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:
SWEDEN
State:
City:
STOCKHOLM
Special Indexes:
Jazz/Popular Music Performance
Notes:
The Stockholm University College of Music Education was founded in 1960, becoming a University College in 1994. It trains solo instrumental and vocal teachers, and instrumental and choral ensemble directors as well as graduates in related arts. Minimum age at entry is 22 years, together with two yea...
Country:
SWEDEN
State:
City:
UPPSALA
Special Indexes:
Ethnomusicology/World Music, Jazz/Popular Music Performance
Notes:
The University of Uppsala was founded in 1477, the first university in Scandinavia. All tuition in the Department of Musicology is offered in Swedish. ...
Country:
SWITZERLAND
State:
City:
NEUCHÂTEL
Special Indexes:
Eurhythmics/Dalcroze, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Music Theatre Performance
Notes:
The Conservatoire de musique neuchâtelois (CMNE) has a rich history of more than 100 years. The current institution is based in two main sites, La Chaux-de-Fonds and Neuchâtel, and decentralised teaching sites spread throughout the Neuchâtel area. The Conservatoire offers pre-professional courses...
Country:
SWITZERLAND
State:
City:
VEVEY
Special Indexes:
Eurhythmics/Dalcroze, Jazz/Popular Music Performance
Notes:
The former Conservatoire of Montreux, the École de Jazz of Montreux and the Conservatoire de Musique de Vevey were formally amalgamated on January 1, 2002 to form the Conservatoire de Musique, École de Jazz de Montreux-Vevey-Riviera (CMVR). The Conservatoire offers a classical music program, the S...
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:
GENEVA (GENÈVE)
Special Indexes:
Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Sound Engineering
Notes:
Established in 1983, the School concentrates on all styles of jazz and rock music. It comprises two divisions: • Instrumental division. Open to both children and adults with no pre-requisite. Completion of the course leads to the award of a Certificat de l’École des Technologies Musicales. • ...
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:
ZÜRICH
Special Indexes:
Jazz/Popular Music Performance
Notes:
A private university established in 1997. The music programs were introduced in 2010 and are administered by the Foundation of the Swiss Academy for Music & Music Education. All courses are part-time. An active member of the Association Européenne des Conservatoires, Académies de Musique et Mu...
Country:
SWITZERLAND
State:
City:
LUCERNE (LUZERN)
Special Indexes:
Band Conducting, Church Music/Religious Music, Eurhythmics/Dalcroze, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Orchestral Conducting, Traditional Instrument Performance, Wellness for Musicians
Notes:
In 2013 the Lucerne School of Music (Hochschule Luzern - Musik) was incorporated into the recently-established (2007) Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts as its music school. The earlier Swiss Jazz School forms the jazz department of the School of Music. In addition to the professional p...
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:
BERN
Special Indexes:
Eurhythmics/Dalcroze, Instrument Collections, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Music Theatre Performance, Opera Performance, Sound Engineering
Notes:
In October 1999 the University of the Arts (Hochschule der Kunste Bern) was formed from an amalgamation of several former institutions. There are three departments: College of Music (Hochschule für Musik), College of Theatre (Hochschule für Theater), and Music School (Musikschule). The former Swis...
Country:
SWITZERLAND
State:
City:
ZÜRICH
Special Indexes:
Institutions for Women Only, Jazz/Popular Music Performance
Notes:
Previously known as 'SERPENT, the Rock-Pop-Jazz School for Women', this school is a non-profit organisation which offers training for women in all aspects of jazz, pop and rock music. An interesting article about this group entitled 'The Serpent Women of Switzerland' by Nicole Soland is published in...
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:
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:
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:
TANZANIA
State:
City:
ZANZIBAR
Special Indexes:
Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
The Dhow Countries Music Academy is a non-profit, non-government organisation which opened a music school in Stone Town, Zanzibar in 2002, providing music lessons as well as instruments at minimal cost to both male and female students from age five and upward. The program includes Western and tradit...
Country:
THAILAND
State:
City:
BANGSAEN
Special Indexes:
Arts Management/Music Management, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Orff Schulwerk, Sound Engineering, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
This institution was formerly a branch campus of Srinakharinwirot University. It became an autonomous university in 1990. The Faculty of Fine and Applied Arts offers programs in visual arts, music, theatre, dance, design and graphic arts. The University's Siam Ruby Project offers special places in i...
