious Music, Early Music Performance, Instrument Making/Maintenance, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Music Therapy, Opera Performance, Orchestral Conducting, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
The Norwegian Academy of Music was established in 1973 and is regarded as equivalent to a university. Language of instruction in class is Norwegian; individual tuition may be in another language, mostly English. The Academy has a Norwegian Artistic Research Fellowships Program, regarded as equivalen...
Country:
NORWAY
State:
City:
KRISTIANSAND
Special Indexes:
Arts Management/Music Management, Band Conducting, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Wellness for Musicians
Notes:
Formerly known as Agder College and later as Agder University College, this university founded in 2007, has campuses in Kristiansand and Grimstad. The Faculty of Fine Arts is organised into five departments: Western classical music, African-American music (jazz), music in education, visual arts, and...
Country:
PALESTINE (WEST BANK, GAZA)
State:
City:
BIRZEIT
Special Indexes:
Arts Management/Music Management, Band Conducting, Choral Conducting, Sound Engineering, Traditional Instrument Performance, Wellness for Musicians
Notes:
Birzeit University is a private non-profit organisation that can trace its history back to 1924 as a girls' school. Later it became known as Birzeit College and in 1953 offered its first two-year tertiary programs. The first full Bachelor degree students graduated in 1976. The Faculty of Art, Music ...
Country:
POLAND
State:
City:
BYDGOSZCZ
Special Indexes:
Arts Management/Music Management, Band Conducting, Choral Conducting, Church Music/Religious Music, Early Music Performance, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Opera Performance, Orchestral Conducting, Sound Engineering
Notes:
The Academy of Music ’Felix Nowowiejski’ in Bydgoszcz (Akademia Muzyczna im Feliksa Nowowiejskiego’) was established in 1979 and is regarded as being of university level. It has four campuses scattered around the City of Bydgoszcz, housing several fine performance spaces and a well-equipped au...
Country:
POLAND
State:
City:
KRAKÓW
Special Indexes:
Arts Management/Music Management, Church Music/Religious Music, Early Music Performance, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Eurhythmics/Dalcroze, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Library Collections, Music Therapy, Opera Performance, Orchestral Conducting
Notes:
The Academy of Music (Akademia Muzyczna im. Krzysztofa Pendereckiego) was founded in 1888. It is regarded as equivalent to a university and gained its current name and status in 1979. Krzysztof Penderecki is a former Rector of the Academy. There are three faculties: • Faculty of Composition, Inte...
Country:
PUERTO RICO
State:
City:
SAN JUAN
Special Indexes:
Arts Management/Music Management, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Library Collections, Suzuki
Notes:
This public Conservatorio, founded in 1959, is regarded as equivalent to a university and is currently autonomously run by a board of trustees appointed by the Governor. Apart from offering the full-time professional program, the Conservatorio, founded by Pablo Casals, has several programs outreachi...
Country:
ROMANIA
State:
City:
BRAŞOV
Special Indexes:
Arts Management/Music Management, Choral Conducting, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Music Therapy, Opera Performance, Orchestral Conducting, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
The Transylvania University of Braşov can trace its history back to 1948 and gained its current name and status in 1991. The Department of Music was added in 1969 and became the Faculty of Music in 1971. It organises the annual Braşov Transilvania Music Summer Academy. Language of instruction is R...
Country:
RUSSIA
State:
City:
MOSCOW
Special Indexes:
Arts Management/Music Management, Choral Conducting, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Library Collections, Opera Performance, Orchestral Conducting, Sound Engineering, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
This institution was founded in 1895 as a junior school and was called the Gnessin State Musical College. It added higher levels in 1944, and eventually became a full tertiary institution, now known as the Gnessin Russian Academy of Music. In addition to a full conservatory program with an original ...
Country:
RUSSIA
State:
City:
MOSCOW
Special Indexes:
Arts Management/Music Management, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Opera Performance, Orchestral Conducting, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
The University was founded in 1930 as the Moscow Library Institute and gained its current name and status in 2014. Under the control of the Ministry of Culture, it offers programs in music, drama, visual arts, film, journalism, arts management and administration, among others. Foreign students are w...
Country:
RUSSIA
State:
City:
PERM
Special Indexes:
Arts Management/Music Management, Band Conducting, Choral Conducting, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
The Institute was founded in 1975 and the Conservatory of Music was created in 2013. It organises local and international conferences and seminars as well as competitions. An active member of the Association Européenne des Conservatoires, Académies de Musique et Musikhochschulen. ...
