Country:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
State:
GEORGIA
City:
MORROW
Special Indexes:
Jazz/Popular Music Performance
Notes:
The College is situated on a pleasant wooded campus with five lakes, just 20 minutes south of downtown Atlanta. There are some fine performing spaces. The University runs a Music Preparatory School offering music tuition to children and interested members of the local community. Member of the Unive...
Country:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
State:
GEORGIA
City:
COLUMBUS
Special Indexes:
Band Conducting, Choral Conducting, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Music Theatre Performance, Suzuki
Notes:
A state-supported college founded in 1958. It gained its current name and status in 1965. The College of the Arts offers programs in art, music and theatre. The Schwob School of Music, an All-Steinway School, has access to a number of fine performing spaces. The Preparatory Division offers music tu...
Country:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
State:
GEORGIA
City:
SAVANNAH
Special Indexes:
Band Conducting, Choral Conducting, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Orchestral Conducting
Notes:
This state-supported institution was founded in 1935 as Armstrong Junior College. Formerly known under several names beginning with 'Armstrong', in 2018 it became one of three campuses of Georgia Southern University, the others being at Statesboro and Hinesville (Liberty campus). Member of the Unive...
Country:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
State:
GEORGIA
City:
AMERICUS
Special Indexes:
Community Music Training, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Music Theatre Performance
Notes:
The University was founded in 1906. It gained its current name and status in 1996. There is a Community Music Program offering music tuition to children and interested members of the local community. Member of the University System of Georgia....
Country:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
State:
GEORGIA
City:
ATLANTA
Special Indexes:
Arts Management/Music Management, Band Conducting, Choral Conducting, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Library Collections, Opera Performance, Orchestral Conducting, Sound Engineering
Notes:
A state-supported research institution founded in 1913. There is a Center for Education Partnerships in Music and a Center for Audio Recording Arts with excellent facilities. The School of Music collaborates with many urban and community music activities within a very large urban district. The libr...
Country:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
State:
GEORGIA
City:
KENNESAW
Special Indexes:
Ethnomusicology/World Music, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Opera Performance
Notes:
Kennesaw University was founded in 1963 as a state-supported institution. There is a second campus in Marietta. The School of Music is an All-Steinway School....
Country:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
State:
GEORGIA
City:
LA GRANGE
Special Indexes:
Choral Conducting, Church Music/Religious Music, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Music Theatre Performance, Opera Performance
Notes:
This liberal arts College was founded in 1831 and is affiliated with the United Methodist Church. It is the oldest private college in Georgia. There are several fine performing spaces. ...
Country:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
State:
GEORGIA
City:
MACON
Special Indexes:
Band Conducting, Choral Conducting, Church Music/Religious Music, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Opera Performance
Notes:
A private university founded in 1833 and formerly related to the Georgia Baptist Convention. The Townsend School of Music was established in 2006 and the Robert McDuffie Center for Strings is a special institute within that school. It accepts up to 12 highly talented string students for advanced tui...
Country:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
State:
GEORGIA
City:
ATLANTA
Special Indexes:
Church Music/Religious Music, Institutions for Men Only, Jazz/Popular Music Performance
Notes:
A four-year independent historically black fully accredited liberal arts college for African-American men, founded in 1867. It forms part of the Atlanta University Center (a consortium of five separate historically black colleges in Georgia that share cross-registration for students and a central li...
Country:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
State:
GEORGIA
City:
SAVANNAH
Special Indexes:
Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Opera Performance
Notes:
A state-supported historically black college founded in 1890. It gained its current name and status in 1996. The Department of Visual and Performing Arts offers programs in music, visual art, dance and theatre. Member of the University System of Georgia....
Country:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
State:
GEORGIA
City:
CLEVELAND
Special Indexes:
Choral Conducting, Church Music/Religious Music, Jazz/Popular Music Performance
Notes:
A Southern Baptist liberal arts college founded in 1946 and was accredited to offer four-year degrees in 2002. Member of the National Association of Schools of Music....
Country:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
State:
GEORGIA
City:
CARROLLTON
Special Indexes:
Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Opera Performance
Notes:
A state-supported University founded in 1906. There is a second campus at Newnan. The Department of Music organises an active opera workshop. Member of the National Association of Schools of Music....
Country:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
State:
GEORGIA
City:
VALDOSTA
Special Indexes:
Band Conducting, Choral Conducting, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Music Theatre Performance, Opera Performance
Notes:
The university was founded in 1906, but only opened to ‘young ladies’ in 1913. It became co-educational in 1950. There is an active opera program. Associated with the University is the South Georgia String Project, a community outreach program providing access to string instruction to children....
