Country:
NIGERIA
State:
City:
AWKA
Special Indexes:
Ethnomusicology/World Music, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
The university, formerly known as Anambra State University of Technology, was founded in 1991 and the Department of Music was established in 1992. There are two other campuses - Nnewi and Agulu....
Country:
NIGERIA
State:
City:
IFE-IFE
Special Indexes:
Arts Management/Music Management, Choral Conducting, Church Music/Religious Music, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
The University was founded in 1961 and gained its current name and status in 1987. The music department organises a choir, a band and the University African Music and Dance Ensemble. All programs include a blend of African and Western music traditions. The music department issues the Nigerian Music ...
Country:
NIGERIA
State:
City:
BADAGRY
Special Indexes:
Band Conducting, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
This privately-owned institution was founded in 1982 by the jazz artist Peter King. It prepares students for the professional examinations of Associate, Licentiate and Fellowship of the Trinity, Royal and London Schools of Music and the Guildhall School of Music and Drama in the UK. Facilities inclu...
Country:
NIGERIA
State:
City:
IBADAN
Special Indexes:
Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
The University was founded in 1948 as a College of the University of London and gained its current name and status in 1962. ...
Country:
NIGERIA
State:
City:
ILORIN
Special Indexes:
Ethnomusicology/World Music, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
The university was founded in 1975 and the Department of Performing Arts was established in 1981. ...
Country:
NIGERIA
State:
City:
NSUKKA
Special Indexes:
Band Conducting, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Instrument Making/Maintenance, Sound Engineering, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
Founded in 1955 and formerly known as the University of Biafra, this University gained its current name in 1970 and is commonly referred to as UNN. The Department of Music was first established in 1960. The Sam Chukwu Memorial Recording Studio (SCMRS), the result of a collaboration between the Unive...
Country:
NIGERIA
State:
City:
UYO
Special Indexes:
Ethnomusicology/World Music, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
The university was founded in 1983 as the University of Cross River State, and gained its current name in 1991. Language of instruction is English. ...
Country:
NIUE
State:
City:
ALOFI
Special Indexes:
Ethnomusicology/World Music, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
The University of the South Pacific was established in 1968. It is jointly owned by the governments of twelve island countries: Cook Islands, Fiji, Kiribati, Marshall Islands, Nauru, Niue, Solomon Islands, Tokelau, Tonga, Tuvalu, Vanuatu and Samoa, with campuses in each country. Music study forms an...
Country:
NORTH KOREA
State:
City:
PYONGYANG
Special Indexes:
Band Conducting, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
The Kim Won-Gyun University of Music and Dance was named for Kim Won-Gyun one of North Korea’s most celebrated composers and a politician who composed the national anthem. The institution was founded in 1949 and, combining with Pyongyang Art College in 1972, became Pyongyang’s University of Musi...
Country:
NORTH MACEDONIA
State:
City:
SKOPJE
Special Indexes:
Choral Conducting, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Library Collections, Music Librarianship Training, Orchestral Conducting, Sound Archives, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
The university was founded in 1949 and is named after the Byzantine Christian theologians and missionaries Cyril and Methodius. The Faculty of Music was established in 1966. There are departments of performance, theory, composition, conducting, musicology, ethnomusicology, music education and dance....
Country:
NORWAY
State:
City:
HAMAR
Special Indexes:
Arts Management/Music Management, Choral Conducting, Sound Engineering, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
Formerly known as Hedmark University of Applied Sciences, this University received its current name in 2017 following the merger with the then Lillehammer University College. There are campuses in Blæstad, Elverum, Evenstad, Hamar, Lillehammer and Rena. ...
Country:
NORWAY
State:
City:
OSLO
Special Indexes:
Arts Management/Music Management, Band Conducting, Choral Conducting, Church Music/Religious Music, Early Music Performance, Instrument Making/Maintenance, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Music Therapy, Opera Performance, Orchestral Conducting, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
The Norwegian Academy of Music was established in 1973 and is regarded as equivalent to a university. Language of instruction in class is Norwegian; individual tuition may be in another language, mostly English. The Academy has a Norwegian Artistic Research Fellowships Program, regarded as equivalen...
Country:
NORWAY
State:
City:
VOSS
Special Indexes:
Ethnomusicology/World Music, Instrument Collections, Instrument Making/Maintenance, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
The Ole Bull Academy, founded in 1977, is an independent institution offering courses in Norwegian violin and fiddle music and traditional dance. This is a college level music academy devoted to instruction in native Norwegian music traditions. Classes are based on the actual experience of oral trad...
