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 ARAB EMIRATES
State:
ABU DHABI
City:
Special Indexes:
Programs for the Handicapped, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
This research university commenced its academic programs in Abu Dhabi in 2010 and moved to its current location at the Saadiyat Island campus in 2014. Currently it fully integrates a liberal arts and science college. The Abu Dhabi campus forms part of the the New York University's Global Network Uni...
Country:
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES
State:
DUBAI
City:
Special Indexes:
Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
The Melodica Music Centre offers programs in music and dance to children and interested adults at four locations throughout Dubai. Students may be trained to enter for music examinations conducted by Trinity or the Associated Board of the Royal Schools of Music in England. The Centre organises stude...
Country:
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES
State:
SHARJAH
City:
Special Indexes:
Music Theatre Performance, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
Sharjah is currently recognised by UNESCO as the Cultural Capital of the Arab World. The American University of Sharjah is a co-educational institution founded in 1997, and accredited in the USA by the Commission on Higher Education of the Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools. The Perfo...
Country:
UNITED KINGDOM
State:
ENGLAND
City:
LONDON
Special Indexes:
Ethnomusicology/World Music, Library Collections, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
The original Bhavan (‘Home of Indian Arts’) was founded in Mumbai, India in 1938 and has since spread widely. The English branch was established in 1972, and like its Indian home institution, is a secular non-political, non-commercial and non-profit-making institute specialising in the promotion...
Country:
UNITED KINGDOM
State:
ENGLAND
City:
LONDON
Special Indexes:
Early Music Performance, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Instrument Collections, Sound Engineering, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
City, University of London was founded in 1894 as the Northampton Institute. It gained its current name and status in 1966 and has been a constituent college of the University of London since 2016. Facilities include well-equipped sound recording and electroacoustic music studios, an early music ro...
Country:
UNITED KINGDOM
State:
ENGLAND
City:
PENRYN
Special Indexes:
Ethnomusicology/World Music, Instrument Collections, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Music Theatre Performance, Sound Engineering, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
In 2008 Dartington College of Arts, founded in 1961, merged with University College Falmouth and the resulting institution has been granted full university status. Students have access to a new purpose-built Performance Centre with fine performing spaces and state-of-the-art electronic and recording...
Country:
UNITED KINGDOM
State:
ENGLAND
City:
LEEDS
Special Indexes:
Arts Management/Music Management, Community Music Training, Instrument Collections, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Library Collections, Music Theatre Performance, Orchestral Conducting, Sound Engineering, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
This music institution, an affiliated college of the University of Leeds, was founded in 1965. Formerly known as the Leeds College of Music, it was granted its current name and status in 2020. The Conservatoire launched the United Kingdom’s first full-time jazz and popular music course in 1971 an...
Country:
UNITED KINGDOM
State:
ENGLAND
City:
LONDON
Special Indexes:
Ethnomusicology/World Music, Instrument Collections, Library Collections, Sound Archives, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
The University of London is a federation of some forty colleges and institutes, not all of which offer programs in music. The School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS) was founded in 1916. No aspects of Western music are studied. All courses relate to the traditional art or folk musics of Asia a...
Country:
UNITED KINGDOM
State:
ENGLAND
City:
LONDON
Special Indexes:
Choral Conducting, Early Music Performance, Instrument Collections, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Music Therapy, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
The University of Roehampton was formally established in 2004, though it can trace its history back to 1840s. It consists of four colleges – Digby Stuart, Froebel, Southlands and Whitelands. The Music Department is located at Southlands College where facilities include a concert hall, a keyboard l...
Country:
UNITED KINGDOM
State:
ENGLAND
City:
EALING
Special Indexes:
Arts Management/Music Management, Community Music Training, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Music Theatre Performance, Public Examinations in Music, Sound Engineering, Traditional Instrument Performance, Wellness for Musicians
Notes:
Formerly known as Thames Valley University, the name was changed in 2008 to The University of West London. The formerly independent London College of Music (founded in 1887) is housed at the University where it is currently known as the Faculty of the Arts. There is a performing arts clinic which ru...
Country:
UNITED KINGDOM
State:
NORTHERN IRELAND
City:
LONDONDERRY
Special Indexes:
Arts Management/Music Management, Community Music Training, Early Music Performance, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Sound Engineering, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
The University can trace its history back to 1865. Its music department was established in 1972 and is housed in Dalriada House in attractive grounds on the shore of Belfast Lough. Facilities include a three-manual organ, practice rooms, state-of-the-art electronic and computing studios, and the He...
Country:
UNITED KINGDOM
State:
SCOTLAND
City:
GLASGOW
Special Indexes:
Instrument Collections, Library Collections, Public Examinations in Music, Sound Archives, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
The National Piping Centre, incorporating The College of Piping was founded in 2020 from the merger of two existing piping institutions, the College of Piping and the National Piping Centre. Both institutions had previously distributed their own teaching materials and organised teaching programs and...
