Country:
SAUDI ARABIA
State:
City:
RIYADH
Special Indexes:
Library Collections, Sound Archives
Notes:
Music is not normally taught as a subject in any of Saudi Arabia’s universities, but it is actively promoted by the Saudi Arabian Society for Culture and the Arts. Founded in 1973 as the Saudi Arabia Arts Society, it gained its current name in 1978. With headquarters in Riyadh the Society operates...
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:
SLOVAK REPUBLIC
State:
City:
BRATISLAVA
Special Indexes:
Ethnomusicology/World Music, Instrument Collections, Library Collections, Sound Archives
Notes:
The Institute can trace its history back to 1943. While not primarily a teaching body, it offers facilities for doctoral studies in musicology. The Institute conducts research into musical culture, including music and dance folklore, in Slovakia in its regional, international and social contexts. It...
Country:
SLOVAKIA
State:
City:
BRATISLAVA
Special Indexes:
Ethnomusicology/World Music, Instrument Collections, Library Collections, Research-only Institutions, Sound Archives
Notes:
The Institute can trace its history back to 1943. While not primarily a teaching body, it offers facilities for doctoral studies in musicology and ethnomusicology. The Institute conducts research into musical culture, including music and dance folklore in Slovakia in its regional, international and ...
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:
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:
KWAZULU-NATAL
City:
DURBAN
Special Indexes:
Choral Conducting, Community Music Training, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Instrument Collections, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Library Collections, Opera Performance, Sound Archives, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
The University of Kwazulu Natal was formed in 2004 by an amalgamation of the former University of Natal and the former University of Durban-Westville. The music department was established in 1971 and houses the Opera Studio and Choral Academy. A foundation program is organised for students preparing...
Country:
SOUTH AFRICA
State:
KWAZULU-NATAL
City:
MTHATHA
Special Indexes:
Choral Conducting, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Sound Archives, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
Walter Sisulu University was founded on July 1, 2005 through the merger of Border Technikon, Eastern Cape Technikon and the University of Transkei. In 2003 the Secretariat of the South African International Centre for African Music and Dance was founded at the university. Its archive holds around 1...
Country:
SPAIN
State:
ANDALUSIA
City:
GRANADA
Special Indexes:
Instrument Collections, Library Collections, Personal Archives, Research-only Institutions, Sound Archives
Notes:
This is not a teaching body. It holds musical archival material of Andalusia, with the aim of conserving, cataloguing, classifying and disseminating musical materials pertaining to the province of Andalusia (scores, recordings, audio-visual materials and the like). Included in the collections are ma...
Country:
SPAIN
State:
CATALONIA (CATALUÑA)
City:
BARCELONA
Special Indexes:
Instrument Collections, Instrument Making/Maintenance, Library Collections, Research-only Institutions, Sound Archives
Notes:
The museum, founded in 1946, conducts restoration of and research into historical European and Spanish traditional instruments. It has an important collection of over 500 instruments from various periods and cultures, with biographical and musical documents of the main Catalan composers including I ...
Country:
SPAIN
State:
PROVINCE OF MADRID
City:
MADRID
Special Indexes:
Arts Management/Music Management, Library Collections, Opera Performance, Personal Archives, Sound Archives
Notes:
The private Reina Sofía School of Music was established in 1991 with a double objective: to support the development of greatly talented young musicians, and to bring music closer to society. Selection of students is merit-based, with free registration costs and a generous scholarship program coveri...
Country:
SPAIN
State:
VIZCAYA (BASQUE COUNTRY)
City:
ERRENTERIA
Special Indexes:
Library Collections, Research-only Institutions, Sound Archives
Notes:
Eresbil, founded in 1974, is not a teaching body. Its main goal is the collection, preservation, protection and dissemination of the Basque musical heritage and, especially, the production of Basque composers. It has a huge collection of scores, manuscripts, books, recordings and memorabilia of comp...
Country:
SPAIN
State:
VIZCAYA (BASQUE COUNTRY)
City:
OIARTZUN
Special Indexes:
Instrument Collections, Instrument Making/Maintenance, Library Collections, Research-only Institutions, Sound Archives
Notes:
This is not a teaching body, through it does hold training courses for teachers and courses for students to complement their existing studies. The Centre was founded in 1996 and is involved in the collection and study of folk music. The archive holds a library of books, scores, manuscripts, photogra...
Country:
SRI LANKA
State:
City:
COLOMBO
Special Indexes:
Band Conducting, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Sound Archives, Sound Engineering, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
The University was established in 2005 when the former Institute of Aesthetic Studies at the University of Kelaniya became this autonomous institution. There are three faculties - Dance and Drama, Music, and Visual Arts. The Faculty of Music consists of six departments - South Indian (Karnatic) musi...