Country:
NORWAY
State:
City:
BERGEN
Special Indexes:
Band Conducting, Choral Conducting, Church Music/Religious Music, Early Music Performance, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Library Collections, Music Therapy, Orchestral Conducting, Sound Archives, Traditional Instrument Performance, Wellness for Musicians
Notes:
The University’s Faculty of Fine Art, Music and Design was established in 2017 from an amalgamation of the earlier Grieg Academy and the Bergen Academy of Art and Design. The Greig Academy is the music school of the University of Bergen. It houses the Institute of Ethnic Folklore (Etno-Folkloristi...
Country:
NORWAY
State:
City:
NOTODDEN
Special Indexes:
Ethnomusicology/World Music, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
This institution was formed in 2016 from the merger of the former Buskerud and Vestfold University Colleges with Telemark University College and gained its current name and status in 2018. It operates on a number of campuses around Norway. The University is the home of performance on the hardanger f...
Country:
OMAN
State:
City:
MUSCAT
Special Indexes:
Ethnomusicology/World Music, Instrument Making/Maintenance, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
The University was founded in 1986 and the College of Arts and Social Sciences was established in 1987. Apart from major studies in music and musicology the department aims to produce qualified teachers who are technically and academically capable of teaching music in public schools. There is a cour...
Country:
PAKISTAN
State:
City:
ISLAMABAD
Special Indexes:
Library Collections, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
The Pakistan National Council of the Arts was created in 1972 and operates under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of National Heritage & Integration. It has three Divisions which concern music: • Performing Arts Academy, which promotes the arts of dance, music, drama, puppetry and allied popul...
Country:
PAKISTAN
State:
City:
GUJRAT
Special Indexes:
Programs for the Handicapped, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
The Pakistani government organises a number of schools for physically and mentally handicapped children throughout the country. The Pakistan Special Education Center is a private establishment opened in 2002 catering for music education and music activities for girls and boys aged from five to fift...
Country:
PALESTINE (WEST BANK, GAZA)
State:
City:
EAST JERUSALEM
Special Indexes:
Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
The Center was established in 2001. It aims to promote excellence and innovation in Arabic music, to develop the skills and knowledge of young Arab musicians, and to provide serious music tuition to students wishing to become professional musicians. It hosts visiting musicians from Palestine and abr...
Country:
PALESTINE (WEST BANK, GAZA)
State:
City:
NABLUS
Special Indexes:
Ethnomusicology/World Music, Sound Engineering, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
This non-governmental Palestinian university began in 1918 as a school, and gained university status in 1978. The Faculty of Fine Arts was established in 1981. Language of instruction is Arabic. There is a liaison office in Amman, Jordan....
Country:
PALESTINE (WEST BANK, GAZA)
State:
City:
BIRZEIT
Special Indexes:
Arts Management/Music Management, Band Conducting, Choral Conducting, Sound Engineering, Traditional Instrument Performance, Wellness for Musicians
Notes:
Birzeit University is a private non-profit organisation that can trace its history back to 1924 as a girls' school. Later it became known as Birzeit College and in 1953 offered its first two-year tertiary programs. The first full Bachelor degree students graduated in 1976. The Faculty of Art, Music ...
Country:
PALESTINE (WEST BANK, GAZA)
State:
City:
RAMALLAH
Special Indexes:
Ethnomusicology/World Music, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
The Conservatory, established in 1993, is an affiliate of Birzeit University and has branches in Ramallah, East Jerusalem, Nablus, Gaza City, Beit Sahour and Bethlehem/Tchaikovsky Music School, as well as outreach programs in Hebron, Jerusalem and Gaza. It was granted its current name in 2004. The C...
Country:
PALESTINIAN TERRITORY, WEST BANK
State:
City:
JERUSALEM
Special Indexes:
Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
The Center was established in 2001. It aims to provide serious music tuition to students wishing to become professional musicians. It hosts visiting musicians from Palestine and abroad, creating a rich musical environment through discussion forums and music performances. The Center publishes a journ...
Country:
PALESTINIAN TERRITORY, WEST BANK
State:
City:
NABLUS, WEST BANK
Special Indexes:
Ethnomusicology/World Music, Kodály, Music Therapy, Orff Schulwerk, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
This Palestinian university began in 1918 as a school, and was granted university status in 1977. The Faculty of Fine Arts was established in 1981. Language of instruction is Arabic. There are currently problems with the continuity of the program due to the disturbed political situation on the West ...
