Country:
ANGOLA
State:
City:
LUANDA
Special Indexes:
Community Music Training
Notes:
Housed in the Centro Cultural e Académico in Benfica, the green zone of Luanda, the Casa da Música offers programs in community music for interested adults as well as group music lessons in piano, guitar, percussion, double bass, singing and choral lessons. It was founded in 2014 and is a non-prof...
Country:
ARGENTINA
State:
CITY OF BUENOS AIRES
City:
BUENOS AIRES
Special Indexes:
Choral Conducting, Community Music Training, Early Music Performance, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Orchestral Conducting, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
The Conservatorio was founded in 1920 and is a university-equivalent institution offering music programs at tertiary level. There are three other branches in Buenos Aires. Beside the professional program it also offers activities for the community – workshops in charango, popular singing, popular ...
Country:
AUSTRALIA
State:
NORTHERN TERRITORY
City:
DARWIN
Special Indexes:
Community Music Training, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Library Collections
Notes:
The Northern Territory University was first established in 1989 and gained its current name and status in 2003. It has particular interests in indigenous and multicultural issues and programs of other institutions located in tropical climates. The School of Creative Arts and Design offers programs i...
Country:
AUSTRALIA
State:
WESTERN AUSTRALIA
City:
PERTH
Special Indexes:
Community Music Training, Early Music Performance, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Instrument Collections, Library Collections, Personal Archives, Research-only Institutions, Sound Archives, Sound Engineering, Wellness for Musicians
Notes:
The University of Western Australia was established in 1911. The Conservatorium of Music has strong connections with the West Australian Opera and West Australian Symphony Orchestra. The Wigmore Library of the School of Music has a significant and growing collection of music by Australian composers....
Country:
CANADA
State:
ALBERTA
City:
EDMONTON
Special Indexes:
Band Conducting, Choral Conducting, Community Music Training, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Eurhythmics/Dalcroze, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Kodály, Library Collections, Opera Performance, Orff Schulwerk, Sound Archives
Notes:
The University was founded in 1908. Today it boasts five campuses as well as other locations around the province. Facilities include two large rehearsal halls, a small recital hall, two chamber music rooms, thirty practice rooms (including those for organ and percussion), four music classrooms, an...
Country:
CANADA
State:
ONTARIO
City:
WATERLOO
Special Indexes:
Community Music Training, Early Music Performance, Instrument Collections, Instrument Making/Maintenance, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Library Collections, Music Therapy, Opera Performance, Personal Archives, Suzuki
Notes:
The University can trace its history back to 1911. The current name and status were gained in 1973. The Faculty of Music organises and active opera program. There are two well-equipped electroacoustic music studios as well as a small collection of early keyboard instruments. Research centres associa...
Country:
CHINA
State:
JIANGSU PROVINCE
City:
NANJING
Special Indexes:
Arts Management/Music Management, Band Conducting, Community Music Training, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Instrument Making/Maintenance, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Opera Performance, Orchestral Conducting, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
The University can trace its history back to 1912. It is also known as the Nanjing Arts Institute. Programs run for four years and are of university-equivalent status. It consists of schools of fine arts, music, design, industrial design, pop music, film and video, media and communications, and danc...
Country:
FRANCE
State:
MIDI-PYRÉNÉES
City:
TOULOUSE
Special Indexes:
Band Conducting, Choral Conducting, Community Music Training, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Library Collections, Music Therapy
Notes:
The University can trace its history back to 1229. Formerly known as Université de Toulouse II - Le Mirail, in 2014 it gained its current name. The Department of Music organises an annual concert using its choir and orchestra, and collaborating with the Orchestre National du Capitole de Toulouse. T...
Country:
GERMANY
State:
BAYERN (BAVARIA)
City:
MÜNCHEN (MUNICH)
Special Indexes:
Arts Management/Music Management, Community Music Training, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Library Collections
Notes:
The University was established in 1472 in Ingolstadt and eventually was moved to Münich in 1826. There are Institutes for Musicology and for Music Education. The Institute holds many videos of manuscripts and photographs of medieval music. There is an Institute for Music Education with a research p...
