Country:
ABU DHABI
State:
City:
Special Indexes:
Jazz/Popular Music Performance
Notes:
Founded in 1994, the Institute offers instrumental and dance lessons to children from the age of five years through to adults....
Country:
ABU DHABI
State:
City:
ABU DHABI
Special Indexes:
Jazz/Popular Music Performance
Notes:
Approved by the Ministry of Education, the Royal Institute of Music and Arts was established in 1999. Performance lessons in piano, organ, keyboard, guitar, violin, viola, drums and vocals and art and craft activities are offered to young people and interested members of the local community....
Country:
ANDORRA
State:
City:
ANDORRA LA VELLA
Special Indexes:
Jazz/Popular Music Performance
Notes:
The Modern Music School of Andorra offers programs in rock and popular music performance, composition for film and TV and music production to people of all ages. There are two main emphases - teaching, and producing music. Performance instruments include keyboard and piano, electric or acoustic guit...
Country:
ARGENTINA
State:
CITY OF BUENOS AIRES
City:
BUENOS AIRES
Special Indexes:
Eurhythmics/Dalcroze, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Orff Schulwerk, Suzuki, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
The Collegium Musicum was founded in 1946. It is a private not-for-profit music school providing music programs for young children and adults, incorporating programs in recorder playing, choral groups, chamber music groups, Dalcroze movement, Orff Schulwerk, Suzuki programs in piano, violin and 'cel...
Country:
ARGENTINA
State:
CITY OF BUENOS AIRES
City:
BUENOS AIRES
Special Indexes:
Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
Founded in 1924 as the Conservatory Nacional, the institution was divided in 1989 into two levels: • higher level, transformed into the National University of Arts, and • middle level, assigned to the Ministry of Culture of the City of Buenos Aires and in 2000 was named the Conservatory de Music...
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:
ARGENTINA
State:
PROVINCIA DE BUENOS AIRES
City:
CÓRDOBA
Special Indexes:
Band Conducting, Choral Conducting, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
Founded in 1982, the Collegium is a co-operative association of music teachers that runs professional programs in music research, performance and music education. The Collegium also offers workshops on jazz, rock, pop, tango and folklore (guitar, electric guitar, electric bass, drums, percussion, sa...
Country:
ARGENTINA
State:
PROVINCIA DE BUENOS AIRES
City:
MAR DEL PLATA
Special Indexes:
Jazz/Popular Music Performance
Notes:
A provincial conservatorium within the province of Buenos Aires, founded in 1960 and operating under the Ministry of Education, Culture, Science and Technology. There are two other campuses in Mar del Plata. In addition to the professional programs there are programs for children and interested adul...
Country:
ARGENTINA
State:
PROVINCIA DE BUENOS AIRES
City:
JUNÍN
Special Indexes:
Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
A provincial conservatorium founded in 1979, operating within the province of Buenos Aires. There is a link between the National University of the Northwest (in Beunos Aires) with the Conservatorium in a project to research more effective ways of bridging the gap between theoretical advances in musi...
Country:
ARGENTINA
State:
PROVINCIA DE BUENOS AIRES
City:
CHASCOMÚS
Special Indexes:
Jazz/Popular Music Performance
Notes:
A provincial conservatorium of Buenos Aires founded in 1965. The conservatorio offers in-service training courses for music teachers and runs a three-year basic cycle for adults that allows them entry to the upper cycle....
Country:
ARGENTINA
State:
PROVINCIA DE BUENOS AIRES
City:
LA PLATA
Special Indexes:
Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Sound Engineering
Notes:
EMu is a school concentrating on producing capable and enthusiastic performer musicians in the areas of jazz and popular music, sound and recording technicians, music producers, arrangers, composers of music for film, web designers and the like. Facilities include state-of-the-art recording faciliti...
Country:
ARGENTINA
State:
PROVINCIA DE BUENOS AIRES
City:
AVELLANEDA
Special Indexes:
Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
A government-supported school founded in 1986, operating under the jurisdiction of the Director General of Culture and Education of the Province of Buenos Aires. It concentrates on the areas of tango, folklore and jazz. In addition to the professional program there are courses in popular music perfo...
Country:
ARGENTINA
State:
PROVINCIA DE BUENOS AIRES
City:
LA PLATA
Special Indexes:
Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Programs for the Handicapped, Sound Engineering
Notes:
The university was founded in its present form in 1905....
