Country:
ITALY
State:
LAZIO
City:
ROME (ROMA)
Special Indexes:
Band Conducting, Choral Conducting, Church Music/Religious Music, Early Music Performance, Instrument Making/Maintenance, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Opera Performance, Orchestral Conducting
Notes:
The Conservatory, established in 1870, offers a preparatory program for students wishing to enter the professional program. It houses the Istituto Italiano per la Storia della Musica Presso Accademia Nazionale di S. Cecilia (Italian Institute for Music History of the National Academy of St. Cecilia)...
Country:
ITALY
State:
LOMBARDY
City:
MILAN
Special Indexes:
Choral Conducting, Church Music/Religious Music, Library Collections
Notes:
The Pontificio Instituto Ambrosiano di Musica Sacra (PIAMS), founded in 1940, is a research centre dedicated to the scientific study, transmission and promotion of the Ambrosian liturgy and of the song that is an integral part of it, as well as of the entire thesaurus of sacred music. Like the Ponti...
Country:
ITALY
State:
PIEDMONT
City:
ALESSANDRIA
Special Indexes:
Choral Conducting, Church Music/Religious Music, Early Music Performance, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Opera Performance
Notes:
The Conservatorio can trace its history back to 1858. It became a State institution in 1970. There is some emphasis on jazz studies. An active member of the Association Européenne des Conservatoires, Académies de Musique et Musikhochschulen....
Country:
ITALY
State:
PIEDMONT
City:
NOVARA
Special Indexes:
Choral Conducting, Church Music/Religious Music, Early Music Performance, Instrument Collections, Jazz/Popular Music Performance
Notes:
The Institute was established in 1996. It offers a preparatory program for students wishing to enter the professional program. There are also programs in music tuition for young people and interested members of the local community. A collection of historical instruments is available to students. An...
Country:
ITALY
State:
SICILY
City:
TRAPANI
Special Indexes:
Church Music/Religious Music, Early Music Performance, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Music Theatre Performance
Notes:
Trapani is a city on the island of Sicily. The Conservatorio was founded as an independent institution in 2000, after being separated from the Conservatorio of Palermo. There is a preparatory program for students wishing to enter the professional program. There are also programs in music and dance f...
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:
VENETO
City:
ADRIA
Special Indexes:
Choral Conducting, Church Music/Religious Music, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Music Theatre Performance
Notes:
The Conservatorio was established in 1975. There is a preparatory program for students wishing to enter the professional program. The Conservatorio offers music tuition to children (a preparatory course in string playing 'Violinolandia'), and interested members of the local community....
Country:
ITALY
State:
VENETO
City:
VICENZA
Special Indexes:
Band Conducting, Choral Conducting, Church Music/Religious Music, Early Music Performance, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Opera Performance
Notes:
The Conservatorio was founded in 1867. It offers a preparatory program for students wishing to enter the professional program. It also offers music tuition to young people and interested members of the local community. An active member of the Association Européenne des Conservatoires, Académies ...
Country:
ITALY
State:
VENETO
City:
VERONA
Special Indexes:
Choral Conducting, Church Music/Religious Music, Early Music Performance, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Music Therapy, Opera Performance
Notes:
Originally founded in 1927, the Conservatorio gained its current name and status in 1968. There is a preparatory program for students wishing to enter the professional program. The Conservatorio also offers music tuition to young people and interested members of the local community. An active membe...
Country:
JAPAN
State:
HIROSHIMA PREFECTURE
City:
HIROSHIMA
Special Indexes:
Choral Conducting, Church Music/Religious Music, Eurhythmics/Dalcroze, Early Music Performance, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Instrument Collections, Music Therapy, Orchestral Conducting, Orff Schulwerk, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
A private co-educational Jesuit music university affiliated with the Vatican's Istituto Pontifizio di Musica Sacra in Rome. Founded in 1948, it gained its current name and status in 1963. There are two departments: a) Music Performance, and b) Cultural Music (music culture, teacher training). The un...
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:
TOKYO PREFECTURE
City:
TOKYO
Special Indexes:
Church Music/Religious Music, Ethnomusicology/World Music
Notes:
A private non-denominational co-educational university founded in 1949 on Christian principles, enrolling its first degree students in 1953. There is an attached high school and a sacred music centre. The Tama Academic Consortium enables students to take music courses at the Kunitachi College of Mus...
Country:
KENYA
State:
City:
NAIROBI
Special Indexes:
Church Music/Religious Music
Notes:
A private Nazarene Christian Church university whose main campus is in Ongata Rongai near Nairobi, with other campuses in Nairaobi City and Meru. Its first intake of students was in 1995....