Country:
PALESTINIAN TERRITORY, WEST BANK
State:
City:
EAST JERUSALEM
Special Indexes:
Ethnomusicology/World Music, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
The Conservatory, established in 1993, is an affiliate of Birzeit University. There are branches in Ramallah and Bethlehem. Currently there are three levels of study: Preparatory (children up to 8 years), Elementary, and Intermediate. Completion of the three levels students are eligible for a diplom...
Country:
PAPUA NEW GUINEA
State:
City:
GOROKA
Special Indexes:
Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
Established in 1965 as a primary teachers’ college and later as a secondary teachers’ college, in 1997 this institution was declared a fully-fledged university by the government of Papua New Guinea. The Department of Expressive Arts and Religious Education consists of three divisions – music,...
Country:
PAPUA NEW GUINEA
State:
City:
PORT MORESBY
Special Indexes:
Ethnomusicology/World Music, Instrument Collections, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Sound Engineering, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
The University was established in 1966. The formerly known National Arts School comprising theatre, visual arts and music was formally incorporated into the university in 1989. There are three campuses in the Port Moresby area and study centres in a number of provinces. The Department of Creative Ar...
Country:
PHILIPPINES
State:
City:
MANILA
Special Indexes:
Choral Conducting, Church Music/Religious Music, Instrument Collections, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
This institution can trace its history back to 1632. It was a Catholic teacher training college for women run by the Daughters of Charity of St Vincent de Paul but now admits male students. Attached to the College are a primary school, a secondary school and a senior high school. The music departmen...
Country:
PHILIPPINES
State:
City:
QUEZON CITY
Special Indexes:
Band Conducting, Choral Conducting, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Instrument Collections, Library Collections, Orchestral Conducting, Personal Archives, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
A government University established in 1908 in Manila, but transferred to the Diliman campus in Quezon City in 1949. There are several campuses in the province. The College of Music is housed in Abelardo Hall which contains a fine auditorium. Courses include both Asian and Western music. In addition...
Country:
PORTUGAL
State:
AZORES
City:
HORTA
Special Indexes:
Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
The islands of the Azores form a Portuguese autonomous region. The Conservatory was founded in 1990. ...
Country:
PORTUGAL
State:
AZORES
City:
PONTA DELGADA
Special Indexes:
Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
The Conservatorio is recognised as a School of Specialized Artistic Education. It enrols children and young people as well as interested members of the local community....
Country:
PORTUGAL
State:
AZORES
City:
ANGRA DO HEROÍSMO
Special Indexes:
Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
The islands of the Azores form a Portuguese autonomous region....
Country:
PORTUGAL
State:
CENTRO
City:
COIMBRA
Special Indexes:
Ethnomusicology/World Music, Sound Engineering, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
A government institution which commenced operation in 1988. There are Schools of Agriculture, Education, Technology/Management, Health Technologies, and Institutes of Accounting/Administration and Engineering. ...
Country:
QATAR
State:
City:
DOHA
Special Indexes:
Music Therapy, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
The Qatar Music Academy commenced operating in 2011. It offers two main programs: • the Academic Music program, with performance studies on either Western classical or Arab traditional instruments. For young people from age 5 to 18. Instruments may be lent to students free of charge. • the Music...
Country:
RÉUNION
State:
City:
SAINT-DENIS DE LA RÉUNION
Special Indexes:
Choral Conducting, Instrument Collections, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
The Conservatoire à Rayonnement Régional de Musique, Danse et Art Dramatique de la Réunion was founded in 1987 and is one of over 30 such institutions in France. Its headquarters are in Saint-Denis, with other teaching centres in Saint-Benoît, Saint-Paul and Saint-Pierre. The Conservatoire is a ...
Country:
ROMANIA
State:
City:
BRAŞOV
Special Indexes:
Arts Management/Music Management, Choral Conducting, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Music Therapy, Opera Performance, Orchestral Conducting, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
The Transylvania University of Braşov can trace its history back to 1948 and gained its current name and status in 1991. The Department of Music was added in 1969 and became the Faculty of Music in 1971. It organises the annual Braşov Transilvania Music Summer Academy. Language of instruction is R...
Country:
ROMANIA
State:
City:
TIMIŞOARA
Special Indexes:
Choral Conducting, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Opera Performance, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
The university was founded in 1944 and was reformed in 1962. Following political problems it began the rebuilding process in 1989. The Faculty of Music was established in 1990 and has departments of performance, pedagogy and theatre arts. ...