Country:
THAILAND
State:
City:
BANGKOK
Special Indexes:
Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
The University was founded in 1940 and gained its current name and status in 2004. It was Thailand’s first training school for secondary teachers....
Country:
THAILAND
State:
City:
KHON KAEN
Special Indexes:
Band Conducting, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
This non-profit University was founded in 1964. There is a strong community outreach program and research programs into music of minority groups and music and medicine. The Faculty offers programs in printing, sculpture, visual communication and design as well as programs in Thai music, Western musi...
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:
THAILAND
State:
City:
CHIANG MAI
Special Indexes:
Church Music/Religious Music, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Instrument Collections, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
A private liberal arts university founded in 1974 by the Church of Christ in Thailand. The Christian Communication Institute is a centre for dance, drama, music and Christian outreach. The university also has a Centre for Arts and Culture, aiming to study and preserve traditional North Thailand (Lan...
Country:
THAILAND
State:
City:
PATHUM THANI
Special Indexes:
Arts Management/Music Management, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Opera Performance, Sound Engineering, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
The Conservatory of Music at the private Rangsit University was established in 2002. There are a number of fine performance spaces and state-of-the-art studios with recording facilities....
Country:
THAILAND
State:
City:
BANGKOK
Special Indexes:
Jazz/Popular Music Performance
Notes:
The Silpakorn University was founded in 1943 - the first university in Thailand devoted to fine arts, with its first students being admitted in 1999. The Faculty of Music was opened in 1999. It organises a summer music school and a jazz camp. A Music Plus Academy offers music tuition to interested m...
Country:
TRINIDAD & TOBAGO
State:
City:
PORT OF SPAIN
Special Indexes:
Arts Management/Music Management, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Library Collections, Music Therapy, Public Examinations in Music, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
The University of the West Indies (UWI) was founded in 1948 as a college of the University of London. It was granted full university status in 1962, and operates in 16 English-speaking countries and territories in the Caribbean. The UWI campus in Mona, Jamaica is the headquarters of the system, and ...
Country:
TURKEY
State:
City:
IZMIR
Special Indexes:
Ethnomusicology/World Music, Instrument Making/Maintenance, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Opera Performance, Orchestral Conducting, Sound Engineering, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
The University was founded in 1982. The Faculty of Fine Arts consists of ten departments - musicology, ceramics and glass design, film design, graphics, painting, performing arts (theatre), photography, sculpture, textile and fashion design, and traditional Turkish arts. Music facilities include pro...
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
State:
City:
ISTANBUL
Special Indexes:
Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Sound Engineering
Notes:
This private university was founded in 1996, with its Department of Music established the following year. ...
Country:
TURKEY
State:
City:
ISTANBUL
Special Indexes:
Arts Management/Music Management, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Instrument Collections, Instrument Making/Maintenance, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Library Collections, Sound Archives, Sound Engineering, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
Istanbul Technical University can trace its history back to 1773. The Turkish Music State Conservatory was established in 1976. It has departments of Turkish music performance, composition, musicology, theory, music technology and Turkish folk dance. Apart from the professional program the music sch...
Country:
TURKEY
State:
City:
IZMIR
Special Indexes:
Ethnomusicology/World Music, Jazz/Popular Music Performance
Notes:
This private university was founded in 1999, and the Department of Music was established in 2008. Facilities include state-of-the-art music technology and recording studios. Language of instruction is English. An active member of the Association Européenne des Conservatoires, Académies de Musique ...
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:
Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Sound Engineering
Notes:
This private school opened in 2006. It concentrates on teaching in popular and rock styles to all age levels. Facilities include a well-equipped recording studio and a well-stocked music library....
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:
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:
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:
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES
State:
ABU DHABI
City:
Special Indexes:
Jazz/Popular Music Performance
Notes:
Founded in 1994, the Institute offers instrumental lessons to children from the age of five years through to adults. ...
Country:
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES
State:
ABU DHABI
City:
Special Indexes:
Jazz/Popular Music Performance
Notes:
Performance lessons are offered to young people and interested members of the local community....