Country:
UNITED KINGDOM
State:
SCOTLAND
City:
GLASGOW
Special Indexes:
Arts Management/Music Management, Choral Conducting, Early Music Performance, Instrument Collections, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Music Theatre Performance, Opera Performance, Orchestral Conducting, Public Examinations in Music, Sound Engineering, Traditional Instrument Performance, Wellness for Musicians
Notes:
The Royal Conservatoire of Scotland was, until 1 September 2011, known as the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama. It can trace its history back to the creation of the Glasgow Athenaeum in 1847. The current Royal Conservatoire of Scotland offers programs in music, dance, drama, film, music pro...
Country:
UNITED KINGDOM
State:
SCOTLAND
City:
ABERDEEN
Special Indexes:
Band Conducting, Choral Conducting, Community Music Training, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Instrument Collections, Library Collections, Music Therapy, Sound Archives, Sound Engineering, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
The university was founded in 1495. There are state-of-the-art facilities for electroacoustic music, a world music centre, a theatre/concert hall, keyboard laboratory and a range of practice facilities. The Centre for Music Therapy houses many percussion instruments, and is used as a teaching base ...
Country:
UNITED KINGDOM
State:
SCOTLAND
City:
PERTH
Special Indexes:
Arts Management/Music Management, Community Music Training, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Music Theatre Performance, Sound Engineering, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
The University of the Highlands and Islands can trace its history back to 1961. It operates on several campuses spread across the highlands and islands of Scotland - in Argyll, Inverness, Moray, North Highland, Orkney, Outer Hebrides, Perth, Shetland and West Highland. Perth College is a college of ...
Country:
UNITED KINGDOM
State:
WALES
City:
CARDIFF
Special Indexes:
Arts Management/Music Management, Band Conducting, Choral Conducting, Early Music Performance, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Music Theatre Performance, Opera Performance, Orchestral Conducting, Repetiteur Training/Coaching, Sound Engineering, Traditional Instrument Performance, Wellness for Musicians
Notes:
The Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama (Coleg Brenhinol Cerdd a Drama Cymru) was established as Wales’ national conservatoire for the performing arts in 1949 and gained its current name and status in 2002. It is set in Cardiff’s Castle grounds which are adjacent to the University, close to t...
Country:
UNITED KINGDOM
State:
WALES
City:
BANGOR
Special Indexes:
Community Music Training, Early Music Performance, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Instrument Collections, Library Collections, Sound Archives, Sound Engineering, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
The University of Wales in Bangor can trace its history back to 1885. The activities of the School of Music cover the areas of performance, composition, technology, media and popular culture, and history, culture and society. Facilities include four state-of-the-art electronic composition studios, t...
Country:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
State:
ARKANSAS
City:
BATESVILLE
Special Indexes:
Church Music/Religious Music, Instrument Collections, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
The College, founded in 1872, is affiliated with the Presbyterian Church (USA) and is the oldest independent college in Arkansas. There is a chance of students being able to study bagpipe playing as part of the College’s Scottish Heritage program. The Scottish Heritage Program offers instruction ...
Country:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
State:
CALIFORNIA
City:
SAN RAFAEL
Special Indexes:
Instrument Collections, Sound Archives, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
The College began in 1956 in Calcutta, India, and commenced operations in California in 1967. It aims to spread knowledge and teach performance of the music of North India - Hindustani classical vocal and instrumental music - and for this purpose it also sponsors concerts of Indian classical music. ...
Country:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
State:
CALIFORNIA
City:
VALENCIA
Special Indexes:
Ethnomusicology/World Music, Instrument Collections, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Library Collections, Sound Engineering, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
This private institute was founded in 1961 by Walt and Roy Disney through the merger of two existing professional schools, the Los Angeles Conservatory of Music and the Chouinard Art Institute. There are schools of art, dance, film/video, music, theatre, and critical studies enabling students to com...
Country:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
State:
CALIFORNIA
City:
SAN MARCOS
Special Indexes:
Ethnomusicology/World Music, Instrument Collections, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
This University was founded in 1989. The Department of Visual and Performing Arts offers programs in arts and technology, music, theatre, visual arts and education. There is encouragement for students to collaborate with those in other tracks of the program. The Department houses a Javanese gamelan...
Country:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
State:
CALIFORNIA
City:
OAKLAND
Special Indexes:
Early Music Performance, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Institutions for Women Only, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Library Collections, Sound Archives, Sound Engineering, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
A private liberal arts college for women founded in 1852. In 1871 it was granted the name Mills College in 1865 and in 2022 it joined forces with the Boston-based Northeastern University to become the Mills Institute at Northeastern University, Oakland. It becomes co-educational at the graduate leve...
Country:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
State:
CALIFORNIA
City:
SAN DIEGO
Special Indexes:
Arts Management/Music Management, Band Conducting, Choral Conducting, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Instrument Collections, Instrument Making/Maintenance, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Opera Performance, Orchestral Conducting, Sound Engineering, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
The University was founded in 1897. Facilities include the 300-seat Dayton Smith recital hall, a state-of-the-art electronic music studio, 160 pianos, three harpsichords and 800 other instruments, many of ethnic origin. There is an active opera program. The University hosts a Community Music School ...
