Country:
ARGENTINA
State:
CITY OF BUENOS AIRES
City:
BUENOS AIRES
Special Indexes:
Church Music/Religious Music, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Library Collections, Orchestral Conducting
Notes:
A Catholic university founded in 1958. The Faculty of Musical Arts and Sciences comprises four schools - composition, musicology and criticism, sacred music, and music pedagogy and education. It includes the following centres: • Instituto de Investigación Musicologica ‘Carlos Vega’. This is n...
Country:
AUSTRALIA
State:
NEW SOUTH WALES
City:
SYDNEY
Special Indexes:
Arts Management/Music Management, Band Conducting, Church Music/Religious Music, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Music Theatre Performance, Sound Engineering
Notes:
Formerly known as the International Conservatorium of Music (Australia), the Academy of Music and Performing Arts is a private institution that can trace its history back to 1993. Facilities at the Surry Hills campus include well-equipped studios and recording facilities. The 300-seat Tom Man Theat...
Country:
AUSTRALIA
State:
NEW SOUTH WALES
City:
SYDNEY
Special Indexes:
Church Music/Religious Music
Notes:
The Sydney School of Byzantine Music was founded as the first of its kind in Australia in 2002 and operates under the direction of the Greek Orthodox Christian Society. In addition to the Diploma program there are further programs contributing to the artistic development of practising chanters, pro...
Country:
AUSTRALIA
State:
NEW SOUTH WALES
City:
NEWCASTLE
Special Indexes:
Band Conducting, Choral Conducting, Church Music/Religious Music, Early Music Performance, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Instrument Collections, Sound Engineering
Notes:
The Conservatorium was established in 1952, and amalgamated with the University of Newcastle in 1990. It has become the Newcastle (City) campus of the University. Within the Faculty of Education and Arts the School of Creative Arts was formed in 2005. There are active programs in opera performance, ...
Country:
AUSTRALIA
State:
VICTORIA
City:
MELBOURNE
Special Indexes:
Church Music/Religious Music
Notes:
The Australian Catholic University is a public university open to students of all religious faiths. The University was opened in 1991 following the amalgamation of the Catholic College of Education (Sydney), the Institute of Catholic Education (Victoria), McAuley College (Queensland) and Signadou Co...
Country:
AUSTRIA
State:
City:
LINZ
Special Indexes:
Band Conducting, Choral Conducting, Church Music/Religious Music, Early Music Performance, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Music Theatre Performance, Sound Engineering, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
The University was formerly known as the Bruckner Conservatorium. Originally founded in 1823, it gained its current name and status in 2004 and in 2015 it moved into a brand-new building enabling its three divisions of music (classical and jazz), drama and dance to be offered in a single location. T...
Country:
AUSTRIA
State:
City:
KLAGENFURT
Special Indexes:
Choral Conducting, Church Music/Religious Music, Early Music Performance, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
The conservatorium was founded in 1828. Formerly known as the Kärntner Laneskonservatorium, (Carinthian State Conservatory), since 2019 it has continued its activities as a private institution with the name Gustav Mahler Privatuniversität für Musik. It has close links with Alpen Adria University...
Country:
AUSTRIA
State:
City:
EISENSTADT
Special Indexes:
Church Music/Religious Music, Early Music Performance, Jazz/Popular Music Performance
Notes:
The Joseph Haydn Konservatorium des Landes Burgenland was established in 1971, being both the most easterly and the smallest of the national conservatories in Austria. It is situated just across the road from the park of the Palace of Esterházy. In co-operation with the University of Music and Perf...
Country:
AUSTRIA
State:
City:
GRAZ-SECKAU
Special Indexes:
Choral Conducting, Church Music/Religious Music
Notes:
This private music school was established in 1989 with the aim of training church musicians. Its full name is Konservatorium für Kirchenmusik der Diözese Graz-Seckau. Facilities include two two-manual organs, a positive organ and three pianos. There is a preparatory course for those wishing to en...
Country:
AUSTRIA
State:
City:
VIENNA (WIEN)
Special Indexes:
Choral Conducting, Church Music/Religious Music, Instrument Collections
Notes:
The Conservatorium was founded in 1980. Its full name is Diözesankonservatorium für Kirchenmusik der Erzdiözese Wien. It offers part-time training to cantors, organists, choirmasters and conductors of ensembles. Facilities include five organs. The Conservatorium issues the Austrian church music ...
Country:
AUSTRIA
State:
City:
LINZ
Special Indexes:
Choral Conducting, Church Music/Religious Music, Instrument Collections
Notes:
A private institution, established in 1992. Its full name is Konservatorium für Kirchenmusik der Diözese Linz. There are three organs in the Conservatorium....
Country:
AUSTRIA
State:
City:
ST. PÖLTEN
Special Indexes:
Choral Conducting, Church Music/Religious Music
Notes:
The Conservatory was established in 1991. Its full name is Konservatorium für Kirchenmusik der Diözese Sankt Pölten. In addition to the classical church music studies the Conservatory offers the Austria-unique training program 'Lied-Messe-Oratorium' for those whose primary interest is vocal music...
Country:
AUSTRIA
State:
City:
VIENNA (WIEN)
Special Indexes:
Arts Management/Music Management, Choral Conducting, Church Music/Religious Music, Early Music Performance, Eurhythmics/Dalcroze, Library Collections, Music Therapy, Opera Conducting, Opera Performance, Orchestral Conducting, Repetiteur Training/Coaching, Sound Archives, Sound Engineering, Wellness for Musicians
Notes:
Originally founded in 1817 and formerly known as the ‘Hochschule für Musik und darstellende Kunst’, the University currently enrols around 3,500 students from around the world, with almost 800 internationally renowned teachers. Ir offers courses in music, music education, theatre, film and tele...