Country:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
State:
IDAHO
City:
REXBURG
Special Indexes:
Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Opera Performance
Notes:
This private university is organised under the auspices of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. Founded in 1888, it gained its current name and status in 2000. The College of Performing and Visual Arts offers programs in art, music, theatre and dance. There is an active opera program. Me...
Country:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
State:
IDAHO
City:
MOSCOW
Special Indexes:
Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Music Theatre Performance, Sound Archives
Notes:
A state-supported university founded in 1889 and is the lead university in the Idaho Space Grant Consortium. The School of Music sees teacher training, jazz and chamber music as particular strengths. The library holds a vast international jazz collection. A preparatory division offers music programs...
Country:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
State:
ILLINOIS
City:
ROCK ISLAND
Special Indexes:
Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Opera Performance
Notes:
A private college liberal arts and sciences college supported by the Evangelical Lutheran Church of America. It was founded in 1860. Facilities include the 1,600-seat Centennial Hall, Wallenberg Hall, Hamann Concert Hall, Bergendoff Hall of Fine Arts, Ascension Chapel and Larson Hall. There is an a...
Country:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
State:
ILLINOIS
City:
CHICAGO
Special Indexes:
Church Music/Religious Music, Jazz/Popular Music Performance
Notes:
The University can trace its history back to 1867. It gained its current name and status in 1971. Member of the National Association of Schools of Music....
Country:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
State:
ILLINOIS
City:
CHICAGO
Special Indexes:
Arts Management/Music Management, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Sound Engineering, Suzuki
Notes:
A private liberal arts and media college founded in 1890 as the Columbia School of Oratory. It gained its current name and status in 1944 and is said to be one of the largest private arts and media colleges in the world. The Music Center houses the music programs of the college. There is a Center f...
Country:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
State:
ILLINOIS
City:
CHICAGO
Special Indexes:
Arts Management/Music Management, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Opera Performance, Sound Engineering
Notes:
A Catholic university supported by the Vincentian Order. Founded in 1898, it is the largest Catholic university in USA. The School of Music was founded in 1912. Completed in the summer of 2018, the new purpose-built Holtschneider Performance Center is the first phase of a new music complex at the Sc...
Country:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
State:
ILLINOIS
City:
RIVER FOREST
Special Indexes:
Church Music/Religious Music, Jazz/Popular Music Performance
Notes:
A Catholic institution founded in 1901 by the Sinsinaw Dominican Sisters of the Most Holy Rosary. It gained its current name and status in 1997. The University has an agreement with the neighbouring Concordia University whereby students may participate in its classes for credit. There is a communit...
Country:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
State:
ILLINOIS
City:
CHARLESTON
Special Indexes:
Band Conducting, Choral Conducting, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Opera Performance, Orchestral Conducting, Sound Engineering
Notes:
A state-supported university that can trace its history back to 1895. The Department of Music is located in the Doudna Fine Arts Center with its fine performance spaces and state-of-the-art digital recording studio and electronic music studio. Member of the National Association of Schools of Music....
Country:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
State:
ILLINOIS
City:
ELMHURST
Special Indexes:
Church Music/Religious Music, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Music Theatre Performance
Notes:
An independent college that can trace its history back to 1871. It is affiliated with the United Church of Christ. Facilities include a state-of-the-art recording studio and computer laboratories as well as some fine performance spaces. In addition to the professional programs the music department...
Country:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
State:
ILLINOIS
City:
GREENVILLE
Special Indexes:
Church Music/Religious Music, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Sound Engineering
Notes:
A Christian liberal arts college of Wesleyan heritage founded in 1892, affiliated with the Free Methodist Church. It gained its current name and status in 2017....
Country:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
State:
ILLINOIS
City:
NORMAL
Special Indexes:
Band Conducting, Choral Conducting, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Music Theatre Performance, Music Therapy, Orchestral Conducting, Sound Engineering
Notes:
Illinois State University was founded in 1857. Itis the only institution in Illinois to offer a master’s degree in music therapy. The College of Fine Arts offers programs in art, music, theatre and dance, and arts technology. The Center for the Performing Arts, the Kemp Recital Hall and the Brade...
Country:
United States of America
State:
ILLINOIS
City:
BLOOMINGTON
Special Indexes:
Arts Management/Music Management, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Music Theatre Performance
Notes:
A private university related to the United Methodist Church, founded in 1850. The College of Fine Arts consists of Schools of Music, Art and Theatre Arts. The School of Music organises summer music camps for ‘cello and chamber music as well as a summer music composition institute. There is a Prep...
Country:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
State:
ILLINOIS
City:
GALESBURG
Special Indexes:
Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Opera Performance
Notes:
A private liberal arts college founded in 1837. The music department is located in the Eleanor Abbott Ford Center for the Fine Arts with a number of fine performing spaces. There is an active opera workshop....