Country:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
State:
CALIFORNIA
City:
SANTA CLARITA
Special Indexes:
Church Music/Religious Music, Opera Performance, Sound Engineering, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
A liberal arts university founded in 1927 on non-denominational Christian principles. Facilities include state-of-the-art recording and technical studios. Member of the National Association of Schools of Music....
Country:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
State:
CALIFORNIA
City:
LOS ANGELES
Special Indexes:
Band Conducting, Choral Conducting, Early Music Performance, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Instrument Collections, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Library Collections, Opera Performance, Orchestral Conducting, Personal Archives, Sound Archives, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
The University was founded in 1919 as the Southern Branch of the University of California and moved to its current location in Westwood in 1929. The UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music was created in 2007 with the union of three departments - the Department of Music, the Department of Musicology and t...
Country:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
State:
CALIFORNIA
City:
BERKELEY
Special Indexes:
Choral Conducting, Early Music Performance, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Instrument Collections, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Library Collections, Music Theatre Performance, Opera Performance, Orchestral Conducting, Personal Archives, Sound Archives, Sound Engineering, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
The University can trace its history back to 1849. It became the University of California in 1868 and is the flagship campus and the oldest campus of the University of California system. The Hargrove Music Library holds one of the most extensive collections of books, scores and recorded materials in...
Country:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
State:
CALIFORNIA
City:
RIVERSIDE
Special Indexes:
Ethnomusicology/World Music, Instrument Collections, Personal Archives, Sound Engineering, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
The University can trace its history back to 1907. The music department owns a Javanese gamelan. The library houses the Heinrich Schenker Archive. The Center for Iberian and Latin American Music is located in the department and publishes an online journal 'Diagonal'. Member of the University of Cal...
Country:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
State:
COLORADO
City:
BOULDER
Special Indexes:
Instrument Collections, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
A private, non-profit, non-sectarian liberal arts institution - the only fully accredited Buddhist-inspired university in the United States. It was founded in 1974. There is a collection of instruments including a Balinese gamelan, Indian classical instruments, African marimbas and a number of worl...
Country:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
State:
COLORADO
City:
GREELEY
Special Indexes:
Arts Management/Music Management, Band Conducting, Choral Conducting, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Opera Performance, Orchestral Conducting, Sound Engineering, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
A state-supported university founded in 1889. The School of Music was founded in 1895. It is an All-Steinway School. The Music Technology Center houses state-of-the-art laboratories and recording facilities. Member of the National Association of Schools of Music....
Country:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
State:
CONNECTICUT
City:
HARTFORD
Special Indexes:
Ethnomusicology/World Music, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
Founded in 1823 as Washington College, this institution became Trinity College in 1845. Of Episcopalian heritage, it is now an independent institution....
Country:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
State:
CONNECTICUT
City:
MIDDLETOWN
Special Indexes:
Ethnomusicology/World Music, Instrument Collections, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Library Collections, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
The university was founded in 1831 as a Methodist institution, and became completely independent in 1937. The Center for the Arts houses the departments of music, art and art history, dance, theatre and film. There are some fine performance spaces and well-equipped electronic studios. A world inst...
Country:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
State:
FLORIDA
City:
TALLAHASSEE
Special Indexes:
Arts Management/Music Management, Band Conducting, Choral Conducting, Church Music/Religious Music, Early Music Performance, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Instrument Collections, Instrument Making/Maintenance, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Music Theatre Performance, Music Therapy, Opera Performance, Orchestral Conducting, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
The University can trace its history back to 1823. It gained its current name and status in 1947. The School of Music houses a Center for Music Research and a Center for Music of the Americas with focus on music of the peoples of north, south and central America and the Caribbean. It is home to the ...
Country:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
State:
FLORIDA
City:
CORAL GABLES
Special Indexes:
Arts Management/Music Management, Band Conducting, Choral Conducting, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Library Collections, Music Therapy, Opera Performance, Orchestral Conducting, Sound Engineering, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
An independent university founded in 1925. Current technological developments are used to enhance instructional and performing experiences in many programs, students having access to a number of specialist laboratories housed within the Advanced Technology Center. The Frost School of Music houses th...
Country:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
State:
HAWAI'I
City:
HONOLULU
Special Indexes:
Ethnomusicology/World Music, Instrument Collections, Library Collections, Music Theatre Performance, Opera Performance, Sound Archives, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
A state-supported university founded in 1907 and gainedd its current name and status in 1972. It is the flagship campus of the University of Hawai'i system. There are ten campuses spread across six of the Hawaiian islands. The music department is a unique blend of solid Western music tradition with ...
Country:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
State:
HAWAI'I
City:
HILO
Special Indexes:
Ethnomusicology/World Music, Library Collections, Sound Archives, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
A state university founded in 1941 as Hawaii Vocational School. It gained its current name and status in 1970. The Department of Performing Arts offers programs in dance, drama and music, with a range of vocal and instrumental ensembles. Language of instruction is English. The College of Hawaiian l...