Country:
ARGENTINA
State:
PROVINCIA DE MENDOZA
City:
MENDOZA
Special Indexes:
Arts Management/Music Management, Jazz/Popular Music Performance
Notes:
The university was founded in 1939. The School of Music offers programs in music and music education. It organises an introductory cycle of music studies for students wishing to enter the professional music program....
Country:
ARGENTINA
State:
PROVINCIA DE SANTA FE
City:
ROSARIO
Special Indexes:
Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Sound Engineering
Notes:
This International School of Sound was founded in 1994 and operates under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Education and Culture of the Province of Santa Fe. Specialised courses in DJ and sound manipulation of various lengths are offered. Facilities include state-of-the-art recording studios and ...
Country:
ARGENTINA
State:
PROVINCIA DE SANTA FE
City:
PRIMERA JUNTA
Special Indexes:
Jazz/Popular Music Performance
Notes:
A provincial conservatorio known as CREI (Children's Aesthetic Recreation Centre), founded in 1967 operating under the jurisdiction of the Ministry or Innovation and Culture. Commencing in 2013, it became a specialist music school that organises music classes preparing students for possible later en...
Country:
ARGENTINA
State:
PROVINCIA DE SANTA FE
City:
ROSARIO
Special Indexes:
Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Sound Engineering, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
This research university was founded in 1968. ...
Country:
ARGENTINA
State:
PROVINCIA DEL CHACO
City:
RESISTENCIA
Special Indexes:
Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Programs for the Handicapped
Notes:
A provincial conservatorium founded in 1961. The Institute offers in-service training courses for school music teachers as well as for their own teachers (harmony, aural training, instruments, chamber music, jazz, electronic composition). It participates in the RED virtual network of teacher trainin...
Country:
ARGENTINA
State:
RIO NEGRO
City:
GENERAL ROCA
Special Indexes:
Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
First established as the Instituto Nacional Superior de Arts de General Roca in 1984, the Instituto Universitario Patagónico de las Artes was established in its current form in 2015. There are departments of audiovisual arts, visual arts, movement arts, music and drama. The Patagonia Cultural Found...
Country:
ARMENIA
State:
City:
YEREVAN
Special Indexes:
Band Conducting, Choral Conducting, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Library Collections, Opera Performance, Orchestral Conducting, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
This state-owned Conservatory can trace its history back to 1921 and provides music programs at university level with faculties of piano, orchestra and vocal-theoretical. Advanced courses are available in performance. There is an active opera program. Courses are taught in Armenian and English. A pr...
Country:
AUSTRALIA
State:
AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL TERRITORY
City:
CANBERRA
Special Indexes:
Arts Management/Music Management, Early Music Performance, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Instrument Collections, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Sound Engineering
Notes:
The School of Music was established in 1965 in the Canberra suburb of Manuka. Both its classical and jazz programs were amalgamated into the Australian National University and became its music wing. The School is a foremost research institution in a range of areas of Australian music. The Open Schoo...
Country:
AUSTRALIA
State:
AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL TERRITORY
City:
CANBERRA
Special Indexes:
Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Sound Engineering
Notes:
The University of Canberra was established in 1968. As well as the principal campus in Canberra, there are campuses in Melbourne, Brisbane, Gold Coast and Sydney as well as in several countries in South East Asia. ...
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:
Arts Management/Music Management, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Music Theatre Performance, Sound Engineering
Notes:
The Australian Institute of Music, founded in 1968, is a private higher education provider with campuses located in the heart of Sydney. It offers programs in music performance, composition, sound engineering, arts management and dramatic arts. Facilities include a 300-seat recital hall, a 120-seat ...
Country:
AUSTRALIA
State:
NEW SOUTH WALES
City:
COORANBONG
Special Indexes:
Ethnomusicology/World Music, Jazz/Popular Music Performance
Notes:
The College, established in 1897, is operated by the Seventh-day Adventist Church. Music studies are conducted by the Conservatorium which was founded in 2013. All studies include core subjects relating to Avondale’s philosophy of Christian education. Music may be taken as a major, a specialisatio...
Country:
AUSTRALIA
State:
NEW SOUTH WALES
City:
SYDNEY
Special Indexes:
Arts Management/Music Management, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Sound Engineering
Notes:
Macquarie University was founded in 1964. The Department of Media, Creative Arts and Communication began offering music programs in 1999. It publishes the biannual publication 'Perfect Beat' – The Pacific Journal of Research into Contemporary Music and Popular Culture - and is developing a series ...