Country:
SUDAN
State:
City:
KHARTOUM
Special Indexes:
Ethnomusicology/World Music, Library Collections, Sound Archives
Notes:
With origins dating back to 1898, this is the oldest university in Sudan, being granted its current name and status in 1956. The Institute of African and Asian Studies was established in 1972. There was an active traditional music studies centre which issued numerous publications in English, support...
Country:
SWITZERLAND
State:
City:
GENEVA (GENÈVE)
Special Indexes:
Ethnomusicology/World Music, Library Collections, Sound Archives, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
This not-for-profit institution was founded in 1983 and has no affiliations with any university or conservatorium. It aims to promote the diversity of musical cultures by holding courses of music and dance from countries throughout the world and acts as a clearing house for information of other simi...
Country:
TUNISIA
State:
City:
SIDI BOU SAÏD
Special Indexes:
Instrument Collections, Instrument Making/Maintenance, Library Collections, Research-only Institutions, Sound Archives
Notes:
The Centre of Arab and Mediterranean Music was founded in 1991 and operates under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Culture, Youth and Leisure. The Centre acts as a facilitator of musical and cultural exchange between Europe and the Arab world. While not a teaching institution, it is the home of t...
Country:
TURKEY
State:
City:
IZMIR
Special Indexes:
Ethnomusicology/World Music, Instrument Making/Maintenance, Sound Archives, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
Ege University was founded in 1955, and the State Conservatory was established in 1983. The Conservatory has four departments: 1) Turkish Art Music and Folk Music, 2) Voice Education, with studies in both Turkish and Western solfège and theory, folklore and style, 3) Turkish folk dance, and 4) Inst...
Country:
TURKEY
State:
City:
ISTANBUL
Special Indexes:
Arts Management/Music Management, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Instrument Collections, Instrument Making/Maintenance, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Library Collections, Sound Archives, Sound Engineering, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
Istanbul Technical University can trace its history back to 1773. The Turkish Music State Conservatory was established in 1976. It has departments of Turkish music performance, composition, musicology, theory, music technology and Turkish folk dance. Apart from the professional program the music sch...
Country:
UNITED KINGDOM
State:
ENGLAND
City:
SIDCUP
Special Indexes:
Arts Management/Music Management, Library Collections, Sound Archives, Sound Engineering
Notes:
The College was established in 1950 with the help and encouragement of Poet Laureate John Masefield, Lawrence Olivier and Peggy Ashcroft who formed part of the Board of Governors. Currently it trains actors, musicians, directors, designers and technicians. A number of productions are staged each yea...
Country:
UNITED KINGDOM
State:
ENGLAND
City:
CAMBRIDGE
Special Indexes:
Community Music Training, Early Music Performance, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Instrument Collections, Library Collections, Personal Archives, Sound Archives, Sound Engineering
Notes:
Founded in 1209 this is one of the oldest and most famous university music departments in the world. It is a Collegiate university comprising 31 colleges where students live, eat and socialise and where students receive small group teaching sessions. Each college is an independent institution with i...
Country:
UNITED KINGDOM
State:
ENGLAND
City:
LONDON
Special Indexes:
Ethnomusicology/World Music, Instrument Collections, Library Collections, Sound Archives, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
The University of London is a federation of some forty colleges and institutes, not all of which offer programs in music. The School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS) was founded in 1916. No aspects of Western music are studied. All courses relate to the traditional art or folk musics of Asia a...
Country:
UNITED KINGDOM
State:
ENGLAND
City:
NOTTINGHAM
Special Indexes:
Instrument Collections, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Sound Archives, Sound Engineering
Notes:
The University of Nottingham can trace its history back to 1881. It gained its current name and status in 1948. The music department is particularly strong in twentieth century music and composition. There are well-equipped electronic studios. Performance is regarded as an optional course. The music...
Country:
UNITED KINGDOM
State:
ENGLAND
City:
HARROW
Special Indexes:
Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Library Collections, Sound Archives, Sound Engineering
Notes:
The headquarters of the University of Westminster is in London, but music programs operate at the Harrow campus. Facilities include twelve professional recording studios and an extensive library of pop music literature and recordings. Students have access to the media facilities in Harrow, one of th...
Country:
UNITED KINGDOM
State:
NORTHERN IRELAND
City:
BELFAST
Special Indexes:
Arts Management/Music Management, Early Music Performance, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Instrument Collections, Library Collections, Sound Archives, Sound Engineering
Notes:
Queen's University was founded by Queen Victoria in 1845 and was designed as a non-denominational alternative to Trinity College Dublin which was controlled by the Anglican Church. The School of Music has particular strengths in renaissance music, composition, electro-acoustic music, computer applic...
Country:
UNITED KINGDOM
State:
SCOTLAND
City:
GLASGOW
Special Indexes:
Instrument Collections, Library Collections, Public Examinations in Music, Sound Archives, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
The National Piping Centre, incorporating The College of Piping was founded in 2020 from the merger of two existing piping institutions, the College of Piping and the National Piping Centre. Both institutions had previously distributed their own teaching materials and organised teaching programs and...