Country:
KENYA
State:
City:
NAIROBI
Special Indexes:
Choral Conducting, Church Music/Religious Music, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
Daystar University, founded in 1964, is a private, non-denominational, evangelical Christian liberal arts college. Originally located in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe, it was moved to Kenya following the civil war in Zimbabwe in 1974. It is linked with organisations in the United States of America and in Canad...
Country:
KENYA
State:
City:
MASENO
Special Indexes:
Church Music/Religious Music, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Sound Engineering
Notes:
The University can trace its history back over 100 years. It gained its current name and status in 2001. The University is situated right on the equator, along the Kisumu-Busia road, 26 kilometres from Kisumu Town and 400 km from Nairobi. There are integrated programs involving music, theatre and da...
Country:
KENYA
State:
City:
ELDORET
Special Indexes:
Church Music/Religious Music, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
The University was founded in 1984. Housed in the School of Arts and Social Sciences, the Department of Creative Arts was established in 1991. The University operates on several campuses. ...
Country:
KENYA
State:
City:
BARATON
Special Indexes:
Choral Conducting, Church Music/Religious Music, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
This private university is operated and supported by the Seventh Day Adventist Church and was accredited in 1991. Music is a department within the School of Humanities and Social Sciences, opening in 1985. Music is taught as a second teaching subject for secondary schools. ...
Country:
LEBANON
State:
City:
JOUNIEH
Special Indexes:
Church Music/Religious Music, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Kodály, Library Collections, Music Therapy, Sound Archives, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
This private Catholic university was founded in 1961 though it can trace its history back to 1938. It is run by the Lebanese Maronite Order of Monks. The Faculty of Music, founded in 1973, consists of two departments - Music (comprising musicology, ethnomusicology, music education and sacred music),...
Country:
LIBERIA
State:
City:
MONROVIA
Special Indexes:
Choral Conducting, Church Music/Religious Music
Notes:
Founded in 2008, the Agape National Academy of Music is a non-profit organisation aiming to make programs in music and the arts accessible to Liberian young people following the 20 years of civil war. A further aim is to collect and preserve the indigenous tribal music of Liberia. It is affiliated w...
Country:
MEXICO
State:
NUEVO LEÓN
City:
MONTEMORELOS
Special Indexes:
Band Conducting, Choral Conducting, Church Music/Religious Music
Notes:
A Seventh Day Adventist University with Schools of Medicine, Theology, Education and Music, founded in 1942. The School of Music, established in 1977, provides professional music training as well as tuition for young children and interested members of the community. ...
Country:
NETHERLANDS
State:
City:
AMSTERDAM
Special Indexes:
Band Conducting, Choral Conducting, Church Music/Religious Music, Early Music Performance, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Music Theatre Performance, Opera Performance, Orchestral Conducting, Programs for the Handicapped, Sound Engineering, Wellness for Musicians
Notes:
A merger of the Conservatorium of Amsterdam, Hilversum Conservatory and Sweelinck Conservatory in 1998 formed the Music Faculty of the Amsterdam School of the Arts. This is the largest conservatory in Holland, and is located next door to the Concertgebouw. There are faculties of music, dance, drama,...
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:
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:
LAGOS
Special Indexes:
Band Conducting, Choral Conducting, Church Music/Religious Music, Ethnomusicology/World Music
Notes:
A Christian institution founded in 2017. The Conservatory offers a pre-diploma program for those wishing to enter the full Diploma course....
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:
NIGERIA
State:
City:
LAGOS
Special Indexes:
Church Music/Religious Music, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Sound Engineering
Notes:
Tenstrings Institute was founded in 2007 and, with head office in Ikeja Lagos, has study centres in several other cities in major centres across the country. In addition to the two-year Diploma courses the Institute offers a number of other certificate courses of varying lengths. Tenstrings is the ...
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:
TRONDHEIM
Special Indexes:
Choral Conducting, Church Music/Religious Music, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Sound Engineering
Notes:
In 2002 the Trondheim Conservatory of Music merged with the University’s Department of Musicology to become the Department of Music. There are three campuses, with music taught at Trondheim. Language of instruction is Norwegian. An active member of the Association Européenne des Conservatoires, ...
Country:
NORWAY
State:
City:
BERGEN
Special Indexes:
Band Conducting, Choral Conducting, Church Music/Religious Music, Early Music Performance, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Library Collections, Music Therapy, Orchestral Conducting, Sound Archives, Traditional Instrument Performance, Wellness for Musicians
Notes:
The University’s Faculty of Fine Art, Music and Design was established in 2017 from an amalgamation of the earlier Grieg Academy and the Bergen Academy of Art and Design. The Greig Academy is the music school of the University of Bergen. It houses the Institute of Ethnic Folklore (Etno-Folkloristi...
