Country:
ITALY
State:
TUSCANY
City:
LIVORNO
Special Indexes:
Band Conducting, Choral Conducting, Early Music Performance, Jazz/Popular Music Performance
Notes:
This music school was founded in 1953. In addition to the professional programs the Institute offers music tuition to children and interested members of the local community. An active member of the Association Européenne des Conservatoires, Académies de Musique et Musikhochschulen....
Country:
ITALY
State:
TUSCANY
City:
LUCCA
Special Indexes:
Arts Management/Music Management, Band Conducting, Choral Conducting, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Library Collections, Music Theatre Performance, Personal Archives
Notes:
A private music school founded in 1842. The Puccini Project aims to acquire all the sources of the musical output of Puccini who was born in Lucca. The library contains a number of early autograph manuscripts of Giacomo Puccini as well as other material related to his training and early years. Ther...
Country:
ITALY
State:
UMBRIA
City:
PERUGIA
Special Indexes:
Choral Conducting, Early Music Performance, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Opera Performance
Notes:
The Conservatorio can trace its history back over 200 years and gained its current name and status in 1999. It offers preparatory programs to students wishing to enter the professional program. An attached secondary school provides music programs to its students. In addition to the professional pro...
Country:
ITALY
State:
VENETO
City:
ADRIA
Special Indexes:
Choral Conducting, Church Music/Religious Music, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Music Theatre Performance
Notes:
The Conservatorio was established in 1975. There is a preparatory program for students wishing to enter the professional program. The Conservatorio offers music tuition to children (a preparatory course in string playing 'Violinolandia'), and interested members of the local community....
Country:
ITALY
State:
VENETO
City:
VICENZA
Special Indexes:
Band Conducting, Choral Conducting, Church Music/Religious Music, Early Music Performance, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Opera Performance
Notes:
The Conservatorio was founded in 1867. It offers a preparatory program for students wishing to enter the professional program. It also offers music tuition to young people and interested members of the local community. An active member of the Association Européenne des Conservatoires, Académies ...
Country:
ITALY
State:
VENETO
City:
VENICE (VENEZIA)
Special Indexes:
Choral Conducting, Early Music Performance, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Opera Performance, Orchestral Conducting
Notes:
The Conservatorio can trace its history back to 1876. It gained its current name and status in 1940. In addition to the professional programs the Conservatorio offers music tuition to young people and interested members of the local community. An active member of the Association Européenne des Cons...
Country:
ITALY
State:
VENETO
City:
PADUA (PADOVA)
Special Indexes:
Choral Conducting, Early Music Performance, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Opera Performance, Programs for the Handicapped
Notes:
The Conservatorio can trace its history back to 1577. There is a junior department offering string music tuition ('Violinolandia') to children from the age of five years. There is a branch office in Via Bertacchi 15, Padua. An active member of the Association Européenne des Conservatoires, Académi...
Country:
ITALY
State:
VENETO
City:
VERONA
Special Indexes:
Choral Conducting, Church Music/Religious Music, Early Music Performance, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Music Therapy, Opera Performance
Notes:
Originally founded in 1927, the Conservatorio gained its current name and status in 1968. There is a preparatory program for students wishing to enter the professional program. The Conservatorio also offers music tuition to young people and interested members of the local community. An active membe...
Country:
ITALY
State:
VENETO
City:
ROVIGO
Special Indexes:
Choral Conducting, Early Music Performance, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Opera Performance
Notes:
The Conservatorio was established in its present form in 1980. A preparatory program is offered to students wishing to enter the professional program. There is an attached secondary school that offers a specialisation in music performance as well as general subjects. An active member of the Associ...
Country:
IVORY COAST (CÔTE D'IVOIRE)
State:
City:
ABIDJAN
Special Indexes:
Jazz/Popular Music Performance
Notes:
The Conservatoire de Musique et de Dansa Saint Viateur was founded in 2013 and was the initiative of The Congregation of the Clerics of Saint Viateur. It offers programs in music and dance to children from age 4 to young people and adults....
Country:
JAMAICA
State:
City:
KINGSTON
Special Indexes:
Arts Management/Music Management, Band Conducting, Choral Conducting, Community Music Training, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Library Collections, Sound Archives, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
Established in 1995, this is the only institution of its kind in the English-speaking Caribbean. The College has schools of drama, dance, visual arts, music and arts management as well as a school of continuing education. Evening and summer courses are offered to interested adults and may lead to mo...
Country:
JAMAICA
State:
City:
KINGSTON
Special Indexes:
Arts Management/Music Management, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Library Collections, Sound Engineering, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
The University of the West Indies (UWI) was founded in 1948 as a college of the University of London. It was granted full university status in 1962, and operates in 16 English-speaking countries and territories in the Caribbean. The UWI campus in Mona, Jamaica is the headquarters of the system, and ...
