Country:
ITALY
State:
BASILICATA
City:
MATERA
Special Indexes:
Band Conducting, Choral Conducting, Early Music Performance, Jazz/Popular Music Performance
Notes:
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 de Musique et Musikhochschulen....
Country:
ITALY
State:
CALABRIA
City:
VIBO VALENTIA
Special Indexes:
Choral Conducting, Early Music Performance, Jazz/Popular Music Performance
Notes:
The Conservatorio was established in 1970. There is a preparatory program for students wishing to enter 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, Aca...
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:
Band Conducting, Choral Conducting, Early Music Performance, Jazz/Popular Music Performance
Notes:
The Conservatorio was established in its current form in 1970. There is a preparatory program for students wishing to enter 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...
Country:
ITALY
State:
CAMPANIA
City:
AVELLINO
Special Indexes:
Band Conducting, Choral Conducting, Early Music Performance, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Music Theatre Performance, Orchestral Conducting, Sound Engineering
Notes:
The Conservatorio was founded in 1972. There is a preparatory program for students wishing to enter the professional program. The Conservatorio offers music tuition to children and interested members of the local community....
Country:
ITALY
State:
CAMPANIA
City:
SALERNO
Special Indexes:
Arts Management/Music Management, Band Conducting, Choral Conducting, Early Music Performance, Jazz/Popular Music Performance
Notes:
The Conservatorio can trace its history back to 1819. It gained its current name and status in 1980. 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 Conserva...
Country:
ITALY
State:
CAMPANIA
City:
NAPLES (NAPOLI)
Special Indexes:
Arts Management/Music Management, Choral Conducting, Early Music Performance, Instrument Collections, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Library Collections, Orchestral Conducting
Notes:
The Conservatorio can trace its history back to 1583 with the establishment of four orphanages. It gained its current name and status in 1826. The library holds a number of autograph copies of manuscripts of Alessandro and Domenico Scarlatti, Pergolesi, Paisiello, Cimarosa, Rossini, Bellini, Donize...
Country:
ITALY
State:
EMILIA-ROMAGNA
City:
PARMA
Special Indexes:
Band Conducting, Choral Conducting, Early Music Performance, Instrument Collections, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Library Collections, Music Theatre Performance, Personal Archives
Notes:
The Conservatorio can trace its history back to 1877. The Arturo Toscanini Studio contains a collection of his letters, photographs and art works as well as his music library. The Arrigo Boito Studio contains the letters and autographs of Boito's opera libretti. There is a collection of early instr...
Country:
ITALY
State:
EMILIA-ROMAGNA
City:
CESENA
Special Indexes:
Band Conducting, Choral Conducting, Early Music Performance, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Music Therapy, Opera Performance
Notes:
The Conservatorio offers a preparatory program for students wishing to enter the professional program. It also 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:
EMILIA-ROMAGNA
City:
BOLOGNA
Special Indexes:
Band Conducting, Choral Conducting, Early Music Performance, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Library Collections, Music Theatre Performance, Personal Archives
Notes:
The Conservatorio was founded in 1804. The library holds a collection of letters and autograph manuscripts of Verdi as well as the library of Padre Martini and first editions of works by Albeniz, Bossi, Busoni, Debussy, Grieg, Martucci and Skryabin. There is a collection of braille scores. In addit...
Country:
ITALY
State:
EMILIA-ROMAGNA
City:
FERRARA
Special Indexes:
Choral Conducting, Early Music Performance, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Music Therapy, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
The Conservatorio can trace its history back to 1821. There is a preparatory program for students wishing to enter the professional program. The Conservatorio also offers music tuition to children and interested members of the local community....
Country:
ITALY
State:
EMILIA-ROMAGNA
City:
PIACENZA
Special Indexes:
Choral Conducting, Early Music Performance, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Music Theatre Performance, Sound Engineering
Notes:
The Conservatorio offers a preparatory program for students wishing to enter the professional program. It also offer music tuition to children and interested member of the local community. An active member of the Association Européenne des Conservatoires, Académies de Musique et Musikhochschulen....
Country:
ITALY
State:
EMILIA-ROMAGNA
City:
MODENA
Special Indexes:
Choral Conducting, Early Music Performance, Jazz/Popular Music Performance
Notes:
A music school organised by the municipality, founded in 1864. It gained its current name and status in 2006. The junior department offers music tuition to young people. There is a branch of the school in Carpi, known as the Tonelli Institute....
