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 ...
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...
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...
Country:
UNITED KINGDOM
State:
SCOTLAND
City:
EDINBURGH
Special Indexes:
Choral Conducting, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Music Therapy, Sound Engineering
Notes:
The University can trace its history back to 1964. It was named Napier University in 1992 and in 2009 was re-launched as Edinburgh Napier University. The Ian Tomlin School of Music has state-of-the-art recording studios and fully networked MIDI suites. The Edinburgh Quartet is resident at the School...
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:
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:
SCOTLAND
City:
AYR
Special Indexes:
Arts Management/Music Management, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Music Theatre Performance, Sound Engineering
Notes:
The University of the West of Scotland can trace its history back to 1897. It gained its current name and status in 1992 and the new facilities at Ayr campus were opened in 2011. There are campuses in Ayr, Dumfries, Hamilton and Paisley, with music programs being offered at Ayr. The School of Busine...
Country:
UNITED KINGDOM
State:
WALES
City:
CARDIFF
Special Indexes:
Early Music Performance, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Library Collections, Sound Engineering
Notes:
The University was founded in 1883. The Department of Music is active in the fields of publishing and concert presentation. The Library at the University of Wales in Cardiff houses the Welsh Music Information Centre, concerned with the promotion and dissemination of Welsh music. There are two resear...
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 STATES OF AMERICA
State:
ALABAMA
City:
MONTGOMERY
Special Indexes:
Jazz/Popular Music Performance
Notes:
An historically black university founded in 1867 and gained its current name and status in 1969. The Music Department’s outreach program involves community music activities with the High School Honor Choir Festival. Member of the National Association of Schools of Music....
Country:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
State:
ALABAMA
City:
JACKSONVILLE
Special Indexes:
Band Conducting, Choral Conducting, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Opera Performance
Notes:
A state-supported university, originally founded as a State normal school in 1883 and gained its current name and status in 1966. The Department of Music organises the Jacksonville Opera Theatre. Member of the National Association of Schools of Music....
Country:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
State:
ALABAMA
City:
TUSKEGEE
Special Indexes:
Jazz/Popular Music Performance
Notes:
An historically black college established in 1881 as the Normal School for Colored Teachers. It gained its current name and status in 1985....
Country:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
State:
ALABAMA
City:
BIRMINGHAM
Special Indexes:
Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Music Theatre Performance
Notes:
A state-supported university established in 1936 and gained its current name and status in 1969. The Department of Music is housed in the newly renovated Hulsey Center for the Arts. The Alys Robinson Stephens Performing Arts Center houses four fine performing spaces. This is an All-Steinway School. ...
Country:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
State:
ALABAMA
City:
HUNTSVILLE
Special Indexes:
Church Music/Religious Music, Jazz/Popular Music Performance
Notes:
A state-supported university founded in 1950 as part of the University of Alabama system. It became an autonomous campus in 1969. In 2021 the Yamaha Corporation of America selected the music department for its inaugural Institution of Excellence program. Member of the National Association of Schools...
Country:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
State:
ALABAMA
City:
TUSCALOOSA
Special Indexes:
Arts Management/Music Management, Band Conducting, Choral Conducting, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Music Therapy, Opera Performance, Sound Engineering
Notes:
A state-supported institution founded in 1820 and becoming Alabama's flagship university in 1831. The School of Music occupies the Frank Moody Music Building, opened in 1987, with its 1,000-seat concert hall and Holtkamp organ, as well as other fine performance and rehearsal spaces. There is an...
Country:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
State:
ALABAMA
City:
MOBILE
Special Indexes:
Church Music/Religious Music, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Music Theatre Performance, Opera Performance, Sound Engineering
Notes:
A private Baptist university founded in 1961 and gained its current name and status in 1993. It is affiliated with the Alabama Baptist State Convention. The Center for Performing Arts was established in 2003. It operates a thriving opera/music theatre workshop). Member of the National Association o...
