Country:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
State:
PENNSYLVANIA
City:
EASTON
Special Indexes:
Ethnomusicology/World Music, Instrument Collections, Jazz/Popular Music Performance
Notes:
An independent liberal arts college founded in 1826. The music department is housed in the Morris R Williams Center for the Arts. It owns a collection of band, orchestral, Asian, Indian and African musical instruments. ...
Country:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
State:
PENNSYLVANIA
City:
ANNVILLE
Special Indexes:
Church Music/Religious Music, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Sound Engineering, Wellness for Musicians
Notes:
A private liberal arts college founded in 1866 and supported by the United Methodist Church. The music department is housed in the Blair Music Center with some fine performing spaces. A Community Music Institute provides music tuition to children and interested adults, and includes a Kindermusik Pr...
Country:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
State:
PENNSYLVANIA
City:
BETHLEHEM
Special Indexes:
Jazz/Popular Music Performance
Notes:
A private co-educational non-denominational university founded in 1865. The music department is housed in the Zoellner Arts Center with a number of fine performance spaces. ...
Country:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
State:
PENNSYLVANIA
City:
LOCK HAVEN
Special Indexes:
Jazz/Popular Music Performance
Notes:
A state-supported university founded in 1870, one of the 14 public universities of the Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education. The Department of Performing Arts is located in the Sloan Fine Arts Building. The music department is an All-Steinway School. ...
Country:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
State:
PENNSYLVANIA
City:
WILLIAMSPORT
Special Indexes:
Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Music Theatre Performance
Notes:
A private liberal arts college founded in 1812. It is affiliated with the United Methodist Church but operates as an independent institution. ...
Country:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
State:
PENNSYLVANIA
City:
MECHANICSBURG
Special Indexes:
Church Music/Religious Music, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Opera Performance, Orchestral Conducting
Notes:
An evangelical Christian institution founded in 1909 of Anabaptist, Pietist and Wesleyan traditions of the Christian Church. Formerly known at Messiah College, in 2020 it gained its current name and status. The School of the Arts offers programs in visual arts, theatre and dance, and music. Member ...
Country:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
State:
PENNSYLVANIA
City:
MILLERSVILLE
Special Indexes:
Arts Management/Music Management, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Kodály, Sound Engineering
Notes:
A state liberal arts university, founded in 1855 as a teachers’ college, and gained its current name and status in 1983. The Tell Scholol of Music is housed in the Winter Visual & Performing Arts Center. Facilities include a state-of-the-art recording studio, a well-equipped digital technology...
Country:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
State:
PENNSYLVANIA
City:
BETHLEHEM
Special Indexes:
Band Conducting, Choral Conducting, Church Music/Religious Music, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Suzuki
Notes:
A private liberal arts college affiliated with the Moravian Church. Founded in 1742, it is the sixth oldest college in USA. The Department of Music organises a summer Pennsylvania Suzuki Institute. Member of the National Association of Schools of Music. ...
Country:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
State:
PENNSYLVANIA
City:
ALLENTOWN
Special Indexes:
Ethnomusicology/World Music, Jazz/Popular Music Performance
Notes:
A private liberal arts college founded in 1848 and affiliated with the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America. Facilities include a number of fine performing spaces and a state-of-the-art electronic music studio. ...
Country:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
State:
PENNSYLVANIA
City:
UNIVERSITY PARK
Special Indexes:
Arts Management/Music Management, Band Conducting, Choral Conducting, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Music Theatre Performance, Orchestral Conducting, Sound Engineering, Wellness for Musicians
Notes:
This institution was founded in 1855 as an agricultural college, and gained its current name and status in 1953. Music programs at Pennsylvania State University are offered at the campuses at Abington and University Park. There is a program in Alexander Technique. Member of the National Association...
Country:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
State:
PENNSYLVANIA
City:
PHILADELPHIA
Special Indexes:
Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Kodály, Orff Schulwerk, Programs for the Handicapped, Suzuki, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
An independent music school founded in 1908, offering general music programs to children and adults at the pre-college level, adult and senior adult levels, regardless of their ability to pay. Master classes and concerts are open to the public and are usually free. It is the largest community-based ...
Country:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
State:
PENNSYLVANIA
City:
SLIPPERY ROCK
Special Indexes:
Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Music Theatre Performance, Music Therapy, Wellness for Musicians
Notes:
A state-supported university founded in 1889 as a teachers’ college. The music department has access to several fine performing spaces. Member of the National Association of Schools of Music. ...
