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 acti...
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 programs i...
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 Unive...
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
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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
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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
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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
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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...
Country:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
State:
COLORADO
City:
GREELEY
Special Indexes:
Arts Management/Music Management, Band Conducting, Choral Conducting, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Opera Performance, Orchestral Conducting, Sound Engineering, Traditional Instrument Performance
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A state-supported university founded in 1889. The School of Music was founded in 1895. It is an All-Steinway School. The Music Technology Center houses state-of-the-art laboratories and recording facilities. Member of the National Association of Schools of Music....
Country:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
State:
CONNECTICUT
City:
NEW BRITAIN
Special Indexes:
Jazz/Popular Music Performance
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The University was founded as New Britain Normal School in 1849 and is thus the oldest public institution of higher education in Connecticut. Facilities include state-of-the-art technical studios. The Department of Music organises a regular Summer Music Institute for music educators and others seek...
Country:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
State:
CONNECTICUT
City:
NEW HAVEN
Special Indexes:
Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Sound Engineering
Notes:
The University was founded in 1893 as a teachers’ college and gained its current name and status in 1983. A member of the Connecticut State University System....
Country:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
State:
CONNECTICUT
City:
HARTFORD
Special Indexes:
Ethnomusicology/World Music, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Traditional Instrument Performance
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Founded in 1823 as Washington College, this institution became Trinity College in 1845. Of Episcopalian heritage, it is now an independent institution....
Country:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
State:
CONNECTICUT
City:
STORRS
Special Indexes:
Band Conducting, Choral Conducting, Jazz/Popular Music Performance
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A state-supported university founded in 1881. The Department of Music works in collaboration with the University's Neag School of Education to organise the music teacher three degree program. Member of the National Association of Schools of Music. ...
Country:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
State:
CONNECTICUT
City:
WEST HARTFORD
Special Indexes:
Arts Management/Music Management, Band Conducting, Choral Conducting, Instrument Collections, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Kodály, Music Theatre Performance, Opera Performance, Orchestral Conducting, Orff Schulwerk, Sound Engineering, Suzuki
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An independent university that can trace its history back to 1879. It gained its current name and status in 1957. The Hartt School, also founded in 1957, is housed in the Fuller Music Center and offers programs in music, dance and theatre. There is an Institute of Contemporary American Music and the...
Country:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
State:
CONNECTICUT
City:
MIDDLETOWN
Special Indexes:
Ethnomusicology/World Music, Instrument Collections, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Library Collections, Traditional Instrument Performance
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The university was founded in 1831 as a Methodist institution, and became completely independent in 1937. The Center for the Arts houses the departments of music, art and art history, dance, theatre and film. There are some fine performance spaces and well-equipped electronic studios. A world inst...
Country:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
State:
CONNECTICUT
City:
DANBURY
Special Indexes:
Ethnomusicology/World Music, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Sound Engineering
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The University was founded in 1903. The School of Visual and Performing Arts offers programs in art, music and theatre arts. Member of the National Association of Schools of Music....
Country:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
State:
DELAWARE
City:
DOVER
Special Indexes:
Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Music Therapy
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An historically black university founded in 1891 and was granted its current name and status in 1993. There are two satellite campuses - in Wilmington and Georgetown...
Country:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
State:
FLORIDA
City:
GRACEVILLE
Special Indexes:
Choral Conducting, Church Music/Religious Music, Jazz/Popular Music Performance
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A private college founded in 1943 and supported by the Florida Baptist Convention. Member of the National Association of Schools of Music....
Country:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
State:
FLORIDA
City:
TALLAHASSEE
Special Indexes:
Jazz/Popular Music Performance
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An historically black college, its full name being Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University. It was founded in 1887 and gained its current name and status in 1953. There is an Institute of Music Research and Music Industries Studies whose activities centre upon Black popular music of the Ameri...
Country:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
State:
FLORIDA
City:
BOCA RATON
Special Indexes:
Arts Management/Music Management, Band Conducting, Choral Conducting, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Library Collections, Music Theatre Performance, Opera Performance, Sound Engineering
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A state-supported university established in 1964. The Department of Music is housed in the Dorothy F Schmidt College of Arts and Letters. The library houses the Richard and Gillian Davis collection of nineteenth century Russian manuscripts. Member of the National Association of Schools of Music....
Country:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
State:
FLORIDA
City:
MIAMI
Special Indexes:
Arts Management/Music Management, Band Conducting, Choral Conducting, Early Music Performance, Instrument Collections, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Music Theatre Performance, Opera Performance, Orchestral Conducting, Sound Engineering
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A state-supported university with a strong cosmopolitan outlook. It was founded in 1965 and opened for classes in 1972. The Department of Music is housed in the Herbert and Nicole Wertheim School of Music & Performing Arts with a number of fine performing spaces, a state-of-the-art electronic mu...
Country:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
State:
FLORIDA
City:
MIAMI GARDENS
Special Indexes:
Instrument Collections, Jazz/Popular Music Performance
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This private historically black university can trace its history back to 1879. Historically related to the Baptist Church and formerly known as the Florida Memorial College, it gained its current name and status in 2006. The Department of Visual & Performing Arts offers programs in music, art, t...
Country:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
State:
FLORIDA
City:
LAKELAND
Special Indexes:
Arts Management/Music Management, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Opera Performance, Wellness for Musicians
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The College was first established in 1883. It is a United Methodist-affiliated liberal arts institution. The campus features the largest collection of Frank Lloyd Wright architecture in the world, and has been placed on the National Register of Historic Places. Accredited by the National Association...