Country:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
State:
ILLINOIS
City:
LAKE FOREST
Special Indexes:
Ethnomusicology/World Music, Instrument Collections, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Opera Performance, Traditional Instrument Performance, Wellness for Musicians
Notes:
A private liberal arts institution located 30 miles north of downtown Chicago. Of Presbyterian heritage, it was founded in 1857. The music department is located in Reid Hall. There is a set of West African drums....
Country:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
State:
ILLINOIS
City:
DEKALB
Special Indexes:
Band Conducting, Choral Conducting, Instrument Collections, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Opera Performance, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
A state-supported university founded in 1895. The College of Visual and Performing Arts offers programs in art, music theatre and dance. Facilities include fine performing spaces, state-of-the-art computer music studios and a large collection of percussion instruments (drums, steel pans, gamelan, m...
Country:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
State:
INDIANA
City:
RICHMOND
Special Indexes:
Band Conducting, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Instrument Collections, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
An independent college of the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers), founded in 1847. There is a state-of-the-art computer music studio. An emphasis on music and ethnomusicology is a unique feature of the degree program with a focus on Indian music and the arts, as well as other musics from Indones...
Country:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
State:
INDIANA
City:
BLOOMINGTON
Special Indexes:
Arts Management/Music Management, Band Conducting, Choral Conducting, Church Music/Religious Music, Early Music Performance, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Instrument Collections, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Kodály, Library Collections, Music Librarianship Training, Opera Performance, Orchestral Conducting, Orff Schulwerk, Sound Archives, Sound Engineering, Traditional Instrument Performance, Wellness for Musicians
Notes:
A state-supported university founded in 1829 as Indiana College. It gained its current name and status in 1838 and is the flagship institution of the Indiana University system. The Jacobs School of Music presents over 1,100 performances each year. There are programs in wellness for musicians. The W...
Country:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
State:
INDIANA
City:
CRAWFORDSVILLE
Special Indexes:
Ethnomusicology/World Music, Institutions for Men Only, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Sound Engineering, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
A private, independent liberal arts college for men, founded in 1832. The Department of Music is housed in the Fine Arts Complex, completed in 1993. A world music performance ensemble concentrates on music and dance from sub-Saharan Africa. ...
Country:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
State:
KENTUCKY
City:
MOREHEAD
Special Indexes:
Choral Conducting, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Kodály, Opera Performance, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
Founded in 1887 as a teachers’ college, the University gained its current name and status in 1966. The music department is housed in the Caudill College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences. The University’s Operaworks program provides experience for voice majors by presenting opera into publ...
Country:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
State:
LOUISIANA
City:
LAFAYETTE
Special Indexes:
Band Conducting, Choral Conducting, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Orchestral Conducting, Sound Engineering, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
A state-supported university founded in 1900 as Southwestern Louisiana Industrial Institute. It gained its current name and status in 1999. The College of the Arts offers programs in music, architecture & design, visual arts and performing arts. It has a number of well-equipped studios for music...
Country:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
State:
MAINE
City:
LEWISTON
Special Indexes:
Ethnomusicology/World Music, Instrument Collections, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
A liberal arts college founded in 1855. The Olin Arts Center houses some fine performance venues, a well-equipped computer music studio, a collection of Indian and Middle Eastern instruments, a Javanese gamelan and a steel pan orchestra. ...
Country:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
State:
MAINE
City:
WATERVILLE
Special Indexes:
Band Conducting, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Instrument Collections, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
An independent liberal arts college founded in 1813. It was named Waterville College in 1821, and gained its current name and status immediately following the Civil War. The music department is housed in the Bixler Art and Music Center with several fine performing spaces and a state-of-the-art elect...
Country:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
State:
MARYLAND
City:
TOWSON
Special Indexes:
Arts Management/Music Management, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Music Theatre Performance, Opera Performance, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
A private liberal arts college founded in 1885. The Division of Fine Arts consists of departments of art, dance, music and theatre, allowing students to major in a single one of the arts or to combine with another. A system of internships is available to assist students in career choices and develop...
Country:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
State:
MARYLAND
City:
COLLEGE PARK
Special Indexes:
Band Conducting, Choral Conducting, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Library Collections, Opera Performance, Sound Archives, Sound Engineering, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
A state-supported university that can trace its history back to 1856. It is the flagship campus of the Maryland University system. The Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center houses a number of fine performance spaces and houses a state-of- the-art music technology laboratory. The music department sees...
Country:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
State:
MASSACHUSETTS
City:
AMHERST
Special Indexes:
Early Music Performance, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Instrument Collections, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Opera Performance, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
Amherst College is a private liberal arts institution founded in 1821. The Department of Music owns a Javanese gamelan. It is one of a five-college consortium which shares programs for the purpose of extending and enriching their collective educational resources. The other neighbouring colleges form...
Country:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
State:
MASSACHUSETTS
City:
MEDFORD
Special Indexes:
Community Music Training, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Instrument Collections, Instrument Making/Maintenance, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Library Collections, Sound Engineering, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
Tufts University is a private institution founded in 1852. The music department is housed in the new Perry and Marty Granoff Music Center and has access to several fine performance spaces. It sees its particular strengths as in performance, composition, theory, musicology and ethnomusicology. A musi...
