Country:
IRELAND
State:
City:
DUBLIN
Special Indexes:
Ethnomusicology/World Music, Jazz/Popular Music Performance
Notes:
University College, Dublin, founded in 1854 as the Catholic University, is one of four constituent universities of the federal National University of Ireland. The music department was established in 1914. It was instrumental in founding the Society for Musicology in Ireland in 2003....
Country:
ISRAEL
State:
City:
RAMAT-GAN
Special Indexes:
Ethnomusicology/World Music, Music Therapy, Sound Engineering
Notes:
The Bar-Ilan University was founded in 1955, and the Music Department was established in 1970. Earlier the student population comprised mostly Jewish students but by 2020 it included secular and non-Jewish students, including Arabs. All students are required to take Jewish studies as part of the cur...
Country:
ISRAEL
State:
City:
JERUSALEM
Special Indexes:
Choral Conducting, Community Music Training, Early Music Performance, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Instrument Collections, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Kodály, Library Collections, Opera Performance, Orchestral Conducting, Sound Archives, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
The Academy can trace its history back to 1932, and following a period under the name of the Rubin Academy of Music and Dance, it moved in 1985 to the Givat Ram campus of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem though retaining its independence from the University. Three institutions form the Jerusalem A...
Country:
ITALY
State:
APULIA (PUGLIA)
City:
LECCE
Special Indexes:
Ethnomusicology/World Music
Notes:
The University can trace its history back to 1767 and gained its current name and status in 1955. The Faculty of Humanities, Languages and Cultural Heritage offers the three-year program of Corso di Laurea in the disciplines of Art, Music and Spectacle (Theatre)....
Country:
ITALY
State:
CALABRIA
City:
REGGIO CALABRIA
Special Indexes:
Choral Conducting, Early Music Performance, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Wellness for Musicians
Notes:
The Conservatorio was established in 1927. It houses an ethnic music laboratory. In addition to the professional program the Conservatorio offers music tuition to children and interested members of the local community. An active member of the Association Européenne des Conservatoires, Académies d...
Country:
ITALY
State:
CALABRIA
City:
COSENZA
Special Indexes:
Ethnomusicology/World Music
Notes:
This University was founded in 1972. The Department of Humanities offers the three-year program of Corso di Laurea in the disciplines of Art, Music and Spectacle (Theatre) - DAMS. Students study each of cinema, theatre and music, then are able to specialise in one....
Country:
ITALY
State:
EMILIA-ROMAGNA
City:
BOLOGNA
Special Indexes:
Choral Conducting, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Opera Performance, Orchestral Conducting
Notes:
The University of Bologna is the oldest university in the world, being founded in 1088. The School of Arts, created in 1982, offers the three-year program of Corso di Laurea in the disciplines of Art, Music and Spectacle (Theatre) - DAMS. The university has other campuses in Ravenna, Cesena, Forfi, ...
Country:
ITALY
State:
LAZIO
City:
ROME
Special Indexes:
Ethnomusicology/World Music
Notes:
The University can trace its history back to 1303 and is one of the largest in Europe. Its music programs are offered through the Faculty of Philosophy, Letters, Humanities and Oriental Studies. The Department of Musicology offers the three-year program of Corso di Laurea in the disciplines of Art, ...
Country:
ITALY
State:
LAZIO
City:
ROME
Special Indexes:
Ethnomusicology/World Music
Notes:
The University was founded in 1982. The Faculty offers the three-year program of Corso di laurea in the disciplines of Art, Music and Spectacle (Theatre) (DAMS). The music program is offered through the Department of Cultural Heritage of the School of Humanities....
Country:
ITALY
State:
LOMBARDY
City:
MILAN (MILANO)
Special Indexes:
Choral Conducting, Early Music Performance, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Library Collections, Opera Performance, Orchestral Conducting
Notes:
The Conservatorio, established in 1807, is among the largest in Italy and is regarded as equivalent to a university. It houses a number of specialist laboratories - choral singing, improvisation, wind orchestra, contemporary music, 18th century vocal music, world music, and an interdisciplinary labo...
Country:
ITALY
State:
LOMBARDY
City:
BRESCIA
Special Indexes:
Choral Conducting, Early Music Performance, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Music Therapy, Opera Performance, Orchestral Conducting
Notes:
The Conservatorio was founded in 1978 and was granted its current name and status in 1993. There is a branch in Darfo. A preparatory program is organised for students wishing to enter the professional program. The Conservatorio offers music tuition to young people and interested members of the loca...