Country:
JAPAN
State:
AICHI PREFECTURE
City:
NAGOYA
Special Indexes:
Instrument Collections, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Library Collections, Music Therapy, Opera Performance, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
A private Buddhist co-educational music college belonging to the Doho group of educational institutions, established in its current form in 1976, and is the oldest music college in this area of Japan. It holds a fine collection of Buddhist religious music and instruments. There is an extensive music...
Country:
JAPAN
State:
AICHI PREFECTURE
City:
NAGOYA
Special Indexes:
Arts Management/Music Management, Band Conducting, Community Music Training, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Music Therapy, Opera Performance, Sound Engineering, Wellness for Musicians
Notes:
A private co-educational university founded in 1970. There are schools of music, art, design and human development, with music programs offered at the East campus. Facilities include state-of-the-art electronic studios and fine performance spaces. A junior college offers music programs to young chi...
Country:
JAPAN
State:
KANAGAWA PREFECTURE
City:
YOKOHAMA
Special Indexes:
Arts Management/Music Management, Band Conducting, Choral Conducting, Church Music/Religious Music, Early Music Performance, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Institutions for Women Only, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Opera Performance, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
This is a private Protestant Christian university for women founded in 1950, and gained its current name and status in 1965. It has two campuses in the Yokohama area. Historically the University grew from a small private school for girls in Yokohama founded in 1870, and was the first such school in ...
Country:
JAPAN
State:
KANAGAWA PREFECTURE
City:
KAWASAKI
Special Indexes:
Band Conducting, Choral Conducting, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Music Theatre Performance, Music Therapy, Sound Engineering, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
A private co-educational college that can trace its history back to 1924, with a music department added in 1967. It was granted its current name and status in 2003. The college has institutes for opera performance, choral and instrumental conducting, piano performance, choral music, percussion instr...
Country:
JAPAN
State:
KANAGAWA PREFECTURE
City:
ATSUGI
Special Indexes:
Arts Management/Music Management, Choral Conducting, Early Music Performance, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Music Theatre Performance, Music Therapy, Opera Conducting, Opera Performance, Orchestral Conducting, Sound Engineering
Notes:
This private co-educational music academy can trace its history back to 1930 and gained its current name and status in 1984. The academy places particular emphasis on vocal music and study of Western opera and has established an Opera Research Centre which co-operates with the Japan Opera Foundation...
Country:
JAPAN
State:
NAGASAKI PREFECTURE
City:
NAGASAKI CITY
Special Indexes:
Institutions for Women Only, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Opera Performance
Notes:
A private Christian college for women, founded in 1879. It became an official university in 1919 and was granted its current name and status in 1981. The Faculty of Music operates on the Shintomachi campus and has two departments - music performance and applied music. There are two chapels, one seat...
Country:
JAPAN
State:
ŌSAKA PREFECTURE
City:
ŌSAKA
Special Indexes:
Arts Management/Music Management, Instrument Collections, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Library Collections, Opera Performance, Sound Archives, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
A private co-educational music college founded in 1915 and was chartered as a university in 1958. The college houses a pipe organ, an opera house with resident professional chorus and orchestra, a state-of-the-art electronic music laboratory, a museum holding over 3,500 musical instruments from arou...
Country:
JAPAN
State:
ŌSAKA PREFECTURE
City:
ŌSAKA
Special Indexes:
Choral Conducting, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Instrument Collections, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Library Collections, Opera Performance, Orchestral Conducting, Sound Archives, Sound Engineering, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
A private co-educational university founded in 1964. The Faculty of Arts has departments of photography, architecture, environmental planning, visual concept planning, art planning, broadcasting, theatrical arts, literary arts, fine arts, design, crafts, musicology, performance and music education. ...
Country:
JAPAN
State:
SAITAMA PREFECTURE
City:
KAWAGOE
Special Indexes:
Choral Conducting, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Opera Performance, Orchestral Conducting
Notes:
A private co-educational school founded in 1965, located in an attractive campus about fifty minutes from central Tokyo. Facilities include a large music library, an auditorium, practice rooms with pianos and an audio-visual laboratory. There is an opera society. An Institute of Music contains a lab...
Country:
JAPAN
State:
TOKYO PREFECTURE
City:
TOKYO
Special Indexes:
Arts Management/Music Management, Band Conducting, Choral Conducting, Early Music Performance, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Instrument Collections, Instrument Making/Maintenance, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Library Collections, Music Therapy, Opera Performance, Orchestral Conducting, Sound Engineering, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
A private co-educational music college. Founded in 1926 as the Tokyo Conservatory of Music, it was renamed in 1951. The College is located 35 km west of downtown Tokyo in Tachikawa-shi, one of the largest cities in the Tokyo metropolitan area. There are two departments: performance and composition, ...
