Country:
ARGENTINA
State:
PROVINCIA DE CHUBUT
City:
LAGO PUELO
Special Indexes:
Instrument Making/Maintenance
Notes:
The Institute was established in 2002 and is situated in southern Patagonia, with three campuses in Chubut Province at Comodoro Rivadavia, at Lago Puelo and at El Hoyo. It operates under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Education. The Instituto offers programs of teacher training in dance, drama,...
Country:
ARGENTINA
State:
PROVINCIA DE TUCUMÁN
City:
SAN MIGUEL DE TUCUMÁN
Special Indexes:
Choral Conducting, Instrument Making/Maintenance
Notes:
The university was founded in 1914. The Instituto Superior de Música was established in 1948 and is an Institute of the Faculty of Arts offering basic, medium and superior level music education....
Country:
AZERBAIJAN
State:
City:
BAKU
Special Indexes:
Choral Conducting, Instrument Making/Maintenance, Opera Performance, Orchestral Conducting, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
The Azerbaijan National Conservatory was established in 2000, and the earlier Uzeir Hajibeyov Baku Musiqi Akademiyasi (Baku Music College), founded in 1920, was incorporated into the Conservatory. Courses are taught in Azerbayan. There are two faculties – performance (specialisation as concert per...
Country:
BELGIUM
State:
FLANDERS
City:
GENT (GHENT)
Special Indexes:
Choral Conducting, Early Music Performance, Instrument Collections, Instrument Making/Maintenance, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Opera Performance, Orchestral Conducting, Sound Engineering
Notes:
This institution can trace its history back to 1741. Commonly known as 'Hogent', it gained its current name and status in 2001 and operates over several campuses in and around Ghent. There are departments of instrumental/vocal performance, composition, jazz, dramatic arts, pedagogy and pop music pro...
Country:
BELIZE
State:
City:
BELIZE CITY
Special Indexes:
Instrument Making/Maintenance, Suzuki
Notes:
The Pallotti School of Music was established in 1983 and operates from the music department of the Pallotti High School in Belize City. As a Catholic not-for-profit institution it provides performance and theory tuition to children and interested members of the local community as well as providing p...
Country:
CANADA
State:
ALBERTA
City:
BANFF
Special Indexes:
Arts Management/Music Management, Instrument Making/Maintenance, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Opera Performance, Sound Engineering
Notes:
The Centre, founded in 1933 by the University of Alberta, is not a degree-granting institution. It receives some government funding. The Centre holds long-term (up to three months) and short-term (up to four weeks) residencies for dance, drama, film, visual arts and music artists - either individual...
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:
CAPITAL DISTRICT
City:
BEIJING
Special Indexes:
Arts Management/Music Management, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Instrument Making/Maintenance, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Sound Engineering
Notes:
The Beijing Contemporary Music Academy was founded in 1993 with the aim of training young musicians in the philosophy and arts of contemporary music and enabling them to teach it to their students. The curriculum emphasizes the combination of modern and traditional arts in both Eastern and Western s...
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:
CHINA
State:
JIANGSU PROVINCE
City:
NANJING
Special Indexes:
Arts Management/Music Management, Choral Conducting, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Instrument Collections, Instrument Making/Maintenance
Notes:
The University was founded in 1902. Bachelor’s degrees in music teaching are offered through the School of Music, established in its current form in 2000. Taizhou College, established in 2004, is an undergraduate-level independent college providing programs under the aegis of the University. The S...
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:
CHINA
State:
LIAONING PROVINCE
City:
SHENYANG
Special Indexes:
Band Conducting, Choral Conducting, Instrument Making/Maintenance, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
The Conservatory was founded in 1938 as Lu Xun Academy of Arts and was granted its current name in 1958. It occupies four campuses - in Shenyang, Dalian, Taoxian and Chanqing. There are departments of performance (Western and Chinese instruments and vocal music), popular music, composition/theory, c...
Country:
CHINA
State:
SHANGHAI DISTRICT
City:
SHANGHAI
Special Indexes:
Arts Management/Music Management, Band Conducting, Choral Conducting, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Instrument Collections, Instrument Making/Maintenance, Music Theatre Performance, Music Therapy, Opera Conducting, Opera Performance, Orchestral Conducting, Repetiteur Training/Coaching, Sound Engineering, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
The Conservatory, established in 1927, is the oldest higher institute of music education in China, with an illustrious group of presidents since its foundation. It operates under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Culture and the Shanghai Municipal People’s Government. Over its history the Conser...