Country:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
State:
MICHIGAN
City:
HILLSDALE
Special Indexes:
Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Opera Performance, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
This liberal arts and sciences college was founded in 1844 by Freewill Baptists, but has been officially non-denominational since its inception. The music department is housed in the John and Dede Howard Music Building. There is a Hillside Academy that offers music tuition to young people. ...
Country:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
State:
MINNESOTA
City:
ST PAUL
Special Indexes:
Ethnomusicology/World Music, Instrument Collections, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
A private liberal arts college founded in 1874 of Presbyterian heritage. The music department owns a set of African drums, African flutes, a sitar and a number of medieval and baroque instruments. Ensembles include a highland pipe band and an early music ensemble. Macalester College is a member of ...
Country:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
State:
NEBRASKA
City:
OMAHA
Special Indexes:
Instrument Collections, Music Theatre Performance, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
A Jesuit Catholic university founded in 1878. The Department of Fine and Performing Arts has programs in art, art history, dance, music and theatre. It is housed in the Lied Education Center for the Arts. Current ensembles include choral and instrumental groups, Javanese court gamelan in Solonese st...
Country:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
State:
NEW YORK
City:
FLUSHING
Special Indexes:
Band Conducting, Choral Conducting, Eurhythmics/Dalcroze, Early Music Performance, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Library Collections, Opera Performance, Orchestral Conducting, Personal Archives, Suzuki, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
The City University of New York (CUNY) was founded in 1961. It consists of 20 Colleges at which music is offered in eleven. Queens College, itself founded in 1937, became part of the City University of New York in 1961. The School of Music has access to several fine performance spaces, including tho...
Country:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
State:
NEW YORK
City:
ITHACA
Special Indexes:
Early Music Performance, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Instrument Collections, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Library Collections, Sound Archives, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
A privately-endowed Ivy League university founded in 1865. The first chair of musicology in an American university was created at Cornell in 1930. Master’s degrees are not considered terminal degrees at Cornell; they are earned during the programs leading to doctoral degrees. The University is th...
Country:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
State:
NEW YORK
City:
NEW YORK
Special Indexes:
Arts Management/Music Management, Community Music Training, Early Music Performance, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Instrument Collections, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Kodály, Library Collections, Music Theatre Performance, Music Therapy, Sound Archives, Sound Engineering, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
This institution, now known as the Steinhardt School of Culture, Education, and Human Development, was founded in 1890 and is the first school of pedagogy to be established at an American university. Earlier known as New York University School of Education, it was given its current name and status i...
Country:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
State:
NORTH CAROLINA
City:
BOONE
Special Indexes:
Arts Management/Music Management, Band Conducting, Choral Conducting, Church Music/Religious Music, Eurhythmics/Dalcroze, Early Music Performance, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Instrument Collections, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Kodály, Music Therapy, Opera Performance, Orchestral Conducting, Orff Schulwerk, Sound Engineering, Traditional Instrument Performance, Wellness for Musicians
Notes:
The University was founded in 1899 as a teachers' college and gained its current name and status in 1967. The Musicum Collegium specialises in early music performance. There is an active opera program. Facilities include a state-of-the-art recording studio and sets of Indian tablas, African percussi...
Country:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
State:
NORTH CAROLINA
City:
GREENSBORO
Special Indexes:
Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Traditional Instrument Performance, Wellness for Musicians
Notes:
A liberal arts college in the Quaker tradition that can trace its history back to 1834. The campus is listed by the US Department of the Interior as a National Historic District. ...
Country:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
State:
NORTH CAROLINA
City:
SWANNANOA
Special Indexes:
Ethnomusicology/World Music, Instrument Collections, Sound Archives, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
The College, of Presbyterian heritage, can trace its history back to 1894. The music department organises an Appalachian music program for the preservation of the traditions of music and dance from the region. Instruction is given on some of the common Appalachian instruments (finger-picking guitar,...
Country:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
State:
OHIO
City:
OBERLIN
Special Indexes:
Choral Conducting, Early Music Performance, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Instrument Collections, Instrument Making/Maintenance, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Library Collections, Opera Performance, Orchestral Conducting, Sound Engineering, Suzuki, Traditional Instrument Performance, Wellness for Musicians
Notes:
An independent co-educational college founded in 1833 of Christian heritage. It was the first college to grant undergraduate degrees to women, and was historically a leader in educating black Americans. The Conservatory operates a contemporary music program. Some emphasis is also placed on performan...
Country:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
State:
PENNSYLVANIA
City:
PITTSBURGH
Special Indexes:
Arts Management/Music Management, Choral Conducting, Community Music Training, Eurhythmics/Dalcroze, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Music Theatre Performance, Opera Performance, Orchestral Conducting, Sound Engineering, Traditional Instrument Performance, Wellness for Musicians
Notes:
Carnegie Mellon University is a private institution that can trace its history back to 1900 and gained its current name and status in 1967. The university’s College of Fine Arts consists of schools of architecture, art, design, drama and music. The music department is a conservatory in a universit...