Country:
AUSTRIA
State:
City:
GRAZ
Special Indexes:
Choral Conducting, Church Music/Religious Music, Early Music Performance, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Instrument Collections, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Library Collections, Music Theatre Performance, Orchestral Conducting, Sound Engineering
Notes:
Founded as a provincial School of Music in 1803, the institution became a Conservatory in 1816, Akademie in 1963 and University institution with the title of Hochschule für Musik und darstellende Kunst in 1970. 1998 saw the transformation into a University with its current name, and the often-used ...
Country:
AUSTRIA
State:
City:
FELDKIRCH
Special Indexes:
Arts Management/Music Management, Choral Conducting, Church Music/Religious Music, Early Music Performance, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Library Collections
Notes:
The Conservatorium can trace its history back to 1856. In 2005 it was authorised to offer university degrees which are awarded by the Mozarteum University of Music in Salzburg. The Conservatorium library holds a collection of folk music from in and around the Lake Constance area. Feldkirch is locate...
Country:
BRAZIL
State:
RIO GRANDE DO SUL
City:
SÃO LEOPOLDO
Special Indexes:
Choral Conducting, Church Music/Religious Music, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Music Therapy
Notes:
An Evangelical Lutheran institution with links to the Evangelican Lutheran Church in America whose web page it uses. It can trace its history back to 1824. The music program was established in 2011. This School forms part of a Global Network of University Research Centers for Theology, Religious and...
Country:
CANADA
State:
ALBERTA
City:
THREE HILLS
Special Indexes:
Church Music/Religious Music
Notes:
A private evangelical Christian Bible college founded in 1922. All programs include a bible and theology major....
Country:
CANADA
State:
ALBERTA
City:
EDMONTON
Special Indexes:
Church Music/Religious Music
Notes:
A private Christian liberal arts college founded in 1979....
Country:
CANADA
State:
ALBERTA
City:
CAMROSE
Special Indexes:
Church Music/Religious Music, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Suzuki
Notes:
Formerly known as Augustana University College, this institution is a liberal arts and sciences university originally founded in 1911 by the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Canada. It became a faculty of the University of Alberta in 2004. There is a 450-seat University Chapel which serves as its pri...
Country:
CANADA
State:
BRITISH COLUMBIA
City:
ABBOTSFORD
Special Indexes:
Church Music/Religious Music
Notes:
A private Mennonite college founded in 1936....
Country:
CANADA
State:
BRITISH COLUMBIA
City:
LANGLEY
Special Indexes:
Choral Conducting, Church Music/Religious Music, Jazz/Popular Music Performance
Notes:
A private Christian liberal arts university that held its first classes in 1962. There are some large rehearsal spaces and a professional standard digital recording studio....
Country:
CANADA
State:
MANITOBA
City:
WINNIPEG
Special Indexes:
Band Conducting, Choral Conducting, Church Music/Religious Music, Music Therapy, Opera Performance
Notes:
An independent Mennonite Christian university founded in 1998, combining the programs of the former Canadian Mennonite Bible College, Concord College and Menno Simons College. The University has established a Community School of Music and the Arts offering individual music lessons and ensemble expe...
Country:
CANADA
State:
ONTARIO
City:
TORONTO
Special Indexes:
Church Music/Religious Music
Notes:
Originally founded in 1984, the college was formerly known as the Ontario Bible College. It gained its current name and status in 2003. It is a private evangelical, transdenominational institution of Christian higher education....
Country:
CANADA
State:
ONTARIO
City:
WATERLOO
Special Indexes:
Church Music/Religious Music, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Instrument Collections, Jazz/Popular Music Performance
Notes:
The University of Waterloo was founded in 1957 as Waterloo College Associate Faculties. It gained its current name and status in 1960. The original Waterloo College, (founded in 1911), is now Wilfrid Laurier University. Conrad Grebel University College, founded in 1963, is a Mennonite college affili...
Country:
CANADA
State:
PROVINCE DE QUÉBEC
City:
MONTREAL
Special Indexes:
Arts Management/Music Management, Band Conducting, Choral Conducting, Church Music/Religious Music, Early Music Performance, Instrument Collections, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Kodály, Opera Performance, Orchestral Conducting, Orff Schulwerk, Sound Archives, Sound Engineering, Suzuki, Wellness for Musicians
Notes:
This public university was founded in 1821. Its Schulich School of Music is the largest university-based school for professional musical training and music research in Canada. The music department moved into the new Schulich music building in 2005 which houses a number of fine performance and lectur...
Country:
CANADA
State:
PROVINCE DE QUÉBEC
City:
QUÉBEC
Special Indexes:
Arts Management/Music Management, Choral Conducting, Church Music/Religious Music, Eurhythmics/Dalcroze, Early Music Performance, Instrument Collections, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Opera Performance, Orchestral Conducting, Sound Engineering, Suzuki, Wellness for Musicians
Notes:
Laval University can trace its history back to 1663. It gained its current name and status in 1852 and its Faculty of Music was established in 1920. The music program at Laval is organised into cycles. The first cycle (premier cycle) consists of programs leading to Bachelor’s degrees (Baccalauré...
Country:
CANADA
State:
SASKATCHEWAN
City:
CARONPORT
Special Indexes:
Band Conducting, Choral Conducting, Church Music/Religious Music, Music Theatre Performance, Sound Engineering
Notes:
An interdenominational evangelical Christian college established in 1935, and consisting of three schools - Briercrest College, Briercrest Seminary and Briercrest Christian Academy. The College has an affiliation with the University of Saskatchewan and is associated with the University of Regina. It...
