Country:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
State:
MASSACHUSETTS
City:
CAMBRIDGE
Special Indexes:
Ethnomusicology/World Music, Instrument Collections, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Library Collections
Notes:
A private university that can trace its history back to 1846. It is traditionally known for research and education in the physical sciences, technology and engineering, but also has extensive programs in other areas. The Rosalind Denny Lewis Music Library contains scores and recordings of music of ...
Country:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
State:
MASSACHUSETTS
City:
SALEM
Special Indexes:
Ethnomusicology/World Music, Instrument Collections, Jazz/Popular Music Performance
Notes:
Salem College was founded in 1854 originally as a normal school for the training of teachers. It gained its current name and status in 2010. Facilities include a well-equipped electronic music laboratory and recording studio. There is an active handbell group. Member of the National Association of S...
Country:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
State:
MASSACHUSETTS
City:
NORTHAMPTON
Special Indexes:
Early Music Performance, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Institutions for Women Only, Instrument Collections
Notes:
A private college for women founded in 1875. It becomes co-educational at graduate level. The music department is housed in Sage Hall and has access to a number of fine performance spaces. It owns a gamelan. Smith College is the nation’s largest liberal arts college for women. It is one of a five-...
Country:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
State:
MASSACHUSETTS
City:
MEDFORD
Special Indexes:
Community Music Training, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Instrument Collections, Instrument Making/Maintenance, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Library Collections, Sound Engineering, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
Tufts University is a private institution founded in 1852. The music department is housed in the new Perry and Marty Granoff Music Center and has access to several fine performance spaces. It sees its particular strengths as in performance, composition, theory, musicology and ethnomusicology. A musi...
Country:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
State:
MASSACHUSETTS
City:
DARTMOUTH
Special Indexes:
Ethnomusicology/World Music, Instrument Collections, Jazz/Popular Music Performance
Notes:
The University was founded in 1895 as a textile school. It gained its current name and status in 1991. The music department holds a collection of non-Western instruments. ...
Country:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
State:
MASSACHUSETTS
City:
WELLESLEY
Special Indexes:
Ethnomusicology/World Music, Institutions for Women Only, Instrument Collections, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Sound Engineering
Notes:
A liberal arts college for women founded in 1870. The Department of Music is housed in the Jewett Arts Center and owns a collection of early instruments and Western orchestral instruments. A scheme of cross-registration with Massachusetts Institute of Technology allows students to take programs ther...
Country:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
State:
MICHIGAN
City:
GRAND RAPIDS
Special Indexes:
Arts Management/Music Management, Choral Conducting, Church Music/Religious Music, Instrument Collections, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Music Theatre Performance
Notes:
A Catholic liberal arts college founded in 1886 by the Dominican Sisters of Grand Rapids. The music department owns a set of handbells and two pipe organs. ...
Country:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
State:
MICHIGAN
City:
GRAND RAPIDS
Special Indexes:
Instrument Collections
Notes:
A private liberal arts university, founded in 1876 and supported by the Christian Reformed Church in North America. Formerly known as Calvin College, it gained its current name and status in 2019. Facilities include the Fine Arts Center which houses a fine 1000-seat auditorium, an up-to-date comput...
Country:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
State:
MICHIGAN
City:
ANN ARBOR
Special Indexes:
Choral Conducting, Church Music/Religious Music, Instrument Collections
Notes:
A Lutheran liberal arts institution, a member of the Concordia University System. First founded in 1863 as a junior college, it gained its current name and status in 2001 and is a satellite campus of Concordia University in Wisconsin. The music department owns a set of handbells. ...
Country:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
State:
MICHIGAN
City:
KALAMAZOO
Special Indexes:
Instrument Collections
Notes:
An independent college, founded by Baptists as The Michigan and Huron Institute in 1833, and gained its current name and status in 1855. Currently it operates as an independent college, but still acknowledging its historic link with the American Baptist Church. The music department has access to sev...
Country:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
State:
MICHIGAN
City:
EAST LANSING
Special Indexes:
Arts Management/Music Management, Band Conducting, Choral Conducting, Instrument Collections, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Music Therapy, Opera Performance, Orchestral Conducting, Wellness for Musicians
Notes:
The University was founded in 1855 and gained its current name and status in 1964. The College of Music has access to several fine performance spaces. There is a proposal to close down the music therapy clinic and to disband all music therapy programs at the University. The university owns a 49-bell...
Country:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
State:
MICHIGAN
City:
ANN ARBOR
Special Indexes:
Arts Management/Music Management, Band Conducting, Choral Conducting, Church Music/Religious Music, Eurhythmics/Dalcroze, Early Music Performance, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Instrument Collections, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Music Theatre Performance, Opera Performance, Orchestral Conducting, Sound Engineering
Notes:
A state-supported university. The School of Music was founded in 1880 and currently offers its programs at the campuses at Ann Arbor, Dearborn and Flint. The program includes studies in music, dance, theatre and music theatre, with enthusiastic opera and musical theatre groups. The Jessye Norman Mas...
Country:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
State:
MINNESOTA
City:
NORTHFIELD
Special Indexes:
Ethnomusicology/World Music, Instrument Collections, Jazz/Popular Music Performance
Notes:
An independent non-sectarian liberal arts college founded in 1866. The music library holds a large collection of early instruments, including harpsichords, a fortepiano, crumhorns, lutes, sackbuts, violas da gamba and recorders. ...
