Country:
NETHERLANDS
State:
City:
DEN HAAG (THE HAGUE)
Special Indexes:
Band Conducting, Choral Conducting, Early Music Performance, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Music Theatre Performance, Opera Performance, Orchestral Conducting, Sound Engineering
Notes:
This institution can trace its history back to 1682. In January 1990 the Royal Conservatoire (KC) and the Royal Academy of Art (KABK) merged to become the School of Visual Arts, Music and Dance. Since 2010, the institution has been named The University of the Arts (Hogeschool der Kunsten Den Haag). ...
Country:
NETHERLANDS
State:
City:
MAASTRICHT
Special Indexes:
Band Conducting, Choral Conducting, Early Music Performance, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Music Therapy, Opera Performance, Orchestral Conducting
Notes:
The Conservatory of Maastricht and Fontys Conservatorium (formerly known as Brabants Conservatorium) joined in 2001 to form the Zuid-Nederlandse Hogeschool voor Muziek (South Netherlands Higher School of Music) which in turn has become the Faculty of Music of the Hogeschool Zuyd (Zuyd University). T...
Country:
NEW ZEALAND
State:
NORTH ISLAND
City:
AUCKLAND
Special Indexes:
Band Conducting, Early Music Performance, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Sound Engineering
Notes:
The School of Music at the Creative Arts and Industries Student Centre brings together studies in music, dance, fine arts, planning and urban design, sound and architecture. Facilities include a 155-seat music theatre and fine electronic facilities for recording, editing and mastering. A collaborati...
Country:
NIGERIA
State:
City:
ABRAKA
Special Indexes:
Arts Management/Music Management, Band Conducting, Choral Conducting, Church Music/Religious Music, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Music Therapy, Orchestral Conducting, Sound Engineering
Notes:
The university can trace its origins back to 1975 and gained its current name and status in 1992. The main campus is in Abraka, with other campuses at Anwai and Oleh. The Music Department organises concerts, music seminars and workshops....
Country:
NIGERIA
State:
City:
LAGOS
Special Indexes:
Band Conducting, Choral Conducting, Church Music/Religious Music, Ethnomusicology/World Music
Notes:
A Christian institution founded in 2017. The Conservatory offers a pre-diploma program for those wishing to enter the full Diploma course....
Country:
NIGERIA
State:
City:
BADAGRY
Special Indexes:
Band Conducting, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
This privately-owned institution was founded in 1982 by the jazz artist Peter King. It prepares students for the professional examinations of Associate, Licentiate and Fellowship of the Trinity, Royal and London Schools of Music and the Guildhall School of Music and Drama in the UK. Facilities inclu...
Country:
NIGERIA
State:
City:
NSUKKA
Special Indexes:
Band Conducting, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Instrument Making/Maintenance, Sound Engineering, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
Founded in 1955 and formerly known as the University of Biafra, this University gained its current name in 1970 and is commonly referred to as UNN. The Department of Music was first established in 1960. The Sam Chukwu Memorial Recording Studio (SCMRS), the result of a collaboration between the Unive...
Country:
NORTH KOREA
State:
City:
PYONGYANG
Special Indexes:
Band Conducting, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
The Kim Won-Gyun University of Music and Dance was named for Kim Won-Gyun one of North Korea’s most celebrated composers and a politician who composed the national anthem. The institution was founded in 1949 and, combining with Pyongyang Art College in 1972, became Pyongyang’s University of Musi...
Country:
NORWAY
State:
City:
OSLO
Special Indexes:
Arts Management/Music Management, Band Conducting, Choral Conducting, Church Music/Religious Music, Early Music Performance, Instrument Making/Maintenance, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Music Therapy, Opera Performance, Orchestral Conducting, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
The Norwegian Academy of Music was established in 1973 and is regarded as equivalent to a university. Language of instruction in class is Norwegian; individual tuition may be in another language, mostly English. The Academy has a Norwegian Artistic Research Fellowships Program, regarded as equivalen...
Country:
NORWAY
State:
City:
KRISTIANSAND
Special Indexes:
Arts Management/Music Management, Band Conducting, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Wellness for Musicians
Notes:
Formerly known as Agder College and later as Agder University College, this university founded in 2007, has campuses in Kristiansand and Grimstad. The Faculty of Fine Arts is organised into five departments: Western classical music, African-American music (jazz), music in education, visual arts, and...
Country:
NORWAY
State:
City:
BERGEN
Special Indexes:
Band Conducting, Choral Conducting, Church Music/Religious Music, Early Music Performance, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Library Collections, Music Therapy, Orchestral Conducting, Sound Archives, Traditional Instrument Performance, Wellness for Musicians
Notes:
The University’s Faculty of Fine Art, Music and Design was established in 2017 from an amalgamation of the earlier Grieg Academy and the Bergen Academy of Art and Design. The Greig Academy is the music school of the University of Bergen. It houses the Institute of Ethnic Folklore (Etno-Folkloristi...
Country:
NORWAY
State:
City:
VOLDA
Special Indexes:
Band Conducting
Notes:
The College was established in 1994 following the merger of two former institutions. Language of instruction is Norwegian, but English may be used for exchange students. ...
