Country:
ITALY
State:
TREVISO
City:
CASTELFRANCO VENETO
Special Indexes:
Choral Conducting, Early Music Performance, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Opera Performance, Orchestral Conducting
Notes:
The Conservatorio was founded in 1969 as a branch of the Conservatorio in Venice, but gained independence in 1980. There is a preparatory program for students wishing to enter the professional program. The Conservatorio also offers music tuition to children from age 9 and to interested members of t...
Country:
ITALY
State:
TUSCANY
City:
FLORENCE (FIRENZE)
Special Indexes:
Choral Conducting, Early Music Performance, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Opera Performance, Orchestral Conducting
Notes:
The Conservatorio can trace its history back to 1849. It offers programs in music, literature and arts. The MART Lab is a collaboration between the Conservatorio, the National Research Council and other similar bodies, aiming to recover and restore audio magnetic media and sound recordings. It is al...
Country:
ITALY
State:
TUSCANY
City:
SIENA
Special Indexes:
Early Music Performance, Instrument Collections, Orchestral Conducting
Notes:
The Fondazione Accademia Musical Chigiana (Chigiana Academy Music Foundation) is a private institution founded in 1932 with the aim of organising master classes for performers. It offers advanced programs in composition, courses in orchestral conducting, chamber music, music history and aesthetics, ...
Country:
ITALY
State:
TUSCANY
City:
LIVORNO
Special Indexes:
Band Conducting, Choral Conducting, Early Music Performance, Jazz/Popular Music Performance
Notes:
This music school was founded in 1953. In addition to the professional programs the Institute offers music tuition to children and interested members of the local community. An active member of the Association Européenne des Conservatoires, Académies de Musique et Musikhochschulen....
Country:
ITALY
State:
UMBRIA
City:
PERUGIA
Special Indexes:
Choral Conducting, Early Music Performance, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Opera Performance
Notes:
The Conservatorio can trace its history back over 200 years and gained its current name and status in 1999. It offers preparatory programs to students wishing to enter the professional program. An attached secondary school provides music programs to its students. In addition to the professional pro...
Country:
ITALY
State:
VENETO
City:
VICENZA
Special Indexes:
Band Conducting, Choral Conducting, Church Music/Religious Music, Early Music Performance, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Opera Performance
Notes:
The Conservatorio was founded in 1867. It offers a preparatory program for students wishing to enter the professional program. It also offers music tuition to young people and interested members of the local community. An active member of the Association Européenne des Conservatoires, Académies ...
Country:
ITALY
State:
VENETO
City:
VENICE (VENEZIA)
Special Indexes:
Choral Conducting, Early Music Performance, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Opera Performance, Orchestral Conducting
Notes:
The Conservatorio can trace its history back to 1876. It gained its current name and status in 1940. In addition to the professional programs the Conservatorio offers music tuition to young people and interested members of the local community. An active member of the Association Européenne des Cons...
Country:
ITALY
State:
VENETO
City:
PADUA (PADOVA)
Special Indexes:
Choral Conducting, Early Music Performance, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Opera Performance, Programs for the Handicapped
Notes:
The Conservatorio can trace its history back to 1577. There is a junior department offering string music tuition ('Violinolandia') to children from the age of five years. There is a branch office in Via Bertacchi 15, Padua. An active member of the Association Européenne des Conservatoires, Académi...
Country:
ITALY
State:
VENETO
City:
VERONA
Special Indexes:
Choral Conducting, Church Music/Religious Music, Early Music Performance, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Music Therapy, Opera Performance
Notes:
Originally founded in 1927, the Conservatorio gained its current name and status in 1968. There is a preparatory program for students wishing to enter the professional program. The Conservatorio also offers music tuition to young people and interested members of the local community. An active membe...
Country:
ITALY
State:
VENETO
City:
ROVIGO
Special Indexes:
Choral Conducting, Early Music Performance, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Opera Performance
Notes:
The Conservatorio was established in its present form in 1980. A preparatory program is offered to students wishing to enter the professional program. There is an attached secondary school that offers a specialisation in music performance as well as general subjects. An active member of the Associ...
Country:
JAPAN
State:
HIROSHIMA PREFECTURE
City:
HIROSHIMA
Special Indexes:
Choral Conducting, Church Music/Religious Music, Eurhythmics/Dalcroze, Early Music Performance, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Instrument Collections, Music Therapy, Orchestral Conducting, Orff Schulwerk, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
A private co-educational Jesuit music university affiliated with the Vatican's Istituto Pontifizio di Musica Sacra in Rome. Founded in 1948, it gained its current name and status in 1963. There are two departments: a) Music Performance, and b) Cultural Music (music culture, teacher training). The un...