Country:
ROMANIA
State:
City:
CRAIOVA
Special Indexes:
Choral Conducting, Church Music/Religious Music, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Opera Performance, Orchestral Conducting, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
The University was established in 1947 and the music program was first offered in 2003. ...
Country:
RUSSIA
State:
City:
YAKUTSK
Special Indexes:
Opera Performance, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
The Institute was established in 2000 with several branches of higher educational institutions being joined into one institution. The curriculum combines academic and traditional arts of the region. Areas of specific expertise are Arctic Cultural and Creative Industries, Indigenous Studies, Arctic A...
Country:
RUSSIA
State:
City:
ASTRAKHAN
Special Indexes:
Choral Conducting, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
The Conservatory was founded in 1969. It co-operates with the International Society of Music Education (ISME), the International Association of Empirical Aesthetics, the Scientific Centre in the History of World Culture of the Russian Academy of Sciences, and other international bodies. Facilities i...
Country:
RUSSIA
State:
City:
KRASNOYARSK
Special Indexes:
Choral Conducting, Sound Engineering, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
This institution was founded in 1977 as the Krasnoyarsk State Institute of Arts. In 2018 it gained its current name and status as 'Dmitry Hvorostovsky Siberian State Academy of Arts'. There are departments of music, drama and visual arts. The Institute carries out research in performance practice, ...
Country:
RUSSIA
State:
City:
ULAN-UDE
Special Indexes:
Choral Conducting, Opera Performance, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
The Academy was founded in 1960. It is one of the largest institutions in eastern Siberia, and trains students for the Republics of Buryatia, Yakutia, Tyva, Kalmikia, Gorniy Altai, Hakasia, Chita and Irkutsk regions as well as the autonomous districts of Aginsk and Ust-Ordynsk. Facilities include a ...
Country:
RUSSIA
State:
City:
VLADIVOSTOK
Special Indexes:
Band Conducting, Choral Conducting, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Opera Performance, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
The Academy was founded in 1962 and is one of the oldest in the Russian federation. There are departments of music, visual art and theatre. The Master's program was introduced in 2017. Preparatory courses are organised to prepare students for entry to the professional program. Language of instructio...
Country:
RUSSIA
State:
City:
MOSCOW
Special Indexes:
Arts Management/Music Management, Choral Conducting, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Library Collections, Opera Performance, Orchestral Conducting, Sound Engineering, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
This institution was founded in 1895 as a junior school and was called the Gnessin State Musical College. It added higher levels in 1944, and eventually became a full tertiary institution, now known as the Gnessin Russian Academy of Music. In addition to a full conservatory program with an original ...
Country:
RUSSIA
State:
City:
ST PETERSBURG
Special Indexes:
Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
The University can trace its history back to 1797 with the establishment of the Emperor's Education House. In 1991 it gained its current name and status and currently is one of the largest Universities in Russia. The College of Music offers programs in music, drama and dance. Language of instruction...
Country:
RUSSIA
State:
City:
KAZAN
Special Indexes:
Choral Conducting, Early Music Performance, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Instrument Making/Maintenance, Opera Performance, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
The Conservatoire was founded in 1945. It is situated in the Middle Volga region in a multi-ethnic area, and trains students from Russia, China, Korea, Japan and other countries both in Western and Tatar music cultures. There is a separate Faculty of Bashkir Music, established in 1996, which include...
Country:
RUSSIA
State:
City:
KRASNODAR
Special Indexes:
Choral Conducting, Opera Performance, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
The Krasnodar State Institute of Culture was founded in 1966, and following a number of title changes, it regained its current name in 2015, being now recognised as equivalent to a university. The Rimsky-Korsakov College was founded in 1906 and currently forms the Conservatory of the University, off...
Country:
RUSSIA
State:
City:
MAGNITOGORSK
Special Indexes:
Choral Conducting, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Opera Performance, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
The Conservatoire can trace its history back to 1939, and was granted its current name and status in 1993. There are three faculties: Music, Music Education and Choreography, and Theatre. Foreign students are welcome to apply. Accommodation is readily available on campus, and there are ample opportu...
Country:
RUSSIA
State:
City:
MOSCOW
Special Indexes:
Arts Management/Music Management, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Opera Performance, Orchestral Conducting, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
The University was founded in 1930 as the Moscow Library Institute and gained its current name and status in 2014. Under the control of the Ministry of Culture, it offers programs in music, drama, visual arts, film, journalism, arts management and administration, among others. Foreign students are w...