Country:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
State:
ILLINOIS
City:
LAKE FOREST
Special Indexes:
Ethnomusicology/World Music, Instrument Collections, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Opera Performance, Traditional Instrument Performance, Wellness for Musicians
Notes:
A private liberal arts institution located 30 miles north of downtown Chicago. Of Presbyterian heritage, it was founded in 1857. The music department is located in Reid Hall. There is a set of West African drums....
Country:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
State:
ILLINOIS
City:
CHICAGO
Special Indexes:
Church Music/Religious Music, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Music Theatre Performance
Notes:
A Jesuit university founded in 1870 as St Ignatius College and gained its current name and status in 1909. There are three campuses in the greater Chicago area and a centre in Rome, Italy....
Country:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
State:
ILLINOIS
City:
LEBANON
Special Indexes:
Band Conducting, Choral Conducting, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Music Theatre Performance
Notes:
The college was founded in 1828 as the Lebanon Seminary, with ties to the United Methodist Church. After a further name change to McKendree College, in 2007 it was granted its current name and status....
Country:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
State:
ILLINOIS
City:
DECATUR
Special Indexes:
Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Opera Performance, Sound Engineering
Notes:
A private liberal arts university founded in 1901 and affiliated with the Presbyterian Church. Facilities include several fine performance spaces. There is an active opera program. A Preparatory Department offers music tuition to children and interested members of the local community. Member of the...
Country:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
State:
ILLINOIS
City:
MONMOUTH
Special Indexes:
Jazz/Popular Music Performance
Notes:
A private liberal arts college founded in 1853 and affiliated with the Presbyterian Church (USA). The music department is housed in Austin Hall. There is a pipe band....
Country:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
State:
ILLINOIS
City:
NAPERVILLE
Special Indexes:
Ethnomusicology/World Music, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Music Theatre Performance
Notes:
This private liberal arts college was founded in 1861 and is affiliated with the United Methodist Church. The music department has access to some fine performance spaces. There is a strong musical theatre program. ...
Country:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
State:
ILLINOIS
City:
CHICAGO
Special Indexes:
Arts Management/Music Management, Church Music/Religious Music, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Opera Performance
Notes:
A private Christian university founded in 1891 and sponsored by the Evangelical Covenant Church. There is an active opera program. Member of the National Association of Schools of Music....
Country:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
State:
ILLINOIS
City:
DEKALB
Special Indexes:
Band Conducting, Choral Conducting, Instrument Collections, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Opera Performance, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
A state-supported university founded in 1895. The College of Visual and Performing Arts offers programs in art, music theatre and dance. Facilities include fine performing spaces, state-of-the-art computer music studios and a large collection of percussion instruments (drums, steel pans, gamelan, m...
Country:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
State:
ILLINOIS
City:
EVANSTON
Special Indexes:
Arts Management/Music Management, Band Conducting, Choral Conducting, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Library Collections, Music Librarianship Training, Music Theatre Performance, Opera Performance, Orchestral Conducting, Personal Archives
Notes:
A private university founded in 1850 under the patronage of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and housing one of the oldest degree-granting music schools in the USA. There is an Institute for New Music. Facilities include six buildings, with 97 practice rooms, five computer/electronic-based studios, c...
Country:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
State:
ILLINOIS
City:
ELSAH
Special Indexes:
Jazz/Popular Music Performance
Notes:
Founded in 1898, this is an independent institution for Christian Scientists from infants to adults, though not an activity of the Christian Science Church. The campus contains a school, and adult education programs are offered....
Country:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
State:
ILLINOIS
City:
QUINCY
Special Indexes:
Choral Conducting, Church Music/Religious Music, Jazz/Popular Music Performance
Notes:
A private Catholic liberal arts university sponsored by the Franciscan Friars. It can trace its history back to 1860. ...
Country:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
State:
ILLINOIS
City:
CHICAGO
Special Indexes:
Arts Management/Music Management, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Library Collections, Music Theatre Performance, Opera Performance, Suzuki
Notes:
Roosevelt University was founded in 1945 as an independent, non-sectarian institution. An earlier institution, the Chicago Musical College had been founded in 1867 and in 1954 it merged with Roosevelt University’s School of Music (itself founded in 1945) and since 2000 has been known as the Chicag...
Country:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
State:
ILLINOIS
City:
CARBONDALE
Special Indexes:
Band Conducting, Choral Conducting, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Music Theatre Performance, Opera Performance, Orchestral Conducting, Suzuki
Notes:
The University was founded in 1869 as a teachers’ college. The School of Music is housed in Altgeld Hall with state-of-the-art facilities. There is a Center for Experimental Music. The School organises a Community Music School offering music tuition to children and interested members of there loc...