Country:
CHINA
State:
SICHUAN PROVINCE
City:
CHENG-DU
Special Indexes:
Arts Management/Music Management, Band Conducting, Choral Conducting, Instrument Making/Maintenance, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Opera Performance, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
The Conservatory was founded in 1939. There are departments of Chinese and Western vocal music, Chinese instruments, Western orchestral instruments, piano/accordion, composition/conducting, music education, as well as programs in film and television, visual art, broadcasting, piano tuning, violin ma...
Country:
CZECH REPUBLIC
State:
BOHEMIA
City:
PRAGUE (PRAHA)
Special Indexes:
Instrument Collections, Instrument Making/Maintenance, Programs for the Handicapped
Notes:
This institution began in 1910 as a charity school for blind youth. Since its inception music has increased in importance. This Conservatory is unique in that it enrols mostly visually handicapped students. It comprises both a secondary school and a conservatory for specialised music study. Entry is...
Country:
DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO
State:
City:
KINSHASA
Special Indexes:
Ethnomusicology/World Music, Instrument Making/Maintenance, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Music Theatre Performance, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
The Institute was established in 1967 and was given its current name in 1976. It is a college of training organised into three departments – classical music, drama and cultural activities - planned to occupy a brand new site on the Rond-point Ezo in central Kinshasa. The Institute organises a pre-...
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:
FINLAND
State:
City:
KAUSTINEN
Special Indexes:
Instrument Collections, Instrument Making/Maintenance, Library Collections, Research-only Institutions, Sound Archives, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
The Finnish Folk Music Institute is an Accredited expert organisation of the Unesco Convention for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage. It is a music and dance research institute and information centre founded in 1974, with a large archive of Finnish folk music and dance, and a libr...
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:
FRANCE
State:
ALSACE
City:
STRASBOURG
Special Indexes:
Instrument Collections, Instrument Making/Maintenance, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
'Les Percussions de Strasbourg’ consists of a group of six professional musicians who perform all types of works for the percussion ensemble. Between them they are able to play over four hundred different percussion instruments and have a philosophy of promoting creativity in performance. They col...
Country:
FRANCE
State:
MIDI-PYRÉNÉES
City:
TOULOUSE
Special Indexes:
Instrument Making/Maintenance, Library Collections, Sound Archives, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
This institution was founded in 1971. It offers part-time courses to interested children and adults and no diplomas are awarded. It specialises in oral traditional music and dance, with tuition on traditional instruments of the region, including Gascon bagpipe, fifre, hurdy-gurdy and accordion as we...
Country:
FRANCE
State:
NORD-PAS-DE-CALAIS
City:
VILLENEUVE D'ASCQ
Special Indexes:
Arts Management/Music Management, Choral Conducting, Instrument Making/Maintenance, Jazz/Popular Music Performance
Notes:
The University was established in 1887 in Lille, but was transferred to Villeneuve d’Ascq in 1974 and was known as Université de Lille III. In 2018 the three universities in Lille - Lille 1, Lille 2 and Lille3 (Université Charles de Gaulle) - were merged and are now know simply as the Universit...
Country:
FRANCE
State:
PAYS-DE-LA-LOIRE
City:
LE MANS
Special Indexes:
Instrument Making/Maintenance, Sound Engineering
Notes:
The Institute, known in English as the 'European Technological Institute for Musical Professions' was officially opened in 1994. It is a non-profit organisation offering programs in all technical aspects of musical instruments - repairing, tuning, restoration and the creation of guitars, wind instru...
Country:
GAMBIA
State:
City:
KARTONG
Special Indexes:
Instrument Making/Maintenance, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
Opened in 2015, this academy is named after Amadu Bansang Jobarteh, a former master griot. It is the first school in Gambia to offer an integrated study of music and academic education, specialising in the area of Manding music and dance. It is open to talented students between the ages of 8 and 14 ...
Country:
GAMBIA
State:
City:
SEREKUNDA
Special Indexes:
Instrument Making/Maintenance, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
This school was organised by Jali Alagi M’byes, a kora teacher. It receives no government assistance, and is funded by concerts given by Alagi and by donations from Scandinavian music organisations. The program is based on a strong oral tradition, and both boys and girls are taught the music and d...
Country:
GERMANY
State:
BADEN-WÜRTTEMBERG
City:
LUDWIGSBURG
Special Indexes:
Instrument Making/Maintenance
Notes:
This school was founded in 1924. Among a wide variety of programs, in its Master School for Musical Instrument Making it offers studies in the making of various types of musical instruments. There are courses for apprentices and advanced courses leading to the Master’s examination (Meisterprüfung...