Country:
NORWAY
State:
City:
STAVANGER
Special Indexes:
Church Music/Religious Music, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Opera Performance, Orchestral Conducting, Sound Engineering
Notes:
The university was founded in 1945 and gained its current name and status in 2005. It is located in Bjergsted Park close to the centres of the Stavanger Symphony Orchestra, the Stavanger Concert Hall, the Stavanger Concert Society and the Norwegian Institute of Recorded Sound, among other institutio...
Country:
PHILIPPINES
State:
City:
CAVITE
Special Indexes:
Choral Conducting, Church Music/Religious Music, Community Music Training
Notes:
The Adventist University of the Philippines is a private coeducational Christian institution run by the Seventh Day Adventist Church. It can trace its history back to 1917 and gained university status in 1996. The music department is directly involved in the university’s chapel music, and trains ...
Country:
PHILIPPINES
State:
City:
QUEZON CITY
Special Indexes:
Choral Conducting, Church Music/Religious Music, Instrument Collections
Notes:
The Asian Institute of Liturgy and Music is one of five institutions owned by and organized under the sponsorship of the Philippine Episcopal Church and the Philippine Independent Church. It was founded in 1980, and admits students from different Christian communions from Asia, the Pacific, some eve...
Country:
PHILIPPINES
State:
City:
MANILA
Special Indexes:
Choral Conducting, Church Music/Religious Music, Instrument Collections, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
This institution can trace its history back to 1632. It was a Catholic teacher training college for women run by the Daughters of Charity of St Vincent de Paul but now admits male students. Attached to the College are a primary school, a secondary school and a senior high school. The music departmen...
Country:
PHILIPPINES
State:
City:
MANILA
Special Indexes:
Choral Conducting, Church Music/Religious Music
Notes:
In the 1980s Benedictine monks conducted seminars on liturgy during Easter week, eventually culminating in the Paul VI Institute of Liturgy based in Malaybalay City. In 1998 these evolved into the Master of Arts degree at the Graduate School of Liturgy at San Beda University in Manila. The program a...
Country:
PHILIPPINES
State:
City:
DUMAGUETE CITY
Special Indexes:
Band Conducting, Choral Conducting, Church Music/Religious Music, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Music Therapy, Orchestral Conducting
Notes:
Silliman University was founded in 1901 as a boy’s school and gained university status in 1938. The College of Performing Arts was first established in 1912, becoming the Silliman Conservatory of Music in 1934 and later the School of Music in 1941. In 1969 it joined with the Fine Arts Department, ...
Country:
PHILIPPINES
State:
City:
MANILA
Special Indexes:
Band Conducting, Choral Conducting, Church Music/Religious Music, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Instrument Collections, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Music Theatre Performance, Orchestral Conducting, Sound Engineering
Notes:
A Roman Catholic Pontifical University, sometimes known as ‘The Catholic University of the Philippines’. Founded in 1611, it is the oldest existing university in Asia, and is the only music school in the Philippines with an all-student symphony orchestra and symphonic band. The Conservatory was ...
Country:
PHILIPPINES
State:
City:
DAVAO CITY
Special Indexes:
Church Music/Religious Music, Ethnomusicology/World Music
Notes:
This Catholic University was originally founded as a primary school in 1905 by Sisters of the Religious of the Virgin Mary. It gained university status in 1992. There are attached primary and secondary schools. ...
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:
ŁODZ
Special Indexes:
Choral Conducting, Church Music/Religious Music, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Music Therapy, Opera Performance, Orchestral Conducting, Sound Engineering
Notes:
The Grazyna and Kiejstut Bacewicz Academy of Music (Akademia Muzyczna im. Grazyny i Kiejstuta Bacewiczów) in Łodz was established in 1945 and gained its current name and status in 1992. It is a non-profit public higher education institution. The Academy organises an international oboe and bassoon...
Country:
POLAND
State:
City:
POZNAŃ
Special Indexes:
Choral Conducting, Church Music/Religious Music, Eurhythmics/Dalcroze, Early Music Performance, Instrument Collections, Instrument Making/Maintenance, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Opera Conducting, Opera Performance, Orchestral Conducting
Notes:
The Paderewske Academy of Music (Akademia Muzyczna im. Ignacego Jana Paderewskiego w Poznaniu) was founded in 1920 and has a branch in Szczecin. It gained its current name and status in 1982 and is regarded as equivalent in status to a university. There are five faculties: • Faculty of Composition...
Country:
POLAND
State:
City:
WROCŁAW
Special Indexes:
Choral Conducting, Church Music/Religious Music, Early Music Performance, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Music Therapy, Opera Conducting, Opera Performance, Orchestral Conducting
Notes:
The Karol Lipinski Academy of Music (Akademia Muzyczna im. Karola Lipińskiego) can trace its history back to 1948. It is regarded as equivalent to a university and gained its current name and status in 1981. There are four faculties: • Faculty of Composition, Conducting, Theory of Music and Music...