Country:
JAPAN
State:
TOKYO PREFECTURE
City:
TOKYO
Special Indexes:
Choral Conducting, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Instrument Collections, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Music Therapy, Opera Performance, Orchestral Conducting, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
Founded in 1889, this is the largest private co-educational university in Japan with a number campuses in Tokyo and other cities as well as one in Newcastle, Australia. Two of the Tokyo campuses (Ekoda and Tokorozawa) offer programs in the College of Art, with departments of photography, cinema, fin...
Country:
JAPAN
State:
TOKYO PREFECTURE
City:
TOKYO
Special Indexes:
Choral Conducting, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Instrument Collections, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Opera Performance, Orchestral Conducting, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
A private co-educational music college founded in 1907 as the Toyo Conservatory of Music, thus being the oldest private school of music in Japan. In 1954 it became the Oriental Music College, and in 1963 gained its current name and status. Facilities include an extensive music library, a recording s...
Country:
KENYA
State:
City:
NAIROBI
Special Indexes:
Band Conducting, Choral Conducting, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
This not-for-profit independent conservatoire was founded in 1944. Lessons are given at the conservatoire building as well as at various schools that the conservatoire teachers visit weekly. Students are encouraged to sit for the examinations of the Associated Board of the Royal Schools of Music (AB...
Country:
KENYA
State:
City:
NAIROBI
Special Indexes:
Ethnomusicology/World Music, Instrument Collections, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
Originally established in 1965, Kenyatta University gained its current title and status in 1985. It is situated 16 kilometres from the city of Nairobi, and also operates on a number of campuses both within and outside of Kenya. The Department owns a supply of African and Western instruments for stud...
Country:
KENYA
State:
City:
ELDORET
Special Indexes:
Church Music/Religious Music, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
The University was founded in 1984. Housed in the School of Arts and Social Sciences, the Department of Creative Arts was established in 1991. The University operates on several campuses. ...
Country:
KUWAIT
State:
City:
KUWAIT
Special Indexes:
Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Programs for the Handicapped, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
The Institute was founded in 1997. It is the only private institute to be licensed by the General Authority of Applied Education and Training. There are departments of musical sciences, musical instruments, performance, computer music, comprehension studies and a special education department offerin...
Country:
KYRGYZSTAN
State:
City:
BISHKEK
Special Indexes:
Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Sound Archives, Sound Engineering, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
This non-profit pubic co-educational institution was founded in 1967 as the Institute of Arts and gained its current name in 1993. It is officially accredited by the Ministry of Education and Science. The Conservatory has a collection of 9,000 hours of audio recordings of traditional folk music. In...
Country:
LATVIA
State:
City:
RĪGA
Special Indexes:
Band Conducting, Choral Conducting, Early Music Performance, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Opera Performance, Sound Engineering
Notes:
The Academy was founded in 1919 with the name of Riga Conservatory and is currently regarded as equivalent to a university. There are departments of piano, string and wind instruments, voice, accompaniment, chamber music, jazz, conducting, early music, music technology, composition, musicology and m...
Country:
LATVIA
State:
City:
RĪGA
Special Indexes:
Band Conducting, Choral Conducting, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Wellness for Musicians
Notes:
This state institution was established in 1994 and the Faculty of Pedagogy was founded in 2003. It is regarded as equivalent in status to a university....
Country:
LEBANON
State:
City:
BEIRUT
Special Indexes:
Eurhythmics/Dalcroze, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Kodály, Music Theatre Performance, Music Therapy, Orff Schulwerk, Sound Engineering, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
The École de Musique Ghassan Yammine was founded in 1993, and gained its current name and status in 2011. It operates on several campuses. Programs are offered in music, dancing, painting and acting to young children (including Kodály approach, Orff, Dalcroze) and adults. The music area comprises ...
Country:
LIECHTENSTEIN
State:
City:
VADUZ
Special Indexes:
Early Music Performance, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Library Collections, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
The Music School was founded in 1963. It occupies the house in Vaduz where the composer and organist Rheinberger was born. There are over 90 teachers giving tuition to over 2500 pupils of all age groups at four centres, with classes for children as early as one year old. All classical and modern ins...
Country:
LITHUANIA
State:
City:
KLAIPĖDA
Special Indexes:
Choral Conducting, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Music Therapy
Notes:
The University was founded in 1991 and housed an Academy of Arts which offered programs in music, dance and theatre. In 2018 the Academy was integrated into the Lithuanian Academy of Music and Theatre, forming its 'Klaipėda Faculty'. ...
Country:
LITHUANIA
State:
City:
VILNIUS
Special Indexes:
Arts Management/Music Management, Band Conducting, Choral Conducting, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Instrument Collections, Instrument Making/Maintenance, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Library Collections, Opera Performance, Orchestral Conducting, Sound Archives, Sound Engineering, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
The Lithuanian Academy of Music and Theatre was founded in 1918 as the Kaunas Music School. In 1949 it was merged with the Vilnius Conservatoire and became the Lithuanian State Conservatoire. In 2004 it gained its current name and status and was further enlarged in 2018 with the integration of the A...