Country:
ITALY
State:
LOMBARDY
City:
CREMONA
Special Indexes:
Ethnomusicology/World Music, Instrument Collections, Instrument Making/Maintenance, Music Librarianship Training
Notes:
The University of Pavia is the oldest university in Lombardy, being founded in 1361. Its School of Musicology is located in Cremona. The Department of Musicology and Cultural Heritage offers programs in musicology, ethnomusicology and studies that may lead to a qualification in music librarianship. ...
Country:
ITALY
State:
PIEDMONT
City:
TURIN (TORINO)
Special Indexes:
Ethnomusicology/World Music, Music Librarianship Training
Notes:
The University was founded in 1404. ...
Country:
ITALY
State:
SARDINIA
City:
CAGLIARI
Special Indexes:
Choral Conducting, Early Music Performance, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Opera Performance, Orchestral Conducting, Sound Engineering
Notes:
Cagliari is a city on the island of Sardinia. The Conservatorio can trace its history back to 1922 and now offers fine facilities to carry out its activities. In addition to the full-time program it offers a preparatory program to students wishing to enter the professional program. It also offers mu...
Country:
ITALY
State:
SARDINIA
City:
SASSARI
Special Indexes:
Choral Conducting, Early Music Performance, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Opera Performance
Notes:
Sassari is situated on the island of Sardinia. The Conservatorio can trace its history back to 1862 and gained its current name and status in 1977. There is a preparatory program for students wishing to enter the professional program....
Country:
ITALY
State:
SICILY
City:
PALERMO
Special Indexes:
Ethnomusicology/World Music
Notes:
The University was founded in 1806. The Department of Musical Studies offers the three-year program of Corso di Laurea in the disciplines of Art, Music and Spectacle (Theatre) (DAMS). The music studies section is involved with research into civilisation, literature, language and culture of ancient a...
Country:
ITALY
State:
TRENTINO ALTO ADIGE
City:
TRENTO
Special Indexes:
Arts Management/Music Management, Ethnomusicology/World Music
Notes:
The University was founded in 1962. The Department of Conservation and Management of Cultural Heritage offers the Corso de Laurea Magistrale in the disciplines of Art, Music and Spectacle (Theatre) (DAMS)....
Country:
ITALY
State:
VENETO
City:
VENICE (VENEZIA)
Special Indexes:
Arts Management/Music Management, Ethnomusicology/World Music
Notes:
The University was established in 1868 as a business school, and gained its current name and status in 1935. The historical seat is Ca' Foscari, a Venetian Gothic palace (ca' being the abbreviated form of 'case' = house). The School of Cultural Production and Conservation of the Cultural Heritage is...
Country:
IVORY COAST (CÔTE D'IVOIRE)
State:
City:
ABIDJAN
Special Indexes:
Band Conducting, Choral Conducting, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Instrument Collections, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
The National Institute of Arts and Cultural Studies was founded in 1959. It consists of four schools: • Graduate School of Music and Dance, with three departments: music and musicology, African music, and the conservatoire (the performance and music education program); • School of Fine Arts, Ar...
Country:
JAMAICA
State:
City:
KINGSTON
Special Indexes:
Arts Management/Music Management, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Library Collections, Sound Engineering, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
The University of the West Indies (UWI) was founded in 1948 as a college of the University of London. It was granted full university status in 1962, and operates in 16 English-speaking countries and territories in the Caribbean. The UWI campus in Mona, Jamaica is the headquarters of the system, and ...
Country:
JAPAN
State:
AICHI PREFECTURE
City:
KARIYA
Special Indexes:
Band Conducting, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
This national co-educational university can trace its history back to 1873. Both the elementary and secondary teacher education tracks offer music as a teaching method. Emphasis is placed on traditional Japanese music; students have a choice of learning koto, shakuhachi or shamisen. ...
Country:
JAPAN
State:
AICHI PREFECTURE
City:
NAGOYA
Special Indexes:
Arts Management/Music Management, Band Conducting, Community Music Training, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Music Therapy, Opera Performance, Sound Engineering, Wellness for Musicians
Notes:
A private co-educational university founded in 1970. There are schools of music, art, design and human development, with music programs offered at the East campus. Facilities include state-of-the-art electronic studios and fine performance spaces. A junior college offers music programs to young chi...