Country:
AUSTRALIA
State:
NEW SOUTH WALES
City:
LISMORE
Special Indexes:
Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Sound Engineering
Notes:
The emphasis is on the study of contemporary popular music, with studies including performance, music technology, audio engineering, song writing, composition for screen, music video and music production. The Bachelor's degree may also be taken at Coomera (the Gold Coast campus). Facilities at the ...
Country:
AUSTRALIA
State:
NEW SOUTH WALES
City:
SYDNEY
Special Indexes:
Band Conducting, Choral Conducting, Early Music Performance, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Opera Performance, Orchestral Conducting
Notes:
The Sydney Conservatorium of Music is the music school of the University of Sydney. It was officially opened in 1915 as the NSW State Conservatorium of Music, with the stated aims of 'providing tuition of a standard at least equal to that of the leading European Conservatoriums'. In 1990 the NSW Sta...
Country:
AUSTRALIA
State:
NEW SOUTH WALES
City:
ARMIDALE
Special Indexes:
Ethnomusicology/World Music, Instrument Collections, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Library Collections, Sound Engineering, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
The University of New England can trace its history back to the 1920s. Music at the university was established in 1972. It is housed in a heritage building known as the C B Newling Centre which includes a 250-seat auditorium. There is an impressive collection of both Western and non-Western instrum...
Country:
AUSTRALIA
State:
NEW SOUTH WALES
City:
SYDNEY
Special Indexes:
Instrument Collections, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Opera Performance, Sound Engineering
Notes:
The University of New South Wales can trace its history back to 1843. It gained its current name and status in 1949. Facilities include a recording studio and electronic music lab. There is a collection of period instruments – fortepianos, harpsichords, recorder consorts, a Renaissance consort ...
Country:
AUSTRALIA
State:
NEW SOUTH WALES
City:
SYDNEY
Special Indexes:
Ethnomusicology/World Music, Instrument Collections, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Music Therapy, Sound Engineering
Notes:
Founded in 1989, the University of Western Sydney has a number of campuses in the West Sydney area. Music programs are offered at the Penrith campus. The music program offers students an opportunity to study music technology, composition, music performance and musicology. The program canvasses a ran...
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:
QUEENSLAND
City:
MACKAY
Special Indexes:
Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Music Theatre Performance
Notes:
The Central Queensland University was founded in 1987 and gained its current name and status in 1994. With headquarters in Mackay it has campuses in Brisbane, Bundaberg, Cairns, Emerald, Gladstone, Rockhampton, Townsville and Yeppoon as well as interstate. The Central Queensland Conservatorium of Mu...
Country:
AUSTRALIA
State:
QUEENSLAND
City:
BRISBANE
Special Indexes:
Instrument Collections, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Music Theatre Performance, Opera Performance, Sound Engineering
Notes:
The Queensland Conservatorium of Music was founded in 1957 and currently forms the music division of Griffith University at its Southbank campus. It houses several fine performance venues. The Queensland Conservatorium Research Centre was established in 2003. The Conservatorium has a second campus a...
Country:
AUSTRALIA
State:
QUEENSLAND
City:
BRISBANE
Special Indexes:
Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Sound Engineering
Notes:
The Queensland University of Technology can trace its history back to 1849. It gained its current name and status in 1989 and in 1990 it amalgamated with the Brisbane College of Advanced Education while still retaining its current title. There are campuses in Kelvin Grove and Caboolture. The Kelvin...
Country:
AUSTRALIA
State:
QUEENSLAND
City:
TOOWOOMBA
Special Indexes:
Eurhythmics/Dalcroze, Jazz/Popular Music Performance
Notes:
The University of Southern Queensland can trace its history back to 1967. It gained its current name and status in 1992. The Creative Arts & Media division offers programs in visual arts, theatre, music and film television and radio. There is a second campus in Springfield. The Department of Mus...
Country:
AUSTRALIA
State:
SOUTH AUSTRALIA
City:
MOUNT GAMBIER
Special Indexes:
Jazz/Popular Music Performance
Notes:
The James Morrison Academy of Music in Mount Gambier is a dedicated Jazz school in Partnership with the University of South Australia (UNISA). It delivers all the University's jazz music programs. Although all programs are delivered in Mount Gambier, all students are enrolled as fully registered stu...