Country:
LITHUANIA
State:
City:
KAUNAS
Special Indexes:
Choral Conducting, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Opera Performance
Notes:
This liberal arts university can trace its history back to 1922. In 2019 the Lithuanian University of Educational Sciences in Vilnius was incorporated into the Vytautas Magnus University as its Education Academy. An active member of the Association Européenne des Conservatoires, Académies de Musiq...
Country:
LUXEMBOURG
State:
City:
CITY OF LUXEMBOURG
Special Indexes:
Choral Conducting, Early Music Performance, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Opera Performance, Orchestral Conducting, Wellness for Musicians
Notes:
The Conservatoire can trace its history back to 1906. There are schools of dance, drama and music. The School offers courses in all aspects of music. It specialises in opera and lied, percussion and jazz. Facilities include a fine concert hall. There is a collection of early instruments. In addition...
Country:
LUXEMBOURG
State:
City:
ESCH-SUR-ALZETTE
Special Indexes:
Band Conducting, Choral Conducting, Jazz/Popular Music Performance
Notes:
The Conservatoire, which can trace its history back to 1926, is administered by the government and was granted its current name and status in 1969. There are courses for adult and child beginners in the areas of music, dance and drama. The Conservatoire houses a fine pipe organ. An active member of ...
Country:
MADEIRA ISLANDS
State:
City:
FUNCHAL
Special Indexes:
Early Music Performance, Jazz/Popular Music Performance
Notes:
The Madeira Islands are Portuguese territories. The Conservatorio was founded in 1946. In 2000 with the addition of theatre and dance to the program it gained its current name and status. At this time a professional section was included, enabling students to gain a professional certificate at year 1...
Country:
MALAWI
State:
City:
LILONGWE
Special Indexes:
Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Sound Engineering
Notes:
Initiated in 1995 by Jeunesses Musicales International and their festivals and international tours, Music Crossroads International (MCI) has developed into a series of non-profit centres for young musicians in southern Africa, founded in 2013. It aims to enhance and develop skills and professionalis...
Country:
MALAYSIA
State:
EASTERN MALAYSIA
City:
KOTA KINABALU
Special Indexes:
Arts Management/Music Management, Band Conducting, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
The university was founded in 1994 and the Academy of Arts & Creative Technology was established in 2021. There are programs in art, music, drama and dance. Other campuses are in Labuan and Sandakan. Languages of instruction are Malay and English....
Country:
MALAYSIA
State:
EASTERN MALAYSIA
City:
KOTA SAMARAHAN
Special Indexes:
Arts Management/Music Management, Band Conducting, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Sound Engineering, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
The University, generally known as (UNIMAS), was established in 1992. Facilities include a 300-seat experimental theatre for recitals and other performances, a well-equipped MIDI studio for computer music majors, practice studios. The new campus also houses recording studios, the music library, an a...
Country:
MALAYSIA
State:
KUALA LUMPUR
City:
KUALA LUMPUR
Special Indexes:
Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Sound Engineering, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
The College was established in 1995. It specialises in contemporary music, with its three schools of music production, music business and music industry, offering performance and music industry programs. Facilities include a 150-seat recital hall, a well-equipped synthesiser lab and a state-of-the-a...
Country:
MALAYSIA
State:
KUALA LUMPUR
City:
KUALA LUMPUR
Special Indexes:
Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Sound Engineering
Notes:
This private university was founded in 1986 on Hindu principles and was granted its current name and status in 2008. It operates on three separate campuses throughout Malaysia. The Faculty of Music, Social Sciences and Liberal Arts consists of two schools - the School of Music and the School of Educ...
Country:
MALAYSIA
State:
PERAK
City:
TANJONG MALIM
Special Indexes:
Choral Conducting, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Music Theatre Performance, Sound Engineering, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
The University was established in 1997, though the institution can trace its history back to 1922 when it was known as Sultan Idris Training College. It operates on two campuses. The Faculty of Music and Performing Arts was launched in 2002 offering programs in music theatre and dance. There are wel...
Country:
MALAYSIA
State:
SELANGOR
City:
SELANGOR
Special Indexes:
Ethnomusicology/World Music, Instrument Collections, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
The university is sometimes known as Universiti Pertanian Malaysia. It can trace its history back to 1931. The music department, also known as the University Conservatoire, was set up in 1996 as one of the five departments of the Faculty of Human Ecology. Facilities include a multimedia laboratory, ...
Country:
MALAYSIA
State:
SELANGOR
City:
PETALING JAYA
Special Indexes:
Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
The Selangor Institute of Music is a private music school founded in 1930. The main campus is in Petaling Jaya, with two Kuala Lumpur branches following a similar program. In addition to its diploma programs the Institute offers tuition to children and interested adults. A Kindermusik program caters...