Country:
JAPAN
State:
CHIBA PREFECTURE
City:
CHIBA
Special Indexes:
Ethnomusicology/World Music
Notes:
A national co-educational university founded in 1949. There are attached kindergarten, elementary and junior high schools. Chiba University's Graduate School of Education forms part of the United Graduate School of Education which offers a three-year doctoral program in partnership with Tokyo Gakuge...
Country:
JAPAN
State:
FUKUOKA PREFECTURE
City:
MUNAKATA
Special Indexes:
Band Conducting, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
A national co-educational university founded in 1949 and gained its current name and status in 1966. ...
Country:
JAPAN
State:
GIFU PREFECTURE
City:
GIFU
Special Indexes:
Band Conducting, Choral Conducting, Ethnomusicology/World Music
Notes:
Originally founded in 1873 as a teachers’ college, the institution gained its current name and status as a national co-educational university in 1949. ...
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:
KAWASAKI
Special Indexes:
Band Conducting, Choral Conducting, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Music Theatre Performance, Music Therapy, Sound Engineering, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
A private co-educational college that can trace its history back to 1924, with a music department added in 1967. It was granted its current name and status in 2003. The college has institutes for opera performance, choral and instrumental conducting, piano performance, choral music, percussion instr...
Country:
JAPAN
State:
KYOTO PREFECTURE
City:
KYOTO CITY
Special Indexes:
Ethnomusicology/World Music, Opera Performance, Orchestral Conducting, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
A municipal co-educational university. Founded in 1880, it is a conservatory type institution which concentrates on Western music, though a Research Centre for Traditional Japanese Music was opened in 2000. Music programs are available within the Faculty of Music and the Graduate School of Music. T...
Country:
JAPAN
State:
OKAYAMA PREFECTURE
City:
KURASHIKI
Special Indexes:
Arts Management/Music Management, Band Conducting, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Music Therapy, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
A private co-educational university originally founded in 1930 on Buddhist principles. It gained its current name and status in 1966. Facilities include a large concert hall and an outdoor theatre. The attached Sakuyo Junior College offers a music program in performance on Western or traditional Jap...
Country:
JAPAN
State:
OKINAWA PREFECTURE
City:
NAHA
Special Indexes:
Ethnomusicology/World Music, Instrument Collections, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
A local national co-educational university founded in 1986. The are faculties of music and arts and crafts. The University has been instrumental in the continuation and development of Okinawa's traditional arts, including the designation of the 'Kumiodori' musical drama as a UNESCO Masterpiece of Or...
Country:
JAPAN
State:
ŌSAKA PREFECTURE
City:
ŌSAKA
Special Indexes:
Ethnomusicology/World Music, Music Theatre Performance, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
A national university which can trace its history back to 1724 and was granted its current name and status in 1931. There are campuses in Toyonaka and Suita. Music is offered at the Toyonaka campus. ...
Country:
JAPAN
State:
ŌSAKA PREFECTURE
City:
ŌSAKA
Special Indexes:
Choral Conducting, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Instrument Collections, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Library Collections, Opera Performance, Orchestral Conducting, Sound Archives, Sound Engineering, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
A private co-educational university founded in 1964. The Faculty of Arts has departments of photography, architecture, environmental planning, visual concept planning, art planning, broadcasting, theatrical arts, literary arts, fine arts, design, crafts, musicology, performance and music education. ...
Country:
JAPAN
State:
TOKYO PREFECTURE
City:
TOKYO
Special Indexes:
Church Music/Religious Music, Ethnomusicology/World Music
Notes:
A private non-denominational co-educational university founded in 1949 on Christian principles, enrolling its first degree students in 1953. There is an attached high school and a sacred music centre. The Tama Academic Consortium enables students to take music courses at the Kunitachi College of Mus...
Country:
JAPAN
State:
TOKYO PREFECTURE
City:
TOKYO
Special Indexes:
Arts Management/Music Management, Band Conducting, Choral Conducting, Early Music Performance, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Instrument Collections, Instrument Making/Maintenance, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Library Collections, Music Therapy, Opera Performance, Orchestral Conducting, Sound Engineering, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
A private co-educational music college. Founded in 1926 as the Tokyo Conservatory of Music, it was renamed in 1951. The College is located 35 km west of downtown Tokyo in Tachikawa-shi, one of the largest cities in the Tokyo metropolitan area. There are two departments: performance and composition, ...