Country:
GERMANY
State:
HESSEN
City:
DARMSTADT
Special Indexes:
Choral Conducting, Community Music Training, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Opera Performance
Notes:
The Academy of Sound Art (also known as Academy of Music) was founded in 1851 and gained its current name and status in 2012. There are several fine performance spaces. In addition to the professional program there is a community music program (City Music School) for young children and interested me...
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:
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:
GREECE
State:
City:
THESSALONIKI
Special Indexes:
Community Music Training, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Music Therapy, Sound Engineering
Notes:
The Aristotle University of Thessaloniki was established in 1925. The School of Music Studies was established in 1985, being the first music studies department in a university in Greece. The emphasis is on both artistic creation and research. The central laboratory of the program is the computer mu...
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:
DUNDALK
Special Indexes:
Arts Management/Music Management, Community Music Training, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Music Theatre Performance, Sound Engineering, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
Formerly known as a Regional Technical College, the Dundalk Institute of Technology (DkIT) consists of Schools of Business and Humanities, Engineering, Health and Science, and Informatics and Creative Arts. The School of Informatics and Creative Arts offers programs in computing, creative media, fil...
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:
IRELAND
State:
City:
DUBLIN
Special Indexes:
Band Conducting, Community Music Training, Opera Performance, Public Examinations in Music, Traditional Instrument Performance, Wellness for Musicians
Notes:
The Royal Irish Academy of Music, founded in 1848, is a College of Dublin City University which is the umbrella organisation that also includes the former independent institutions of Mater Dei Institute of Education and St Patrick’s College. In addition to its professional programs in classical mu...
Country:
ISRAEL
State:
City:
JERUSALEM
Special Indexes:
Choral Conducting, Community Music Training, Early Music Performance, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Instrument Collections, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Kodály, Library Collections, Opera Performance, Orchestral Conducting, Sound Archives, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
The Academy can trace its history back to 1932, and following a period under the name of the Rubin Academy of Music and Dance, it moved in 1985 to the Givat Ram campus of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem though retaining its independence from the University. Three institutions form the Jerusalem A...
Country:
ITALY
State:
LAZIO
City:
ROME (ROMA)
Special Indexes:
Community Music Training, Instrument Collections, Library Collections
Notes:
The Academy was founded in 1585, thus being one of the oldest music establishments in the world. Its headquarters at the Auditorium Parco della Musica houses three concert halls. The Academy incorporates the International Centre for the study of Italian Music (Centro Internazionale di Studi per la D...
Country:
JAMAICA
State:
City:
KINGSTON
Special Indexes:
Arts Management/Music Management, Band Conducting, Choral Conducting, Community Music Training, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Library Collections, Sound Archives, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
Established in 1995, this is the only institution of its kind in the English-speaking Caribbean. The College has schools of drama, dance, visual arts, music and arts management as well as a school of continuing education. Evening and summer courses are offered to interested adults and may lead to mo...
Country:
JAPAN
State:
AICHI PREFECTURE
City:
NAGOYA
Special Indexes:
Arts Management/Music Management, Band Conducting, Community Music Training, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Music Therapy, Opera Performance, Sound Engineering, Wellness for Musicians
Notes:
A private co-educational university founded in 1970. There are schools of music, art, design and human development, with music programs offered at the East campus. Facilities include state-of-the-art electronic studios and fine performance spaces. A junior college offers music programs to young chi...
Country:
JAPAN
State:
YAMAGATA PREFECTURE
City:
YAMAGATA
Special Indexes:
Community Music Training
Notes:
A national co-educational university founded in 1949. The music course offers two educational areas - music skills and theory, and community music culture. Since the 2004 national university legislative reform its official name is the National University Corporation Yamagata University. ...
Country:
MALAWI
State:
City:
ZOMBA
Special Indexes:
Community Music Training, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Music Therapy, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
The University of Malawi was established in 1964 with Chancellor College as the largest of its constituent colleges. The Department of Fine and Performing Arts was created in 1981, and consists of three sections – Drama, Fine Arts and Music. The Music Section promotes an active community music pro...
Country:
MOZAMBIQUE
State:
City:
MAPUTO
Special Indexes:
Arts Management/Music Management, Community Music Training, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Sound Engineering, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
Initiated in 1995 by Jeunesses Musicales International and their festivals and international tours, Music Crossroads, founded in 2013, has developed into a series of non-profit centres for young musicians in southern Africa. It aims to enhance and develop skills and professionalism of young musician...