Country:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
State:
PENNSYLVANIA
City:
SWARTHMORE
Special Indexes:
Ethnomusicology/World Music, Instrument Collections, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
A private non-sectarian college founded in 1864 by the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers). The Department of Music and Dance is housed in the Lang Music Building and the Lang Performing Arts Centre. There is a gamelan ensemble and a set of Taiko drums. An agreement exists between Swarthmore, Bry...
Country:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
State:
PENNSYLVANIA
City:
PHILADELPHIA
Special Indexes:
Band Conducting, Choral Conducting, Instrument Collections, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Library Collections, Music Theatre Performance, Music Therapy, Opera Performance, Repetiteur Training/Coaching, Sound Engineering, Suzuki
Notes:
An independent state-affiliated university founded in 1884. The Boyer college of Music and Dance forms part of the Center for the Arts. The New School Institute is the instrumental ensemble branch of the Esther Boyer College of Music and operates as the Department of Instrumental Ensemble and Orches...
Country:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
State:
PENNSYLVANIA
City:
PITTSBURGH
Special Indexes:
Ethnomusicology/World Music, Instrument Collections, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Library Collections, Personal Archives, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
A state-supported university founded in 1787. The music department forms part of the Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences. Interdisciplinary study is encouraged in the graduate programs. The library holds the Theodore Finney Music Library, the Carnegie Music Library, collections of early American h...
Country:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
State:
PENNSYLVANIA
City:
PHILADELPHIA
Special Indexes:
Arts Management/Music Management, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Music Theatre Performance, Sound Engineering
Notes:
An independent university that can trace its history back to 1870. The School of Music is housed in the Merriam Theater Building located on the Avenue of the Arts in downtown Philadelphia. The School emphasizes American music idioms such as jazz and contemporary music and there are more than 50 musi...
Country:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
State:
PENNSYLVANIA
City:
PHOENIXVILLE
Special Indexes:
Church Music/Religious Music, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Sound Engineering
Notes:
This institution was founded in 1931 as a Bible school and is operated by the Assemblies of God denomination. Formerly known as Valley Forge Christian College, it gained its current name and status in 2014. ...
Country:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
State:
PENNSYLVANIA
City:
WASHINGTON
Special Indexes:
Ethnomusicology/World Music, Jazz/Popular Music Performance
Notes:
A private liberal arts college, one of the oldest in USA, founded in 1781. The music department is housed in the Olin Fine Arts Center, with a fine performance theatre. ...
Country:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
State:
PENNSYLVANIA
City:
WEST CHESTER
Special Indexes:
Band Conducting, Choral Conducting, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Kodály, Music Therapy, Opera Performance, Orchestral Conducting, Orff Schulwerk
Notes:
A state-supported institution that can trace its history back to 1812. Its current name and status gained in 1983. The Samuel Barber Institute for Music Educators offers a combination of traditional academic courses and special subject seminars that may be applied to the master’s degrees in music ...
Country:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
State:
RHODE ISLAND
City:
PROVIDENCE
Special Indexes:
Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Music Theatre Performance, Sound Engineering
Notes:
A Catholic college founded in 1917, run by the Dominican Friars. The music department is located in the Smith Center for the Arts. Member of the National Association of Schools of Music. ...
Country:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
State:
RHODE ISLAND
City:
KINGSTON
Special Indexes:
Band Conducting, Choral Conducting, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Music Therapy, Opera Performance, Orchestral Conducting
Notes:
A state-supported university founded in 1888 as an agricultural school. It was granted its current name and status in 1951 and is the flagship institution for the state of Rhode Island. The music department offers a preparatory program in performance for pre-college and adult students. There is an a...
Country:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
State:
SOUTH CAROLINA
City:
ANDERSON
Special Indexes:
Church Music/Religious Music, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Music Theatre Performance
Notes:
Anderson College was founded in 1848 as a college for women. It is affiliated with the Southern Baptist Convention. The College became co-educational in 1930, and gained its current name and status in 2006. The music department is housed in the Callie Stringer Rainey Fine Arts Center, with access to...
Country:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
State:
SOUTH CAROLINA
City:
COLUMBIA
Special Indexes:
Arts Management/Music Management, Jazz/Popular Music Performance
Notes:
An historically black liberal arts college of Baptist heritage, founded in 1870. ...