Country:
RUSSIA
State:
City:
NIZHNY NOVGOROD
Special Indexes:
Band Conducting, Choral Conducting, Early Music Performance, Instrument Making/Maintenance, Opera Performance, Orchestral Conducting, Sound Engineering, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
The Conservatory was founded in 1946. A pre-entry training program is offered to students wishing to enter the professional course. Facilities include two concert halls, one with a large concert organ, a sound laboratory, folklore room, a repair and adjustment facility for instruments and a museum. ...
Country:
RUSSIA
State:
City:
NOVOSIBIRSK
Special Indexes:
Choral Conducting, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Instrument Collections, Music Theatre Performance, Opera Performance, Orchestral Conducting, Sound Archives, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
The Conservatory was founded in 1956. There is a collection of instruments from south-east Asia and Siberia and a sound archive ot Siberian folk music. Special institutes concentrate on ancient Russian music and the history of music and traditional cultures in Siberia. Facilities include two concert...
Country:
RUSSIA
State:
City:
PERM
Special Indexes:
Arts Management/Music Management, Band Conducting, Choral Conducting, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
The Institute was founded in 1975 and the Conservatory of Music was created in 2013. It organises local and international conferences and seminars as well as competitions. An active member of the Association Européenne des Conservatoires, Académies de Musique et Musikhochschulen. ...
Country:
RUSSIA
State:
City:
PETROZAVODSK
Special Indexes:
Band Conducting, Choral Conducting, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
The conservatory was founded in 1967 as a branch of Leningrad Rimsky-Korsakov Conservatory. In 1991 it became an independent institution and in 2003 it gained its current name and status. There are two faculties - Performing, and Theory and Conducting - organised into twelve departments. Students st...
Country:
RUSSIA
State:
City:
ROSTOV-NA-DONAU
Special Indexes:
Choral Conducting, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Opera Conducting, Opera Performance, Orchestral Conducting, Sound Engineering, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
The Conservatory was founded in 1967 as ‘Rostov Musical Pedagogical Institute’, and gained its current name in 2004. Facilities include two concert halls. The Conservatory sees one of its strengths as in the jazz program. There is an attached special secondary music school. ...
Country:
RUSSIA
State:
City:
SARATOV
Special Indexes:
Band Conducting, Choral Conducting, Opera Performance, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
The conservatory was founded in 1912. In addition to the professional program it offers preparatory courses for students wishing to enter the conservatory program. ...
Country:
RUSSIA
State:
City:
MOSCOW
Special Indexes:
Choral Conducting, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
The Institute can trace its history back to 1918, and after a number of name changes gained its current name and status in 2011. It aims to preserve and strengthen the best traditions of Russian music education. There are attached elementary and secondary schools....
Country:
RUSSIA
State:
City:
ST PETERSBURG
Special Indexes:
Choral Conducting, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Library Collections, Music Theatre Performance, Opera Performance, Orchestral Conducting, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
The Conservatory was founded in 1862, the first in Russia, with Anton Rubinstein and Henrick Wieniawski among the founding members. Tchaikovsky was one of the first graduates, and others include Lyadov, Myaskovsky, Prokofiev, Shostakovich, Efrem Zimbalist. Professors have included Rimsky-Korsakov, G...
Country:
RUSSIA
State:
City:
ST PETERSBURG
Special Indexes:
Orchestral Conducting, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
This institution was founded in 1918. It operates on six campuses around the area....
Country:
RUSSIA
State:
City:
UFA
Special Indexes:
Arts Management/Music Management, Choral Conducting, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Instrument Collections, Opera Performance, Orchestral Conducting, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
The Institute was founded in 1968 as a branch of the Gnesins State Musical Pedagogical Institute and gained its current name and status in 2015. There are departments of music performance, musicology, Bashkir music, theatre and visual arts. Students attending the attached special secondary school re...
Country:
RUSSIA
State:
City:
EKATERINBURG
Special Indexes:
Arts Management/Music Management, Choral Conducting, Instrument Collections, Library Collections, Opera Performance, Orchestral Conducting, Sound Archives, Sound Engineering, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
The Conservatory, one of the largest higher music institutions in Russia, was founded in 1934. There are eight faculties: Orchestra and Folk Instruments, Piano, Singing, Orchestral and Choral Conducting, Musicology, Composition, Sound Engineering, and Media and Cultural Management and Marketing. Fac...
Country:
RUSSIA
State:
City:
VORONEZH
Special Indexes:
Choral Conducting, Orchestral Conducting, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
This institution was founded in 1971 and gained its current name and status in 1998. There are departments of music, drama and fine arts. A preparatory course is offered to those wishing to enrol in the professional program. ...
