Country:
SOUTH AFRICA
State:
EASTERN CAPE
City:
GRAHAMSTOWN
Special Indexes:
Arts Management/Music Management, Band Conducting, Choral Conducting, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Library Collections, Sound Archives, Sound Engineering
Notes:
The university was founded in 1904, and the music department was established in 1923. There are three main areas of specialisation: Western classical music, jazz and ethnomusicology. The music department houses a 130-seat concert room. The library holds the International Library of African Music, wi...
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:
FREE STATE PROVINCE
City:
BLOEMFONTEIN
Special Indexes:
Arts Management/Music Management, Band Conducting, Choral Conducting, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Instrument Collections, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Library Collections, Orchestral Conducting, Sound Engineering
Notes:
The university was founded in 1904, and the music department was established in 1946. The Arts Program offers studies in visual arts, drama and theatre arts, music and combined arts. It is housed in a fine building with excellent facilities including 30 teaching studios, 48 practice rooms, seven lec...
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:
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:
NORTH WEST PROVINCE
City:
POTCHEFSTROOM
Special Indexes:
Choral Conducting, Church Music/Religious Music, Community Music Training, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Sound Engineering
Notes:
The North-West University was formed in 2004 with the merger of the Potchefstroom University for Christian Higher Education and the University of the North-West. The Conservatory offers music training to young people and interested members of the local community. It houses a 372-seat hall, an organ ...
Country:
SOUTH AFRICA
State:
WESTERN CAPE
City:
STELLENBOSCH
Special Indexes:
Choral Conducting, Church Music/Religious Music, Community Music Training, Early Music Performance, Instrument Collections, Sound Engineering
Notes:
The university was first established as Stellenbosch College in 1881 and gained its current name and status in 1918. The Department of Music was established in 1934. It is an interdisciplinary research, teaching and service institution which includes units for community music, music technology, film...
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:
ANYANG
Special Indexes:
Choral Conducting
Notes:
This private university can trace its history back to 1948 with the founding of the Presbyterian Theological School. It gained its current name and status in 1995. ...
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:
BUCHEON (PUCHON)
Special Indexes:
Choral Conducting, Church Music/Religious Music, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Opera Performance
Notes:
This private institution can trace its history back to 1855. In 1995 it merged with Songsim University for Women and the Catholic Medical College and gained its current name and status. The music department is housed in the Grand Auditorium Building on the Songsim campus. ...
Country:
SOUTH KOREA
State:
City:
CHANGWON
Special Indexes:
Choral Conducting, Ethnomusicology/World Music
Notes:
The University can trace its history back to 1969 and gained its current name and status in 1991. The Department of Music was established in 1979. In the College of Arts there are departments of dance, design fine arts and music. ...
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:
SEOUL
Special Indexes:
Choral Conducting, Church Music/Religious Music
Notes:
This is a Christian Calvinist Reformed institution founded in Pyongyang 1901 by the Korean Presbyterian General Assembly. After being closed by the Japanese occupation government in 1938 it was reopened in Seoul in 1945 and gained its current name and status in 1995. ...
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:
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:
BUSAN (PUSAN)
Special Indexes:
Choral Conducting, Orchestral Conducting
Notes:
A private institution founded in 1977 and gained its current name and status in 1983. ...
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:
JINJU
Special Indexes:
Choral Conducting
Notes:
The University was founded in 1948 and has four campuses in the surrounds of Jinju City. ...
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:
GWANGJU (KWANGJU)
Special Indexes:
Band Conducting, Choral Conducting, Church Music/Religious Music
Notes:
This private university was established in 1955 and was known as Honam Bible School. Over the years it changed name several times, eventually being granted its current name and status. Its Department of Church Music was created in 1988. The University is affiliated with the Presbyterian Church of Ko...
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. ...
Country:
SOUTH KOREA
State:
City:
DAEJEON (TAEJEON)
Special Indexes:
Choral Conducting, Church Music/Religious Music, Music Therapy
Notes:
This private institution founded in the Baptist tradition was established in 1953. It gained its current name and status in 1994. The Department of Church Music opened in 1983 and the Graduate School of Church Music was established in 1999. ...
