Country:
ITALY
State:
EMILIA-ROMAGNA
City:
FERRARA
Special Indexes:
Choral Conducting, Early Music Performance, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Music Therapy, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
The Conservatorio can trace its history back to 1821. There is a preparatory program for students wishing to enter the professional program. The Conservatorio also offers music tuition to children and interested members of the local community....
Country:
IVORY COAST (CÔTE D'IVOIRE)
State:
City:
ABIDJAN
Special Indexes:
Band Conducting, Choral Conducting, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Instrument Collections, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
The National Institute of Arts and Cultural Studies was founded in 1959. It consists of four schools: • Graduate School of Music and Dance, with three departments: music and musicology, African music, and the conservatoire (the performance and music education program); • School of Fine Arts, Ar...
Country:
JAMAICA
State:
City:
KINGSTON
Special Indexes:
Arts Management/Music Management, Band Conducting, Choral Conducting, Community Music Training, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Library Collections, Sound Archives, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
Established in 1995, this is the only institution of its kind in the English-speaking Caribbean. The College has schools of drama, dance, visual arts, music and arts management as well as a school of continuing education. Evening and summer courses are offered to interested adults and may lead to mo...
Country:
JAMAICA
State:
City:
KINGSTON
Special Indexes:
Arts Management/Music Management, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Library Collections, Sound Engineering, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
The University of the West Indies (UWI) was founded in 1948 as a college of the University of London. It was granted full university status in 1962, and operates in 16 English-speaking countries and territories in the Caribbean. The UWI campus in Mona, Jamaica is the headquarters of the system, and ...
Country:
JAPAN
State:
AICHI PREFECTURE
City:
KARIYA
Special Indexes:
Band Conducting, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
This national co-educational university can trace its history back to 1873. Both the elementary and secondary teacher education tracks offer music as a teaching method. Emphasis is placed on traditional Japanese music; students have a choice of learning koto, shakuhachi or shamisen. ...
Country:
JAPAN
State:
AICHI PREFECTURE
City:
NAGOYA
Special Indexes:
Instrument Collections, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Library Collections, Music Therapy, Opera Performance, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
A private Buddhist co-educational music college belonging to the Doho group of educational institutions, established in its current form in 1976, and is the oldest music college in this area of Japan. It holds a fine collection of Buddhist religious music and instruments. There is an extensive music...
Country:
JAPAN
State:
AOMORI PREFECTURE
City:
HIROSAKI
Special Indexes:
Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
A national co-educational university established in 1949. ...
Country:
JAPAN
State:
FUKUOKA PREFECTURE
City:
MUNAKATA
Special Indexes:
Band Conducting, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
A national co-educational university founded in 1949 and gained its current name and status in 1966. ...
Country:
JAPAN
State:
HIROSHIMA PREFECTURE
City:
HIROSHIMA
Special Indexes:
Choral Conducting, Church Music/Religious Music, Eurhythmics/Dalcroze, Early Music Performance, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Instrument Collections, Music Therapy, Orchestral Conducting, Orff Schulwerk, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
A private co-educational Jesuit music university affiliated with the Vatican's Istituto Pontifizio di Musica Sacra in Rome. Founded in 1948, it gained its current name and status in 1963. There are two departments: a) Music Performance, and b) Cultural Music (music culture, teacher training). The un...
Country:
JAPAN
State:
HYOGO PREFECTURE
City:
KOBE
Special Indexes:
Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
A national co-educational university that can trace its history back to 1902. It was granted its current name and status in 1949. ...
Country:
JAPAN
State:
KANAGAWA PREFECTURE
City:
YOKOHAMA
Special Indexes:
Arts Management/Music Management, Band Conducting, Choral Conducting, Church Music/Religious Music, Early Music Performance, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Institutions for Women Only, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Opera Performance, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
This is a private Protestant Christian university for women founded in 1950, and gained its current name and status in 1965. It has two campuses in the Yokohama area. Historically the University grew from a small private school for girls in Yokohama founded in 1870, and was the first such school in ...
Country:
JAPAN
State:
KANAGAWA PREFECTURE
City:
KAWASAKI
Special Indexes:
Band Conducting, Choral Conducting, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Music Theatre Performance, Music Therapy, Sound Engineering, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
A private co-educational college that can trace its history back to 1924, with a music department added in 1967. It was granted its current name and status in 2003. The college has institutes for opera performance, choral and instrumental conducting, piano performance, choral music, percussion instr...
Country:
JAPAN
State:
KANAGAWA PREFECTURE
City:
HIRATSUKA
Special Indexes:
Arts Management/Music Management, Early Music Performance, Music Therapy, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
A private co-educational university founded in 1942. There are eight campuses, music programs being organised at the Shonan campus. ...