Country:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
State:
MINNESOTA
City:
ST PAUL
Special Indexes:
Ethnomusicology/World Music, Instrument Collections, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
A private liberal arts college founded in 1874 of Presbyterian heritage. The music department owns a set of African drums, African flutes, a sitar and a number of medieval and baroque instruments. Ensembles include a highland pipe band and an early music ensemble. Macalester College is a member of ...
Country:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
State:
MINNESOTA
City:
NEW ULM
Special Indexes:
Choral Conducting, Church Music/Religious Music, Instrument Collections
Notes:
The College was formed in 1995 by the amalgamation of Dr Martin Luther College and Northwestern College and is operated by the Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod. Facilities include 17 pipe organs. ...
Country:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
State:
MINNESOTA
City:
NORTHFIELD
Special Indexes:
Church Music/Religious Music, Early Music Performance, Instrument Collections, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Music Theatre Performance, Opera Performance
Notes:
A private liberal arts college supported by the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America and founded in 1874. The music department has access to a number of fine performance spaces. There are nine organs on campus and a set of handbells as well as a flourishing music theatre/opera program. Member of t...
Country:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
State:
MINNESOTA
City:
ST PAUL
Special Indexes:
Band Conducting, Choral Conducting, Church Music/Religious Music, Eurhythmics/Dalcroze, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Instrument Collections, Kodály, Orff Schulwerk
Notes:
A Catholic co-educational liberal arts college founded in 1885. On campus are four pipe organs. The University of St Thomas is a member of the Associated Colleges of the Twin Cities, allowing cross-registration with Augsburg College, Hamline University, Macalester College and the College of St Cathe...
Country:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
State:
MISSISSIPPI
City:
UNIVERSITY
Special Indexes:
Choral Conducting, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Instrument Collections, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Opera Performance
Notes:
Founded in 1848, the University is also known as ‘Ole Miss’. It is the oldest institution of higher learning in Mississippi. The Gertrude C Ford Performing Arts Center was opened in 2003 and provides some fine performing spaces. Facilities include sets of African drums and steel pans and a 36-be...
Country:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
State:
MISSOURI
City:
WARRENSBURG
Special Indexes:
Band Conducting, Choral Conducting, Instrument Collections, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Kodály, Music Theatre Performance, Opera Performance, Sound Engineering
Notes:
A state-supported university founded in 1871 as a teachers’ college. Earlier known as Central Missouri State University, the institution gained its current name and status in 2007. Facilities at the music department include a state-of-the-art recording studio and a music technology computer labora...
Country:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
State:
MONTANA
City:
BOZEMAN
Special Indexes:
Instrument Collections
Notes:
A state-supported university founded in 1893. The School of Music owns a Balinese gamelan. Member of the National Association of Schools of Music. ...
Country:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
State:
NEBRASKA
City:
OMAHA
Special Indexes:
Instrument Collections, Music Theatre Performance, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
A Jesuit Catholic university founded in 1878. The Department of Fine and Performing Arts has programs in art, art history, dance, music and theatre. It is housed in the Lied Education Center for the Arts. Current ensembles include choral and instrumental groups, Javanese court gamelan in Solonese st...
Country:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
State:
NEBRASKA
City:
LINCOLN
Special Indexes:
Band Conducting, Choral Conducting, Instrument Collections, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Library Collections, Music Theatre Performance, Opera Performance, Orchestral Conducting, Wellness for Musicians
Notes:
A state-supported university founded in 1869. Its School of Music was founded in 1894 and is housed in the Westbrook Music Building with access to a number of fine performance venues including the Kimball Recital Hall and the Lied Center for Performing Arts. The Hixson-Lied College of Fine and Perfo...
Country:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
State:
NEBRASKA
City:
OMAHA
Special Indexes:
Arts Management/Music Management, Choral Conducting, Instrument Collections, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Music Theatre Performance, Opera Performance, Orchestral Conducting
Notes:
A state-supported university that can trace its history back to 1869. The music department is located in the Janet A and Willis S Strauss Performing Arts Center. There is a 47-bell carillon on campus. Member of the National Association of Schools of Music. ...
Country:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
State:
NEW JERSEY
City:
PRINCETON
Special Indexes:
Choral Conducting, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Instrument Collections, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Library Collections, Opera Performance, Personal Archives, Sound Archives, Sound Engineering
Notes:
A private Ivy League university. Princeton can trace its history back to 1746. It is the fourth oldest college in British North America. The Department of Music is housed in the Woolworth Center for Musical Studies. Within the department the principal emphasis focuses on musicology and composition, ...
Country:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
State:
NEW JERSEY
City:
GLASSBORO
Special Indexes:
Arts Management/Music Management, Band Conducting, Choral Conducting, Instrument Collections, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Music Therapy, Opera Performance, Orchestral Conducting, Sound Engineering
Notes:
A state-supported college founded in 1923 as a teacher training college. It gained its current name and status in 1997. The College of Performing Arts offers programs in music, theatre and dance. Facilities include several fine performance spaces and well-equipped music laboratories. The music depar...