Country:
SOUTH KOREA
State:
City:
BUSAN (PUSAN)
Special Indexes:
Band Conducting, Choral Conducting, Church Music/Religious Music, Music Therapy
Notes:
A private Christian university founded in 1946 under the auspices of the General Assembly of Kosin Presbyterian Church. The Graduate School of Church Music was opened in 2007. ...
Country:
SOUTH KOREA
State:
City:
SEOUL
Special Indexes:
Choral Conducting, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Opera Performance, Orchestral Conducting, Sound Engineering, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
This private university was founded in 1949 and gained its current name and status in 1955. A Department of Postmodern Music was established in 2000. A second campus is in Suwon. ...
Country:
SOUTH KOREA
State:
City:
DAEGU (TAEGU)
Special Indexes:
Choral Conducting, Church Music/Religious Music, Opera Performance, Orchestral Conducting, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
The University can trace its history back to 1946. It gained its current name and status in 1951. The College of Music and Visual Arts has departments of music, Korean traditional music, fine arts and design. ...
Country:
SOUTH KOREA
State:
City:
SEOUL
Special Indexes:
Choral Conducting, Church Music/Religious Music
Notes:
This institution can trace its history back to 1901. It gained its current name and status in 1993. There is an attached research institute for the study of the church and music. ...
Country:
SOUTH KOREA
State:
City:
SEOUL
Special Indexes:
Choral Conducting, Church Music/Religious Music, Opera Performance
Notes:
This private Christian university, founded in 1906, is operated through the Seventh Day Adventist Church. ...
Country:
SOUTH KOREA
State:
City:
GWANGJU
Special Indexes:
Choral Conducting, Church Music/Religious Music
Notes:
A Presbyterian university originally established in 1954 and gained its current name and status in 1998. There is the opportunity for music students to qualify for a teacher’s licence. Facilities include a 550-seat music hall. ...
Country:
SOUTH KOREA
State:
City:
SEOUL
Special Indexes:
Choral Conducting, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Library Collections, Opera Performance, Orchestral Conducting, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
This institution was established in 1946, being the first national university in Korea. The Asian Music Research Institute concentrates on Korean and Asian music, aiming to collect, organise, preserve and distribute information and materials on Korean, Asian and non-European music. The Western Music...
Country:
SOUTH KOREA
State:
City:
BUCHEON (PUCHON)
Special Indexes:
Choral Conducting, Church Music/Religious Music
Notes:
This institution was founded in 1911 as a bible college in the tradition of the Korea Evangelical Holiness Church. It gained university status in 1992. The Department of Church Music was established in 1976. ...
Country:
SOUTH KOREA
State:
City:
CHEONGJU
Special Indexes:
Choral Conducting, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
This private University was established in 1968 as Cheongju Women's Junior College. Following several name changes it gained its current name and status in 1992. ...
Country:
SOUTH KOREA
State:
City:
BUSAN (PUSAN)
Special Indexes:
Choral Conducting, Opera Performance, Orchestral Conducting
Notes:
A private university founded originally in 1954 and earlier known as Busan Women’s Junior College. It gained university status in 1992, and, following the change into a co-educational institution it was named Silla University. The College of Arts consists of departments of music, fine art, crafts ...
Country:
SOUTH KOREA
State:
City:
ANYANG
Special Indexes:
Band Conducting, Choral Conducting, Church Music/Religious Music, Jazz/Popular Music Performance
Notes:
The University can trace its history back to 1962 with the establishment of the Sungkyul Theological Seminary. It gained its current name and status in 1992. The Department of Performing Music and Arts was established in 2017 with a creative convergence curriculum centered around contemporary and pr...
Country:
SOUTH KOREA
State:
City:
GYEONGSAN (KYONGSAN)
Special Indexes:
Band Conducting, Choral Conducting, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Opera Performance, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
A private institution, Yeungnam University was founded in 1967 through the merger of Daegu College and Chunggu College. There is a second campus in Daegu. Facilities include two concert halls, practice rooms, opera rehearsal room, electronic music studio, a digital piano laboratory, rooms for Korea...