Country:
CHINA
State:
CAPITAL DISTRICT
City:
BEIJING
Special Indexes:
Choral Conducting, Church Music/Religious Music, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Instrument Collections, Instrument Making/Maintenance, Music Therapy, Opera Performance, Orchestral Conducting, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
The Central Conservatory was founded in 1950 and in 2000 it came under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Education. Departments include composition, conducting, musicology, voice and opera, piano, Western orchestral instruments, Chinese traditional instruments, music education, music and informati...
Country:
COLOMBIA
State:
City:
MEDELLÍN
Special Indexes:
Band Conducting, Choral Conducting, Church Music/Religious Music, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
A co-educational university founded in 1937 and run by the Seventh Day Adventist Church. There are departments of business administration, science, theology and music. Attached primary and secondary schools are used as laboratories for teaching practice. The aim is to prepare students to work effect...
Country:
CZECH REPUBLIC
State:
BOHEMIA
City:
PRAGUE (PRAHA)
Special Indexes:
Church Music/Religious Music, Early Music Performance
Notes:
The College, a specialised educational and cultural centre of historic art, can trace its origins back to the thirteenth century Týn School and later the Recek College (Collegium Sanctissimae Mariae). It occupies the premises of a former Servite Monastery near St. Michael's Church. Not in itself a ...
Country:
CZECH REPUBLIC
State:
BOHEMIA
City:
HRADEC KRÁLOVÉ
Special Indexes:
Choral Conducting, Church Music/Religious Music
Notes:
The University was founded in 1959 as the University of College Education. It gained its current name and status in 2000. Language of instruction is Czech with some programs available in English....
Country:
CZECH REPUBLIC
State:
MORAVIA
City:
BRNO
Special Indexes:
Arts Management/Music Management, Choral Conducting, Church Music/Religious Music, Opera Conducting, Opera Performance, Orchestral Conducting
Notes:
The Janáček Academy of Music and Theatre (Janáčkove Akademie Múzickych Umění) was founded in 1947. It is the only Czech music school permitted to award honorary doctorates. There are two faculties - music and theatre. Summer master classes focusing on the interpretation of works by Janáček...
Country:
DENMARK
State:
City:
ODENSE-ESBJERG
Special Indexes:
Church Music/Religious Music, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Library Collections, Sound Archives, Sound Engineering
Notes:
The Danish National Academy of Music (Syddansk Musikkonservatorium - SDMK) is a higher education institution with campuses in the Southern Denmark cities of Odense and Esbjerg offering programs in music and theatre. The library houses the music section of the Odense University library as well as boo...
Country:
DENMARK
State:
City:
ÅRHUS/AALBORG
Special Indexes:
Arts Management/Music Management, Choral Conducting, Church Music/Religious Music, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Instrument Collections, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Opera Performance
Notes:
In 2010 the Royal Academy of Music in Aarhus amalgamated with the Academy of Music in Aalborg to form the Royal Academy of Music Aarhus/Aalborg with campuses in both cities. It is a state-supported institution operating under the auspices of the Danish Ministry of Culture. There are three main lines...
Country:
DENMARK
State:
City:
FREDERIKSBERG
Special Indexes:
Choral Conducting, Church Music/Religious Music, Early Music Performance, Instrument Collections, Opera Performance, Orchestral Conducting, Sound Engineering
Notes:
The Royal Danish Conservatorium (Det Kongelige Danske Musikkonservatorium) is the only music institution in Denmark solely specialising in classical performance. It was founded in 1867 by the composer Niels W Gade. The Academy has several fine performance spaces as well as a recording and productio...
Country:
ESTONIA
State:
City:
VILJANDI
Special Indexes:
Arts Management/Music Management, Band Conducting, Choral Conducting, Church Music/Religious Music, Instrument Making/Maintenance, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Orff Schulwerk, Sound Engineering, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
The University of Tartu's Centre for the Arts was opened in 2017, offering courses for all students at the University as well as for interested members of the local community. It forms part of the University's Viljandi Culture Academy, one of four colleges of the University. The Academy offers progr...
Country:
ESWATINI
State:
City:
MBABANE
Special Indexes:
Church Music/Religious Music, Sound Engineering
Notes:
The private JohnPhilip School of Music provides music classes to young people and interested members of the local community. It organises summer music camps. Free lessons are offered to those unable to afford them. A recording studio and rehearsal space is available....
Country:
ETHIOPIA
State:
City:
ADDIS ABABA
Special Indexes:
Band Conducting, Church Music/Religious Music, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
The University was established in 1950 and operates on thirteen campuses, most of them in Addis Ababa. In 2010 the University's Alle School of Fine Arts and Design, the School of Theatre Arts and the Yared School of Music were amalgamated to form the Skunder Boghossian College of Performing and Visu...
Country:
ETHIOPIA
State:
City:
ADDIS ABABA
Special Indexes:
Church Music/Religious Music, Jazz/Popular Music Performance
Notes:
Established in 1960, the Seminary is an institution of the Lutheran Ethiopian Evangelical Church Mekane Yesus. It trains ministers, church leaders, educators and musicians to lead worship, write church songs, arrange them and lead them. The School of Jazz Music was founded in 2001....
Country:
FINLAND
State:
City:
JAKOBSTAD (PIETARSAARI)
Special Indexes:
Arts Management/Music Management, Choral Conducting, Church Music/Religious Music, Early Music Performance, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Sound Engineering
Notes:
Novia University is the largest Swedish-speaking university of applied sciences in Finland, being formed in 2008 through the merger of several earlier institutions. There are campuses in Vaasa, Åbo (in Turku), Raseborg and Campus Allegro in Jakobstad (Pietarsaari in Finnish, which offers its music ...