Country:
JAPAN
State:
KANAGAWA PREFECTURE
City:
YOKOHAMA
Special Indexes:
Arts Management/Music Management, Band Conducting, Choral Conducting, Church Music/Religious Music, Early Music Performance, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Institutions for Women Only, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Opera Performance, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
This is a private Protestant Christian university for women founded in 1950, and gained its current name and status in 1965. It has two campuses in the Yokohama area. Historically the University grew from a small private school for girls in Yokohama founded in 1870, and was the first such school in ...
Country:
JAPAN
State:
KANAGAWA PREFECTURE
City:
ATSUGI
Special Indexes:
Arts Management/Music Management, Choral Conducting, Early Music Performance, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Music Theatre Performance, Music Therapy, Opera Conducting, Opera Performance, Orchestral Conducting, Sound Engineering
Notes:
This private co-educational music academy can trace its history back to 1930 and gained its current name and status in 1984. The academy places particular emphasis on vocal music and study of Western opera and has established an Opera Research Centre which co-operates with the Japan Opera Foundation...
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:
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:
Arts Management/Music Management, Early Music Performance, Instrument Collections, Library Collections, Opera Performance, Sound Engineering
Notes:
A private co-educational music academy founded in 1929 and regarded as equivalent to a university. There are campuses in Tokyo (the Ekoda campus) for third and fourth year and graduate students, and in Iruma (in Saitama prefecture on the outskirts of Tokyo, opened in 1971) for first and second year ...
Country:
JAPAN
State:
TOKYO PREFECTURE
City:
TOKYO
Special Indexes:
Choral Conducting, Early Music Performance, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Opera Performance, Orchestral Conducting, Sound Archives
Notes:
A private co-educational music college founded in 1961 though it can trace its history back to 1948. It is located about five minutes’ walk from Sengawa station on the Keio Line, and about half an hour by train from Shinjuku. The College is renowned for the quality of its training in performance, ...
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:
TOKYO PREFECTURE
City:
TOKYO
Special Indexes:
Early Music Performance, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Instrument Collections, Library Collections
Notes:
A private university founded in 1904 as a school for young women, but now a co-educational institution. The Faculty of Music was established in 1958. There are two campuses - in Ueno (central Tokyo) and in Soka (in Saitama prefecture). Music courses are offered through both the Faculty of Music and ...
Country:
LATVIA
State:
City:
RĪGA
Special Indexes:
Band Conducting, Choral Conducting, Early Music Performance, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Opera Performance, Sound Engineering
Notes:
The Academy was founded in 1919 with the name of Riga Conservatory and is currently regarded as equivalent to a university. There are departments of piano, string and wind instruments, voice, accompaniment, chamber music, jazz, conducting, early music, music technology, composition, musicology and m...
Country:
LATVIA
State:
City:
RIGA
Special Indexes:
Early Music Performance
Notes:
The Riga Early Music Centre in Latvia is leading organizer of early music activities in the Baltic States. The ‘EEEMERGING+ project is a European co-operative venture promoting the emergence of new talent in early music, running from 2019 to 2023, supported by the ‘Creative Europe’ program of ...
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:
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:
LUXEMBOURG
State:
City:
CITY OF LUXEMBOURG
Special Indexes:
Choral Conducting, Early Music Performance, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Opera Performance, Orchestral Conducting, Wellness for Musicians
Notes:
The Conservatoire can trace its history back to 1906. There are schools of dance, drama and music. The School offers courses in all aspects of music. It specialises in opera and lied, percussion and jazz. Facilities include a fine concert hall. There is a collection of early instruments. In addition...
Country:
MADEIRA ISLANDS
State:
City:
FUNCHAL
Special Indexes:
Early Music Performance, Jazz/Popular Music Performance
Notes:
The Madeira Islands are Portuguese territories. The Conservatorio was founded in 1946. In 2000 with the addition of theatre and dance to the program it gained its current name and status. At this time a professional section was included, enabling students to gain a professional certificate at year 1...
Country:
MEXICO
State:
FEDERAL DISTRICT OF MEXICO
City:
MEXICO CITY
Special Indexes:
Early Music Performance, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Instrument Making/Maintenance, Opera Performance
Notes:
The University can trace its history back to 1551 but was granted its current name and status in 1910. It operates on other campuses throughout Mexico. The ethnomusicology program is the only one of its kind in Mexico. The School of Music has an 'Iniciación Musical' program providing basic music tr...