Country:
SOUTH KOREA
State:
City:
SEOUL
Special Indexes:
Choral Conducting, Church Music/Religious Music, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Opera Performance, Orchestral Conducting, Suzuki
Notes:
Yonsei University is a Presbyterian Christian university which was founded in 1885 and is the oldest private university in Korea. It gained its current name and status in 1957. There are over 35,000 students in 17 colleges and 12 graduate schools. Its College of Music, established in 1955, operates ...
Country:
SPAIN
State:
ANDALUSIA
City:
SEVILLA (SEVILLE)
Special Indexes:
Choral Conducting, Early Music Performance, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Opera Performance
Notes:
The Conservatorio can trace its history back to 1933. It organises a baroque orchestra. An active member of the Association Européenne des Conservatoires, Académies de Musique et Musikhochschulen....
Country:
SPAIN
State:
ANDALUSIA
City:
CÓRDOBA
Special Indexes:
Band Conducting, Choral Conducting, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
The Conservatorio was founded in 1902 and gained its current name and status in 1972. It provides music tuition to advanced levels. ...
Country:
SPAIN
State:
ANDALUSIA
City:
GRANADA
Special Indexes:
Choral Conducting, Opera Performance, Orchestral Conducting
Notes:
The Conservatorio was founded in 1921 and has departments of performance, composition, conducting, accompaniment, musicology and music education. There is active collaboration with the Manuel de Falla Archive and the Centre of Musical Documentation of Andalusia, both situated in Granada. Member of t...
Country:
SPAIN
State:
ARAGÓN
City:
ZARAGOZA
Special Indexes:
Choral Conducting, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Orchestral Conducting, Wellness for Musicians
Notes:
The new purpose-built conservatorium was founded in 1988. The building has a number of fine performing spaces. Member of the Association Européenne des Conservatoires, Académies de Musique et Musikhochschulen. ...
Country:
SPAIN
State:
CANARY ISLANDS (CANARIAS)
City:
SANTA CRUZ DE TENERIFE
Special Indexes:
Band Conducting, Choral Conducting, Early Music Performance, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Jazz/Popular Music Performance
Notes:
The Conservatorium’s history dates back to 1892. A new purpose-built conservatorium building was opened in 1992. Beside the professional program the conservatory organises music programs for interested members of the community....
Country:
SPAIN
State:
CASTILLA Y LEON
City:
SALAMANCA
Special Indexes:
Band Conducting, Choral Conducting, Early Music Performance, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Opera Performance, Wellness for Musicians
Notes:
The Conservatory, established in 1935, occupies a new purpose-built building opened in 1998. Facilities include an auditorium, recital rooms and practice rooms. An active member of the Association Européenne des Conservatoires, Académies de Musique et Musikhochschulen....
Country:
SPAIN
State:
CATALONIA (CATALUÑA)
City:
BARCELONA
Special Indexes:
Arts Management/Music Management, Choral Conducting, Early Music Performance, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Music Therapy, Orchestral Conducting, Sound Engineering, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
The Escola Superior de Musica de Catalunya (ESMUC) was established in 2001. There are departments of performance, traditional music, jazz, early music, musicology, management, pedagogy, theory, composition and conducting. In addition to the professional programs the School offers performance tuition...
Country:
SPAIN
State:
EXTREMADURA
City:
BADAJOZ
Special Indexes:
Band Conducting, Choral Conducting, Opera Performance
Notes:
A private conservatorium founded in 1927. In addition to the professional diploma program there are programs at elementary and middle levels. An active member of the Association Européenne des Conservatoires, Académies de Musique et Musikhochschulen....
Country:
SPAIN
State:
GALICIA
City:
LA CORUÑA
Special Indexes:
Choral Conducting, Early Music Performance, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Opera Performance, Orchestral Conducting, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
A government conservatory. An active member of the Association Européenne des Conservatoires, Académies de Musique et Musikhochschulen. ...