Country:
MYANMAR (BURMA)
State:
City:
YANGON (RANGOON)
Special Indexes:
Community Music Training, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
The Gitameit Music Centre was established in 2003. It is a non-profit community outreach centre and music school - an informal association of musicians and music lovers aiming to build understanding and co-operation between people through activities which encourage the holding of concerts, music exc...
Country:
NETHERLANDS
State:
City:
HAARLEM
Special Indexes:
Arts Management/Music Management, Community Music Training, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Sound Engineering
Notes:
Founded in the 1970s, the Conservatorium Haarlem has operated since 2010 within the campus of Inholland University of Applied Science. Studies are presented with a tri-partite combination - art, business and education. State-of-the-art facilities are provided. Part-time music programs are offered to...
Country:
NEW ZEALAND
State:
SOUTH ISLAND
City:
CHRISTCHURCH
Special Indexes:
Community Music Training, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Instrument Collections, Jazz/Popular Music Performance
Notes:
Music has been taught at the University of Canterbury since 1891. There is a well-equipped library and excellent facilities, including a fine auditorium with an organ, a number of early instruments, some Asian instruments including a Balinese gamelan. Music subjects may be taken in several other deg...
Country:
NIGER
State:
City:
NIAMEY
Special Indexes:
Community Music Training, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Instrument Collections, Instrument Making/Maintenance, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Library Collections, Sound Archives, Sound Engineering, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
The Centre de Formation et de Promotion Musicale El Hadji Taya (C.F.P.M.) was founded in 1989 and operates under the auspices of the Ministry of Youth, Sport and Culture to promote the traditions of folklore, story-telling and music performance by local musicians/griots. The Centre also encourages m...
Country:
PHILIPPINES
State:
City:
CAVITE
Special Indexes:
Choral Conducting, Church Music/Religious Music, Community Music Training
Notes:
The Adventist University of the Philippines is a private coeducational Christian institution run by the Seventh Day Adventist Church. It can trace its history back to 1917 and gained university status in 1996. The music department is directly involved in the university’s chapel music, and trains ...
Country:
PORTUGAL
State:
LISBON METROPOLITAN AREA
City:
LISBON (LISBOA)
Special Indexes:
Band Conducting, Choral Conducting, Church Music/Religious Music, Community Music Training, Early Music Performance, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Sound Engineering
Notes:
The School of Music, founded in 1985, is closely associated with the Gregorian Institute of Lisbon. It offers some courses in co-operation with the School of Education. Facilities include a fine auditorium and a smaller hall and well-equipped electronic music studio. The School of Education also o...
Country:
SINGAPORE
State:
City:
SINGAPORE
Special Indexes:
Band Conducting, Community Music Training, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Orchestral Conducting, Sound Engineering
Notes:
The Yong Siew Toh Conservatory of Music was established in 2003, and is a school of the National University of Singapore. It works in collaboration with the Peabody Institute of Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, USA with which there is a student exchange program. A Professional Development comp...
Country:
SLOVAKIA
State:
City:
BANSKÁ BYSTRICA
Special Indexes:
Band Conducting, Choral Conducting, Community Music Training
Notes:
This public institution was established in 1992 and gained its current name and status in 2010. Language of instruction is Slovak. Member of the European University Association....
Country:
SOUTH AFRICA
State:
GAUTENG
City:
JOHANNESBURG
Special Indexes:
Arts Management/Music Management, Community Music Training, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Instrument Collections, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Library Collections, Music Theatre Performance, Sound Archives, Sound Engineering, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
Sometimes known as Wits University, this institution can trace its history back to 1896, with full university status being granted in 1922. The former Johannesburg College of Education has been incorporated into the university. The School of the Arts comprises departments of dramatic art, fine art, ...
Country:
SOUTH AFRICA
State:
KWAZULU-NATAL
City:
DURBAN
Special Indexes:
Choral Conducting, Community Music Training, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Instrument Collections, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Library Collections, Opera Performance, Sound Archives, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
The University of Kwazulu Natal was formed in 2004 by an amalgamation of the former University of Natal and the former University of Durban-Westville. The music department was established in 1971 and houses the Opera Studio and Choral Academy. A foundation program is organised for students preparing...