Country:
PALESTINE (WEST BANK, GAZA)
State:
City:
BIRZEIT
Special Indexes:
Arts Management/Music Management, Band Conducting, Choral Conducting, Sound Engineering, Traditional Instrument Performance, Wellness for Musicians
Notes:
Birzeit University is a private non-profit organisation that can trace its history back to 1924 as a girls' school. Later it became known as Birzeit College and in 1953 offered its first two-year tertiary programs. The first full Bachelor degree students graduated in 1976. The Faculty of Art, Music ...
Country:
PANAMA
State:
City:
PANAMÁ CITY
Special Indexes:
Band Conducting, Choral Conducting, Sound Engineering
Notes:
A public university founded in 1935. The Faculty of Fine Arts, established in 1992, offers programs in music, dance, drama and visual arts. There is a junior academy offering music programs to those not yet qualified to begin the university course. Performance programs are offered to interested memb...
Country:
PARAGUAY
State:
City:
ASUNCIÓN
Special Indexes:
Band Conducting, Choral Conducting, Jazz/Popular Music Performance
Notes:
The University was founded in 1889 and was the first to be established in Paraguay. ...
Country:
PERU
State:
City:
LIMA
Special Indexes:
Band Conducting, Choral Conducting, Early Music Performance, Opera Performance, Sound Engineering
Notes:
The University was founded in 1908 and was earlier known as the Conservatorio Nacional de Música. It houses a Centre of Music Research, a well-equipped electroacoustic music laboratory and an extensive library. A number of ensembles have been formed, including an early music group and an opera wor...
Country:
PERU
State:
City:
AREQUIPA
Special Indexes:
Band Conducting, Choral Conducting, Wellness for Musicians
Notes:
The university can trace its history back to 1714 and gained its current name and status in 1828. The School of Arts consists of departments of visual arts and music. ...
Country:
PHILIPPINES
State:
City:
DUMAGUETE CITY
Special Indexes:
Band Conducting, Choral Conducting, Church Music/Religious Music, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Music Therapy, Orchestral Conducting
Notes:
Silliman University was founded in 1901 as a boy’s school and gained university status in 1938. The College of Performing Arts was first established in 1912, becoming the Silliman Conservatory of Music in 1934 and later the School of Music in 1941. In 1969 it joined with the Fine Arts Department, ...
Country:
PHILIPPINES
State:
City:
MANILA
Special Indexes:
Band Conducting, Choral Conducting, Church Music/Religious Music, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Instrument Collections, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Music Theatre Performance, Orchestral Conducting, Sound Engineering
Notes:
A Roman Catholic Pontifical University, sometimes known as ‘The Catholic University of the Philippines’. Founded in 1611, it is the oldest existing university in Asia, and is the only music school in the Philippines with an all-student symphony orchestra and symphonic band. The Conservatory was ...
Country:
PHILIPPINES
State:
City:
QUEZON CITY
Special Indexes:
Band Conducting, Choral Conducting, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Instrument Collections, Library Collections, Orchestral Conducting, Personal Archives, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
A government University established in 1908 in Manila, but transferred to the Diliman campus in Quezon City in 1949. There are several campuses in the province. The College of Music is housed in Abelardo Hall which contains a fine auditorium. Courses include both Asian and Western music. In addition...
Country:
POLAND
State:
City:
BYDGOSZCZ
Special Indexes:
Arts Management/Music Management, Band Conducting, Choral Conducting, Church Music/Religious Music, Early Music Performance, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Opera Performance, Orchestral Conducting, Sound Engineering
Notes:
The Academy of Music ’Felix Nowowiejski’ in Bydgoszcz (Akademia Muzyczna im Feliksa Nowowiejskiego’) was established in 1979 and is regarded as being of university level. It has four campuses scattered around the City of Bydgoszcz, housing several fine performance spaces and a well-equipped au...
Country:
PORTUGAL
State:
CENTRO
City:
AVEIRO
Special Indexes:
Band Conducting, Choral Conducting, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Opera Performance
Notes:
The University was established in 1973. ...
Country:
PORTUGAL
State:
LISBON METROPOLITAN AREA
City:
LISBON (LISBOA)
Special Indexes:
Band Conducting, Choral Conducting, Church Music/Religious Music, Community Music Training, Early Music Performance, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Sound Engineering
Notes:
The School of Music, founded in 1985, is closely associated with the Gregorian Institute of Lisbon. It offers some courses in co-operation with the School of Education. Facilities include a fine auditorium and a smaller hall and well-equipped electronic music studio. The School of Education also o...
Country:
PUERTO RICO
State:
City:
SAN GERMÁN
Special Indexes:
Band Conducting, Choral Conducting
Notes:
A private university, founded in 1921. This is the largest private institution on the island of Puerto Rico and in all of the Caribbean. Language of instruction is Spanish but some courses are also offered in English. The campus chapel houses a pipe organ and offers the only instruction on this inst...
