Country:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
State:
NEW JERSEY
City:
PRINCETON
Special Indexes:
Choral Conducting, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Instrument Collections, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Library Collections, Opera Performance, Personal Archives, Sound Archives, Sound Engineering
Notes:
A private Ivy League university. Princeton can trace its history back to 1746. It is the fourth oldest college in British North America. The Department of Music is housed in the Woolworth Center for Musical Studies. Within the department the principal emphasis focuses on musicology and composition, ...
Country:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
State:
NEW JERSEY
City:
LAWRENCEVILLE
Special Indexes:
Arts Management/Music Management, Band Conducting, Choral Conducting, Music Theatre Performance, Repetiteur Training/Coaching, Wellness for Musicians
Notes:
This private co-educational university can trace its history back to 1865. It gained its current name and status in 1994. The School of Fine and Performing Arts is a division of the Westminster College of the Arts. It offers programs in dance, music, theatre, music theatre and arts administration. A...
Country:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
State:
NEW JERSEY
City:
GLASSBORO
Special Indexes:
Arts Management/Music Management, Band Conducting, Choral Conducting, Instrument Collections, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Music Therapy, Opera Performance, Orchestral Conducting, Sound Engineering
Notes:
A state-supported college founded in 1923 as a teacher training college. It gained its current name and status in 1997. The College of Performing Arts offers programs in music, theatre and dance. Facilities include several fine performance spaces and well-equipped music laboratories. The music depar...
Country:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
State:
NEW JERSEY
City:
NEW BRUNSWICK
Special Indexes:
Band Conducting, Choral Conducting, Community Music Training, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Library Collections, Opera Performance, Orchestral Conducting, Sound Engineering
Notes:
A state-supported university. Rutgers, with its three campuses – at Camden, New Brunswick and Newark, - was chartered in 1766. Its main campus is in New Brunswick. The Mason Gross School of the Arts, chartered in 1976, comprises divisions of dance, music, theater arts and visual arts, and has acce...
Country:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
State:
NEW JERSEY
City:
LAWRENCEVILLE
Special Indexes:
Arts Management/Music Management, Choral Conducting, Church Music/Religious Music, Instrument Collections, Library Collections, Music Theatre Performance, Opera Performance, Personal Archives, Sound Archives, Suzuki, Wellness for Musicians
Notes:
The Westminster Choir College, founded in 1926, has since 1992 formed the School of Music of Rider University. Emphasis at the residential college is on training in choral music, both secular and sacred, with the aim of preparing its graduates for music leadership in churches, schools and the commun...
Country:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
State:
NEW MEXICO
City:
LAS CRUCES
Special Indexes:
Band Conducting, Choral Conducting, Music Theatre Performance, Music Therapy, Orchestral Conducting
Notes:
The university was founded in 1888. The music department has access to some fine performing spaces. A Piano Prep Program is offered to pre-college students. Member of the National Association of Schools of Music. ...
Country:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
State:
NEW MEXICO
City:
ALBUQUERQUE
Special Indexes:
Band Conducting, Choral Conducting, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Kodály, Opera Performance, Orchestral Conducting, Orff Schulwerk, Wellness for Musicians
Notes:
A state-supported university founded in 1889. The music department organises annual summer workshops in Kodály and Orff methods for music teachers. An Arts-in-Medicine program offers music encounters with patients and their families and educates medical professionals on the important role the arts ...
Country:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
State:
NEW YORK
City:
GARDEN CITY
Special Indexes:
Choral Conducting, Kodály
Notes:
Adelphi University is a private institution that can trace its history back to 1863, being the first institution of higher education on Long Island. The performing arts division offers programs in theatre, music and dance. There is a new purpose-built performing arts centre. ...
Country:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
State:
NEW YORK
City:
ANNANDALE-ON-HUDSON
Special Indexes:
Choral Conducting, Opera Performance, Orchestral Conducting, Personal Archives, Wellness for Musicians
Notes:
Founded in 1860 as St Stephen's College, an institution for men intending to enter the theological seminary, its name was changed to Bard College in 1934 when its focus became more aligned to classical and progressive educational traditions, with some emphasis on creative and performing arts. Women ...
Country:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
State:
NEW YORK
City:
FLUSHING
Special Indexes:
Band Conducting, Choral Conducting, Eurhythmics/Dalcroze, Early Music Performance, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Library Collections, Opera Performance, Orchestral Conducting, Personal Archives, Suzuki, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
The City University of New York (CUNY) was founded in 1961. It consists of 20 Colleges at which music is offered in eleven. Queens College, itself founded in 1937, became part of the City University of New York in 1961. The School of Music has access to several fine performance spaces, including tho...
Country:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
State:
NEW YORK
City:
NEW YORK
Special Indexes:
Arts Management/Music Management, Band Conducting, Choral Conducting, Library Collections
Notes:
A graduate college of Columbia University, providing both day and evening courses. It was founded in 1887 and became affiliated in 1898 with Columbia University. There is a Creative Arts Laboratory for the preparation of teachers of economically disadvantaged and educationally challenged students to...
Country:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
State:
NEW YORK
City:
ROCHESTER
Special Indexes:
Arts Management/Music Management, Band Conducting, Choral Conducting, Church Music/Religious Music, Early Music Performance, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Library Collections, Opera Performance, Orchestral Conducting, Personal Archives, Repetiteur Training/Coaching, Sound Archives, Wellness for Musicians
Notes:
The Eastman School of Music was founded in 1921. Ensembles include three symphony orchestras, three choral groups, seven jazz ensembles, two wind ensembles, a student-run contemporary music ensemble (’Ossia’), Musica Nova (a contemporary ensemble), Collegium Musicum (early music), trombone choir...