Country:
MONACO
State:
City:
MONACO
Special Indexes:
Choral Conducting, Early Music Performance, Instrument Making/Maintenance, Jazz/Popular Music Performance
Notes:
The Academy of Music was founded in 1977. It provides free music tuition to students aged between 5 and 27 years residing in the Principality of Monaco and its immediate surroundings. Those living beyond this area are required to audition for places. There are programs in music and theatre, with th...
Country:
NETHERLANDS
State:
City:
AMSTERDAM
Special Indexes:
Band Conducting, Choral Conducting, Church Music/Religious Music, Early Music Performance, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Music Theatre Performance, Opera Performance, Orchestral Conducting, Programs for the Handicapped, Sound Engineering, Wellness for Musicians
Notes:
A merger of the Conservatorium of Amsterdam, Hilversum Conservatory and Sweelinck Conservatory in 1998 formed the Music Faculty of the Amsterdam School of the Arts. This is the largest conservatory in Holland, and is located next door to the Concertgebouw. There are faculties of music, dance, drama,...
Country:
NETHERLANDS
State:
City:
TILBURG
Special Indexes:
Arts Management/Music Management, Band Conducting, Choral Conducting, Early Music Performance, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Music Theatre Performance, Orchestral Conducting
Notes:
This private University’s arts sector (Fontys Hogeschool voor de Kunsten) comprises academies of dance, drama, fine arts, circus arts, architecture and Fontys Conservatorium of Music. The Conservatorium (formerly known as Brabants Conservatorium) offers programs in all aspects of popular and jazz...
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:
UTRECHT
Special Indexes:
Arts Management/Music Management, Choral Conducting, Church Music/Religious Music, Early Music Performance, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Sound Engineering
Notes:
The School of the Arts was founded in 1987 and has departments of visual arts and design, theatre, music, arts management and media and technology. The Faculty of Music comprises the Utrechts Conservatorium, the Netherlands Institute for Church Music and the Netherlands Carillon School (Nederlandse ...
Country:
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:
NEW ZEALAND
State:
NORTH ISLAND
City:
WELLINGTON
Special Indexes:
Early Music Performance, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Instrument Collections, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Music Therapy, Opera Performance, Orchestral Conducting, Sound Engineering
Notes:
Victoria University was founded in 1897. The School of Music (Te Kōkī) was formed in 2006 from the combination of the Conservatorium of Music at Massey University with the School of Music at Victoria University. The School is based at the Wellington campus but also offers programs at the Albany ca...
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:
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:
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:
POLAND
State:
City:
BYDGOSZCZ
Special Indexes:
Arts Management/Music Management, Band Conducting, Choral Conducting, Church Music/Religious Music, Early Music Performance, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Opera Performance, Orchestral Conducting, Sound Engineering
Notes:
The Academy of Music ’Felix Nowowiejski’ in Bydgoszcz (Akademia Muzyczna im Feliksa Nowowiejskiego’) was established in 1979 and is regarded as being of university level. It has four campuses scattered around the City of Bydgoszcz, housing several fine performance spaces and a well-equipped au...
Country:
POLAND
State:
City:
POZNAŃ
Special Indexes:
Choral Conducting, Church Music/Religious Music, Eurhythmics/Dalcroze, Early Music Performance, Instrument Collections, Instrument Making/Maintenance, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Opera Conducting, Opera Performance, Orchestral Conducting
Notes:
The Paderewske Academy of Music (Akademia Muzyczna im. Ignacego Jana Paderewskiego w Poznaniu) was founded in 1920 and has a branch in Szczecin. It gained its current name and status in 1982 and is regarded as equivalent in status to a university. There are five faculties: • Faculty of Composition...
Country:
POLAND
State:
City:
WROCŁAW
Special Indexes:
Choral Conducting, Church Music/Religious Music, Early Music Performance, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Music Therapy, Opera Conducting, Opera Performance, Orchestral Conducting
Notes:
The Karol Lipinski Academy of Music (Akademia Muzyczna im. Karola Lipińskiego) can trace its history back to 1948. It is regarded as equivalent to a university and gained its current name and status in 1981. There are four faculties: • Faculty of Composition, Conducting, Theory of Music and Music...