Country:
POLAND
State:
City:
KATOWICE
Special Indexes:
Choral Conducting, Church Music/Religious Music, Early Music Performance, Eurhythmics/Dalcroze, Instrument Collections, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Library Collections, Music Therapy, Opera Conducting, Opera Performance, Orchestral Conducting
Notes:
The Academy of Music Karol Szymanowski (Akademia Muzyczna im. Karola Szymanowskiego) was founded in 1929. It is regarded as equivalent to a university. There are four departments: • Department of Composition, Conducting, Theory, Music Education and Music Therapy; • Department of Jazz and Popular...
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:
POLAND
State:
City:
GDAŃSK
Special Indexes:
Choral Conducting, Church Music/Religious Music, Early Music Performance, Eurhythmics/Dalcroze, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Library Collections, Opera Conducting, Opera Performance, Orchestral Conducting
Notes:
The Stanislaw Moniuszko Academy (Akademia Muzyczna im. Stanisława Moniuszki) was founded in 1947 and currently occupies a new purpose-built premises with a fine concert hall and well-equipped recording studio. It is regarded as equivalent to a university. There are four departments: • Department ...
Country:
POLAND
State:
City:
WARSAW
Special Indexes:
Choral Conducting, Church Music/Religious Music, Early Music Performance, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Eurhythmics/Dalcroze, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Library Collections, Opera Conducting, Opera Performance, Orchestral Conducting, Sound Archives, Sound Engineering
Notes:
The Frederic Chopin University of Music (Uniwersytet Muzycznay im. Fryderyka Chopina) is one of the oldest music academies in Europe, being founded in 1810, and gaining its current name and status in 2008. Postgraduate courses are available only to Polish and European Union citizens (with proof of k...
Country:
PORTUGAL
State:
LISBON METROPOLITAN AREA
City:
LISBON (LISBOA)
Special Indexes:
Choral Conducting, Church Music/Religious Music
Notes:
A government institution, with links to the Lisbon School of Music. It is a specialised vocational secondary school where students from age ten may be admitted (after audition) to continue general elementary and secondary schooling while also taking special church music subjects - performance (piano...
Country:
PORTUGAL
State:
LISBON METROPOLITAN AREA
City:
LISBON (LISBOA)
Special Indexes:
Band Conducting, Choral Conducting, Church Music/Religious Music, Community Music Training, Early Music Performance, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Sound Engineering
Notes:
The School of Music, founded in 1985, is closely associated with the Gregorian Institute of Lisbon. It offers some courses in co-operation with the School of Education. Facilities include a fine auditorium and a smaller hall and well-equipped electronic music studio. The School of Education also o...
Country:
ROMANIA
State:
City:
CLUJ-NAPOCA
Special Indexes:
Choral Conducting, Church Music/Religious Music, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Opera Performance, Orchestral Conducting
Notes:
The Gheorghe Dima National Academy of Music (Academia Națională de Muzică „Gheorghe Dima) was founded in 1919 and was granted its current name and status in 1990. It is regarded as equivalent to a university. There are Faculties of instrumental music, singing and stage art, and theory (conducti...
Country:
ROMANIA
State:
City:
CRAIOVA
Special Indexes:
Choral Conducting, Church Music/Religious Music, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Opera Performance, Orchestral Conducting, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
The University was established in 1947 and the music program was first offered in 2003. ...
Country:
ROMANIA
State:
City:
ORADEA
Special Indexes:
Choral Conducting, Church Music/Religious Music, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Opera Performance
Notes:
The University can trace its history back to 1780. It gained its current name and status in 1990. The Faculty of Arts was created in 1995 and houses departments of music, visual arts and drama. ...
Country:
ROMANIA
State:
City:
IAȘI
Special Indexes:
Choral Conducting, Church Music/Religious Music, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Opera Performance, Orchestral Conducting
Notes:
Founded as a conservatorium in 1836, it was renamed in 1960 and gained its current name and status in 1997. There are departments of music, theatre, visual arts, media arts, fashion, design, photography, animation and conservation and restoration. The music department consists of faculties of perfor...
Country:
ROMANIA
State:
City:
BUCHAREST (BUCUREȘTI)
Special Indexes:
Band Conducting, Choral Conducting, Church Music/Religious Music, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Opera Performance, Orchestral Conducting, Sound Engineering
Notes:
This University was founded in 1864. Previously called the ‘Academia de Muzica Ciprian Porumbescu’, it was renamed in 2001 to reflect its full university status. There are two faculties: Musical Interpretation, and Composition, Musicology, and Pedagogy. The University houses a Center of Electroa...