Country:
FINLAND
State:
City:
OULU
Special Indexes:
Choral Conducting, Church Music/Religious Music, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Orchestral Conducting
Notes:
The University was founded in 1992. Member of the University of the Arctic. An active member of the Association Européenne des Conservatoires, Académies de Musique et Musikhochschulen....
Country:
FINLAND
State:
City:
HELSINKI (HELSINFORS)
Special Indexes:
Arts Management/Music Management, Band Conducting, Choral Conducting, Church Music/Religious Music, Early Music Performance, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Instrument Making/Maintenance, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Opera Performance, Orchestral Conducting, Repetiteur Training/Coaching, Sound Archives, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
In 2013 the Finnish Sibelius Academy, the Theatre Academy Helsinki and the Academy of Fine Arts merged to become the University of the Arts Helsinki. The Sibelius Academy received its name in 1939. It is the only university-level music institution in Finland and one of the largest in Europe. In addi...
Country:
FINLAND
State:
City:
JOENSUU
Special Indexes:
Church Music/Religious Music, Ethnomusicology/World Music
Notes:
The University can trace its history back to 1969 and was granted its current name and status in 2010. It has campuses in Joensuu and Kuopio. Church music programs are taken at the Joensuu campus. Based in Joensuu is the International Society for Orthodox Church Music which issues a peer-reviewed jo...
Country:
FINLAND
State:
City:
OULU
Special Indexes:
Band Conducting, Choral Conducting, Church Music/Religious Music, Jazz/Popular Music Performance
Notes:
The University was founded in 1958. The education program involves an Intercultural Teacher Education approach. Language of instruction is Finnish....
Country:
FRANCE
State:
ÎLE-DE-FRANCE
City:
PARIS
Special Indexes:
Choral Conducting, Church Music/Religious Music, Early Music Performance, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Instrument Collections, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Library Collections, Opera Performance, Orchestral Conducting, Sound Archives, Sound Engineering
Notes:
The Conservatoire was founded in 1795 and is currently located in the Cîté de la Musique at La Villette. It offers programs in music, dance, sound engineering and pedagogy. In the music area there are seven departments: classical and contemporary performance, voice, early music, composition and or...
Country:
FRANCE
State:
ÎLE-DE-FRANCE
City:
PARIS
Special Indexes:
Choral Conducting, Church Music/Religious Music
Notes:
The Catholic University of Paris was founded in 1875, and the Institute of Sacred Arts was founded in 1995....
Country:
FRANCE
State:
MIDI-PYRÉNÉES
City:
TOULOUSE
Special Indexes:
Church Music/Religious Music
Notes:
This Catholic Institute of Arts and Sacred Music was founded in 1978 as a department of the Institut Catholique de Toulouse which itself can trace its history back to 1229. The Institute of Sacred Music organises a variety of activities and concerts involving painting, architecture and music as well...
Country:
FRANCE
State:
PAYS-DE-LA-LOIRE
City:
SOLESMES
Special Indexes:
Church Music/Religious Music, Institutions for Men Only, Library Collections
Notes:
The Abbaye Saint-Pierre de Solesmes was founded in 1010 and forms part of the Benedictine Confederation. Dom Prosper Guéranger was responsible for reviving the practice of the Gregorian chant in the abbey. Entry to the program is restricted to members of the Benedictine Order. The Paléographie Mus...
Country:
FRANCE
State:
RHÔNE-ALPES
City:
LYON
Special Indexes:
Choral Conducting, Church Music/Religious Music
Notes:
Formerly known as Institute de Musique Sacrée de Lyon, in 20016 this institution was granted its current name and status. It was originally founded in 1947 for the purpose of training musicians in the area of sacred music, its collection, conservation and distribution. The Académie is dedicated to...
Country:
GEORGIA
State:
City:
TBILISI
Special Indexes:
Choral Conducting, Church Music/Religious Music, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Instrument Collections, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Opera Performance, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
The Conservatory was founded in 1917. Courses are taught in Georgian. Facilities include two performance halls, one also being used for opera performances, a three-manual pipe organ and a well-appointed recording studio. The Conservatory issues several publications relating to music education, music...
Country:
GERMANY
State:
BADEN-WÜRTTEMBERG
City:
TÜBINGEN
Special Indexes:
Choral Conducting, Church Music/Religious Music, Instrument Collections, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Library Collections
Notes:
The University of Lutheran Church Music of Württemberg was founded in 1945 in Esslingen and since 1998 has operated at Tübingen. It was the first such institution in Germany to introduce a jazz/rock/pop strand into its programs. A children's choir has been organised in co-operation with the city ...
Country:
GERMANY
State:
BADEN-WÜRTTEMBERG
City:
HEIDELBERG
Special Indexes:
Band Conducting, Choral Conducting, Church Music/Religious Music, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Sound Engineering
Notes:
The Hochschule can trace its history back to 1909. It was granted its current name and status in 1931. There is a preliminary program for those wishing to enter the professional program. The Hochschule has a collaboration with the Hochschule für Musik und Darstellende Kunst Mannheim in a program li...
Country:
GERMANY
State:
BADEN-WÜRTTEMBERG
City:
ROTTENBURG
Special Indexes:
Band Conducting, Choral Conducting, Church Music/Religious Music, Jazz/Popular Music Performance
Notes:
This Catholic Hochschule can trace its history back to 1949. It full name is Hochschule für Kirchenmusik der Diözese Rottenburg-Stuttgart and it operates within the diocese of Stuttgart. There is some co-operation with the Evangelical School of Church Music in Tübingen. The Association for the Pr...