Country:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
State:
ILLINOIS
City:
EDWARDSVILLE
Special Indexes:
Instrument Collections, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Library Collections, Music Theatre Performance, Suzuki
Notes:
A state-supported university that opened in 1957. The Department of Music organises a Suzuki strings program for young people from 3 to 18 years as well as a week-long summer school in musical theatre. A Keyboard Development Program is offered to children and adults from the local community. The li...
Country:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
State:
ILLINOIS
City:
CHICAGO
Special Indexes:
Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Opera Performance
Notes:
A Catholic university founded in 1846 by the Sisters of Mercy. There are several fine music performance spaces and an active opera workshop. Member of the National Association of Schools of Music....
Country:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
State:
ILLINOIS
City:
DEERFIELD
Special Indexes:
Arts Management/Music Management, Choral Conducting, Church Music/Religious Music, Instrument Collections, Jazz/Popular Music Performance
Notes:
This institution was founded in 1884. It is currently associated with the Evangelical Free Church of America. Students taking the contemporary music emphasis spend one semester at the Council for Christian Colleges and Universities Contemporary Music Center in Nashville, Tennessee. The music school ...
Country:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
State:
ILLINOIS
City:
CHICAGO
Special Indexes:
Ethnomusicology/World Music, Jazz/Popular Music Performance
Notes:
The University of Illinois has campuses in Chicago, Urbana-Champaign and Springfield....
Country:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
State:
ILLINOIS
City:
URBANA
Special Indexes:
Band Conducting, Choral Conducting, Early Music Performance, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Kodály, Library Collections, Opera Performance, Orchestral Conducting, Orff Schulwerk, Sound Engineering
Notes:
This state-supported university, consistently ranked among the strongest professional music schools in the USA, is the flagship institution of the University of Illinois system. The university has campuses in Chicago, Urbana-Champaign and Springfield. The School of Music occupies several buildings a...
Country:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
State:
ILLINOIS
City:
CHICAGO
Special Indexes:
Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Library Collections
Notes:
A private college founded in 1909, exclusively devoted to music education. It is housed in a two-story building located on the campus of the Illinois Institute of Technology. A continuing education program provides in-service courses for music educators in the field. The College was a co-founder and...
Country:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
State:
ILLINOIS
City:
MACOMB
Special Indexes:
Band Conducting, Choral Conducting, Church Music/Religious Music, Instrument Making/Maintenance, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Music Theatre Performance, Music Therapy, Opera Performance
Notes:
A state-supported university founded in 1899 as Western Illinois State Normal School, and gained its current name and status in 1967. The School of Music organises a Community Music School that offers music tuition to young children and interested members of the local community. Member of the Natio...
Country:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
State:
INDIANA
City:
MUNCIE
Special Indexes:
Band Conducting, Choral Conducting, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Orchestral Conducting, Sound Engineering
Notes:
A state-supported university founded in 1899 as a teacher training institution. It gained its current name and status in 1965. There are some fine performing spaces, including the newly constructed Music Instruction Building. This is an All-Steinway School. Member of the National Association of Scho...
Country:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
State:
INDIANA
City:
MISHAWAKA
Special Indexes:
Choral Conducting, Church Music/Religious Music, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Music Theatre Performance, Opera Performance
Notes:
An evangelical Christian college affiliated with the Missionary Church. It opened in 1947, and gained its current name and status in 2019. There is an active opera program. Member of the National Association of Schools of Music. ...
Country:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
State:
INDIANA
City:
INDIANAPOLIS
Special Indexes:
Arts Management/Music Management, Band Conducting, Choral Conducting, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Library Collections, Music Theatre Performance, Music Therapy, Opera Performance, Personal Archives, Sound Archives
Notes:
A private university founded in 1855, being one of the ten oldest music schools in the nation. The Jordan College of the Arts offers programs in music, theatre, dance, art and arts administration. The music department is housed in Lilly Hall, and has access to a number of fine performing spaces. Fa...
Country:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
State:
INDIANA
City:
GREENCASTLE
Special Indexes:
Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Opera Performance
Notes:
A private university founded in 1837 by the Methodist Church. The School of Music was founded in 1884 and in 2007 it moved into the newly renovated Judson and Joyce Green Center for the Performing Arts. Facilities include some fine performance spaces and well-equipped digital audio studios. Member ...
Country:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
State:
INDIANA
City:
BLOOMINGTON
Special Indexes:
Arts Management/Music Management, Band Conducting, Choral Conducting, Church Music/Religious Music, Early Music Performance, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Instrument Collections, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Kodály, Library Collections, Music Librarianship Training, Opera Performance, Orchestral Conducting, Orff Schulwerk, Sound Archives, Sound Engineering, Traditional Instrument Performance, Wellness for Musicians
Notes:
A state-supported university founded in 1829 as Indiana College. It gained its current name and status in 1838 and is the flagship institution of the Indiana University system. The Jacobs School of Music presents over 1,100 performances each year. There are programs in wellness for musicians. The W...