Country:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
State:
ALASKA
City:
ANCHORAGE
Special Indexes:
Ethnomusicology/World Music, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Opera Performance
Notes:
The Arts facility of the University houses the departments of art, music, theatre and dance. There is an acoustically excellent 220-seat recital hall. The Department of Music has a close connection with Anchorage Opera allowing some vocal students to undertake apprenticeships in opera productions. T...
Country:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
State:
ARIZONA
City:
TEMPE
Special Indexes:
Arts Management/Music Management, Band Conducting, Choral Conducting, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Instrument Collections, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Music Theatre Performance, Music Therapy, Opera Performance, Orchestral Conducting, Sound Engineering
Notes:
A state-supported university established in 1885 as a teachers’ college. It gained its current name and status in 1958. Facilities include several fine performance spaces, several electronic music research studios, the Ravenscroft Jazz Suite and music education and therapy laboratories. There is ...
Country:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
State:
ARIZONA
City:
FLAGSTAFF
Special Indexes:
Band Conducting, Choral Conducting, Community Music Training, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Opera Performance, Sound Engineering, Suzuki
Notes:
A state-supported university founded in 1899 as Northern Arizona Normal School. It gained its current name and status in 1966. The School of Music houses a number of fine performing spaces and operates a flourishing opera program. A preparatory school offers private music lessons as well as Suzuki v...
Country:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
State:
ARIZONA
City:
TUCSON
Special Indexes:
Arts Management/Music Management, Choral Conducting, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Music Theatre Performance, Orchestral Conducting
Notes:
A state-supported university established in 1885. There is much emphasis on the use of digital arts technology for the creation of artistic works. Facilities include well-equipped electro-acoustic music and recording studios. Member of the National Association of Schools of Music....
Country:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
State:
ARKANSAS
City:
FAYETTEVILLE
Special Indexes:
Choral Conducting, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Orchestral Conducting
Notes:
A state-supported university founded as a land-grant college and state university in 1871. It is the flagship campus of the University of Arkansas System. This is an All-Steinway School with access to some fine performing spaces. Member of the National Association of Schools of Music....
Country:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
State:
ARKANSAS
City:
FORT SMITH
Special Indexes:
Jazz/Popular Music Performance
Notes:
First established as Fort Smith Junior college in 1928, this institution gained its current name and status in 2002. Member of the National Association of Schools of Music....
Country:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
State:
ARKANSAS
City:
LITTLE ROCK
Special Indexes:
Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Opera Performance
Notes:
A state university founded in 1927. The music department sees its particular strengths in vocal, choral and guitar music. The opera program is the only one of its kind in Arkansas, offering two performances each year. The Fine Arts Building houses the 304-seat Stella Boyle Smith Concert Hall as wel...
Country:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
State:
ARKANSAS
City:
MONTICELLO
Special Indexes:
Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Music Theatre Performance, Opera Performance
Notes:
A state university founded in 1909 as an agricultural school. It gained its current name and status in 1971. There is a thriving opera/musical theatre program. Member of the National Association of Schools of Music....
Country:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
State:
ARKANSAS
City:
CONWAY
Special Indexes:
Band Conducting, Choral Conducting, Jazz/Popular Music Performance
Notes:
A state-supported university founded in 1907. The Snow Fine Arts Center houses some fine performance spaces and a well-equipped music computer laboratory. There is an active Community School of Music providing activities for young people of the local community. Member of the National Association of...
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:
THOUSAND OAKS
Special Indexes:
Choral Conducting, Church Music/Religious Music, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Music Theatre Performance, Sound Engineering
Notes:
This is a private non-sectarian university of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America. It was founded in 1959. ...
Country:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
State:
CALIFORNIA
City:
ARCATA
Special Indexes:
Instrument Collections, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Library Collections
Notes:
California State Polytechnic University, Humboldt, (also known as Cal Poly Humboldt State University) was formerly named Humboldt State University. In 2022 it became the third polytechnic university in California and was granted its current name and status. The Department of Music has many ensemble...