Country:
GERMANY
State:
BADEN-WÜRTTEMBERG
City:
FREIBURG IM BREISGAU
Special Indexes:
Choral Conducting, Church Music/Religious Music, Eurhythmics/Dalcroze, Early Music Performance, Instrument Collections, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Music Theatre Performance, Music Therapy, Opera Performance, Orchestral Conducting, Wellness for Musicians
Notes:
This university-level institution was founded in 1946. There are Institutes for Church Music, New Music, Music Theatre, Historic Performance Practice and Musicians' Medicine. Facilities include a well-equipped electronic music studio. There is an Academy for Gifted Students. In addition to the profe...
Country:
GERMANY
State:
BADEN-WÜRTTEMBERG
City:
KARLSRUHE
Special Indexes:
Choral Conducting, Church Music/Religious Music, Early Music Performance, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Opera Performance, Orchestral Conducting, Sound Engineering
Notes:
The Hochschule can trace its history back to 1837. It gained its current name and status in 1971. Facilities include a state-of-the-art computer studio. There are institutes for Music Informatics and Musicology, Music Theatre, New Music, Music Journalism. The Hochschule organises an annual internat...
Country:
GERMANY
State:
BADEN-WÜRTTEMBERG
City:
STUTTGART
Special Indexes:
Band Conducting, Choral Conducting, Church Music/Religious Music, Early Music Performance, Instrument Collections, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Opera Performance
Notes:
This State University of Music and Performing Arts was founded in 1857. The opera school operates in conjunction with the Staatsoper Stuttgart. Facilities include eleven organs. An attached music school offers music tuition to young children. An active member of the Association Européenne des Conse...
Country:
GERMANY
State:
BADEN-WÜRTTEMBERG
City:
TROSSINGEN
Special Indexes:
Band Conducting, Choral Conducting, Church Music/Religious Music, Early Music Performance, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Orchestral Conducting
Notes:
This university-level Hochschule was founded in 1947. Particular emphasis is placed upon early music and music and movement. It includes an Early Music Institute (Institut für Alte Musik), the largest in Germany. An active member of the Association Européenne des Conservatoires, Académies de Mus...
Country:
GERMANY
State:
BAYERN (BAVARIA)
City:
BAYREUTH
Special Indexes:
Band Conducting, Choral Conducting, Church Music/Religious Music, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Orff Schulwerk
Notes:
This University of Protestant Church Music can trace its history back to 1921. It was granted its current name and status in 2000....
Country:
GERMANY
State:
BAYERN (BAVARIA)
City:
REGENSBURG
Special Indexes:
Choral Conducting, Church Music/Religious Music, Instrument Collections
Notes:
The University of Catholic Church Music and Music Education Regensburg was founded in 1874 on the recommendation of Franz Liszt, and is the oldest Catholic music institution in Germany. It is affiliated with the Papal Academy of Church Music in Rome. There is co-operation with the Hochschule für M...
Country:
GERMANY
State:
BAYERN (BAVARIA)
City:
NÜRNBERG
Special Indexes:
Band Conducting, Choral Conducting, Church Music/Religious Music, Early Music Performance, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Music Theatre Performance, Music Therapy, Opera Performance, Repetiteur Training/Coaching
Notes:
In 1999 the Leopold Mozart Konservatorium in Augsburg and the Meistersinger Konservatorium in Nürnberg were officially joined to become the Hochschule für Musik Nürnberg-Augsburg – the youngest Hochschule in Germany. The seat of administration is in Nürnberg. At the Nürnberg campus there is a...
Country:
GERMANY
State:
BAYERN (BAVARIA)
City:
MÜNCHEN (MUNICH)
Special Indexes:
Arts Management/Music Management, Choral Conducting, Church Music/Religious Music, Early Music Performance, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Music Theatre Performance, Opera Performance, Orchestral Conducting, Orff Schulwerk, Wellness for Musicians
Notes:
This University of Music and Performing Arts Munich (sometimes called Academy of Music and Performing Arts), was founded in 1830 and plays an important part in the artistic life of the city. It organises over 750 musical events each year. There is an opera school incorporating studies of production,...
Country:
GERMANY
State:
BAYERN (BAVARIA)
City:
WÜRZBURG
Special Indexes:
Choral Conducting, Church Music/Religious Music, Early Music Performance, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Opera Performance, Orchestral Conducting, Repetiteur Training/Coaching, Sound Engineering
Notes:
This music university can trace its history back to 1797. It was granted its current name and status in 1973. Facilities include a well-equipped digital production studio and computer music studio. The University organises music tuition for gifted school-age students who may wish to prepare for ent...
Country:
GERMANY
State:
BERLIN
City:
BERLIN
Special Indexes:
Choral Conducting, Church Music/Religious Music, Early Music Performance, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Music Theatre Performance, Music Therapy, Opera Performance, Orchestral Conducting, Sound Engineering, Wellness for Musicians
Notes:
The University can trace its history back to 1696. It gained its current name and status in 2001. There are four colleges: fine arts; architecture, media and design; performing arts/theatre; music. Attached to the Faculty are eight Institutes: • Institute for Higher Level Music Teacher Training; ...
Country:
GERMANY
State:
BREMEN
City:
BREMEN
Special Indexes:
Choral Conducting, Church Music/Religious Music, Early Music Performance, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Opera Performance
Notes:
This University of the Arts can trace its history back to 1873. It was established in 1948 as Musikschule Bremen and gained its current name and status in 1988. The Music Faculty offers programs in classical and jazz performance, early music, church music and music education. There is an Orchestral ...