Country:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
State:
INDIANA
City:
MARION
Special Indexes:
Instrument Collections, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Music Therapy, Opera Performance
Notes:
A private Christian liberal arts university that can trace its history back to 1890 when it began as Marion Normal College. It gained its current name and status in 1987. The music division is housed in the Phillippe Performing Arts Center. There is a thriving opera program. The music department ow...
Country:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
State:
INDIANA
City:
FORT WAYNE
Special Indexes:
Ethnomusicology/World Music, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Music Therapy, Opera Performance, Sound Engineering
Notes:
A state-supported university established in 1964 from the merger of two earlier institutions. Known formerly as Indiana University - Purdue University, Fort Wayne, in 2018 the Purdue section of the partnership became a separate institution in its own right. Facilities include the John and Ruth Rhine...
Country:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
State:
INDIANA
City:
EVANSVILLE
Special Indexes:
Arts Management/Music Management, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Music Therapy, Suzuki
Notes:
An independent university, founded in 1854 and having a relationship with the United Methodist Church. The music department organises a Music Community Conservatory that offers music tuition to children and interested members of the local community. A Suzuki violin program is offered. Member of the ...
Country:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
State:
INDIANA
City:
INDIANAPOLIS
Special Indexes:
Choral Conducting, Church Music/Religious Music, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Music Therapy, Sound Engineering
Notes:
A private university founded in 1902 and affiliated with the United Methodist Church. The music department makes use of several fine performance spaces in the Christel DeHaan Fine Arts Center. The University’s Community Music Center provides music tuition to young people and interested members of...
Country:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
State:
INDIANA
City:
NOTRE DAME
Special Indexes:
Choral Conducting, Church Music/Religious Music, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Music Theatre Performance
Notes:
A Catholic university, founded in 1842. The DeBartolo Center for the Performing Arts houses a fine pipe organ. Member of the National Association of Schools of Music. ...
Country:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
State:
INDIANA
City:
CRAWFORDSVILLE
Special Indexes:
Ethnomusicology/World Music, Institutions for Men Only, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Sound Engineering, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
A private, independent liberal arts college for men, founded in 1832. The Department of Music is housed in the Fine Arts Complex, completed in 1993. A world music performance ensemble concentrates on music and dance from sub-Saharan Africa. ...
Country:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
State:
IOWA
City:
PELLA
Special Indexes:
Church Music/Religious Music, Instrument Collections, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Music Theatre Performance, Wellness for Musicians
Notes:
A private liberal arts college in the Christian tradition, founded in 1853, and affiliated with the Reformed Church in America. Facilities at the Cox-Snow Music Center include a number of fine performing spaces, a well-equipped music technology lab, and some early keyboard instruments. There are pro...
Country:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
State:
IOWA
City:
CEDAR RAPIDS
Special Indexes:
Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Music Theatre Performance, Music Therapy
Notes:
A private liberal arts college, founded in 1851, and related to the Presbyterian Church. Facilities include some fine performing spaces and a well-equipped recording and electronic music studio. Member of the National Association of Schools of Music. ...
Country:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
State:
IOWA
City:
MOUNT VERNON
Special Indexes:
Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Music Theatre Performance
Notes:
A private liberal arts college with Methodist affiliation, founded in 1853. The College has instigated a block plan calendar known as 'One Course at a Time', enabling students to focus on one single course each three-and-a-half-week block, then engage in a new subject after a four-day block break. ...
Country:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
State:
IOWA
City:
DES MOINES
Special Indexes:
Choral Conducting, Church Music/Religious Music, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Music Theatre Performance
Notes:
An independent university founded in 1881. There is a Community School of Music offering tuition to young and adult members of the local community. Member of the National Association of Schools of Music. ...
Country:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
State:
IOWA
City:
GRINNELL
Special Indexes:
Ethnomusicology/World Music, Instrument Collections, Jazz/Popular Music Performance
Notes:
A private, co-educational liberal arts college of Congregational heritage founded in 1846. The music department is located in a newly renovated and expanded Fine Arts facility which includes the acoustically excellent 340-seat Sebring-Lewis Hall and well-equipped electronic music and multimedia tech...
Country:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
State:
IOWA
City:
DECORAH
Special Indexes:
Arts Management/Music Management, Choral Conducting, Church Music/Religious Music, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Instrument Collections, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Opera Performance
Notes:
A private liberal arts college, founded in 1861 by Norwegian immigrants, and affiliated with the Lutheran Church in America. There is an active opera program. Facilities include some fine performing spaces as well as the state-of-the-art Presser Music Laboratory. The music department owns several ea...