Country:
RWANDA
State:
City:
GISENYI
Special Indexes:
Arts Management/Music Management, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Sound Engineering, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
Supported by the Rwandan government, the Catholic public Nyundo School of Arts was established in 2014 with an intake of 30 students from all provinces. It is the first public arts school in Rwanda. The aim of the government is to create professionals who will be able to promote both the traditional...
Country:
SAMOA (WESTERN)
State:
City:
APIA
Special Indexes:
Ethnomusicology/World Music, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
The University of the South Pacific was established in 1968. It is jointly owned by the governments of twelve island countries: Cook Islands, Fiji, Kiribati, Marshall Islands, Nauru, Niue, Solomon Islands, Tokelau, Tonga, Tuvalu, Vanuatu and Western Samoa, with campuses in each country. Music study ...
Country:
SAUDI ARABIA
State:
City:
TA'IF
Special Indexes:
Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
Taif University is a public institution founded in 2004. As part of its National Transformation Initiative of 2020 the university's Poetry Academy has announced a course in poetry writing, recitation and music. This is the first Saudi Arabian University or higher education institution to offer a mus...
Country:
SÉNÉGAL
State:
City:
DAKAR
Special Indexes:
Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
The National School of the Arts 'Douta Seck' was established in 1995 following the amalgamation of the former Teachers’ College of the Arts, the National School of Fine Arts, the National Conservatory of Music, Dance and Dramatic Art and the Institute of Design. It operates under the jurisdiction ...
Country:
SEYCHELLES
State:
City:
MAHÉ
Special Indexes:
Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
Founded in 1997, the National Conservatoire of Performing Arts (NCPA) is the only institution in the Seychelles to offer training programs in dance, music and drama to people of all ages. Students are encouraged to enter for examinations of international bodies such as the Associated Board of the Ro...
Country:
SHARJAH
State:
City:
SHARJAH
Special Indexes:
Ethnomusicology/World Music, Music Theatre Performance, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
Sharjah is currently recognised by UNESCO as the Cultural Capital of the Arab World. The American University of Sharjah is a private co-educational institution founded in 1997, and accredited in the USA by the Commission on Higher Education of the Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools. T...
Country:
SIERRA LEONE
State:
City:
FREETOWN
Special Indexes:
Church Music/Religious Music, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
This not-for-profit Academy opened in 1995, aiming to teach music to a high professional level and to research and disseminate information on the musical heritage of Sierra Leone and West Africa. Its stated mission is "to provide a center for music and arts education and entertainment of indige...
Country:
SINGAPORE
State:
City:
SINGAPORE
Special Indexes:
Arts Management/Music Management, Eurhythmics/Dalcroze, Instrument Collections, Kodály, Orchestral Conducting, Sound Engineering, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
The Academy was established in 1938 and the School of Performing Arts was established in 1997. It offers programs in the areas of music (Western and Chinese), design and media, fine art, fashion studies, arts management, dance, drama and education. Facilities include a recital hall, a recording stud...
Country:
SLOVAK REPUBLIC
State:
City:
NITRA
Special Indexes:
Ethnomusicology/World Music, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
Constantine the Philosopher University was founded in 1959 as a pedagogical institute. It was granted its current name and status in 1996. The University specialises in the education of national minorities, including Hungarians, Germans and Romanies. The Department of Ethnology and Ethnomusicology w...
Country:
SLOVAK REPUBLIC
State:
City:
KOSICE
Special Indexes:
Choral Conducting, Church Music/Religious Music, Music Theatre Performance, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
The Conservatorium was founded in 1951. Language of instruction is Slovak. ...
Country:
SLOVAKIA
State:
City:
BRATISLAVA
Special Indexes:
Choral Conducting, Church Music/Religious Music, Library Collections, Opera Performance, Orchestral Conducting, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
The Conservatory can trace its history back to 1919. Through its three faculties it offers programs in theatre, film and television and music and dance and has a tradition in the performance of the music of the Viennese classical composers. There is an opera studio with regular student performances....
Country:
SLOVAKIA
State:
City:
NITRA
Special Indexes:
Arts Management/Music Management, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
The University of Constantine the Philosopher was founded in 1959 as a pedagogical institute and gained its current name and status in 1996. It specialises in the education of national minorities, including Hungarians, Germans and Romanies. The Department of Ethnology was established in 1992. Langua...