Country:
ROMANIA
State:
City:
BUCHAREST (BUCUREȘTI)
Special Indexes:
Band Conducting, Choral Conducting, Church Music/Religious Music, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Opera Performance, Orchestral Conducting, Sound Engineering
Notes:
This University was founded in 1864. Previously called the ‘Academia de Muzica Ciprian Porumbescu’, it was renamed in 2001 to reflect its full university status. There are two faculties: Musical Interpretation, and Composition, Musicology, and Pedagogy. The University houses a Center of Electroa...
Country:
RUSSIA
State:
City:
VLADIVOSTOK
Special Indexes:
Band Conducting, Choral Conducting, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Opera Performance, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
The Academy was founded in 1962 and is one of the oldest in the Russian federation. There are departments of music, visual art and theatre. The Master's program was introduced in 2017. Preparatory courses are organised to prepare students for entry to the professional program. Language of instructio...
Country:
RUSSIA
State:
City:
MOSCOW
Special Indexes:
Band Conducting, Choral Conducting, Church Music/Religious Music, Early Music Performance, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Instrument Collections, Library Collections, Opera Conducting, Opera Performance, Orchestral Conducting, Personal Archives, Sound Archives
Notes:
The Conservatory was founded in 1866 by Nikolay Rubinstein, brother of Anton Rubinstein who founded the St Petersburg Conservatory just four years earlier in 1862. There are faculties of piano, orchestral instruments, singing, orchestral, choral and opera conducting, composition, musicology/ethnomus...
Country:
RUSSIA
State:
City:
NIZHNY NOVGOROD
Special Indexes:
Band Conducting, Choral Conducting, Early Music Performance, Instrument Making/Maintenance, Opera Performance, Orchestral Conducting, Sound Engineering, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
The Conservatory was founded in 1946. A pre-entry training program is offered to students wishing to enter the professional course. Facilities include two concert halls, one with a large concert organ, a sound laboratory, folklore room, a repair and adjustment facility for instruments and a museum. ...
Country:
RUSSIA
State:
City:
PERM
Special Indexes:
Arts Management/Music Management, Band Conducting, Choral Conducting, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
The Institute was founded in 1975 and the Conservatory of Music was created in 2013. It organises local and international conferences and seminars as well as competitions. An active member of the Association Européenne des Conservatoires, Académies de Musique et Musikhochschulen. ...
Country:
RUSSIA
State:
City:
PETROZAVODSK
Special Indexes:
Band Conducting, Choral Conducting, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
The conservatory was founded in 1967 as a branch of Leningrad Rimsky-Korsakov Conservatory. In 1991 it became an independent institution and in 2003 it gained its current name and status. There are two faculties - Performing, and Theory and Conducting - organised into twelve departments. Students st...
Country:
RUSSIA
State:
City:
SARATOV
Special Indexes:
Band Conducting, Choral Conducting, Opera Performance, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
The conservatory was founded in 1912. In addition to the professional program it offers preparatory courses for students wishing to enter the conservatory program. ...
Country:
SERBIA
State:
City:
KRAGUJEVAC
Special Indexes:
Band Conducting, Choral Conducting, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Sound Engineering
Notes:
The University was founded in 1976. The Faculty of Philology and Arts consists of schools of philology, music, and applied arts. The Music Academy is one of the youngest music departments in Serbia, being established in 1980. Apart from the performance, music history and theoretical courses its prog...
Country:
SERBIA
State:
City:
NOVI SAD
Special Indexes:
Band Conducting, Choral Conducting, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Sound Engineering
Notes:
The University was founded in 1960 and the Academy of Arts was established in 1974. There are departments of music, drama and fine arts. Facilities include well-equipped electronic music, digital recording, sound processing and CD production studios. An active member of the Association Européenne d...
Country:
SERBIA
State:
City:
BELGRADE
Special Indexes:
Arts Management/Music Management, Band Conducting, Choral Conducting, Early Music Performance, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Instrument Collections, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Library Collections, Sound Archives
Notes:
The University of The Arts was established in 1973 with the amalgamation of the former Academies of Music, Fine Arts, Applied Arts and Theatrical Arts. There are four faculties - Music, Drama, Fine Arts and Applied Arts. The Faculty of Music is the oldest higher music institution in Serbia and has d...
Country:
SINGAPORE
State:
City:
SINGAPORE
Special Indexes:
Band Conducting, Choral Conducting, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Jazz/Popular Music Performance
Notes:
The University was founded in 1955 though the National Institute of Education had commenced in 1950 as the Teachers’ Training College. It became the National Institute of Education in 1991, at the same time merging into the Nanyang Technological University. This is the sole teacher education insti...
Country:
SINGAPORE
State:
City:
SINGAPORE
Special Indexes:
Band Conducting, Community Music Training, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Orchestral Conducting, Sound Engineering
Notes:
The Yong Siew Toh Conservatory of Music was established in 2003, and is a school of the National University of Singapore. It works in collaboration with the Peabody Institute of Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, USA with which there is a student exchange program. A Professional Development comp...
Country:
SLOVAKIA
State:
City:
BANSKÁ BYSTRICA
Special Indexes:
Band Conducting, Choral Conducting, Community Music Training
Notes:
This public institution was established in 1992 and gained its current name and status in 2010. Language of instruction is Slovak. Member of the European University Association....