Country:
SOUTH AFRICA
State:
NORTH WEST PROVINCE
City:
POTCHEFSTROOM
Special Indexes:
Choral Conducting, Church Music/Religious Music, Community Music Training, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Sound Engineering
Notes:
The North-West University was formed in 2004 with the merger of the Potchefstroom University for Christian Higher Education and the University of the North-West. The Conservatory offers music training to young people and interested members of the local community. It houses a 372-seat hall, an organ ...
Country:
SOUTH AFRICA
State:
WESTERN CAPE
City:
STELLENBOSCH
Special Indexes:
Choral Conducting, Church Music/Religious Music, Community Music Training, Early Music Performance, Instrument Collections, Sound Engineering
Notes:
The university was first established as Stellenbosch College in 1881 and gained its current name and status in 1918. The Department of Music was established in 1934. It is an interdisciplinary research, teaching and service institution which includes units for community music, music technology, film...
Country:
UGANDA
State:
City:
KAMPALA
Special Indexes:
Choral Conducting, Community Music Training, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Instrument Collections, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
Founded in 1922 as a technical school and formerly known as the University of East Africa, it is the second-oldest and largest university in Uganda, being granted its current name and status in 1970. The Department of Performing Arts (music, dance, drama and film) was established in 1971. The underg...
Country:
UNITED KINGDOM
State:
ENGLAND
City:
BIRMINGHAM
Special Indexes:
Band Conducting, Choral Conducting, Community Music Training, Eurhythmics/Dalcroze, Early Music Performance, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Instrument Collections, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Library Collections, Opera Performance, Orchestral Conducting, Sound Engineering, Wellness for Musicians
Notes:
The Birmingham Conservatoire can trace its history back to 1843. It became the music department of Birmingham City University in 1989 and later became the Royal Birmingham Conservatoire. There are departments of performance, composition, early music, jazz, vocal and operatic performance, orchestral ...
Country:
UNITED KINGDOM
State:
ENGLAND
City:
CANTERBURY
Special Indexes:
Arts Management/Music Management, Church Music/Religious Music, Community Music Training, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Orchestral Conducting, Sound Engineering, Wellness for Musicians
Notes:
This institution was established by the Church of England in 1962 as a teachers' college. In 1998 the expanded institution was renamed Canterbury Christ Church University College. It gained its full university status and name in July 2005. It operates on a number of sites within the city of Canterbu...
Country:
UNITED KINGDOM
State:
ENGLAND
City:
LONDON
Special Indexes:
Arts Management/Music Management, Community Music Training, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Instrument Collections, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Library Collections, Music Theatre Performance
Notes:
The University of London is a federation of some forty colleges and institutes, not all of which offer programs in music. Goldsmiths College, founded in 1891, is one of the largest music departments in Britain. A central focus is the study of contemporary musical culture from jazz to 'new complexity...
Country:
UNITED KINGDOM
State:
ENGLAND
City:
LONDON
Special Indexes:
Arts Management/Music Management, Community Music Training, Early Music Performance, Instrument Collections, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Kodály, Library Collections, Music Therapy, Opera Performance, Orchestral Conducting, Public Examinations in Music, Repetiteur Training/Coaching, Wellness for Musicians
Notes:
The Guildhall School was founded in 1880 by the City of London Corporation, and is distinctive in being both a music school and a drama school, as well as offering programs in professional development and music therapy. All undergraduate students have experience of work in the community, and post-gr...
Country:
UNITED KINGDOM
State:
ENGLAND
City:
LEEDS
Special Indexes:
Arts Management/Music Management, Community Music Training, Instrument Collections, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Library Collections, Music Theatre Performance, Orchestral Conducting, Sound Engineering, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
This music institution, an affiliated college of the University of Leeds, was founded in 1965. Formerly known as the Leeds College of Music, it was granted its current name and status in 2020. The Conservatoire launched the United Kingdom’s first full-time jazz and popular music course in 1971 an...