Country:
GERMANY
State:
HAMBURG
City:
HAMBURG
Special Indexes:
Arts Management/Music Management, Choral Conducting, Church Music/Religious Music, Early Music Performance, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Music Theatre Performance, Music Therapy, Opera Performance, Orchestral Conducting, Repetiteur Training/Coaching, Sound Engineering
Notes:
This University was founded in 1950. There are four main departments: • Department I - performance programs (classical, jazz/popular), composition, theory, choral and orchestral conducting, Protestant church music. • Department II - Theatre Academy, with studies in vocal music, opera, music thea...
Country:
GERMANY
State:
HESSEN
City:
FRANKFURT AM MAIN
Special Indexes:
Arts Management/Music Management, Choral Conducting, Church Music/Religious Music, Early Music Performance, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Music Theatre Performance, Opera Performance, Orchestral Conducting, Repetiteur Training/Coaching, Sound Engineering, Wellness for Musicians
Notes:
This University can trace its history back to 1878. It assumed various names before gaining its current name and status in 1938. There are divisions of music, drama and dance. The Hochschule offers an opera program as well as a program in music physiology. There are Institutes of Historical Interpre...
Country:
GERMANY
State:
MECKLENBURG-VORPOMMERN
City:
GREIFSWALD
Special Indexes:
Choral Conducting, Church Music/Religious Music, Jazz/Popular Music Performance
Notes:
This University was founded in 1456, making it one of the oldest universities in Europe. Formerly known as 'Ernst-Moritz-Arnt University of Greifswald', in 2018 it was officially granted its current name. ...
Country:
GERMANY
State:
NIEDERSACHSEN (LOWER SAXONY)
City:
HANNOVER
Special Indexes:
Band Conducting, Choral Conducting, Church Music/Religious Music, Early Music Performance, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Library Collections, Music Theatre Performance, Opera Performance, Orchestral Conducting, Repetiteur Training/Coaching, Sound Archives, Wellness for Musicians
Notes:
This University was formed in 1950 with the merger of the State School of Music and the Hanover Drama School. It gained its current name and status in 1978. It offers programs in music, drama, multimedia communication and media sciences. A joint bachelor’s degree program in music is offered betwee...
Country:
GERMANY
State:
NIEDERSACHSEN (LOWER SAXONY)
City:
VECHTA
Special Indexes:
Choral Conducting, Church Music/Religious Music, Community Music Training
Notes:
The University can trace its history back to 1830. It gained its current name and status in 1995. Study of music at the University of Vechta is part of the two-subjecct Bachelor of Combined Studies and the Master of Education. ...
Country:
GERMANY
State:
NORDRHEIN-WESTFALEN
City:
ESSEN
Special Indexes:
Choral Conducting, Church Music/Religious Music, Early Music Performance, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Music Theatre Performance, Opera Performance, Orchestral Conducting, Wellness for Musicians
Notes:
The original institution, the 'Folkwang School of Music, Dance and Speech' was founded in 1927. It is now the academy of the arts in the Ruhr district, with studies in music, theatre, dance, photography, communication design, industrial design and academic studies. There are Institutes of Computer M...
Country:
GERMANY
State:
NORDRHEIN-WESTFALEN
City:
HERFORD
Special Indexes:
Band Conducting, Choral Conducting, Church Music/Religious Music, Early Music Performance, Instrument Collections, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Orchestral Conducting
Notes:
This University of Protestant church music was established in 1948 and gained its current name and status in 1991. A second campus in Witten, known as the Protestant Pop Academy, offers programs in popular church music. Facilities include ten organs, a number of pianos, harpsichord, clavichord, a pe...
Country:
GERMANY
State:
NORDRHEIN-WESTFALEN
City:
KÖLN (COLOGNE)
Special Indexes:
Arts Management/Music Management, Choral Conducting, Church Music/Religious Music, Early Music Performance, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Instrument Collections, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Music Theatre Performance, Opera Conducting, Opera Performance, Orchestral Conducting, Repetiteur Training/Coaching, Sound Engineering, Wellness for Musicians
Notes:
The Hochschule, founded in 1850, gained its current name and status in 1987. The Hochschule is situated in the heart of the old city of Cologne, in the vicinity of the cathedral and the main railway station. It is one of the largest music academies in Europe, with about 1700 students and more than 3...
Country:
GERMANY
State:
NORDRHEIN-WESTFALEN
City:
DETMOLD
Special Indexes:
Arts Management/Music Management, Choral Conducting, Church Music/Religious Music, Early Music Performance, Opera Performance, Orchestral Conducting, Sound Engineering, Wellness for Musicians
Notes:
The Hochschule, founded in 1946, has branches in Dortmund and Münster. It was formerly known as the Northwest German Music Academy. The University comprises ten music-specific buildings in and around the Palais Gardens. The College shares both an Institute of Research in Musical Talent and a Musico...
Country:
GERMANY
State:
NORDRHEIN-WESTFALEN
City:
DÜSSELDORF
Special Indexes:
Arts Management/Music Management, Choral Conducting, Church Music/Religious Music, Early Music Performance, Instrument Collections, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Opera Performance, Orchestral Conducting, Sound Engineering
Notes:
This University-level school can trace its history back to 1935. It gained its current name and status in 1987. There is an opera program and an early music studio. The Lutheran church music program culminates in the State Examination A (Staatlichen A Examen). Institutes at the university include th...