Country:
SOLOMON ISLANDS
State:
City:
HONIARA
Special Indexes:
Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
The University of the South Pacific was established in 1968. It is jointly owned by the governments of twelve island countries: Cook Islands, Fiji, Kiribati, Marshall Islands, Nauru, Niue, Solomon Islands, Tokelau, Tonga, Tuvalu, Vanuatu and Samoa, with campuses in each country. Music study forms an...
Country:
SOUTH AFRICA
State:
EASTERN CAPE
City:
EAST LONDON
Special Indexes:
Arts Management/Music Management, Choral Conducting, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Sound Engineering, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
This university was established in 1916, being the oldest historically black university in Southern Africa. The music department was founded in the early 1970s. There are other campuses in East London and Bhisho. ...
Country:
SOUTH AFRICA
State:
GAUTENG
City:
PRETORIA
Special Indexes:
Choral Conducting, Church Music/Religious Music, Instrument Collections, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Music Therapy, Opera Performance, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
The University of Pretoria was first established as a Normal College for the training of teachers in 1902. It gained its current name and status in 1930 and operates on seven campuses. Music forms one area of the School of the Arts alongside visual arts, drama, museum studies, tangible heritage cons...
Country:
SOUTH AFRICA
State:
GAUTENG
City:
JOHANNESBURG
Special Indexes:
Arts Management/Music Management, Community Music Training, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Instrument Collections, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Library Collections, Music Theatre Performance, Sound Archives, Sound Engineering, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
Sometimes known as Wits University, this institution can trace its history back to 1896, with full university status being granted in 1922. The former Johannesburg College of Education has been incorporated into the university. The School of the Arts comprises departments of dramatic art, fine art, ...
Country:
SOUTH AFRICA
State:
KWAZULU-NATAL
City:
DURBAN
Special Indexes:
Choral Conducting, Community Music Training, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Instrument Collections, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Library Collections, Opera Performance, Sound Archives, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
The University of Kwazulu Natal was formed in 2004 by an amalgamation of the former University of Natal and the former University of Durban-Westville. The music department was established in 1971 and houses the Opera Studio and Choral Academy. A foundation program is organised for students preparing...
Country:
SOUTH AFRICA
State:
KWAZULU-NATAL
City:
MTHATHA
Special Indexes:
Choral Conducting, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Sound Archives, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
Walter Sisulu University was founded on July 1, 2005 through the merger of Border Technikon, Eastern Cape Technikon and the University of Transkei. In 2003 the Secretariat of the South African International Centre for African Music and Dance was founded at the university. Its archive holds around 1...
Country:
SOUTH AFRICA
State:
LIMPOPO
City:
THOHOYANDOU
Special Indexes:
Choral Conducting, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
The university was established in 1982. It has played a leading role in promoting and publicising the intangible cultural heritage - the arts and culture of the historically marginalised people of Limpopo with regard to oral history, culture, rituals, indigenous music skills and techniques and perfo...
Country:
SOUTH AFRICA
State:
WESTERN CAPE
City:
CAPE TOWN
Special Indexes:
Ethnomusicology/World Music, Instrument Collections, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Music Librarianship Training, Opera Performance, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
This is the oldest university in South Africa, being established in 1829. The University of Cape Town's music department is known internationally as the South African College of Music. It was established in 1910 and was incorporated into the University in 1923. The Opera School presents an annual se...
Country:
SOUTH KOREA
State:
City:
GWANGJU (KWANGJU)
Special Indexes:
Band Conducting, Choral Conducting, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
A private institution founded in 1946, and gained university status in 1953. ...
Country:
SOUTH KOREA
State:
City:
BUSAN (PUSAN)
Special Indexes:
Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
This institution was established in 1946 as the Busan Normal School, and gained its current name and status in 1993. ...
Country:
SOUTH KOREA
State:
City:
BUSAN (PUSAN)
Special Indexes:
Band Conducting, Choral Conducting, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Opera Performance, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
The University was established in 1945. The College of Arts, founded in 1982, has departments of Western music, Korean music, dance, fine arts, formative arts, design, and art culture and image. ...
Country:
SOUTH KOREA
State:
City:
CHEONGJU
Special Indexes:
Choral Conducting, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
This private university can trace its history back to 1947 and gained its current name and status in 1981. ...
Country:
SOUTH KOREA
State:
City:
JINJU
Special Indexes:
Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
The University can trace its history back to 1923. It gained its current name and status in 1993. ...
Country:
SOUTH KOREA
State:
City:
GWANGJU (KWANGJU)
Special Indexes:
Choral Conducting, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Music Therapy, Orchestral Conducting, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
Chonnam National University was established in 1951, though it can trace its history back to 1909. The College of Arts, housing the Department of Music and the Department of Korean Traditional Music, was founded in 1981. Facilities include 50 sound-proof practice room and a well-equipped library. Th...