Country:
UNITED KINGDOM
State:
SCOTLAND
City:
ABERDEEN
Special Indexes:
Band Conducting, Choral Conducting, Community Music Training, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Instrument Collections, Library Collections, Music Therapy, Sound Archives, Sound Engineering, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
The university was founded in 1495. There are state-of-the-art facilities for electroacoustic music, a world music centre, a theatre/concert hall, keyboard laboratory and a range of practice facilities. The Centre for Music Therapy houses many percussion instruments, and is used as a teaching base ...
Country:
UNITED KINGDOM
State:
SCOTLAND
City:
EDINBURGH
Special Indexes:
Community Music Training, Instrument Collections, Library Collections, Personal Archives, Sound Archives, Sound Engineering
Notes:
The University was founded in 1583 and the Reid School of Music was established in 1839. Individual performance lessons are not offered within the music faculty, though students are expected to find their own tutors and the university covers the cost of the lessons. This is an All-Steinway School. T...
Country:
UNITED KINGDOM
State:
WALES
City:
BANGOR
Special Indexes:
Community Music Training, Early Music Performance, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Instrument Collections, Library Collections, Sound Archives, Sound Engineering, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
The University of Wales in Bangor can trace its history back to 1885. The activities of the School of Music cover the areas of performance, composition, technology, media and popular culture, and history, culture and society. Facilities include four state-of-the-art electronic composition studios, t...
Country:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
State:
ALABAMA
City:
BIRMINGHAM
Special Indexes:
Opera Performance, Sound Archives
Notes:
A private liberal arts college founded in 1856 and affiliated with the United Methodist Church. The music department is housed in the James Blaine Hill Music Building. Facilities include a group of technology-based studios and a state-of-the-art recording studio. The Shugerman collection of LP and ...
Country:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
State:
CALIFORNIA
City:
SAN RAFAEL
Special Indexes:
Instrument Collections, Sound Archives, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
The College began in 1956 in Calcutta, India, and commenced operations in California in 1967. It aims to spread knowledge and teach performance of the music of North India - Hindustani classical vocal and instrumental music - and for this purpose it also sponsors concerts of Indian classical music. ...
Country:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
State:
CALIFORNIA
City:
OAKLAND
Special Indexes:
Early Music Performance, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Institutions for Women Only, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Library Collections, Sound Archives, Sound Engineering, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
A private liberal arts college for women founded in 1852. In 1871 it was granted the name Mills College in 1865 and in 2022 it joined forces with the Boston-based Northeastern University to become the Mills Institute at Northeastern University, Oakland. It becomes co-educational at the graduate leve...
Country:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
State:
CALIFORNIA
City:
STANFORD
Special Indexes:
Early Music Performance, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Instrument Collections, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Library Collections, Orchestral Conducting, Personal Archives, Sound Archives, Sound Engineering
Notes:
A private university situated on one of the largest campuses in the USA. It accepted its first students in 1891. The Department of Music, founded in 1947, houses a vast archive of recorded sound with some 300,000 recordings, including over 100,000 78 r.p.m. discs and a number of wax cylinders, whil...
Country:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
State:
CALIFORNIA
City:
LOS ANGELES
Special Indexes:
Band Conducting, Choral Conducting, Early Music Performance, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Instrument Collections, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Library Collections, Opera Performance, Orchestral Conducting, Personal Archives, Sound Archives, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
The University was founded in 1919 as the Southern Branch of the University of California and moved to its current location in Westwood in 1929. The UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music was created in 2007 with the union of three departments - the Department of Music, the Department of Musicology and t...
Country:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
State:
CALIFORNIA
City:
BERKELEY
Special Indexes:
Choral Conducting, Early Music Performance, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Instrument Collections, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Library Collections, Music Theatre Performance, Opera Performance, Orchestral Conducting, Personal Archives, Sound Archives, Sound Engineering, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
The University can trace its history back to 1849. It became the University of California in 1868 and is the flagship campus and the oldest campus of the University of California system. The Hargrove Music Library holds one of the most extensive collections of books, scores and recorded materials in...
Country:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
State:
CONNECTICUT
City:
NEW HAVEN
Special Indexes:
Ethnomusicology/World Music, Instrument Collections, Library Collections, Music Theatre Performance, Personal Archives, Sound Archives, Sound Engineering
Notes:
A private Ivy League university that can trace its history back to 1701. There are three music divisions, each with a separate entry: • The Department of Music, part of Yale College and the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences. • The School of Music. • The Institute of Sacred Music, an interdi...