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:
FRIULI VENEZIA GIULIA
City:
TRIESTE
Special Indexes:
Band Conducting, Choral Conducting, Early Music Performance, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Music Librarianship Training, Music Theatre Performance
Notes:
This Conservatorio was established in the 1903 and was granted its current name and status in 1958. An active member of the Association Européenne des Conservatoires, Académies de Musique et Musikhochschulen....
Country:
ITALY
State:
FRIULI VENEZIA GIULIA
City:
UDINE
Special Indexes:
Choral Conducting, Church Music/Religious Music, Early Music Performance, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Music Librarianship Training, Music Theatre Performance
Notes:
The Conservatorio can trace its history back to 1826. There is a preparatory program for students wishing to enter the professional program. The Conservatorio also offers music tuition to school-age children. An active member of the Association Européenne des Conservatoires, Académies de Musique e...
Country:
ITALY
State:
LAZIO
City:
FROSINONE
Special Indexes:
Choral Conducting, Early Music Performance, Instrument Collections, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Music Theatre Performance, Orchestral Conducting
Notes:
The Conservatorio was founded in 1972. It owns a small collection of early keyboard instruments. There is a preparatory program for students wishing to enter the professional program. The Conservatorio offers music tuition to children and interested members of the local community. An active member ...
Country:
ITALY
State:
LAZIO
City:
LATINA
Special Indexes:
Choral Conducting, Early Music Performance, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Opera Performance, Orchestral Conducting
Notes:
Originally a branch of the Santa Cecilia Conservatorio in Rome, the Conservatorio became an independent body in 1988 and was granted its current name and status in 1991. In addition to the professional program the Conservatorio offers music tuition to children and interested members of the local com...
Country:
ITALY
State:
LAZIO
City:
ROME (ROMA)
Special Indexes:
Band Conducting, Choral Conducting, Church Music/Religious Music, Early Music Performance, Instrument Making/Maintenance, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Opera Performance, Orchestral Conducting
Notes:
The Conservatory, established in 1870, offers a preparatory program for students wishing to enter the professional program. It houses the Istituto Italiano per la Storia della Musica Presso Accademia Nazionale di S. Cecilia (Italian Institute for Music History of the National Academy of St. Cecilia)...
Country:
ITALY
State:
LIGURIA
City:
LA SPEZIA
Special Indexes:
Choral Conducting, Early Music Performance, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Music Theatre Performance
Notes:
Founded in 1978 as a branch of the Genoa Conservatorio, in 1992 this Conservatorio gained it current name and status. A preparatory program is offered to students wishing to enter the professional program. The Conservatorio also offers music tuition to children and interested members of the local c...
Country:
ITALY
State:
LIGURIA
City:
GENOA (GENOVA)
Special Indexes:
Choral Conducting, Early Music Performance, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Orchestral Conducting, Sound Engineering
Notes:
The Conservatorio can trace its history back to 1829. There are laboratories for early music, sound recording and digital sound processing. Facilities include a state-of-the-art electronic studio associated with the School of Music and New Technology. There is a preparatory program for students wis...
Country:
ITALY
State:
LOMBARDY
City:
COMO
Special Indexes:
Choral Conducting, Early Music Performance, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Opera Performance, Wellness for Musicians
Notes:
The Conservatorio was founded in 1982 as a branch of the Milan Conservatorio and became an independent institution in 1996. Feldenkreis is offered to students. There is a preparatory program for students wishing to enter the professional program. The Conservatorio also offers music tuition to young ...
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:
MANTUA (MANTOVA)
Special Indexes:
Choral Conducting, Early Music Performance, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Music Therapy
Notes:
The Conservatorio can trace its history back to 1777. It gained its current name and status in 1980. There is a preparatory program for students wishing to enter the professional program. An active member of the Association Européenne des Conservatoires, Académies de Musique et Musikhochschulen. ...
Country:
ITALY
State:
LOMBARDY
City:
PAVIA
Special Indexes:
Choral Conducting, Early Music Performance, Instrument Collections, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Music Theatre Performance
Notes:
The Institute can trace its history back to 1867. There are departments of performance, early music, musical theatre, composition and academic subjects. The Institute holds a collection of historical instruments. ...