Country:
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES
State:
DUBAI
City:
Special Indexes:
Jazz/Popular Music Performance
Notes:
Dubai Music School was founded in 1980. It provides training in music skills to students of all ages and prepares students to take the examinations of the Trinity College of London. It organises a choir....
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 KINGDOM
State:
ENGLAND
City:
CAMBRIDGE
Special Indexes:
Arts Management/Music Management, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Instrument Collections, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Music Therapy, Programs for the Handicapped, Sound Engineering, Wellness for Musicians
Notes:
Anglia Ruskin University was founded in 1958 and gained its current name and status in 1992. There are campuses in Chelmsford, Cambridge and Peterborough. Applications from mature, disabled and overseas students are particularly encouraged. The Department has a working collection of ethnic instrumen...
Country:
UNITED KINGDOM
State:
ENGLAND
City:
BATH
Special Indexes:
Arts Management/Music Management, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Instrument Collections, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Music Theatre Performance, Sound Engineering
Notes:
The School of Music and Performing Arts is based at the Michael Tippett Centre which incorporates a state-of-the-art recording and electro-acoustic sound studio and a fine concert hall. The College welcomes applications from non-traditionally-trained students. There is a large collection of medieva...
Country:
UNITED KINGDOM
State:
ENGLAND
City:
BIRMINGHAM
Special Indexes:
Arts Management/Music Management, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Sound Engineering
Notes:
The Brighton & Bristol Institute of Modern Music (BIMM) is a European rock school with colleges in Brighton, Bristol, Manchester, Birmingham and London in the UK as well as Berlin, Hamburg and Dublin. Facilities include state-of-the-art recording studios, post-production suites rehearsal studios...
Country:
UNITED KINGDOM
State:
ENGLAND
City:
BRIGHTON
Special Indexes:
Arts Management/Music Management, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Sound Engineering
Notes:
The Brighton & Bristol Institute of Modern Music (BIMM) is a European rock school with colleges in Brighton, Bristol, Manchester, Birmingham and London in the UK as well as Berlin, Hamburg and Dublin. Facilities include state-of-the-art recording studios, post-production suites rehearsal studios...
Country:
UNITED KINGDOM
State:
ENGLAND
City:
BRISTOL
Special Indexes:
Arts Management/Music Management, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Sound Engineering
Notes:
The Brighton & Bristol Institute of Modern Music (BIMM) is a European rock school with colleges in Brighton, Bristol, Manchester, Birmingham and London in the UK as well as Berlin, Hamburg and Dublin. Facilities include state-of-the-art recording studios, post-production suites rehearsal studios...
Country:
UNITED KINGDOM
State:
ENGLAND
City:
LONDON
Special Indexes:
Arts Management/Music Management, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Sound Engineering
Notes:
The Brighton & Bristol Institute of Modern Music (BIMM) is a European rock school with colleges in Brighton, Bristol, Manchester, Birmingham and London in the UK as well as Berlin, Hamburg and Dublin. Facilities include state-of-the-art recording studios, post-production suites rehearsal studios...
Country:
UNITED KINGDOM
State:
ENGLAND
City:
MANCHESTER
Special Indexes:
Arts Management/Music Management, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Sound Engineering
Notes:
The Brighton & Bristol Institute of Modern Music (BIMM) is a European rock school with colleges in Brighton, Bristol, Manchester, Birmingham and London in the UK as well as Berlin, Hamburg and Dublin. Facilities include state-of-the-art recording studios, post-production suites rehearsal studios...
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:
LINCOLN
Special Indexes:
Ethnomusicology/World Music, Jazz/Popular Music Performance
Notes:
The Anglican Bishop Grosseteste College, founded in 1862, was awarded University College status in 2006 and granted full university status in 2012. Lincoln Cathedral organ and choral scholarships are available to music students. ...
Country:
UNITED KINGDOM
State:
ENGLAND
City:
UXBRIDGE
Special Indexes:
Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Library Collections, Sound Engineering
Notes:
Brunel University was established in 1966. The School of Arts has areas of creative writing, English, journalism, games design, film and television, theatre and music. There are opportunities for music students to collaborate with students of drama and dance within the department of performing arts....