Country:
AUSTRALIA
State:
SOUTH AUSTRALIA
City:
ADELAIDE
Special Indexes:
Ethnomusicology/World Music, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Library Collections, Music Theatre Performance, Opera Performance, Orchestral Conducting, Sound Engineering, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
The Elder Conservatorium can trace its history back to 1883. In 2002 it merged with the Flinders Street School of Music of the Adelaide Institute of TAFE to become the Elder School of Music. In 2005 its name was changed back to ‘Elder Conservatorium of Music’. A new building opened in 2005 has g...
Country:
AUSTRALIA
State:
TASMANIA
City:
HOBART
Special Indexes:
Instrument Collections, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Library Collections, Sound Engineering
Notes:
The Conservatorium offers the music programs within the School of Creative Arts, a School of the University of Tasmania. Due to its central location in the city the Conservatorium has been able to vitalise and enrich efforts to link music-making with the wider community. Facilities include a 172-sea...
Country:
AUSTRALIA
State:
VICTORIA
City:
MELBOURNE
Special Indexes:
Arts Management/Music Management, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Music Theatre Performance, Sound Engineering
Notes:
The Box Hill Institute was established in 1984 and is located on several campuses around the Box Hill area of Melbourne. It offers programs in the Tertiary and Further Education (TAFE) field and is one of the few Australian TAFE programs to offer Bachelor's and Master's degree programs. The Music, D...
Country:
AUSTRALIA
State:
VICTORIA
City:
MELBOURNE
Special Indexes:
Early Music Performance, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Instrument Collections, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Library Collections, Music Theatre Performance, Sound Archives
Notes:
Monash University was founded in 1965. The Sir Zelman Cowen School of Music forms the music division of the Faculty of Arts. It is housed at the Clayton campus in Melbourne. The University’s Performing Arts Centre houses the School of Music recital hall, a drama theatre, music technology studios,...
Country:
AUSTRALIA
State:
VICTORIA
City:
MELBOURNE
Special Indexes:
Arts Management/Music Management, Early Music Performance, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Instrument Collections, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Library Collections, Music Theatre Performance, Music Therapy, Opera Performance, Orchestral Conducting, Personal Archives, Sound Archives, Sound Engineering, Traditional Instrument Performance, Wellness for Musicians
Notes:
The Conservatorium of Music, founded in 1891, thus being the oldest in Australia, is housed in the Conservatorium building at the Parkville campus which is classified by the National Trust of Victoria. It contains a 350-seat concert hall (Melba Hall) with excellent acoustics for chamber music, and w...
Country:
AUSTRALIA
State:
VICTORIA
City:
MELBOURNE
Special Indexes:
Arts Management/Music Management, Jazz/Popular Music Performance
Notes:
Victoria University was formally established as a University in 1990, and offers both TAFE and higher education programs. There are eleven campuses, and courses are also offered off-shore including such countries as Malaysia, Hong Kong, Singapore, Bangladesh, Vietnam, Korea, China and Thailand. A nu...
Country:
AUSTRALIA
State:
WESTERN AUSTRALIA
City:
PERTH
Special Indexes:
Arts Management/Music Management, Instrument Collections, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Library Collections, Music Theatre Performance, Sound Engineering, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
The Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts was established in 1980, and forms part of Edith Cowan University’s School of Communications and Creative Industries. Its programs include studies in dance, music theatre, music (classical, jazz, contemporary), broadcasting, sound design, stage man...
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:
VIENNA (WIEN)
Special Indexes:
Choral Conducting, Early Music Performance, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Music Theatre Performance
Notes:
Founded in 1867, this is the oldest private music conservatorium in Vienna. Its full name is 'Franz Schubert Konservatorium für Musik und darstellende Kunst und Musikschule'. It offers courses in classical and jazz performance, drama, music theatre and puppet play. The Ethnic Music Department offer...
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:
VIENNA (WEIN)
Special Indexes:
Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Sound Engineering
Notes:
A private university, the JAM Music Lab was established in 2011. It specialises in jazz and popular music. There are two faculties - Faculty of Music and Faculty of Pedagogy. The University offers pre-college programs for potential students and for interested members of the local community. An asso...