Country:
UNITED KINGDOM
State:
ENGLAND
City:
LONDON
Special Indexes:
Community Music Training, Early Music Performance, Instrument Collections, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Library Collections, Music Theatre Performance, Opera Performance, Orchestral Conducting, Personal Archives, Public Examinations in Music, Repetiteur Training/Coaching, Wellness for Musicians
Notes:
The Royal Academy, founded in 1822, is the oldest institution for advanced music training in the United Kingdom. It is a full member of the University of London and all graduates are awarded University of London degrees. The Centre for Advanced Performance Studies is run jointly by the Royal Academy...
Country:
UNITED KINGDOM
State:
ENGLAND
City:
CAMBRIDGE
Special Indexes:
Community Music Training, Early Music Performance, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Instrument Collections, Library Collections, Personal Archives, Sound Archives, Sound Engineering
Notes:
Founded in 1209 this is one of the oldest and most famous university music departments in the world. It is a Collegiate university comprising 31 colleges where students live, eat and socialise and where students receive small group teaching sessions. Each college is an independent institution with i...
Country:
UNITED KINGDOM
State:
ENGLAND
City:
HULL
Special Indexes:
Band Conducting, Community Music Training, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Music Theatre Performance, Opera Performance, Sound Engineering
Notes:
The university was founded in 1927 as University College Hull and gained full university status in 1954. There are campuses in Hull and Scarborough. The Department of Music awards six music scholarships each year. Facilities include well-equipped recording studios and laboratories. Three new organs ...
Country:
UNITED KINGDOM
State:
ENGLAND
City:
SUNDERLAND
Special Indexes:
Arts Management/Music Management, Community Music Training, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Music Theatre Performance
Notes:
The university can trace its history back to 1901. It gained its current name and status in 1992. In 2009 the University of Sunderland announced a collaboration with The Sage Gateshead and Gateshead College to create the BA Honours program in Community Music, the first of its kind in the UK. ...
Country:
UNITED KINGDOM
State:
ENGLAND
City:
EALING
Special Indexes:
Arts Management/Music Management, Community Music Training, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Music Theatre Performance, Public Examinations in Music, Sound Engineering, Traditional Instrument Performance, Wellness for Musicians
Notes:
Formerly known as Thames Valley University, the name was changed in 2008 to The University of West London. The formerly independent London College of Music (founded in 1887) is housed at the University where it is currently known as the Faculty of the Arts. There is a performing arts clinic which ru...
Country:
UNITED KINGDOM
State:
ENGLAND
City:
WALSALL
Special Indexes:
Band Conducting, Community Music Training, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Music Theatre Performance, Sound Engineering
Notes:
The University can trace its history back to 1851. The Department of Music has a state-of-the-art digital recording studio and a music technology suite. ...
Country:
UNITED KINGDOM
State:
ENGLAND
City:
YORK
Special Indexes:
Choral Conducting, Church Music/Religious Music, Community Music Training, Early Music Performance, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Instrument Collections, Music Theatre Performance, Opera Performance, Orchestral Conducting, Sound Engineering
Notes:
The University was founded in the early 1960s. It participates in the ERASMUS scheme in which students may spend part of their time at a partner European university, counting the study abroad as part of the degree at York. The Music Department is centred on the Lyons Concert Hall and runs an acclaim...
Country:
UNITED KINGDOM
State:
ENGLAND
City:
YORK
Special Indexes:
Community Music Training, Early Music Performance, Instrument Collections, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Music Theatre Performance, Sound Engineering
Notes:
This institution can trace its history back to 1841 as York Diocesan Training School for teacher education. In 1974 it became the College of Ripon & York St John and in 2006 its name was changed to York St John University. It is a Church of England college affiliated with the University of Leeds...
Country:
UNITED KINGDOM
State:
NORTHERN IRELAND
City:
LONDONDERRY
Special Indexes:
Arts Management/Music Management, Community Music Training, Early Music Performance, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Sound Engineering, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
The University can trace its history back to 1865. Its music department was established in 1972 and is housed in Dalriada House in attractive grounds on the shore of Belfast Lough. Facilities include a three-manual organ, practice rooms, state-of-the-art electronic and computing studios, and the He...