Country:
RUSSIA
State:
City:
MOSCOW
Special Indexes:
Band Conducting, Choral Conducting, Church Music/Religious Music, Early Music Performance, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Instrument Collections, Library Collections, Opera Conducting, Opera Performance, Orchestral Conducting, Personal Archives, Sound Archives
Notes:
The Conservatory was founded in 1866 by Nikolay Rubinstein, brother of Anton Rubinstein who founded the St Petersburg Conservatory just four years earlier in 1862. There are faculties of piano, orchestral instruments, singing, orchestral, choral and opera conducting, composition, musicology/ethnomus...
Country:
SIERRA LEONE
State:
City:
FREETOWN
Special Indexes:
Church Music/Religious Music, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
This not-for-profit Academy opened in 1995, aiming to teach music to a high professional level and to research and disseminate information on the musical heritage of Sierra Leone and West Africa. Its stated mission is "to provide a center for music and arts education and entertainment of indige...
Country:
SINGAPORE
State:
City:
SINGAPORE
Special Indexes:
Choral Conducting, Church Music/Religious Music
Notes:
The Singapore Bible College was founded in 1952 as an interdenominational evangelical institution. There are Schools of Theology (Chinese and English), Church Music, and Counselling. An elective evening course in music is available through the Division of Continuing Education. All students in the Sc...
Country:
SLOVAK REPUBLIC
State:
City:
BRATISLAVA
Special Indexes:
Church Music/Religious Music
Notes:
The Conservatorium was founded in 1992....
Country:
SLOVAK REPUBLIC
State:
City:
BRATISLAVA
Special Indexes:
Choral Conducting, Church Music/Religious Music, Library Collections, Opera Performance, Orchestral Conducting
Notes:
The Conservatory can trace its history back to 1918. It has a tradition in the performance of the music of the Viennese classical composers - Mozart, Haydn and Beethoven. There is an opera studio, with regular performances of operas by students. The library holds the manuscripts of several Slovak c...
Country:
SLOVAK REPUBLIC
State:
City:
BANSKA BYSTRICA
Special Indexes:
Choral Conducting, Church Music/Religious Music
Notes:
The conservatorium was established in 1992. There is a newly-installed organ in the concert hall. There are programs in music, dance and drama. ...
Country:
SLOVAK REPUBLIC
State:
City:
ZILINA
Special Indexes:
Choral Conducting, Church Music/Religious Music, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Music Theatre Performance
Notes:
Language of instruction is Slovak. ...
Country:
SLOVAK REPUBLIC
State:
City:
KOSICE
Special Indexes:
Choral Conducting, Church Music/Religious Music, Music Theatre Performance, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
The Conservatorium was founded in 1951. Language of instruction is Slovak. ...
Country:
SLOVAKIA
State:
City:
BRATISLAVA
Special Indexes:
Choral Conducting, Church Music/Religious Music, Early Music Performance, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Opera Performance, Orchestral Conducting
Notes:
The Academy, founded in June 1949, is a university comprising a Faculty of Music and Dance, a Faculty of Theatre and a Faculty of Film and Television. There is an opera program with regular opera performances. Overseas students have access to short performance master courses. The Faculty organises a...
Country:
SLOVAKIA
State:
City:
BRATISLAVA
Special Indexes:
Choral Conducting, Church Music/Religious Music, Library Collections, Opera Performance, Orchestral Conducting, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
The Conservatory can trace its history back to 1919. Through its three faculties it offers programs in theatre, film and television and music and dance and has a tradition in the performance of the music of the Viennese classical composers. There is an opera studio with regular student performances....
Country:
SLOVENIA
State:
City:
LJUBLJANA
Special Indexes:
Choral Conducting, Church Music/Religious Music, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Orchestral Conducting
Notes:
The University was established in 1919. It organises a program of Lifelong Integrated Learning offering courses in musicology for those employed in the general and music education system and who do not wish to undertake the full-time programs. There is co-operation with the Institute of Musicology o...
Country:
SOUTH AFRICA
State:
GAUTENG
City:
PRETORIA
Special Indexes:
Choral Conducting, Church Music/Religious Music, Instrument Collections, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Music Therapy, Opera Performance, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
The University of Pretoria was first established as a Normal College for the training of teachers in 1902. It gained its current name and status in 1930 and operates on seven campuses. Music forms one area of the School of the Arts alongside visual arts, drama, museum studies, tangible heritage cons...
Country:
SOUTH AFRICA
State:
NORTH WEST PROVINCE
City:
POTCHEFSTROOM
Special Indexes:
Choral Conducting, Church Music/Religious Music, Community Music Training, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Sound Engineering
Notes:
The North-West University was formed in 2004 with the merger of the Potchefstroom University for Christian Higher Education and the University of the North-West. The Conservatory offers music training to young people and interested members of the local community. It houses a 372-seat hall, an organ ...