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:
VIENNA (WIEN)
Special Indexes:
Band Conducting, Choral Conducting, Early Music Performance, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Music Theatre Performance, Opera Performance, Repetiteur Training/Coaching
Notes:
This private institution, formerly known as the 'Vienna Conservatory' gained its current name and status in 2005. The University has 17 affiliated music schools and operates a ‘Kindersingschule’. There are two Faculties: • Faculty of Music, comprising departments of instrumental performance, ...
Country:
AUSTRIA
State:
City:
INNSBRUCK
Special Indexes:
Band Conducting, Early Music Performance, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Opera Performance, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
The Conservatorium can trace its history back to 1818 and gained its current name and status in 1990. Since 2019 there has been a link with the University of Music and Performing Arts in Vienna (Universität für Musik und darstellende Kunst Wien) , llowing students the opportunity to graduate from...
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:
VIENNA (WIEN)
Special Indexes:
Band Conducting, Early Music Performance, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Music Theatre Performance, Opera Performance
Notes:
This private Konservatorium was founded in 1979 offering professional programs leading to qualifications in music, drama, dance and public speaking. It also organises a Music School which offers music tuition to children and interested members of the local community. An active member of the Associat...
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:
BELGIUM
State:
BRUSSELS CAPITAL REGION
City:
BRUSSELS (BRUXELLES)
Special Indexes:
Band Conducting, Choral Conducting, Early Music Performance, Eurhythmics/Dalcroze, Instrument Collections, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Library Collections, Opera Performance
Notes:
The Conservatoire was founded in 1832. At this address are two distinct institutions: • the Conservatoire Royal de Musique de Bruxelles (French-speaking, outlined above), and • the Koninklijk Muziekconservatorium van Brussel (Flemish-speaking - see separate entry). Entry to all courses is by aud...
Country:
BELGIUM
State:
BRUSSELS CAPITAL REGION
City:
BRUSSELS (BRUXELLES)
Special Indexes:
Eurhythmics/Dalcroze, Jazz/Popular Music Performance
Notes:
The Belgian Dalcroze Institute was established in 1975 and was recognised as a National Institution of Musical Eduication. Besides its teacher training program the institute offers courses in Dalcroze eurhythmics to children and interested adults....
Country:
BELGIUM
State:
BRUSSELS CAPITAL REGION
City:
BRUSSELS (BRUXELLES)
Special Indexes:
Band Conducting, Early Music Performance, Instrument Collections, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Orchestral Conducting, Sound Archives
Notes:
The Conservatoire was founded in 1813 and was given its current name in 1832. At this address are two distinct institutions, the Koninklijk Muziekconservatorium van Brussel (Flemish-speaking - outlined above), and the Conservatoire Royal de Musique de Bruxelles (French-speaking - see separate entry)...
Country:
BELGIUM
State:
FLANDERS
City:
LEUVEN
Special Indexes:
Choral Conducting, Early Music Performance, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Music Therapy, Orchestral Conducting
Notes:
The Lemmens Institute is the Faculty of Music, Performing Arts and Education (LUCA School of Arts) of the Hogeschool voor Wetenschap & Kunst, Leuven University. It was founded in 1879 as an institute for church music. It has since become a complete conservatorium with programs in music and drama...
Country:
BELGIUM
State:
FLANDERS
City:
ANTWERP
Special Indexes:
Band Conducting, Choral Conducting, Instrument Collections, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Library Collections, Repetiteur Training/Coaching, Suzuki
Notes:
This institution forms part of the Artesis Plantijn University College which originated from a merger between Artesis University College and Plantijn University College. Founded in 1898 as the Royal Flemish Conservatoire by Peter Benoit, it was the first Dutch-language institute for art education in...
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:
BERMUDA
State:
City:
HAMILTON
Special Indexes:
Jazz/Popular Music Performance
Notes:
The Bermuda Drum Institute was established in 1991. It offers private drum lessons to students of all ages....
Country:
BOLIVIA
State:
City:
LA PAZ
Special Indexes:
Choral Conducting, Jazz/Popular Music Performance
Notes:
The Conservatorio Plurinacional de Música (COPLUMU) comes under the control of the Vice-Ministry of Culture, and was founded in 1907. In 2013, after a number of industrial and political troubles with subsequent disruption to the continuity programs a new property was obtained resulting in the emerg...