Country:
JAPAN
State:
TOKYO PREFECTURE
City:
TOKYO
Special Indexes:
Choral Conducting, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Instrument Collections, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Music Therapy, Opera Performance, Orchestral Conducting, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
Founded in 1889, this is the largest private co-educational university in Japan with a number campuses in Tokyo and other cities as well as one in Newcastle, Australia. Two of the Tokyo campuses (Ekoda and Tokorozawa) offer programs in the College of Art, with departments of photography, cinema, fin...
Country:
JAPAN
State:
TOKYO PREFECTURE
City:
TOKYO
Special Indexes:
Ethnomusicology/World Music, Institutions for Women Only, Opera Performance, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
A national university for women, founded in 1875 and was granted its current name and status in 1949. Music studies (known as ‘Music Expression’) are offered within the Division of Performing Arts. The University has a number of exchange programs with universities in England and Australia, as we...
Country:
JAPAN
State:
TOKYO PREFECTURE
City:
TOKYO
Special Indexes:
Choral Conducting, 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:
Choral Conducting, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Instrument Collections, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Opera Performance, Orchestral Conducting, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
A private co-educational music college founded in 1907 as the Toyo Conservatory of Music, thus being the oldest private school of music in Japan. In 1954 it became the Oriental Music College, and in 1963 gained its current name and status. Facilities include an extensive music library, a recording s...
Country:
JAPAN
State:
TOKYO PREFECTURE
City:
TOKYO
Special Indexes:
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:
JORDAN
State:
City:
AMMAN
Special Indexes:
Ethnomusicology/World Music, Music Therapy, Orchestral Conducting, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
The National Music Conservatory was established by the Noor Al Hussein Foundation in 1986 as a private not-for-profit institution to encourage the development of accomplished musicians and to promote music appreciation in Jordan. In its quest for quality it created the Orchestra of the National Musi...
Country:
JORDAN
State:
City:
AMMAN
Special Indexes:
Arts Management/Music Management, Band Conducting, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
A national autonomous university founded in 1962, the oldest in Jordan. The School of Arts and Design which offers programs in music, theatre and visual arts was established in 2002. There are links with Trinity College, London whereby the most gifted Western music graduates of the Department of Mus...
Country:
JORDAN
State:
City:
IRBID
Special Indexes:
Ethnomusicology/World Music, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
The university, founded in 1976 and situated in the city of Irbid in the north of Jordan, is national and autonomous. Facilities include a full-equipped theatre, concert hall and gallery. Within the Faculty of Fine Arts students may major in any of music, fine arts, drama or design. ...
Country:
KAZAKHSTAN
State:
City:
TEKELI
Special Indexes:
Ethnomusicology/World Music
Notes:
The University of Central Asia was founded in 2000 at the initiative of His Highness the Aga Khan by the governments of Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan. It is a secular, private not-for-profit university governed by an independent Board of Trustees, with three campuses of equal size and statur...
Country:
KENYA
State:
City:
NAIROBI
Special Indexes:
Ethnomusicology/World Music, Instrument Collections, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
Originally established in 1965, Kenyatta University gained its current title and status in 1985. It is situated 16 kilometres from the city of Nairobi, and also operates on a number of campuses both within and outside of Kenya. The Department owns a supply of African and Western instruments for stud...
Country:
KENYA
State:
City:
MASENO
Special Indexes:
Church Music/Religious Music, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Sound Engineering
Notes:
The University can trace its history back over 100 years. It gained its current name and status in 2001. The University is situated right on the equator, along the Kisumu-Busia road, 26 kilometres from Kisumu Town and 400 km from Nairobi. There are integrated programs involving music, theatre and da...
Country:
KENYA
State:
City:
ELDORET
Special Indexes:
Church Music/Religious Music, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
The University was founded in 1984. Housed in the School of Arts and Social Sciences, the Department of Creative Arts was established in 1991. The University operates on several campuses. ...