Country:
ITALY
State:
LOMBARDY
City:
MILAN
Special Indexes:
Choral Conducting, Church Music/Religious Music, Library Collections
Notes:
The Pontificio Instituto Ambrosiano di Musica Sacra (PIAMS), founded in 1940, is a research centre dedicated to the scientific study, transmission and promotion of the Ambrosian liturgy and of the song that is an integral part of it, as well as of the entire thesaurus of sacred music. Like the Ponti...
Country:
ITALY
State:
MARCHE
City:
FERMO
Special Indexes:
Band Conducting, Choral Conducting, Early Music Performance, Jazz/Popular Music Performance
Notes:
The Conservatorio can trace its history back to 1887. Apart from the professional courses there is a preparatory program for students preparing to enter the full-time course. The Conservatorio offers music tuition to young people and interested members of the local community. ...
Country:
ITALY
State:
MARCHE
City:
PESARO
Special Indexes:
Band Conducting, Choral Conducting, Early Music Performance, Jazz/Popular Music Performance
Notes:
The Conservatorio can trace its history back to 1858. It gained its current name and status in 1999. It is housed in the palazzo, the property of the Gioachino Rossini Foundation that publishes the critical editions of the works of the composer. Facilities include an electronic laboratory for exper...
Country:
ITALY
State:
MOLISE
City:
CAMPOBASSO
Special Indexes:
Choral Conducting, Early Music Performance, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Music Theatre Performance, Orchestral Conducting
Notes:
The Conservatorio was founded in 1971. An active member of the Association Européenne des Conservatoires, Académies de Musique et Musikhochschulen....
Country:
ITALY
State:
PIEDMONT
City:
ALESSANDRIA
Special Indexes:
Choral Conducting, Church Music/Religious Music, Early Music Performance, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Opera Performance
Notes:
The Conservatorio can trace its history back to 1858. It became a State institution in 1970. There is some emphasis on jazz studies. An active member of the Association Européenne des Conservatoires, Académies de Musique et Musikhochschulen....
Country:
ITALY
State:
PIEDMONT
City:
TURIN (TORINO)
Special Indexes:
Choral Conducting, Early Music Performance, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Library Collections, Music Librarianship Training, Opera Performance, Orchestral Conducting
Notes:
The Conservatorio can trace its history back to 1866, and gained its current name and status in 1936. The library holds a number of autographed manuscripts and first editions of violin concertos and operas. There is a preparatory program for students wishing to enter the professional program. The C...
Country:
ITALY
State:
PIEDMONT
City:
CUNEO
Special Indexes:
Choral Conducting, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Sound Engineering
Notes:
The Conservatorio can trace its history back to 1864. There is a preparatory course available 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 member of the Association Europ...
Country:
ITALY
State:
PIEDMONT
City:
NOVARA
Special Indexes:
Choral Conducting, Church Music/Religious Music, Early Music Performance, Instrument Collections, Jazz/Popular Music Performance
Notes:
The Institute was established in 1996. It offers a preparatory program for students wishing to enter the professional program. There are also programs in music tuition for young people and interested members of the local community. A collection of historical instruments is available to students. An...
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:
Band Conducting, Choral Conducting, Early Music Performance, Instrument Collections, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Music Theatre Performance
Notes:
Palermo is a city located on the island of Sicily. The Conservatorio can trace its history back to 1617. There is a preparatory program for students wishing to enter the professional program. The Conservatorio offers music tuition to young people and interested members of the local community. It ho...
Country:
ITALY
State:
SICILY
City:
MESSINA
Special Indexes:
Band Conducting, Choral Conducting, Early Music Performance, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Music Theatre Performance
Notes:
Messina is situated on the island of Sicily. The Conservatorio can trace its history back to 1939. It offers preparatory programs for students wishing to enter the professional music course and provides music tuition to young children and interested members of the local community. An active member ...
Country:
ITALY
State:
SICILY
City:
CATANIA
Special Indexes:
Choral Conducting, Early Music Performance, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Opera Performance
Notes:
Catania is situated on the island of Sicily and operates a music school organised by the municipality. It can trace its history back to 1951 and gained its current name and status in 2004. In addition to the professional program there are programs for those wishing to enter the three-year course as ...
Country:
ITALY
State:
TRENTINO ALTO ADIGE
City:
TRENTO
Special Indexes:
Arts Management/Music Management, Band Conducting, Choral Conducting, Early Music Performance, Jazz/Popular Music Performance
Notes:
The Conservatorio can trace its history back to 1795 and gained its current name and status in 1980. There is collaboration with the Haydn Orchestra of Bolzano and Trento, allowing students to participate in rehearsals and some performances. A preparatory program is offered to students wishing to en...