Country:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
State:
PENNSYLVANIA
City:
PITTSBURGH
Special Indexes:
Church Music/Religious Music, Eurhythmics/Dalcroze, Instrument Collections, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Kodály, Library Collections, Music Therapy, Opera Performance, Orff Schulwerk, Sound Engineering, Traditional Instrument Performance, Wellness for Musicians
Notes:
A private Catholic university founded by the Spiritans Order, tracing its history back to 1878. The School of Music, founded in 1926, is an All-Steinway School. It runs a full opera program in conjunction with the Pittsburgh Opera at the University. A particular strength is the guitar program, with ...
Country:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
State:
PENNSYLVANIA
City:
PHILADELPHIA
Special Indexes:
Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Kodály, Orff Schulwerk, Programs for the Handicapped, Suzuki, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
An independent music school founded in 1908, offering general music programs to children and adults at the pre-college level, adult and senior adult levels, regardless of their ability to pay. Master classes and concerts are open to the public and are usually free. It is the largest community-based ...
Country:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
State:
PENNSYLVANIA
City:
SWARTHMORE
Special Indexes:
Ethnomusicology/World Music, Instrument Collections, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
A private non-sectarian college founded in 1864 by the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers). The Department of Music and Dance is housed in the Lang Music Building and the Lang Performing Arts Centre. There is a gamelan ensemble and a set of Taiko drums. An agreement exists between Swarthmore, Bry...
Country:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
State:
PENNSYLVANIA
City:
PITTSBURGH
Special Indexes:
Ethnomusicology/World Music, Instrument Collections, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Library Collections, Personal Archives, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
A state-supported university founded in 1787. The music department forms part of the Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences. Interdisciplinary study is encouraged in the graduate programs. The library holds the Theodore Finney Music Library, the Carnegie Music Library, collections of early American h...
Country:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
State:
SOUTH CAROLINA
City:
CHARLESTON
Special Indexes:
Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Library Collections, Military Music Academies, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
A four-year state-supported co-educational military college founded in 1842. No individual performance tuition is given, but entry for practising musicians is by audition. The music program involves weekly ceremonial parades and other on and off campus events. Much opportunity is given for ensemble ...
Country:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
State:
SOUTH DAKOTA
City:
VERMILLION
Special Indexes:
Early Music Performance, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Instrument Collections, Library Collections, Music Theatre Performance, Sound Archives, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
A state-supported university. Founded in 1862, it is the oldest institution of higher learning in South Dakota and is the flagship university for the state. The College of Fine Arts offers programs in art, music and theatre. The University's National Music Museum and Center for the Study of the His...
Country:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
State:
TENNESSEE
City:
JOHNSON CITY
Special Indexes:
Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Music Theatre Performance, Sound Engineering, Suzuki, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
The University was founded in 1911 as a teachers’ college. It gained its current name and status in 1963. The music department, an All-Steinway School, is housed in the Mathes Music Building, and is the only four-year institution in the USA with a program in bluegrass and country music, taken thro...
Country:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
State:
TENNESSEE
City:
MURFREESBORO
Special Indexes:
Band Conducting, Choral Conducting, Instrument Collections, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Library Collections, Opera Performance, Orchestral Conducting, Sound Engineering, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
A state-supported university. Founded in 1911 as a teachers’ college, it gained its current name and status in 1965. It is located about a 30-minute drive south of Nashville, the Country Music centre of the world. The School of Music, an All-Steinway School, has access to several fine performance ...
Country:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
State:
TENNESSEE
City:
NASHVILLE
Special Indexes:
Ethnomusicology/World Music, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Library Collections, Opera Performance, Sound Archives, Suzuki, Traditional Instrument Performance, Wellness for Musicians
Notes:
An independent, privately supported university founded in 1873. The Blair School of Music was established in 1964 as a pre-college music school and has been affiliated with Vanderbilt University since 1981. It offers a thriving opera program. Alexander technique is available to students. The Blair S...
Country:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
State:
TEXAS
City:
SAN ANTONIO
Special Indexes:
Choral Conducting, Church Music/Religious Music, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Instrument Collections, Library Collections, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
A Catholic co-educational university founded in 1895 by the Sisters of the Congregation of Divine Providence. It gained its current name and status in 1975. Our Lady of the Lake University is committed to serving Hispanics, who are the majority ethnic group on campus. Hence there are specific course...
Country:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
State:
TEXAS
City:
KINGSVILLE
Special Indexes:
Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Opera Performance, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
A state-supported university that opened in 1925 as a teachers’ college and gained its current name and status in 1993. The music department is housed in the Bellamah Music Building, with access to some fine performing spaces. There is an active opera program. The performing group Mariachi Javelin...
Country:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
State:
TEXAS
City:
SAN MARCOS
Special Indexes:
Band Conducting, Choral Conducting, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Kodály, Music Theatre Performance, Orchestral Conducting, Sound Engineering, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
This university was founded in 1899 as a teacher training college and was granted its current name and status in 2003. It has the largest campus of any other in the Texas State University System. Member of the National Association of Schools of Music. ...