Country:
MALAYSIA
State:
SELANGOR
City:
SHAH ALAM
Special Indexes:
Arts Management/Music Management, Band Conducting, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Instrument Collections, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Sound Engineering, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
The university gained its current name and status in 1999. There are several campuses throughout the country. The Faculty of Music was established in 2006 as a result of the merger of the Department of Music Education and the Department of Music. It houses a Center for Music Advocacy. Facilities inc...
Country:
MALAYSIA
State:
SELANGOR
City:
PETALING JAYA
Special Indexes:
Arts Management/Music Management, Jazz/Popular Music Performance
Notes:
The Yamaha company in Malaysia was established in 1996. Its degrees and diplomas are recognised by the Ministry of Education. Diploma graduates have the opportunity to pursue a teaching career with Yamaha in its music schools, or may apply to complete full music degrees in any of: • Middlesex Univ...
Country:
MALDIVES
State:
City:
MALÉ
Special Indexes:
Jazz/Popular Music Performance
Notes:
The Center was established in 2009 with the aim of enriching the nation's primary and secondary school children by promoting and facilitating the improvement in the quality of music, dance, art, guitar and singing. It gives assistance to performing and visual artists to produce and presents their wo...
Country:
MALTA
State:
City:
HAMRUN
Special Indexes:
Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
Founded in 1975, this school is attached to the Malta Government Education Department in Floriana. It, together with Schools of Drama, Art, Dance and Visual and Performing Arts, forms part of the Visual and Performing Arts Schools under the Directorate for Lifelong Learning and Early School Leavers....
Country:
MAURITIUS
State:
City:
QUATRE BORNES
Special Indexes:
Instrument Collections, Instrument Making/Maintenance, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Library Collections, Orff Schulwerk, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
The Conservatoire de Musique 'François Mitterand', founded in 1987, is operated under the aegis of the Ministry of Education and Human Resources. It offers free part-time music programs after school hours and on Saturday mornings to over 1,100 students ranging from pre-school to adult. It organises...
Country:
MEXICO
State:
CHIHUAHUA
City:
CHIHUAHUA
Special Indexes:
Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Opera Performance
Notes:
The University was founded in 1954 and the Institute of Fine Arts was established in 1956. There are departments of music, theatre, dance and visual arts as well as an opera workshop. ...
Country:
MEXICO
State:
FEDERAL DISTRICT OF MEXICO
City:
MEXICO CITY
Special Indexes:
Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Sound Engineering
Notes:
The Fermatta Music Academy was founded in 1993 and has since expanded with a second campus in Guadalajara. Its aim is to train musicians in contemporary styles, with studies in performance, theoretical aspects and mastery of the tools of music technology. Facilities include state-of-the-art audio la...
Country:
MEXICO
State:
FEDERAL DISTRICT OF MEXICO
City:
MEXICO CITY
Special Indexes:
Instrument Making/Maintenance, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
Founded in 1978, this government-run Centre is dedicated to the promotion of culture and the arts, including dance and music with programs in classical music and traditional Mexican music and dance. It aims to develop young artists to their full potential. The Centro organises workshops, exhibitions...
Country:
MEXICO
State:
NUEVO LEÓN
City:
MONTERREY
Special Indexes:
Choral Conducting, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Wellness for Musicians
Notes:
This public university was founded in 1933 and operates on seven campuses across Nuevo León. Music is studies at the Mederos caompus. In addition to the professional program the Faculty of Music offers music tuition to young children and interested members of the local community. ...
Country:
MEXICO
State:
PUEBLA
City:
PUEBLA
Special Indexes:
Arts Management/Music Management, Jazz/Popular Music Performance
Notes:
Founded in 1940 as the Mexico City College, this private university gained its current name and status in 1966. ...
Country:
MEXICO
State:
QUERÉTARO
City:
QUERÉTARO
Special Indexes:
Band Conducting, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Sound Engineering
Notes:
The University can trace its history back to 1572 and gained its current name and status in 1951. The Faculty of Fine Arts has departments of music, visual arts and dance. ...
Country:
MOLDOVA
State:
City:
CHISINĂU (KISINOV)
Special Indexes:
Choral Conducting, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Opera Performance, Orchestral Conducting, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
The Academy was founded in 1940 and gained its current name and status in 2002. There are programs in music, theatre, choreography, multimedia, fine and applied arts, design and culturology as well as arts and music education. The music faculty continues the traditions of the Russian schools of musi...
Country:
MONACO
State:
City:
MONACO
Special Indexes:
Choral Conducting, Early Music Performance, Instrument Making/Maintenance, Jazz/Popular Music Performance
Notes:
The Academy of Music was founded in 1977. It provides free music tuition to students aged between 5 and 27 years residing in the Principality of Monaco and its immediate surroundings. Those living beyond this area are required to audition for places. There are programs in music and theatre, with th...
Country:
MOROCCO
State:
City:
RABAT
Special Indexes:
Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
The Conservatoire was established in 1944 and operates under the Ministry of Culture. Students may begin music training from the age of ten years, but they do not begin study of an instrument till the second year of the program when they are considered to be able to read music. Ensembles include an ...