Country:
SPAIN
State:
MURCIA
City:
MURCIA
Special Indexes:
Band Conducting, Choral Conducting, Early Music Performance, Opera Performance, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
The Conservatorium was founded in 1917 and in 2010 it reorganised the professional level courses in line with the Bologna process. It organises regular masterclasses. An active member of the Association Européenne des Conservatoires, Académies de Musique et Musikhochschulen....
Country:
SPAIN
State:
MURCIA
City:
MURCIA
Special Indexes:
Choral Conducting
Notes:
The University can trace its history back to 1243. ...
Country:
SPAIN
State:
PROVINCE OF MADRID
City:
MADRID
Special Indexes:
Arts Management/Music Management, Choral Conducting, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Orchestral Conducting, Sound Engineering
Notes:
The privately-run Centro Superior de Enseñanza Musical 'Katarina Gurska' was founded in 1985. In addition to the professional programs the Centro organises music tuition for children and young people as well as programs in jazz, rock and pop performance. An active member of the Association Europé...
Country:
SPAIN
State:
PROVINCE OF MADRID
City:
MADRID
Special Indexes:
Choral Conducting, Music Theatre Performance, Opera Performance, Repetiteur Training/Coaching
Notes:
This institution, founded in 1971, trains performers for opera and zarzuela. It is regarded as equivalent in status to a Conservatorio Superior de Música. ...
Country:
SPAIN
State:
PROVINCE OF MADRID
City:
MADRID
Special Indexes:
Choral Conducting, Early Music Performance, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Instrument Collections, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Opera Performance, Orchestral Conducting, Repetiteur Training/Coaching, Sound Engineering, Traditional Instrument Performance, Wellness for Musicians
Notes:
The Royal Conservatorio was founded in 1830 and established in its current form in 1990. There are departments of performance, early music, composition, musicology and pedagogy. The building houses a number of fine performance spaces. Instruction is given at the levels of elementary (beginning at e...
Country:
SPAIN
State:
VALENCIA
City:
VALÈNCIA
Special Indexes:
Choral Conducting, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Opera Performance, Orchestral Conducting, Sound Engineering, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
The conservatorium was founded in 1879 and gained its current name and status in 1968. An active member of the Association Européenne des Conservatoires, Académies de Musique et Musikhochschulen. ...
Country:
SPAIN
State:
VALENCIA
City:
CASTELLÓN
Special Indexes:
Choral Conducting, Early Music Performance, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Orchestral Conducting
Notes:
This private Conservatorio was established in 1998. An active member of the Association Européenne des Conservatoires, Académies de Musique et Musikhochschulen. ...
Country:
SPAIN
State:
VIZCAYA (BASQUE COUNTRY)
City:
SAN SEBASTIÁN (GIPUZKOA)
Special Indexes:
Arts Management/Music Management, Choral Conducting, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Music Theatre Performance, Opera Performance, Orchestral Conducting, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
This private Centre was founded in 2001. 'Musikene' is the name of the Private Foundation for the Higher School of Music of the Basque Country that was responsible for creating it. A brand-new building was opened in 2016. An active member of the Association Européenne des Conservatoires, Académies...
Country:
SWEDEN
State:
City:
SOLLENTUNA
Special Indexes:
Choral Conducting, Orchestral Conducting
Notes:
The Edsberg Foundation Institute of Music (Stiftelsen Edsbergs Musikinstitut) forms part of the Royal College of Music (Kungliga Musikhögskolan) in Stockholm. It offers advanced solo and chamber music training for pianists and string players. ...
Country:
SWEDEN
State:
City:
ARVIKA
Special Indexes:
Band Conducting, Choral Conducting, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Music Therapy, Sound Engineering, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
The University was founded in 1843 as a Teacher Training College and gained its current name and status in 1999. The Ingesund College of Music was founded in 1923 and since 1978 has formed the School of Music of the University of Karlstad, located in Arvika in West Värmland, 80 kilometres north of ...