Country:
JAPAN
State:
KYOTO PREFECTURE
City:
KYOTO
Special Indexes:
Institutions for Women Only, Library Collections, Music Therapy, Sound Engineering, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
A private university for women based on Christian principles, founded in 1876. It was chartered as a university in 1949. The College has a traditional Japanese music club. The library holds a collection of some 9,300 mandolin scores, 9,400 guitar scores including some by Fernando Sor, and a first ed...
Country:
JAPAN
State:
KYOTO PREFECTURE
City:
KYOTO CITY
Special Indexes:
Ethnomusicology/World Music, Opera Performance, Orchestral Conducting, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
A municipal co-educational university. Founded in 1880, it is a conservatory type institution which concentrates on Western music, though a Research Centre for Traditional Japanese Music was opened in 2000. Music programs are available within the Faculty of Music and the Graduate School of Music. T...
Country:
JAPAN
State:
KYOTO PREFECTURE
City:
KYOTO CITY
Special Indexes:
Institutions for Women Only, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
A private Buddhist university for women. It can trace its history back to 1899 and was granted its current name and status in 1949. Attached to the University are schools and a kindergarten. ...
Country:
JAPAN
State:
NIIGATA PREFECTURE
City:
NIIGATA
Special Indexes:
Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
A national co-educational university founded in 1949. The Faculty of Education was originally known as the Niigata Teachers' College. It houses a Centre for Research and Instruction in Educational Methods. The Faculty of Humanities has a program in traditional Japanese performing arts. ...
Country:
JAPAN
State:
OKAYAMA PREFECTURE
City:
KURASHIKI
Special Indexes:
Arts Management/Music Management, Band Conducting, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Music Therapy, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
A private co-educational university originally founded in 1930 on Buddhist principles. It gained its current name and status in 1966. Facilities include a large concert hall and an outdoor theatre. The attached Sakuyo Junior College offers a music program in performance on Western or traditional Jap...
Country:
JAPAN
State:
OKINAWA PREFECTURE
City:
NAHA
Special Indexes:
Ethnomusicology/World Music, Instrument Collections, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
A local national co-educational university founded in 1986. The are faculties of music and arts and crafts. The University has been instrumental in the continuation and development of Okinawa's traditional arts, including the designation of the 'Kumiodori' musical drama as a UNESCO Masterpiece of Or...
Country:
JAPAN
State:
ŌSAKA PREFECTURE
City:
ŌSAKA
Special Indexes:
Arts Management/Music Management, Instrument Collections, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Library Collections, Opera Performance, Sound Archives, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
A private co-educational music college founded in 1915 and was chartered as a university in 1958. The college houses a pipe organ, an opera house with resident professional chorus and orchestra, a state-of-the-art electronic music laboratory, a museum holding over 3,500 musical instruments from arou...
Country:
JAPAN
State:
ŌSAKA PREFECTURE
City:
ŌSAKA
Special Indexes:
Ethnomusicology/World Music, Music Theatre Performance, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
A national university which can trace its history back to 1724 and was granted its current name and status in 1931. There are campuses in Toyonaka and Suita. Music is offered at the Toyonaka campus. ...
Country:
JAPAN
State:
ŌSAKA PREFECTURE
City:
ŌSAKA
Special Indexes:
Choral Conducting, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Instrument Collections, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Library Collections, Opera Performance, Orchestral Conducting, Sound Archives, Sound Engineering, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
A private co-educational university founded in 1964. The Faculty of Arts has departments of photography, architecture, environmental planning, visual concept planning, art planning, broadcasting, theatrical arts, literary arts, fine arts, design, crafts, musicology, performance and music education. ...
Country:
JAPAN
State:
SAGA PREFECTURE
City:
SAGA
Special Indexes:
Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
A national co-educational university founded in 1949. There is an attached elementary school, a junior high school, a school for disabled children and a kindergarten. ...
Country:
JAPAN
State:
TOKYO PREFECTURE
City:
TOKYO
Special Indexes:
Arts Management/Music Management, Band Conducting, Choral Conducting, Early Music Performance, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Instrument Collections, Instrument Making/Maintenance, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Library Collections, Music Therapy, Opera Performance, Orchestral Conducting, Sound Engineering, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
A private co-educational music college. Founded in 1926 as the Tokyo Conservatory of Music, it was renamed in 1951. The College is located 35 km west of downtown Tokyo in Tachikawa-shi, one of the largest cities in the Tokyo metropolitan area. There are two departments: performance and composition, ...
Country:
JAPAN
State:
TOKYO PREFECTURE
City:
TOKYO
Special Indexes:
Choral Conducting, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Instrument Collections, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Music Therapy, Opera Performance, Orchestral Conducting, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
Founded in 1889, this is the largest private co-educational university in Japan with a number campuses in Tokyo and other cities as well as one in Newcastle, Australia. Two of the Tokyo campuses (Ekoda and Tokorozawa) offer programs in the College of Art, with departments of photography, cinema, fin...