Country:
GERMANY
State:
BAYERN (BAVARIA)
City:
MITTENWALD
Special Indexes:
Instrument Making/Maintenance
Notes:
The State Vocational School for Musical Instrument Making, Mittenwald was founded in 1858, offering courses for apprentices leading to the Journeyman’s examination (Gesellenprüfung). Following this, a three-year period of employment is taken, then a further one-year advanced course leads to the M...
Country:
GERMANY
State:
SACHSEN (SAXONY)
City:
MARKNEUKIRCHEN
Special Indexes:
Instrument Making/Maintenance
Notes:
The West Saxony University of Applied Sciences was founded in 1992 though it can trace its history back to 1897. At its Markneukirchen campus it offers programs in bow-making, violin making, the making of plucked string instruments and the restoration of instruments. There is a close collaboration b...
Country:
GREECE
State:
City:
RETHYMNO
Special Indexes:
Instrument Making/Maintenance, Sound Engineering
Notes:
The Hellenic Mediterranean University was founded in 2019. Its School of Applied Sciences incorporates the former Technological Educational Institute of Crete. Its base campus is at Heraklion and it operates at five branches around Crete....
Country:
GREECE
State:
City:
ATHENS
Special Indexes:
Instrument Collections, Instrument Making/Maintenance, Library Collections, Personal Archives, Research-only Institutions, Sound Archives
Notes:
Founded in 1989, the Institute for Research on Music and Acoustics (IEMA) is a non-profit, public interest organisation supported by the State, the European Union and private sponsors. It aims to develop and support research into all aspects of music and acoustics as well as to provide systematic in...
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:
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:
INDIA
State:
UTTAR PRADESH
City:
AGRA
Special Indexes:
Instrument Making/Maintenance, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
The Institute, located just two kilometres from the city of Agra, can trace its history back to 1915 and gained its current name and status in 1973. The Department of Music was established in 1950. This Institute is deemed to be of equal status to a University. All programs include a work experience...
Country:
IRAQ
State:
City:
BAGHDAD
Special Indexes:
Ethnomusicology/World Music, Instrument Making/Maintenance, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
The University was founded in its present form in 1958 and is the largest university in Iraq. The Department of Musical Arts was established in 1988....
Country:
ITALY
State:
LAZIO
City:
ROME (ROMA)
Special Indexes:
Band Conducting, Choral Conducting, Church Music/Religious Music, Early Music Performance, Instrument Making/Maintenance, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Opera Performance, Orchestral Conducting
Notes:
The Conservatory, established in 1870, offers a preparatory program for students wishing to enter the professional program. It houses the Istituto Italiano per la Storia della Musica Presso Accademia Nazionale di S. Cecilia (Italian Institute for Music History of the National Academy of St. Cecilia)...
Country:
ITALY
State:
LOMBARDY
City:
CREMONA
Special Indexes:
Instrument Making/Maintenance
Notes:
The Istituto di Istruzione Superiore ‘Antonio Stradivari’ which houses the Scuola Internazionale di Liuteria 'Antonio Stradivari' (International School of String Instrument Making), founded in 1938, is the only state school in Italy for violin-making. The School belongs to the Antonio Stradivari...
Country:
ITALY
State:
LOMBARDY
City:
CREMONA
Special Indexes:
Ethnomusicology/World Music, Instrument Collections, Instrument Making/Maintenance, Music Librarianship Training
Notes:
The University of Pavia is the oldest university in Lombardy, being founded in 1361. Its School of Musicology is located in Cremona. The Department of Musicology and Cultural Heritage offers programs in musicology, ethnomusicology and studies that may lead to a qualification in music librarianship. ...
Country:
JAPAN
State:
TOKYO PREFECTURE
City:
TOKYO
Special Indexes:
Arts Management/Music Management, Band Conducting, Choral Conducting, Early Music Performance, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Instrument Collections, Instrument Making/Maintenance, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Library Collections, Music Therapy, Opera Performance, Orchestral Conducting, Sound Engineering, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
A private co-educational music college. Founded in 1926 as the Tokyo Conservatory of Music, it was renamed in 1951. The College is located 35 km west of downtown Tokyo in Tachikawa-shi, one of the largest cities in the Tokyo metropolitan area. There are two departments: performance and composition, ...
Country:
KAZAKHSTAN
State:
City:
ALMATY
Special Indexes:
Arts Management/Music Management, Choral Conducting, Instrument Making/Maintenance, Library Collections, Sound Archives, Sound Engineering, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
The Conservatory was founded in 1945. It prepares students in both Western and Kazakh traditions. The Conservatory building houses a number of fine performance spaces. There is a significant collection of recordings of traditional music in the Conservatory’s Folklore Laboratory. An instrument work...