Country:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
State:
IOWA
City:
SIOUX CITY
Special Indexes:
Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Opera Performance, Sound Engineering
Notes:
A private liberal arts college founded in 1894 and affiliated with the United Methodist Church. Music facilities include some fine performing spaces and state-of-the-art studios for electronic music and recording arts. The Leo Kucinski Academy of Music is a partnership between Morningside College a...
Country:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
State:
IOWA
City:
DAVENPORT
Special Indexes:
Jazz/Popular Music Performance
Notes:
A Catholic co-educational liberal arts university founded in 1882 as a school of commerce for young men. It became co-educational in 1968. ...
Country:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
State:
IOWA
City:
IOWA CITY
Special Indexes:
Arts Management/Music Management, Band Conducting, Choral Conducting, Church Music/Religious Music, Instrument Collections, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Library Collections, Music Therapy, Opera Performance, Orchestral Conducting
Notes:
The University of Iowa was founded in 1847, being the State’s first public institution of higher learning. The School of Music was established in 1906 and occupies the Voxman Music Building with a number of fine performing spaces. The Division of Performing Arts comprises departments of dance, mus...
Country:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
State:
IOWA
City:
CEDAR FALLS
Special Indexes:
Arts Management/Music Management, Jazz/Popular Music Performance
Notes:
A state-supported university founded in 1876. The Gallagher-Bluedorn Performing Arts Centre housing a number of fine performing spaces was opened in January 2000. The School of Music organises a Community Music School offering music tuition to children and interested members of the local community....
Country:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
State:
IOWA
City:
OSKALOOSA
Special Indexes:
Jazz/Popular Music Performance
Notes:
The College was founded in 1873 by Quaker pioneers. It gained its current name and status in 2000. ...
Country:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
State:
KANSAS
City:
NORTH NEWTON
Special Indexes:
Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Opera Performance, Suzuki
Notes:
A liberal arts co-educational college of Mennonite heritage, founded in 1887, thus being the oldest Mennonite college in North America. The College organises an Academy of Performing Arts which offers music and dance tuition (including a Suzuki school for string instruction) to young people and inte...
Country:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
State:
KANSAS
City:
MCPHERSON
Special Indexes:
Church Music/Religious Music, Jazz/Popular Music Performance
Notes:
An evangelical Christian college of Wesleyan tradition, founded in 1884. The Department of Fine Arts offers programs in music, art and drama. ...
Country:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
State:
KANSAS
City:
HAYS
Special Indexes:
Band Conducting, Choral Conducting, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Opera Performance, Sound Engineering
Notes:
A state-supported university founded in 1902. The Beach/Schmidt Performing Arts Center, with some fine performing spaces, is situated on the University campus. The record label Auris Tigris Records is dedicated to the distribution of recordings produced in the studios of the university and gives stu...
Country:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
State:
KANSAS
City:
WICHITA
Special Indexes:
Church Music/Religious Music, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Music Theatre Performance, Opera Performance
Notes:
An independent university founded by the Society of Friends in 1898. The University has campuses at Wichita, Topeka and Lenexa. The Division of Fine Arts offers programs in art, ballet, communications, music and theatre. The music department is housed in the Riney Fine Arts Center. There is a summer...
Country:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
State:
KANSAS
City:
MANHATTAN
Special Indexes:
Band Conducting, Choral Conducting, Early Music Performance, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Music Theatre Performance, Orchestral Conducting, Sound Engineering
Notes:
The University was founded in 1858 as Bluemont Central College and gained its current name and status in 1959. It is the oldest public university in Kansas, with campuses in Manhattan, Salina and Olathe. The music department has access to several fine performing spaces and there is an active opera p...
Country:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
State:
KANSAS
City:
OTTAWA
Special Indexes:
Jazz/Popular Music Performance
Notes:
Founded in 1865, this liberal arts university is affiliated with American Baptist Churches, USA. The University provides tuition-free undergraduate education to descendants of the original Kansas Ottawa Indians who donated the land for the University. The Department of Music is an All-Steinway Schoo...
Country:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
State:
KANSAS
City:
WINFIELD
Special Indexes:
Church Music/Religious Music, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Music Theatre Performance
Notes:
A private liberal arts college founded in 1885 and affiliated with the United Methodist Church. The music and theatre departments are housed in the Darbeth Fine Arts Center. Facilities include some fine performance spaces and a well-equipped sound recording and electronic music laboratory. There is...