Country:
UNITED KINGDOM
State:
ENGLAND
City:
CANTERBURY
Special Indexes:
Arts Management/Music Management, Church Music/Religious Music, Community Music Training, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Orchestral Conducting, Sound Engineering, Wellness for Musicians
Notes:
This institution was established by the Church of England in 1962 as a teachers' college. In 1998 the expanded institution was renamed Canterbury Christ Church University College. It gained its full university status and name in July 2005. It operates on a number of sites within the city of Canterbu...
Country:
UNITED KINGDOM
State:
ENGLAND
City:
COLCHESTER
Special Indexes:
Arts Management/Music Management, Early Music Performance, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Music Theatre Performance, Sound Engineering
Notes:
All programs at the Colchester Institute are validated by the University of Essex. There are campuses at Colchester, Braintree and Clacton. The Music School offers a foundation degree in popular music to prepare students for entry to professional music courses. Facilities include an auditorium, wel...
Country:
UNITED KINGDOM
State:
ENGLAND
City:
COVENTRY
Special Indexes:
Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Sound Engineering
Notes:
The University can trace its history back to 1843, and gained its current name and status in 1992. There are new, purpose-built facilities, including electronic music studios, recording studios, private composition booths, computer-aided notation work stations, practice rooms and a large performance...
Country:
UNITED KINGDOM
State:
ENGLAND
City:
LEICESTER
Special Indexes:
Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Sound Engineering
Notes:
Echo Factory is a specialist music school whose aim is to stimulate and launch the careers of talented local musicians in the music industry. Facilities in the newly refurbished building include a well-equipped recording studio, band practice facilities, a business hub, classrooms and café. Echo Fa...
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:
LONDON
Special Indexes:
Arts Management/Music Management, Community Music Training, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Instrument Collections, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Library Collections, Music Theatre Performance
Notes:
The University of London is a federation of some forty colleges and institutes, not all of which offer programs in music. Goldsmiths College, founded in 1891, is one of the largest music departments in Britain. A central focus is the study of contemporary musical culture from jazz to 'new complexity...
Country:
UNITED KINGDOM
State:
ENGLAND
City:
LONDON
Special Indexes:
Arts Management/Music Management, Community Music Training, Early Music Performance, Instrument Collections, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Kodály, Library Collections, Music Therapy, Opera Performance, Orchestral Conducting, Public Examinations in Music, Repetiteur Training/Coaching, Wellness for Musicians
Notes:
The Guildhall School was founded in 1880 by the City of London Corporation, and is distinctive in being both a music school and a drama school, as well as offering programs in professional development and music therapy. All undergraduate students have experience of work in the community, and post-gr...
Country:
UNITED KINGDOM
State:
ENGLAND
City:
LONDON
Special Indexes:
Arts Management/Music Management, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Sound Engineering, Wellness for Musicians
Notes:
The Institute of Contemporary Music Performance (ICMP) has been developing and delivering contemporary music education for over 30 years - longer than any other music school in the United Kingdom. Founded in 1986, it was originally known as The Guitar Institute and Basstech, but soon expanded to off...
Country:
UNITED KINGDOM
State:
ENGLAND
City:
KINGSTON-UPON-THAMES
Special Indexes:
Instrument Collections, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Sound Engineering
Notes:
The School of Music is beautifully situated on Kingston Hill within easy reach of Richmond Park, Kingston-upon-Thames and central London. There is an active program of world music. Facilities include an excellent music library, a professionally equipped rehearsal and digital recording centre, five ...
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:
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...
Country:
UNITED KINGDOM
State:
ENGLAND
City:
LIVERPOOL
Special Indexes:
Arts Management/Music Management, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Music Theatre Performance, Sound Engineering
Notes:
The Institute opened in 1996. It is committed to multi-disciplinary programs. Apart from training performers in a number of disciplines it also trains those who will occupy support roles in making performances possible. Studies include such areas as design, production, management, marketing, media. ...
Country:
UNITED KINGDOM
State:
ENGLAND
City:
LONDON
Special Indexes:
Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Sound Engineering
Notes:
Founded in 2002, LCCM is an independent music college offering degree and certificate programs in all forms of contemporary music, performance, creative writing, sound engineering and entrepreneurship. Facilities include state-of-the recording studios, edit rooms, seven performance rooms, computer l...