Country:
LITHUANIA
State:
City:
VILNIUS
Special Indexes:
Arts Management/Music Management, Band Conducting, Choral Conducting, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Instrument Collections, Instrument Making/Maintenance, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Library Collections, Opera Performance, Orchestral Conducting, Sound Archives, Sound Engineering, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
The Lithuanian Academy of Music and Theatre was founded in 1918 as the Kaunas Music School. In 1949 it was merged with the Vilnius Conservatoire and became the Lithuanian State Conservatoire. In 2004 it gained its current name and status and was further enlarged in 2018 with the integration of the A...
Country:
MAURITIUS
State:
City:
QUATRE BORNES
Special Indexes:
Instrument Collections, Instrument Making/Maintenance, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Library Collections, Orff Schulwerk, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
The Conservatoire de Musique 'François Mitterand', founded in 1987, is operated under the aegis of the Ministry of Education and Human Resources. It offers free part-time music programs after school hours and on Saturday mornings to over 1,100 students ranging from pre-school to adult. It organises...
Country:
MEXICO
State:
FEDERAL DISTRICT OF MEXICO
City:
MEXICO CITY
Special Indexes:
Instrument Making/Maintenance, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
Founded in 1978, this government-run Centre is dedicated to the promotion of culture and the arts, including dance and music with programs in classical music and traditional Mexican music and dance. It aims to develop young artists to their full potential. The Centro organises workshops, exhibitions...
Country:
MEXICO
State:
FEDERAL DISTRICT OF MEXICO
City:
MEXICO CITY
Special Indexes:
Early Music Performance, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Instrument Making/Maintenance, Opera Performance
Notes:
The University can trace its history back to 1551 but was granted its current name and status in 1910. It operates on other campuses throughout Mexico. The ethnomusicology program is the only one of its kind in Mexico. The School of Music has an 'Iniciación Musical' program providing basic music tr...
Country:
MEXICO
State:
QUERÉTARO
City:
QUERÉTARO
Special Indexes:
Instrument Making/Maintenance
Notes:
The School works in partnership with The Violin Shop in Miami Florida. ...
Country:
MONACO
State:
City:
MONACO
Special Indexes:
Choral Conducting, Early Music Performance, Instrument Making/Maintenance, Jazz/Popular Music Performance
Notes:
The Academy of Music was founded in 1977. It provides free music tuition to students aged between 5 and 27 years residing in the Principality of Monaco and its immediate surroundings. Those living beyond this area are required to audition for places. There are programs in music and theatre, with th...
Country:
NEW ZEALAND
State:
NORTH ISLAND
City:
WELLINGTON
Special Indexes:
Arts Management/Music Management, Instrument Collections, Instrument Making/Maintenance, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Music Therapy, Opera Performance, Orchestral Conducting, Sound Engineering
Notes:
Massey University’s College of Creative Arts was established in 1999. The School of Music was originally formed from the combination of the Victoria University’s Conservatorium of Music and the Wellington’s Massey University’s School of Music and is currently based at the Wellington campus, ...
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:
NIGERIA
State:
City:
NSUKKA
Special Indexes:
Band Conducting, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Instrument Making/Maintenance, Sound Engineering, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
Founded in 1955 and formerly known as the University of Biafra, this University gained its current name in 1970 and is commonly referred to as UNN. The Department of Music was first established in 1960. The Sam Chukwu Memorial Recording Studio (SCMRS), the result of a collaboration between the Unive...
Country:
NORWAY
State:
City:
OSLO
Special Indexes:
Arts Management/Music Management, Band Conducting, Choral Conducting, Church Music/Religious Music, Early Music Performance, Instrument Making/Maintenance, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Music Therapy, Opera Performance, Orchestral Conducting, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
The Norwegian Academy of Music was established in 1973 and is regarded as equivalent to a university. Language of instruction in class is Norwegian; individual tuition may be in another language, mostly English. The Academy has a Norwegian Artistic Research Fellowships Program, regarded as equivalen...
Country:
NORWAY
State:
City:
VOSS
Special Indexes:
Ethnomusicology/World Music, Instrument Collections, Instrument Making/Maintenance, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
The Ole Bull Academy, founded in 1977, is an independent institution offering courses in Norwegian violin and fiddle music and traditional dance. This is a college level music academy devoted to instruction in native Norwegian music traditions. Classes are based on the actual experience of oral trad...
Country:
OMAN
State:
City:
MUSCAT
Special Indexes:
Ethnomusicology/World Music, Instrument Making/Maintenance, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
The University was founded in 1986 and the College of Arts and Social Sciences was established in 1987. Apart from major studies in music and musicology the department aims to produce qualified teachers who are technically and academically capable of teaching music in public schools. There is a cour...