Country:
MOZAMBIQUE
State:
City:
MAPUTO
Special Indexes:
Arts Management/Music Management, Community Music Training, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Sound Engineering, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
Initiated in 1995 by Jeunesses Musicales International and their festivals and international tours, Music Crossroads, founded in 2013, has developed into a series of non-profit centres for young musicians in southern Africa. It aims to enhance and develop skills and professionalism of young musician...
Country:
MYANMAR (BURMA)
State:
City:
YANGON (RANGOON)
Special Indexes:
Community Music Training, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
The Gitameit Music Centre was established in 2003. It is a non-profit community outreach centre and music school - an informal association of musicians and music lovers aiming to build understanding and co-operation between people through activities which encourage the holding of concerts, music exc...
Country:
NAMIBIA
State:
City:
WINDHOEK
Special Indexes:
Arts Management/Music Management, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Instrument Collections, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Programs for the Handicapped, Sound Engineering, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
Founded in 1971 the Windhoek College for the Arts is a state-funded institution offering training in music, dance, visual arts, and drama, fashion design, sound and television production, mainly on a part-time basis, to a full range of ages from young children to interested adults. It is run under t...
Country:
NEPAL
State:
City:
KATHMANDU
Special Indexes:
Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Sound Engineering, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
The Conservatory opened in 2007. Facilities include a 200-seat music hall, a music library, a listening lab, practice rooms and a state-of-the-art recording studio to enable students to record their own music. It invites leading musicians and DJs to tutor students. There are programs for both childr...
Country:
NETHERLANDS
State:
City:
AMSTERDAM
Special Indexes:
Band Conducting, Choral Conducting, Church Music/Religious Music, Early Music Performance, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Music Theatre Performance, Opera Performance, Orchestral Conducting, Programs for the Handicapped, Sound Engineering, Wellness for Musicians
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A merger of the Conservatorium of Amsterdam, Hilversum Conservatory and Sweelinck Conservatory in 1998 formed the Music Faculty of the Amsterdam School of the Arts. This is the largest conservatory in Holland, and is located next door to the Concertgebouw. There are faculties of music, dance, drama,...
Country:
NETHERLANDS
State:
City:
ARNHEM
Special Indexes:
Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Music Theatre Performance
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The ArtEZ Institute of the Arts, founded in 2006, has campuses at Enschede, Arnhem and Zwolle, the Executive Board and the centralised services being located in Arnhem. It consists of schools of music, fine arts, design, architecture, fashion, dance, theatre, and education in art. The Arnhem program...
Country:
NETHERLANDS
State:
City:
ENSCHEDE
Special Indexes:
Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Music Therapy, Sound Engineering
Notes:
The ArtEZ Institute of the Arts, founded in 2006, has campuses at Enschede, Arnhem and Zwolle and includes some graduate programs. It consists of schools of music, fine arts, design, architecture, fashion, creative writing, dance, theatre, and education in art. The Enschede programs concentrate on p...
Country:
NETHERLANDS
State:
City:
ZWOLLE
Special Indexes:
Band Conducting, Choral Conducting, Jazz/Popular Music Performance
Notes:
The ArtEZ Institute of the Arts, founded in 2006, has campuses at Enschede, Arnhem and Zwolle and includes some graduate programs. It consists of schools of music, fine arts, design, architecture, fashion, creative writing, dance, theatre, and education in art. The Zwolle programs concentrate on cla...
Country:
NETHERLANDS
State:
City:
ROTTERDAM
Special Indexes:
Band Conducting, Choral Conducting, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Music Theatre Performance, Music Therapy, Orchestral Conducting, Sound Engineering, Traditional Instrument Performance, Wellness for Musicians
Notes:
The University for the Arts was formed from the amalgamation of Rotterdam Conservatoire, Rotterdam Dance Academy and Rotterdam Circus Arts. It goes by the shortened name of ‘Codarts’ and consists of five academies - Rotterdam Classical Music Academy, Rotterdam Jazz Academy, Rotterdam Pop Academy...
Country:
NETHERLANDS
State:
City:
HAARLEM
Special Indexes:
Arts Management/Music Management, Community Music Training, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Sound Engineering
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Founded in the 1970s, the Conservatorium Haarlem has operated since 2010 within the campus of Inholland University of Applied Science. Studies are presented with a tri-partite combination - art, business and education. State-of-the-art facilities are provided. Part-time music programs are offered to...
Country:
NETHERLANDS
State:
City:
TILBURG
Special Indexes:
Arts Management/Music Management, Band Conducting, Choral Conducting, Early Music Performance, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Music Theatre Performance, Orchestral Conducting
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This private University’s arts sector (Fontys Hogeschool voor de Kunsten) comprises academies of dance, drama, fine arts, circus arts, architecture and Fontys Conservatorium of Music. The Conservatorium (formerly known as Brabants Conservatorium) offers programs in all aspects of popular and jazz...