Country:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
State:
FLORIDA
City:
JACKSONVILLE
Special Indexes:
Band Conducting, Choral Conducting, Church Music/Religious Music, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Opera Performance, Sound Archives, Sound Engineering
Notes:
The University was founded in 1972. The Department of Music is housed in the Fine Arts Center with a number of fine performance spaces and well-equipped technology studios. It places strong emphasis on American music, (classical and jazz). The department runs an African-American Heritage Program wh...
Country:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
State:
HAWAI'I
City:
HONOLULU
Special Indexes:
Ethnomusicology/World Music, Instrument Collections, Library Collections, Music Theatre Performance, Opera Performance, Sound Archives, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
A state-supported university founded in 1907 and gainedd its current name and status in 1972. It is the flagship campus of the University of Hawai'i system. There are ten campuses spread across six of the Hawaiian islands. The music department is a unique blend of solid Western music tradition with ...
Country:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
State:
HAWAI'I
City:
HILO
Special Indexes:
Ethnomusicology/World Music, Library Collections, Sound Archives, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
A state university founded in 1941 as Hawaii Vocational School. It gained its current name and status in 1970. The Department of Performing Arts offers programs in dance, drama and music, with a range of vocal and instrumental ensembles. Language of instruction is English. The College of Hawaiian l...
Country:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
State:
IDAHO
City:
MOSCOW
Special Indexes:
Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Music Theatre Performance, Sound Archives
Notes:
A state-supported university founded in 1889 and is the lead university in the Idaho Space Grant Consortium. The School of Music sees teacher training, jazz and chamber music as particular strengths. The library holds a vast international jazz collection. A preparatory division offers music programs...
Country:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
State:
INDIANA
City:
INDIANAPOLIS
Special Indexes:
Arts Management/Music Management, Band Conducting, Choral Conducting, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Library Collections, Music Theatre Performance, Music Therapy, Opera Performance, Personal Archives, Sound Archives
Notes:
A private university founded in 1855, being one of the ten oldest music schools in the nation. The Jordan College of the Arts offers programs in music, theatre, dance, art and arts administration. The music department is housed in Lilly Hall, and has access to a number of fine performing spaces. Fa...
Country:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
State:
INDIANA
City:
GOSHEN
Special Indexes:
Church Music/Religious Music, Library Collections, Music Theatre Performance, Opera Performance, Sound Archives
Notes:
A Christian liberal arts college in the Anabaptist Mennonite tradition, established in 1894. Students have opportunities to have periods of study abroad. There is an active opera program. The music department holds the Hartzler Collection of 3,300 volumes of early American music and hymnody. The li...
Country:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
State:
INDIANA
City:
BLOOMINGTON
Special Indexes:
Arts Management/Music Management, Band Conducting, Choral Conducting, Church Music/Religious Music, Early Music Performance, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Instrument Collections, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Kodály, Library Collections, Music Librarianship Training, Opera Performance, Orchestral Conducting, Orff Schulwerk, Sound Archives, Sound Engineering, Traditional Instrument Performance, Wellness for Musicians
Notes:
A state-supported university founded in 1829 as Indiana College. It gained its current name and status in 1838 and is the flagship institution of the Indiana University system. The Jacobs School of Music presents over 1,100 performances each year. There are programs in wellness for musicians. The W...
Country:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
State:
KANSAS
City:
LAWRENCE
Special Indexes:
Band Conducting, Choral Conducting, Church Music/Religious Music, Early Music Performance, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Music Therapy, Opera Performance, Orchestral Conducting, Sound Archives
Notes:
A state-supported university founded in 1866. The music department sees one particular strength as in organ playing and church music. The Department of Music is housed in Murphy Hall, with a number of fine performing spaces. There is an opera program, an annual jazz festival and a Symposium of Conte...
Country:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
State:
KENTUCKY
City:
LEXINGTON
Special Indexes:
Arts Management/Music Management, Band Conducting, Choral Conducting, Church Music/Religious Music, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Eurhythmics/Dalcroze, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Library Collections, Music Theatre Performance, Music Therapy, Opera Performance, Orchestral Conducting, Orff Schulwerk, Sound Archives
Notes:
A state-supported university founded in 1865. The College of Fine Arts comprises departments of art, music, theatre and arts administration. In the Singletary Center are a number of fine performance spaces. There is an active opera program. The Lucille Caudill Little Fine Arts Library and Learning C...
Country:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
State:
KENTUCKY
City:
LOUISVILLE
Special Indexes:
Band Conducting, Choral Conducting, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Library Collections, Music Therapy, Orchestral Conducting, Sound Archives, Sound Engineering, Suzuki
Notes:
A state-supported university which can trace its history back to 1798. The School of Music was opened in 1932. It sponsors the University of Louisville Grawemeyer Award for Music Composition, the most valuable and prestigious international composition prize in the world. Past winners include such co...