Country:
GERMANY
State:
RHEINLAND-PFALZ
City:
MAINZ
Special Indexes:
Choral Conducting, Church Music/Religious Music, Early Music Performance, Instrument Collections, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Opera Performance, Orchestral Conducting, Repetiteur Training/Coaching, Sound Archives
Notes:
The Hochschule für Musik Mainz forms the music department of the Johannes Gutenberg University and is also known as the Academy of Music'. The University itself was founded in 1477, and as such, is one of the oldest universities in Germany. Students wishing to enrol in a music course need to enrol ...
Country:
GERMANY
State:
SAARLAND
City:
HALLE (SAALE)
Special Indexes:
Choral Conducting, Church Music/Religious Music, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Library Collections, Orchestral Conducting
Notes:
This College for Protestant church music was founded in 1926. It has an extensive library of books and scores. There are links with the Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg....
Country:
GERMANY
State:
SAARLAND
City:
SAARBRÜCKEN
Special Indexes:
Arts Management/Music Management, Choral Conducting, Church Music/Religious Music, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Opera Performance, Orchestral Conducting
Notes:
The University was founded in 1947 and has co-operation agreements with the conservatories of Luxembourg and Lorraine (France). The three institutions have formed the ‘Saar-Lor-Lux Orchester’ to present an annual concert tour. A master workshop in contemporary music (Tage für Interpretation un...
Country:
GERMANY
State:
SACHSEN (SAXONY)
City:
DRESDEN
Special Indexes:
Choral Conducting, Church Music/Religious Music, Community Music Training, Instrument Collections, Library Collections, Orchestral Conducting, Orff Schulwerk
Notes:
The Hochschule was established in 1949. The training covers both Catholic and Protestant rites. All students sing in the choir. Students are also trained to work with children’s activities (play groups, singing games, use of Orff instruments), and to work in community groups with little or no exp...
Country:
GERMANY
State:
SACHSEN (SAXONY)
City:
LEIPZIG
Special Indexes:
Choral Conducting, Church Music/Religious Music, Early Music Performance, Instrument Collections, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Music Theatre Performance, Opera Performance, Orchestral Conducting, Repetiteur Training/Coaching
Notes:
Established in 1843 by Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy, this was the first conservatorium to be founded in Germany. Some of the world’s most noted musicians and educators have been associated with the Hochschule, including George Szell, Kurt Masur, Hermann Levi, Charles Münch, Wilhelm Backhaus, Arthu...
Country:
GERMANY
State:
SAXONY-ANHALT
City:
HALLE (SAALE)
Special Indexes:
Choral Conducting, Church Music/Religious Music, Ethnomusicology/World Music
Notes:
The University can trace its history back to 1502 with the establishment of the University of Wittenberg. The Faculty of Philosophy contains the separate institutes of musicology (Philosophy II) and music education (Philosophy III) which are located close to the Handel House and the Protestant Colle...
Country:
GERMANY
State:
SCHLESWIG-HOLSTEIN
City:
LÜBECK
Special Indexes:
Band Conducting, Choral Conducting, Church Music/Religious Music, Early Music Performance, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Library Collections, Opera Performance, Orchestral Conducting, Personal Archives
Notes:
This Academy of Music was founded in 1911 as a music conservatoire and gained its current name and status in 1973. It is the only music university-level institution in Schleswig-Holstein. The University houses the Brahms Institute with original manuscripts, letters, photographs and other memorabilia...
Country:
GERMANY
State:
THÜRINGEN (THURINGIA)
City:
WEIMAR
Special Indexes:
Arts Management/Music Management, Choral Conducting, Church Music/Religious Music, Early Music Performance, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Library Collections, Music Theatre Performance, Opera Performance, Orchestral Conducting, Repetiteur Training/Coaching, Sound Engineering, Wellness for Musicians
Notes:
The School was founded in 1872 as an orchestra school. It gained its current name and status in 1956. There are four centres within walking distance of each other, one of them being the Altenburg, Liszt's home between 1848 and 1861. The School holds an archive of the music of Thuringia. An Institute...
Country:
GHANA
State:
City:
CAPE COAST
Special Indexes:
Arts Management/Music Management, Band Conducting, Choral Conducting, Church Music/Religious Music, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
The university was founded in 1962. The music department was established in 1974 and is situated at the New Administration Block, adjacent to the Arts Faculty and Social Sciences Faculty. There are studies in religious music, popular music, African traditional music and Western classical music. In t...
Country:
GREECE
State:
City:
ATHENS
Special Indexes:
Choral Conducting, Church Music/Religious Music, Early Music Performance, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Opera Performance
Notes:
A private conservatory founded in 1974 that operates within the Athenaeum International Cultural Centre. There are departments of early music, theory and composition, jazz voice and opera. The Conservatory organises the Maria Callas international competition (GrandPrix ‘Maria Callas’) for piani...
Country:
GREECE
State:
City:
ATHENS
Special Indexes:
Church Music/Religious Music, Early Music Performance, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
This Conservatory, founded in 1871 by the Athens Music and Drama Society, is the oldest conservatoire in modern Greece. It receives some government financial support and has been in existence for over 120 years, producing such artists as Dimitri Mitropoulos, Maria Callas, Gina Bachauer, Nana Mouskou...
Country:
GREECE
State:
City:
THESSALONIKI
Special Indexes:
Church Music/Religious Music, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
En Chordais is a non-profit institution, founded in 1993, aims to research, create, perform, publish and disseminate cultural networks in Europe and the Mediterranean. In particular it operates a School of Traditional and Byzantine Music promoting the musical traditions of Greece from a contemporary...
Country:
GREECE
State:
City:
ATHENS
Special Indexes:
Church Music/Religious Music, Early Music Performance, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Orff Schulwerk, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
The Conservatory forms part of the ‘Filippos Nakas’ Music House founded in 1989. It organizes music classes for pre-school children, edits music and organises concerts, festivals, master classes, workshops and national and international competitions. Studies include classes in keyboard, guitar, ...