Country:
RUSSIA
State:
City:
UFA
Special Indexes:
Arts Management/Music Management, Choral Conducting, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Instrument Collections, Opera Performance, Orchestral Conducting, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
The Institute was founded in 1968 as a branch of the Gnesins State Musical Pedagogical Institute and gained its current name and status in 2015. There are departments of music performance, musicology, Bashkir music, theatre and visual arts. Students attending the attached special secondary school re...
Country:
RUSSIA
State:
City:
EKATERINBURG
Special Indexes:
Arts Management/Music Management, Choral Conducting, Instrument Collections, Library Collections, Opera Performance, Orchestral Conducting, Sound Archives, Sound Engineering, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
The Conservatory, one of the largest higher music institutions in Russia, was founded in 1934. There are eight faculties: Orchestra and Folk Instruments, Piano, Singing, Orchestral and Choral Conducting, Musicology, Composition, Sound Engineering, and Media and Cultural Management and Marketing. Fac...
Country:
RWANDA
State:
City:
GISENYI
Special Indexes:
Arts Management/Music Management, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Sound Engineering, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
Supported by the Rwandan government, the Catholic public Nyundo School of Arts was established in 2014 with an intake of 30 students from all provinces. It is the first public arts school in Rwanda. The aim of the government is to create professionals who will be able to promote both the traditional...
Country:
SERBIA
State:
City:
BELGRADE
Special Indexes:
Arts Management/Music Management, Band Conducting, Choral Conducting, Early Music Performance, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Instrument Collections, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Library Collections, Sound Archives
Notes:
The University of The Arts was established in 1973 with the amalgamation of the former Academies of Music, Fine Arts, Applied Arts and Theatrical Arts. There are four faculties - Music, Drama, Fine Arts and Applied Arts. The Faculty of Music is the oldest higher music institution in Serbia and has d...
Country:
SINGAPORE
State:
City:
SINGAPORE
Special Indexes:
Arts Management/Music Management, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Instrument Collections, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Music Theatre Performance, Sound Engineering
Notes:
The College, founded in 1984, is a non-profit, private educational institution, with some support from the Singapore Ministry of Education. It occupies a state-of-the-art city campus, with five world-class performance spaces. The College comprises schools of performing arts (dance, music, musical th...
Country:
SINGAPORE
State:
City:
SINGAPORE
Special Indexes:
Arts Management/Music Management, Eurhythmics/Dalcroze, Instrument Collections, Kodály, Orchestral Conducting, Sound Engineering, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
The Academy was established in 1938 and the School of Performing Arts was established in 1997. It offers programs in the areas of music (Western and Chinese), design and media, fine art, fashion studies, arts management, dance, drama and education. Facilities include a recital hall, a recording stud...
Country:
SINGAPORE
State:
City:
SINGAPORE
Special Indexes:
Arts Management/Music Management, Sound Engineering
Notes:
The SAE College was founded in 1977 in Sydney, Australia, and currently has 56 colleges in 24 countries around the world. Its head office is located in Littlemore Park, Oxford, UK. It is one of the largest institutions for audio, multimedia and digital film education in the world, with courses in su...
Country:
SLOVAK REPUBLIC
State:
City:
BRATISLAVA
Special Indexes:
Arts Management/Music Management, Choral Conducting, Early Music Performance, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Opera Performance, Orchestral Conducting
Notes:
The Academy, founded in June 1949, comprises faculties of music and dance, theatre, and film and television. The Faculty of Music and Dance is the most prestigious of Slovak Republic’s music education institutions. There is an opera program with regular opera performances. A department of early mu...
Country:
SLOVAKIA
State:
City:
NITRA
Special Indexes:
Arts Management/Music Management, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
The University of Constantine the Philosopher was founded in 1959 as a pedagogical institute and gained its current name and status in 1996. It specialises in the education of national minorities, including Hungarians, Germans and Romanies. The Department of Ethnology was established in 1992. Langua...
Country:
SLOVENIA
State:
City:
LJUBLJANA
Special Indexes:
Arts Management/Music Management, Sound Engineering
Notes:
The SAE College was founded in 1977 in Sydney, Australia, and currently has 56 colleges in 24 countries around the world. Its head office is located in Littlemore Park, Oxford, UK. It is one of the largest institutions for audio, multimedia and digital film education in the world, with courses in su...