Country:
SOUTH AFRICA
State:
WESTERN CAPE
City:
STELLENBOSCH
Special Indexes:
Choral Conducting, Church Music/Religious Music, Community Music Training, Early Music Performance, Instrument Collections, Sound Engineering
Notes:
The university was first established as Stellenbosch College in 1881 and gained its current name and status in 1918. The Department of Music was established in 1934. It is an interdisciplinary research, teaching and service institution which includes units for community music, music technology, film...
Country:
SOUTH KOREA
State:
City:
KYONGSAN (GYONGSAN)
Special Indexes:
Church Music/Religious Music
Notes:
This private institution can trace its origin back to 1914. Kyongsan is a satellite city of Daegu. In 1994 the Daegu Catholic University merged with the former Hyosung Women’s University, creating the Catholic University of Daegu, the largest Catholic university in Korea. ...
Country:
SOUTH KOREA
State:
City:
BUCHEON (PUCHON)
Special Indexes:
Choral Conducting, Church Music/Religious Music, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Opera Performance
Notes:
This private institution can trace its history back to 1855. In 1995 it merged with Songsim University for Women and the Catholic Medical College and gained its current name and status. The music department is housed in the Grand Auditorium Building on the Songsim campus. ...
Country:
SOUTH KOREA
State:
City:
SEOUL
Special Indexes:
Choral Conducting, Church Music/Religious Music
Notes:
This is a Christian Calvinist Reformed institution founded in Pyongyang 1901 by the Korean Presbyterian General Assembly. After being closed by the Japanese occupation government in 1938 it was reopened in Seoul in 1945 and gained its current name and status in 1995. ...
Country:
SOUTH KOREA
State:
City:
SEOUL
Special Indexes:
Church Music/Religious Music, Institutions for Women Only, Music Therapy, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
This private university can trace its history back to 1886 with the establishment by the Methodist Church of Korea’s first school for women. It is one of the world’s largest universities for women and is based on Christian principles. The College of Music was founded in 1925, the Sacred Music De...
Country:
SOUTH KOREA
State:
City:
GWANGJU (KWANGJU)
Special Indexes:
Band Conducting, Choral Conducting, Church Music/Religious Music
Notes:
This private university was established in 1955 and was known as Honam Bible School. Over the years it changed name several times, eventually being granted its current name and status. Its Department of Church Music was created in 1988. The University is affiliated with the Presbyterian Church of Ko...
Country:
SOUTH KOREA
State:
City:
CHEONAN CHEONAN
Special Indexes:
Church Music/Religious Music, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Opera Performance
Notes:
A private Christian polytechnic university established in 1978, gaining its current name and status in 1980. ...
Country:
SOUTH KOREA
State:
City:
DAEGU (TAEGU)
Special Indexes:
Choral Conducting, Church Music/Religious Music, Opera Performance, Sound Engineering, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
A private Christian Presbyterian university founded in 1954 as Keimyung Christian College. It gained its current name and status in 1978. There is a strong focus on interdisciplinary studies related to art and the media and a Film and Music Production Department has been recently created. Facilities...
Country:
SOUTH KOREA
State:
City:
DAEJEON (TAEJEON)
Special Indexes:
Choral Conducting, Church Music/Religious Music, Music Therapy
Notes:
This private institution founded in the Baptist tradition was established in 1953. It gained its current name and status in 1994. The Department of Church Music opened in 1983 and the Graduate School of Church Music was established in 1999. ...
Country:
SOUTH KOREA
State:
City:
BUSAN (PUSAN)
Special Indexes:
Band Conducting, Choral Conducting, Church Music/Religious Music, Music Therapy
Notes:
A private Christian university founded in 1946 under the auspices of the General Assembly of Kosin Presbyterian Church. The Graduate School of Church Music was opened in 2007. ...
Country:
SOUTH KOREA
State:
City:
DAEGU (TAEGU)
Special Indexes:
Choral Conducting, Church Music/Religious Music, Opera Performance, Orchestral Conducting, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
The University can trace its history back to 1946. It gained its current name and status in 1951. The College of Music and Visual Arts has departments of music, Korean traditional music, fine arts and design. ...
Country:
SOUTH KOREA
State:
City:
SEOUL
Special Indexes:
Choral Conducting, Church Music/Religious Music
Notes:
This institution can trace its history back to 1901. It gained its current name and status in 1993. There is an attached research institute for the study of the church and music. ...
Country:
SOUTH KOREA
State:
City:
SEOUL
Special Indexes:
Choral Conducting, Church Music/Religious Music, Opera Performance
Notes:
This private Christian university, founded in 1906, is operated through the Seventh Day Adventist Church. ...