Country:
JAPAN
State:
TOKYO PREFECTURE
City:
TOKYO
Special Indexes:
Ethnomusicology/World Music, Institutions for Women Only, Opera Performance, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
A national university for women, founded in 1875 and was granted its current name and status in 1949. Music studies (known as ‘Music Expression’) are offered within the Division of Performing Arts. The University has a number of exchange programs with universities in England and Australia, as we...
Country:
JAPAN
State:
TOKYO PREFECTURE
City:
TOKYO
Special Indexes:
Choral Conducting, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Instrument Collections, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Opera Performance, Orchestral Conducting, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
A private co-educational music college founded in 1907 as the Toyo Conservatory of Music, thus being the oldest private school of music in Japan. In 1954 it became the Oriental Music College, and in 1963 gained its current name and status. Facilities include an extensive music library, a recording s...
Country:
JAPAN
State:
TOKYO PREFECTURE
City:
TOKYO
Special Indexes:
Choral Conducting, Instrument Collections, Orchestral Conducting, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
A national co-educational university founded in 1949, though it can trace its history back to 1873. Tokyo Gakugei University is the chief administrator of the United Graduate School of Education which offers a three-year doctoral program in partnership with Chiba University, Saitama University and Y...
Country:
JAPAN
State:
TOKYO PREFECTURE
City:
TOKYO
Special Indexes:
Arts Management/Music Management, Early Music Performance, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Instrument Collections, Library Collections, Music Therapy, Opera Performance, Orchestral Conducting, Sound Archives, Sound Engineering, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
A national co-educational university founded in 1887 and was granted full university status in 1949 with the amalgamation of the separate schools of Fine Arts and Music. There are programs in fine arts, music, film and new media, and global arts. The Master’s degree was added in 1963 and the Docto...
Country:
JAPAN
State:
YAMANASHI PREFECTURE
City:
YAMANASHI
Special Indexes:
Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
A national co-educational university founded in 1949, but it can trace its history back to 1795. There are attached elementary and junior high schools and a kindergarten. Since the 2004 legislative changes to national universities, the official name is now National University Corporation University ...
Country:
JORDAN
State:
City:
AMMAN
Special Indexes:
Instrument Collections, Library Collections, Sound Engineering, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
A private university established in 1989 and specialising in the teaching of music. It was Jordan's first accredited private university to grant a Bachelor of Music degree. Studies include Western classical music with some emphasis on voice, with an Arabic music stream introduced in 1996. The libra...
Country:
JORDAN
State:
City:
AMMAN
Special Indexes:
Ethnomusicology/World Music, Music Therapy, Orchestral Conducting, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
The National Music Conservatory was established by the Noor Al Hussein Foundation in 1986 as a private not-for-profit institution to encourage the development of accomplished musicians and to promote music appreciation in Jordan. In its quest for quality it created the Orchestra of the National Musi...
Country:
JORDAN
State:
City:
AMMAN
Special Indexes:
Arts Management/Music Management, Band Conducting, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
A national autonomous university founded in 1962, the oldest in Jordan. The School of Arts and Design which offers programs in music, theatre and visual arts was established in 2002. There are links with Trinity College, London whereby the most gifted Western music graduates of the Department of Mus...
Country:
JORDAN
State:
City:
IRBID
Special Indexes:
Ethnomusicology/World Music, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
The university, founded in 1976 and situated in the city of Irbid in the north of Jordan, is national and autonomous. Facilities include a full-equipped theatre, concert hall and gallery. Within the Faculty of Fine Arts students may major in any of music, fine arts, drama or design. ...
Country:
KAZAKHSTAN
State:
City:
ALMATY
Special Indexes:
Arts Management/Music Management, Choral Conducting, Instrument Making/Maintenance, Library Collections, Sound Archives, Sound Engineering, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
The Conservatory was founded in 1945. It prepares students in both Western and Kazakh traditions. The Conservatory building houses a number of fine performance spaces. There is a significant collection of recordings of traditional music in the Conservatory’s Folklore Laboratory. An instrument work...
Country:
KAZAKHSTAN
State:
City:
ASTANA
Special Indexes:
Arts Management/Music Management, Choral Conducting, Opera Conducting, Orchestral Conducting, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
The Kazakh National University of the Arts was founded in 1998 as the Kazakh National Academy of Music and gained its current name and status in 2009. It offers programs in music, drama and fine arts, film and fashion design. As well as its professional programs in music it offers music training to ...