Country:
SOUTH KOREA
State:
City:
SEOUL
Special Indexes:
Arts Management/Music Management, Choral Conducting, Opera Performance, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
This university, founded in 1974, is situated in down-town Seoul. It gained its current name and status in 1997. The College of Music consists of departments of piano, voice, orchestral instruments, composition and traditional Korean music. ...
Country:
SOUTH KOREA
State:
City:
SEOUL
Special Indexes:
Choral Conducting, Opera Performance, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
A private institution, Chung-Ang University was founded in 1918 and gained its current name and status in 1953. The School of Performing Arts and Media houses both a School of Music and a School of Korean Music. There are fine performing spaces including the 333-seat Louis Memorial Hall and a Korean...
Country:
SOUTH KOREA
State:
City:
JUKJEON
Special Indexes:
Arts Management/Music Management, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Music Theatre Performance, Sound Engineering, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
The Dankook University was established in 1947 as Dankook College and gained its current name and status in 1967, being the first four-year private college in Korea. The College of Music and Arts was established in 1988 and has departments of piano, strings, winds, voice, composition and Korean trad...
Country:
SOUTH KOREA
State:
City:
BUSAN (PUSAN)
Special Indexes:
Choral Conducting, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Opera Performance, Orchestral Conducting, Sound Engineering, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
This private University was established in 1946 as Dong-A College and gained its current name and status in 1959. The College of Music was formed in 1966. ...
Country:
SOUTH KOREA
State:
City:
SEOUL
Special Indexes:
Institutions for Women Only, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Opera Performance, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
A private university established in 1950 as Dongduk Women’s College. It gained its current name and status in 1987. The University’s Performing Arts Centre was opened in 2001. The College of Performing Arts concentrates on stage and public performance, with departments of dance, music, modelling...
Country:
SOUTH KOREA
State:
City:
SEOUL
Special Indexes:
Church Music/Religious Music, Institutions for Women Only, Music Therapy, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
This private university can trace its history back to 1886 with the establishment by the Methodist Church of Korea’s first school for women. It is one of the world’s largest universities for women and is based on Christian principles. The College of Music was founded in 1925, the Sacred Music De...
Country:
SOUTH KOREA
State:
City:
WONJU
Special Indexes:
Choral Conducting, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
Established in 1946, the Gangneung National University gained its current name and status in 1991. In 2007 it united with Wonju National University. The College of Cultural Industry consists of departments of music, fashion design, nursing and early childhood education....
Country:
SOUTH KOREA
State:
City:
GWANGJU (KWANGJU)
Special Indexes:
Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
This institution can trace its history back to 1923 when it was founded as a Teachers’ College, and was granted its current name and status in 1993. ...
Country:
SOUTH KOREA
State:
City:
SEOUL
Special Indexes:
Arts Management/Music Management, Band Conducting, Choral Conducting, Instrument Collections, Library Collections, Opera Performance, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
The university was founded in 1939. The College of Music was established in 1960 and a Music Research Center is affiliated with it. The College offers seminars, symposia and lecture concerts and organises an international exchange program. It publishes an annual Journal of the Science and Practice o...
Country:
SOUTH KOREA
State:
City:
JEJU
Special Indexes:
Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
This institution is situated on Jeju Island, about 100 kilometers off the southern tip of the Korean Peninsula. It can trace its history back to 1952. In 2008 the Jeju National University of Education merged with the Cheju National University to form the Jeju National University as it is known today...
Country:
SOUTH KOREA
State:
City:
JEONJU
Special Indexes:
Opera Performance, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
The University was established in 1947 and gained its current name and status in 1951. The College of Arts offers programs in dance, fine arts, industrial design, music and Korean traditional music. The Department of Music was founded in 1987 and since 1997 has been unified with the Department of Mu...
Country:
SOUTH KOREA
State:
City:
DAEGU (TAEGU)
Special Indexes:
Choral Conducting, Church Music/Religious Music, Opera Performance, Sound Engineering, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
A private Christian Presbyterian university founded in 1954 as Keimyung Christian College. It gained its current name and status in 1978. There is a strong focus on interdisciplinary studies related to art and the media and a Film and Music Production Department has been recently created. Facilities...
Country:
SOUTH KOREA
State:
City:
GONGJU
Special Indexes:
Choral Conducting, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
The University was founded in 1948 as a Teachers’ College and was granted its current name and status in 1991. ...