Country:
POLAND
State:
City:
POZNAŃ
Special Indexes:
Choral Conducting, Church Music/Religious Music, Eurhythmics/Dalcroze, Early Music Performance, Instrument Collections, Instrument Making/Maintenance, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Opera Conducting, Opera Performance, Orchestral Conducting
Notes:
The Paderewske Academy of Music (Akademia Muzyczna im. Ignacego Jana Paderewskiego w Poznaniu) was founded in 1920 and has a branch in Szczecin. It gained its current name and status in 1982 and is regarded as equivalent in status to a university. There are five faculties: • Faculty of Composition...
Country:
POLAND
State:
City:
POZNAŃ
Special Indexes:
Early Music Performance, Instrument Collections, Instrument Making/Maintenance, Library Collections, Personal Archives, Research-only Institutions, Sound Archives
Notes:
The Museum of Musical Instruments was established in 1945 as a section of the National Museum of Poznan and was re-opened in a splendidly restored arrangement in 2019. Not a teaching institution, the Museum is the only one of its kind in Poland, and one of the few in Europe. It runs courses in organ...
Country:
RUSSIA
State:
City:
KAZAN
Special Indexes:
Choral Conducting, Early Music Performance, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Instrument Making/Maintenance, Opera Performance, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
The Conservatoire was founded in 1945. It is situated in the Middle Volga region in a multi-ethnic area, and trains students from Russia, China, Korea, Japan and other countries both in Western and Tatar music cultures. There is a separate Faculty of Bashkir Music, established in 1996, which include...
Country:
RUSSIA
State:
City:
NIZHNY NOVGOROD
Special Indexes:
Band Conducting, Choral Conducting, Early Music Performance, Instrument Making/Maintenance, Opera Performance, Orchestral Conducting, Sound Engineering, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
The Conservatory was founded in 1946. A pre-entry training program is offered to students wishing to enter the professional course. Facilities include two concert halls, one with a large concert organ, a sound laboratory, folklore room, a repair and adjustment facility for instruments and a museum. ...
Country:
SOUTH KOREA
State:
City:
SEOUL
Special Indexes:
Ethnomusicology/World Music, Instrument Collections, Instrument Making/Maintenance, Library Collections, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
This is a conservatory type institution which can trace its history back 1400 years. It gained its current title in 1951. The National Gugak Center is a centre of learning for Korean traditional music and operates in three performance halls. It aims to collect, notate and preserve a museum and libra...
Country:
SPAIN
State:
CATALONIA (CATALUÑA)
City:
BARCELONA
Special Indexes:
Instrument Collections, Instrument Making/Maintenance, Library Collections, Research-only Institutions, Sound Archives
Notes:
The museum, founded in 1946, conducts restoration of and research into historical European and Spanish traditional instruments. It has an important collection of over 500 instruments from various periods and cultures, with biographical and musical documents of the main Catalan composers including I ...
Country:
SPAIN
State:
GALICIA
City:
SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA
Special Indexes:
Ethnomusicology/World Music, Instrument Making/Maintenance
Notes:
The Music Studies Centre of Galicia ('Escola de Altos Estudos Musicais' - EAEM) was established in 1997. It aims to enhance the training opportunities for future music professionals and to organise outreach programs for the wider community. Courses are provided for both amateur and professional orch...
Country:
SPAIN
State:
VIZCAYA (BASQUE COUNTRY)
City:
BILBAO
Special Indexes:
Instrument Making/Maintenance
Notes:
This School of Violin Making forms part of the Conservatorio de Música 'J. C. Arriaga' and was established in 1986. A current research project involves the building of 5 instruments putting into practice recent researches in technology and materials to produce a consort with common and unique chara...
Country:
SPAIN
State:
VIZCAYA (BASQUE COUNTRY)
City:
BILBAO
Special Indexes:
Instrument Making/Maintenance, Music Therapy
Notes:
This institution can trace its history back to 1877 and after a period of closure and some name and location changes, it gained its current name and status in 1987. It is housed in a new purpose-built conservatory in Sarriko. There is an arrangement between the Ibarrekoland Institute and the Conserv...
Country:
SPAIN
State:
VIZCAYA (BASQUE COUNTRY)
City:
OIARTZUN
Special Indexes:
Instrument Collections, Instrument Making/Maintenance, Library Collections, Research-only Institutions, Sound Archives
Notes:
This is not a teaching body, through it does hold training courses for teachers and courses for students to complement their existing studies. The Centre was founded in 1996 and is involved in the collection and study of folk music. The archive holds a library of books, scores, manuscripts, photogra...