Country:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
State:
NEW JERSEY
City:
LAWRENCEVILLE
Special Indexes:
Arts Management/Music Management, Choral Conducting, Church Music/Religious Music, Instrument Collections, Library Collections, Music Theatre Performance, Opera Performance, Personal Archives, Sound Archives, Suzuki, Wellness for Musicians
Notes:
The Westminster Choir College, founded in 1926, has since 1992 formed the School of Music of Rider University. Emphasis at the residential college is on training in choral music, both secular and sacred, with the aim of preparing its graduates for music leadership in churches, schools and the commun...
Country:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
State:
NEW YORK
City:
ALFRED
Special Indexes:
Instrument Collections
Notes:
A private non-sectarian university founded in 1836 and as such, is the second oldest co-educational college in the USA, and one of the earliest to have enrolled African-American and Native American students. The Department of Performing Arts offers programs in music, dance and theatre. The Davis Mem...
Country:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
State:
NEW YORK
City:
STATEN ISLAND
Special Indexes:
Instrument Collections, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Sound Engineering
Notes:
A senior college of the City University of New York. The College’s Performing and Creative Arts Department offers programs in studio arts, dance, drama and music. The music section owns a number of early wind, brass and stringed instruments and has access to some fine performing spaces. The City U...
Country:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
State:
NEW YORK
City:
NEW YORK
Special Indexes:
Ethnomusicology/World Music, Instrument Collections, Library Collections
Notes:
This is the doctorate-granting graduate school of the City University of New York. It was founded in 1961. Students at the Center have access to state-of-the-art electronic music studios, to the Metropolitan Museum of Arts’ collection of some 4,000 musical instruments, and to the Music Division of...
Country:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
State:
NEW YORK
City:
ITHACA
Special Indexes:
Early Music Performance, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Instrument Collections, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Library Collections, Sound Archives, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
A privately-endowed Ivy League university founded in 1865. The first chair of musicology in an American university was created at Cornell in 1930. Master’s degrees are not considered terminal degrees at Cornell; they are earned during the programs leading to doctoral degrees. The University is th...
Country:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
State:
NEW YORK
City:
CLINTON
Special Indexes:
Band Conducting, Choral Conducting, Instrument Collections, Jazz/Popular Music Performance
Notes:
This private liberal arts college was founded in 1793. It houses the Hans H Schambach Center for Music and the Performing Arts. There is a collection of instruments including a kora, a Javanese gamelan, a number of early keyboard instruments and two organs. ...
Country:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
State:
NEW YORK
City:
NEW YORK
Special Indexes:
Community Music Training, Eurhythmics/Dalcroze, Early Music Performance, Instrument Collections, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Library Collections, Opera Performance, Orchestral Conducting, Sound Engineering, Wellness for Musicians
Notes:
A private school founded in 1905. There are divisions of music, dance and drama. The emphasis throughout is on performance and the School has access to a number of fine performance spaces. An Institute of Jazz Studies was created in 2001. The Juilliard Opera Center trains opera singers. There is a C...
Country:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
State:
NEW YORK
City:
NEW YORK
Special Indexes:
Arts Management/Music Management, Choral Conducting, Community Music Training, Instrument Collections, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Music Theatre Performance, Opera Performance, Orchestral Conducting, Sound Engineering
Notes:
A private conservatory, one of the largest in USA, founded in 1917 and offering both classical and jazz training. There is a strong emphasis on opera. A cross-registration program is offered with Barnard College of Columbia University. The Pinchas Zukerman Performance Program offers a limited number...
Country:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
State:
NEW YORK
City:
BRONXVILLE
Special Indexes:
Instrument Collections, Jazz/Popular Music Performance
Notes:
A private co-educational liberal arts college founded in 1932. Besides music the College has both theatre and dance programs. Ensembles include a gamelan and African percussion ensemble. There are study-abroad programs in Florence (Italy), Havana (Cuba), Paris (France) and Oxford and Dartington (UK)...
Country:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
State:
NEW YORK
City:
SARATOGA SPRINGS
Special Indexes:
Instrument Collections, Music Theatre Performance, Opera Performance
Notes:
A private non-denominational co-educational liberal arts college founded in 1903. The music department owns a set of West African drums. ...
Country:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
State:
NEW YORK
City:
NEW PALTZ
Special Indexes:
Ethnomusicology/World Music, Instrument Collections, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Music Therapy, Sound Engineering
Notes:
Founded in 1828, this institution joined the State University of New York system in 1948. The music department has access to several fine performing spaces. There is a well-equipped electronic music laboratory. An early instrument collection comprises recorders, crumhorns, shawms, renaissance and ba...
Country:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
State:
NEW YORK
City:
POTSDAM
Special Indexes:
Instrument Collections, Jazz/Popular Music Performance
Notes:
The University was founded in 1816 and the Crane School of Music was founded in 1886. It is one of the first in USA dedicated to training teachers of music in public schools. The Crane School comprises a five-building complex, with facilities including a 1,300-seat concert hall, a 450-seat music the...
Country:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
State:
NEW YORK
City:
PURCHASE
Special Indexes:
Arts Management/Music Management, Instrument Collections, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Opera Performance, Sound Engineering
Notes:
This campus of the State University of New York can trace its history back to 1734. Nowadays it is commonly referred to as Purchase College. Located 25 minutes from the Lincoln Center, the College offers programs in dance, music, theatre arts and film, and visual arts. The Conservatory of Music at ...
Country:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
State:
NEW YORK
City:
STONY BROOK
Special Indexes:
Ethnomusicology/World Music, Instrument Collections, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Sound Engineering
Notes:
The University was founded in 1957. The music department is housed in the Staller Center and has a collection of early instruments. There are Saturday community music programs for kindergarten and elementary school-age children, pre-college programs in chamber music and jazz, theory, composition an...