Country:
SOUTH AFRICA
State:
EASTERN CAPE
City:
GRAHAMSTOWN
Special Indexes:
Arts Management/Music Management, Band Conducting, Choral Conducting, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Library Collections, Sound Archives, Sound Engineering
Notes:
The university was founded in 1904, and the music department was established in 1923. There are three main areas of specialisation: Western classical music, jazz and ethnomusicology. The music department houses a 130-seat concert room. The library holds the International Library of African Music, wi...
Country:
SOUTH AFRICA
State:
FREE STATE PROVINCE
City:
BLOEMFONTEIN
Special Indexes:
Arts Management/Music Management, Band Conducting, Choral Conducting, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Instrument Collections, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Library Collections, Orchestral Conducting, Sound Engineering
Notes:
The university was founded in 1904, and the music department was established in 1946. The Arts Program offers studies in visual arts, drama and theatre arts, music and combined arts. It is housed in a fine building with excellent facilities including 30 teaching studios, 48 practice rooms, seven lec...
Country:
SOUTH KOREA
State:
City:
GWANGJU (KWANGJU)
Special Indexes:
Band Conducting, Choral Conducting, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
A private institution founded in 1946, and gained university status in 1953. ...
Country:
SOUTH KOREA
State:
City:
BUSAN (PUSAN)
Special Indexes:
Band Conducting, Choral Conducting, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Opera Performance, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
The University was established in 1945. The College of Arts, founded in 1982, has departments of Western music, Korean music, dance, fine arts, formative arts, design, and art culture and image. ...
Country:
SOUTH KOREA
State:
City:
SEOUL
Special Indexes:
Arts Management/Music Management, Band Conducting, Choral Conducting, Instrument Collections, Library Collections, Opera Performance, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
The university was founded in 1939. The College of Music was established in 1960 and a Music Research Center is affiliated with it. The College offers seminars, symposia and lecture concerts and organises an international exchange program. It publishes an annual Journal of the Science and Practice o...
Country:
SOUTH KOREA
State:
City:
GWANGJU (KWANGJU)
Special Indexes:
Band Conducting, Choral Conducting, Church Music/Religious Music
Notes:
This private university was established in 1955 and was known as Honam Bible School. Over the years it changed name several times, eventually being granted its current name and status. Its Department of Church Music was created in 1988. The University is affiliated with the Presbyterian Church of Ko...
Country:
SOUTH KOREA
State:
City:
CHUNCHEON
Special Indexes:
Band Conducting, Opera Performance
Notes:
Kangwon National University was founded in 1947. The College of Art and Culture includes departments of fine arts, dance, music, design, sport science and visual culture. ...
Country:
SOUTH KOREA
State:
City:
BUSAN (PUSAN)
Special Indexes:
Band Conducting, Choral Conducting, Church Music/Religious Music, Music Therapy
Notes:
A private Christian university founded in 1946 under the auspices of the General Assembly of Kosin Presbyterian Church. The Graduate School of Church Music was opened in 2007. ...
Country:
SOUTH KOREA
State:
City:
ANYANG
Special Indexes:
Band Conducting, Choral Conducting, Church Music/Religious Music, Jazz/Popular Music Performance
Notes:
The University can trace its history back to 1962 with the establishment of the Sungkyul Theological Seminary. It gained its current name and status in 1992. The Department of Performing Music and Arts was established in 2017 with a creative convergence curriculum centered around contemporary and pr...
Country:
SOUTH KOREA
State:
City:
GYEONGSAN (KYONGSAN)
Special Indexes:
Band Conducting, Choral Conducting, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Opera Performance, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
A private institution, Yeungnam University was founded in 1967 through the merger of Daegu College and Chunggu College. There is a second campus in Daegu. Facilities include two concert halls, practice rooms, opera rehearsal room, electronic music studio, a digital piano laboratory, rooms for Korea...
Country:
SPAIN
State:
ANDALUSIA
City:
CÓRDOBA
Special Indexes:
Band Conducting, Choral Conducting, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
The Conservatorio was founded in 1902 and gained its current name and status in 1972. It provides music tuition to advanced levels. ...
Country:
SPAIN
State:
ASTURIAS
City:
OVIEDO
Special Indexes:
Band Conducting, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
The Conservatorium can trace its history back to 1883 and gained its current name and status in 1988. It holds summer courses for young musicians. An active member of the Association Européenne des Conservatoires, Académies de Musique et Musikhochschulen....
Country:
SPAIN
State:
CANARY ISLANDS (CANARIAS)
City:
SANTA CRUZ DE TENERIFE
Special Indexes:
Band Conducting, Choral Conducting, Early Music Performance, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Jazz/Popular Music Performance
Notes:
The Conservatorium’s history dates back to 1892. A new purpose-built conservatorium building was opened in 1992. Beside the professional program the conservatory organises music programs for interested members of the community....