Country:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
State:
CALIFORNIA
City:
POMONA
Special Indexes:
Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Music Theatre Performance, Sound Engineering
Notes:
California State Polytechnic University is one of only six polytechnic universities in USA. It was established in 1938 and gained its current name and status in 1972. The Department of Music was established in 1963 and is an All-Steinway School. A musical theatre workshop enables students of any yea...
Country:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
State:
CALIFORNIA
City:
TURLOCK
Special Indexes:
Band Conducting, Choral Conducting, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Opera Performance
Notes:
The University was established in 1957 as Stanislaus State College. It gained its current name and status in 1985. The College of the Arts was created in 2006 to encompass the departments of art, music and theatre. Member of the California State University system. Member of the National Association...
Country:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
State:
CALIFORNIA
City:
BAKERSFIELD
Special Indexes:
Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Kodály
Notes:
The University was founded in in its present form in 1971. It is a member of the California State University system. The music department hosts an annual Kodály Institute each summer as well as the Bakersfield International Music Festival for chamber music. ...
Country:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
State:
CALIFORNIA
City:
CHICO
Special Indexes:
Band Conducting, Choral Conducting, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Music Theatre Performance, Sound Engineering
Notes:
The University was founded in 1887 and gained its current and status in 1972. The music department is located in the Performing Arts Center, with a number of fine performance spaces as well as music technology labs, recording and electronic music studios. Member of the California State University sy...
Country:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
State:
CALIFORNIA
City:
CARSON
Special Indexes:
Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Music Theatre Performance, Sound Engineering
Notes:
Founded initially in 1960 as South Bay State College, this institution gained its current name and status in 1977. The Division of Performing, Visual and Digital Arts offers programs in art and design, dance, digital media arts, music and theatre arts & dance. The Department of Music, an All-Ste...
Country:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
State:
CALIFORNIA
City:
HAYWARD
Special Indexes:
Choral Conducting, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Library Collections, Music Theatre Performance, Sound Engineering
Notes:
This institution was formerly known as California State University, Hayward. Facilities include state-of-the-art music technology laboratories and a recording studio. The library holds an extensive collection of chamber music scores. ...
Country:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
State:
CALIFORNIA
City:
FRESNO
Special Indexes:
Band Conducting, Choral Conducting, Jazz/Popular Music Performance
Notes:
Founded in 1911 as Fresno Normal School, this institution gained university status in 1949 under the name of California State University, Fresno. The title 'Fresno State' is frequently used by many, both names now being considered interchangeable. The College of Arts and Humanities offers ...
Country:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
State:
CALIFORNIA
City:
FULLERTON
Special Indexes:
Band Conducting, Choral Conducting, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Opera Performance, Orchestral Conducting
Notes:
The University was founded in 1957 and gained its current name and status in 1972. The College of the Arts offers programs in music, visual arts and theatre and dance. The music department sees its particular strengths as in the opera workshop program, the choral program, the band program and the te...
Country:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
State:
CALIFORNIA
City:
LONG BEACH
Special Indexes:
Band Conducting, Choral Conducting, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Kodály, Music Theatre Performance, Opera Performance
Notes:
Originally founded in 1949 as Los Angeles-Orange County State College, this institution gained its current name and status in 1971. The College of the Arts offers programs in art, dance, design, film and electronic arts, theatre arts and music. It houses the University Art Museum and the Carpenter P...
Country:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
State:
CALIFORNIA
City:
LOS ANGELES
Special Indexes:
Band Conducting, Choral Conducting, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Library Collections, Personal Archives
Notes:
The University was founded in 1947. The College of Arts and Letters offers programs in art, communication studies, languages, liberal studies, philosophy, music, theatre and dance, and television, film & media studies. Facilities include the Luckman Fine Arts Complex with fine performing spaces...