Country:
KENYA
State:
City:
NAIROBI
Special Indexes:
Choral Conducting, Church Music/Religious Music, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
Daystar University, founded in 1964, is a private, non-denominational, evangelical Christian liberal arts college. Originally located in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe, it was moved to Kenya following the civil war in Zimbabwe in 1974. It is linked with organisations in the United States of America and in Canad...
Country:
KENYA
State:
City:
NAIROBI
Special Indexes:
Band Conducting, Choral Conducting, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
This not-for-profit independent conservatoire was founded in 1944. Lessons are given at the conservatoire building as well as at various schools that the conservatoire teachers visit weekly. Students are encouraged to sit for the examinations of the Associated Board of the Royal Schools of Music (AB...
Country:
KENYA
State:
City:
NAIROBI
Special Indexes:
Ethnomusicology/World Music, Instrument Collections, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
Originally established in 1965, Kenyatta University gained its current title and status in 1985. It is situated 16 kilometres from the city of Nairobi, and also operates on a number of campuses both within and outside of Kenya. The Department owns a supply of African and Western instruments for stud...
Country:
KENYA
State:
City:
ELDORET
Special Indexes:
Church Music/Religious Music, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
The University was founded in 1984. Housed in the School of Arts and Social Sciences, the Department of Creative Arts was established in 1991. The University operates on several campuses. ...
Country:
KENYA
State:
City:
NAIROBI
Special Indexes:
Ethnomusicology/World Music, Sound Engineering, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
The University was established in 2013 as a result of the up-grade of the former Kenya Polytechnic. The Department of Music and Performing Arts aims to train performers, creators and innovators in the expressive art forms, specifically music, theatre and film. There is a collection of African instru...
Country:
KENYA
State:
City:
BARATON
Special Indexes:
Choral Conducting, Church Music/Religious Music, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
This private university is operated and supported by the Seventh Day Adventist Church and was accredited in 1991. Music is a department within the School of Humanities and Social Sciences, opening in 1985. Music is taught as a second teaching subject for secondary schools. ...
Country:
KIRIBATI
State:
City:
TARAWA
Special Indexes:
Ethnomusicology/World Music, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
The University of the South Pacific was established in 1968. It is jointly owned by the governments of twelve island countries: Cook Islands, Fiji, Kiribati, Marshall Islands, Nauru, Niue, Solomon Islands, Tokelau, Tonga, Tuvalu, Vanuatu and Samoa, with campuses in each country. Music study forms an...
Country:
KUWAIT
State:
City:
KUWAIT
Special Indexes:
Ethnomusicology/World Music, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
The Kuwaiti government's body involved in artistic life is the National Council for Culture, Arts and Letters, founded in 1976. It comprises four separate institutions: • Higher Institute of Musical Arts; • Higher Institute of Theatrical Arts; • Kuwait Central Library; • Kuwaiti Center of In...
Country:
KUWAIT
State:
City:
KUWAIT
Special Indexes:
Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Programs for the Handicapped, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
The Institute was founded in 1997. It is the only private institute to be licensed by the General Authority of Applied Education and Training. There are departments of musical sciences, musical instruments, performance, computer music, comprehension studies and a special education department offerin...
Country:
KYRGYZSTAN
State:
City:
BISHKEK
Special Indexes:
Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Sound Archives, Sound Engineering, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
This non-profit pubic co-educational institution was founded in 1967 as the Institute of Arts and gained its current name in 1993. It is officially accredited by the Ministry of Education and Science. The Conservatory has a collection of 9,000 hours of audio recordings of traditional folk music. In...
Country:
LAOS
State:
City:
VIENTIANE
Special Indexes:
Ethnomusicology/World Music, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
The National School of Music and Dance was founded in 1975 with the merging of the School of Music and Dance and the School of Music of the National Front (Neolaohaksad). Its aim is to preserve and promote traditional Lao folk arts within the country and abroad. There is a cultural exchange program ...
Country:
LATVIA
State:
City:
RĪGA
Special Indexes:
Arts Management/Music Management, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
This Academy, autonomous and state-financed, was founded in 1990. It offers programs in the social sciences, humanities, theatre, dance, audio-visual art, music and creative industries and houses a Scientific Research Centre and a Centre for Creative Activities. ...
Country:
LEBANON
State:
City:
BEIRUT
Special Indexes:
Ethnomusicology/World Music, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
The Conservatoire, an autonomous institution funded by the State, was founded in the 1930s. It is divided into an Oriental Department and an Occidental Department, with eleven branches throughout the country. It is the headquarters of the Lebanese Philharmonic Orchestra and the Lebanese National Orc...