Country:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
State:
NEW YORK
City:
NEW YORK
Special Indexes:
Arts Management/Music Management, Community Music Training, Early Music Performance, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Instrument Collections, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Kodály, Library Collections, Music Theatre Performance, Music Therapy, Sound Archives, Sound Engineering, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
This institution, now known as the Steinhardt School of Culture, Education, and Human Development, was founded in 1890 and is the first school of pedagogy to be established at an American university. Earlier known as New York University School of Education, it was given its current name and status i...
Country:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
State:
NEW YORK
City:
SCHENECTADY
Special Indexes:
Ethnomusicology/World Music, Instrument Collections, Jazz/Popular Music Performance
Notes:
An independent non-denominational liberal arts college founded in 1795, being the first college chartered by the Board of Regents of the State of New York. The music department became an All-Steinway School in 2007. It owns a Balinese gamelan. The Peter Irving Wold Center is the home of the Laborat...
Country:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
State:
NEW YORK
City:
POUGHKEEPSIE
Special Indexes:
Instrument Collections, Library Collections, Opera Performance
Notes:
A private liberal arts college founded in 1861 as a women's college. It became co-educational in 1969. The music department, formed in 1865, has 65 Steinway pianos and seven pipe organs, and has access to some fine performing spaces. There is an active opera program. The George Sherman Dickinson mus...
Country:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
State:
NORTH CAROLINA
City:
BOONE
Special Indexes:
Arts Management/Music Management, Band Conducting, Choral Conducting, Church Music/Religious Music, Eurhythmics/Dalcroze, Early Music Performance, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Instrument Collections, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Kodály, Music Therapy, Opera Performance, Orchestral Conducting, Orff Schulwerk, Sound Engineering, Traditional Instrument Performance, Wellness for Musicians
Notes:
The University was founded in 1899 as a teachers' college and gained its current name and status in 1967. The Musicum Collegium specialises in early music performance. There is an active opera program. Facilities include a state-of-the-art recording studio and sets of Indian tablas, African percussi...
Country:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
State:
NORTH CAROLINA
City:
DURHAM
Special Indexes:
Ethnomusicology/World Music, Instrument Collections, Library Collections
Notes:
This private university can trace its history back to 1838 and has historic ties to the United Methodist Church. It gained its current name and status in 1924. The music department has strengths in musicology and theory/composition. The G Norman and Ruth G Eddy Collection of Music Instruments compr...
Country:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
State:
NORTH CAROLINA
City:
BOILING SPRINGS
Special Indexes:
Church Music/Religious Music, Instrument Collections, Opera Performance
Notes:
A not-for-profit private liberal arts university, founded in 1905, and supported by the North Carolina Baptist State Convention. The School of Visual and Performing Arts consists of divisions of music, theatre and art. There is a flourishing music theatre/opera program. The 48-bell Hollifield Carill...
Country:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
State:
NORTH CAROLINA
City:
RALEIGH
Special Indexes:
Institutions for Women Only, Instrument Collections, Suzuki
Notes:
A private independent liberal arts college for women founded in 1891 and affiliated with the Southern Baptist church. The College is co-educational at graduate level. The music department houses over 65 pianos, several organs and a set of handbells, and has access to some fine performing spaces. In ...
Country:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
State:
NORTH CAROLINA
City:
WINSTON-SALEM
Special Indexes:
Arts Management/Music Management, Institutions for Women Only, Instrument Collections, Library Collections, Music Theatre Performance, Orff Schulwerk, Suzuki, Wellness for Musicians
Notes:
A private liberal arts residential college for undergraduate women, and co-educational for graduate studies in education and music. It is affiliated with the Moravian Church and is one of the oldest fully accredited professional music schools in the USA, tracing its history back to 1766. The music p...
Country:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
State:
NORTH CAROLINA
City:
WINSTON-SALEM
Special Indexes:
Early Music Performance, Instrument Collections, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Library Collections, Opera Performance, Wellness for Musicians
Notes:
A private non-sectarian liberal arts university founded in 1834. The music department is housed in the Scales Fine Arts Centre which also houses departments of art, dance and theatre arts. Facilities include some fine performance spaces, a well-equipped computer laboratory and a 48-bell carillon. T...
Country:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
State:
NORTH CAROLINA
City:
SWANNANOA
Special Indexes:
Ethnomusicology/World Music, Instrument Collections, Sound Archives, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
The College, of Presbyterian heritage, can trace its history back to 1894. The music department organises an Appalachian music program for the preservation of the traditions of music and dance from the region. Instruction is given on some of the common Appalachian instruments (finger-picking guitar,...
Country:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
State:
NORTH DAKOTA
City:
JAMESTOWN
Special Indexes:
Instrument Collections
Notes:
Founded in 1883 and formerly known as Jamestown College and affiliated with the Presbyterian Church (USA), this private liberal arts institution gained its current name and status in 2013. The Reiland Fine Arts Center houses the departments of music, theatre and visual arts. The music department own...
Country:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
State:
OHIO
City:
BEREA
Special Indexes:
Arts Management/Music Management, Instrument Collections, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Library Collections, Music Theatre Performance, Music Therapy, Opera Performance
Notes:
Founded in 1845 and formerly known as Baldwin-Wallace College, this institution gained its current name and status in 2012. It is a private liberal arts college affiliated with the United Methodist Church and is situated in close proximity to the city of Cleveland. The Conservatory, an All-Steinway ...