Country:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
State:
KANSAS
City:
LAWRENCE
Special Indexes:
Band Conducting, Choral Conducting, Church Music/Religious Music, Early Music Performance, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Music Therapy, Opera Performance, Orchestral Conducting, Sound Archives
Notes:
A state-supported university founded in 1866. The music department sees one particular strength as in organ playing and church music. The Department of Music is housed in Murphy Hall, with a number of fine performing spaces. There is an opera program, an annual jazz festival and a Symposium of Conte...
Country:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
State:
KANSAS
City:
TOPEKA
Special Indexes:
Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Music Theatre Performance, Opera Performance
Notes:
A tax-supported municipal university founded in 1865 as Lincoln College. It gained its current name and status in 1952. The music department is housed in the Garvey Fine Arts Center, along with the departments of theatre and art. There are some fine performance spaces. Member of the National Associ...
Country:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
State:
KANSAS
City:
WICHITA
Special Indexes:
Band Conducting, Choral Conducting, Instrument Collections, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Music Theatre Performance, Opera Performance, Orchestral Conducting
Notes:
A state-supported university founded in 1895. The College of Fine Arts offers programs in music, theatre, art and dance. The School of Music is housed in the Duerksen Fine Arts Center and holds a collection of North American Indian flutes. The school sees its particular strengths in percussion and o...
Country:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
State:
KENTUCKY
City:
LOUISVILLE
Special Indexes:
Arts Management/Music Management, Instrument Collections, Jazz/Popular Music Performance
Notes:
An independent co-educational Catholic liberal arts college founded in 1950. The Department owns a set of handbells. There are well-equipped electronic music and digital recording laboratories. There is a Bellarmine University Preparatory Music and Theater Program that offers music tuition to inter...
Country:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
State:
KENTUCKY
City:
FRANKFORT
Special Indexes:
Ethnomusicology/World Music, Jazz/Popular Music Performance
Notes:
A state-supported historically black university founded in 1886 as the State Normal School for Colored Persons. It gained its current name and status in 1972. The music department is housed in the Bradford Performing Arts Center. There are community outreach programs for interested members of the lo...
Country:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
State:
KENTUCKY
City:
MOREHEAD
Special Indexes:
Choral Conducting, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Kodály, Opera Performance, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
Founded in 1887 as a teachers’ college, the University gained its current name and status in 1966. The music department is housed in the Caudill College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences. The University’s Operaworks program provides experience for voice majors by presenting opera into publ...
Country:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
State:
KENTUCKY
City:
HIGHLAND HEIGHTS
Special Indexes:
Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Opera Performance, Wellness for Musicians
Notes:
A state-supported university founded in 1968. The music department is home to the Greaves Concert Hall and a well-equipped computer laboratory. Member of the National Association of Schools of Music. ...
Country:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
State:
KENTUCKY
City:
LEXINGTON
Special Indexes:
Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Music Theatre Performance, Opera Performance, Sound Engineering
Notes:
A private liberal arts university affiliated with the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ). Founded in 1780, it is the oldest institution of higher education in the USA west of the Allegheny Mountains. The Division of Fine Arts offers programs in art, drama and music. There are active music theatr...
Country:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
State:
KENTUCKY
City:
LEXINGTON
Special Indexes:
Arts Management/Music Management, Band Conducting, Choral Conducting, Church Music/Religious Music, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Eurhythmics/Dalcroze, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Library Collections, Music Theatre Performance, Music Therapy, Opera Performance, Orchestral Conducting, Orff Schulwerk, Sound Archives
Notes:
A state-supported university founded in 1865. The College of Fine Arts comprises departments of art, music, theatre and arts administration. In the Singletary Center are a number of fine performance spaces. There is an active opera program. The Lucille Caudill Little Fine Arts Library and Learning C...
Country:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
State:
KENTUCKY
City:
LOUISVILLE
Special Indexes:
Band Conducting, Choral Conducting, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Library Collections, Music Therapy, Orchestral Conducting, Sound Archives, Sound Engineering, Suzuki
Notes:
A state-supported university which can trace its history back to 1798. The School of Music was opened in 1932. It sponsors the University of Louisville Grawemeyer Award for Music Composition, the most valuable and prestigious international composition prize in the world. Past winners include such co...
Country:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
State:
LOUISIANA
City:
BATON ROUGE
Special Indexes:
Arts Management/Music Management, Band Conducting, Choral Conducting, Church Music/Religious Music, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Music Theatre Performance, Orchestral Conducting
Notes:
The University was founded in 1860. It is the flagship institution of the Louisiana University system. The School of Music has access to a number of fine performing spaces. Member of the National Association of Schools of Music. ...
Country:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
State:
LOUISIANA
City:
RUSTON
Special Indexes:
Jazz/Popular Music Performance
Notes:
The University was founded in 1894. The School of Music is housed in the Howard Center for the Performing Arts and the Band Building on campus. There is an active music education and music industry studies program. Member of the National Association of Schools of Music. ...