Country:
SWEDEN
State:
City:
STOCKHOLM
Special Indexes:
Choral Conducting, Church Music/Religious Music, Eurhythmics/Dalcroze, Early Music Performance, Instrument Making/Maintenance, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Music Therapy, Orchestral Conducting, Repetiteur Training/Coaching, Sound Engineering, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
This Royal College of Music, founded in 1771, is an independent college, financed both by private funds and the state. It is housed at the University of Stockholm. The College offers in-service training courses for professional musicians and music teachers, some by distance-mode. The Nordic Perform...
Country:
TAIWAN
State:
City:
TAINAN
Special Indexes:
Arts Management/Music Management, Choral Conducting, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Instrument Collections, Instrument Making/Maintenance, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Music Therapy, Orchestral Conducting, Sound Engineering, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
Founded in 1996 as the Tainan National College of the Arts, this institution gained its current name and status in 2004. There are colleges of visual arts, performing arts, sound and image arts and letters and cultural heritage. The College of Music includes the departments of music, Chinese music a...
Country:
TAJIKISTAN
State:
City:
DUSHANBE
Special Indexes:
Ethnomusicology/World Music, Instrument Making/Maintenance, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
Shashmaqam is the title given to the sophisticated, refined classical instrumental music that flourished in the great cities of Central Asia over many centuries. It has its roots in Samarkand and Bukhara where the musicians and the public comprised Tajiks, Uzbeks and the Jews of Central Asia. The Ac...
Country:
THAILAND
State:
City:
MAHA SARAKHAM
Special Indexes:
Arts Management/Music Management, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Instrument Making/Maintenance, Sound Engineering, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
The University was established in 1968 as a college of education and gained its current name and status in 1994. There is an attached secondary school for students wishing to specialise in music....
Country:
TUNISIA
State:
City:
SIDI BOU SAÏD
Special Indexes:
Instrument Collections, Instrument Making/Maintenance, Library Collections, Research-only Institutions, Sound Archives
Notes:
The Centre of Arab and Mediterranean Music was founded in 1991 and operates under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Culture, Youth and Leisure. The Centre acts as a facilitator of musical and cultural exchange between Europe and the Arab world. While not a teaching institution, it is the home of t...
Country:
TUNISIA
State:
City:
TUNIS
Special Indexes:
Ethnomusicology/World Music, Instrument Making/Maintenance, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
The University of Tunis was founded in 1988. The Higher Institute of Music was established in 1982 and has been incorporated into the university structure. It aims to provide programs in music and musicology at the professional level. Current research involves culture, new technologies and developme...
Country:
TURKEY
State:
City:
IZMIR
Special Indexes:
Ethnomusicology/World Music, Instrument Making/Maintenance, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Opera Performance, Orchestral Conducting, Sound Engineering, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
The University was founded in 1982. The Faculty of Fine Arts consists of ten departments - musicology, ceramics and glass design, film design, graphics, painting, performing arts (theatre), photography, sculpture, textile and fashion design, and traditional Turkish arts. Music facilities include pro...
Country:
TURKEY
State:
City:
IZMIR
Special Indexes:
Ethnomusicology/World Music, Instrument Making/Maintenance, Sound Archives, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
Ege University was founded in 1955, and the State Conservatory was established in 1983. The Conservatory has four departments: 1) Turkish Art Music and Folk Music, 2) Voice Education, with studies in both Turkish and Western solfège and theory, folklore and style, 3) Turkish folk dance, and 4) Inst...
Country:
TURKEY
State:
City:
ANKARA
Special Indexes:
Choral Conducting, 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 1958 and gained its current name and status in 1967. The Conservatory is the first of its kind in Turkey, being established in 1936 and becoming affiliated with the university in 1982. Its Western music education program was organised in collaboration wit...
Country:
TURKEY
State:
City:
ŞANLIURFA
Special Indexes:
Instrument Making/Maintenance, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
Harran University was established in 1992. The Conservatory was officially founded in 2011, with the first student in-take in 2014 to the program of traditional instrument performance. The range of instruments taught has since expanded and the Conservatory is becoming a centre for music research and...
Country:
TURKEY
State:
City:
ISTANBUL
Special Indexes:
Arts Management/Music Management, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Instrument Collections, Instrument Making/Maintenance, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Library Collections, Sound Archives, Sound Engineering, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
Istanbul Technical University can trace its history back to 1773. The Turkish Music State Conservatory was established in 1976. It has departments of Turkish music performance, composition, musicology, theory, music technology and Turkish folk dance. Apart from the professional program the music sch...