Country:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
State:
NEW YORK
City:
CLINTON
Special Indexes:
Band Conducting, Choral Conducting, Instrument Collections, Jazz/Popular Music Performance
Notes:
This private liberal arts college was founded in 1793. It houses the Hans H Schambach Center for Music and the Performing Arts. There is a collection of instruments including a kora, a Javanese gamelan, a number of early keyboard instruments and two organs. ...
Country:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
State:
NEW YORK
City:
HEMPSTEAD
Special Indexes:
Band Conducting, Choral Conducting, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Music Theatre Performance, Orff Schulwerk
Notes:
A private non-sectarian, co-educational university that can trace its history back to 1935. The University's School of Humanities, Fine and Performing Arts offers programs in art history, dance, drama, fine arts and design, music, rhetoric and writing studies. ...
Country:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
State:
NEW YORK
City:
HOUGHTON
Special Indexes:
Band Conducting, Choral Conducting, Music Theatre Performance, Opera Performance, Orchestral Conducting
Notes:
A private college operating on Christian principles, founded by the Wesleyan Church in 1883. The music program is offered at the Greatbatch School of Music. Member of the National Association of Schools of Music. ...
Country:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
State:
NEW YORK
City:
ITHACA
Special Indexes:
Band Conducting, Choral Conducting, Early Music Performance, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Library Collections, Music Theatre Performance, Opera Performance, Orchestral Conducting, Personal Archives, Sound Engineering, Suzuki, Wellness for Musicians
Notes:
A private college founded in 1892 as a music conservatory. Since that time the college has developed into a comprehensive institution comprising Schools of Business, Communications, Health Sciences and Human Performance, Humanities and Sciences as well as the School of Music which is housed in the J...
Country:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
State:
NEW YORK
City:
NEW YORK
Special Indexes:
Choral Conducting, Church Music/Religious Music, Library Collections, Sound Archives
Notes:
The H L Miller Cantorial School and List College of Jewish Music of the Jewish Theological Seminary are two schools devoted to Jewish musical studies. List College was founded in 1886. Among other things it provides training for cantors (hazzanim) for the congregational service or as teachers of Jew...
Country:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
State:
NEW YORK
City:
NEW YORK
Special Indexes:
Arts Management/Music Management, Choral Conducting, Community Music Training, Instrument Collections, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Music Theatre Performance, Opera Performance, Orchestral Conducting, Sound Engineering
Notes:
A private conservatory, one of the largest in USA, founded in 1917 and offering both classical and jazz training. There is a strong emphasis on opera. A cross-registration program is offered with Barnard College of Columbia University. The Pinchas Zukerman Performance Program offers a limited number...
Country:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
State:
NEW YORK
City:
NEW YORK
Special Indexes:
Arts Management/Music Management, Choral Conducting, Early Music Performance, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Library Collections, Music Theatre Performance, Opera Performance, Orchestral Conducting, Sound Engineering
Notes:
Originally founded in 1916 as The David Mannes Music School, and following a number of name and location changes, this institution in 1989 joined The New School, a private research university in New York City as part of The New School's College of Performing Arts, alongside The New School for Drama ...
Country:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
State:
NEW YORK
City:
BUFFALO
Special Indexes:
Choral Conducting, Library Collections, Music Librarianship Training, Music Theatre Performance, Opera Performance, Orchestral Conducting, Sound Archives
Notes:
This institution was founded in 1846 as a private medical college, and merged with the State University of New York system in 1962. It is the flagship campus of the State University of New York system and is not to be confused with Buffalo University College which is also part of SUNY. The music dep...
Country:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
State:
NEW YORK
City:
BINGHAMTON
Special Indexes:
Band Conducting, Choral Conducting, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Library Collections, Opera Performance, Orchestral Conducting
Notes:
The university was founded in 1946 and gained its current name and status in 1965. The Anderson Center for the Performing Arts is among the finest facilities of its kind in central New York State. The university library holds an archive for Greek and Cypriot Ethnomusicological Studies. Member of the...
Country:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
State:
NEW YORK
City:
FREDONIA
Special Indexes:
Arts Management/Music Management, Band Conducting, Choral Conducting, Community Music Training, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Music Theatre Performance, Music Therapy, Opera Performance, Sound Engineering
Notes:
The college can trace its history back to 1822. It became part of the State University of New York system in 1948. A 'Musical Journeys Program' was established in 2005 to offer music training to children and interested members of the local community. There is a thriving program of opera. Member of t...
Country:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
State:
NEW YORK
City:
SYRACUSE
Special Indexes:
Arts Management/Music Management, Band Conducting, Choral Conducting, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Music Theatre Performance, Opera Performance, Orchestral Conducting, Sound Archives, Sound Engineering
Notes:
A private university of Methodist heritage that can trace its history back to 1831. The College of Visual and Performing Arts was founded in 1873, being the first degree-granting college of fine arts in the USA. The music school's official name is the Rose, Jules R, and Stanford S Setnor School of M...
Country:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
State:
NEW YORK
City:
ROCHESTER
Special Indexes:
Choral Conducting, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Music Theatre Performance, Opera Performance, Orchestral Conducting, Repetiteur Training/Coaching, Sound Engineering
Notes:
An independent institution, one of the USA’s most renowned research universities, founded in 1850 as a Baptist-sponsored institution. There are two campuses for music at the University of Rochester. The Eastman School of Music caters principally for students undertaking full music major courses. T...