Country:
POLAND
State:
City:
KATOWICE
Special Indexes:
Choral Conducting, Church Music/Religious Music, Early Music Performance, Eurhythmics/Dalcroze, Instrument Collections, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Library Collections, Music Therapy, Opera Conducting, Opera Performance, Orchestral Conducting
Notes:
The Academy of Music Karol Szymanowski (Akademia Muzyczna im. Karola Szymanowskiego) was founded in 1929. It is regarded as equivalent to a university. There are four departments: • Department of Composition, Conducting, Theory, Music Education and Music Therapy; • Department of Jazz and Popular...
Country:
POLAND
State:
City:
KRAKÓW
Special Indexes:
Arts Management/Music Management, Church Music/Religious Music, Early Music Performance, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Eurhythmics/Dalcroze, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Library Collections, Music Therapy, Opera Performance, Orchestral Conducting
Notes:
The Academy of Music (Akademia Muzyczna im. Krzysztofa Pendereckiego) was founded in 1888. It is regarded as equivalent to a university and gained its current name and status in 1979. Krzysztof Penderecki is a former Rector of the Academy. There are three faculties: • Faculty of Composition, Inte...
Country:
POLAND
State:
City:
GDAŃSK
Special Indexes:
Choral Conducting, Church Music/Religious Music, Early Music Performance, Eurhythmics/Dalcroze, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Library Collections, Opera Conducting, Opera Performance, Orchestral Conducting
Notes:
The Stanislaw Moniuszko Academy (Akademia Muzyczna im. Stanisława Moniuszki) was founded in 1947 and currently occupies a new purpose-built premises with a fine concert hall and well-equipped recording studio. It is regarded as equivalent to a university. There are four departments: • Department ...
Country:
POLAND
State:
City:
WARSAW
Special Indexes:
Choral Conducting, Church Music/Religious Music, Early Music Performance, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Eurhythmics/Dalcroze, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Library Collections, Opera Conducting, Opera Performance, Orchestral Conducting, Sound Archives, Sound Engineering
Notes:
The Frederic Chopin University of Music (Uniwersytet Muzycznay im. Fryderyka Chopina) is one of the oldest music academies in Europe, being founded in 1810, and gaining its current name and status in 2008. Postgraduate courses are available only to Polish and European Union citizens (with proof of k...
Country:
POLAND
State:
City:
POZNAŃ
Special Indexes:
Early Music Performance, Instrument Collections, Instrument Making/Maintenance, Library Collections, Personal Archives, Research-only Institutions, Sound Archives
Notes:
The Museum of Musical Instruments was established in 1945 as a section of the National Museum of Poznan and was re-opened in a splendidly restored arrangement in 2019. Not a teaching institution, the Museum is the only one of its kind in Poland, and one of the few in Europe. It runs courses in organ...
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:
PORTUGAL
State:
MADEIRA ISLANDS
City:
FUNCHAL
Special Indexes:
Early Music Performance, Jazz/Popular Music Performance
Notes:
The Madeira Islands are Portuguese territories. The Conservatorio was founded in 1946. In 2000 with the addition of theatre and dance to the program it gained its current name and status. At this time a professional section was included, enabling students to gain a professional certificate at year 1...
Country:
PORTUGAL
State:
PORTO METROPOLITAN AREA
City:
OPORTO (PORTO)
Special Indexes:
Early Music Performance, Instrument Collections, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Music Theatre Performance, Opera Performance, Sound Engineering
Notes:
The Instituto Politécnico de Port can trace its history back to 1852. It was given its current name and status in 1985 with the integration of the School of Education and the School of Music. The Instituto hosts departments of music, musical theatre and dance. Facilities include a professional thea...
Country:
RUSSIA
State:
City:
KAZAN
Special Indexes:
Choral Conducting, Early Music Performance, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Instrument Making/Maintenance, Opera Performance, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
The Conservatoire was founded in 1945. It is situated in the Middle Volga region in a multi-ethnic area, and trains students from Russia, China, Korea, Japan and other countries both in Western and Tatar music cultures. There is a separate Faculty of Bashkir Music, established in 1996, which include...
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:
SERBIA
State:
City:
NIŠ
Special Indexes:
Choral Conducting, Early Music Performance, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Sound Engineering
Notes:
The University was founded in 1965 and the Faculty of Fine Arts was established in 2002, with three divisions - visual arts, applied arts and music. The Faculty of Teacher Training organises teacher training programs in various other towns of Serbia. 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:
SLOVAK REPUBLIC
State:
City:
BRATISLAVA
Special Indexes:
Arts Management/Music Management, Choral Conducting, Early Music Performance, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Opera Performance, Orchestral Conducting
Notes:
The Academy, founded in June 1949, comprises faculties of music and dance, theatre, and film and television. The Faculty of Music and Dance is the most prestigious of Slovak Republic’s music education institutions. There is an opera program with regular opera performances. A department of early mu...