Country:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
State:
LOUISIANA
City:
NEW ORLEANS
Special Indexes:
Arts Management/Music Management, Choral Conducting, Church Music/Religious Music, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Music Therapy, Opera Performance, Sound Archives
Notes:
A private, comprehensive co-educational Jesuit Catholic university that can trace its history back to 1849 as Loyola College. It gained its current name and status in 1912. The College of Music sees its particular strengths as in music therapy, music education, jazz studies, vocal performance and mu...
Country:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
State:
MARYLAND
City:
BALTIMORE
Special Indexes:
Band Conducting, Early Music Performance, Instrument Collections, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Library Collections, Opera Performance, Orchestral Conducting, Sound Archives, Sound Engineering, Wellness for Musicians
Notes:
The private Johns Hopkins University is the home of the Peabody Institute, a music and dance conservatory founded in 1857, which since 1977 has operated as the music division of the University. There is an active opera program and a wellness program for maintenance of good practices in developing mu...
Country:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
State:
MARYLAND
City:
COLLEGE PARK
Special Indexes:
Band Conducting, Choral Conducting, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Library Collections, Opera Performance, Sound Archives, Sound Engineering, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
A state-supported university that can trace its history back to 1856. It is the flagship campus of the Maryland University system. The Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center houses a number of fine performance spaces and houses a state-of- the-art music technology laboratory. The music department sees...
Country:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
State:
MASSACHUSETTS
City:
CAMBRIDGE
Special Indexes:
Ethnomusicology/World Music, Instrument Collections, Library Collections, Sound Archives
Notes:
A private Ivy League university established in 1636. The music department is located in the Fanny Peabody Mason Music Building which also houses a studio for electronic music, an ethnomusicology laboratory and an early instrument room with a collection of early instruments. The music program has par...
Country:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
State:
MASSACHUSETTS
City:
BOSTON
Special Indexes:
Choral Conducting, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Library Collections, Opera Performance, Sound Archives, Sound Engineering
Notes:
An independent school of music founded in 1867. Master's degree conductors may serve mini-apprenticeships with the Boston Pops and the Handel and Haydn Society. The Conservatory houses a Sonic Analysis laboratory. It also organises an Intercultural Institute with monthly workshops, performances by ...
Country:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
State:
MASSACHUSETTS
City:
BOSTON
Special Indexes:
Library Collections, Orchestral Conducting, Sound Archives, Wellness for Musicians
Notes:
The Tanglewood Institute is the Boston Symphony Orchestra’s Academy summer training program for Advanced Music Study. While not a teaching institution providing degrees, the Tanglewood Music Center holds regular one-, two-, four-, six- and eight-week summer courses for instrumentalists, conductors...
Country:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
State:
MICHIGAN
City:
INTERLOCHEN
Special Indexes:
Choral Conducting, Early Music Performance, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Library Collections, Opera Performance, Sound Archives, Sound Engineering
Notes:
The Interlochen Center for the Arts is a privately-owned, 1,200-acre arts education institution. Its Arts Academy High School was founded in 1962, and offers full academic programs in upper secondary school subjects as well as intensive specific programs in comparative arts, creative writing, dance,...
Country:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
State:
MISSOURI
City:
SPRINGFIELD
Special Indexes:
Band Conducting, Choral Conducting, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Library Collections, Music Theatre Performance, Sound Archives, Sound Engineering
Notes:
A state-supported university founded in 1905 as a teachers’ college. It gained its current name and status in 2005. Facilities include a number of fine performing spaces and a state-of-the-art electronic music studio in the Juanita K Hammons Hall for the Performing Arts. The Library houses a colle...
Country:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
State:
MISSOURI
City:
KANSAS CITY
Special Indexes:
Arts Management/Music Management, Band Conducting, Choral Conducting, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Library Collections, Music Therapy, Opera Performance, Orchestral Conducting, Personal Archives, Sound Archives, Suzuki
Notes:
A state-supported university founded in 1929, its first classes being held in 1933. The Conservatory of Music consists of divisions of performance, composition, music theory and musicology, music education/music therapy and dance. The Conservatory's Impact Centre (Intermedia/Music Production And Com...
Country:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
State:
NEVADA
City:
RENO
Special Indexes:
Band Conducting, Choral Conducting, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Opera Performance, Sound Archives
Notes:
A state-supported university founded in 1874. Facilities include some fine performance spaces. The Department of Music works in collaboration with Nevada Chamber Opera, enabling voice students to perform with the company. The Getchell Library holds a significant collection of over 3,000 recordings ...
Country:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
State:
NEW HAMPSHIRE
City:
DURHAM
Special Indexes:
Band Conducting, Choral Conducting, Library Collections, Sound Archives
Notes:
A state-supported university founded in 1866 as the New Hampshire College of Agriculture and the Mechanic Arts. It gained its current name and status in 1923. The Dimond Library contains the New Hampshire Library of Traditional Jazz Archive, with over 20,000 recordings and 1,000 books and is availab...