Country:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
State:
NORTH CAROLINA
City:
BOONE
Special Indexes:
Arts Management/Music Management, Band Conducting, Choral Conducting, Church Music/Religious Music, Eurhythmics/Dalcroze, Early Music Performance, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Instrument Collections, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Kodály, Music Therapy, Opera Performance, Orchestral Conducting, Orff Schulwerk, Sound Engineering, Traditional Instrument Performance, Wellness for Musicians
Notes:
The University was founded in 1899 as a teachers' college and gained its current name and status in 1967. The Musicum Collegium specialises in early music performance. There is an active opera program. Facilities include a state-of-the-art recording studio and sets of Indian tablas, African percussi...
Country:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
State:
NORTH CAROLINA
City:
GREENVILLE
Special Indexes:
Band Conducting, Choral Conducting, Church Music/Religious Music, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Music Therapy, Opera Performance, Suzuki
Notes:
A state-supported university forming part of the 16-campus university that makes up the University of North Carolina. It was founded in 1907 as a teacher training college. There is a flourishing opera program. Facilities include some fine performing spaces and a state-of-the-art Center for Music Tec...
Country:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
State:
NORTH CAROLINA
City:
WAKE FOREST
Special Indexes:
Band Conducting, Choral Conducting, Church Music/Religious Music
Notes:
The Seminary was founded in 1950 and is operated by the Southern Baptist Convention. ...
Country:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
State:
NORTH CAROLINA
City:
WINSTON-SALEM
Special Indexes:
Choral Conducting, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Library Collections, Opera Performance, Orchestral Conducting, Suzuki
Notes:
Formerly known as the North Carolina School of the Arts, this institution gained its current name and status in 2008. It is organised into schools of dance, design and production, drama, film, music and visual arts. It forms part of the 16-campus university that makes up the University of North Caro...
Country:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
State:
NORTH CAROLINA
City:
GREENSBORO
Special Indexes:
Band Conducting, Choral Conducting, Early Music Performance, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Library Collections, Music Theatre Performance, Opera Performance, Orchestral Conducting, Wellness for Musicians
Notes:
A state-supported university founded in 1891 and forming part of the 16-campus university that makes up the University of North Carolina. The School of Music is housed in a large purpose-built music building with access to several fine performing spaces. The Miles Davis jazz Studies Program offers s...
Country:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
State:
NORTH CAROLINA
City:
WINGATE
Special Indexes:
Choral Conducting, Church Music/Religious Music, Opera Performance
Notes:
A private church-related liberal arts college founded in 1896 and supported by the Baptist State Convention. The music department is located in the George A Batte Jr Fine Arts Center with fine facilities and performance venues. There is a flourishing opera program. Member of the National Association...
Country:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
State:
NORTH DAKOTA
City:
FARGO
Special Indexes:
Band Conducting, Choral Conducting, Library Collections, Opera Performance
Notes:
A state-supported university that can trace its history back to 1883. The Faculty of Fine Arts offers programs in music, visual arts and theatre. There is a flourishing opera program. The music department houses the Lawrence Welk collection of scores, manuscripts and arrangements of popular music fr...
Country:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
State:
NORTH DAKOTA
City:
BISMARCK
Special Indexes:
Choral Conducting, Church Music/Religious Music, Jazz/Popular Music Performance
Notes:
A Catholic university founded as Mary College in 1955 by the Benedictine Sisters of Annunciation Monastery. It gained its current name and status in 1986. Member of the National Association of Schools of Music. ...
Country:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
State:
NORTH DAKOTA
City:
GRAND FORKS
Special Indexes:
Band Conducting, Choral Conducting, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Music Theatre Performance, Opera Performance
Notes:
A state-supported university founded in 1883. The music department is housed in the Edmond A. Hughes Fine Arts Centre and has access to some fine performance spaces. There is an active opera program. Member of the National Association of Schools of Music. ...
Country:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
State:
OHIO
City:
BLUFFTON
Special Indexes:
Choral Conducting, Church Music/Religious Music, Music Theatre Performance
Notes:
A private liberal arts university founded in 1899 and affiliated with the Mennonite Church USA. The music department is an All-Steinway School and is housed in Mosiman Hall, with access to some fine performing spaces and a state-of-the-art Advanced Media Studio. Member of the National Association o...
Country:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
State:
OHIO
City:
BOWLING GREEN
Special Indexes:
Choral Conducting, Church Music/Religious Music, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Library Collections, Music Theatre Performance, Orchestral Conducting, Sound Archives
Notes:
A state-supported university founded in 1910 as a teachers’ college. The music library houses The Sound Recording Archives, with over 700,000 recordings covering all types and styles of music, as well as the Archives of the MidAmerican Center for Contemporary Music, with large numbers of scores, m...
Country:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
State:
OHIO
City:
BEXLEY
Special Indexes:
Choral Conducting, Early Music Performance, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Kodály, Music Theatre Performance, Opera Performance, Suzuki
Notes:
A small private university founded in 1830, supported by the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America. The Conservatory has access to several fine performance spaces and houses a state-of-the-art MIDI-based electronic music studio. There is an active opera program. It has ties with the Kodály Institu...
Country:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
State:
OHIO
City:
CEDARVILLE
Special Indexes:
Choral Conducting, Church Music/Religious Music, Jazz/Popular Music Performance
Notes:
A Baptist institution founded in 1887. The music department is housed in the Bolthouse Center for Music. Member of the National Association of Schools of Music. ...