Country:
LEBANON
State:
City:
BEIRUT
Special Indexes:
Eurhythmics/Dalcroze, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Kodály, Music Theatre Performance, Music Therapy, Orff Schulwerk, Sound Engineering, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
The École de Musique Ghassan Yammine was founded in 1993, and gained its current name and status in 2011. It operates on several campuses. Programs are offered in music, dancing, painting and acting to young children (including Kodály approach, Orff, Dalcroze) and adults. The music area comprises ...
Country:
LEBANON
State:
City:
HADATH-BAABDA
Special Indexes:
Choral Conducting, Early Music Performance, Music Therapy, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
This private university was formally established in 1996 by the State and given its current name in respect of the earlier education establishment set up by the Catholic Maronite Antonine Order. The Antonine Fathers School of Music was established in 1981 and since 2006 has been elevated to a higher...
Country:
LEBANON
State:
City:
JOUNIEH
Special Indexes:
Church Music/Religious Music, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Kodály, Library Collections, Music Therapy, Sound Archives, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
This private Catholic university was founded in 1961 though it can trace its history back to 1938. It is run by the Lebanese Maronite Order of Monks. The Faculty of Music, founded in 1973, consists of two departments - Music (comprising musicology, ethnomusicology, music education and sacred music),...
Country:
LIBERIA
State:
City:
MONROVIA
Special Indexes:
Choral Conducting, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
The College was founded by the Episcopal Church USA in 1889 and as such is the oldest private, co-educational, four-year degree-granting institution in sub-Saharan Africa. It was closed in 1990 due to the civil war, and continued on in the USA as ‘Cuttington-in-Exile’. It has since re-opened for...
Country:
LIBYA
State:
City:
TRIPOLI
Special Indexes:
Sound Engineering, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
The University was founded in 1957 and the Faculty of Arts and Media was formally established in 1987. Until 2012 the name of the institution was Al-Fateh University, and following the political upheaval in Libya the university has reverted to its earlier name of University of Tripoli. There are dep...
Country:
LIECHTENSTEIN
State:
City:
VADUZ
Special Indexes:
Early Music Performance, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Library Collections, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
The Music School was founded in 1963. It occupies the house in Vaduz where the composer and organist Rheinberger was born. There are over 90 teachers giving tuition to over 2500 pupils of all age groups at four centres, with classes for children as early as one year old. All classical and modern ins...
Country:
LITHUANIA
State:
City:
VILNIUS
Special Indexes:
Arts Management/Music Management, Band Conducting, Choral Conducting, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Instrument Collections, Instrument Making/Maintenance, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Library Collections, Opera Performance, Orchestral Conducting, Sound Archives, Sound Engineering, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
The Lithuanian Academy of Music and Theatre was founded in 1918 as the Kaunas Music School. In 1949 it was merged with the Vilnius Conservatoire and became the Lithuanian State Conservatoire. In 2004 it gained its current name and status and was further enlarged in 2018 with the integration of the A...
Country:
MADAGASCAR
State:
City:
ANTSIRANANA
Special Indexes:
Library Collections, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
The Zojare Indian Ocean Project organises the only school combining music and dance in Madagascar. The Zomaré Association was created in 1998 in the northern city of Antsiranana (Diégo-Suarez) and is a non-profit organisation with headquarters in Saint-Benoît, France. Its founding members were Ma...
Country:
MALAWI
State:
City:
ZOMBA
Special Indexes:
Community Music Training, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Music Therapy, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
The University of Malawi was established in 1964 with Chancellor College as the largest of its constituent colleges. The Department of Fine and Performing Arts was created in 1981, and consists of three sections – Drama, Fine Arts and Music. The Music Section promotes an active community music pro...
Country:
MALAYSIA
State:
EASTERN MALAYSIA
City:
KOTA KINABALU
Special Indexes:
Arts Management/Music Management, Band Conducting, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
The university was founded in 1994 and the Academy of Arts & Creative Technology was established in 2021. There are programs in art, music, drama and dance. Other campuses are in Labuan and Sandakan. Languages of instruction are Malay and English....
Country:
MALAYSIA
State:
EASTERN MALAYSIA
City:
KOTA SAMARAHAN
Special Indexes:
Arts Management/Music Management, Band Conducting, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Sound Engineering, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
The University, generally known as (UNIMAS), was established in 1992. Facilities include a 300-seat experimental theatre for recitals and other performances, a well-equipped MIDI studio for computer music majors, practice studios. The new campus also houses recording studios, the music library, an a...
Country:
MALAYSIA
State:
KUALA LUMPUR
City:
KUALA LUMPUR
Special Indexes:
Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Sound Engineering, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
The College was established in 1995. It specialises in contemporary music, with its three schools of music production, music business and music industry, offering performance and music industry programs. Facilities include a 150-seat recital hall, a well-equipped synthesiser lab and a state-of-the-a...