Country:
SLOVAKIA
State:
City:
BRATISLAVA
Special Indexes:
Choral Conducting, Church Music/Religious Music, Early Music Performance, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Opera Performance, Orchestral Conducting
Notes:
The Academy, founded in June 1949, is a university comprising a Faculty of Music and Dance, a Faculty of Theatre and a Faculty of Film and Television. There is an opera program with regular opera performances. Overseas students have access to short performance master courses. The Faculty organises a...
Country:
SLOVAKIA
State:
City:
BRATISLAVA
Special Indexes:
Early Music Performance, Ethnomusicology/World Music
Notes:
The University was founded in 1919 and is the oldest university in Slovakia, the Department of Musicology following soon after, in 1921. Research areas include early music, history of jazz and popular music in Central Europe, systematic musicology, mathematical music theory, aesthetics, and history ...
Country:
SOUTH AFRICA
State:
WESTERN CAPE
City:
STELLENBOSCH
Special Indexes:
Choral Conducting, Church Music/Religious Music, Community Music Training, Early Music Performance, Instrument Collections, Sound Engineering
Notes:
The university was first established as Stellenbosch College in 1881 and gained its current name and status in 1918. The Department of Music was established in 1934. It is an interdisciplinary research, teaching and service institution which includes units for community music, music technology, film...
Country:
SPAIN
State:
ANDALUSIA
City:
SEVILLA (SEVILLE)
Special Indexes:
Choral Conducting, Early Music Performance, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Opera Performance
Notes:
The Conservatorio can trace its history back to 1933. It organises a baroque orchestra. An active member of the Association Européenne des Conservatoires, Académies de Musique et Musikhochschulen....
Country:
SPAIN
State:
BALEARIC ISLANDS
City:
PALMA DE MALLORCA
Special Indexes:
Early Music Performance, Jazz/Popular Music Performance
Notes:
The Conservatorio can trace its history back to 1881, but it gained its current name and status in 1999. There are three campuses: • Mallorca: Carrer del Capitan Salom 64, 07004 Palma de Mallorca, Illes Balears Tel +34 971 498 935 Fax +34 971 498 936 Email: secretari@conservatorisuperior.com •...
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:
CANARY ISLANDS (CANARIAS)
City:
LAS PALMAS
Special Indexes:
Early Music Performance, Jazz/Popular Music Performance
Notes:
The Conservatory was founded in 2002. It offers programs in performance to young people from age 7 and to interested members of the local community. Activities include instrumental ensembles, choir, music history, theory. ...
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:
CATALONIA (CATALUÑA)
City:
BARCELONA
Special Indexes:
Arts Management/Music Management, Choral Conducting, Early Music Performance, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Music Therapy, Orchestral Conducting, Sound Engineering, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
The Escola Superior de Musica de Catalunya (ESMUC) was established in 2001. There are departments of performance, traditional music, jazz, early music, musicology, management, pedagogy, theory, composition and conducting. In addition to the professional programs the School offers performance tuition...
Country:
SPAIN
State:
CATALONIA (CATALUÑA)
City:
BARCELONA
Special Indexes:
Arts Management/Music Management, Early Music Performance, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Jazz/Popular Music Performance
Notes:
The University was founded in 1968. Practical music courses are taken in collaboration with the Escola Superior de Música de Catalunya. There is a musicological research institute Institut de Documentación i d’Investigacións Musicologiques ‘Josep Ricart i Matas’. ...
Country:
SPAIN
State:
GALICIA
City:
LA CORUÑA
Special Indexes:
Choral Conducting, Early Music Performance, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Opera Performance, Orchestral Conducting, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
A government conservatory. An active member of the Association Européenne des Conservatoires, Académies de Musique et Musikhochschulen. ...