Country:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
State:
OHIO
City:
CLEVELAND
Special Indexes:
Band Conducting, Choral Conducting, Community Music Training, Eurhythmics/Dalcroze, Early Music Performance, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Opera Performance, Orchestral Conducting, Sound Engineering, Suzuki, Wellness for Musicians
Notes:
An independent classical music conservatory founded in 1920, with Ernest Bloch as its first director. The staff of the Institute includes over 40 members and retired members of the Cleveland Orchestra. It is an All-Steinway School where programs focus solely on classical music. A Joint Music Program...
Country:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
State:
OHIO
City:
HIRAM
Special Indexes:
Band Conducting, Choral Conducting, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Music Theatre Performance, Opera Performance
Notes:
A private liberal arts college founded in 1850 by members of the Disciples of Christ Church. It is nonsectarian and coeducational. There is an active opera/musical theatre program. Member of the National Association of Schools of Music ...
Country:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
State:
OHIO
City:
KENT
Special Indexes:
Band Conducting, Choral Conducting, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Music Theatre Performance, Orchestral Conducting, Sound Engineering
Notes:
A state-supported university founded in 1910. The School of Music has access to some fine performing spaces. It houses a Center for World Musics focusing mainly on Asian and African musics. Member of the National Association of Schools of Music. ...
Country:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
State:
OHIO
City:
MOUNT VERNON
Special Indexes:
Choral Conducting, Church Music/Religious Music
Notes:
A Christian liberal arts university in the Wesleyan evangelical tradition, founded in 1968. The music department has access to some fine performance spaces. The Mount Vernon Community Music School offers music training to children and interested members of the local community. Member of the National...
Country:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
State:
OHIO
City:
OBERLIN
Special Indexes:
Choral Conducting, Early Music Performance, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Instrument Collections, Instrument Making/Maintenance, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Library Collections, Opera Performance, Orchestral Conducting, Sound Engineering, Suzuki, Traditional Instrument Performance, Wellness for Musicians
Notes:
An independent co-educational college founded in 1833 of Christian heritage. It was the first college to grant undergraduate degrees to women, and was historically a leader in educating black Americans. The Conservatory operates a contemporary music program. Some emphasis is also placed on performan...
Country:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
State:
OHIO
City:
COLUMBUS
Special Indexes:
Band Conducting, Choral Conducting, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Opera Performance, Orchestral Conducting, Sound Engineering, Wellness for Musicians
Notes:
The University was founded in 1870 and was originally known as the Ohio Agricultural and Mechanical College. It gained its current name and status in 1878. The University’s College of the Arts has departments of theatre, visual communication design, history of art, dance, art, art education, arts ...
Country:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
State:
OHIO
City:
ATHENS
Special Indexes:
Arts Management/Music Management, Band Conducting, Choral Conducting, Music Theatre Performance, Music Therapy, Opera Performance, Orchestral Conducting, Sound Engineering, Wellness for Musicians
Notes:
A state-supported university with branches in Lancaster and Zanesville. It opened for students in 1809. The School of Music has access to several fine performance spaces and houses a well-equipped MIDI laboratory and sound studio. It is associated with the Athens Community Music School which offers ...
Country:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
State:
OHIO
City:
CINCINNATI
Special Indexes:
Arts Management/Music Management, Band Conducting, Choral Conducting, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Library Collections, Music Theatre Performance, Opera Conducting, Opera Performance, Orchestral Conducting, Repetiteur Training/Coaching, Sound Archives, Sound Engineering, Suzuki
Notes:
This school is unique in that it is historically a traditional European Conservatory attached to a Comprehensive/Research State University. It can trace its history back to 1867. It is a ‘campus village’ comprising the Corbett Center for the Performing Arts, the Dieterle Vocal Arts Center, Memor...
Country:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
State:
OHIO
City:
TOLEDO
Special Indexes:
Choral Conducting, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Opera Performance, Orchestral Conducting, Sound Engineering
Notes:
A state-supported university founded in 1872 as the Toledo University of Arts and Trades. It became a member of the State university system in 1967. The music department operates an active opera program and has close relationships with the Toledo opera, the Toledo ballet and Murphy's Jazz. It is vir...
Country:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
State:
OHIO
City:
YOUNGSTOWN
Special Indexes:
Band Conducting, Choral Conducting, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Music Theatre Performance, Opera Performance, Orchestral Conducting, Sound Engineering
Notes:
A state-supported university founded in 1908. The Dana School of Music is housed in Bliss Hall. It is an All-Steinway School. There is a flourishing opera program. Member of the National Association of Schools of Music. ...
Country:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
State:
OKLAHOMA
City:
OKLAHOMA CITY
Special Indexes:
Arts Management/Music Management, Band Conducting, Choral Conducting, Music Theatre Performance, Opera Performance, Orchestral Conducting, Repetiteur Training/Coaching, Suzuki
Notes:
A private university affiliated with the United Methodist Church, founded in 1906. There is some emphasis on opera and music theatre. The College is an All-Steinway School. The Margaret E Petree College of Performing Arts offers programs in American dance, arts management, theatre and music. The mu...
Country:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
State:
OKLAHOMA
City:
STILLWATER
Special Indexes:
Band Conducting, Choral Conducting, Orchestral Conducting
Notes:
A state-supported university founded in 1890. The Michael and Anne Greenwood School of Music is housed in the Seretean Center for Performing Arts and has access to some fine performing spaces. Member of the National Association of Schools of Music. ...
Country:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
State:
OKLAHOMA
City:
TULSA
Special Indexes:
Choral Conducting, Church Music/Religious Music, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Music Theatre Performance, Music Therapy, Sound Engineering, Suzuki
Notes:
A private Penetecostal charismatic evangelical Christian university, founded in 1963. The music department is an All-Steinway School. A preparatory Suzuki strings program is operated from the music department. Member of the National Association of Schools of Music. ...