Country:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
State:
CALIFORNIA
City:
NORTHRIDGE
Special Indexes:
Arts Management/Music Management, Band Conducting, Choral Conducting, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Music Therapy, Opera Performance, Wellness for Musicians
Notes:
The University was founded in 1958 and gained its current name and status in 1972. The College of Arts, Media and Communication offers programs in art, cinema and television arts, communication studies, journalism, music and theatre. The Music Department is housed in Cypress Hall with several fine ...
Country:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
State:
CALIFORNIA
City:
SACRAMENTO
Special Indexes:
Band Conducting, Choral Conducting, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Jazz/Popular Music Performance
Notes:
The University was established in 1947 and gained its current name and status in 1972. It is sometimes known as ‘Sacramento State’, or ‘Sac State’. The music department organises an annual summer conducting workshop as well as a string project of violin and cello performance for young peopl...
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:
LOS ANGELES
Special Indexes:
Arts Management/Music Management, Instrument Making/Maintenance, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Sound Engineering
Notes:
Founded in 1977, this is a vocationally oriented school of contemporary music which trains aspiring professional musicians for careers in commercial music. There are state-of-the-art recording and performing facilities. Member of the National Association of Schools of Music....
Country:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
State:
CALIFORNIA
City:
SAN DIEGO
Special Indexes:
Church Music/Religious Music, Jazz/Popular Music Performance
Notes:
A Christian liberal arts university founded in 1902 by the Church of the Nazarene. It operates on five campuses in California, with music being offered in San Diego. Member of the National Association of Schools of Music....
Country:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
State:
CALIFORNIA
City:
CLAREMONT
Special Indexes:
Ethnomusicology/World Music, Instrument Collections, Jazz/Popular Music Performance
Notes:
A private college established in 1887. Pomona College is a member of the Claremont Colleges Consortium which also includes Scripps College, Pitzer College, Claremont McKenna College, Harvey Mudd College, Keck Graduate Institute of Applied Life Sciences and the Graduate School of Claremont University...
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:
SAN FRANCISCO
Special Indexes:
Community Music Training, Early Music Performance, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Opera Performance, Orchestral Conducting, Sound Engineering, Wellness for Musicians
Notes:
This private conservatory was founded in 1917 and gained its current name and status in 1923. The Conservatory has strengths in chamber music, the production and performance of new music, and opera performance. Facilities include a number of fine performance spaces, a computer centre, a baroque stud...
Country:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
State:
CALIFORNIA
City:
SAN FRANCISCO
Special Indexes:
Band Conducting, Choral Conducting, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Instrument Collections, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Library Collections, Orchestral Conducting, Sound Engineering
Notes:
The University was founded in 1899. The School of Music houses a Balinese gamelan, while the library holds the Frank V. deBellis Collection of Italian materials (history, literature, fine arts, music), including rare books, scores, manuscripts, archival sound recordings. Member of the California S...
Country:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
State:
CALIFORNIA
City:
SAN JOSÉ
Special Indexes:
Band Conducting, Choral Conducting, Eurhythmics/Dalcroze, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Kodály, Opera Performance, Orff Schulwerk
Notes:
The University was founded in 1857 as Minns' Evening Normal School, and gained its current name and status in 1974. It is the founding campus of the California State University System. The School of Music houses the Ira F Brilliant Center for Beethoven Studies. Member of the California State ...
Country:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
State:
CALIFORNIA
City:
SANTA CLARA
Special Indexes:
Community Music Training, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Music Theatre Performance
Notes:
A private Catholic university founded in 1851 and run by the Jesuit order. The Center of Performing Arts produces a regular series of concerts. There are several fine performing spaces. ...
Country:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
State:
CALIFORNIA
City:
REDDING
Special Indexes:
Choral Conducting, Church Music/Religious Music, Jazz/Popular Music Performance
Notes:
An evangelical college of the Christian and Missionary Alliance, founded in 1921 as Simpson Bible Institute. It gained its current name and status in 2004. ...