Country:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
State:
FLORIDA
City:
TALLAHASSEE
Special Indexes:
Arts Management/Music Management, Band Conducting, Choral Conducting, Church Music/Religious Music, Early Music Performance, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Instrument Collections, Instrument Making/Maintenance, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Music Theatre Performance, Music Therapy, Opera Performance, Orchestral Conducting, Traditional Instrument Performance
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The University can trace its history back to 1823. It gained its current name and status in 1947. The School of Music houses a Center for Music Research and a Center for Music of the Americas with focus on music of the peoples of north, south and central America and the Caribbean. It is home to the ...
Country:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
State:
FLORIDA
City:
JACKSONVILLE
Special Indexes:
Arts Management/Music Management, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Library Collections, Music Theatre Performance, Opera Performance, Personal Archives, Sound Engineering
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A private university founded in 1934. The College of Fine Arts consists of divisions of music, visual arts, theatre and dance. There are some fine performance spaces. On campus is the house lived in by Frederick Delius during his time in Florida, containing Delius memorabilia. The library holds an ...
Country:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
State:
FLORIDA
City:
SARASOTA
Special Indexes:
Ethnomusicology/World Music, Jazz/Popular Music Performance
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The College was founded in 1960 as a private college for academically talented students. It became a public college in 1975 through a merger with the State University system of Florida. The music department is housed in the Caples Fine Arts Complex, with access to some fine performing spaces. It org...
Country:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
State:
FLORIDA
City:
MIAMI
Special Indexes:
Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Opera Performance
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The New World School of the Arts is sponsored jointly by Miami-Dade Public Schools, Miami-Dade College and the University of Florida which awards its Bachelor’s degrees. It was founded in 1984 and occupies premises at the Wolfson campus of Miami Dade College. The School offers programs in dance, m...
Country:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
State:
FLORIDA
City:
WEST PALM BEACH
Special Indexes:
Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Opera Performance
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This private interdenominational university was founded in 1968 on Christian principles. The School of Music has some fine performance spaces. A Preparatory Department offers music training to children in the local community aged 3 to 18. Member of the National Association of Schools of Music....
Country:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
State:
FLORIDA
City:
WINTER PARK
Special Indexes:
Ethnomusicology/World Music, Jazz/Popular Music Performance
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A private college founded in 1885 by New England Congregationalists. Facilities include some fine performing spaces and a state-of-the-art computer laboratory. The College organises a Community School of Music that offers music lessons and classes to children and interested members of the local comm...
Country:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
State:
FLORIDA
City:
ORLANDO
Special Indexes:
Choral Conducting, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Music Theatre Performance, Orchestral Conducting
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A state-supported university founded in 1963. Member of the National Association of Schools of Music....
Country:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
State:
FLORIDA
City:
GAINESVILLE
Special Indexes:
Arts Management/Music Management, Band Conducting, Choral Conducting, Church Music/Religious Music, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Instrument Collections, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Music Theatre Performance, Orchestral Conducting, Sound Engineering
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A state-supported university, the largest in Florida, that can trace its history back to 1853. Facilities include some fine performance spaces and well-equipped electronic music and music technology laboratories. There is a 61-bell carillon. Member of the National Association of Schools of Music....
Country:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
State:
FLORIDA
City:
CORAL GABLES
Special Indexes:
Arts Management/Music Management, Band Conducting, Choral Conducting, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Library Collections, Music Therapy, Opera Performance, Orchestral Conducting, Sound Engineering, Traditional Instrument Performance
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An independent university founded in 1925. Current technological developments are used to enhance instructional and performing experiences in many programs, students having access to a number of specialist laboratories housed within the Advanced Technology Center. The Frost School of Music houses th...
Country:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
State:
FLORIDA
City:
JACKSONVILLE
Special Indexes:
Band Conducting, Choral Conducting, Church Music/Religious Music, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Opera Performance, Sound Archives, Sound Engineering
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The University was founded in 1972. The Department of Music is housed in the Fine Arts Center with a number of fine performance spaces and well-equipped technology studios. It places strong emphasis on American music, (classical and jazz). The department runs an African-American Heritage Program wh...
Country:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
State:
FLORIDA
City:
TAMPA
Special Indexes:
Band Conducting, Choral Conducting, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Opera Performance
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A state university that can trace its history back to 1956. A new School of Music building was opened in 2011. There are research centres for jazz composition and music education. Member of the National Association of Schools of Music....
Country:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
State:
FLORIDA
City:
PENSACOLA
Special Indexes:
Arts Management/Music Management, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Kodály, Music Theatre Performance, Opera Performance
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A state-supported university founded in 1963 and situated on the Gulf of Mexico. Facilities include several fine performance spaces. The department is an All-Steinway School. There is a Music Academy offering performance tuition to young people and interested adults in the local community. Member o...
Country:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
State:
GEORGIA
City:
DECATUR
Special Indexes:
Early Music Performance, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Institutions for Women Only, Instrument Collections, Jazz/Popular Music Performance
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A private women’s college of Presbyterian heritage, founded in 1889. The music department owns four organs, a German double harpsichord and a set of Ghanaian drums....
Country:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
State:
GEORGIA
City:
AUGUSTA
Special Indexes:
Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Music Therapy
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The University can trace its history back to 1783. Formerly known as Augusta State University, then Georgia Regents University, it gained its current name and status in 2015. A number of scholarships are offered among which the Jessye Norman Scholarship is awarded to a singer. There is a conservato...
Country:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
State:
GEORGIA
City:
ATLANTA
Special Indexes:
Church Music/Religious Music, Jazz/Popular Music Performance
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An historically black university affiliated with the United Methodist Church. In 1988 two institutions, Atlanta University and Clark College merged to form the current university which forms part of the Atlanta University Center - a consortium of five separate historically black colleges that share ...