Country:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
State:
SOUTH CAROLINA
City:
CLEMSON
Special Indexes:
Arts Management/Music Management, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Sound Engineering
Notes:
The university was founded in 1889 as an agricultural college. It gained its current name and status in 1964. The Department of Performing Arts is housed in the Brooks Center for the Performing Arts. Facilities include a state-of-the-art music technology laboratory and recording studio. ...
Country:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
State:
SOUTH CAROLINA
City:
CONWAY
Special Indexes:
Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Music Theatre Performance, Sound Engineering
Notes:
The university was founded in 1954 and was granted its current name and status in 1993. The music department has access to some fine performing spaces. Member of the National Association of Schools of Music. ...
Country:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
State:
SOUTH CAROLINA
City:
CHARLESTON
Special Indexes:
Arts Management/Music Management, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Opera Performance
Notes:
A state-supported liberal arts and sciences university. Founded in 1770, it is the oldest institution of higher learning in the state of South Carolina. The music department is housed in the new Cato Center for the Arts with some fine performing spaces and a well-equipped electronic studio. There is...
Country:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
State:
SOUTH CAROLINA
City:
GREENVILLE
Special Indexes:
Church Music/Religious Music, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Opera Performance
Notes:
A private liberal arts university founded in 1826, of Baptist heritage, and located at the foot of the Blue Ridge Mountains. It is the oldest private higher education institution in South Carolina. There are several fine performance venues and a thriving opera program. Member of the National Associ...
Country:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
State:
SOUTH CAROLINA
City:
GAFFNEY
Special Indexes:
Instrument Collections, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Music Theatre Performance
Notes:
A private co-educational liberal arts institution founded as a women’s college in 1845. It became co-educational in the late 1960s, and is non-denominational. Formerly known as Limestone College it gained its current name and status in 2020. The music department is housed in the Carroll Fine Arts ...
Country:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
State:
SOUTH CAROLINA
City:
NEWBERRY
Special Indexes:
Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Music Theatre Performance
Notes:
A private liberal arts college that can trace its history back to 1828. It is affiliated with the Evangelical Lutheran Church of America. Member of the National Association of Schools of Music. ...
Country:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
State:
SOUTH CAROLINA
City:
CHARLESTON
Special Indexes:
Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Library Collections, Military Music Academies, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
A four-year state-supported co-educational military college founded in 1842. No individual performance tuition is given, but entry for practising musicians is by audition. The music program involves weekly ceremonial parades and other on and off campus events. Much opportunity is given for ensemble ...
Country:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
State:
SOUTH CAROLINA
City:
COLUMBIA
Special Indexes:
Arts Management/Music Management, Band Conducting, Choral Conducting, Community Music Training, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Library Collections, Music Theatre Performance, Opera Performance, Orchestral Conducting, Suzuki
Notes:
A state-supported university founded in 1801. It was the only southern state university to admit African-American students during the reconstruction era immediately following the civil war. Facilities include some fine performance spaces, a well-equipped music technology centre and recording studio....
Country:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
State:
SOUTH DAKOTA
City:
SIOUX FALLS
Special Indexes:
Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Library Collections, Opera Performance
Notes:
A private liberal arts university affiliated with the Evangelical Lutheran Church of America. Formerly known as Augustana College, it gained its current name and status in 2015. The College's Center for Western Studies holds the archival material and official records of the South Dakota branch of ME...
Country:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
State:
TENNESSEE
City:
DAYTON
Special Indexes:
Arts Management/Music Management, Church Music/Religious Music, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Music Theatre Performance, Opera Performance
Notes:
An independent Christian liberal arts institution that first opened for students in 1930. The Department of Music organises a Community Music School, offering music training and activities to children and interested members of the local community. ...
Country:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
State:
TENNESSEE
City:
JOHNSON CITY
Special Indexes:
Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Music Theatre Performance, Sound Engineering, Suzuki, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
The University was founded in 1911 as a teachers’ college. It gained its current name and status in 1963. The music department, an All-Steinway School, is housed in the Mathes Music Building, and is the only four-year institution in the USA with a program in bluegrass and country music, taken thro...
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:
Church Music/Religious Music, Jazz/Popular Music Performance
Notes:
A private liberal arts university associated with the Churches of Christ. It was founded in 1891 as a Bible School. Member of the National Association of Schools of Music. ...