Country:
SPAIN
State:
CASTILLA Y LEON
City:
SALAMANCA
Special Indexes:
Band Conducting, Choral Conducting, Early Music Performance, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Opera Performance, Wellness for Musicians
Notes:
The Conservatory, established in 1935, occupies a new purpose-built building opened in 1998. Facilities include an auditorium, recital rooms and practice rooms. An active member of the Association Européenne des Conservatoires, Académies de Musique et Musikhochschulen....
Country:
SPAIN
State:
EXTREMADURA
City:
BADAJOZ
Special Indexes:
Band Conducting, Choral Conducting, Opera Performance
Notes:
A private conservatorium founded in 1927. In addition to the professional diploma program there are programs at elementary and middle levels. An active member of the Association Européenne des Conservatoires, Académies de Musique et Musikhochschulen....
Country:
SPAIN
State:
MURCIA
City:
MURCIA
Special Indexes:
Band Conducting, Choral Conducting, Early Music Performance, Opera Performance, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
The Conservatorium was founded in 1917 and in 2010 it reorganised the professional level courses in line with the Bologna process. It organises regular masterclasses. An active member of the Association Européenne des Conservatoires, Académies de Musique et Musikhochschulen....
Country:
SRI LANKA
State:
City:
COLOMBO
Special Indexes:
Band Conducting, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Sound Archives, Sound Engineering, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
The University was established in 2005 when the former Institute of Aesthetic Studies at the University of Kelaniya became this autonomous institution. There are three faculties - Dance and Drama, Music, and Visual Arts. The Faculty of Music consists of six departments - South Indian (Karnatic) musi...
Country:
SWEDEN
State:
City:
ARVIKA
Special Indexes:
Band Conducting, Choral Conducting, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Music Therapy, Sound Engineering, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
The University was founded in 1843 as a Teacher Training College and gained its current name and status in 1999. The Ingesund College of Music was founded in 1923 and since 1978 has formed the School of Music of the University of Karlstad, located in Arvika in West Värmland, 80 kilometres north of ...
Country:
SWEDEN
State:
City:
ÖREBRO
Special Indexes:
Band Conducting, Choral Conducting, Jazz/Popular Music Performance
Notes:
This institution was first established in 1977 and gained full university status in 1999. An active member of the Association Européenne des Conservatoires, Académies de Musique et Musikhochschulen....
Country:
SWITZERLAND
State:
City:
LUGANO
Special Indexes:
Band Conducting, Choral Conducting, Church Music/Religious Music, Eurhythmics/Dalcroze, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Opera Performance
Notes:
The Conservatorio della Svizzera Italiana (Conservatorium of Italian-Speaking Switzerland) consists of general, preparatory and professional divisions. The general division offers music training to young people and interested adults, leading to the award of a Certificat d'études non-professionnelle...
Country:
SWITZERLAND
State:
City:
LAUSANNE
Special Indexes:
Band Conducting, Choral Conducting, Church Music/Religious Music, Early Music Performance, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Opera Performance, Orchestral Conducting, Wellness for Musicians
Notes:
The former Conservatoire of Lausanne commenced its teaching operations over 150 years ago, but from 2011 the name 'Conservatoire de Lausanne' refers only to a pre-professional program which offers music tuition to children and interested adults and leads to the award of a Certificat d'études non-pr...
Country:
SWITZERLAND
State:
City:
LUCERNE (LUZERN)
Special Indexes:
Band Conducting, Church Music/Religious Music, Eurhythmics/Dalcroze, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Orchestral Conducting, Traditional Instrument Performance, Wellness for Musicians
Notes:
In 2013 the Lucerne School of Music (Hochschule Luzern - Musik) was incorporated into the recently-established (2007) Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts as its music school. The earlier Swiss Jazz School forms the jazz department of the School of Music. In addition to the professional p...
Country:
SWITZERLAND
State:
City:
BASEL
Special Indexes:
Band Conducting, Choral Conducting, Church Music/Religious Music, Early Music Performance, Instrument Collections, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Opera Performance, Orchestral Conducting, Sound Engineering, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
The University of Applied Sciences and Arts of Northwestern Switzerland (Fachhochschule Nordwestschweiz FHNW) was established in 2006 from a merger of nine former schools and operates on four main campuses in northwestern Switzerland. The music programs are offered at the Academy of Music which hous...
Country:
SYRIA
State:
City:
DAMASCUS
Special Indexes:
Band Conducting, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Opera Performance, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
The High Institute of Music was founded in 1990 by the Iraqi-born composer Solhi al-Wadi. It aims to “promote music in Syria by preparing a generation of music graduates who are able to carry the message of Arab and international music and work to enrich and develop it through preparing specialist...
Country:
TAIWAN
State:
City:
PINGTUNG
Special Indexes:
Band Conducting, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
Founded originally in 1940 as a Teachers’ College, this institution gained its current name and status in 2005. The Department of Music was established in 1993. There are several fine performance spaces. ...
Country:
TAIWAN
State:
City:
TAIPEI
Special Indexes:
Band Conducting, Choral Conducting, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
A private Christian university of Methodist heritage, founded in 1900. The music department was established in 1972. Facilities include a purpose-designed building with recital hall, fully-equipped computer music studio and Performing Arts Centre. ...