Country:
UNITED KINGDOM
State:
SCOTLAND
City:
ABERDEEN
Special Indexes:
Band Conducting, Choral Conducting, Community Music Training, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Instrument Collections, Library Collections, Music Therapy, Sound Archives, Sound Engineering, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
The university was founded in 1495. There are state-of-the-art facilities for electroacoustic music, a world music centre, a theatre/concert hall, keyboard laboratory and a range of practice facilities. The Centre for Music Therapy houses many percussion instruments, and is used as a teaching base ...
Country:
UNITED KINGDOM
State:
SCOTLAND
City:
EDINBURGH
Special Indexes:
Community Music Training, Instrument Collections, Library Collections, Personal Archives, Sound Archives, Sound Engineering
Notes:
The University was founded in 1583 and the Reid School of Music was established in 1839. Individual performance lessons are not offered within the music faculty, though students are expected to find their own tutors and the university covers the cost of the lessons. This is an All-Steinway School. T...
Country:
UNITED KINGDOM
State:
SCOTLAND
City:
PERTH
Special Indexes:
Arts Management/Music Management, Community Music Training, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Music Theatre Performance, Sound Engineering, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
The University of the Highlands and Islands can trace its history back to 1961. It operates on several campuses spread across the highlands and islands of Scotland - in Argyll, Inverness, Moray, North Highland, Orkney, Outer Hebrides, Perth, Shetland and West Highland. Perth College is a college of ...
Country:
UNITED KINGDOM
State:
WALES
City:
BANGOR
Special Indexes:
Community Music Training, Early Music Performance, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Instrument Collections, Library Collections, Sound Archives, Sound Engineering, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
The University of Wales in Bangor can trace its history back to 1885. The activities of the School of Music cover the areas of performance, composition, technology, media and popular culture, and history, culture and society. Facilities include four state-of-the-art electronic composition studios, t...
Country:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
State:
ARIZONA
City:
FLAGSTAFF
Special Indexes:
Band Conducting, Choral Conducting, Community Music Training, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Opera Performance, Sound Engineering, Suzuki
Notes:
A state-supported university founded in 1899 as Northern Arizona Normal School. It gained its current name and status in 1966. The School of Music houses a number of fine performing spaces and operates a flourishing opera program. A preparatory school offers private music lessons as well as Suzuki v...
Country:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
State:
CALIFORNIA
City:
LOS ANGELES
Special Indexes:
Community Music Training, Orchestral Conducting
Notes:
The Colburn School, established in 1950, offers training in music, dance and drama to students from pre-school to adult. The professional music program is offered through the Conservatory of Music, established in 2003, while the community music arm is the School of Performing Arts. The Conservatory ...
Country:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
State:
CALIFORNIA
City:
SAN FRANCISCO
Special Indexes:
Community Music Training, Early Music Performance, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Opera Performance, Orchestral Conducting, Sound Engineering, Wellness for Musicians
Notes:
This private conservatory was founded in 1917 and gained its current name and status in 1923. The Conservatory has strengths in chamber music, the production and performance of new music, and opera performance. Facilities include a number of fine performance spaces, a computer centre, a baroque stud...
Country:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
State:
CALIFORNIA
City:
SANTA CLARA
Special Indexes:
Community Music Training, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Music Theatre Performance
Notes:
A private Catholic university founded in 1851 and run by the Jesuit order. The Center of Performing Arts produces a regular series of concerts. There are several fine performing spaces. ...
Country:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
State:
CALIFORNIA
City:
LOS ANGELES
Special Indexes:
Band Conducting, Choral Conducting, Church Music/Religious Music, Community Music Training, Early Music Performance, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Library Collections, Music Theatre Performance, Opera Performance, Personal Archives, Sound Engineering
Notes:
A private university established in 1880. The School of Music, founded in 1884, is organised into three divisions - Classical Performance and Composition, Contemporary Music, and Reseach & Scholarly Studies. It has access to a number of fine performance and rehearsal spaces. The music library ...
Country:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
State:
COLORADO
City:
DENVER
Special Indexes:
Arts Management/Music Management, Band Conducting, Choral Conducting, Community Music Training, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Opera Performance, Orchestral Conducting, Sound Engineering, Suzuki
Notes:
A private university founded in 1864. Established in 1924, the Lamont School of Music is affiliated with the Robert and Judi Newman Center for the Performing Arts and is also affiliated with the Joseph and Loretta Law Artist Center of Opera Colorado. The School of Music is an All-Steinway School. It...