Country:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
State:
TENNESSEE
City:
MARYVILLE
Special Indexes:
Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Wellness for Musicians
Notes:
A private liberal arts college founded in 1819 and affiliated with the Presbyterian Church (USA). The music department is housed in the new Clayton Center for the Arts. Member of the National Association of Schools of Music. ...
Country:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
State:
TENNESSEE
City:
MURFREESBORO
Special Indexes:
Band Conducting, Choral Conducting, Instrument Collections, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Library Collections, Opera Performance, Orchestral Conducting, Sound Engineering, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
A state-supported university. Founded in 1911 as a teachers’ college, it gained its current name and status in 1965. It is located about a 30-minute drive south of Nashville, the Country Music centre of the world. The School of Music, an All-Steinway School, has access to several fine performance ...
Country:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
State:
TENNESSEE
City:
MILLIGAN COLLEGE
Special Indexes:
Church Music/Religious Music, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Music Theatre Performance
Notes:
A liberal arts institution founded in 1866 on Christian principles. Formerly known as Milligan College, in 202 it was granted its current name and status. ...
Country:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
State:
TENNESSEE
City:
NASHVILLE
Special Indexes:
Instrument Collections, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Library Collections
Notes:
An historically black state-supported university founded in 1912. The music department houses the largest collection of basset horn music in the USA as well as a considerable collection of African-American music. It hosts the Historically Black Colleges and Universities annual piano competition, ope...
Country:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
State:
TENNESSEE
City:
COOKEVILLE
Special Indexes:
Jazz/Popular Music Performance
Notes:
A state-supported university that can trace its history back to 1909. The Department of Music and Art is housed in the Bryan Fine Arts Building with some fine performance spaces. Member of the National Association of Schools of Music. ...
Country:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
State:
TENNESSEE
City:
NASHVILLE
Special Indexes:
Church Music/Religious Music, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Music Theatre Performance, Music Therapy, Sound Engineering
Notes:
A Christian liberal arts university affiliated with the Church of the Nazarene. It was founded in 1901 as a Bible school, and gained its current name and status in 1995. Facilities include well-equipped recording and electronic music studios. Member of the National Association of Schools of Music. ...
Country:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
State:
TENNESSEE
City:
JACKSON
Special Indexes:
Arts Management/Music Management, Church Music/Religious Music, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Opera Performance, Sound Engineering
Notes:
A private liberal arts college that can trace its history back to 1823. It is affiliated with the Tennessee Baptist Convention. There is a Community Music Center which offers music tuition in the local community to children from the age of 4 through to adults. Member of the National Association of S...
Country:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
State:
TENNESSEE
City:
MEMPHIS
Special Indexes:
Band Conducting, Choral Conducting, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Library Collections, Music Theatre Performance, Opera Performance, Orchestral Conducting, Orff Schulwerk, Repetiteur Training/Coaching, Sound Engineering, Suzuki
Notes:
A state university founded in 1912 and gained its current name and status in 1957. The music program has particular strengths in opera, jazz and recording technology. Ensembles include two orchestras, three bands, numerous chamber music groups, choral groups, jazz combos and a new music ensemble. Fa...
Country:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
State:
TENNESSEE
City:
KNOXVILLE
Special Indexes:
Arts Management/Music Management, Choral Conducting, Church Music/Religious Music, Instrument Collections, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Opera Performance, Orchestral Conducting
Notes:
A state-supported university that can trace its history back to 1794. It gained its current name and status in 1879 and is the flagship campus of the University of Tennessee system. The School of Music is housed in the Natalie L Haslam Music Center with access to several fine performance spaces and ...
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:
ABILENE
Special Indexes:
Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Music Theatre Performance, Opera Performance
Notes:
The university was founded in 1906 and is affiliated with the Churches of Christ. All students take Bible courses and are expected to attend a daily chapel service. The music department is housed in the Williams Performing Arts Center. Member of the National Association of Schools of Music. ...
Country:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
State:
TEXAS
City:
WACO
Special Indexes:
Band Conducting, Choral Conducting, Church Music/Religious Music, Instrument Collections, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Opera Performance, Orchestral Conducting
Notes:
A private Christian university affiliated with the Baptist General Convention of Texas. Founded in 1845, this is the oldest continuously operating institution of higher learning in Texas and the largest Baptist University in the world. The music school is housed in Waco Hall and the McCrary Music Bu...