Country:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
State:
OHIO
City:
CLEVELAND
Special Indexes:
Instrument Collections, Library Collections, Sound Engineering
Notes:
A private university founded in 1826. It gained its current name and status in 1967. A Joint Music Program is organised with the Cleveland Institute of Music, thus increasing the range of courses available to students at both institutions. The Cleveland Institute offers the programs in performance, ...
Country:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
State:
OHIO
City:
OBERLIN
Special Indexes:
Choral Conducting, Early Music Performance, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Instrument Collections, Instrument Making/Maintenance, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Library Collections, Opera Performance, Orchestral Conducting, Sound Engineering, Suzuki, Traditional Instrument Performance, Wellness for Musicians
Notes:
An independent co-educational college founded in 1833 of Christian heritage. It was the first college to grant undergraduate degrees to women, and was historically a leader in educating black Americans. The Conservatory operates a contemporary music program. Some emphasis is also placed on performan...
Country:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
State:
OHIO
City:
DAYTON
Special Indexes:
Church Music/Religious Music, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Instrument Collections, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Library Collections, Music Therapy
Notes:
A co-educational Catholic university organised under the auspices of the Society of Mary (Marianists). It can trace its history back to 1850. There are strong programs in world music and jazz studies. Ensembles include the Ebony Heritage Singers, gospel choir, a world music choir, a Javanese gamelan...
Country:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
State:
OHIO
City:
ALLIANCE
Special Indexes:
Ethnomusicology/World Music, Instrument Collections, Music Theatre Performance, Wellness for Musicians
Notes:
A private institution founded in 1846 and formerly known as Mount Union College. It gained its current name and status in 2010 and was affiliated with the United Methodist Church until 2019. The music department is located in Cope Music Hall at the Fine Arts Center and houses a state-of-the-art comp...
Country:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
State:
OHIO
City:
DAYTON
Special Indexes:
Instrument Collections, Music Theatre Performance
Notes:
A state-supported university, founded in 1967. The Department of Music is housed in the Creative Arts Center. The Department of Music has sponsored symposia on music and medicine. A collaboration of the Department of Music, the Department of Theatre, Dance and Motion Pictures and the Department of ...
Country:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
State:
OKLAHOMA
City:
NORMAN
Special Indexes:
Arts Management/Music Management, Choral Conducting, Church Music/Religious Music, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Instrument Collections, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Kodály, Music Theatre Performance, Opera Performance, Orchestral Conducting, Sound Engineering
Notes:
A state-supported university founded in 1890. The School of Music (established in 1908) forms part of the Weitzenhoffer Family College of Fine Arts. It is housed in three buildings: the Catlett Music Centre, the Donald W Reynolds Performing Arts Center, and Carpenter Hall, giving it access to a numb...
Country:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
State:
OREGON
City:
NEWBERG
Special Indexes:
Instrument Collections, Sound Engineering
Notes:
A private Christian liberal arts university founded in 1891 by Quaker pioneers. Facilities include a set of handbells and the acoustically-splendid Bauman Auditorium. Member of the National Association of Schools of Music. ...
Country:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
State:
OREGON
City:
PORTLAND
Special Indexes:
Ethnomusicology/World Music, Instrument Collections, Jazz/Popular Music Performance
Notes:
A private college of arts and sciences founded as Albany Collegiate Institute in 1867 and gained its current name and status in 1942. Facilities include a well-equipped electronic music studio, some fine performance spaces, a Javanese gamelan and a collection of Japanese, Indian and Javanese instrum...
Country:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
State:
OREGON
City:
PORTLAND
Special Indexes:
Ethnomusicology/World Music, Instrument Collections
Notes:
A private non-sectarian liberal arts and sciences college founded in 1908. The music department has access to some fine performing spaces. There is a small collection of early keyboard instruments. ...
Country:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
State:
OREGON
City:
ASHLAND
Special Indexes:
Instrument Collections, Sound Engineering
Notes:
A state-supported liberal arts university that can trace its history back to 1872. It gained its current name and status in 1997. The Department of Performing Arts offers programs in theatre and music. The Schuman Collection of Music Instruments, comprising Western, early and non-Western instruments...
Country:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
State:
OREGON
City:
EUGENE
Special Indexes:
Arts Management/Music Management, Band Conducting, Choral Conducting, Early Music Performance, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Instrument Collections, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Opera Performance, Orchestral Conducting, Sound Engineering
Notes:
A state-supported university founded in 1876. The School of Music sees its particular strengths as in composition, performance, jazz studies and music education. Facilities include state-of-the-art music technololgy labs. There is a collection of orchestral and band instruments, early keyboard instr...
Country:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
State:
PENNSYLVANIA
City:
LEWISBURG
Special Indexes:
Instrument Collections, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Opera Performance
Notes:
A non-sectarian co-educational university of Baptist heritage. Founded in 1846 as the University of Lewisburg its name was changed to Bucknell University in 1886. Music facilities include the Weis Center for the Performing Arts, the Sigfried Weis Music Building and the Natalie Davis Rooke Recital Ha...