Country:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
State:
CALIFORNIA
City:
ROHNERT PARK
Special Indexes:
Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Sound Engineering
Notes:
The University was established in 1960. The Center for Performing Arts offers programs in theatre, dance and music. It houses several fine performance venues. Member of the California State University system. Member of the National Association of Schools of Music....
Country:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
State:
CALIFORNIA
City:
MORAGA
Special Indexes:
Ethnomusicology/World Music, Jazz/Popular Music Performance
Notes:
A Catholic college in the LaSallian tradition, founded in 1863, and directed by the De La Salle Brothers. The Department of Performing Arts has programs in dance, music and theatre. ...
Country:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
State:
CALIFORNIA
City:
STANFORD
Special Indexes:
Early Music Performance, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Instrument Collections, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Library Collections, Orchestral Conducting, Personal Archives, Sound Archives, Sound Engineering
Notes:
A private university situated on one of the largest campuses in the USA. It accepted its first students in 1891. The Department of Music, founded in 1947, houses a vast archive of recorded sound with some 300,000 recordings, including over 100,000 78 r.p.m. discs and a number of wax cylinders, whil...
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:
IRVINE
Special Indexes:
Ethnomusicology/World Music, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Opera Performance, Sound Engineering
Notes:
The University was founded in 1965. The School of the Arts offer programs in drama, dance, music and studio art. Facilities include several fine performance spaces, state-of-the-art electronic music studios, an audio laboratory, the Arts Media Center and the Beall Center for Art and Technology. Mem...
Country:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
State:
CALIFORNIA
City:
SAN DIEGO
Special Indexes:
Choral Conducting, Instrument Collections, Instrument Making/Maintenance, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Orchestral Conducting, Sound Engineering
Notes:
The University was founded in 1960, though it can trace its history back to 1903. The Department of Music, established in 1966, is based in the Conrad Prebys Music Center and places some emphasis on education and innovation in new music. The Center for Research and Computing in the Arts conducts ac...
Country:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
State:
CALIFORNIA
City:
SANTA CRUZ
Special Indexes:
Ethnomusicology/World Music, Instrument Collections, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Opera Performance, Sound Engineering
Notes:
The University was established in 1965. The music department has access to both Javanese and Balinese gamelans and North Indian instruments. There is an active opera program. Member of the University of California system. ...
Country:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
State:
CALIFORNIA
City:
REDLANDS
Special Indexes:
Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Orchestral Conducting
Notes:
A private liberal arts and sciences university, founded in 1907. The School of Music has access to a number of fine performance spaces. In 1981 the University set up a Community School of Music and the Arts to offer music instruction to young people and interested members of the local community. M...
Country:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
State:
CALIFORNIA
City:
SAN FRANCISCO
Special Indexes:
Ethnomusicology/World Music, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Wellness for Musicians
Notes:
A Jesuit Catholic university founded in 1855....
Country:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
State:
CALIFORNIA
City:
LOS ANGELES
Special Indexes:
Band Conducting, Choral Conducting, Church Music/Religious Music, Community Music Training, Early Music Performance, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Library Collections, Music Theatre Performance, Opera Performance, Personal Archives, Sound Engineering
Notes:
A private university established in 1880. The School of Music, founded in 1884, is organised into three divisions - Classical Performance and Composition, Contemporary Music, and Reseach & Scholarly Studies. It has access to a number of fine performance and rehearsal spaces. The music library ...
Country:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
State:
CALIFORNIA
City:
STOCKTON
Special Indexes:
Arts Management/Music Management, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Music Therapy, Opera Performance, Personal Archives, Sound Engineering
Notes:
A private Methodist-affiliated university, founded in 1851. The Conservatory of Music, founded in 1878, is the oldest in the USA west of the Mississippi and one of the two founding institutions for the study of music therapy. The Conservatory continues a conservatory tradition with a liberal arts fr...