Country:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
State:
LOUISIANA
City:
NEW ORLEANS
Special Indexes:
Arts Management/Music Management, Choral Conducting, Church Music/Religious Music, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Music Therapy, Opera Performance, Sound Archives
Notes:
A private, comprehensive co-educational Jesuit Catholic university that can trace its history back to 1849 as Loyola College. It gained its current name and status in 1912. The College of Music sees its particular strengths as in music therapy, music education, jazz studies, vocal performance and mu...
Country:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
State:
LOUISIANA
City:
LAKE CHARLES
Special Indexes:
Choral Conducting, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Kodály, Music Theatre Performance, Opera Performance
Notes:
The University was founded in 1938 as the Lake Charles Junior College. It gained its current name and status in 1970. The W.A. and Dorothy Hanna Department of Performing Arts offers programs in music and theatre. Facilities include well-equipped music technology studios. There is a flourishing opera...
Country:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
State:
LOUISIANA
City:
HAMMOND
Special Indexes:
Band Conducting, Choral Conducting, Jazz/Popular Music Performance
Notes:
A state-supported university founded in 1925, gaining its current name and status in 1970. The Department of Fine and Performing Arts covers the areas of music, dance and theatre. There is a Community Music School that offers music tuition to children and interested members of the local community. ...
Country:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
State:
LOUISIANA
City:
BATON ROUGE
Special Indexes:
Jazz/Popular Music Performance
Notes:
An historically black state university founded in 1880. It is the flagship institution of the Southern University System. Member of the National Association of Schools of Music. ...
Country:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
State:
LOUISIANA
City:
NEW ORLEANS
Special Indexes:
Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Library Collections, Music Theatre Performance
Notes:
A private university whose history can be traced back to 1834. The music department was founded in 1909, and houses a number of fine performing spaces. A number of significant collections are held in the Maxwell Music Library, including the Hogan Jazz Archive (considered the largest in the world of...
Country:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
State:
LOUISIANA
City:
LAFAYETTE
Special Indexes:
Band Conducting, Choral Conducting, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Orchestral Conducting, Sound Engineering, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
A state-supported university founded in 1900 as Southwestern Louisiana Industrial Institute. It gained its current name and status in 1999. The College of the Arts offers programs in music, architecture & design, visual arts and performing arts. It has a number of well-equipped studios for music...
Country:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
State:
LOUISIANA
City:
NEW ORLEANS
Special Indexes:
Arts Management/Music Management, Choral Conducting, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Orchestral Conducting
Notes:
A state-supported university founded in 1956. It was originally known as Louisiana State University in New Orleans and gained its current name and status in 1974. The Performing Arts Center houses the departments of music and film, theatre, and communication arts, and contains some fine performing s...
Country:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
State:
LOUISIANA
City:
NEW ORLEANS
Special Indexes:
Jazz/Popular Music Performance
Notes:
A private historically-black Catholic university founded by the Sisters of the Blessed Sacrament. Member of the National Association of Schools of Music. ...
Country:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
State:
MAINE
City:
LEWISTON
Special Indexes:
Ethnomusicology/World Music, Instrument Collections, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
A liberal arts college founded in 1855. The Olin Arts Center houses some fine performance venues, a well-equipped computer music studio, a collection of Indian and Middle Eastern instruments, a Javanese gamelan and a steel pan orchestra. ...
Country:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
State:
MAINE
City:
WATERVILLE
Special Indexes:
Band Conducting, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Instrument Collections, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
An independent liberal arts college founded in 1813. It was named Waterville College in 1821, and gained its current name and status immediately following the Civil War. The music department is housed in the Bixler Art and Music Center with several fine performing spaces and a state-of-the-art elect...
Country:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
State:
MAINE
City:
BAR HARBOR
Special Indexes:
Jazz/Popular Music Performance
Notes:
The College of the Atlantic was founded in 1969 as a private alternative liberal arts college. There are no separate departments and all students major in human ecology and design their own majors from three main resource areas: Arts and Design, Environmental Sciences, and Human Studies....
Country:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
State:
MAINE
City:
AUGUSTA
Special Indexes:
Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Sound Engineering
Notes:
A state-supported university established in 1965. There are campuses in Augusta and Bangor. Facilities include a well-equipped professional recording studio. ...
Country:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
State:
MAINE
City:
FARMINGTON
Special Indexes:
Arts Management/Music Management, Jazz/Popular Music Performance
Notes:
A liberal arts institution founded in 1864 as a teachers’ college and gained its current name and status in 1968. The Arts Cluster includes art, creative writing, arts administration, music arts and theatre arts. The Emory String Program offers tuition in stringed instruments to members of the loc...