Country:
BRAZIL
State:
BAHIA
City:
SALVADOR
Special Indexes:
Choral Conducting, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Orchestral Conducting
Notes:
A federal university founded in 1946. Campus Canela offers programs in theatre, visual arts and music. Its ethnomusicology program is the oldest in Brazil. The School of Music sees composition as a particular strength of its program. Public concerts are given by the contemporary performing group. ...
Country:
BRAZIL
State:
MINAS GERAIS
City:
UBERLÂNDIA
Special Indexes:
Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Sound Engineering
Notes:
A federal university founded in 1969 with campuses in various cities in the state of Minas Gerais. Its music department was established in 1978. The Advanced Centre of Sonic Computation and Multimedia (NACSM) has state-of-the-art music technology facilities and carries out research in sound enginee...
Country:
BRAZIL
State:
RIO DE JANEIRO
City:
RIO DE JANEIRO
Special Indexes:
Arts Management/Music Management, Choral Conducting, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Music Therapy, Opera Performance, Orchestral Conducting
Notes:
A private conservatorium founded in 1936. It offers programs both on-campus and by distance mode. The Conservatorio houses a well-equipped digital technology and recording laboratory. The ‘José Maria Neves’ research institute serves the areas of music education, musicology and music therapy. T...
Country:
BRAZIL
State:
RIO DE JANEIRO
City:
RIO DE JANEIRO
Special Indexes:
Band Conducting, Choral Conducting, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Instrument Collections, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Library Collections, Opera Performance, Orchestral Conducting, Sound Archives
Notes:
This federal university (also known as UNIRIO) was founded in 1979. There are several campuses in the city of Rio de Janeiro. The Centro de Letras e Artes offers programs in theatre, literature and music. The music department is known as the Instituto Villa-Lobos, formerly known as the National Cons...
Country:
BRAZIL
State:
RIO GRANDE DO SUL
City:
SÃO LEOPOLDO
Special Indexes:
Choral Conducting, Church Music/Religious Music, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Music Therapy
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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:
BRAZIL
State:
RIO GRANDE DO SUL
City:
PASSO FUNDO
Special Indexes:
Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Opera Performance
Notes:
A private university that can trace its history back to 1956. There is a centre for the study of jazz and Brazilian popular music and a large percussion lab....
Country:
BRAZIL
State:
RIO GRANDE DO SUL
City:
PELOTAS
Special Indexes:
Choral Conducting, Jazz/Popular Music Performance
Notes:
A federal university founded in 1969, though the Conservatorio de Música can trace its history back to 1918. There are degree courses in plastic arts, literature and culture, and music. Music courses in performance, composition, theory and popular Brazilian music are also offered to interested mem...
Country:
BRAZIL
State:
RIO GRANDE DO SUL
City:
SANTA MARIA
Special Indexes:
Choral Conducting, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Sound Engineering
Notes:
This public university was founded in 1960. Its music department was established in 1963 within the Faculty of Fine Arts....
Country:
BRAZIL
State:
SÃO PAULO
City:
BAURU
Special Indexes:
Band Conducting, Choral Conducting, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Orchestral Conducting
Notes:
The Conservatorio Musical Pio XII, founded in 1928, is attached to the Universidade do Sagrado Coração in Bauru and offers preparatory courses for those wishing to proceed to the professional music programs as well as courses for young children and interested members of the community. ...
Country:
BRAZIL
State:
SÃO PAULO
City:
SÃO PAULO
Special Indexes:
Choral Conducting, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Music Therapy, Opera Performance, Orchestral Conducting, Wellness for Musicians
Notes:
A Catholic institution founded in 1929, operating at two sites in the São Paulo area. There are departments of music, fashion design, fine arts, arts education as well as management, accounting, nursing, physiotherapy, medicine, fashion design, nutrition and international relations. There is a stro...
Country:
BRAZIL
State:
SÃO PAULO
City:
SÃO PAULO
Special Indexes:
Early Music Performance, Jazz/Popular Music Performance
Notes:
This institution was formally authorised and recognised as an institute of higher education in 1963. It is a small well-equipped private music school consisting of a conservatorium (junior department) and the faculty (professional training). It can trace its history back to 1906 and was granted its ...
Country:
BRAZIL
State:
SÃO PAULO
City:
SÃO PAULO
Special Indexes:
Ethnomusicology/World Music, Jazz/Popular Music Performance
Notes:
A private music school founded in 1973....