Country:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
State:
TEXAS
City:
DENTON
Special Indexes:
Arts Management/Music Management, Band Conducting, Choral Conducting, Early Music Performance, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Instrument Collections, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Kodály, Library Collections, Music Therapy, Opera Performance, Orchestral Conducting, Sound Archives, Sound Engineering, Traditional Instrument Performance, Wellness for Musicians
Notes:
A state-supported university established in 1890 as a teachers’ college. It gained its current name and status in 1988. The College of Music is the second largest comprehensive music school in the USA. It sees the jazz program as one of its many strengths, with some thirteen 20-member ensembles. T...
Country:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
State:
TEXAS
City:
EDINBURG
Special Indexes:
Band Conducting, Choral Conducting, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Opera Performance, Orchestral Conducting, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
Founded in 1927 as Edinburg College and formerly known as University of Texas - Pan-American, this university was finally granted its current name and status within the University of Texas System in 2015. The music department has access to some fine performing spaces. It organises the Mariachi music...
Country:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
State:
TEXAS
City:
AUSTIN
Special Indexes:
Band Conducting, Choral Conducting, Church Music/Religious Music, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Instrument Collections, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Opera Performance, Orchestral Conducting, Sound Engineering, Traditional Instrument Performance, Wellness for Musicians
Notes:
A state university, opened in 1883. It is the largest institution of the University of Texas System. School of Music facilities include five concert and recital halls, numerous teaching studios, classrooms, rehearsal halls and 125 practice rooms. There are some 300 pianos, four harpsichords, two cla...
Country:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
State:
VERMONT
City:
BENNINGTON
Special Indexes:
Ethnomusicology/World Music, Instrument Making/Maintenance, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Sound Engineering, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
A private non-sectarian college, emphasizing individual creativity in all students. It was founded in 1932 as a college for women, and became co-educational in 1969. Students design their own individual degree plan in consultation with academic advisors according to their own particular interest in ...
Country:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
State:
VERMONT
City:
MIDDLEBURY
Special Indexes:
Ethnomusicology/World Music, Instrument Collections, Library Collections, Sound Archives, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
A private liberal arts college founded in 1800. The music department is housed in the Mahaney Center for the Arts and emphasises composition and performance, music history and ethnomusicology. It has access to some fine performing spaces. Participation in the College’s African Music and Dance Perf...
Country:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
State:
VIRGINIA
City:
FERRUM
Special Indexes:
Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
A liberal arts college founded in 1913 and affiliated with the United Methodist Church. Performing arts scholarships are available for students who perform with the concert choir, handbells or instrumental ensemble. ...
Country:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
State:
VIRGINIA
City:
CHARLOTTESVILLE
Special Indexes:
Ethnomusicology/World Music, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
A state-supported University, founded in 1819 by Thomas Jefferson. It is the flagship university of Virginia. Facilities include state-of-the-art electroacoustic labs and computer studios....
Country:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
State:
WASHINGTON
City:
OLYMPIA
Special Indexes:
Ethnomusicology/World Music, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Sound Engineering, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
A public liberal arts and sciences college founded in 1967. The Department of Performing Arts offers programs in music, dance and theatre. There is a strong music technology program. Facilities include state-of-the-art music technology laboratories. ...
Country:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
State:
WEST VIRGINIA
City:
MORGANTOWN
Special Indexes:
Band Conducting, Choral Conducting, Instrument Collections, Instrument Making/Maintenance, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Music Theatre Performance, Music Therapy, Opera Performance, Orchestral Conducting, Sound Archives, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
A state-supported university. The College of Creative Arts offers programs in art and design, music, theatre and dance. The Evansdale Library holds the Fry Archive (some 5,000 items) of recorded jazz music from the 1920s to the 1950s. There is a large collection of African instruments, as well as Ja...
Country:
URUGUAY
State:
City:
MONTEVIDEO
Special Indexes:
Band Conducting, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
In Uruguay all 19 municipal governments support local music schools. This is the most highly developed Municipal Music School in Uruguay, founded in 1941 and training instrumental players and conductors at the professional level. All tuition is free. The School has a choir and a course of vocal tech...
Country:
URUGUAY
State:
City:
MONTEVIDEO
Special Indexes:
Community Music Training, Library Collections, Programs for the Handicapped, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
Sometimes known as TUMP, the Uruguayan Popular Music Workshop was founded in 1984. Staffed by over 40 musicians and teachers it is a non-profit school, charging only a nominal fee. Apart from the regular music courses the Workshop participates in many community music promotion projects supported by ...
Country:
UZBEKISTAN
State:
City:
SAMARKAND
Special Indexes:
Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
This public institution was founded in 1927 with the name Higher Pedagogical Institute. It gained its current name and status in 1960. Languages of instruction are Uzbek, Tajik and Russian....
Country:
UZBEKISTAN
State:
City:
TASHKENT
Special Indexes:
Band Conducting, Choral Conducting, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Instrument Collections, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Opera Conducting, Orchestral Conducting, Sound Archives, Sound Engineering, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
Founded in 1936, the State Conservatory of Uzbekistan is the oldest musical institution in Central Asia. The Conservatory occupies a new building erected in 2002 and is organised into six faculties: academic performance, music art, musical pedagogy, Uzbek musical, pop arts, further training and retr...