Country:
THAILAND
State:
City:
KHON KAEN
Special Indexes:
Band Conducting, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
This non-profit University was founded in 1964. There is a strong community outreach program and research programs into music of minority groups and music and medicine. The Faculty offers programs in printing, sculpture, visual communication and design as well as programs in Thai music, Western musi...
Country:
THAILAND
State:
City:
NAKHON PATHOM
Special Indexes:
Band Conducting, Choral Conducting, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Instrument Collections, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Music Theatre Performance, Music Therapy, Opera Performance, Orchestral Conducting, Sound Engineering, Traditional Instrument Performance, Wellness for Musicians
Notes:
The University was originally founded in 1889 as a medical school. Currently there are 14 faculties, six colleges, eight institutes and six centres all situated at three different localities in the greater Bangkok area. The College of Music was established in 1994 and was the first music conservator...
Country:
TURKEY (TÜRKIYE)
State:
City:
ESKIȘEHIR
Special Indexes:
Band Conducting, Choral Conducting, Instrument Making/Maintenance, Music Therapy, Opera Performance
Notes:
This State-run university was founded in 1958. The School of Music and Drama (the State Conservatory) was founded in 1986 and consists of departments of performing arts (drama and opera), music performance, and musical instrument construction (stringed instruments). Attached are three institutions a...
Country:
UKRAINE
State:
City:
CHERNIVTSI
Special Indexes:
Band Conducting, Choral Conducting, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
The University was founded in 1875 by the Emperor Franz Joseph of Austro-Hungary. It gained its current name and status in 2000. Language of instruction is Ukrainian. Member of the European University Association....
Country:
UNITED KINGDOM
State:
ENGLAND
City:
BIRMINGHAM
Special Indexes:
Band Conducting, Choral Conducting, Community Music Training, Eurhythmics/Dalcroze, Early Music Performance, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Instrument Collections, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Library Collections, Opera Performance, Orchestral Conducting, Sound Engineering, Wellness for Musicians
Notes:
The Birmingham Conservatoire can trace its history back to 1843. It became the music department of Birmingham City University in 1989 and later became the Royal Birmingham Conservatoire. There are departments of performance, composition, early music, jazz, vocal and operatic performance, orchestral ...
Country:
UNITED KINGDOM
State:
ENGLAND
City:
DURHAM
Special Indexes:
Band Conducting, Choral Conducting, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Instrument Collections, Library Collections, Personal Archives, Sound Engineering
Notes:
The university was founded in 1832 and the first music examinations took place at Durham in 1890. This is a collegiate university - the colleges are not teaching bodies, nor are they purely residential. Typically they provide a centre for students’ sporting, social and residential activities, and ...
Country:
UNITED KINGDOM
State:
ENGLAND
City:
UXBRIDGE
Special Indexes:
Band Conducting, Military Music Academies
Notes:
Royal Air Force Music Services consists of the Headquarters Music Services and four other Bands, each having their own ensembles of various sizes - the Central Band of the Royal Air Force, the Band of the Royal Air Force College, the Band of the Royal Air Force Regiment, the Royal Air Force Salon Or...
Country:
UNITED KINGDOM
State:
ENGLAND
City:
MINLEY
Special Indexes:
Arts Management/Music Management, Band Conducting, Instrument Collections, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Military Music Academies
Notes:
The British Army has 30 bands and employs some 1100 musicians. Kneller Hall, established in 1857, up until August 2021, offered music training for serving members of the army who join as band musicians. Since August 2021 the headquarters of the Royal Corps of Army Music has located to Gibraltar Barr...
Country:
UNITED KINGDOM
State:
ENGLAND
City:
PORTSMOUTH
Special Indexes:
Band Conducting, Instrument Making/Maintenance, Military Music Academies
Notes:
The Royal Naval School of Music was founded in 1903. It is the professional music service of the Royal Navy and Royal Marines and as such has an international reputation for the quality and variety of music it performs. In 1950 the School was re-named the Royal Marines School of Music. The versatili...
Country:
UNITED KINGDOM
State:
ENGLAND
City:
HULL
Special Indexes:
Band Conducting, Community Music Training, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Music Theatre Performance, Opera Performance, Sound Engineering
Notes:
The university was founded in 1927 as University College Hull and gained full university status in 1954. There are campuses in Hull and Scarborough. The Department of Music awards six music scholarships each year. Facilities include well-equipped recording studios and laboratories. Three new organs ...
Country:
UNITED KINGDOM
State:
ENGLAND
City:
SALFORD
Special Indexes:
Band Conducting, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Library Collections, Sound Engineering
Notes:
The University can trace its history back to 1896. The Music Department works in connection with the International Media Centre at the Adelphi Building. The Music, Media and Performing Arts Research Centre has a Brass Band Research Archive, a National Rock and Heavy Metal Archive and a popular music...
Country:
UNITED KINGDOM
State:
ENGLAND
City:
GUILDFORD
Special Indexes:
Arts Management/Music Management, Band Conducting, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Music Theatre Performance, Sound Engineering
Notes:
The University can trace its history back to 1894, and gained its current name and status in 1966. The department has particular strengths in performance studies, composition, nineteenth and twentieth century music, sound recording and audio engineering. There is an Institute of Sound Recording tha...