Country:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
State:
PENNSYLVANIA
City:
PITTSBURGH
Special Indexes:
Church Music/Religious Music, Eurhythmics/Dalcroze, Instrument Collections, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Kodály, Library Collections, Music Therapy, Opera Performance, Orff Schulwerk, Sound Engineering, Traditional Instrument Performance, Wellness for Musicians
Notes:
A private Catholic university founded by the Spiritans Order, tracing its history back to 1878. The School of Music, founded in 1926, is an All-Steinway School. It runs a full opera program in conjunction with the Pittsburgh Opera at the University. A particular strength is the guitar program, with ...
Country:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
State:
PENNSYLVANIA
City:
LANCASTER
Special Indexes:
Ethnomusicology/World Music, Instrument Collections, Jazz/Popular Music Performance
Notes:
A private college formed in 1853 from the amalgamation of two earlier colleges – Franklin College and Marshall College. The music department has access to the Barshinger Center for Musical Arts and a well-equipped audio-visual centre. There is a set of West African drums. ...
Country:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
State:
PENNSYLVANIA
City:
BEAVER FALLS
Special Indexes:
Instrument Collections
Notes:
A Christian liberal arts college established in 1848 under the sponsorship of the Reformed Presbyterian Church of North America. The College owns a set of handbells. ...
Country:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
State:
PENNSYLVANIA
City:
EASTON
Special Indexes:
Ethnomusicology/World Music, Instrument Collections, Jazz/Popular Music Performance
Notes:
An independent liberal arts college founded in 1826. The music department is housed in the Morris R Williams Center for the Arts. It owns a collection of band, orchestral, Asian, Indian and African musical instruments. ...
Country:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
State:
PENNSYLVANIA
City:
SELINSGROVE
Special Indexes:
Arts Management/Music Management, Church Music/Religious Music, Instrument Collections
Notes:
A private liberal arts university founded in 1858 and affiliated with the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America. The Cunningham Center for Music and Art houses the 320-seat Stretansky Concert Hall. The 1,500-seat Weber Chapel Auditorium is able to stage full-scale musicals and operas. The music dep...
Country:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
State:
PENNSYLVANIA
City:
SWARTHMORE
Special Indexes:
Ethnomusicology/World Music, Instrument Collections, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
A private non-sectarian college founded in 1864 by the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers). The Department of Music and Dance is housed in the Lang Music Building and the Lang Performing Arts Centre. There is a gamelan ensemble and a set of Taiko drums. An agreement exists between Swarthmore, Bry...
Country:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
State:
PENNSYLVANIA
City:
PHILADELPHIA
Special Indexes:
Band Conducting, Choral Conducting, Instrument Collections, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Library Collections, Music Theatre Performance, Music Therapy, Opera Performance, Repetiteur Training/Coaching, Sound Engineering, Suzuki
Notes:
An independent state-affiliated university founded in 1884. The Boyer college of Music and Dance forms part of the Center for the Arts. The New School Institute is the instrumental ensemble branch of the Esther Boyer College of Music and operates as the Department of Instrumental Ensemble and Orches...
Country:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
State:
PENNSYLVANIA
City:
PITTSBURGH
Special Indexes:
Ethnomusicology/World Music, Instrument Collections, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Library Collections, Personal Archives, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
A state-supported university founded in 1787. The music department forms part of the Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences. Interdisciplinary study is encouraged in the graduate programs. The library holds the Theodore Finney Music Library, the Carnegie Music Library, collections of early American h...
Country:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
State:
PENNSYLVANIA
City:
NEW WILMINGTON
Special Indexes:
Instrument Collections, Music Therapy, Sound Engineering
Notes:
A private liberal arts college founded in 1852 and related to the United Presbyterian Church. The music department has access to some fine performing spaces. The Old Main tower houses a three-octave carillon. Member of the National Association of Schools of Music. ...
Country:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
State:
RHODE ISLAND
City:
PROVIDENCE
Special Indexes:
Ethnomusicology/World Music, Instrument Collections, Library Collections, Opera Performance, Sound Archives, Sound Engineering
Notes:
A private university, the seventh oldest in America, being founded in 1764. Originally of Baptist heritage, it is now non-sectarian and is a member of the Ivy League. The music department has access to several fine performance spaces. There is an active opera workshop. The Orwig Music Library houses...
Country:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
State:
SOUTH CAROLINA
City:
DUE WEST
Special Indexes:
Church Music/Religious Music, Instrument Collections
Notes:
A liberal arts college founded in 1839, affiliated with the Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church. The music department has access to several fine performance spaces. There are four organs on campus. ...
Country:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
State:
SOUTH CAROLINA
City:
GAFFNEY
Special Indexes:
Instrument Collections, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Music Theatre Performance
Notes:
A private co-educational liberal arts institution founded as a women’s college in 1845. It became co-educational in the late 1960s, and is non-denominational. Formerly known as Limestone College it gained its current name and status in 2020. The music department is housed in the Carroll Fine Arts ...
Country:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
State:
SOUTH DAKOTA
City:
MITCHELL
Special Indexes:
Ethnomusicology/World Music, Instrument Collections
Notes:
The university was founded in 1885 and is affiliated with the United Methodist Church. The music department has access to several fine performing spaces. It owns a set of handbells. ...