Country:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
State:
CALIFORNIA
City:
COSTA MESA
Special Indexes:
Church Music/Religious Music, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Music Theatre Performance
Notes:
A Christian liberal arts and sciences university of the Southern California District of the Assemblies of God. The University can trace its history back to 1920, and gained its current name and status in 1999. A new Music Centre offers fine performing spaces, rehearsal studios, classrooms and labor...
Country:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
State:
COLORADO
City:
LAKEWOOD
Special Indexes:
Church Music/Religious Music, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Music Theatre Performance, Sound Engineering
Notes:
A non-denominational evangelical Christian university founded in 1914 as the Denver Bible Institute. It gained its current name and status in 1989. Member of the Council for Christian Colleges and Universities. Member of the National Association of Schools of Music....
Country:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
State:
COLORADO
City:
COLORADO SPRINGS
Special Indexes:
Ethnomusicology/World Music, Instrument Collections, Jazz/Popular Music Performance
Notes:
This private liberal arts college was founded in 1874. The music department houses a Balinese gamelan....
Country:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
State:
COLORADO
City:
FORT COLLINS
Special Indexes:
Arts Management/Music Management, Band Conducting, Choral Conducting, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Music Therapy, Opera Performance, Orchestral Conducting
Notes:
The University can trace its history back to 1870. It gained its current name and status in 1957 and is the flagship university of the Colorado State University System. Facilities at the Department of Music in the University Center for the Arts include the Edna Rizley Griffin Concert Hall and sever...
Country:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
State:
COLORADO
City:
DURANGO
Special Indexes:
Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Music Theatre Performance
Notes:
A liberal arts state-supported college founded in 1911 and located in the San Juan Mountains of Southwest Colorado. It gained its current name and status in 1964. Facilities include a new 600-seat concert hall, a 130-seat recital hall, newly-renovated practice and rehearsal rooms, a recording studi...
Country:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
State:
COLORADO
City:
DENVER
Special Indexes:
Jazz/Popular Music Performance
Notes:
A public four-year institution founded in 1965 as the Metropolitan State College of Denver. It gained its current name and status in 2012. There are several fine performing venues as well as a state-of-the-art computer laboratory. Member of the National Association of Schools of Music. ...
Country:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
State:
COLORADO
City:
DENVER
Special Indexes:
Early Music Performance, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Library Collections
Notes:
A Catholic Jesuit university founded in 1877 in Las Vegas, New Mexico and moved to Colorado in 1884. The recently opened Recorder Music Center houses a number of significant collections of recorder music and music for other early instruments. It is the official repository for the papers and documen...
Country:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
State:
COLORADO
City:
BOULDER
Special Indexes:
Band Conducting, Choral Conducting, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Library Collections, Music Theatre Performance, Wellness for Musicians
Notes:
A state-supported university established in 1876 and is the flagship university of the University of Colorado system.The College of Music was founded in 1920. The music library has digitised over 900 titles from its sheet music collections as the University of Colorado Digital Sheet Music Collectio...
Country:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
State:
COLORADO
City:
COLORADO SPRINGS
Special Indexes:
Ethnomusicology/World Music, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Sound Engineering
Notes:
The Department of Visual and Performing Arts offers programs in art history, film studies, music, theatre and dance, and visual arts....
Country:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
State:
COLORADO
City:
DENVER
Special Indexes:
Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Sound Engineering
Notes:
A state-supported university that can trace its history back to 1883. The Department has created a multi-media company whose first CD production was released in 1999. Facilities include the King Academic and Performing Arts Center with a number of fine performing spaces and state-of-the-art laborat...
Country:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
State:
COLORADO
City:
DENVER
Special Indexes:
Arts Management/Music Management, Band Conducting, Choral Conducting, Community Music Training, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Opera Performance, Orchestral Conducting, Sound Engineering, Suzuki
Notes:
A private university founded in 1864. Established in 1924, the Lamont School of Music is affiliated with the Robert and Judi Newman Center for the Performing Arts and is also affiliated with the Joseph and Loretta Law Artist Center of Opera Colorado. The School of Music is an All-Steinway School. It...