Country:
TURKEY (TÜRKIYE)
State:
City:
ESKIȘEHIR
Special Indexes:
Band Conducting, Choral Conducting, Instrument Making/Maintenance, Music Therapy, Opera Performance
Notes:
This State-run university was founded in 1958. The School of Music and Drama (the State Conservatory) was founded in 1986 and consists of departments of performing arts (drama and opera), music performance, and musical instrument construction (stringed instruments). Attached are three institutions a...
Country:
UNITED KINGDOM
State:
ENGLAND
City:
PORTSMOUTH
Special Indexes:
Band Conducting, Instrument Making/Maintenance, Military Music Academies
Notes:
The Royal Naval School of Music was founded in 1903. It is the professional music service of the Royal Navy and Royal Marines and as such has an international reputation for the quality and variety of music it performs. In 1950 the School was re-named the Royal Marines School of Music. The versatili...
Country:
UNITED KINGDOM
State:
ENGLAND
City:
OXFORD
Special Indexes:
Ethnomusicology/World Music, Instrument Collections, Instrument Making/Maintenance, Library Collections
Notes:
This is the oldest university in the English-speaking world, with nine centuries of continuous existence since 1096. Oxford University is a collegiate university, with 39 self-governing colleges related to the University in a type of federal system. The Faculty of Music houses the Bate Collection o...
Country:
UNITED KINGDOM
State:
ENGLAND
City:
CHICHESTER
Special Indexes:
Early Music Performance, Instrument Making/Maintenance
Notes:
The College is a private institution founded in 1971 offering courses in specialist conservation and restoration, visual and applied arts and a wide range of traditional arts and crafts. There is a Stringed Musical Instruments program in which students create instruments that can be commissioned and...
Country:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
State:
CALIFORNIA
City:
LOS ANGELES
Special Indexes:
Arts Management/Music Management, Instrument Making/Maintenance, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Sound Engineering
Notes:
Founded in 1977, this is a vocationally oriented school of contemporary music which trains aspiring professional musicians for careers in commercial music. There are state-of-the-art recording and performing facilities. Member of the National Association of Schools of Music....
Country:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
State:
CALIFORNIA
City:
SAN DIEGO
Special Indexes:
Arts Management/Music Management, Band Conducting, Choral Conducting, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Instrument Collections, Instrument Making/Maintenance, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Opera Performance, Orchestral Conducting, Sound Engineering, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
The University was founded in 1897. Facilities include the 300-seat Dayton Smith recital hall, a state-of-the-art electronic music studio, 160 pianos, three harpsichords and 800 other instruments, many of ethnic origin. There is an active opera program. The University hosts a Community Music School ...
Country:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
State:
CALIFORNIA
City:
SAN DIEGO
Special Indexes:
Choral Conducting, Instrument Collections, Instrument Making/Maintenance, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Orchestral Conducting, Sound Engineering
Notes:
The University was founded in 1960, though it can trace its history back to 1903. The Department of Music, established in 1966, is based in the Conrad Prebys Music Center and places some emphasis on education and innovation in new music. The Center for Research and Computing in the Arts conducts ac...
Country:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
State:
FLORIDA
City:
TALLAHASSEE
Special Indexes:
Arts Management/Music Management, Band Conducting, Choral Conducting, Church Music/Religious Music, Early Music Performance, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Instrument Collections, Instrument Making/Maintenance, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Music Theatre Performance, Music Therapy, Opera Performance, Orchestral Conducting, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
The University can trace its history back to 1823. It gained its current name and status in 1947. The School of Music houses a Center for Music Research and a Center for Music of the Americas with focus on music of the peoples of north, south and central America and the Caribbean. It is home to the ...
Country:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
State:
ILLINOIS
City:
MACOMB
Special Indexes:
Band Conducting, Choral Conducting, Church Music/Religious Music, Instrument Making/Maintenance, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Music Theatre Performance, Music Therapy, Opera Performance
Notes:
A state-supported university founded in 1899 as Western Illinois State Normal School, and gained its current name and status in 1967. The School of Music organises a Community Music School that offers music tuition to young children and interested members of the local community. Member of the Natio...
Country:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
State:
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
Notes:
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:
NEBRASKA
City:
KEARNEY
Special Indexes:
Instrument Making/Maintenance, Music Theatre Performance
Notes:
A state-supported university founded in 1905 as a teacher’s college. It gained its current name and status in 1991. The Department of Music and Performing Arts comprises departments of music, dance and theatre. The Fine Arts Center houses some fine performing spaces as well as a state-of-the-art m...