Country:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
State:
SOUTH DAKOTA
City:
VERMILLION
Special Indexes:
Early Music Performance, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Instrument Collections, Library Collections, Music Theatre Performance, Sound Archives, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
A state-supported university. Founded in 1862, it is the oldest institution of higher learning in South Dakota and is the flagship university for the state. The College of Fine Arts offers programs in art, music and theatre. The University's National Music Museum and Center for the Study of the His...
Country:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
State:
TENNESSEE
City:
MURFREESBORO
Special Indexes:
Band Conducting, Choral Conducting, Instrument Collections, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Library Collections, Opera Performance, Orchestral Conducting, Sound Engineering, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
A state-supported university. Founded in 1911 as a teachers’ college, it gained its current name and status in 1965. It is located about a 30-minute drive south of Nashville, the Country Music centre of the world. The School of Music, an All-Steinway School, has access to several fine performance ...
Country:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
State:
TENNESSEE
City:
NASHVILLE
Special Indexes:
Instrument Collections, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Library Collections
Notes:
An historically black state-supported university founded in 1912. The music department houses the largest collection of basset horn music in the USA as well as a considerable collection of African-American music. It hosts the Historically Black Colleges and Universities annual piano competition, ope...
Country:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
State:
TENNESSEE
City:
KNOXVILLE
Special Indexes:
Arts Management/Music Management, Choral Conducting, Church Music/Religious Music, Instrument Collections, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Opera Performance, Orchestral Conducting
Notes:
A state-supported university that can trace its history back to 1794. It gained its current name and status in 1879 and is the flagship campus of the University of Tennessee system. The School of Music is housed in the Natalie L Haslam Music Center with access to several fine performance spaces and ...
Country:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
State:
TEXAS
City:
WACO
Special Indexes:
Band Conducting, Choral Conducting, Church Music/Religious Music, Instrument Collections, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Opera Performance, Orchestral Conducting
Notes:
A private Christian university affiliated with the Baptist General Convention of Texas. Founded in 1845, this is the oldest continuously operating institution of higher learning in Texas and the largest Baptist University in the world. The music school is housed in Waco Hall and the McCrary Music Bu...
Country:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
State:
TEXAS
City:
SAN ANTONIO
Special Indexes:
Choral Conducting, Church Music/Religious Music, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Instrument Collections, Library Collections, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
A Catholic co-educational university founded in 1895 by the Sisters of the Congregation of Divine Providence. It gained its current name and status in 1975. Our Lady of the Lake University is committed to serving Hispanics, who are the majority ethnic group on campus. Hence there are specific course...
Country:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
State:
TEXAS
City:
DALLAS
Special Indexes:
Arts Management/Music Management, Band Conducting, Choral Conducting, Church Music/Religious Music, Eurhythmics/Dalcroze, Instrument Collections, Instrument Making/Maintenance, Kodály, Library Collections, Music Theatre Performance, Music Therapy, Opera Performance, Orchestral Conducting, Orff Schulwerk, Sound Engineering, Wellness for Musicians
Notes:
A private non-sectarian university of Methodist heritage, founded in 1911. The Meadows School of the Arts comprises divisions of visual art, dance, theatre, journalism, cinema-television, music, advertising, art history and arts administration. The music division houses a number of fine performance ...
Country:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
State:
TEXAS
City:
FORT WORTH
Special Indexes:
Band Conducting, Choral Conducting, Church Music/Religious Music, Instrument Collections, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Library Collections
Notes:
The seminary was founded in 1908 and is supported by the Southern Baptist Convention. In addition to accreditation from national accrediting bodies the courses have been accredited by the Association of Theological Schools in the US and Canada. Attached to the Seminary is The College at South Wester...
Country:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
State:
TEXAS
City:
FORT WORTH
Special Indexes:
Arts Management/Music Management, Band Conducting, Choral Conducting, Church Music/Religious Music, Early Music Performance, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Instrument Collections, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Opera Performance, Orchestral Conducting, Repetiteur Training/Coaching, Suzuki
Notes:
A private university founded in 1873. The School of Music is housed in the Ed Landreth Hall and the Mary D and F Howard Walsh Center for Performing Arts, with a number of fine performance spaces. Facilities include four pipe organs, two harpsichords, a clavichord and a collection of baroque and rena...
Country:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
State:
TEXAS
City:
LUBBOCK
Special Indexes:
Band Conducting, Choral Conducting, Instrument Collections, Music Theatre Performance, Opera Performance, Orchestral Conducting
Notes:
A state-supported university that can trace its history back to 1923. It gained its current name and status in 1969. There is a 36-bell carillon on campus. The College of Visual and Performing Arts offers programs in art, music and theatre and dance, with a thriving musical theatre and opera scene. ...
Country:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
State:
TEXAS
City:
DENTON
Special Indexes:
Arts Management/Music Management, Band Conducting, Choral Conducting, Early Music Performance, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Instrument Collections, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Kodály, Library Collections, Music Therapy, Opera Performance, Orchestral Conducting, Sound Archives, Sound Engineering, Traditional Instrument Performance, Wellness for Musicians
Notes:
A state-supported university established in 1890 as a teachers’ college. It gained its current name and status in 1988. The College of Music is the second largest comprehensive music school in the USA. It sees the jazz program as one of its many strengths, with some thirteen 20-member ensembles. T...