Country:
SOUTH KOREA
State:
City:
GWANGJU
Special Indexes:
Choral Conducting, Church Music/Religious Music
Notes:
A Presbyterian university originally established in 1954 and gained its current name and status in 1998. There is the opportunity for music students to qualify for a teacher’s licence. Facilities include a 550-seat music hall. ...
Country:
SOUTH KOREA
State:
City:
BUCHEON (PUCHON)
Special Indexes:
Choral Conducting, Church Music/Religious Music
Notes:
This institution was founded in 1911 as a bible college in the tradition of the Korea Evangelical Holiness Church. It gained university status in 1992. The Department of Church Music was established in 1976. ...
Country:
SOUTH KOREA
State:
City:
ANYANG
Special Indexes:
Band Conducting, Choral Conducting, Church Music/Religious Music, Jazz/Popular Music Performance
Notes:
The University can trace its history back to 1962 with the establishment of the Sungkyul Theological Seminary. It gained its current name and status in 1992. The Department of Performing Music and Arts was established in 2017 with a creative convergence curriculum centered around contemporary and pr...
Country:
SOUTH KOREA
State:
City:
SEOUL
Special Indexes:
Choral Conducting, Church Music/Religious Music, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Opera Performance, Orchestral Conducting, Suzuki
Notes:
Yonsei University is a Presbyterian Christian university which was founded in 1885 and is the oldest private university in Korea. It gained its current name and status in 1957. There are over 35,000 students in 17 colleges and 12 graduate schools. Its College of Music, established in 1955, operates ...
Country:
SPAIN
State:
ANDALUSIA
City:
GRANADA
Special Indexes:
Church Music/Religious Music, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Sound Engineering, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
The university was founded in 1531. It has campuses also in Ceuta and Melilla, both Spanish territories on the north coast of Africa. ...
Country:
SPAIN
State:
ANDALUSIA
City:
MÁLAGA
Special Indexes:
Church Music/Religious Music, Library Collections, Research-only Institutions
Notes:
The University of Malaga was established in 1972. While there are no formal courses in music at the university, the research group MUSITHEMA from the University’s Faculty of Psychology and Education has been active in studying such topics as relationships between music and artistic education, musi...
Country:
SPAIN
State:
CATALONIA (CATALUÑA)
City:
MONTSERRAT
Special Indexes:
Church Music/Religious Music
Notes:
This boys' choir can trace its history back to 1223, but it was in the seventeenth century that this choir and music school really began to gain in importance and recognition. The choir consists of around 50 boys aged from 10 years who attend the choir school where they are given a full curriculum o...
Country:
SWEDEN
State:
City:
GÖTEBORG
Special Indexes:
Church Music/Religious Music, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Music Theatre Performance, Opera Performance, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
The University of Göteborg is the largest university in Scandinavia. It was established in 1891 as Göteborg University College and gained its current name and status in 1954. The Academy of Music and Drama was established in 2005 with the merger of the former School of Music, the School of Opera a...
Country:
SWEDEN
State:
City:
PITEÅ
Special Indexes:
Choral Conducting, Church Music/Religious Music, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Orchestral Conducting, Sound Engineering, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
The School of Music at Luleå University of Technology was founded in the 1978. Piteå is situated about 45 kilometers south of Luleå (the main university campus). The Department of Music and Media has two sections - Media and Experience Production, and the School of Music. Several courses are offe...
Country:
SWEDEN
State:
City:
LUND
Special Indexes:
Church Music/Religious Music, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Opera Performance, Sound Engineering
Notes:
Lund University can trace its history back to 1425. There are no tuition fees and no scholarships are available from the university. The emphasis is on research in historical musicology and music analysis. The Faculty of Fine and Performing Arts consists of three institutions - Malmö Art Academy, M...
Country:
SWEDEN
State:
City:
STOCKHOLM
Special Indexes:
Choral Conducting, Church Music/Religious Music, Eurhythmics/Dalcroze, Early Music Performance, Instrument Making/Maintenance, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Music Therapy, Orchestral Conducting, Repetiteur Training/Coaching, Sound Engineering, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
This Royal College of Music, founded in 1771, is an independent college, financed both by private funds and the state. It is housed at the University of Stockholm. The College offers in-service training courses for professional musicians and music teachers, some by distance-mode. The Nordic Perform...
Country:
SWITZERLAND
State:
City:
LUGANO
Special Indexes:
Band Conducting, Choral Conducting, Church Music/Religious Music, Eurhythmics/Dalcroze, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Opera Performance
Notes:
The Conservatorio della Svizzera Italiana (Conservatorium of Italian-Speaking Switzerland) consists of general, preparatory and professional divisions. The general division offers music training to young people and interested adults, leading to the award of a Certificat d'études non-professionnelle...