Country:
KENYA
State:
City:
NAIROBI
Special Indexes:
Ethnomusicology/World Music, Sound Engineering, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
The University was established in 2013 as a result of the up-grade of the former Kenya Polytechnic. The Department of Music and Performing Arts aims to train performers, creators and innovators in the expressive art forms, specifically music, theatre and film. There is a collection of African instru...
Country:
KENYA
State:
City:
BARATON
Special Indexes:
Choral Conducting, Church Music/Religious Music, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
This private university is operated and supported by the Seventh Day Adventist Church and was accredited in 1991. Music is a department within the School of Humanities and Social Sciences, opening in 1985. Music is taught as a second teaching subject for secondary schools. ...
Country:
KIRIBATI
State:
City:
TARAWA
Special Indexes:
Ethnomusicology/World Music, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
The University of the South Pacific was established in 1968. It is jointly owned by the governments of twelve island countries: Cook Islands, Fiji, Kiribati, Marshall Islands, Nauru, Niue, Solomon Islands, Tokelau, Tonga, Tuvalu, Vanuatu and Samoa, with campuses in each country. Music study forms an...
Country:
KOSOVO
State:
City:
ZVEČAN
Special Indexes:
Choral Conducting, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Orchestral Conducting
Notes:
The University of Prishtina was originally founded in 1969. In 1999, due to the political situation, this institution (formerly known as the Academy of Arts), was relocated to the central Serbian town of Krusevac but is now located in Prishtina. This is the Albanian branch of the original university...
Country:
KUWAIT
State:
City:
KUWAIT
Special Indexes:
Ethnomusicology/World Music, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
The Kuwaiti government's body involved in artistic life is the National Council for Culture, Arts and Letters, founded in 1976. It comprises four separate institutions: • Higher Institute of Musical Arts; • Higher Institute of Theatrical Arts; • Kuwait Central Library; • Kuwaiti Center of In...
Country:
KYRGYZSTAN
State:
City:
NARYN
Special Indexes:
Ethnomusicology/World Music
Notes:
The University of Central Asia was founded in 2000 at the initiative of His Highness the Aga Khan by the governments of Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan. It is a secular, private not-for-profit fully residential university governed by an independent Board of Trustees, with three campuses of equ...
Country:
LAOS
State:
City:
VIENTIANE
Special Indexes:
Ethnomusicology/World Music, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
The National School of Music and Dance was founded in 1975 with the merging of the School of Music and Dance and the School of Music of the National Front (Neolaohaksad). Its aim is to preserve and promote traditional Lao folk arts within the country and abroad. There is a cultural exchange program ...
Country:
LATVIA
State:
City:
RĪGA
Special Indexes:
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:
LEBANON
State:
City:
BEIRUT
Special Indexes:
Ethnomusicology/World Music, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
The Conservatoire, an autonomous institution funded by the State, was founded in the 1930s. It is divided into an Oriental Department and an Occidental Department, with eleven branches throughout the country. It is the headquarters of the Lebanese Philharmonic Orchestra and the Lebanese National Orc...
Country:
LEBANON
State:
City:
JOUNIEH
Special Indexes:
Church Music/Religious Music, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Kodály, Library Collections, Music Therapy, Sound Archives, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
This private Catholic university was founded in 1961 though it can trace its history back to 1938. It is run by the Lebanese Maronite Order of Monks. The Faculty of Music, founded in 1973, consists of two departments - Music (comprising musicology, ethnomusicology, music education and sacred music),...
Country:
LIBERIA
State:
City:
MONROVIA
Special Indexes:
Choral Conducting, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
The College was founded by the Episcopal Church USA in 1889 and as such is the oldest private, co-educational, four-year degree-granting institution in sub-Saharan Africa. It was closed in 1990 due to the civil war, and continued on in the USA as ‘Cuttington-in-Exile’. It has since re-opened for...
Country:
LITHUANIA
State:
City:
VILNIUS
Special Indexes:
Arts Management/Music Management, Band Conducting, Choral Conducting, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Instrument Collections, Instrument Making/Maintenance, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Library Collections, Opera Performance, Orchestral Conducting, Sound Archives, Sound Engineering, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
The Lithuanian Academy of Music and Theatre was founded in 1918 as the Kaunas Music School. In 1949 it was merged with the Vilnius Conservatoire and became the Lithuanian State Conservatoire. In 2004 it gained its current name and status and was further enlarged in 2018 with the integration of the A...