Country:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
State:
NEW JERSEY
City:
PRINCETON
Special Indexes:
Choral Conducting, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Instrument Collections, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Library Collections, Opera Performance, Personal Archives, Sound Archives, Sound Engineering
Notes:
A private Ivy League university. Princeton can trace its history back to 1746. It is the fourth oldest college in British North America. The Department of Music is housed in the Woolworth Center for Musical Studies. Within the department the principal emphasis focuses on musicology and composition, ...
Country:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
State:
NEW JERSEY
City:
NEWARK
Special Indexes:
Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Sound Archives
Notes:
Rutgers, with its three campuses – at Camden, New Brunswick and Newark - was chartered in 1766. At the Newark campus is the Institute of Jazz Studies which houses the world’s largest jazz archive. It publishes a journal and monographs, and holds such materials from the likes of Ella Fitzgerald, ...
Country:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
State:
NEW JERSEY
City:
LAWRENCEVILLE
Special Indexes:
Arts Management/Music Management, Choral Conducting, Church Music/Religious Music, Instrument Collections, Library Collections, Music Theatre Performance, Opera Performance, Personal Archives, Sound Archives, Suzuki, Wellness for Musicians
Notes:
The Westminster Choir College, founded in 1926, has since 1992 formed the School of Music of Rider University. Emphasis at the residential college is on training in choral music, both secular and sacred, with the aim of preparing its graduates for music leadership in churches, schools and the commun...
Country:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
State:
NEW YORK
City:
MANHATTAN
Special Indexes:
Ethnomusicology/World Music, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Sound Archives
Notes:
A college of the City University of New York, founded in 1870, and is the largest college in the University. It is possible to complete degrees by taking evening courses. The library has a collection of recordings of ethnic music. The City University of New York (CUNY) was founded in 1961. It consi...
Country:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
State:
NEW YORK
City:
NEW YORK
Special Indexes:
Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Sound Archives, Sound Engineering
Notes:
City College is the largest college of the City University of New York, and can trace its history back more than 170 years. The music department is housed in Shepard Hall and has access to several fine performing spaces. There is a state-of-the-art Sonic Arts Center. The library has significant coll...
Country:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
State:
NEW YORK
City:
NEW YORK
Special Indexes:
Early Music Performance, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Library Collections, Sound Archives, Sound Engineering
Notes:
A private Ivy League university founded in 1754, being the oldest institute of higher learning in New York State. The music department was established by Edward MacDowell in 1896. Undergraduate music programs are taken at the affiliated Barnard College, Columbia Teachers’ College, the School of Ge...
Country:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
State:
NEW YORK
City:
ITHACA
Special Indexes:
Early Music Performance, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Instrument Collections, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Library Collections, Sound Archives, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
A privately-endowed Ivy League university founded in 1865. The first chair of musicology in an American university was created at Cornell in 1930. Master’s degrees are not considered terminal degrees at Cornell; they are earned during the programs leading to doctoral degrees. The University is th...
Country:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
State:
NEW YORK
City:
ROCHESTER
Special Indexes:
Arts Management/Music Management, Band Conducting, Choral Conducting, Church Music/Religious Music, Early Music Performance, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Library Collections, Opera Performance, Orchestral Conducting, Personal Archives, Repetiteur Training/Coaching, Sound Archives, Wellness for Musicians
Notes:
The Eastman School of Music was founded in 1921. Ensembles include three symphony orchestras, three choral groups, seven jazz ensembles, two wind ensembles, a student-run contemporary music ensemble (’Ossia’), Musica Nova (a contemporary ensemble), Collegium Musicum (early music), trombone choir...
Country:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
State:
NEW YORK
City:
NEW YORK
Special Indexes:
Choral Conducting, Church Music/Religious Music, Library Collections, Sound Archives
Notes:
The H L Miller Cantorial School and List College of Jewish Music of the Jewish Theological Seminary are two schools devoted to Jewish musical studies. List College was founded in 1886. Among other things it provides training for cantors (hazzanim) for the congregational service or as teachers of Jew...
Country:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
State:
NEW YORK
City:
BUFFALO
Special Indexes:
Choral Conducting, Library Collections, Music Librarianship Training, Music Theatre Performance, Opera Performance, Orchestral Conducting, Sound Archives
Notes:
This institution was founded in 1846 as a private medical college, and merged with the State University of New York system in 1962. It is the flagship campus of the State University of New York system and is not to be confused with Buffalo University College which is also part of SUNY. The music dep...
Country:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
State:
NEW YORK
City:
NEW YORK
Special Indexes:
Arts Management/Music Management, Community Music Training, Early Music Performance, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Instrument Collections, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Kodály, Library Collections, Music Theatre Performance, Music Therapy, Sound Archives, Sound Engineering, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
This institution, now known as the Steinhardt School of Culture, Education, and Human Development, was founded in 1890 and is the first school of pedagogy to be established at an American university. Earlier known as New York University School of Education, it was given its current name and status i...