Country:
MALAYSIA
State:
KUALA LUMPUR
City:
KUALA LUMPUR
Special Indexes:
Ethnomusicology/World Music, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
The Institute was founded in 1967 as a non-profit-making organisation and is accredited by the Malaysia Ministry of Higher Education. There are programs in graphic design, fine art, music, illustration, interior design, industrial design, fashion and textile. Facilities include a state-of-the-art co...
Country:
MALAYSIA
State:
KUALA LUMPUR
City:
KUALA LUMPUR
Special Indexes:
Arts Management/Music Management, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Instrument Collections, Sound Engineering, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
The university was founded in 1905 and is the oldest university in Malaysia. The Cultural Centre was established in 1974 and offers programs in drama, dance and music. Facilities include an experimental music centre and a digital music laboratory. There is a gamelan performing group. ...
Country:
MALAYSIA
State:
PENANG
City:
PENANG
Special Indexes:
Ethnomusicology/World Music, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
The university can trace its history back to 1969. The School of the Arts offers programs in music, acting and directing, fine arts and new media design and technology, the Department of Music being established in 1993....
Country:
MALAYSIA
State:
PERAK
City:
TANJONG MALIM
Special Indexes:
Choral Conducting, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Music Theatre Performance, Sound Engineering, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
The University was established in 1997, though the institution can trace its history back to 1922 when it was known as Sultan Idris Training College. It operates on two campuses. The Faculty of Music and Performing Arts was launched in 2002 offering programs in music theatre and dance. There are wel...
Country:
MALAYSIA
State:
SELANGOR
City:
SELANGOR
Special Indexes:
Ethnomusicology/World Music, Instrument Collections, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
The university is sometimes known as Universiti Pertanian Malaysia. It can trace its history back to 1931. The music department, also known as the University Conservatoire, was set up in 1996 as one of the five departments of the Faculty of Human Ecology. Facilities include a multimedia laboratory, ...
Country:
MALAYSIA
State:
SELANGOR
City:
PETALING JAYA
Special Indexes:
Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
The Selangor Institute of Music is a private music school founded in 1930. The main campus is in Petaling Jaya, with two Kuala Lumpur branches following a similar program. In addition to its diploma programs the Institute offers tuition to children and interested adults. A Kindermusik program caters...
Country:
MALAYSIA
State:
SELANGOR
City:
SHAH ALAM
Special Indexes:
Arts Management/Music Management, Band Conducting, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Instrument Collections, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Sound Engineering, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
The university gained its current name and status in 1999. There are several campuses throughout the country. The Faculty of Music was established in 2006 as a result of the merger of the Department of Music Education and the Department of Music. It houses a Center for Music Advocacy. Facilities inc...
Country:
MALI
State:
City:
BAMAKO
Special Indexes:
Arts Management/Music Management, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
The Conservatory of Multimedia Arts and Crafts (Balla Fasseké Kouyaté) is a public institution established in 2003. It offers programs in visual arts, dance, design, multimedia professions, music, theatre, entrepreneurship and artistic management. Facilities include well-equipped music technology ...
Country:
MALI
State:
City:
KIRINA
Special Indexes:
Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
The School of Music opened in 2010 in Kirina, a Griot village with a centuries-old musical and cultural heritage. It aims to support and preserve the music traditions and cultural heritage of their people. The School is supported by generous donors and the Playing for Change Foundation in the USA (...
Country:
MALI
State:
City:
BAMAKO
Special Indexes:
Ethnomusicology/World Music, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
The Institute was founded in 1963 though it can trace its history back to 1933. It comprises five divisions – Music, Visual Arts, Theatre Arts, Crafts, and Socio-Cultural Animation. It conducts research programs in the arts and acts as a centre for the preservation and development of Malian music ...
Country:
MALTA
State:
City:
HAMRUN
Special Indexes:
Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
Founded in 1975, this school is attached to the Malta Government Education Department in Floriana. It, together with Schools of Drama, Art, Dance and Visual and Performing Arts, forms part of the Visual and Performing Arts Schools under the Directorate for Lifelong Learning and Early School Leavers....
Country:
MALTA
State:
City:
MSIDA
Special Indexes:
Ethnomusicology/World Music, Sound Archives, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
The University can trace its history back to 1591. The Mediterranean Institute organises the music program within the Faculty of Arts. Its Music Studies division holds an archive of folk and traditional music of the region and offers courses in ethnomusicology of the region. There is some collaborat...
Country:
MARSHALL ISLANDS
State:
City:
MAJURO
Special Indexes:
Ethnomusicology/World Music, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
The University of the South Pacific was established in 1968. It is jointly owned by the governments of twelve island countries: Cook Islands, Fiji, Kiribati, Marshall Islands, Nauru, Niue, Solomon Islands, Tokelau, Tonga, Tuvalu, Vanuatu and Samoa, with campuses in each country. Music study forms an...