Country:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
State:
FLORIDA
City:
MIAMI BEACH
Special Indexes:
Community Music Training, Orchestral Conducting, Sound Engineering
Notes:
New World Symphony was established in 1987. It is involved with preparing gifted music graduates for leadership positions in orchestras and ensembles, offering intensive exposure to traditional and modern repertoire and involves leading guest conductors, soloists and coaches. Fellowship students hav...
Country:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
State:
GEORGIA
City:
AMERICUS
Special Indexes:
Community Music Training, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Music Theatre Performance
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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:
ILLINOIS
City:
ELGIN
Special Indexes:
Arts Management/Music Management, Band Conducting, Choral Conducting, Church Music/Religious Music, Community Music Training
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An evangelical Christian college founded in 1913 as Northern Theological Seminary, later becoming known as Judson College. It gained its current name and status in 2006. The Demoss Center for Worship in the Performing Arts enables students to learn fundamentals of music, worship, and communication ...
Country:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
State:
MARYLAND
City:
TOWSON
Special Indexes:
Band Conducting, Choral Conducting, Community Music Training, Eurhythmics/Dalcroze, Instrument Collections, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Kodály, Music Therapy, Opera Performance, Orff Schulwerk
Notes:
A state-supported university founded in 1866. Within the College of Fine Arts there are Departments of Music, Theatre, Art, Dance, and Mass Communication. The Department of Music owns a working collection of early instruments. It sees its particular strengths as in music education and jazz studies. ...
Country:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
State:
MARYLAND
City:
ANNAPOLIS
Special Indexes:
Band Conducting, Community Music Training, Library Collections, Military Music Academies
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The United States Naval Academy was founded in 1845. It does not actively recruit candidates for musical programs at the Academy, but auditions reveal those with talent and past experience in music activities. The US Naval Academy Band in Annapolis is one of two premiere Navy Bands offering permanen...
Country:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
State:
MASSACHUSETTS
City:
CAMBRIDGE
Special Indexes:
Community Music Training, Eurhythmics/Dalcroze, Early Music Performance, Instrument Collections, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Library Collections, Opera Performance, Suzuki, Wellness for Musicians
Notes:
A private school of music founded in 1915 to provide training in the French conservatoire style. In 2012 the school merged with Bard College Conservatory of Music and now offers programs in performance, chamber music, collaborative piano, composition, Dalcroze Eurhythmics, early music, modern Americ...
Country:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
State:
MASSACHUSETTS
City:
MEDFORD
Special Indexes:
Community Music Training, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Instrument Collections, Instrument Making/Maintenance, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Library Collections, Sound Engineering, Traditional Instrument Performance
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Tufts University is a private institution founded in 1852. The music department is housed in the new Perry and Marty Granoff Music Center and has access to several fine performance spaces. It sees its particular strengths as in performance, composition, theory, musicology and ethnomusicology. A musi...
Country:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
State:
MASSACHUSETTS
City:
LOWELL
Special Indexes:
Band Conducting, Choral Conducting, Community Music Training, Sound Engineering
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A state-supported university created in 1975. It became part of the University of Massachusetts system in 1991. Member of the National Association of Schools of Music. ...
Country:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
State:
NEBRASKA
City:
PERU
Special Indexes:
Community Music Training
Notes:
A liberal arts college of Methodist heritage, founded in 1867 as a teachers’ college. It gained its current name and status in 1963. The music department is housed in the Jindra Fine Arts Building. ...
Country:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
State:
NEW JERSEY
City:
NEW BRUNSWICK
Special Indexes:
Band Conducting, Choral Conducting, Community Music Training, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Library Collections, Opera Performance, Orchestral Conducting, Sound Engineering
Notes:
A state-supported university. Rutgers, with its three campuses – at Camden, New Brunswick and Newark, - was chartered in 1766. Its main campus is in New Brunswick. The Mason Gross School of the Arts, chartered in 1976, comprises divisions of dance, music, theater arts and visual arts, and has acce...