Country:
MADAGASCAR
State:
City:
ANTANANARIVO
Special Indexes:
Arts Management/Music Management, Ethnomusicology/World Music
Notes:
The University can trace its history back to 1955. Within the Faculty of Letters and Human Sciences and its Department of French and Francophone Studies there is a section entitled Mediation and Cultural Management, created in 2003. Within this area the program has offered basic music studies which ...
Country:
MALAWI
State:
City:
ZOMBA
Special Indexes:
Community Music Training, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Music Therapy, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
The University of Malawi was established in 1964 with Chancellor College as the largest of its constituent colleges. The Department of Fine and Performing Arts was created in 1981, and consists of three sections – Drama, Fine Arts and Music. The Music Section promotes an active community music pro...
Country:
MALAYSIA
State:
EASTERN MALAYSIA
City:
KOTA KINABALU
Special Indexes:
Arts Management/Music Management, Band Conducting, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
The university was founded in 1994 and the Academy of Arts & Creative Technology was established in 2021. There are programs in art, music, drama and dance. Other campuses are in Labuan and Sandakan. Languages of instruction are Malay and English....
Country:
MALAYSIA
State:
EASTERN MALAYSIA
City:
KOTA SAMARAHAN
Special Indexes:
Arts Management/Music Management, Band Conducting, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Sound Engineering, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
The University, generally known as (UNIMAS), was established in 1992. Facilities include a 300-seat experimental theatre for recitals and other performances, a well-equipped MIDI studio for computer music majors, practice studios. The new campus also houses recording studios, the music library, an a...
Country:
MALAYSIA
State:
KUALA LUMPUR
City:
KUALA LUMPUR
Special Indexes:
Ethnomusicology/World Music, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
The Institute was founded in 1967 as a non-profit-making organisation and is accredited by the Malaysia Ministry of Higher Education. There are programs in graphic design, fine art, music, illustration, interior design, industrial design, fashion and textile. Facilities include a state-of-the-art co...
Country:
MALAYSIA
State:
KUALA LUMPUR
City:
KUALA LUMPUR
Special Indexes:
Arts Management/Music Management, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Instrument Collections, Sound Engineering, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
The university was founded in 1905 and is the oldest university in Malaysia. The Cultural Centre was established in 1974 and offers programs in drama, dance and music. Facilities include an experimental music centre and a digital music laboratory. There is a gamelan performing group. ...
Country:
MALAYSIA
State:
PENANG
City:
PENANG
Special Indexes:
Ethnomusicology/World Music, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
The university can trace its history back to 1969. The School of the Arts offers programs in music, acting and directing, fine arts and new media design and technology, the Department of Music being established in 1993....
Country:
MALAYSIA
State:
PERAK
City:
TANJONG MALIM
Special Indexes:
Choral Conducting, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Music Theatre Performance, Sound Engineering, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
The University was established in 1997, though the institution can trace its history back to 1922 when it was known as Sultan Idris Training College. It operates on two campuses. The Faculty of Music and Performing Arts was launched in 2002 offering programs in music theatre and dance. There are wel...
Country:
MALAYSIA
State:
SELANGOR
City:
SELANGOR
Special Indexes:
Ethnomusicology/World Music, Instrument Collections, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
The university is sometimes known as Universiti Pertanian Malaysia. It can trace its history back to 1931. The music department, also known as the University Conservatoire, was set up in 1996 as one of the five departments of the Faculty of Human Ecology. Facilities include a multimedia laboratory, ...
Country:
MALAYSIA
State:
SELANGOR
City:
SHAH ALAM
Special Indexes:
Arts Management/Music Management, Band Conducting, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Instrument Collections, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Sound Engineering, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
The university gained its current name and status in 1999. There are several campuses throughout the country. The Faculty of Music was established in 2006 as a result of the merger of the Department of Music Education and the Department of Music. It houses a Center for Music Advocacy. Facilities inc...
Country:
MALI
State:
City:
BAMAKO
Special Indexes:
Ethnomusicology/World Music, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
The Institute was founded in 1963 though it can trace its history back to 1933. It comprises five divisions – Music, Visual Arts, Theatre Arts, Crafts, and Socio-Cultural Animation. It conducts research programs in the arts and acts as a centre for the preservation and development of Malian music ...