Country:
SWITZERLAND
State:
City:
LAUSANNE
Special Indexes:
Band Conducting, Choral Conducting, Church Music/Religious Music, Early Music Performance, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Opera Performance, Orchestral Conducting, Wellness for Musicians
Notes:
The former Conservatoire of Lausanne commenced its teaching operations over 150 years ago, but from 2011 the name 'Conservatoire de Lausanne' refers only to a pre-professional program which offers music tuition to children and interested adults and leads to the award of a Certificat d'études non-pr...
Country:
SWITZERLAND
State:
City:
LUCERNE (LUZERN)
Special Indexes:
Band Conducting, Church Music/Religious Music, Eurhythmics/Dalcroze, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Orchestral Conducting, Traditional Instrument Performance, Wellness for Musicians
Notes:
In 2013 the Lucerne School of Music (Hochschule Luzern - Musik) was incorporated into the recently-established (2007) Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts as its music school. The earlier Swiss Jazz School forms the jazz department of the School of Music. In addition to the professional p...
Country:
SWITZERLAND
State:
City:
BASEL
Special Indexes:
Band Conducting, Choral Conducting, Church Music/Religious Music, Early Music Performance, Instrument Collections, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Opera Performance, Orchestral Conducting, Sound Engineering, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
The University of Applied Sciences and Arts of Northwestern Switzerland (Fachhochschule Nordwestschweiz FHNW) was established in 2006 from a merger of nine former schools and operates on four main campuses in northwestern Switzerland. The music programs are offered at the Academy of Music which hous...
Country:
SWITZERLAND
State:
City:
ZÜRICH
Special Indexes:
Choral Conducting, Church Music/Religious Music, Eurhythmics/Dalcroze, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Sound Engineering
Notes:
The Zürich University of the Arts (ZHdK) can trace its history back to 1873. Following several name changes it gained its current name and status in 2007. The University offers programs in design, film, fine arts, music, dance, theatre and art education. A new program structure to be introduced in ...
Country:
TAIWAN
State:
City:
TAIPEI
Special Indexes:
Choral Conducting, Church Music/Religious Music, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Orchestral Conducting
Notes:
A Catholic university founded originally in Beijing in 1925, and re-established in Taiwan in 1961. The music department, established in 1983, forms part of the College of Fine Arts which includes music, applied arts and architecture. The Master’s program was established in 1995. Facilities includ...
Country:
THAILAND
State:
City:
CHIANG MAI
Special Indexes:
Church Music/Religious Music, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Instrument Collections, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
A private liberal arts university founded in 1974 by the Church of Christ in Thailand. The Christian Communication Institute is a centre for dance, drama, music and Christian outreach. The university also has a Centre for Arts and Culture, aiming to study and preserve traditional North Thailand (Lan...
Country:
TURKEY
State:
City:
KAYSERI
Special Indexes:
Church Music/Religious Music, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
The University was established in 1978, the Faculty of Fine Arts being established in 1993. It has departments of painting, sculpture, music, ceramics, graphic design, stage design and performing arts. The Department of Music commenced operation in 1995 with programs in Turkish classical music and t...
Country:
UKRAINE
State:
City:
LVIV
Special Indexes:
Choral Conducting, Church Music/Religious Music, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Library Collections, Opera Conducting, Opera Performance, Orchestral Conducting, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
This institution is one of the oldest in the Ukraine, being able to trace its origins back to 1796. It was granted its current name and status in 2007, its informal name being ‘Lviv Conservatory’. There are departments of singing, piano, orchestra, conducting, musicology, ethnomusicology and com...
Country:
UNITED KINGDOM
State:
ENGLAND
City:
CANTERBURY
Special Indexes:
Arts Management/Music Management, Church Music/Religious Music, Community Music Training, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Orchestral Conducting, Sound Engineering, Wellness for Musicians
Notes:
This institution was established by the Church of England in 1962 as a teachers' college. In 1998 the expanded institution was renamed Canterbury Christ Church University College. It gained its full university status and name in July 2005. It operates on a number of sites within the city of Canterbu...
Country:
UNITED KINGDOM
State:
ENGLAND
City:
MANCHESTER
Special Indexes:
Church Music/Religious Music, Eurhythmics/Dalcroze, Early Music Performance, Instrument Collections, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Kodály, Opera Performance, Orchestral Conducting, Wellness for Musicians
Notes:
The Royal Northern College of Music was established in 1973 following the merger of the Royal Manchester College of Music and the Northern School of Music. The College is organised into schools of study: academic, composition and contemporary music, keyboard, strings, wind, brass and percussion, voc...