Country:
SWEDEN
State:
City:
PITEÅ
Special Indexes:
Choral Conducting, Church Music/Religious Music, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Orchestral Conducting, Sound Engineering, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
The School of Music at Luleå University of Technology was founded in the 1978. Piteå is situated about 45 kilometers south of Luleå (the main university campus). The Department of Music and Media has two sections - Media and Experience Production, and the School of Music. Several courses are offe...
Country:
SWEDEN
State:
City:
ÖREBRO
Special Indexes:
Band Conducting, Choral Conducting, Jazz/Popular Music Performance
Notes:
This institution was first established in 1977 and gained full university status in 1999. An active member of the Association Européenne des Conservatoires, Académies de Musique et Musikhochschulen....
Country:
SWEDEN
State:
City:
STOCKHOLM
Special Indexes:
Choral Conducting, Church Music/Religious Music, Eurhythmics/Dalcroze, Early Music Performance, Instrument Making/Maintenance, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Music Therapy, Orchestral Conducting, Repetiteur Training/Coaching, Sound Engineering, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
This Royal College of Music, founded in 1771, is an independent college, financed both by private funds and the state. It is housed at the University of Stockholm. The College offers in-service training courses for professional musicians and music teachers, some by distance-mode. The Nordic Perform...
Country:
SWITZERLAND
State:
City:
LUGANO
Special Indexes:
Band Conducting, Choral Conducting, Church Music/Religious Music, Eurhythmics/Dalcroze, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Opera Performance
Notes:
The Conservatorio della Svizzera Italiana (Conservatorium of Italian-Speaking Switzerland) consists of general, preparatory and professional divisions. The general division offers music training to young people and interested adults, leading to the award of a Certificat d'études non-professionnelle...
Country:
SWITZERLAND
State:
City:
GENÈVE - NEUCHÂTEL
Special Indexes:
Arts Management/Music Management, Choral Conducting, Early Music Performance, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Eurhythmics/Dalcroze, Opera Performance, Orchestral Conducting
Notes:
The Geneva-Neuchâtel Higher School of Music (HEM), founded in 1835, forms part of the University of Applied Sciences of Western Switzerland which itself was founded in 1998 with the merger of a number of higher-level institutions in various areas of training. This HEM is the oldest institution of m...
Country:
SWITZERLAND
State:
City:
LAUSANNE
Special Indexes:
Band Conducting, Choral Conducting, Church Music/Religious Music, Early Music Performance, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Opera Performance, Orchestral Conducting, Wellness for Musicians
Notes:
The former Conservatoire of Lausanne commenced its teaching operations over 150 years ago, but from 2011 the name 'Conservatoire de Lausanne' refers only to a pre-professional program which offers music tuition to children and interested adults and leads to the award of a Certificat d'études non-pr...
Country:
SWITZERLAND
State:
City:
BASEL
Special Indexes:
Choral Conducting, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Wellness for Musicians
Notes:
Founded in 1460, this is Switzerland's oldest university. The musicology department co-operates closely with the institutes at the FNHW Academy of Music in Basel (the Schola Cantorum Basiliensis, Jazz and the Academy of Music Klassik). Language of instruction is German. ...
Country:
SWITZERLAND
State:
City:
BASEL
Special Indexes:
Band Conducting, Choral Conducting, Church Music/Religious Music, Early Music Performance, Instrument Collections, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Opera Performance, Orchestral Conducting, Sound Engineering, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
The University of Applied Sciences and Arts of Northwestern Switzerland (Fachhochschule Nordwestschweiz FHNW) was established in 2006 from a merger of nine former schools and operates on four main campuses in northwestern Switzerland. The music programs are offered at the Academy of Music which hous...
Country:
SWITZERLAND
State:
City:
ZÜRICH
Special Indexes:
Choral Conducting, Church Music/Religious Music, Eurhythmics/Dalcroze, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Sound Engineering
Notes:
The Zürich University of the Arts (ZHdK) can trace its history back to 1873. Following several name changes it gained its current name and status in 2007. The University offers programs in design, film, fine arts, music, dance, theatre and art education. A new program structure to be introduced in ...