Country:
ITALY
State:
TRENTINO ALTO ADIGE
City:
BOLZANO (BOZEN)
Special Indexes:
Arts Management/Music Management, Band Conducting, Choral Conducting, Church Music/Religious Music, Early Music Performance, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Sound Engineering
Notes:
The Conservatorio can trace its history back to 1854. It was granted its current name and status in 1999. There is a course for students with special musical talents enabling them to fast-track the preparation time for entry into the professional course. The Conservatorio also offers music tuition t...
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:
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:
TUSCANY
City:
LUCCA
Special Indexes:
Arts Management/Music Management, Band Conducting, Choral Conducting, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Library Collections, Music Theatre Performance, Personal Archives
Notes:
A private music school founded in 1842. The Puccini Project aims to acquire all the sources of the musical output of Puccini who was born in Lucca. The library contains a number of early autograph manuscripts of Giacomo Puccini as well as other material related to his training and early years. Ther...
Country:
ITALY
State:
TUSCANY
City:
SIENA
Special Indexes:
Choral Conducting, Opera Performance
Notes:
A music school organised by the municipality, founded in 1834. It gained its current name and status in 1999 and collaborates closely with the Accademia Chigiana. There is a pre-academic program to prepare students to enter the professional program. The Institute offers music tuition to young peopl...
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:
ADRIA
Special Indexes:
Choral Conducting, Church Music/Religious Music, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Music Theatre Performance
Notes:
The Conservatorio was established in 1975. There is a preparatory program for students wishing to enter the professional program. The Conservatorio offers music tuition to children (a preparatory course in string playing 'Violinolandia'), and interested members of the local community....
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:
IVORY COAST (CÔTE D'IVOIRE)
State:
City:
ABIDJAN
Special Indexes:
Band Conducting, Choral Conducting, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Instrument Collections, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
The National Institute of Arts and Cultural Studies was founded in 1959. It consists of four schools: • Graduate School of Music and Dance, with three departments: music and musicology, African music, and the conservatoire (the performance and music education program); • School of Fine Arts, Ar...
Country:
JAMAICA
State:
City:
KINGSTON
Special Indexes:
Arts Management/Music Management, Band Conducting, Choral Conducting, Community Music Training, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Library Collections, Sound Archives, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
Established in 1995, this is the only institution of its kind in the English-speaking Caribbean. The College has schools of drama, dance, visual arts, music and arts management as well as a school of continuing education. Evening and summer courses are offered to interested adults and may lead to mo...
Country:
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:
HOKKAIDO PREFECTURE
City:
SAPPORO
Special Indexes:
Band Conducting, Choral Conducting, Programs for the Handicapped
Notes:
A national co-educational university founded in 1949, with campuses in various cities of Hokkaido, the main campus being in Sapporo. Branches are located in Asahikawa (9 Hokumon-cho, Asahikawa-shi 070-8621, Hokkaido), Hakodate (1-2 Hachiman-cho, Hakodate-shi 040-0083, Hokkaido), Iwamizawa (2 Chome-3...
Country:
JAPAN
State:
HYOGO PREFECTURE
City:
KATŌ
Special Indexes:
Choral Conducting
Notes:
A national co-educational university founded in 1978. A Graduate School satellite campus was established in Kobe in 2000. ...
Country:
JAPAN
State:
KAGOSHIMA PREFECTURE
City:
KAGOSHIMA
Special Indexes:
Band Conducting, Choral Conducting
Notes:
A national co-educational university founded in 1949. There is an attached kindergarten as well as elementary and junior secondary schools. ...
Country:
JAPAN
State:
KANAGAWA PREFECTURE
City:
YOKOHAMA
Special Indexes:
Arts Management/Music Management, Band Conducting, Choral Conducting, Church Music/Religious Music, Early Music Performance, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Institutions for Women Only, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Opera Performance, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
This is a private Protestant Christian university for women founded in 1950, and gained its current name and status in 1965. It has two campuses in the Yokohama area. Historically the University grew from a small private school for girls in Yokohama founded in 1870, and was the first such school in ...