Country:
MAURITIUS
State:
City:
QUATRE BORNES
Special Indexes:
Instrument Collections, Instrument Making/Maintenance, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Library Collections, Orff Schulwerk, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
The Conservatoire de Musique 'François Mitterand', founded in 1987, is operated under the aegis of the Ministry of Education and Human Resources. It offers free part-time music programs after school hours and on Saturday mornings to over 1,100 students ranging from pre-school to adult. It organises...
Country:
MAURITIUS
State:
City:
MOKA
Special Indexes:
Ethnomusicology/World Music, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
The Mahatma Gandhi Institute was established in 1970 as a joint venture between the government of India and the government of Mauritius. The Department of Indian Music and Dance was established within the School of Indian Music and Fine Arts in 1975 and in 2006 it became the School of Performing Art...
Country:
MAURITIUS
State:
City:
RÉDUIT
Special Indexes:
Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
The University of Mauritius was established in 1965. It is the only institution on the island licensed to award degrees. The current program involving music is awarded in collaboration with the Mahatma Gandhi Institute. ...
Country:
MEXICO
State:
FEDERAL DISTRICT OF MEXICO
City:
MEXICO CITY
Special Indexes:
Instrument Making/Maintenance, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
Founded in 1978, this government-run Centre is dedicated to the promotion of culture and the arts, including dance and music with programs in classical music and traditional Mexican music and dance. It aims to develop young artists to their full potential. The Centro organises workshops, exhibitions...
Country:
MOLDOVA
State:
City:
CHISINĂU (KISINOV)
Special Indexes:
Choral Conducting, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Opera Performance, Orchestral Conducting, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
The Academy was founded in 1940 and gained its current name and status in 2002. There are programs in music, theatre, choreography, multimedia, fine and applied arts, design and culturology as well as arts and music education. The music faculty continues the traditions of the Russian schools of musi...
Country:
MONGOLIA
State:
City:
ULAAN BATAAR
Special Indexes:
Arts Management/Music Management, Band Conducting, Choral Conducting, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
The University was founded in 1990 but it can trace its history back to 1950. It is a founding member of the Consortium of Mongolian Universities and Colleges. There are faculties of theatre arts, music and arts management. The music faculty comprises departments of classical music, theory, folk mus...
Country:
MOROCCO
State:
City:
RABAT
Special Indexes:
Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
This is the oldest conservatorium of music in Morocco, founded in 1927. It operates under the Ministry of Culture and concentrates on Andalusian music, though it includes some study of Western music. ...
Country:
MOROCCO
State:
City:
CASABLANCA
Special Indexes:
Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
The Conservatoire was founded in 1940 and a complete renovation was opened in 2013. It is the oldest Conservatory in Africa, and operates under the Ministry of Culture. Part-time studies in Western and Arabic instruments and theoretical subjects are offered to young people and interested adults. The...
Country:
MOROCCO
State:
City:
RABAT
Special Indexes:
Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
The Conservatoire was established in 1944 and operates under the Ministry of Culture. Students may begin music training from the age of ten years, but they do not begin study of an instrument till the second year of the program when they are considered to be able to read music. Ensembles include an ...
Country:
MOROCCO
State:
City:
TANGER (TANGIERS)
Special Indexes:
Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
The Conservatoire was founded in 1962 and operates under the Ministry of Culture. Young children may begin music study at the conservatoire from the age of seven, but do not begin on an instrument till after the first two years. ...
Country:
MOROCCO
State:
City:
TÉTOUAN
Special Indexes:
Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
The Conservatoire was founded in 1945 and operates under the Ministry of Culture....
Country:
MOZAMBIQUE
State:
City:
MAPUTO
Special Indexes:
Arts Management/Music Management, Community Music Training, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Sound Engineering, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
Initiated in 1995 by Jeunesses Musicales International and their festivals and international tours, Music Crossroads, founded in 2013, has developed into a series of non-profit centres for young musicians in southern Africa. It aims to enhance and develop skills and professionalism of young musician...
Country:
MYANMAR (BURMA)
State:
City:
YANGON (RANGOON)
Special Indexes:
Community Music Training, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
The Gitameit Music Centre was established in 2003. It is a non-profit community outreach centre and music school - an informal association of musicians and music lovers aiming to build understanding and co-operation between people through activities which encourage the holding of concerts, music exc...
Country:
MYANMAR (BURMA)
State:
City:
MANDALAY
Special Indexes:
Ethnomusicology/World Music, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
The university was established in 2001 and operates under the Ministry of Religious Affairs and Culture. There are departments of music, dramatic arts, painting and sculpture. Students must have completed basic general education prior to entry and be aged not more than 20 years. English is the norma...