Country:
BRAZIL
State:
SÃO PAULO
City:
RIBEIRÃO PRETO
Special Indexes:
Band Conducting, Choral Conducting, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Library Collections, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
Established in 1934, the University of São Paulo is a public university with several campuses throughout the state of São Paulo. A music program is offered at the Ribeirão Preto campus, brought into being as a result of an exchange program between the music departments of the American University ...
Country:
BRAZIL
State:
SÃO PAULO
City:
CAMPINAS
Special Indexes:
Choral Conducting, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Orchestral Conducting
Notes:
An autonomous state university founded in 1966. Facilities for music include well-equipped music technology studios ...
Country:
BULGARIA
State:
City:
PLOVDIV
Special Indexes:
Arts Management/Music Management, Choral Conducting, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Music Therapy, Opera Performance, Orchestral Conducting, Sound Engineering, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
This state-owned Academy was founded in 1964 as an affiliate of the Bulgarian State Conservatory in Sofia and is regarded as equivalent in status to a university. It gained its current name and status in 1995. There are Faculties of Musical Pedagogy, Musical Folklore and Choreography, Fine Arts, and...
Country:
BULGARIA
State:
City:
SOFIA
Special Indexes:
Arts Management/Music Management, Band Conducting, Choral Conducting, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Music Theatre Performance, Music Therapy, Opera Conducting, Opera Performance, Orchestral Conducting, Sound Engineering, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
The Academy can trace its history back to 1904. After several name changes it gained its current name and status in 2006. Language of instruction is Bulgarian. There are three faculties: • Instrumental, • Vocal including an opera program, • Theory, Composition and Conducting. A Department of...
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:
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:
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:
ALBERTA
City:
CALGARY
Special Indexes:
Band Conducting, Choral Conducting, Instrument Collections, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Library Collections, Sound Engineering
Notes:
The School of Creative and Performing Arts offers programs in dance, drama and music. There are several performing spaces of fine quality, including the Eckhardt-Gramatté Recital Hall, the University Theatre and the Boris Roubakine Recital Hall. The Department of Music has a large collection of ke...
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:
BRITISH COLUMBIA
City:
VANCOUVER
Special Indexes:
Band Conducting, Choral Conducting, Early Music Performance, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Instrument Collections, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Opera Performance, Sound Engineering
Notes:
This public University was granted its charter in 1908. The music program commenced in 1935 and the Bachelor of Music degree was introduced in 1959. There are campuses in Vancouver and Okanagan. The Arts Complex includes separate buildings for the Departments of Theatre, Film and Fine Arts, the Scho...
Country:
CANADA
State:
BRITISH COLUMBIA
City:
VICTORIA
Special Indexes:
Band Conducting, Choral Conducting, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Opera Performance, Sound Engineering
Notes:
The University of Victoria can trace its history back to 1903, and gained its current name and status in 1963. The School of Music is situated in the MacLaurin Building which houses the 220-seat Phillip T Young Recital Hall. It is an All-Steinway School and has an active opera workshop. Facilities ...
Country:
CANADA
State:
MANITOBA
City:
BRANDON
Special Indexes:
Band Conducting, Choral Conducting, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Library Collections, Orff Schulwerk, Sound Archives, Suzuki
Notes:
A co-educational, non-denominational, government-supported institution that can trace its history back to 1880, with a school of music added in 1906. It gained its current name and status in 1967. The School of Music is housed in the Queen Elizabeth II Music Building which itself houses the Jill Hod...
Country:
CANADA
State:
MANITOBA
City:
WINNIPEG
Special Indexes:
Choral Conducting, Instrument Collections, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Library Collections, Opera Performance, Orchestral Conducting, Sound Engineering, Suzuki
Notes:
The University of Manitoba was founded in 1877, being Western Canada's first university. Currently there are several campuses throughout the city of Winnipeg. The Manitoba Institute for Music Technology provides training in music technology and encourages creative work and research in electroacousti...
Country:
CANADA
State:
NEWFOUNDLAND
City:
ST JOHN’S
Special Indexes:
Band Conducting, Choral Conducting, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Instrument Collections, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Opera Performance, Orchestral Conducting, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
The University was founded in 1925 as a memorial to the Newfoundlanders who had lost their lives on active service during the First World War. The School of Music has access to several fine performance spaces. There is a Folklore Department which offers courses in local performance traditions (acco...