Country:
UNITED KINGDOM
State:
ENGLAND
City:
WALSALL
Special Indexes:
Band Conducting, Community Music Training, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Music Theatre Performance, Sound Engineering
Notes:
The University can trace its history back to 1851. The Department of Music has a state-of-the-art digital recording studio and a music technology suite. ...
Country:
UNITED KINGDOM
State:
SCOTLAND
City:
ABERDEEN
Special Indexes:
Band Conducting, Choral Conducting, Community Music Training, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Instrument Collections, Library Collections, Music Therapy, Sound Archives, Sound Engineering, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
The university was founded in 1495. There are state-of-the-art facilities for electroacoustic music, a world music centre, a theatre/concert hall, keyboard laboratory and a range of practice facilities. The Centre for Music Therapy houses many percussion instruments, and is used as a teaching base ...
Country:
UNITED KINGDOM
State:
WALES
City:
CARDIFF
Special Indexes:
Arts Management/Music Management, Band Conducting, Choral Conducting, Early Music Performance, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Music Theatre Performance, Opera Performance, Orchestral Conducting, Repetiteur Training/Coaching, Sound Engineering, Traditional Instrument Performance, Wellness for Musicians
Notes:
The Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama (Coleg Brenhinol Cerdd a Drama Cymru) was established as Wales’ national conservatoire for the performing arts in 1949 and gained its current name and status in 2002. It is set in Cardiff’s Castle grounds which are adjacent to the University, close to t...
Country:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
State:
ALABAMA
City:
JACKSONVILLE
Special Indexes:
Band Conducting, Choral Conducting, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Opera Performance
Notes:
A state-supported university, originally founded as a State normal school in 1883 and gained its current name and status in 1966. The Department of Music organises the Jacksonville Opera Theatre. Member of the National Association of Schools of Music....
Country:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
State:
ALABAMA
City:
TROY
Special Indexes:
Arts Management/Music Management, Band Conducting, Choral Conducting, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Music Theatre Performance, Sound Engineering
Notes:
Founded in 1887 as the State Normal School, Troy, this institution gained its current name and status in 1967. The John M Long School of Music forms part of the College of Communication and Fine Arts. Member of the National Association of Schools of Music....
Country:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
State:
ALABAMA
City:
TUSCALOOSA
Special Indexes:
Arts Management/Music Management, Band Conducting, Choral Conducting, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Music Therapy, Opera Performance, Sound Engineering
Notes:
A state-supported institution founded in 1820 and becoming Alabama's flagship university in 1831. The School of Music occupies the Frank Moody Music Building, opened in 1987, with its 1,000-seat concert hall and Holtkamp organ, as well as other fine performance and rehearsal spaces. There is an acti...
Country:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
State:
ALABAMA
City:
FLORENCE
Special Indexes:
Band Conducting, Choral Conducting, Music Theatre Performance, Opera Performance
Notes:
A state-supported university that can trace its history back to 1830, thus being the State’s oldest public university. Member of the National Association of Schools of Music. ...
Country:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
State:
ARIZONA
City:
TEMPE
Special Indexes:
Arts Management/Music Management, Band Conducting, Choral Conducting, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Instrument Collections, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Music Theatre Performance, Music Therapy, Opera Performance, Orchestral Conducting, Sound Engineering
Notes:
A state-supported university established in 1885 as a teachers’ college. It gained its current name and status in 1958. Facilities include several fine performance spaces, several electronic music research studios, the Ravenscroft Jazz Suite and music education and therapy laboratories. There is ...
Country:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
State:
ARIZONA
City:
FLAGSTAFF
Special Indexes:
Band Conducting, Choral Conducting, Community Music Training, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Opera Performance, Sound Engineering, Suzuki
Notes:
A state-supported university founded in 1899 as Northern Arizona Normal School. It gained its current name and status in 1966. The School of Music houses a number of fine performing spaces and operates a flourishing opera program. A preparatory school offers private music lessons as well as Suzuki v...
Country:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
State:
ARKANSAS
City:
JONESBORO
Special Indexes:
Band Conducting, Choral Conducting, Opera Performance
Notes:
This University is the flagship campus of the Arkansas State University System. It was founded in 1909. The College of Fine Arts offers programs in art, music and theatre. The Fowler Center, a new performing arts facility, contains a 925-seat concert hall, a 400-seat theatre and a 100-seat black bo...
Country:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
State:
ARKANSAS
City:
MAGNOLIA
Special Indexes:
Band Conducting, Choral Conducting, Music Theatre Performance
Notes:
The University was established in 1909 as an agricultural high school. It gained its current name and status in 1975. Member of the National Association of Schools of Music....
Country:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
State:
ARKANSAS
City:
CONWAY
Special Indexes:
Band Conducting, Choral Conducting, Jazz/Popular Music Performance
Notes:
A state-supported university founded in 1907. The Snow Fine Arts Center houses some fine performance spaces and a well-equipped music computer laboratory. There is an active Community School of Music providing activities for young people of the local community. Member of the National Association of...