Country:
GREECE
State:
City:
MAROUSI
Special Indexes:
Band Conducting, Choral Conducting, Church Music/Religious Music, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Opera Performance, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
Founded in 1919 by composer Manolis Kalomiris, this is one of the oldest private Conservatories in Greece, with branches throughout the country as well as in Albania and Cyprus. It offers programs in music, dance and drama. There is a partnership with the Schola Cantorum in Paris. The Conservatory ...
Country:
GREECE
State:
City:
ATHENS
Special Indexes:
Church Music/Religious Music, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Sound Engineering
Notes:
The University was founded in 1837, the first university in the newly-established Greek State. The Department of Music Studies is divided into three sectors: • Historical and Systematic Musicology. • Ethnomusicology and Cultural Anthropology. • Sound technology, Music Pedagogy and Byzantine Mu...
Country:
GREECE
State:
City:
THESSALONIKI
Special Indexes:
Choral Conducting, Church Music/Religious Music, Early Music Performance, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Opera Performance, Orchestral Conducting
Notes:
This conservatory, founded in 1914, is the only government-supported conservatory in Greece. No fees are charged. The aim is to teach European music and to support and promote Greek music. The curriculum designed for this institution serves as a model to be applied to all conservatories throughout t...
Country:
GREECE
State:
City:
ARTA
Special Indexes:
Church Music/Religious Music, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Instrument Making/Maintenance, Library Collections, Sound Archives, Sound Engineering, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
The Institute was founded in 1994. The Department of Traditional Music aims promote the originality and variety of traditional musics in Greece and some of the surrounding nations (including Turkey, the Balkans, Italy, the Arab world, north Africa). There are branches in Ioannina, Preveza and Igoume...
Country:
GREECE
State:
City:
THESSALONIKI
Special Indexes:
Arts Management/Music Management, Band Conducting, Choral Conducting, Church Music/Religious Music, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
The University was established in 1990, though it can trace its history back to 1948. The Department of Music Science and Art accepted its first students in 1998. It is organised in a similar way to that of European Music Academies in order to provide performance as well as theoretical studies. As s...
Country:
HUNGARY
State:
City:
BUDAPEST
Special Indexes:
Choral Conducting, Church Music/Religious Music, Ethnomusicology/World Music
Notes:
The University can trace its history back to 1635. It is a member of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences and gained its current name and status in 1950. In 2019 the former Music Department of the Faculty of Humanities was transformed into an independent Institute of Arts, Communication and Music. ...
Country:
HUNGARY
State:
City:
BUDAPEST
Special Indexes:
Choral Conducting, Church Music/Religious Music, Early Music Performance, Instrument Collections, Instrument Making/Maintenance, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Kodály, Library Collections, Opera Performance, Orchestral Conducting, Personal Archives, Repetiteur Training/Coaching, Sound Archives, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
Established by Franz Liszt in 1875 and known in English as the Franz Liszt Academy of Music, this institution has now been officially recognised as a University. It has several buildings in Budapest, including among others, the central building, the György Ligeti building, the Ferenc Liszt Memorial...
Country:
HUNGARY
State:
City:
DEBRECEN
Special Indexes:
Band Conducting, Choral Conducting, Church Music/Religious Music
Notes:
The University can trace its history back to 1538. Formerly known as the Franz Liszt Academy of Music Debrecen branch, it is currently the Faculty of Music of Debrecen University. Programs are offered at three levels: preparatory, college and university. There are departments of piano, string instru...
Country:
ICELAND
State:
City:
REYKJAVÍK
Special Indexes:
Arts Management/Music Management, Choral Conducting, Church Music/Religious Music, Community Music Training, Early Music Performance, Opera Performance
Notes:
This self-governing university awards the only university-level degrees in the arts in Iceland. It opened in 1999 and consists of departments of fine arts, theatre, music, dance, art education, and design and architecture. The music department commenced operation in 2001. The Joint European Master'...
Country:
IRELAND
State:
City:
DUBLIN
Special Indexes:
Choral Conducting, Church Music/Religious Music, Jazz/Popular Music Performance
Notes:
Originally established in 1975 as the National Institute for Higher Education, Dublin City University gained its current name and status in 1989. It is an umbrella organisation which, since 2016, includes the former independent institutions of the Church of Ireland College of Education, the Mater De...
Country:
IRELAND
State:
City:
LIMERICK
Special Indexes:
Arts Management/Music Management, Church Music/Religious Music, Community Music Training, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Music Therapy, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
The Irish World Academy of Music and Dance (formerly known as the Irish World Music Centre) is housed at the University of Limerick and was set up in 1994, allowing for the co-existence of academic and performance programs at the University. It is involved with community outreach, concerts, seminars...
Country:
ISRAEL
State:
City:
JERUSALEM
Special Indexes:
Church Music/Religious Music
Notes:
Founded in 1963, this is a branch of the Hebrew Union College in New York, USA. Other branches are in Cincinnati and Los Angeles. The first year of the New York program of the School of Sacred Music is taken at this institution, with later years taken at the New York campus. Rabbinical students are ...
Country:
ITALY
State:
FRIULI VENEZIA GIULIA
City:
UDINE
Special Indexes:
Choral Conducting, Church Music/Religious Music, Early Music Performance, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Music Librarianship Training, Music Theatre Performance
Notes:
The Conservatorio can trace its history back to 1826. There is a preparatory program for students wishing to enter the professional program. The Conservatorio also offers music tuition to school-age children. An active member of the Association Européenne des Conservatoires, Académies de Musique e...