Country:
JAPAN
State:
KANAGAWA PREFECTURE
City:
KAWASAKI
Special Indexes:
Band Conducting, Choral Conducting, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Music Theatre Performance, Music Therapy, Sound Engineering, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
A private co-educational college that can trace its history back to 1924, with a music department added in 1967. It was granted its current name and status in 2003. The college has institutes for opera performance, choral and instrumental conducting, piano performance, choral music, percussion instr...
Country:
JAPAN
State:
KANAGAWA PREFECTURE
City:
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:
MIYAGI PREFECTURE
City:
SENDAI
Special Indexes:
Choral Conducting, Instrument Collections, Opera Performance
Notes:
A national co-educational university founded in 1965, though it can trace its history back to 1873. There are exchange agreements with universities in USA, England, China and Australia. Facilities include a Balinese gamelan. The university has attached schools for teacher training purposes. The Depa...
Country:
JAPAN
State:
OKINAWA PREFECTURE
City:
OKINAWA
Special Indexes:
Band Conducting, Choral Conducting, Orchestral Conducting
Notes:
A national co-education university founded in 1950 on the site of the ancient Shuri Castle. Attached to the Faculty are an elementary school and a junior high school. ...
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:
ŌSAKA PREFECTURE
City:
ŌSAKA
Special Indexes:
Choral Conducting, Orchestral Conducting
Notes:
The co-educational Ōsaka Kyoiku Daigaku (Ōsaka University of Education) can trace its history back to 1874 and gained its current name and status in 1949. There are nine affiliated schools - three elementary, three junior high, one high school, a school for disabled children and one kindergarten. ...
Country:
JAPAN
State:
SAITAMA PREFECTURE
City:
KAWAGOE
Special Indexes:
Choral Conducting, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Opera Performance, Orchestral Conducting
Notes:
A private co-educational school founded in 1965, located in an attractive campus about fifty minutes from central Tokyo. Facilities include a large music library, an auditorium, practice rooms with pianos and an audio-visual laboratory. There is an opera society. An Institute of Music contains a lab...
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:
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:
Choral Conducting, Instrument Collections, Orchestral Conducting, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
A national co-educational university founded in 1949, though it can trace its history back to 1873. Tokyo Gakugei University is the chief administrator of the United Graduate School of Education which offers a three-year doctoral program in partnership with Chiba University, Saitama University and Y...
Country:
KAZAKHSTAN
State:
City:
ALMATY
Special Indexes:
Arts Management/Music Management, Choral Conducting, Instrument Making/Maintenance, Library Collections, Sound Archives, Sound Engineering, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
The Conservatory was founded in 1945. It prepares students in both Western and Kazakh traditions. The Conservatory building houses a number of fine performance spaces. There is a significant collection of recordings of traditional music in the Conservatory’s Folklore Laboratory. An instrument work...
Country:
KAZAKHSTAN
State:
City:
ASTANA
Special Indexes:
Arts Management/Music Management, Choral Conducting, Opera Conducting, Orchestral Conducting, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
The Kazakh National University of the Arts was founded in 1998 as the Kazakh National Academy of Music and gained its current name and status in 2009. It offers programs in music, drama and fine arts, film and fashion design. As well as its professional programs in music it offers music training to ...
Country:
KENYA
State:
City:
NAIROBI
Special Indexes:
Choral Conducting, Church Music/Religious Music, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
Daystar University, founded in 1964, is a private, non-denominational, evangelical Christian liberal arts college. Originally located in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe, it was moved to Kenya following the civil war in Zimbabwe in 1974. It is linked with organisations in the United States of America and in Canad...
Country:
KENYA
State:
City:
NAIROBI
Special Indexes:
Band Conducting, Choral Conducting, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
This not-for-profit independent conservatoire was founded in 1944. Lessons are given at the conservatoire building as well as at various schools that the conservatoire teachers visit weekly. Students are encouraged to sit for the examinations of the Associated Board of the Royal Schools of Music (AB...
Country:
KENYA
State:
City:
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:
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:
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:
RĪGA
Special Indexes:
Band Conducting, Choral Conducting, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Wellness for Musicians
Notes:
This state institution was established in 1994 and the Faculty of Pedagogy was founded in 2003. It is regarded as equivalent in status to a university....
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:
LIBERIA
State:
City:
MONROVIA
Special Indexes:
Choral Conducting, Church Music/Religious Music
Notes:
Founded in 2008, the Agape National Academy of Music is a non-profit organisation aiming to make programs in music and the arts accessible to Liberian young people following the 20 years of civil war. A further aim is to collect and preserve the indigenous tribal music of Liberia. It is affiliated w...