Country:
SOUTH AFRICA
State:
EASTERN CAPE
City:
GRAHAMSTOWN
Special Indexes:
Arts Management/Music Management, Band Conducting, Choral Conducting, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Library Collections, Sound Archives, Sound Engineering
Notes:
The university was founded in 1904, and the music department was established in 1923. There are three main areas of specialisation: Western classical music, jazz and ethnomusicology. The music department houses a 130-seat concert room. The library holds the International Library of African Music, wi...
Country:
SOUTH AFRICA
State:
EASTERN CAPE
City:
EAST LONDON
Special Indexes:
Arts Management/Music Management, Choral Conducting, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Sound Engineering, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
This university was established in 1916, being the oldest historically black university in Southern Africa. The music department was founded in the early 1970s. There are other campuses in East London and Bhisho. ...
Country:
SOUTH AFRICA
State:
FREE STATE PROVINCE
City:
BLOEMFONTEIN
Special Indexes:
Arts Management/Music Management, Band Conducting, Choral Conducting, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Instrument Collections, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Library Collections, Orchestral Conducting, Sound Engineering
Notes:
The university was founded in 1904, and the music department was established in 1946. The Arts Program offers studies in visual arts, drama and theatre arts, music and combined arts. It is housed in a fine building with excellent facilities including 30 teaching studios, 48 practice rooms, seven lec...
Country:
SOUTH AFRICA
State:
GAUTENG
City:
MIDRAND
Special Indexes:
Arts Management/Music Management, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Sound Engineering
Notes:
The Campus of Performing Arts (COPA) was founded in 2003. It is a contemporary music college with campuses in Johannesburg (Midrand), Pretoria, Cape Town and Durban. Facilities at each campus include fine performance spaces, well-equipped recording studios, production suites, a campus blog radio sta...
Country:
SOUTH AFRICA
State:
GAUTENG
City:
PRETORIA
Special Indexes:
Arts Management/Music Management, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Music Theatre Performance, Opera Performance, Sound Engineering
Notes:
The Tshwane University of Technology was formed on January 1, 2004 with the merger of Technikon Pretoria, Technikon Northern Gauteng and Technikon North-West. It operates on eight campuses, the Arts Campus being located in Pretoria. The Department of Vocal Arts runs the most extensive opera program ...
Country:
SOUTH AFRICA
State:
GAUTENG
City:
JOHANNESBURG
Special Indexes:
Arts Management/Music Management, Community Music Training, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Instrument Collections, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Library Collections, Music Theatre Performance, Sound Archives, Sound Engineering, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
Sometimes known as Wits University, this institution can trace its history back to 1896, with full university status being granted in 1922. The former Johannesburg College of Education has been incorporated into the university. The School of the Arts comprises departments of dramatic art, fine art, ...
Country:
SOUTH AFRICA
State:
WESTERN CAPE
City:
CAPE TOWN
Special Indexes:
Arts Management/Music Management, Sound Engineering
Notes:
The SAE College was founded in 1977 in Sydney, Australia, and currently has 56 colleges in 24 countries around the world. Its head office is located in Littlemore Park, Oxford, UK. It is one of the largest institutions for audio, multimedia and digital film education in the world, with courses in su...
Country:
SOUTH KOREA
State:
City:
SEOUL
Special Indexes:
Arts Management/Music Management, Choral Conducting, Opera Performance, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
This university, founded in 1974, is situated in down-town Seoul. It gained its current name and status in 1997. The College of Music consists of departments of piano, voice, orchestral instruments, composition and traditional Korean music. ...
Country:
SOUTH KOREA
State:
City:
JUKJEON
Special Indexes:
Arts Management/Music Management, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Music Theatre Performance, Sound Engineering, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
The Dankook University was established in 1947 as Dankook College and gained its current name and status in 1967, being the first four-year private college in Korea. The College of Music and Arts was established in 1988 and has departments of piano, strings, winds, voice, composition and Korean trad...
Country:
SOUTH KOREA
State:
City:
GUNPO (KUNPO)
Special Indexes:
Arts Management/Music Management, Music Theatre Performance, Music Therapy
Notes:
Established in 1953 and formerly known as the Full Gospel Theological Seminary and later as Soon Shin University, this private co-educational evangelical Christian university gained its current name and status in 1997. There is some emphasis on choral music. The music building houses several fine pe...