Country:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
State:
TEXAS
City:
DALLAS
Special Indexes:
Arts Management/Music Management, Church Music/Religious Music, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Music Theatre Performance
Notes:
The university was founded in 1898 as Decatur Baptist College. It is affiliated with the Baptist General Convention of Texas. The College of Fine Arts offers programs in visual arts, communication and music. ...
Country:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
State:
TEXAS
City:
AUSTIN
Special Indexes:
Jazz/Popular Music Performance
Notes:
A historically black liberal arts and sciences university formed in 1952 by the merger of Samuel Huston College and Tillotson College. It gained its current name and status in 2005. The university is affiliated with the United Methodist Church, the United Church of Christ and the United Negro Colleg...
Country:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
State:
TEXAS
City:
WAXAHACHIE
Special Indexes:
Church Music/Religious Music, Jazz/Popular Music Performance
Notes:
The university can trace its history back to 1927. It is affiliated with the General Council of the Assemblies of God. ...
Country:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
State:
TEXAS
City:
FORT WORTH
Special Indexes:
Band Conducting, Choral Conducting, Church Music/Religious Music, Instrument Collections, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Library Collections
Notes:
The seminary was founded in 1908 and is supported by the Southern Baptist Convention. In addition to accreditation from national accrediting bodies the courses have been accredited by the Association of Theological Schools in the US and Canada. Attached to the Seminary is The College at South Wester...
Country:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
State:
TEXAS
City:
SAN ANTONIO
Special Indexes:
Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Music Theatre Performance
Notes:
An independent Catholic liberal arts university inspired by the gospels and founded in 1852 by the Society of Mary (Marianists). It is the oldest and largest Catholic university in Texas. There is an active opera/musical theatre program. Member of the National Association of Schools of Music. ...
Country:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
State:
TEXAS
City:
KINGSVILLE
Special Indexes:
Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Opera Performance, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
A state-supported university that opened in 1925 as a teachers’ college and gained its current name and status in 1993. The music department is housed in the Bellamah Music Building, with access to some fine performing spaces. There is an active opera program. The performing group Mariachi Javelin...
Country:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
State:
TEXAS
City:
FORT WORTH
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, Opera Performance, Orchestral Conducting, Repetiteur Training/Coaching, Suzuki
Notes:
A private university founded in 1873. The School of Music is housed in the Ed Landreth Hall and the Mary D and F Howard Walsh Center for Performing Arts, with a number of fine performance spaces. Facilities include four pipe organs, two harpsichords, a clavichord and a collection of baroque and rena...
Country:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
State:
TEXAS
City:
HOUSTON
Special Indexes:
Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Opera Performance
Notes:
An historically black institution founded in 1947, though it can trace its history back to 1935. It gained its current name and status in 1951. The Department of Fine Arts has divisions of art, music and theatre, the music division having access to some fine performing spaces. There is an active ope...
Country:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
State:
TEXAS
City:
SAN MARCOS
Special Indexes:
Band Conducting, Choral Conducting, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Kodály, Music Theatre Performance, Orchestral Conducting, Sound Engineering, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
This university was founded in 1899 as a teacher training college and was granted its current name and status in 2003. It has the largest campus of any other in the Texas State University System. Member of the National Association of Schools of Music. ...
Country:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
State:
TEXAS
City:
FORT WORTH
Special Indexes:
Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Music Theatre Performance, Opera Performance
Notes:
A private liberal arts university of the United Methodist Church, founded in 1890 as Texas Wesleyan College. It gained its current name and status in 1989. There is an active opera/music theatre program. Member of the National Association of Schools of Music. ...
Country:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
State:
TEXAS
City:
HOUSTON
Special Indexes:
Band Conducting, Choral Conducting, Church Music/Religious Music, Early Music Performance, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Kodály, Opera Performance, Orchestral Conducting, Suzuki
Notes:
A state-assisted university. Founded in 1927, it gained its current name and status in 1934. Facilities include the 144,000 square feet Rebecca and John J Moores School of Music building which includes the 800-seat Edythe Bates Old Moores Opera Center, more than sixty practice rooms and large ensemb...
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:
TEXAS
City:
HOUSTON
Special Indexes:
Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Opera Performance, Wellness for Musicians
Notes:
A Catholic liberal arts university founded in 1947 by the Basilian Fathers. A music preparatory school offers music tuition to interested young people. ...