Country:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
State:
OKLAHOMA
City:
EDMOND
Special Indexes:
Arts Management/Music Management, Choral Conducting, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Music Theatre Performance, Opera Performance, Orchestral Conducting, Sound Engineering
Notes:
This institution was founded in 1890 as a teacher training college. It is the oldest institution of higher education in Oklahoma and gained its current name and status in 1990. The music school is an All-Steinway School. It runs both an opera program and a music theatre program, and organises a comm...
Country:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
State:
OKLAHOMA
City:
NORMAN
Special Indexes:
Arts Management/Music Management, Choral Conducting, Church Music/Religious Music, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Instrument Collections, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Kodály, Music Theatre Performance, Opera Performance, Orchestral Conducting, Sound Engineering
Notes:
A state-supported university founded in 1890. The School of Music (established in 1908) forms part of the Weitzenhoffer Family College of Fine Arts. It is housed in three buildings: the Catlett Music Centre, the Donald W Reynolds Performing Arts Center, and Carpenter Hall, giving it access to a numb...
Country:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
State:
OREGON
City:
PORTLAND
Special Indexes:
Band Conducting, Choral Conducting, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Opera Performance, Orchestral Conducting, Sound Engineering, Wellness for Musicians
Notes:
A state-supported university founded in 1946 as a post-secondary educational institution for World War II veterans, and gained its current name and status in 1969. There is a flourishing opera program and a program of wellness for musicians. Member of the National Association of Schools of Music. ...
Country:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
State:
OREGON
City:
EUGENE
Special Indexes:
Arts Management/Music Management, Band Conducting, Choral Conducting, Early Music Performance, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Instrument Collections, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Opera Performance, Orchestral Conducting, Sound Engineering
Notes:
A state-supported university founded in 1876. The School of Music sees its particular strengths as in composition, performance, jazz studies and music education. Facilities include state-of-the-art music technololgy labs. There is a collection of orchestral and band instruments, early keyboard instr...
Country:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
State:
OREGON
City:
PORTLAND
Special Indexes:
Band Conducting, Choral Conducting
Notes:
A Catholic university founded in 1901 and affiliated with the Congregation of the Holy Cross. The Department of Performing and Fine Arts offers majors in music and theatre. Member of the National Association of Schools of Music. ...
Country:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
State:
PENNSYLVANIA
City:
LANGHORNE
Special Indexes:
Band Conducting, Choral Conducting, Church Music/Religious Music
Notes:
A private undenominational unaffiliated institution that can trace its roots back to 1913. Formerly known as Philadelphia Biblical University, it gained its current name and status in 2012. Member of the National Association of Schools of Music. ...
Country:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
State:
PENNSYLVANIA
City:
PITTSBURGH
Special Indexes:
Arts Management/Music Management, Choral Conducting, Community Music Training, Eurhythmics/Dalcroze, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Music Theatre Performance, Opera Performance, Orchestral Conducting, Sound Engineering, Traditional Instrument Performance, Wellness for Musicians
Notes:
Carnegie Mellon University is a private institution that can trace its history back to 1900 and gained its current name and status in 1967. The university’s College of Fine Arts consists of schools of architecture, art, design, drama and music. The music department is a conservatory in a universit...
Country:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
State:
PENNSYLVANIA
City:
CLARKS SUMMIT
Special Indexes:
Band Conducting, Choral Conducting, Church Music/Religious Music
Notes:
A private church-related Bible college founded in 1932. Formerly known as Baptist Bible College & Seminary of Pennsylvania, Clarks Summit, it gained its current name and status in 2016. ...
Country:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
State:
PENNSYLVANIA
City:
INDIANA
Special Indexes:
Choral Conducting, Music Theatre Performance
Notes:
A state-supported university. It was founded in 1875 as a teachers’ college and gained its current name and status in 1965. The music department is housed in Cogswell Hall and is an All-Steinway School. Member of the National Association of Schools of Music....
Country:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
State:
PENNSYLVANIA
City:
BETHLEHEM
Special Indexes:
Band Conducting, Choral Conducting, Church Music/Religious Music, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Suzuki
Notes:
A private liberal arts college affiliated with the Moravian Church. Founded in 1742, it is the sixth oldest college in USA. The Department of Music organises a summer Pennsylvania Suzuki Institute. Member of the National Association of Schools of Music. ...
Country:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
State:
PENNSYLVANIA
City:
UNIVERSITY PARK
Special Indexes:
Arts Management/Music Management, Band Conducting, Choral Conducting, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Music Theatre Performance, Orchestral Conducting, Sound Engineering, Wellness for Musicians
Notes:
This institution was founded in 1855 as an agricultural college, and gained its current name and status in 1953. Music programs at Pennsylvania State University are offered at the campuses at Abington and University Park. There is a program in Alexander Technique. Member of the National Association...
Country:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
State:
PENNSYLVANIA
City:
PHILADELPHIA
Special Indexes:
Band Conducting, Choral Conducting, Instrument Collections, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Library Collections, Music Theatre Performance, Music Therapy, Opera Performance, Repetiteur Training/Coaching, Sound Engineering, Suzuki
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An independent state-affiliated university founded in 1884. The Boyer college of Music and Dance forms part of the Center for the Arts. The New School Institute is the instrumental ensemble branch of the Esther Boyer College of Music and operates as the Department of Instrumental Ensemble and Orches...