Country:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
State:
NEW YORK
City:
NEW YORK
Special Indexes:
Community Music Training, Eurhythmics/Dalcroze, Early Music Performance, Instrument Collections, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Library Collections, Opera Performance, Orchestral Conducting, Sound Engineering, Wellness for Musicians
Notes:
A private school founded in 1905. There are divisions of music, dance and drama. The emphasis throughout is on performance and the School has access to a number of fine performance spaces. An Institute of Jazz Studies was created in 2001. The Juilliard Opera Center trains opera singers. There is a C...
Country:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
State:
NEW YORK
City:
NEW YORK
Special Indexes:
Arts Management/Music Management, Choral Conducting, Community Music Training, Instrument Collections, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Music Theatre Performance, Opera Performance, Orchestral Conducting, Sound Engineering
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A private conservatory, one of the largest in USA, founded in 1917 and offering both classical and jazz training. There is a strong emphasis on opera. A cross-registration program is offered with Barnard College of Columbia University. The Pinchas Zukerman Performance Program offers a limited number...
Country:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
State:
NEW YORK
City:
FREDONIA
Special Indexes:
Arts Management/Music Management, Band Conducting, Choral Conducting, Community Music Training, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Music Theatre Performance, Music Therapy, Opera Performance, Sound Engineering
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The college can trace its history back to 1822. It became part of the State University of New York system in 1948. A 'Musical Journeys Program' was established in 2005 to offer music training to children and interested members of the local community. There is a thriving program of opera. Member of t...
Country:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
State:
NEW YORK
City:
NEW YORK
Special Indexes:
Arts Management/Music Management, Community Music Training, Early Music Performance, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Instrument Collections, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Kodály, Library Collections, Music Theatre Performance, Music Therapy, Sound Archives, Sound Engineering, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
This institution, now known as the Steinhardt School of Culture, Education, and Human Development, was founded in 1890 and is the first school of pedagogy to be established at an American university. Earlier known as New York University School of Education, it was given its current name and status i...
Country:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
State:
OHIO
City:
CLEVELAND
Special Indexes:
Band Conducting, Choral Conducting, Community Music Training, Eurhythmics/Dalcroze, Early Music Performance, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Opera Performance, Orchestral Conducting, Sound Engineering, Suzuki, Wellness for Musicians
Notes:
An independent classical music conservatory founded in 1920, with Ernest Bloch as its first director. The staff of the Institute includes over 40 members and retired members of the Cleveland Orchestra. It is an All-Steinway School where programs focus solely on classical music. A Joint Music Program...
Country:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
State:
PENNSYLVANIA
City:
PITTSBURGH
Special Indexes:
Arts Management/Music Management, Choral Conducting, Community Music Training, Eurhythmics/Dalcroze, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Music Theatre Performance, Opera Performance, Orchestral Conducting, Sound Engineering, Traditional Instrument Performance, Wellness for Musicians
Notes:
Carnegie Mellon University is a private institution that can trace its history back to 1900 and gained its current name and status in 1967. The university’s College of Fine Arts consists of schools of architecture, art, design, drama and music. The music department is a conservatory in a universit...
Country:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
State:
SOUTH CAROLINA
City:
COLUMBIA
Special Indexes:
Arts Management/Music Management, Band Conducting, Choral Conducting, Community Music Training, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Library Collections, Music Theatre Performance, Opera Performance, Orchestral Conducting, Suzuki
Notes:
A state-supported university founded in 1801. It was the only southern state university to admit African-American students during the reconstruction era immediately following the civil war. Facilities include some fine performance spaces, a well-equipped music technology centre and recording studio....
Country:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
State:
WASHINGTON
City:
TACOMA
Special Indexes:
Community Music Training, Opera Performance, Suzuki
Notes:
An independent liberal arts and sciences university affiliated with the United Methodist Church, founded in 1888. The School of Music has access to several fine performance spaces. It organises a Community Music program offering music instruction to children and interested members of the local comm...
Country:
URUGUAY
State:
City:
MONTEVIDEO
Special Indexes:
Community Music Training, Library Collections, Programs for the Handicapped, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
Sometimes known as TUMP, the Uruguayan Popular Music Workshop was founded in 1984. Staffed by over 40 musicians and teachers it is a non-profit school, charging only a nominal fee. Apart from the regular music courses the Workshop participates in many community music promotion projects supported by ...