Country:
UNITED KINGDOM
State:
ENGLAND
City:
LONDON
Special Indexes:
Arts Management/Music Management, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Sound Engineering
Notes:
The University can trace its history back to 1878. After a number of name changes it gained its current name and status in 1992. There are overseas campuses in Dubai, Malta and Mauritius. Facilities include the recently opened Grove Building with state-of-the-art TV studio and 3D workshops as well a...
Country:
UNITED KINGDOM
State:
ENGLAND
City:
NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE
Special Indexes:
Ethnomusicology/World Music, Jazz/Popular Music Performance
Notes:
The University can trace its history back to 1834. It gained its current name and status in 1963. There is an International Centre for Music Studies which engages in research into such areas as cultural and critical musicology, creative practice, traditional, popular and world music and music analys...
Country:
UNITED KINGDOM
State:
ENGLAND
City:
OXFORD
Special Indexes:
Arts Management/Music Management, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Sound Engineering
Notes:
The University was created as the Oxford School of Art in 1865. After a number of name changes it was granted its current name and status in 1992. The music department is housed in the Richard Hamilton building at the Headington Hill campus. Facilities include large and small lecture theatres, prac...
Country:
UNITED KINGDOM
State:
ENGLAND
City:
LONDON
Special Indexes:
Community Music Training, Early Music Performance, Instrument Collections, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Library Collections, Music Theatre Performance, Opera Performance, Orchestral Conducting, Personal Archives, Public Examinations in Music, Repetiteur Training/Coaching, Wellness for Musicians
Notes:
The Royal Academy, founded in 1822, is the oldest institution for advanced music training in the United Kingdom. It is a full member of the University of London and all graduates are awarded University of London degrees. The Centre for Advanced Performance Studies is run jointly by the Royal Academy...
Country:
UNITED KINGDOM
State:
ENGLAND
City:
LONDON
Special Indexes:
Choral Conducting, Early Music Performance, Instrument Collections, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Library Collections, Music Therapy, Opera Performance, Orchestral Conducting, Programs for the Handicapped, Public Examinations in Music, Wellness for Musicians
Notes:
The Royal College of Music was founded in 1882. It houses some fine performing spaces. Students in years three and four of the Bachelor of Music program have the opportunity to study abroad for an extended period. The College has a valuable and growing collection of historic musical instruments (Wes...
Country:
UNITED KINGDOM
State:
ENGLAND
City:
MINLEY
Special Indexes:
Arts Management/Music Management, Band Conducting, Instrument Collections, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Military Music Academies
Notes:
The British Army has 30 bands and employs some 1100 musicians. Kneller Hall, established in 1857, up until August 2021, offered music training for serving members of the army who join as band musicians. Since August 2021 the headquarters of the Royal Corps of Army Music has located to Gibraltar Barr...
Country:
UNITED KINGDOM
State:
ENGLAND
City:
MANCHESTER
Special Indexes:
Church Music/Religious Music, Eurhythmics/Dalcroze, Early Music Performance, Instrument Collections, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Kodály, Opera Performance, Orchestral Conducting, Wellness for Musicians
Notes:
The Royal Northern College of Music was established in 1973 following the merger of the Royal Manchester College of Music and the Northern School of Music. The College is organised into schools of study: academic, composition and contemporary music, keyboard, strings, wind, brass and percussion, voc...
Country:
UNITED KINGDOM
State:
ENGLAND
City:
SOUTHAMPTON
Special Indexes:
Arts Management/Music Management, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Music Theatre Performance, Sound Engineering
Notes:
The Solent University can trace its history back to 1855. Following a number of name changes it gained its current name and status in 2018. Facilities include state-of-the-art ...
Country:
UNITED KINGDOM
State:
ENGLAND
City:
GREENWICH
Special Indexes:
Choral Conducting, Early Music Performance, Instrument Collections, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Music Theatre Performance, Opera Performance, Orchestral Conducting, Wellness for Musicians
Notes:
Founded in 1872, Trinity College of Music is an independent foundation receiving a government grant. In 2005 Trinity College of Music and Laban contemporary dance programs merged to form Trinity Laban, the United Kingdom's first conservatoire of music and contemporary dance. Music programs are deliv...