Country:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
State:
PENNSYLVANIA
City:
WEST CHESTER
Special Indexes:
Band Conducting, Choral Conducting, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Kodály, Music Therapy, Opera Performance, Orchestral Conducting, Orff Schulwerk
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A state-supported institution that can trace its history back to 1812. Its current name and status gained in 1983. The Samuel Barber Institute for Music Educators offers a combination of traditional academic courses and special subject seminars that may be applied to the master’s degrees in music ...
Country:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
State:
RHODE ISLAND
City:
KINGSTON
Special Indexes:
Band Conducting, Choral Conducting, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Music Therapy, Opera Performance, Orchestral Conducting
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A state-supported university founded in 1888 as an agricultural school. It was granted its current name and status in 1951 and is the flagship institution for the state of Rhode Island. The music department offers a preparatory program in performance for pre-college and adult students. There is an a...
Country:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
State:
SOUTH CAROLINA
City:
GREENVILLE
Special Indexes:
Choral Conducting, Church Music/Religious Music, Library Collections, Opera Performance
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A private fundamental Christian liberal arts university founded in 1927 by the evangelist Bob Jones Sr. There is a strong emphasis on the arts. All students take studies in bible. The School of Fine Arts comprises divisions of art, music, speech communication, and film, video and broadcasting. The M...
Country:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
State:
SOUTH CAROLINA
City:
SPARTANBURG
Special Indexes:
Arts Management/Music Management, Band Conducting, Choral Conducting, Institutions for Women Only, Music Theatre Performance, Music Therapy, Opera Performance, Sound Engineering, Suzuki
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A professional school of music in an independent liberal arts institution originally for women. Formerly known as Converse College it became co-educational and was granted its current name and status in 2021. The School of the Arts offers programs in art and design, theatre, dance and music. The Pet...
Country:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
State:
SOUTH CAROLINA
City:
COLUMBIA
Special Indexes:
Arts Management/Music Management, Band Conducting, Choral Conducting, Community Music Training, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Library Collections, Music Theatre Performance, Opera Performance, Orchestral Conducting, Suzuki
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A state-supported university founded in 1801. It was the only southern state university to admit African-American students during the reconstruction era immediately following the civil war. Facilities include some fine performance spaces, a well-equipped music technology centre and recording studio....
Country:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
State:
SOUTH CAROLINA
City:
ROCK HILL
Special Indexes:
Arts Management/Music Management, Band Conducting, Choral Conducting, Music Theatre Performance, Sound Engineering
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A state-assisted institution. It was founded in 1886 as a teachers’ college for women, became co-educational in 1972, and gained university status in 1992. The College of Visual and Performing Arts comprises departments of art, interior design, music, theatre and dance. The music department is hou...
Country:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
State:
TENNESSEE
City:
CLARKSVILLE
Special Indexes:
Arts Management/Music Management, Band Conducting, Choral Conducting, Music Therapy
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Founded in 1927 as a teacher training college, the university gained its current name and status in 1967. There is a Center of Excellence for the Creative Arts that brings international writers, musicians, performers and artists to the campus each year to work with students in master classes, concer...
Country:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
State:
TENNESSEE
City:
KNOXVILLE
Special Indexes:
Choral Conducting, Church Music/Religious Music, Sound Engineering
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Formerly known as Johnson Bible College, Johnson University gained its current name and status in 2011. It is a Christian institution founded in 1893, thus being the second oldest continuing Bible college in USA. All students take a major in Bible. ...
Country:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
State:
TENNESSEE
City:
CLEVELAND
Special Indexes:
Band Conducting, Choral Conducting, Church Music/Religious Music, Music Theatre Performance, Opera Performance
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A private four-year liberal arts university founded in 1918 on Christian principles. The university has connections with the Church of God in Cleveland, Tennessee. There are musical theatre classes and an opera workshop. Member of the National Association of Schools of Music. ...
Country:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
State:
TENNESSEE
City:
MURFREESBORO
Special Indexes:
Band Conducting, Choral Conducting, Instrument Collections, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Library Collections, Opera Performance, Orchestral Conducting, Sound Engineering, Traditional Instrument Performance
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A state-supported university. Founded in 1911 as a teachers’ college, it gained its current name and status in 1965. It is located about a 30-minute drive south of Nashville, the Country Music centre of the world. The School of Music, an All-Steinway School, has access to several fine performance ...
Country:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
State:
TENNESSEE
City:
MEMPHIS
Special Indexes:
Band Conducting, Choral Conducting, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Library Collections, Music Theatre Performance, Opera Performance, Orchestral Conducting, Orff Schulwerk, Repetiteur Training/Coaching, Sound Engineering, Suzuki
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A state university founded in 1912 and gained its current name and status in 1957. The music program has particular strengths in opera, jazz and recording technology. Ensembles include two orchestras, three bands, numerous chamber music groups, choral groups, jazz combos and a new music ensemble. Fa...
Country:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
State:
TENNESSEE
City:
CHATTANOOGA
Special Indexes:
Band Conducting, Choral Conducting, Kodály, Music Therapy, Opera Performance, Suzuki
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A state-supported university founded in 1886. The music department has access to several fine performing spaces and well-equipped electronic studios. An active opera program operates on campus. There is a Kodály Institute offering programs to Levels I, II and III. The Southeast Center for Education...
Country:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
State:
TENNESSEE
City:
KNOXVILLE
Special Indexes:
Arts Management/Music Management, Choral Conducting, Church Music/Religious Music, Instrument Collections, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Opera Performance, Orchestral Conducting
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A state-supported university that can trace its history back to 1794. It gained its current name and status in 1879 and is the flagship campus of the University of Tennessee system. The School of Music is housed in the Natalie L Haslam Music Center with access to several fine performance spaces and ...