Country:
MALTA
State:
City:
MSIDA
Special Indexes:
Ethnomusicology/World Music, Sound Archives, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
The University can trace its history back to 1591. The Mediterranean Institute organises the music program within the Faculty of Arts. Its Music Studies division holds an archive of folk and traditional music of the region and offers courses in ethnomusicology of the region. There is some collaborat...
Country:
MARSHALL ISLANDS
State:
City:
MAJURO
Special Indexes:
Ethnomusicology/World Music, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
The University of the South Pacific was established in 1968. It is jointly owned by the governments of twelve island countries: Cook Islands, Fiji, Kiribati, Marshall Islands, Nauru, Niue, Solomon Islands, Tokelau, Tonga, Tuvalu, Vanuatu and Samoa, with campuses in each country. Music study forms an...
Country:
MAURITIUS
State:
City:
MOKA
Special Indexes:
Ethnomusicology/World Music, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
The Mahatma Gandhi Institute was established in 1970 as a joint venture between the government of India and the government of Mauritius. The Department of Indian Music and Dance was established within the School of Indian Music and Fine Arts in 1975 and in 2006 it became the School of Performing Art...
Country:
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:
MEXICO
State:
JALISCO
City:
GUADALAJARA
Special Indexes:
Choral Conducting, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Opera Performance
Notes:
The University can trace its history back to 1792. It has 14 campuses around the whole country. ...
Country:
MYANMAR (BURMA)
State:
City:
MANDALAY
Special Indexes:
Ethnomusicology/World Music, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
The university was established in 2001 and operates under the Ministry of Religious Affairs and Culture. There are departments of music, dramatic arts, painting and sculpture. Students must have completed basic general education prior to entry and be aged not more than 20 years. English is the norma...
Country:
MYANMAR (BURMA)
State:
City:
YANGON (RANGOON)
Special Indexes:
Ethnomusicology/World Music, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
The university was established in 1993 and operates under the Ministry of Religious Affairs and Culture, gaining its current name and status in 2007. There are departments of music, cinematography and drama, dramatic arts, painting and sculpture. Students must have completed basic general education ...
Country:
NAMIBIA
State:
City:
WINDHOEK
Special Indexes:
Arts Management/Music Management, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Instrument Collections, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Programs for the Handicapped, Sound Engineering, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
Founded in 1971 the Windhoek College for the Arts is a state-funded institution offering training in music, dance, visual arts, and drama, fashion design, sound and television production, mainly on a part-time basis, to a full range of ages from young children to interested adults. It is run under t...
Country:
NAMIBIA
State:
City:
WINDHOEK
Special Indexes:
Arts Management/Music Management, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Instrument Collections, Library Collections, Music Theatre Performance, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
The University was established in 1992. Since its development, the Performing Arts Department has moved from music specialisation towards integrated performing arts, with theatre and dance courses playing an integral role. The department also has a strong focus on research in music education and eth...
Country:
NAURU
State:
City:
NAURU
Special Indexes:
Ethnomusicology/World Music, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
The University of the South Pacific was established in 1968. It is jointly owned by the governments of twelve island countries: Cook Islands, Fiji, Kiribati, Marshall Islands, Nauru, Niue, Solomon Islands, Tokelau, Tonga, Tuvalu, Vanuatu and Samoa, with campuses in each country. Music study forms an...
Country:
NEPAL
State:
City:
DHULIKHEL
Special Indexes:
Ethnomusicology/World Music, Instrument Collections, Sound Archives, Sound Engineering, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
The university, an autonomous, not-for-profit public institution, was founded in 1991 and the School of Arts was established in 1996 in Bhaktapur, about 30 kilometres east of Kathmandu. The Department of Music aims to study and preserve Nepalese music traditions and their relationship with other Sou...
Country:
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:
ROTTERDAM
Special Indexes:
Band Conducting, Choral Conducting, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Music Theatre Performance, Music Therapy, Orchestral Conducting, Sound Engineering, Traditional Instrument Performance, Wellness for Musicians
Notes:
The University for the Arts was formed from the amalgamation of Rotterdam Conservatoire, Rotterdam Dance Academy and Rotterdam Circus Arts. It goes by the shortened name of ‘Codarts’ and consists of five academies - Rotterdam Classical Music Academy, Rotterdam Jazz Academy, Rotterdam Pop Academy...