Country:
UNITED KINGDOM
State:
ENGLAND
City:
CHESTER
Special Indexes:
Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Music Theatre Performance
Notes:
The University was founded as a Church of England Higher Education college in 1839. It gained its current name and status in 2005. There is a second campus in Warrington where some of the music programs are offered. ...
Country:
UNITED KINGDOM
State:
ENGLAND
City:
CHICHESTER
Special Indexes:
Arts Management/Music Management, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Music Theatre Performance, Sound Engineering
Notes:
The university can trace its history back to 1839. In 1999 it became the University College Chichester, and gained its current name and status in 2005. There are campuses at Chichester and Bognor Regis, the Chichester campus being situated close to the Chichester Cathedral and the Chichester Festiva...
Country:
UNITED KINGDOM
State:
ENGLAND
City:
DERBY
Special Indexes:
Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Music Therapy, Sound Engineering, Wellness for Musicians
Notes:
The University can trace its history back to 1851. It has campuses in Derby (four sites), Buxton and Chesterfield. The music and music technology programs are taken at the Derby campus. ...
Country:
UNITED KINGDOM
State:
ENGLAND
City:
HUDDERSFIELD
Special Indexes:
Early Music Performance, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Sound Engineering
Notes:
The University can trace its history back to 1824. It has campuses in Huddersfield, Barnsley and Oldham. In the music department the emphasis is on creative music making and twentieth century music. The music department is housed in the new Creative Arts Building. Facilities include state-of-the-art...
Country:
UNITED KINGDOM
State:
ENGLAND
City:
HULL
Special Indexes:
Band Conducting, Community Music Training, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Music Theatre Performance, Opera Performance, Sound Engineering
Notes:
The university was founded in 1927 as University College Hull and gained full university status in 1954. There are campuses in Hull and Scarborough. The Department of Music awards six music scholarships each year. Facilities include well-equipped recording studios and laboratories. Three new organs ...
Country:
UNITED KINGDOM
State:
ENGLAND
City:
KEELE
Special Indexes:
Instrument Collections, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Library Collections, Sound Engineering
Notes:
This institution was founded as the University College of North Staffordshire in 1949 and gained its current name and status in 1962. The Music and Music Technology Department was established in 1973. Facilities include well-equipped electronic and recording labs. The Tim Souster studio is a digita...
Country:
UNITED KINGDOM
State:
ENGLAND
City:
LEEDS
Special Indexes:
Arts Management/Music Management, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Instrument Collections, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Library Collections, Music Theatre Performance, Personal Archives, Sound Engineering, Wellness for Musicians
Notes:
The University of Leeds can trace its history back to 1874. It merged with University College Bretton Hall in 2001 and music studies have now been transferred to the Leeds campus. A new performance centre was opened in 2004. The Brotherton Library includes manuscripts and correspondence of Mendelsso...
Country:
UNITED KINGDOM
State:
ENGLAND
City:
LIVERPOOL
Special Indexes:
Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Library Collections, Sound Engineering
Notes:
The University of Liverpool can trace its history back to 1882. It gained its current name and status in 1903. The University's Institute of Popular Music, established in 1988, is a research centre integrated within the School of Music. The School sees its particular strengths as in music since 1900...
Country:
UNITED KINGDOM
State:
ENGLAND
City:
NORTHAMPTON
Special Indexes:
Arts Management/Music Management, Instrument Collections, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Sound Engineering
Notes:
This institution was formerly known as Nene College. It gained its current name and status in 2005. The music department houses a range of instruments including grand pianos, double-manual harpsichord, theorbo, harmonium, Javanese and Balinese gamelans. There are practice studios and a state-of-the-...
Country:
UNITED KINGDOM
State:
ENGLAND
City:
NOTTINGHAM
Special Indexes:
Instrument Collections, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Sound Archives, Sound Engineering
Notes:
The University of Nottingham can trace its history back to 1881. It gained its current name and status in 1948. The music department is particularly strong in twentieth century music and composition. There are well-equipped electronic studios. Performance is regarded as an optional course. The music...