Country:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
State:
TEXAS
City:
WACO
Special Indexes:
Band Conducting, Choral Conducting, Church Music/Religious Music, Instrument Collections, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Opera Performance, Orchestral Conducting
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A private Christian university affiliated with the Baptist General Convention of Texas. Founded in 1845, this is the oldest continuously operating institution of higher learning in Texas and the largest Baptist University in the world. The music school is housed in Waco Hall and the McCrary Music Bu...
Country:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
State:
TEXAS
City:
AUSTIN
Special Indexes:
Band Conducting, Choral Conducting, Church Music/Religious Music
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Founded in 1926 and established and maintained by the Lutheran Church - Missouri Synod, this is the only university in the world founded essentially by German people of Wendish/Swabish ancestry. The School of Fine Arts offers programs in art, music and theatre studies. The Concordia Community Music ...
Country:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
State:
TEXAS
City:
SAN ANTONIO
Special Indexes:
Choral Conducting, Church Music/Religious Music, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Instrument Collections, Library Collections, Traditional Instrument Performance
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A Catholic co-educational university founded in 1895 by the Sisters of the Congregation of Divine Providence. It gained its current name and status in 1975. Our Lady of the Lake University is committed to serving Hispanics, who are the majority ethnic group on campus. Hence there are specific course...
Country:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
State:
TEXAS
City:
HOUSTON
Special Indexes:
Choral Conducting, Early Music Performance, Library Collections, Opera Performance, Orchestral Conducting
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An independent university that can trace its roots back to 1891. In 1912 it became the Rice Institute, and gained its current name and status in 1960. The Shepherd School of Music, founded in 1975, is housed in the Alice Pratt Brown Hall, with fine performance spaces and well-equipped studios. The M...
Country:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
State:
TEXAS
City:
HUNTSVILLE
Special Indexes:
Band Conducting, Choral Conducting, Music Theatre Performance, Music Therapy, Orchestral Conducting
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The University was founded in 1879. It forms part of the Texas State University System. The School of Music has access to the James and Nancy Gaertner Performing Arts Center with some fine performing spaces. Member of the National Association of Schools of Music. ...
Country:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
State:
TEXAS
City:
DALLAS
Special Indexes:
Arts Management/Music Management, Band Conducting, Choral Conducting, Church Music/Religious Music, Eurhythmics/Dalcroze, Instrument Collections, Instrument Making/Maintenance, Kodály, Library Collections, Music Theatre Performance, Music Therapy, Opera Performance, Orchestral Conducting, Orff Schulwerk, Sound Engineering, Wellness for Musicians
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A private non-sectarian university of Methodist heritage, founded in 1911. The Meadows School of the Arts comprises divisions of visual art, dance, theatre, journalism, cinema-television, music, advertising, art history and arts administration. The music division houses a number of fine performance ...
Country:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
State:
TEXAS
City:
FORT WORTH
Special Indexes:
Band Conducting, Choral Conducting, Church Music/Religious Music, Instrument Collections, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Library Collections
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The seminary was founded in 1908 and is supported by the Southern Baptist Convention. In addition to accreditation from national accrediting bodies the courses have been accredited by the Association of Theological Schools in the US and Canada. Attached to the Seminary is The College at South Wester...
Country:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
State:
TEXAS
City:
NACOGDOCHES
Special Indexes:
Band Conducting, Choral Conducting, Music Theatre Performance, Opera Performance, Orchestral Conducting, Sound Engineering
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The University was founded in 1923 as a teachers’ college. The Micky Elliott College of Fine Arts offers programs in art, music and theatre and has access to some fine performing spaces. There is a thriving opera/musical theatre program. The School of Music organises a music preparatory division ...
Country:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
State:
TEXAS
City:
FORT WORTH
Special Indexes:
Arts Management/Music Management, Band Conducting, Choral Conducting, Church Music/Religious Music, Early Music Performance, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Instrument Collections, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Opera Performance, Orchestral Conducting, Repetiteur Training/Coaching, Suzuki
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A private university founded in 1873. The School of Music is housed in the Ed Landreth Hall and the Mary D and F Howard Walsh Center for Performing Arts, with a number of fine performance spaces. Facilities include four pipe organs, two harpsichords, a clavichord and a collection of baroque and rena...
Country:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
State:
TEXAS
City:
SAN MARCOS
Special Indexes:
Band Conducting, Choral Conducting, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Kodály, Music Theatre Performance, Orchestral Conducting, Sound Engineering, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
This university was founded in 1899 as a teacher training college and was granted its current name and status in 2003. It has the largest campus of any other in the Texas State University System. Member of the National Association of Schools of Music. ...
Country:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
State:
TEXAS
City:
LUBBOCK
Special Indexes:
Band Conducting, Choral Conducting, Instrument Collections, Music Theatre Performance, Opera Performance, Orchestral Conducting
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A state-supported university that can trace its history back to 1923. It gained its current name and status in 1969. There is a 36-bell carillon on campus. The College of Visual and Performing Arts offers programs in art, music and theatre and dance, with a thriving musical theatre and opera scene. ...
Country:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
State:
TEXAS
City:
HOUSTON
Special Indexes:
Band Conducting, Choral Conducting, Church Music/Religious Music, Early Music Performance, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Kodály, Opera Performance, Orchestral Conducting, Suzuki
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A state-assisted university. Founded in 1927, it gained its current name and status in 1934. Facilities include the 144,000 square feet Rebecca and John J Moores School of Music building which includes the 800-seat Edythe Bates Old Moores Opera Center, more than sixty practice rooms and large ensemb...