Country:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
State:
ARKANSAS
City:
CLARKSVILLE
Special Indexes:
Band Conducting, Choral Conducting, Church Music/Religious Music, Programs for the Handicapped
Notes:
A private university that can trace its history back to 1834. It is affiliated with the Presbyterian Church (USA) and is located at the foot of the Ozark Mountains, about 100 miles west of Little Rock. It is the oldest institution of higher education in the Arkansas/Oklahoma territory and the first ...
Country:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
State:
CALIFORNIA
City:
AZUSA
Special Indexes:
Band Conducting, Choral Conducting, Church Music/Religious Music, Opera Performance
Notes:
A private evangelical Christian university that can trace its history back to 1899. It gained its current name and status in 1981. The Warren Music Building houses 22 practice rooms and an electronic music lab. The University is located 26 miles northeast of the Los Angeles metropolitan area. There...
Country:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
State:
CALIFORNIA
City:
LA MIRADA
Special Indexes:
Band Conducting, Choral Conducting, Church Music/Religious Music, Music Therapy
Notes:
A private nondenominational evangelical Christian university founded in 1908. There are state-of-the-art music technology and recording arts studios. Member of the National Association of Schools of Music....
Country:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
State:
CALIFORNIA
City:
RIVERSIDE
Special Indexes:
Band Conducting, Choral Conducting, Church Music/Religious Music, Library Collections
Notes:
A private liberal arts college founded in 1950 by the California Southern Baptist Convention. Facilities include a state-of-the-art music technology laboratory as well as the Annie Gabriel Library housing the S.E. Boyd Smith Hymnal Collection. Member of the National Association of Schools of Music...
Country:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
State:
CALIFORNIA
City:
TURLOCK
Special Indexes:
Band Conducting, Choral Conducting, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Opera Performance
Notes:
The University was established in 1957 as Stanislaus State College. It gained its current name and status in 1985. The College of the Arts was created in 2006 to encompass the departments of art, music and theatre. Member of the California State University system. Member of the National Association...
Country:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
State:
CALIFORNIA
City:
CHICO
Special Indexes:
Band Conducting, Choral Conducting, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Music Theatre Performance, Sound Engineering
Notes:
The University was founded in 1887 and gained its current and status in 1972. The music department is located in the Performing Arts Center, with a number of fine performance spaces as well as music technology labs, recording and electronic music studios. Member of the California State University sy...
Country:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
State:
CALIFORNIA
City:
FRESNO
Special Indexes:
Band Conducting, Choral Conducting, Jazz/Popular Music Performance
Notes:
Founded in 1911 as Fresno Normal School, this institution gained university status in 1949 under the name of California State University, Fresno. The title 'Fresno State' is frequently used by many, both names now being considered interchangeable. The College of Arts and Humanities offers programs i...
Country:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
State:
CALIFORNIA
City:
FULLERTON
Special Indexes:
Band Conducting, Choral Conducting, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Opera Performance, Orchestral Conducting
Notes:
The University was founded in 1957 and gained its current name and status in 1972. The College of the Arts offers programs in music, visual arts and theatre and dance. The music department sees its particular strengths as in the opera workshop program, the choral program, the band program and the te...
Country:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
State:
CALIFORNIA
City:
LONG BEACH
Special Indexes:
Band Conducting, Choral Conducting, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Kodály, Music Theatre Performance, Opera Performance
Notes:
Originally founded in 1949 as Los Angeles-Orange County State College, this institution gained its current name and status in 1971. The College of the Arts offers programs in art, dance, design, film and electronic arts, theatre arts and music. It houses the University Art Museum and the Carpenter P...
Country:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
State:
CALIFORNIA
City:
LOS ANGELES
Special Indexes:
Band Conducting, Choral Conducting, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Library Collections, Personal Archives
Notes:
The University was founded in 1947. The College of Arts and Letters offers programs in art, communication studies, languages, liberal studies, philosophy, music, theatre and dance, and television, film & media studies. Facilities include the Luckman Fine Arts Complex with fine performing spaces...
Country:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
State:
CALIFORNIA
City:
NORTHRIDGE
Special Indexes:
Arts Management/Music Management, Band Conducting, Choral Conducting, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Music Therapy, Opera Performance, Wellness for Musicians
Notes:
The University was founded in 1958 and gained its current name and status in 1972. The College of Arts, Media and Communication offers programs in art, cinema and television arts, communication studies, journalism, music and theatre. The Music Department is housed in Cypress Hall with several fine ...
Country:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
State:
CALIFORNIA
City:
SACRAMENTO
Special Indexes:
Band Conducting, Choral Conducting, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Jazz/Popular Music Performance
Notes:
The University was established in 1947 and gained its current name and status in 1972. It is sometimes known as ‘Sacramento State’, or ‘Sac State’. The music department organises an annual summer conducting workshop as well as a string project of violin and cello performance for young peopl...
Country:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
State:
CALIFORNIA
City:
SAN BERNARDINO
Special Indexes:
Band Conducting, Choral Conducting, Opera Performance
Notes:
The University was founded in 1965 and was granted its current name and status in 1984. There is an active opera program. Member of the California State University system. ...