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:
KLAIPĖDA
Special Indexes:
Choral Conducting, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Music Therapy
Notes:
The University was founded in 1991 and housed an Academy of Arts which offered programs in music, dance and theatre. In 2018 the Academy was integrated into the Lithuanian Academy of Music and Theatre, forming its 'Klaipėda Faculty'. ...
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:
LITHUANIA
State:
City:
ROKIŠKIS
Special Indexes:
Choral Conducting
Notes:
This College was established in 2002 as a result of the amalgamation of the Panevėžys Higher Technical School, the Panevėžys Andrius Domasevicius Higher Medical School, Rokiškis Higher Pedagogical School and Panevėžys Conservatoire’s students. The music education program is offered at the R...
Country:
LITHUANIA
State:
City:
ŠIAULIAI
Special Indexes:
Choral Conducting
Notes:
The former Šiauliai University was founded in 1997, though it can trace its history back to 1948. In 2021 it became a part of Vilnius University and was renamed Vilnius University Šiauliai Academy. Within the Department of Music Education and visual Arts the music section consists of two departmen...
Country:
LITHUANIA
State:
City:
KAUNAS
Special Indexes:
Choral Conducting, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Opera Performance
Notes:
This liberal arts university can trace its history back to 1922. In 2019 the Lithuanian University of Educational Sciences in Vilnius was incorporated into the Vytautas Magnus University as its Education Academy. An active member of the Association Européenne des Conservatoires, Académies de Musiq...
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:
LUXEMBOURG
State:
City:
ESCH-SUR-ALZETTE
Special Indexes:
Band Conducting, Choral Conducting, Jazz/Popular Music Performance
Notes:
The Conservatoire, which can trace its history back to 1926, is administered by the government and was granted its current name and status in 1969. There are courses for adult and child beginners in the areas of music, dance and drama. The Conservatoire houses a fine pipe organ. An active member of ...
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:
MEXICO
State:
COAHUILA
City:
SALTILLO
Special Indexes:
Band Conducting, Choral Conducting, Opera Performance
Notes:
This state-controlled university was founded in 1957. ...
Country:
MEXICO
State:
DURANGO
City:
DURANGO
Special Indexes:
Choral Conducting, Opera Performance
Notes:
The Escuela Superior de Música was founded in 1954 and the University was established in 1956. ...
Country:
MEXICO
State:
FEDERAL DISTRICT OF MEXICO
City:
MEXICO CITY
Special Indexes:
Choral Conducting, Opera Performance
Notes:
The Conservatorio was established in 1866, making it the oldest conservatory in Mexico City. It is the host institution of the Orquesta Sinfónica del Conservatorio Nacional, founded in 1881. Placido Domingo was a past student. There is a well-equipped electronic music laboratory. The Conservatorio ...
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:
MEXICO
State:
MICHOACÁN
City:
MORELIA
Special Indexes:
Choral Conducting, Opera Performance
Notes:
The Conservatorio can trace its history back to 1743 and is housed in the ex-convent of the Dominican nuns, built in 1590, thus being the oldest conservatory of music in Mexico. Age limits apply on entry to most programs. The National Centre of Music Composition ‘Gerhart Muench’ is located here....
Country:
MEXICO
State:
NUEVO LEÓN
City:
MONTERREY
Special Indexes:
Choral Conducting, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Wellness for Musicians
Notes:
This public university was founded in 1933 and operates on seven campuses across Nuevo León. Music is studies at the Mederos caompus. In addition to the professional program the Faculty of Music offers music tuition to young children and interested members of the local community. ...
Country:
MEXICO
State:
NUEVO LEÓN
City:
MONTEMORELOS
Special Indexes:
Band Conducting, Choral Conducting, Church Music/Religious Music
Notes:
A Seventh Day Adventist University with Schools of Medicine, Theology, Education and Music, founded in 1942. The School of Music, established in 1977, provides professional music training as well as tuition for young children and interested members of the community. ...
Country:
MEXICO
State:
VERACRUZ
City:
XALAPA
Special Indexes:
Band Conducting, Choral Conducting
Notes:
The University was founded in 1944. The Maestría en Música was the first such higher degree in music in Mexico. In addition to the professional program the Faculty of Music offers tuition to young children and interested members of the local community. ...