Country:
NETHERLANDS
State:
City:
AMSTERDAM
Special Indexes:
Ethnomusicology/World Music, Library Collections, Sound Archives
Notes:
The University, the largest in The Netherlands, can trace its history back to 1632. The School houses the Jaap Kunst Ethnomusicology Centre (Etnomusicologisch Centrum ‘Jaap Kunst’), which, while studying musics of most regions of the world, specialises in traditional musics of Indonesia, the The...
Country:
NEW ZEALAND
State:
NORTH ISLAND
City:
AUCKLAND
Special Indexes:
Ethnomusicology/World Music, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
A Wānanga is a private indigenous New Zealand tertiary education provider that delivers educational programs and opportunities within a Māori environment. This organisation was founded in 1983, and has spread throughout the nation, being granted tertiary status in 1993. It offers bridging and tert...
Country:
NEW ZEALAND
State:
NORTH ISLAND
City:
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:
NEW ZEALAND
State:
SOUTH ISLAND
City:
CHRISTCHURCH
Special Indexes:
Community Music Training, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Instrument Collections, Jazz/Popular Music Performance
Notes:
Music has been taught at the University of Canterbury since 1891. There is a well-equipped library and excellent facilities, including a fine auditorium with an organ, a number of early instruments, some Asian instruments including a Balinese gamelan. Music subjects may be taken in several other deg...
Country:
NEW ZEALAND
State:
SOUTH ISLAND
City:
DUNEDIN
Special Indexes:
Arts Management/Music Management, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Instrument Collections, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Sound Engineering
Notes:
The University of Otago is New Zealand’s oldest university, being founded in 1869. The main campus is in Dunedin, but there are campuses also in Auckland, Wellington and Christchurch. The Department of Music offers study in Western art music performance, contemporary performance, composition, musi...
Country:
NICARAGUA
State:
City:
MANAGUA
Special Indexes:
Ethnomusicology/World Music
Notes:
This private University was founded in 1967 as a Polytechnic Institution. It is affiliated to the International Association for the Promotion of Christian Higher Education and gained its current name and status in 1977. The Conservatorio, founded in 1987, is the School of Musical Art of the Universi...
Country:
NIGER
State:
City:
NIAMEY
Special Indexes:
Community Music Training, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Instrument Collections, Instrument Making/Maintenance, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Library Collections, Sound Archives, Sound Engineering, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
The Centre de Formation et de Promotion Musicale El Hadji Taya (C.F.P.M.) was founded in 1989 and operates under the auspices of the Ministry of Youth, Sport and Culture to promote the traditions of folklore, story-telling and music performance by local musicians/griots. The Centre also encourages m...
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:
LAGOS
Special Indexes:
Ethnomusicology/World Music
Notes:
The Musical Society of Niger was established in 1983 with the aim of stimulating an awareness of the richness of Western classical and contemporary music for Nigerians. From this grew the need for a system of music training, resulting in the creation of the MUSON School of Music in 1989. Students ma...
Country:
NIGERIA
State:
City:
AWKA
Special Indexes:
Ethnomusicology/World Music, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
The university, formerly known as Anambra State University of Technology, was founded in 1991 and the Department of Music was established in 1992. There are two other campuses - Nnewi and Agulu....
Country:
NIGERIA
State:
City:
IFE-IFE
Special Indexes:
Arts Management/Music Management, Choral Conducting, Church Music/Religious Music, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
The University was founded in 1961 and gained its current name and status in 1987. The music department organises a choir, a band and the University African Music and Dance Ensemble. All programs include a blend of African and Western music traditions. The music department issues the Nigerian Music ...
Country:
NIGERIA
State:
City:
ILORIN
Special Indexes:
Ethnomusicology/World Music, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
The university was founded in 1975 and the Department of Performing Arts was established in 1981. ...
Country:
NIGERIA
State:
City:
LAGOS
Special Indexes:
Choral Conducting, Ethnomusicology/World Music
Notes:
The university was founded in 1962 and is popularly known as Unilag. The Department of Creative Arts offers programs in music, theatre arts and visual arts. Language of instruction is English. ...
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:
NIGERIA
State:
City:
UYO
Special Indexes:
Ethnomusicology/World Music, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
The university was founded in 1983 as the University of Cross River State, and gained its current name in 1991. Language of instruction is English. ...