Country:
SPAIN
State:
GALICIA
City:
VIGO
Special Indexes:
Early Music Performance, Ethnomusicology/World Music
Notes:
This public Conservatorio was established in 1956. 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:
SPAIN
State:
PROVINCE OF MADRID
City:
MADRID
Special Indexes:
Choral Conducting, Early Music Performance, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Instrument Collections, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Opera Performance, Orchestral Conducting, Repetiteur Training/Coaching, Sound Engineering, Traditional Instrument Performance, Wellness for Musicians
Notes:
The Royal Conservatorio was founded in 1830 and established in its current form in 1990. There are departments of performance, early music, composition, musicology and pedagogy. The building houses a number of fine performance spaces. Instruction is given at the levels of elementary (beginning at e...
Country:
SPAIN
State:
VALENCIA
City:
CASTELLÓN
Special Indexes:
Choral Conducting, Early Music Performance, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Orchestral Conducting
Notes:
This private Conservatorio was established in 1998. An active member of the Association Européenne des Conservatoires, Académies de Musique et Musikhochschulen. ...
Country:
SWEDEN
State:
City:
STOCKHOLM
Special Indexes:
Choral Conducting, Church Music/Religious Music, Eurhythmics/Dalcroze, Early Music Performance, Instrument Making/Maintenance, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Music Therapy, Orchestral Conducting, Repetiteur Training/Coaching, Sound Engineering, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
This Royal College of Music, founded in 1771, is an independent college, financed both by private funds and the state. It is housed at the University of Stockholm. The College offers in-service training courses for professional musicians and music teachers, some by distance-mode. The Nordic Perform...
Country:
SWITZERLAND
State:
City:
GENÈVE - NEUCHÂTEL
Special Indexes:
Arts Management/Music Management, Choral Conducting, Early Music Performance, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Eurhythmics/Dalcroze, Opera Performance, Orchestral Conducting
Notes:
The Geneva-Neuchâtel Higher School of Music (HEM), founded in 1835, forms part of the University of Applied Sciences of Western Switzerland which itself was founded in 1998 with the merger of a number of higher-level institutions in various areas of training. This HEM is the oldest institution of m...
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:
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:
TAIWAN
State:
City:
KAOHSIUNG
Special Indexes:
Arts Management/Music Management, Early Music Performance, Instrument Collections, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
The University can trace its history back to 1924. Its new Taiwan campus was established in 1980. The bachelor’s degree program in music was established in 1989, the master’s program in 1994. There is an Institute of Arts Management with studies in cultural administration, staging of exhibitions...
Country:
UKRAINE
State:
City:
KIEV
Special Indexes:
Choral Conducting, Early Music Performance, Opera Performance, Orchestral Conducting, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
The Academy was originally founded in 1913 as the ‘P I Tchaikovsky’ Conservatory of Music. It gained its current name and status in 1995. There are eight departments: piano, orchestral instruments, conducting, voice, music history and theory, composition, music education and pedagogy, and direct...
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:
ALDEBURGH
Special Indexes:
Early Music Performance
Notes:
The Programme was founded in 1972, since when it has grown into a flourishing training centre, attracting student singers, instrumentalists, composers and young professional musicians from across the world to work with leading conductors, soloists and orchestral musicians in both the Britten-Pears O...
Country:
UNITED KINGDOM
State:
ENGLAND
City:
LONDON
Special Indexes:
Early Music Performance, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Instrument Collections, Sound Engineering, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
City, University of London was founded in 1894 as the Northampton Institute. It gained its current name and status in 1966 and has been a constituent college of the University of London since 2016. Facilities include well-equipped sound recording and electroacoustic music studios, an early music ro...
Country:
UNITED KINGDOM
State:
ENGLAND
City:
COLCHESTER
Special Indexes:
Arts Management/Music Management, Early Music Performance, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Music Theatre Performance, Sound Engineering
Notes:
All programs at the Colchester Institute are validated by the University of Essex. There are campuses at Colchester, Braintree and Clacton. The Music School offers a foundation degree in popular music to prepare students for entry to professional music courses. Facilities include an auditorium, wel...
Country:
UNITED KINGDOM
State:
ENGLAND
City:
LONDON
Special Indexes:
Arts Management/Music Management, Community Music Training, Early Music Performance, Instrument Collections, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Kodály, Library Collections, Music Therapy, Opera Performance, Orchestral Conducting, Public Examinations in Music, Repetiteur Training/Coaching, Wellness for Musicians
Notes:
The Guildhall School was founded in 1880 by the City of London Corporation, and is distinctive in being both a music school and a drama school, as well as offering programs in professional development and music therapy. All undergraduate students have experience of work in the community, and post-gr...