Country:
NETHERLANDS
State:
City:
GRONINGEN
Special Indexes:
Band Conducting, Choral Conducting, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Sound Engineering
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The University was founded in 1986. The Prince Claus Conservatoire cooperates with the Noord Nederlands Orkest and the Johan Willem Frisokapel, and students may undergo traineeships in these orchestras. The Joint Music Master for New Audiences and Innovative Practice is a program developed at Princ...
Country:
NETHERLANDS
State:
City:
LEIDEN
Special Indexes:
Jazz/Popular Music Performance
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The University can trace its history back to 1575 and is the oldest university in The Netherlands. Through a link with the Royal Conservatory of Music in The Hague students at the University of Leiden may have the opportunity to take degree-level programs in classical or jazz music performance. The...
Country:
NETHERLANDS
State:
City:
DEN HAAG (THE HAGUE)
Special Indexes:
Band Conducting, Choral Conducting, Early Music Performance, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Music Theatre Performance, Opera Performance, Orchestral Conducting, Sound Engineering
Notes:
This institution can trace its history back to 1682. In January 1990 the Royal Conservatoire (KC) and the Royal Academy of Art (KABK) merged to become the School of Visual Arts, Music and Dance. Since 2010, the institution has been named The University of the Arts (Hogeschool der Kunsten Den Haag). ...
Country:
NETHERLANDS
State:
City:
UTRECHT
Special Indexes:
Arts Management/Music Management, Choral Conducting, Church Music/Religious Music, Early Music Performance, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Sound Engineering
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The School of the Arts was founded in 1987 and has departments of visual arts and design, theatre, music, arts management and media and technology. The Faculty of Music comprises the Utrechts Conservatorium, the Netherlands Institute for Church Music and the Netherlands Carillon School (Nederlandse ...
Country:
NETHERLANDS
State:
City:
MAASTRICHT
Special Indexes:
Band Conducting, Choral Conducting, Early Music Performance, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Music Therapy, Opera Performance, Orchestral Conducting
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The Conservatory of Maastricht and Fontys Conservatorium (formerly known as Brabants Conservatorium) joined in 2001 to form the Zuid-Nederlandse Hogeschool voor Muziek (South Netherlands Higher School of Music) which in turn has become the Faculty of Music of the Hogeschool Zuyd (Zuyd University). T...
Country:
NEW CALEDONIA (LA NOUVELLE CALÉDONIE)
State:
NOUMÉA
City:
NOUMÉA
Special Indexes:
Choral Conducting, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Library Collections
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This Conservatoire is attached to the Conservatoire National des Arts et Métiers in Paris. The program is organised in cycles, commencing with an introductory phase (l'Éveil), followed by cycle 1 (up to four years), cycle 2 (a further four years), and cycle 3, a pre-professional program which may ...
Country:
NEW ZEALAND
State:
NORTH ISLAND
City:
WELLINGTON
Special Indexes:
Arts Management/Music Management, Instrument Collections, Instrument Making/Maintenance, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Music Therapy, Opera Performance, Orchestral Conducting, Sound Engineering
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Massey University’s College of Creative Arts was established in 1999. The School of Music was originally formed from the combination of the Victoria University’s Conservatorium of Music and the Wellington’s Massey University’s School of Music and is currently based at the Wellington campus, ...
Country:
NEW ZEALAND
State:
NORTH ISLAND
City:
AUCKLAND
Special Indexes:
Band Conducting, Early Music Performance, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Sound Engineering
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The School of Music at the Creative Arts and Industries Student Centre brings together studies in music, dance, fine arts, planning and urban design, sound and architecture. Facilities include a 155-seat music theatre and fine electronic facilities for recording, editing and mastering. A collaborati...
Country:
NEW ZEALAND
State:
NORTH ISLAND
City:
WELLINGTON
Special Indexes:
Early Music Performance, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Instrument Collections, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Music Therapy, Opera Performance, Orchestral Conducting, Sound Engineering
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Victoria University was founded in 1897. The School of Music (Te Kōkī) was formed in 2006 from the combination of the Conservatorium of Music at Massey University with the School of Music at Victoria University. The School is based at the Wellington campus but also offers programs at the Albany ca...
Country:
NEW ZEALAND
State:
SOUTH ISLAND
City:
CHRISTCHURCH
Special Indexes:
Arts Management/Music Management, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Music Theatre Performance, Sound Engineering
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Formerly known as the Christchurch Polytechnic Institute of Technology, this institution merged with Aoraki Polytechnic in 2016 and was given the name Ara Institute of Canterbury. The School of Performing Arts offers programs in circus arts, information design, music theatre and musical arts. The Na...