Country:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
State:
TEXAS
City:
ODESSA
Special Indexes:
Jazz/Popular Music Performance
Notes:
The University was founded in 1973. The department of music is housed in the new Wagner Noel Performing Arts Centre....
Country:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
State:
TEXAS
City:
ARLINGTON
Special Indexes:
Band Conducting, Choral Conducting, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Music Theatre Performance, Opera Performance, Orchestral Conducting, Sound Engineering
Notes:
A state-supported university founded in 1895 as a private liberal arts institution. It gained university status and became part of the University of Texas System in 1965. The music department has access to some fine performance spaces and state-of-the-art recording and electronic music studios. Ther...
Country:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
State:
TEXAS
City:
AUSTIN
Special Indexes:
Band Conducting, Choral Conducting, Church Music/Religious Music, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Instrument Collections, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Opera Performance, Orchestral Conducting, Sound Engineering, Traditional Instrument Performance, Wellness for Musicians
Notes:
A state university, opened in 1883. It is the largest institution of the University of Texas System. School of Music facilities include five concert and recital halls, numerous teaching studios, classrooms, rehearsal halls and 125 practice rooms. There are some 300 pianos, four harpsichords, two cla...
Country:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
State:
TEXAS
City:
EL PASO
Special Indexes:
Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Music Theatre Performance, Sound Engineering
Notes:
A state-supported university founded in 1914. Students at the University of Texas, El Paso are predominantly Mexican-American. The Department of Music is housed in the Fox Fine Arts Center. Member of the National Association of Schools of Music. ...
Country:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
State:
TEXAS
City:
SAN ANTONIO
Special Indexes:
Choral Conducting, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Opera Performance, Orchestral Conducting
Notes:
A state-supported university founded in 1969. The music department has access to some fine performing spaces and a state-of-the-art computer laboratory. A Vocal Arts Laboratory houses specialised equipment for the study of voice production, and the Institute for Music Research work in the areas of m...
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:
UTAH
City:
SALT LAKE CITY
Special Indexes:
Arts Management/Music Management, Choral Conducting, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Opera Performance, Orchestral Conducting, Personal Archives
Notes:
A state-supported university. The music school is housed in the David P Gardner Hall. Facilities include a new 700-seat concert hall and several other fine performance spaces and rehearsal rooms. The McKay Music Library houses the Maurice Abravanel Studio with scores and memorabilia of the conducto...
Country:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
State:
UTAH
City:
LOGAN
Special Indexes:
Choral Conducting, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Music Therapy, Opera Performance, Programs for the Handicapped
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The university was founded in 1888 as an agricultural college. It gained its current name and status in 1957. The Caine College of the Arts offers programs in art and design, music and theatre arts. There is a thriving opera program. Study materials are available in large print, audio and braille fo...
Country:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
State:
VERMONT
City:
BENNINGTON
Special Indexes:
Ethnomusicology/World Music, Instrument Making/Maintenance, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Sound Engineering, Traditional Instrument Performance
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A private non-sectarian college, emphasizing individual creativity in all students. It was founded in 1932 as a college for women, and became co-educational in 1969. Students design their own individual degree plan in consultation with academic advisors according to their own particular interest in ...
Country:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
State:
VERMONT
City:
BURLINGTON
Special Indexes:
Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Music Theatre Performance
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A non-denominational public university founded in 1791. Facilities include a well-equipped Recording Studio and Music Technology Computer Lab. There is an active musical theatre program. ...
Country:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
State:
VIRGINIA
City:
NEWPORT NEWS
Special Indexes:
Jazz/Popular Music Performance
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Founded in 1960 as a two-year branch of the College of William and Mary, the University became independent in 1977 and gained university status in 1992. The music department is housed in the Ferguson Center of the Arts. Member of the National Association of Schools of Music. ...
Country:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
State:
VIRGINIA
City:
WILLIAMSBURG
Special Indexes:
Ethnomusicology/World Music, Instrument Collections, Jazz/Popular Music Performance
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This liberal arts university college can trace its history back to 1693, making it the second oldest institution of higher learning in USA. Presumably designed by the English architect, the Sir Christopher Wren Building on campus is the oldest academic building in continuous use in USA. The music de...
Country:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
State:
VIRGINIA
City:
HARRISONBURG
Special Indexes:
Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Music Theatre Performance, Suzuki
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Founded in 1917 as a Bible academy in the Anabaptist-Mennonite tradition, the university gained its current name and status in 1994. The music department offers a Suzuki teacher program in violin and viola as part of the Preparatory Music Program which provides music instruction to children and int...