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:
SALFORD
Special Indexes:
Band Conducting, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Library Collections, Sound Engineering
Notes:
The University can trace its history back to 1896. The Music Department works in connection with the International Media Centre at the Adelphi Building. The Music, Media and Performing Arts Research Centre has a Brass Band Research Archive, a National Rock and Heavy Metal Archive and a popular music...
Country:
UNITED KINGDOM
State:
ENGLAND
City:
SHEFFIELD
Special Indexes:
Arts Management/Music Management, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Personal Archives, Sound Engineering, Wellness for Musicians
Notes:
The University of Sheffield can trace its history back to 1828 and gained its current name and status in 1905. The music department is housed in Hadow House. It is the administrative centre for the Society for Research in the Psychology of Music and Music Education and houses the Centre for Research...
Country:
UNITED KINGDOM
State:
ENGLAND
City:
SOUTHAMPTON
Special Indexes:
Arts Management/Music Management, Early Music Performance, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Instrument Collections, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Library Collections, Music Theatre Performance, Opera Performance
Notes:
The University of Southampton can trace its history back to 1862. The music department has a collection of historical and modern keyboard instruments, early stringed and wind instruments, modern orchestral instruments and a wide range of percussion instruments. Facilities include a purpose-built con...
Country:
UNITED KINGDOM
State:
ENGLAND
City:
SUNDERLAND
Special Indexes:
Arts Management/Music Management, Community Music Training, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Music Theatre Performance
Notes:
The university can trace its history back to 1901. It gained its current name and status in 1992. In 2009 the University of Sunderland announced a collaboration with The Sage Gateshead and Gateshead College to create the BA Honours program in Community Music, the first of its kind in the UK. ...
Country:
UNITED KINGDOM
State:
ENGLAND
City:
GUILDFORD
Special Indexes:
Arts Management/Music Management, Band Conducting, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Music Theatre Performance, Sound Engineering
Notes:
The University can trace its history back to 1894, and gained its current name and status in 1966. The department has particular strengths in performance studies, composition, nineteenth and twentieth century music, sound recording and audio engineering. There is an Institute of Sound Recording tha...
Country:
UNITED KINGDOM
State:
ENGLAND
City:
BRIGHTON
Special Indexes:
Instrument Collections, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Music Theatre Performance, Opera Performance, Sound Engineering
Notes:
The University was founded in 1961. Students with an interest in composition are particularly welcome to the Faculty. Facilities include a state-of-the-art electronic music studio, a large pipe organ, two chamber organs, a two-manual Goble harpsichord and a large collection of tuned and untuned perc...
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:
ENGLAND
City:
HARROW
Special Indexes:
Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Library Collections, Sound Archives, Sound Engineering
Notes:
The headquarters of the University of Westminster is in London, but music programs operate at the Harrow campus. Facilities include twelve professional recording studios and an extensive library of pop music literature and recordings. Students have access to the media facilities in Harrow, one of th...
Country:
UNITED KINGDOM
State:
ENGLAND
City:
WINCHESTER
Special Indexes:
Arts Management/Music Management, Instrument Collections, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Music Theatre Performance, Sound Engineering
Notes:
This church-based institution can trace its history back to 1840 and was formerly known as Kind Alfred’s College. It gained its current name and status in 2005. Facilities include a multimedia centre with composition and video editing software. The College has a set of Caribbean steel pans, Kenya...
Country:
UNITED KINGDOM
State:
ENGLAND
City:
WALSALL
Special Indexes:
Band Conducting, Community Music Training, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Music Theatre Performance, Sound Engineering
Notes:
The University can trace its history back to 1851. The Department of Music has a state-of-the-art digital recording studio and a music technology suite. ...
Country:
UNITED KINGDOM
State:
ENGLAND
City:
YORK
Special Indexes:
Community Music Training, Early Music Performance, Instrument Collections, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Music Theatre Performance, Sound Engineering
Notes:
This institution can trace its history back to 1841 as York Diocesan Training School for teacher education. In 1974 it became the College of Ripon & York St John and in 2006 its name was changed to York St John University. It is a Church of England college affiliated with the University of Leeds...
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...