Country:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
State:
NEW YORK
City:
SYRACUSE
Special Indexes:
Arts Management/Music Management, Band Conducting, Choral Conducting, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Music Theatre Performance, Opera Performance, Orchestral Conducting, Sound Archives, Sound Engineering
Notes:
A private university of Methodist heritage that can trace its history back to 1831. The College of Visual and Performing Arts was founded in 1873, being the first degree-granting college of fine arts in the USA. The music school's official name is the Rose, Jules R, and Stanford S Setnor School of M...
Country:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
State:
NORTH CAROLINA
City:
SWANNANOA
Special Indexes:
Ethnomusicology/World Music, Instrument Collections, Sound Archives, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
The College, of Presbyterian heritage, can trace its history back to 1894. The music department organises an Appalachian music program for the preservation of the traditions of music and dance from the region. Instruction is given on some of the common Appalachian instruments (finger-picking guitar,...
Country:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
State:
OHIO
City:
BOWLING GREEN
Special Indexes:
Choral Conducting, Church Music/Religious Music, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Library Collections, Music Theatre Performance, Orchestral Conducting, Sound Archives
Notes:
A state-supported university founded in 1910 as a teachers’ college. The music library houses The Sound Recording Archives, with over 700,000 recordings covering all types and styles of music, as well as the Archives of the MidAmerican Center for Contemporary Music, with large numbers of scores, m...
Country:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
State:
OHIO
City:
CINCINNATI
Special Indexes:
Arts Management/Music Management, Band Conducting, Choral Conducting, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Library Collections, Music Theatre Performance, Opera Conducting, Opera Performance, Orchestral Conducting, Repetiteur Training/Coaching, Sound Archives, Sound Engineering, Suzuki
Notes:
This school is unique in that it is historically a traditional European Conservatory attached to a Comprehensive/Research State University. It can trace its history back to 1867. It is a ‘campus village’ comprising the Corbett Center for the Performing Arts, the Dieterle Vocal Arts Center, Memor...
Country:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
State:
PENNSYLVANIA
City:
PHILADELPHIA
Special Indexes:
Early Music Performance, Library Collections, Opera Performance, Orchestral Conducting, Repetiteur Training/Coaching, Sound Archives, Wellness for Musicians
Notes:
A private institution founded in 1924 aiming 'to train exceptionally gifted young musicians for careers as performing artists on the highest professional level'. Entry is by live audition. All students are awarded full scholarships; no tuition fees are payable. Voice applicants must be between the a...
Country:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
State:
PENNSYLVANIA
City:
PHILADELPHIA
Special Indexes:
Ethnomusicology/World Music, Library Collections, Personal Archives, Sound Archives
Notes:
A private Ivy League university that can trace its history back to 1740. Areas of concentration in the music department are the history of music, music theory, anthropology of music and music as a liberal art. Studies in performance are not provided on campus; students wishing to take this option mu...
Country:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
State:
RHODE ISLAND
City:
PROVIDENCE
Special Indexes:
Ethnomusicology/World Music, Instrument Collections, Library Collections, Opera Performance, Sound Archives, Sound Engineering
Notes:
A private university, the seventh oldest in America, being founded in 1764. Originally of Baptist heritage, it is now non-sectarian and is a member of the Ivy League. The music department has access to several fine performance spaces. There is an active opera workshop. The Orwig Music Library houses...
Country:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
State:
SOUTH DAKOTA
City:
VERMILLION
Special Indexes:
Early Music Performance, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Instrument Collections, Library Collections, Music Theatre Performance, Sound Archives, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
A state-supported university. Founded in 1862, it is the oldest institution of higher learning in South Dakota and is the flagship university for the state. The College of Fine Arts offers programs in art, music and theatre. The University's National Music Museum and Center for the Study of the His...
Country:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
State:
TENNESSEE
City:
NASHVILLE
Special Indexes:
Ethnomusicology/World Music, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Library Collections, Sound Archives
Notes:
A private historically black university, founded in 1866 and affiliated with the United Church of Christ. The courses in music business are offered through the Mike Curb College of Entertainment and Music Business of Belmont University. The library holds the Thomas A Dorsey collection of sheet musi...
Country:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
State:
TENNESSEE
City:
NASHVILLE
Special Indexes:
Ethnomusicology/World Music, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Library Collections, Opera Performance, Sound Archives, Suzuki, Traditional Instrument Performance, Wellness for Musicians
Notes:
An independent, privately supported university founded in 1873. The Blair School of Music was established in 1964 as a pre-college music school and has been affiliated with Vanderbilt University since 1981. It offers a thriving opera program. Alexander technique is available to students. The Blair S...