Country:
MYANMAR (BURMA)
State:
City:
YANGON (RANGOON)
Special Indexes:
Ethnomusicology/World Music, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
The university was established in 1993 and operates under the Ministry of Religious Affairs and Culture, gaining its current name and status in 2007. There are departments of music, cinematography and drama, dramatic arts, painting and sculpture. Students must have completed basic general education ...
Country:
NAMIBIA
State:
City:
WINDHOEK
Special Indexes:
Arts Management/Music Management, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Instrument Collections, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Programs for the Handicapped, Sound Engineering, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
Founded in 1971 the Windhoek College for the Arts is a state-funded institution offering training in music, dance, visual arts, and drama, fashion design, sound and television production, mainly on a part-time basis, to a full range of ages from young children to interested adults. It is run under t...
Country:
NAMIBIA
State:
City:
WINDHOEK
Special Indexes:
Arts Management/Music Management, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Instrument Collections, Library Collections, Music Theatre Performance, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
The University was established in 1992. Since its development, the Performing Arts Department has moved from music specialisation towards integrated performing arts, with theatre and dance courses playing an integral role. The department also has a strong focus on research in music education and eth...
Country:
NAURU
State:
City:
NAURU
Special Indexes:
Ethnomusicology/World Music, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
The University of the South Pacific was established in 1968. It is jointly owned by the governments of twelve island countries: Cook Islands, Fiji, Kiribati, Marshall Islands, Nauru, Niue, Solomon Islands, Tokelau, Tonga, Tuvalu, Vanuatu and Samoa, with campuses in each country. Music study forms an...
Country:
NEPAL
State:
City:
KATHMANDU
Special Indexes:
Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Sound Engineering, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
The Conservatory opened in 2007. Facilities include a 200-seat music hall, a music library, a listening lab, practice rooms and a state-of-the-art recording studio to enable students to record their own music. It invites leading musicians and DJs to tutor students. There are programs for both childr...
Country:
NEPAL
State:
City:
DHULIKHEL
Special Indexes:
Ethnomusicology/World Music, Instrument Collections, Sound Archives, Sound Engineering, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
The university, an autonomous, not-for-profit public institution, was founded in 1991 and the School of Arts was established in 1996 in Bhaktapur, about 30 kilometres east of Kathmandu. The Department of Music aims to study and preserve Nepalese music traditions and their relationship with other Sou...
Country:
NEPAL
State:
City:
KATHMANDU
Special Indexes:
Programs for the Handicapped, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
The MusicArt Society, originally founded in 2009, is a registered non-profit organisation that provides training workshops for music educators and students, drawing upon the expertise of various music educators and professors from such countries as Japan, USA and Australia. It also offers free music...
Country:
NEPAL
State:
City:
KATHMANDU
Special Indexes:
Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
Tribhuvan University was established in 1959, and is the oldest and largest university in Nepal. A not-for-profit autonomous institution, it is financed mainly by the government of Nepal and has a number of affiliated colleges throughout the country....
Country:
NETHERLANDS
State:
City:
ROTTERDAM
Special Indexes:
Band Conducting, Choral Conducting, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Music Theatre Performance, Music Therapy, Orchestral Conducting, Sound Engineering, Traditional Instrument Performance, Wellness for Musicians
Notes:
The University for the Arts was formed from the amalgamation of Rotterdam Conservatoire, Rotterdam Dance Academy and Rotterdam Circus Arts. It goes by the shortened name of ‘Codarts’ and consists of five academies - Rotterdam Classical Music Academy, Rotterdam Jazz Academy, Rotterdam Pop Academy...
Country:
NEW ZEALAND
State:
NORTH ISLAND
City:
AUCKLAND
Special Indexes:
Ethnomusicology/World Music, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
A Wānanga is a private indigenous New Zealand tertiary education provider that delivers educational programs and opportunities within a Māori environment. This organisation was founded in 1983, and has spread throughout the nation, being granted tertiary status in 1993. It offers bridging and tert...
Country:
NEW ZEALAND
State:
NORTH ISLAND
City:
HAMILTON
Special Indexes:
Sound Engineering, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
The University was established in 1964. The music department is housed in the Gallagher Academy of Performing Arts. It collates the New Zealand Sonic Art CD Series of works by New Zealand electroacoustic composers. There are links with the University’s Department of Computer Science. A second camp...
Country:
NIGER
State:
City:
NIAMEY
Special Indexes:
Community Music Training, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Instrument Collections, Instrument Making/Maintenance, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Library Collections, Sound Archives, Sound Engineering, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
The Centre de Formation et de Promotion Musicale El Hadji Taya (C.F.P.M.) was founded in 1989 and operates under the auspices of the Ministry of Youth, Sport and Culture to promote the traditions of folklore, story-telling and music performance by local musicians/griots. The Centre also encourages m...