Country:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
State:
VIRGINIA
City:
FAIRFAX
Special Indexes:
Arts Management/Music Management, Choral Conducting, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Kodály, Music Theatre Performance, Orff Schulwerk, Wellness for Musicians
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Founded in 1957, the university gained its current name and status in 1972. The School of Music forms part of the College of Visual and Performing Arts, and is an All-Steinway School. The College offers programs in art, dance, film and video, music, theatre and arts management. It is located in the ...
Country:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
State:
VIRGINIA
City:
HAMPTON
Special Indexes:
Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Sound Engineering
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A private historically black university founded in 1868 as the Hampton Normal and Agricultural college for African-American men and women. In 1878 it established a formal education program for Native Americans. It gained its current name and status in 1984. The music department has access to some fi...
Country:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
State:
VIRGINIA
City:
HARRISONBURG
Special Indexes:
Band Conducting, Choral Conducting, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Kodály, Music Theatre Performance, Opera Performance, Orchestral Conducting, Sound Engineering
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A state-supported university founded in 1908 as a teacher training college for women. It became co-educational in 1946 and gained its current name and status in 1977. A new University Center for the Performing Arts provides the music school with some fine performance spaces. It is an All-Steinway Sc...
Country:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
State:
VIRGINIA
City:
LYNCHBURG
Special Indexes:
Band Conducting, Choral Conducting, Church Music/Religious Music, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Music Theatre Performance
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A private evangelical Baptist university founded in 1971. The School of Music is an All-Steinway School. ...
Country:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
State:
VIRGINIA
City:
SALEM
Special Indexes:
Jazz/Popular Music Performance
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A private liberal arts college that can trace its history back to 1842. The F W Olin Hall for Arts and Humanities offers access to some fine performing spaces. ...
Country:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
State:
VIRGINIA
City:
WINCHESTER
Special Indexes:
Arts Management/Music Management, Band Conducting, Choral Conducting, Church Music/Religious Music, Instrument Making/Maintenance, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Music Theatre Performance, Music Therapy, Orchestral Conducting, Repetiteur Training/Coaching, Sound Engineering
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An interdisciplinary conservatory for music, theatre and dance located within a small private co-educational university, founded in 1875 and affiliated with the United Methodist Church. Facilities include a state-of-the-art recording studio and music technology labs. Four fully-produced musical thea...
Country:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
State:
VIRGINIA
City:
RICHMOND
Special Indexes:
Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Music Theatre Performance
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A private university of Baptist heritage that can trace its history back to 1830. The music department has access to some fine performance spaces in the Modlin Center for the Arts, and houses a state-of-the-art music technology laboratory. There is an active music theatre workshop. ...
Country:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
State:
VIRGINIA
City:
CHARLOTTESVILLE
Special Indexes:
Ethnomusicology/World Music, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Traditional Instrument Performance
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A state-supported University, founded in 1819 by Thomas Jefferson. It is the flagship university of Virginia. Facilities include state-of-the-art electroacoustic labs and computer studios....
Country:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
State:
VIRGINIA
City:
RICHMOND
Special Indexes:
Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Opera Performance, Sound Engineering
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A state-supported university that can trace its history back to 1838. It gained its current name and status in 1968. The music department collaborates closely with other local performing arts organizations such as the Richmond Symphony Orchestra and the Virginia Opera. It sees its particular strengt...
Country:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
State:
WASHINGTON
City:
ELLENSBURG
Special Indexes:
Band Conducting, Choral Conducting, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Music Theatre Performance
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A state-supported university. The Department of Music is housed in the Jerilyn S. McIntyre Music Building with access to some fine performing spaces. Member of the National Association of Schools of Music. ...
Country:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
State:
WASHINGTON
City:
SEATTLE
Special Indexes:
Early Music Performance, Instrument Collections, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Music Theatre Performance, Opera Performance
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Founded in 1914 as the Cornish School, this institution gained its current name and status in 1986. The Cornish College of the Arts is a private non-profit performance and visual arts college with departments of music, dance, visual arts, theatre, design and performance production. The music departm...