Country:
TAIWAN
State:
City:
TAIPEI
Special Indexes:
Choral Conducting, Church Music/Religious Music, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Orchestral Conducting
Notes:
A Catholic university founded originally in Beijing in 1925, and re-established in Taiwan in 1961. The music department, established in 1983, forms part of the College of Fine Arts which includes music, applied arts and architecture. The Master’s program was established in 1995. Facilities includ...
Country:
TAIWAN
State:
City:
HUALIEN
Special Indexes:
Choral Conducting, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Music Therapy, Opera Performance
Notes:
The University was founded in 1994 and gained its current name and status in 2005. In 2008 the music education department of the former National Hualien University of Education was integrated into the National Dong Hwa University as its Department of Music. ...
Country:
TAIWAN
State:
City:
HSINCHU
Special Indexes:
Choral Conducting, Eurhythmics/Dalcroze, Instrument Collections, Kodály, Opera Performance, Orff Schulwerk, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
The University can trace its history back to 1940. It gained its current name and status in 2005. The music department was established in 1992. Facilities include some fine performing spaces, orchestral instruments, multiple sets of Orff instruments....
Country:
TAIWAN
State:
City:
KAOHSIUNG
Special Indexes:
Choral Conducting, Instrument Collections, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
The university was first established in 1954 and gained its current name and status in 1989. The College of Arts offers programs in music, fine arts and visual design. The music department holds a collection of Chinese and Western instruments. There is an attached school, years 1 to 12 for teacher ...
Country:
TAIWAN
State:
City:
TAIPEI
Special Indexes:
Choral Conducting, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Sound Engineering, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
Formerly known as the Taiwan Provincial Taipei Teachers’ College and founded in 1896, this is the oldest academic institution in Taiwan. It gained its current name and status in 2005. The University trains teachers for elementary schools and kindergartens. ...
Country:
TAIWAN
State:
City:
TAIPEI
Special Indexes:
Choral Conducting, Music Theatre Performance, Opera Performance, Orchestral Conducting, Orff Schulwerk, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
This institution was founded in 1946 and gained its current name and status in 1994. The College of Music, established in 2007, consists of the Department of Music, the Graduate Institute of Ethnomusicology and the Graduate Institute of Performing Arts (which concentrates on three areas - music thea...
Country:
TAIWAN
State:
City:
TAINAN
Special Indexes:
Choral Conducting
Notes:
The National University of Tainan can trace its history back to 1899. It gained its current name and status in 2004. ...
Country:
TAIWAN
State:
City:
TAIPEI
Special Indexes:
Band Conducting, Choral Conducting, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
A private Christian university of Methodist heritage, founded in 1900. The music department was established in 1972. Facilities include a purpose-designed building with recital hall, fully-equipped computer music studio and Performing Arts Centre. ...
Country:
TAIWAN
State:
City:
TAINAN
Special Indexes:
Arts Management/Music Management, Choral Conducting, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Instrument Collections, Instrument Making/Maintenance, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Music Therapy, Orchestral Conducting, Sound Engineering, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
Founded in 1996 as the Tainan National College of the Arts, this institution gained its current name and status in 2004. There are colleges of visual arts, performing arts, sound and image arts and letters and cultural heritage. The College of Music includes the departments of music, Chinese music a...
Country:
TAIWAN
State:
City:
TAINAN
Special Indexes:
Choral Conducting, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Opera Performance, Sound Engineering, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
A private university for women that can trace its history back to 1964 and gained its current name and status in 2006. Male students have been admitted since 2004. The College of Arts offers programs in fine arts, music and dance. The Department of Music was founded in 1970, and a Graduate Institute...
Country:
TAIWAN
State:
City:
TAIPEI
Special Indexes:
Choral Conducting, Instrument Collections, Library Collections, Opera Performance, Orchestral Conducting, Sound Engineering, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
The National University of the Arts was previously known as the National Taiwan College of Arts (founded in 1955), and gained university status in 2001. In addition to Schools of Music, Fine Arts, Theatre, Film and New Media, Cultural Resources and Dance there are Institutes of Musicology and Orches...