Country:
UNITED KINGDOM
State:
ENGLAND
City:
LONDON
Special Indexes:
Community Music Training, Early Music Performance, Instrument Collections, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Library Collections, Music Theatre Performance, Opera Performance, Orchestral Conducting, Personal Archives, Public Examinations in Music, Repetiteur Training/Coaching, Wellness for Musicians
Notes:
The Royal Academy, founded in 1822, is the oldest institution for advanced music training in the United Kingdom. It is a full member of the University of London and all graduates are awarded University of London degrees. The Centre for Advanced Performance Studies is run jointly by the Royal Academy...
Country:
UNITED KINGDOM
State:
ENGLAND
City:
LONDON
Special Indexes:
Choral Conducting, Early Music Performance, Instrument Collections, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Library Collections, Music Therapy, Opera Performance, Orchestral Conducting, Programs for the Handicapped, Public Examinations in Music, Wellness for Musicians
Notes:
The Royal College of Music was founded in 1882. It houses some fine performing spaces. Students in years three and four of the Bachelor of Music program have the opportunity to study abroad for an extended period. The College has a valuable and growing collection of historic musical instruments (Wes...
Country:
UNITED KINGDOM
State:
ENGLAND
City:
MANCHESTER
Special Indexes:
Church Music/Religious Music, Eurhythmics/Dalcroze, Early Music Performance, Instrument Collections, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Kodály, Opera Performance, Orchestral Conducting, Wellness for Musicians
Notes:
The Royal Northern College of Music was established in 1973 following the merger of the Royal Manchester College of Music and the Northern School of Music. The College is organised into schools of study: academic, composition and contemporary music, keyboard, strings, wind, brass and percussion, voc...
Country:
UNITED KINGDOM
State:
ENGLAND
City:
GREENWICH
Special Indexes:
Choral Conducting, Early Music Performance, Instrument Collections, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Music Theatre Performance, Opera Performance, Orchestral Conducting, Wellness for Musicians
Notes:
Founded in 1872, Trinity College of Music is an independent foundation receiving a government grant. In 2005 Trinity College of Music and Laban contemporary dance programs merged to form Trinity Laban, the United Kingdom's first conservatoire of music and contemporary dance. Music programs are deliv...
Country:
UNITED KINGDOM
State:
ENGLAND
City:
BIRMINGHAM
Special Indexes:
Choral Conducting, Early Music Performance, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Instrument Collections, Library Collections, Music Theatre Performance, Opera Performance, Personal Archives, Sound Engineering, Wellness for Musicians
Notes:
Sir Edward Elgar was appointed the university’s first professor of music in 1905. The university has a department of drama and theatre arts, enabling music students to take courses in drama and to participate in opera and music theatre. Performance tuition is normally taken at the Birmingham Conse...
Country:
UNITED KINGDOM
State:
ENGLAND
City:
BRISTOL
Special Indexes:
Choral Conducting, Early Music Performance
Notes:
The University can trace its history back to 1595. Facilities in the Department of Music's Victoria Rooms include a theatre/concert hall, a recital room, an electronic/recording studio, a computer/video room, a chamber organ and a harpsichord. There is a Centre for the History of Music in Britain, t...
Country:
UNITED KINGDOM
State:
ENGLAND
City:
CAMBRIDGE
Special Indexes:
Community Music Training, Early Music Performance, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Instrument Collections, Library Collections, Personal Archives, Sound Archives, Sound Engineering
Notes:
Founded in 1209 this is one of the oldest and most famous university music departments in the world. It is a Collegiate university comprising 31 colleges where students live, eat and socialise and where students receive small group teaching sessions. Each college is an independent institution with i...
Country:
UNITED KINGDOM
State:
ENGLAND
City:
HUDDERSFIELD
Special Indexes:
Early Music Performance, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Sound Engineering
Notes:
The University can trace its history back to 1824. It has campuses in Huddersfield, Barnsley and Oldham. In the music department the emphasis is on creative music making and twentieth century music. The music department is housed in the new Creative Arts Building. Facilities include state-of-the-art...
Country:
UNITED KINGDOM
State:
ENGLAND
City:
MANCHESTER
Special Indexes:
Early Music Performance, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Instrument Collections, Sound Engineering
Notes:
The University of Manchester can trace its history back to 1824. It was formed in 2004 with the merger of the University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology and the Victoria University of Manchester. Music programs are taken at the Martin Harris Centre for Music and Drama which houses ...