Country:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
State:
TEXAS
City:
DENTON
Special Indexes:
Arts Management/Music Management, Band Conducting, Choral Conducting, Early Music Performance, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Instrument Collections, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Kodály, Library Collections, Music Therapy, Opera Performance, Orchestral Conducting, Sound Archives, Sound Engineering, Traditional Instrument Performance, Wellness for Musicians
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A state-supported university established in 1890 as a teachers’ college. It gained its current name and status in 1988. The College of Music is the second largest comprehensive music school in the USA. It sees the jazz program as one of its many strengths, with some thirteen 20-member ensembles. T...
Country:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
State:
TEXAS
City:
EDINBURG
Special Indexes:
Band Conducting, Choral Conducting, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Opera Performance, Orchestral Conducting, Traditional Instrument Performance
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Founded in 1927 as Edinburg College and formerly known as University of Texas - Pan-American, this university was finally granted its current name and status within the University of Texas System in 2015. The music department has access to some fine performing spaces. It organises the Mariachi music...
Country:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
State:
TEXAS
City:
ARLINGTON
Special Indexes:
Band Conducting, Choral Conducting, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Music Theatre Performance, Opera Performance, Orchestral Conducting, Sound Engineering
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A state-supported university founded in 1895 as a private liberal arts institution. It gained university status and became part of the University of Texas System in 1965. The music department has access to some fine performance spaces and state-of-the-art recording and electronic music studios. Ther...
Country:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
State:
TEXAS
City:
AUSTIN
Special Indexes:
Band Conducting, Choral Conducting, Church Music/Religious Music, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Instrument Collections, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Opera Performance, Orchestral Conducting, Sound Engineering, Traditional Instrument Performance, Wellness for Musicians
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A state university, opened in 1883. It is the largest institution of the University of Texas System. School of Music facilities include five concert and recital halls, numerous teaching studios, classrooms, rehearsal halls and 125 practice rooms. There are some 300 pianos, four harpsichords, two cla...
Country:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
State:
TEXAS
City:
SAN ANTONIO
Special Indexes:
Choral Conducting, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Opera Performance, Orchestral Conducting
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A state-supported university founded in 1969. The music department has access to some fine performing spaces and a state-of-the-art computer laboratory. A Vocal Arts Laboratory houses specialised equipment for the study of voice production, and the Institute for Music Research work in the areas of m...
Country:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
State:
UTAH
City:
PROVO
Special Indexes:
Choral Conducting, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Library Collections, Music Theatre Performance, Opera Performance, Orchestral Conducting, Sound Archives, Sound Engineering
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A private university founded in 1875 and sponsored by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. It gained its current name and status in 1903. All undergraduate degree programs include courses in religion. The School of Music is housed in the Harris Fine Arts Center, with access to several fi...
Country:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
State:
UTAH
City:
SALT LAKE CITY
Special Indexes:
Arts Management/Music Management, Choral Conducting, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Opera Performance, Orchestral Conducting, Personal Archives
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A state-supported university. The music school is housed in the David P Gardner Hall. Facilities include a new 700-seat concert hall and several other fine performance spaces and rehearsal rooms. The McKay Music Library houses the Maurice Abravanel Studio with scores and memorabilia of the conducto...
Country:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
State:
UTAH
City:
LOGAN
Special Indexes:
Choral Conducting, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Music Therapy, Opera Performance, Programs for the Handicapped
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The university was founded in 1888 as an agricultural college. It gained its current name and status in 1957. The Caine College of the Arts offers programs in art and design, music and theatre arts. There is a thriving opera program. Study materials are available in large print, audio and braille fo...
Country:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
State:
VIRGINIA
City:
BLUEFIELD
Special Indexes:
Band Conducting, Choral Conducting, Church Music/Religious Music
Notes:
This Christian liberal arts institution was founded in 1922 and affiliated with the Baptist General Association of Virginia. Formerly known at Bluefield College, it gained its current name and status in 2021. The campus is situated deep in the Allegheny Mountains facing East River Mountain. ...
Country:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
State:
VIRGINIA
City:
FAIRFAX
Special Indexes:
Arts Management/Music Management, Choral Conducting, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Kodály, Music Theatre Performance, Orff Schulwerk, Wellness for Musicians
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Founded in 1957, the university gained its current name and status in 1972. The School of Music forms part of the College of Visual and Performing Arts, and is an All-Steinway School. The College offers programs in art, dance, film and video, music, theatre and arts management. It is located in the ...
Country:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
State:
VIRGINIA
City:
HARRISONBURG
Special Indexes:
Band Conducting, Choral Conducting, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Kodály, Music Theatre Performance, Opera Performance, Orchestral Conducting, Sound Engineering
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A state-supported university founded in 1908 as a teacher training college for women. It became co-educational in 1946 and gained its current name and status in 1977. A new University Center for the Performing Arts provides the music school with some fine performance spaces. It is an All-Steinway Sc...
Country:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
State:
VIRGINIA
City:
LYNCHBURG
Special Indexes:
Band Conducting, Choral Conducting, Church Music/Religious Music, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Music Theatre Performance
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A private evangelical Baptist university founded in 1971. The School of Music is an All-Steinway School. ...
Country:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
State:
VIRGINIA
City:
NORFOLK
Special Indexes:
Band Conducting, Choral Conducting, Orchestral Conducting, Sound Engineering
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A state-supported university founded in 1930 as a division of the College of William and Mary. It became independent in 1962 and gained its current name and status in 1969. The music department is housed in the F Ludwig Diehn Fine and Performing Arts Center. Facilities include a fine recital hall an...