Country:
TAIWAN
State:
City:
TAICHUNG
Special Indexes:
Choral Conducting, Music Therapy, Opera Performance, Orchestral Conducting
Notes:
A private Christian university, the oldest in Taiwan, being established in 1955. The College of Fine Arts and Creative Design consists of departments of fine arts, music, architecture, industrial design and landscape architecture. The Department of Music was established in 1971, and the Graduate Ins...
Country:
TAIWAN
State:
City:
TAIPEI
Special Indexes:
Choral Conducting, Kodály, Orff Schulwerk, Suzuki
Notes:
The University was founded originally in 1895 as the Academy of Language. In 2013 following several name changes and the merger with Taipei Physical Education College it was granted its current name and status. It operates on two campuses in Taipei. ...
Country:
TAJIKISTAN
State:
City:
DUSHANBE
Special Indexes:
Choral Conducting, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
The Tajik National Conservatory was founded in 2009. This co-educational institution has departments of music performance, cultural science (including musicology), music education, library science, dance and drama. The Conservatory is host to the annual Bahoriston classical music festival which aims...
Country:
THAILAND
State:
City:
NAKHON PATHOM
Special Indexes:
Band Conducting, Choral Conducting, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Instrument Collections, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Music Theatre Performance, Music Therapy, Opera Performance, Orchestral Conducting, Sound Engineering, Traditional Instrument Performance, Wellness for Musicians
Notes:
The University was originally founded in 1889 as a medical school. Currently there are 14 faculties, six colleges, eight institutes and six centres all situated at three different localities in the greater Bangkok area. The College of Music was established in 1994 and was the first music conservator...
Country:
TURKEY
State:
City:
ANKARA
Special Indexes:
Choral Conducting, Opera Conducting, Opera Performance, Orchestral Conducting, Personal Archives
Notes:
This private university was founded in 1984. Its Faculty of Music and Performing Arts was one of the first in Turkey. The graduate school is known as the Institute of Music and Performing Arts. Facilities include a concert hall and 200 sound-proof class and practice rooms. There are also attached ki...
Country:
TURKEY
State:
City:
ANKARA
Special Indexes:
Choral Conducting, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Instrument Making/Maintenance, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Opera Performance, Orchestral Conducting, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
The University can trace its history back to 1958 and gained its current name and status in 1967. The Conservatory is the first of its kind in Turkey, being established in 1936 and becoming affiliated with the university in 1982. Its Western music education program was organised in collaboration wit...
Country:
TURKEY (TÜRKIYE)
State:
City:
ESKIȘEHIR
Special Indexes:
Band Conducting, Choral Conducting, Instrument Making/Maintenance, Music Therapy, Opera Performance
Notes:
This State-run university was founded in 1958. The School of Music and Drama (the State Conservatory) was founded in 1986 and consists of departments of performing arts (drama and opera), music performance, and musical instrument construction (stringed instruments). Attached are three institutions a...
Country:
TURKMENISTAN
State:
City:
ASHGABAT
Special Indexes:
Choral Conducting, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Orchestral Conducting, Sound Engineering, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
An Arts College for Musicians and Artists was opened in Ashkabad in 1935. The present Conservatory was established in 1993 and operates under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Education. There are four departments: Instrumental Performance, Vocal Arts, Conducting, and Theory/Composition and Musico...
Country:
UGANDA
State:
City:
KAMPALA
Special Indexes:
Arts Management/Music Management, Choral Conducting, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
This University was established in 2005 from the amalgamation of several earlier institutions. There are departments of music, dance and drama. Formerly known as the Institute of Teacher Education, the University initially had the role of producing secondary school teachers. The teacher training act...
Country:
UGANDA
State:
City:
KAMPALA
Special Indexes:
Choral Conducting, Community Music Training, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Instrument Collections, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
Founded in 1922 as a technical school and formerly known as the University of East Africa, it is the second-oldest and largest university in Uganda, being granted its current name and status in 1970. The Department of Performing Arts (music, dance, drama and film) was established in 1971. The underg...