Country:
CANADA
State:
NOVA SCOTIA
City:
ANTIGONISH
Special Indexes:
Jazz/Popular Music Performance
Notes:
The University commenced operating in 1894. It became the first Catholic university in North America to offer degree programs to women and the first to offer a dedicated jazz studies degree in Canada. The department of music is housed in Thomas Aquinas Hall....
Country:
CANADA
State:
ONTARIO
City:
OTTAWA
Special Indexes:
Early Music Performance, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Sound Engineering, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
This public university was established in 1942 as Carleton College and gained its current name and status in 1957. The School for Studies in Art and Culture comprises departments of art history, film studies and music. The School possesses a practice carillon while the Ottawa National Carillon is l...
Country:
CANADA
State:
ONTARIO
City:
THUNDER BAY
Special Indexes:
Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Library Collections
Notes:
The Lakehead University Department of Music was founded in 1988 and is housed in the William H Buset Centre for Music and Visual Arts. Facilities include a recital hall, classrooms, teaching studios, practice modules and a digital electronic/recording studio. The music library houses an extensive co...
Country:
CANADA
State:
ONTARIO
City:
SUDBURY
Special Indexes:
Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Music Therapy
Notes:
Laurentian University, an independent institution, was founded in 1960, though it can trace its history back to 1913. This is a bilingual campus, situated in the beautiful lake-filled Laurentian Conservation Area, offering courses in both English and French languages. Music degrees are available onl...
Country:
CANADA
State:
ONTARIO
City:
HAMILTON
Special Indexes:
Ethnomusicology/World Music, Jazz/Popular Music Performance
Notes:
This public university can trace its history back to 1887. The School of the Arts offers programs in studio art, art history, music, theatre, and film studies. Language of instruction is English....
Country:
CANADA
State:
ONTARIO
City:
KINGSTON
Special Indexes:
Arts Management/Music Management, Eurhythmics/Dalcroze, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Kodály, Music Theatre Performance, Opera Performance, Orff Schulwerk, Sound Engineering
Notes:
The University was established by Royal Charter of Queen Victoria in 1841. The Dan School of Drama and Music is housed in the new Isabel Bader Centre for the Performing Arts with some fine performing spaces. The first two years of the four-year music theatre program are taken at St Lawrence College....
Country:
CANADA
State:
ONTARIO
City:
GUELPH
Special Indexes:
Instrument Collections, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Sound Engineering
Notes:
This public university was established in 1964. The department of music is home to the Advanced Digital Audio Production and Performance Studio (ADAPPS). The Coleman collection of musical instruments is housed at the Guelph Youth Music Centre....
Country:
CANADA
State:
ONTARIO
City:
OTTAWA
Special Indexes:
Arts Management/Music Management, Choral Conducting, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Opera Performance, Orchestral Conducting
Notes:
This public university was established in 1848. It claims to be the largest bi-lingual university in the world. The School of Music has close links with the National Arts Centre and the Ottawa Symphony Orchestra. It organises an active opera program. Languages of instruction are English and French....
Country:
CANADA
State:
ONTARIO
City:
TORONTO
Special Indexes:
Arts Management/Music Management, Band Conducting, Choral Conducting, Early Music Performance, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Library Collections, Opera Performance, Orchestral Conducting, Sound Archives, Sound Engineering, Wellness for Musicians
Notes:
This public university was founded as King’s College in 1827, thus being the first institution of higher learning in the colony of Upper Canada. There are other campuses in Mississauga and Scarborough. The Faculty of Music is housed in the Edward Johnston Building in central Toronto. Facilities i...
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:
ONTARIO
City:
WINDSOR
Special Indexes:
Arts Management/Music Management, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Music Therapy
Notes:
This public university can trace its history back to 1857. It gained its current name and status in 1962. Language of instruction is English....
Country:
CANADA
State:
ONTARIO
City:
LONDON
Special Indexes:
Arts Management/Music Management, Band Conducting, Choral Conducting, Early Music Performance, Instrument Collections, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Library Collections, Music Theatre Performance, Opera Performance, Personal Archives, Sound Engineering
Notes:
Western University (formerly known as the University of Western Ontario), is a public institution founded in 1878. The Don Wright Faculty of Music is home to three departments - Music Education, Music Performance Studies, and Music Research and Composition. The music library has an extensive collec...