Country:
NEW ZEALAND
State:
SOUTH ISLAND
City:
NELSON
Special Indexes:
Jazz/Popular Music Performance
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Established in 1894 and formerly known as the Nelson School of Music, the Nelson Centre of Musical Arts (NCMA) gained its current name and status in 2018. It is the oldest independent music school in New Zealand. There are excellent technical facilities including a fine recording studio and a 380-se...
Country:
NEW ZEALAND
State:
SOUTH ISLAND
City:
INVERCARGILL
Special Indexes:
Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Sound Engineering
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The Southern Institute of Technology was established in 1971. It operates on several campuses, the main one being in Invercargill and others in cities around the country. Programs associated with music are offered in Invercargill. The Southern Institute of Technology offers a Zero Fee Scheme to mini...
Country:
NEW ZEALAND
State:
SOUTH ISLAND
City:
CHRISTCHURCH
Special Indexes:
Community Music Training, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Instrument Collections, Jazz/Popular Music Performance
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Music has been taught at the University of Canterbury since 1891. There is a well-equipped library and excellent facilities, including a fine auditorium with an organ, a number of early instruments, some Asian instruments including a Balinese gamelan. Music subjects may be taken in several other deg...
Country:
NEW ZEALAND
State:
SOUTH ISLAND
City:
DUNEDIN
Special Indexes:
Arts Management/Music Management, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Instrument Collections, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Sound Engineering
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The University of Otago is New Zealand’s oldest university, being founded in 1869. The main campus is in Dunedin, but there are campuses also in Auckland, Wellington and Christchurch. The Department of Music offers study in Western art music performance, contemporary performance, composition, musi...
Country:
NICARAGUA
State:
City:
MANAGUA
Special Indexes:
Jazz/Popular Music Performance
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This institution, also known by its Spanish name ‘Centro Nicaragüense de Enseñanza Artistica “Pablo Antonio Cuadra”’, was established in 1997 and co-ordinates the curricula of the existing national schools of fine arts - music, visual arts, dance, theatre and circus arts. The Escuela Nacio...
Country:
NIGER
State:
City:
NIAMEY
Special Indexes:
Community Music Training, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Instrument Collections, Instrument Making/Maintenance, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Library Collections, Sound Archives, Sound Engineering, Traditional Instrument Performance
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The Centre de Formation et de Promotion Musicale El Hadji Taya (C.F.P.M.) was founded in 1989 and operates under the auspices of the Ministry of Youth, Sport and Culture to promote the traditions of folklore, story-telling and music performance by local musicians/griots. The Centre also encourages m...
Country:
NIGERIA
State:
City:
IFE-IFE
Special Indexes:
Arts Management/Music Management, Choral Conducting, Church Music/Religious Music, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Traditional Instrument Performance
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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
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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:
LAGOS
Special Indexes:
Church Music/Religious Music, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Sound Engineering
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Tenstrings Institute was founded in 2007 and, with head office in Ikeja Lagos, has study centres in several other cities in major centres across the country. In addition to the two-year Diploma courses the Institute offers a number of other certificate courses of varying lengths. Tenstrings is the ...
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:
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:
TRONDHEIM
Special Indexes:
Choral Conducting, Church Music/Religious Music, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Sound Engineering
Notes:
In 2002 the Trondheim Conservatory of Music merged with the University’s Department of Musicology to become the Department of Music. There are three campuses, with music taught at Trondheim. Language of instruction is Norwegian. An active member of the Association Européenne des Conservatoires, ...
Country:
NORWAY
State:
City:
KRISTIANSAND
Special Indexes:
Arts Management/Music Management, Band Conducting, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Wellness for Musicians
Notes:
Formerly known as Agder College and later as Agder University College, this university founded in 2007, has campuses in Kristiansand and Grimstad. The Faculty of Fine Arts is organised into five departments: Western classical music, African-American music (jazz), music in education, visual arts, and...
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:
OSLO
Special Indexes:
Ethnomusicology/World Music, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Library Collections, Sound Archives
Notes:
The University of Oslo can trace its history back to 1811, thus being the oldest university in Norway. The Department of Music and Theatre comprises three divisions – Norwegian folk music, musicology and history of theatre. Apart from Western music, studies are also available in ethnomusicology, N...
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:
NORWAY
State:
City:
STAVANGER
Special Indexes:
Church Music/Religious Music, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Opera Performance, Orchestral Conducting, Sound Engineering
Notes:
The university was founded in 1945 and gained its current name and status in 2005. It is located in Bjergsted Park close to the centres of the Stavanger Symphony Orchestra, the Stavanger Concert Hall, the Stavanger Concert Society and the Norwegian Institute of Recorded Sound, among other institutio...
Country:
PAKISTAN
State:
City:
LAHORE
Special Indexes:
Ethnomusicology/World Music, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Library Collections, Sound Engineering
Notes:
The National College of Arts can trace its history back to 1875. There are seven departments of fine arts, with courses including communication design, ceramics design, product design, textile design, architecture, film and television, multimedia arts, interior design, fresco painting, calligraphy a...