Country:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
State:
NEW JERSEY
City:
MONTCLAIR
Special Indexes:
Band Conducting, Choral Conducting, Instrument Making/Maintenance, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Music Theatre Performance, Music Therapy, Opera Performance
Notes:
The university was founded in 1908 as a teacher training college and gained its current name and status in 1994. The School of Music has access to several fine performing spaces. Member of the National Association of Schools of Music. ...
Country:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
State:
OHIO
City:
OBERLIN
Special Indexes:
Choral Conducting, Early Music Performance, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Instrument Collections, Instrument Making/Maintenance, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Library Collections, Opera Performance, Orchestral Conducting, Sound Engineering, Suzuki, Traditional Instrument Performance, Wellness for Musicians
Notes:
An independent co-educational college founded in 1833 of Christian heritage. It was the first college to grant undergraduate degrees to women, and was historically a leader in educating black Americans. The Conservatory operates a contemporary music program. Some emphasis is also placed on performan...
Country:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
State:
TENNESSEE
City:
NASHVILLE
Special Indexes:
Instrument Making/Maintenance
Notes:
Facilities include state-of-the-art workshop equipment, with industry-standard tools & technology used for the design, fabrication, electrical wiring and repair of guitars and basses. Member of the National Association of Schools of Music....
Country:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
State:
TEXAS
City:
DALLAS
Special Indexes:
Arts Management/Music Management, Band Conducting, Choral Conducting, Church Music/Religious Music, Eurhythmics/Dalcroze, Instrument Collections, Instrument Making/Maintenance, Kodály, Library Collections, Music Theatre Performance, Music Therapy, Opera Performance, Orchestral Conducting, Orff Schulwerk, Sound Engineering, Wellness for Musicians
Notes:
A private non-sectarian university of Methodist heritage, founded in 1911. The Meadows School of the Arts comprises divisions of visual art, dance, theatre, journalism, cinema-television, music, advertising, art history and arts administration. The music division houses a number of fine performance ...
Country:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
State:
VERMONT
City:
BENNINGTON
Special Indexes:
Ethnomusicology/World Music, Instrument Making/Maintenance, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Sound Engineering, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
A private non-sectarian college, emphasizing individual creativity in all students. It was founded in 1932 as a college for women, and became co-educational in 1969. Students design their own individual degree plan in consultation with academic advisors according to their own particular interest in ...
Country:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
State:
VIRGINIA
City:
NORFOLK
Special Indexes:
Band Conducting, Instrument Making/Maintenance, Library Collections
Notes:
Formerly known as the U.S. Armed Forces School of Music, the Naval School of Music is located at Joint Expeditionary Base Little Creek-Fort Story. The school, officially founded in 1935, is the only one of its kind within the armed forces of the United States. The mission of the school is to provide...
Country:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
State:
VIRGINIA
City:
WINCHESTER
Special Indexes:
Arts Management/Music Management, Band Conducting, Choral Conducting, Church Music/Religious Music, Instrument Making/Maintenance, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Music Theatre Performance, Music Therapy, Orchestral Conducting, Repetiteur Training/Coaching, Sound Engineering
Notes:
An interdisciplinary conservatory for music, theatre and dance located within a small private co-educational university, founded in 1875 and affiliated with the United Methodist Church. Facilities include a state-of-the-art recording studio and music technology labs. Four fully-produced musical thea...
Country:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
State:
WEST VIRGINIA
City:
MORGANTOWN
Special Indexes:
Band Conducting, Choral Conducting, Instrument Collections, Instrument Making/Maintenance, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Music Theatre Performance, Music Therapy, Opera Performance, Orchestral Conducting, Sound Archives, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
A state-supported university. The College of Creative Arts offers programs in art and design, music, theatre and dance. The Evansdale Library holds the Fry Archive (some 5,000 items) of recorded jazz music from the 1920s to the 1950s. There is a large collection of African instruments, as well as Ja...
Country:
VIETNAM
State:
City:
HÀNÔI
Special Indexes:
Choral Conducting, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Instrument Collections, Instrument Making/Maintenance, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Opera Performance, Orchestral Conducting, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
Formerly known as the Hànôi National Conservatory of Music, the Vietnam National Academy of Music was established in 1956, being the first and largest centre for professional music training in Vietnam. It is dedicated to the conservation of Vietnamese classical music. The conservatory is organised...
Country:
ZIMBABWE
State:
City:
GWERU
Special Indexes:
Arts Management/Music Management, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Instrument Making/Maintenance, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Library Collections, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
This government owned University was founded in 2000 and offers courses mainly in the commercial and arts sector. It was formerly known as Gweru Teachers' College. The main campus is in Gweru, with others in Zvishavane and Harare. The Music & Musicology Department has an archive of children’s ...