Country:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
State:
TEXAS
City:
DENTON
Special Indexes:
Arts Management/Music Management, Band Conducting, Choral Conducting, Early Music Performance, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Instrument Collections, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Kodály, Library Collections, Music Therapy, Opera Performance, Orchestral Conducting, Sound Archives, Sound Engineering, Traditional Instrument Performance, Wellness for Musicians
Notes:
A state-supported university established in 1890 as a teachers’ college. It gained its current name and status in 1988. The College of Music is the second largest comprehensive music school in the USA. It sees the jazz program as one of its many strengths, with some thirteen 20-member ensembles. T...
Country:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
State:
UTAH
City:
PROVO
Special Indexes:
Choral Conducting, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Library Collections, Music Theatre Performance, Opera Performance, Orchestral Conducting, Sound Archives, Sound Engineering
Notes:
A private university founded in 1875 and sponsored by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. It gained its current name and status in 1903. All undergraduate degree programs include courses in religion. The School of Music is housed in the Harris Fine Arts Center, with access to several fi...
Country:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
State:
VERMONT
City:
MIDDLEBURY
Special Indexes:
Ethnomusicology/World Music, Instrument Collections, Library Collections, Sound Archives, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
A private liberal arts college founded in 1800. The music department is housed in the Mahaney Center for the Arts and emphasises composition and performance, music history and ethnomusicology. It has access to some fine performing spaces. Participation in the College’s African Music and Dance Perf...
Country:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
State:
WASHINGTON
City:
SEATTLE
Special Indexes:
Choral Conducting, Early Music Performance, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Instrument Collections, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Library Collections, Opera Performance, Orchestral Conducting, Sound Archives
Notes:
A state-supported university founded in 1861. The School of Music has access to several fine performing spaces. There is a Center for Advanced Research Technology in the Arts and Humanities (covering visual art, literary arts, music). The Ethnomusicology Archives holds a vast collection of field re...
Country:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
State:
WASHINGTON, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
City:
Special Indexes:
Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Library Collections, Music Therapy, Sound Archives
Notes:
A private historically black university with federal government support. It was founded in 1866. The College of Fine Arts comprises departments of art, drama and music, and houses the Office of University Choirs and Bands. There are plans for a new building to house the College. The Moreland Spinga...
Country:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
State:
WASHINGTON, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
City:
Special Indexes:
Church Music/Religious Music, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Library Collections, Opera Performance, Sound Archives
Notes:
A state-supported historically black university that can trace its history back to 1851. It gained its current name and status in 1977. The library holds the Felix E Grant Jazz Archives, consisting of over 22,000 recordings, books, periodicals and tapes of interviews with the great artists of jazz ...
Country:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
State:
WEST VIRGINIA
City:
MORGANTOWN
Special Indexes:
Band Conducting, Choral Conducting, Instrument Collections, Instrument Making/Maintenance, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Music Theatre Performance, Music Therapy, Opera Performance, Orchestral Conducting, Sound Archives, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
A state-supported university. The College of Creative Arts offers programs in art and design, music, theatre and dance. The Evansdale Library holds the Fry Archive (some 5,000 items) of recorded jazz music from the 1920s to the 1950s. There is a large collection of African instruments, as well as Ja...
Country:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
State:
WYOMING
City:
LARAMIE
Special Indexes:
Band Conducting, Choral Conducting, Instrument Collections, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Library Collections, Music Theatre Performance, Personal Archives, Sound Archives
Notes:
A state-supported university founded in 1886. The music department is housed in the Fine Arts Building. The University's American Heritage Centre, housed in the Coe Library, holds a major collection of original big band, television and film scores and manuscripts. There is a large holding of record...
Country:
UZBEKISTAN
State:
City:
TASHKENT
Special Indexes:
Band Conducting, Choral Conducting, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Instrument Collections, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Opera Conducting, Orchestral Conducting, Sound Archives, Sound Engineering, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
Founded in 1936, the State Conservatory of Uzbekistan is the oldest musical institution in Central Asia. The Conservatory occupies a new building erected in 2002 and is organised into six faculties: academic performance, music art, musical pedagogy, Uzbek musical, pop arts, further training and retr...
Country:
VENEZUELA
State:
City:
CARACAS
Special Indexes:
Ethnomusicology/World Music, Library Collections, Research-only Institutions, Sound Archives, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
The Foundation of Ethnomusicology and Folklore (sometimes known as FUNDEF) was founded in 1987 and is organised through the National Cultural Council of Venezuela. It is not primarily a teaching body, and has the aim 'to investigate, preserve and disseminate the traditional and popular oral cultures...
Country:
YEMEN
State:
City:
SANA’A
Special Indexes:
Instrument Collections, Library Collections, Research-only Institutions, Sound Archives
Notes:
This recently established institution holds an archive of traditional Yemeni music, set up in 1998 with assistance from UNESCO and the Japanese government. Organised under the jurisdiction of the Yemeni Ministry of Culture, its director is Mr Jâber Alî Ahmed, a distinguished lute player and teache...