Country:
VANUATU
State:
City:
PORT VILA
Special Indexes:
Ethnomusicology/World Music, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
The University of the South Pacific was established in 1968. It is jointly owned by the governments of twelve island countries: Cook Islands, Fiji, Kiribati, Marshall Islands, Nauru, Niue, Solomon Islands, Tokelau, Tonga, Tuvalu, Vanuatu and Samoa, with campuses in each country. Music study forms an...
Country:
VENEZUELA
State:
City:
CARACAS
Special Indexes:
Choral Conducting, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Orchestral Conducting, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
The Conservatorio was founded in 1975 by José Antonio Abreu for the purpose of training musicians to expand the philosophy and objectives of ‘El Sistema’ - a cultural, educational and social program that encourages young people to feel empowered through participation in ensemble music performan...
Country:
VENEZUELA
State:
City:
CARACAS
Special Indexes:
Ethnomusicology/World Music, Library Collections, Research-only Institutions, Sound Archives, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
The Foundation of Ethnomusicology and Folklore (sometimes known as FUNDEF) was founded in 1987 and is organised through the National Cultural Council of Venezuela. It is not primarily a teaching body, and has the aim 'to investigate, preserve and disseminate the traditional and popular oral cultures...
Country:
VENEZUELA
State:
City:
MÉRIDA
Special Indexes:
Choral Conducting, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Music Therapy, Sound Engineering, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
This University can trace its history back to 1785. Of Catholic heritage, it is now a secular institution. Facilites in the School of Music include well-equipped laboratories of music technology and electronic music. There is a junior music school offering music tuition to children from age 7 and t...
Country:
VENEZUELA
State:
City:
CARACAS
Special Indexes:
Choral Conducting, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
Founded in 1983, this is the Venezuelan institution responsible for training teachers for primary and secondary schools. There are nine campuses spread throughout the country with the main campus being in Caracas....
Country:
VIETNAM
State:
City:
HÒ CHÍ MINH CITY (SAIGON)
Special Indexes:
Band Conducting, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Sound Engineering, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
This Conservatory was founded in 1956 and was formerly known as the Saigon National School of Music. It gained its current name and status in 1981 and is considered to be of university status. Students enter in either the National music major or the Western music major. The Conservatory has a Music...
Country:
VIETNAM
State:
City:
HUÉ
Special Indexes:
Band Conducting, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
The Hué Academy of Music was established as an independent institution in 2008, having formerly been the College of the Arts of Hué University. Its music programs are largely concerned with promoting traditional music and instruments from Vietnam, and it is active in promoting festivals and compet...
Country:
VIETNAM
State:
City:
HÀNÔI
Special Indexes:
Choral Conducting, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Instrument Collections, Instrument Making/Maintenance, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Opera Performance, Orchestral Conducting, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
Formerly known as the Hànôi National Conservatory of Music, the Vietnam National Academy of Music was established in 1956, being the first and largest centre for professional music training in Vietnam. It is dedicated to the conservation of Vietnamese classical music. The conservatory is organised...
Country:
VIRGIN ISLANDS (USA)
State:
City:
ST THOMAS
Special Indexes:
Band Conducting, Choral Conducting, Instrument Collections, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
A four-year historically black liberal arts university founded in 1962 and which gained its current name and status in 1986. There are campuses on the islands of St Thomas and St Croix. Facilities include the Reichhold Center for the Arts at the Orville E. Kean campus. The music department owns a se...
Country:
ZAMBIA
State:
City:
LUSAKA
Special Indexes:
Arts Management/Music Management, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Sound Engineering, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
The College was founded in 1963 and is the third largest public institution of learning in Zambia. The School of Education and Social Sciences offers programs in music, art, communication skills, social work, mathematics and the various sciences. In addition to the diploma programs the College offer...
Country:
ZAMBIA
State:
City:
LUSAKA
Special Indexes:
Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
This conservatory-type institution offers a range of instrumental and vocal performance programs as well as dance groups and art activities with both group and individual lessons for young children and interested members of the local community. An 'Inspired by Music' program introduces a listening p...
Country:
ZAMBIA
State:
City:
LUSAKA
Special Indexes:
Ethnomusicology/World Music, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
The University was established in 1965 . The Institute of African Studies conducts research into African traditional musics. Language of instruction is English....
Country:
ZIMBABWE
State:
City:
HARARE
Special Indexes:
Institutions for Women Only, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
The Academy was founded in 2002 to provide music education, dance and related arts to students, with priority given to girls and women who have always been marginalised in the modern creative arts scene in Africa. It offers modern education in these areas while retaining and continuing traditional ...
Country:
ZIMBABWE
State:
City:
MUTARE
Special Indexes:
Choral Conducting, Church Music/Religious Music, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
A United Methodist Church-related institution established in 1992, the first private international university in Zimbabwe. As the name implies, Africa University is a Pan-African university whose student body and staff come from a variety of African countries and other continents. As such it is a un...