Country:
UNITED KINGDOM
State:
ENGLAND
City:
LONDON
Special Indexes:
Choral Conducting, Early Music Performance, Instrument Collections, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Music Therapy, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
The University of Roehampton was formally established in 2004, though it can trace its history back to 1840s. It consists of four colleges – Digby Stuart, Froebel, Southlands and Whitelands. The Music Department is located at Southlands College where facilities include a concert hall, a keyboard l...
Country:
UNITED KINGDOM
State:
ENGLAND
City:
SOUTHAMPTON
Special Indexes:
Arts Management/Music Management, Early Music Performance, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Instrument Collections, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Library Collections, Music Theatre Performance, Opera Performance
Notes:
The University of Southampton can trace its history back to 1862. The music department has a collection of historical and modern keyboard instruments, early stringed and wind instruments, modern orchestral instruments and a wide range of percussion instruments. Facilities include a purpose-built con...
Country:
UNITED KINGDOM
State:
ENGLAND
City:
YORK
Special Indexes:
Choral Conducting, Church Music/Religious Music, Community Music Training, Early Music Performance, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Instrument Collections, Music Theatre Performance, Opera Performance, Orchestral Conducting, Sound Engineering
Notes:
The University was founded in the early 1960s. It participates in the ERASMUS scheme in which students may spend part of their time at a partner European university, counting the study abroad as part of the degree at York. The Music Department is centred on the Lyons Concert Hall and runs an acclaim...
Country:
UNITED KINGDOM
State:
ENGLAND
City:
CHICHESTER
Special Indexes:
Early Music Performance, Instrument Making/Maintenance
Notes:
The College is a private institution founded in 1971 offering courses in specialist conservation and restoration, visual and applied arts and a wide range of traditional arts and crafts. There is a Stringed Musical Instruments program in which students create instruments that can be commissioned and...
Country:
UNITED KINGDOM
State:
ENGLAND
City:
YORK
Special Indexes:
Community Music Training, Early Music Performance, Instrument Collections, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Music Theatre Performance, Sound Engineering
Notes:
This institution can trace its history back to 1841 as York Diocesan Training School for teacher education. In 1974 it became the College of Ripon & York St John and in 2006 its name was changed to York St John University. It is a Church of England college affiliated with the University of Leeds...
Country:
UNITED KINGDOM
State:
NORTHERN IRELAND
City:
BELFAST
Special Indexes:
Arts Management/Music Management, Early Music Performance, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Instrument Collections, Library Collections, Sound Archives, Sound Engineering
Notes:
Queen's University was founded by Queen Victoria in 1845 and was designed as a non-denominational alternative to Trinity College Dublin which was controlled by the Anglican Church. The School of Music has particular strengths in renaissance music, composition, electro-acoustic music, computer applic...
Country:
UNITED KINGDOM
State:
NORTHERN IRELAND
City:
LONDONDERRY
Special Indexes:
Arts Management/Music Management, Community Music Training, Early Music Performance, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Sound Engineering, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
The University can trace its history back to 1865. Its music department was established in 1972 and is housed in Dalriada House in attractive grounds on the shore of Belfast Lough. Facilities include a three-manual organ, practice rooms, state-of-the-art electronic and computing studios, and the He...
Country:
UNITED KINGDOM
State:
SCOTLAND
City:
GLASGOW
Special Indexes:
Arts Management/Music Management, Choral Conducting, Early Music Performance, Instrument Collections, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Music Theatre Performance, Opera Performance, Orchestral Conducting, Public Examinations in Music, Sound Engineering, Traditional Instrument Performance, Wellness for Musicians
Notes:
The Royal Conservatoire of Scotland was, until 1 September 2011, known as the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama. It can trace its history back to the creation of the Glasgow Athenaeum in 1847. The current Royal Conservatoire of Scotland offers programs in music, dance, drama, film, music pro...
Country:
UNITED KINGDOM
State:
SCOTLAND
City:
GLASGOW
Special Indexes:
Early Music Performance, Library Collections, Sound Engineering
Notes:
The University can trace its history back to 1451. The music department houses a significant Centre for Music Research. Performance tuition is taken at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland. Facilities include well-equipped audio laboratories. The music library holds a collection of early Scottish ma...
Country:
UNITED KINGDOM
State:
WALES
City:
CARDIFF
Special Indexes:
Early Music Performance, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Library Collections, Sound Engineering
Notes:
The University was founded in 1883. The Department of Music is active in the fields of publishing and concert presentation. The Library at the University of Wales in Cardiff houses the Welsh Music Information Centre, concerned with the promotion and dissemination of Welsh music. There are two resear...
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...