Country:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
State:
TEXAS
City:
AUSTIN
Special Indexes:
Band Conducting, Choral Conducting, Church Music/Religious Music, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Instrument Collections, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Opera Performance, Orchestral Conducting, Sound Engineering, Traditional Instrument Performance, Wellness for Musicians
Notes:
A state university, opened in 1883. It is the largest institution of the University of Texas System. School of Music facilities include five concert and recital halls, numerous teaching studios, classrooms, rehearsal halls and 125 practice rooms. There are some 300 pianos, four harpsichords, two cla...
Country:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
State:
UTAH
City:
CEDAR CITY
Special Indexes:
Instrument Collections, Library Collections, Music Theatre Performance, Opera Performance, Sound Engineering
Notes:
A state university founded in 1897 as a teacher training college. It gained its current name and status in 1991. The music department has access to some fine performing spaces and hosts a thriving opera/music theatre program. It is an All-Steinway School. The department houses the Dalley Collection ...
Country:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
State:
VERMONT
City:
MIDDLEBURY
Special Indexes:
Ethnomusicology/World Music, Instrument Collections, Library Collections, Sound Archives, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
A private liberal arts college founded in 1800. The music department is housed in the Mahaney Center for the Arts and emphasises composition and performance, music history and ethnomusicology. It has access to some fine performing spaces. Participation in the College’s African Music and Dance Perf...
Country:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
State:
VIRGINIA
City:
BRIDGEWATER
Special Indexes:
Church Music/Religious Music, Instrument Collections
Notes:
A private Christian institution founded in 1880 as a teachers’ college, being the first co-educational college in Virginia. It is associated with the Church of the Brethren. The Department of Music is housed in the Carter Center for Worship and Music. There are three pipe organs and one Allen Rena...
Country:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
State:
VIRGINIA
City:
WILLIAMSBURG
Special Indexes:
Ethnomusicology/World Music, Instrument Collections, Jazz/Popular Music Performance
Notes:
This liberal arts university college can trace its history back to 1693, making it the second oldest institution of higher learning in USA. Presumably designed by the English architect, the Sir Christopher Wren Building on campus is the oldest academic building in continuous use in USA. The music de...
Country:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
State:
VIRGINIA
City:
ROANOKE
Special Indexes:
Arts Management/Music Management, Institutions for Women Only, Instrument Collections, Music Theatre Performance, Opera Performance
Notes:
A liberal arts university for women, founded in 1842. The music department is housed in Presser Hall and is an All-Steinway School. There is a 47-bell carillon as well as some early keyboard instruments and a set of steel pan drums. The Hollins Academy of Music offers music instruction to children ...
Country:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
State:
VIRGINIA
City:
LYNCHBURG
Special Indexes:
Instrument Collections
Notes:
An independent co-educational university founded in 1903 of Christian heritage. Formerly known as Lynchburg College, it gained its current name and status in 2018. The School of Communication and Arts offers programs in art, communication studies, museum studies, music, popular culture and theatre. ...
Country:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
State:
WASHINGTON
City:
SEATTLE
Special Indexes:
Early Music Performance, Instrument Collections, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Music Theatre Performance, Opera Performance
Notes:
Founded in 1914 as the Cornish School, this institution gained its current name and status in 1986. The Cornish College of the Arts is a private non-profit performance and visual arts college with departments of music, dance, visual arts, theatre, design and performance production. The music departm...
Country:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
State:
WASHINGTON
City:
SEATTLE
Special Indexes:
Church Music/Religious Music, Instrument Collections, Music Therapy, Sound Engineering
Notes:
A private university founded in 1891 as the Seattle Seminary and gained its current name and status in 1977. The university is related to the Free Methodist Church. The Department of Music is housed in the Crawford Music Building. It holds a collection of flutes of many styles and periods. Member of...
Country:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
State:
WASHINGTON
City:
SEATTLE
Special Indexes:
Choral Conducting, Early Music Performance, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Instrument Collections, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Library Collections, Opera Performance, Orchestral Conducting, Sound Archives
Notes:
A state-supported university founded in 1861. The School of Music has access to several fine performing spaces. There is a Center for Advanced Research Technology in the Arts and Humanities (covering visual art, literary arts, music). The Ethnomusicology Archives holds a vast collection of field re...
Country:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
State:
WASHINGTON
City:
COLLEGE PLACE
Special Indexes:
Instrument Collections
Notes:
A private liberal arts institution founded in 1892 and affiliated with the Seventh-Day Adventist Church. Formerly known as Walla Walla College, it gained its current name and status in 2007. The music department is housed in the Melvin K West Fine Arts Center. Facilities include a modern music buil...
Country:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
State:
WEST VIRGINIA
City:
MORGANTOWN
Special Indexes:
Band Conducting, Choral Conducting, Instrument Collections, Instrument Making/Maintenance, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Music Theatre Performance, Music Therapy, Opera Performance, Orchestral Conducting, Sound Archives, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
A state-supported university. The College of Creative Arts offers programs in art and design, music, theatre and dance. The Evansdale Library holds the Fry Archive (some 5,000 items) of recorded jazz music from the 1920s to the 1950s. There is a large collection of African instruments, as well as Ja...
Country:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
State:
WISCONSIN
City:
BELOIT
Special Indexes:
Instrument Collections, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Sound Engineering
Notes:
A private liberal arts college founded in 1846, thus being the oldest continuously operated college in the state. The music department is located in the Hendricks Center for the Arts. The Dwight Eaton Chapel houses an Aeolian Skinner 3-manual organ and two nine-foot Steinway grand pianos. The Colleg...