Country:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
State:
WASHINGTON
City:
CHENEY
Special Indexes:
Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Music Theatre Performance, Music Therapy, Sound Engineering
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A state supported university founded in 1882 as the Benjamin P Cheney Academy. It gained its current name and status in 1977. There are strong connections with the Spokane Symphony Orchestra and with the Northwest Bach Festival. A lively musical theatre program is offered. Member of the National Ass...
Country:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
State:
WASHINGTON
City:
OLYMPIA
Special Indexes:
Ethnomusicology/World Music, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Sound Engineering, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
A public liberal arts and sciences college founded in 1967. The Department of Performing Arts offers programs in music, dance and theatre. There is a strong music technology program. Facilities include state-of-the-art music technology laboratories. ...
Country:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
State:
WASHINGTON
City:
SPOKANE
Special Indexes:
Church Music/Religious Music, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Sound Engineering
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A Jesuit Catholic university founded in 1887 as a boys’ school. It gained university status in 1912 and became co-educational in 1948. The music department has access to state-of-the-art music technology laboratories and to some fine performance spaces. Member of the National Association of School...
Country:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
State:
WASHINGTON
City:
TACOMA
Special Indexes:
Early Music Performance, Jazz/Popular Music Performance
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A private Christian university of Lutheran heritage, founded in 1890 by Norwegian immigrants. The School of Arts & Communication offers programs in art & design, communication, dance, music and theatre. The music department is housed in the Mary Baker Russell Music Center. Member of the Nat...
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
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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
City:
PULLMAN
Special Indexes:
Choral Conducting, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Library Collections, Opera Performance, Orchestral Conducting
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A state-supported university founded in 1890 as the Washington Agricultural College and School of Science. It gained its current name and status in 1959. The music school is housed in the Kimbrough Music Building which includes state-of-the-art recording studios and computer-assisted composition and...
Country:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
State:
WASHINGTON
City:
BELLINGHAM
Special Indexes:
Band Conducting, Choral Conducting, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Opera Performance, Orchestral Conducting, Wellness for Musicians
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A state-supported university founded in 1893 as a teachers’ college. It gained its current name and status in 1977. The College of Fine and Performing Arts offers programs in art, design, music, theatre and dance. There is a thriving opera program and a program of wellness for musicians. The musi...
Country:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
State:
WASHINGTON
City:
WALLA WALLA
Special Indexes:
Jazz/Popular Music Performance
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An independent non-sectarian liberal arts and sciences college that can trace its history back to 1836. It gained its current name and status in 1859. There is an extensive study abroad program. ...
Country:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
State:
WASHINGTON
City:
SPOKANE
Special Indexes:
Church Music/Religious Music, Jazz/Popular Music Performance
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A private liberal arts university founded in 1890 and affiliated with the Presbyterian Church (USA). Facilities include the Cowles Music Centre and well-equipped computer lab stations. Member of the National Association of Schools of Music. ...
Country:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
State:
WASHINGTON, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
City:
Special Indexes:
Ethnomusicology/World Music, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Music Theatre Performance, Sound Engineering
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A private university founded in 1821. The Bachelor of Arts program in music is also offered at the Mount Vernon campus. The Department of Music is an All-Steinway School. There is a Presidential Arts Program in Music. Member of the National Association of Schools of Music. A Consortium of Universit...
Country:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
State:
WASHINGTON, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
City:
Special Indexes:
Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Library Collections, Music Therapy, Sound Archives
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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:
Eurhythmics/Dalcroze, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Music Theatre Performance, Orff Schulwerk, Suzuki
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An independent community school of the arts founded in 1976. This All-Steinway School offers music instruction to young children, pre-professional music students and interested adults through its Early Childhood Program, its Preparatory Program and its Adult Program (‘A Little Day Music’). Perfo...
Country:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
State:
WASHINGTON, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
City:
WASHINGTON D.C.
Special Indexes:
Choral Conducting, Church Music/Religious Music, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Library Collections, Music Librarianship Training, Music Theatre Performance, Opera Performance, Orchestral Conducting
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A private Catholic university founded in 1887. The Benjamin T Rome School of Music is housed in Ward Hall, with access to some fine performance spaces. The School sees its main strengths as in performance, music history and liturgical music. Many graduate programs may be taken with Latin-American co...
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
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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:
BETHANY
Special Indexes:
Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Sound Engineering
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This private liberal arts college was founded in 1840 and is affiliated with the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ). The Department of Visual and Performing Arts comprises divisions of music, theatre arts and visual arts. ...