Country:
UKRAINE
State:
City:
CHERNIVTSI
Special Indexes:
Band Conducting, Choral Conducting, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
The University was founded in 1875 by the Emperor Franz Joseph of Austro-Hungary. It gained its current name and status in 2000. Language of instruction is Ukrainian. Member of the European University Association....
Country:
UKRAINE
State:
City:
KHARKIV
Special Indexes:
Choral Conducting, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Opera Conducting, Opera Performance, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
The National University of Arts can trace its history back to 1917. It gained university status in 2004 and is one of the leading arts institutions in Ukraine, offering programs in music and theatre. An active member of the Association Européenne des Conservatoires, Académies de Musique et Musikho...
Country:
UKRAINE
State:
City:
LVIV
Special Indexes:
Choral Conducting, Church Music/Religious Music, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Library Collections, Opera Conducting, Opera Performance, Orchestral Conducting, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
This institution is one of the oldest in the Ukraine, being able to trace its origins back to 1796. It was granted its current name and status in 2007, its informal name being ‘Lviv Conservatory’. There are departments of singing, piano, orchestra, conducting, musicology, ethnomusicology and com...
Country:
UKRAINE
State:
City:
ODESSA
Special Indexes:
Choral Conducting, Opera Performance, Orchestral Conducting, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
The National Academy can trace its history back too 1897. It is the oldest music educational institution in Ukraine and gained its current name and status in 2000. It publishes an annual journal ‘Musical Art and Culture’. The Academy hosts the triennial International Piano Competition in Memory ...
Country:
UKRAINE
State:
City:
DONETSK
Special Indexes:
Choral Conducting, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
The Conservatoire was founded in 1968 and is situated in Donetsk, one of the largest industrial centres of the Ukraine. It occupies two multi-storey buildings. There are departments of piano, organ, stringed instruments, woodwind and brass instruments, percussion instruments, folk instruments, singi...
Country:
UKRAINE
State:
City:
KIEV
Special Indexes:
Choral Conducting, Early Music Performance, Opera Performance, Orchestral Conducting, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
The Academy was originally founded in 1913 as the ‘P I Tchaikovsky’ Conservatory of Music. It gained its current name and status in 1995. There are eight departments: piano, orchestral instruments, conducting, voice, music history and theory, composition, music education and pedagogy, and direct...
Country:
UNITED KINGDOM
State:
ENGLAND
City:
BIRMINGHAM
Special Indexes:
Band Conducting, Choral Conducting, Community Music Training, Eurhythmics/Dalcroze, Early Music Performance, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Instrument Collections, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Library Collections, Opera Performance, Orchestral Conducting, Sound Engineering, Wellness for Musicians
Notes:
The Birmingham Conservatoire can trace its history back to 1843. It became the music department of Birmingham City University in 1989 and later became the Royal Birmingham Conservatoire. There are departments of performance, composition, early music, jazz, vocal and operatic performance, orchestral ...
Country:
UNITED KINGDOM
State:
ENGLAND
City:
LONDON
Special Indexes:
Choral Conducting, Kodály, Library Collections
Notes:
The British Kodály Academy is a registered charity that has been organising short courses in Kodály musicianship and choral techniques since 1983. It also organises an annual Summer School and a Spring Course as well as study tours for teachers in Keckskemét, Hungary. The Academy issues a twice-y...
Country:
UNITED KINGDOM
State:
ENGLAND
City:
DURHAM
Special Indexes:
Band Conducting, Choral Conducting, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Instrument Collections, Library Collections, Personal Archives, Sound Engineering
Notes:
The university was founded in 1832 and the first music examinations took place at Durham in 1890. This is a collegiate university - the colleges are not teaching bodies, nor are they purely residential. Typically they provide a centre for students’ sporting, social and residential activities, and ...
Country:
UNITED KINGDOM
State:
ENGLAND
City:
LIVERPOOL
Special Indexes:
Arts Management/Music Management, Choral Conducting, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Music Theatre Performance, Sound Engineering
Notes:
Formerly known as Liverpool Hope University College, this Catholic institution gained full university status in 2005. The campus is situated about 20 minutes from the city centre and the music department is housed in a new purpose-built centre with facilities including an electro-acoustic studio, li...