Country:
ARGENTINA
State:
CITY OF BUENOS AIRES
City:
BUENOS AIRES
Special Indexes:
Eurhythmics/Dalcroze, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Kodály, Music Therapy, Orff Schulwerk
Notes:
This Jesuit Catholic university was granted its current name and status in 1959. It offers a full program of training in music therapy, the first to do so in Latin America. The University has centres in several locations around the country....
Country:
AUSTRALIA
State:
NEW SOUTH WALES
City:
SYDNEY
Special Indexes:
Arts Management/Music Management, Music Therapy, Sound Engineering
Notes:
Formerly known as the New South Wales Institute of Technology, the University of Technology gained its current name and status in 1988. There is a Centre for Research and Education in the Arts....
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:
QUEENSLAND
City:
BRISBANE
Special Indexes:
Band Conducting, Choral Conducting, Early Music Performance, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Instrument Collections, Kodály, Library Collections, Music Therapy, Sound Archives, Sound Engineering, Wellness for Musicians
Notes:
The University of Queensland was founded in 1909. The School of Music owns a collection of early instruments and a small number of non-Western instruments. It houses the Australian and Oceanic Music Archive with an extensive collection of field recordings made chiefly in Papua New Guinea. An associa...
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:
AUSTRIA
State:
City:
VIENNA (WIEN)
Special Indexes:
Arts Management/Music Management, Choral Conducting, Church Music/Religious Music, Early Music Performance, Eurhythmics/Dalcroze, Library Collections, Music Therapy, Opera Conducting, Opera Performance, Orchestral Conducting, Repetiteur Training/Coaching, Sound Archives, Sound Engineering, Wellness for Musicians
Notes:
Originally founded in 1817 and formerly known as the ‘Hochschule für Musik und darstellende Kunst’, the University currently enrols around 3,500 students from around the world, with almost 800 internationally renowned teachers. Ir offers courses in music, music education, theatre, film and tele...
Country:
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:
BELIZE
State:
City:
SANTA ELENA
Special Indexes:
Music Therapy
Notes:
This is the Belize campus of the American Conservatory of Music based in Indiana, USA. It is a binational music school that formerly belonged to the Straube Piano Company and is now associated with the Orthodox Christian Church, being an institution of the St Michael the Archangel Greek Orthodox Mon...
Country:
BRAZIL
State:
GOIÁS
City:
GOIÂNIA
Special Indexes:
Band Conducting, Choral Conducting, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Music Therapy
Notes:
A federal university founded in 1960. The Institute of the Arts comprises departments of music, dance, theatre and plastic arts. The music department has a strong emphasis on performance. There is a sound research laboratory. Extension programs offer various music courses for interested members of ...
Country:
BRAZIL
State:
PARANÁ
City:
CURITIBA
Special Indexes:
Band Conducting, Choral Conducting, Music Therapy
Notes:
A state school of the arts founded in 1948. It offers programs in music and visual arts....
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 GRANDE DO SUL
City:
SÃO LEOPOLDO
Special Indexes:
Choral Conducting, Church Music/Religious Music, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Music Therapy
Notes:
An Evangelical Lutheran institution with links to the Evangelican Lutheran Church in America whose web page it uses. It can trace its history back to 1824. The music program was established in 2011. This School forms part of a Global Network of University Research Centers for Theology, Religious and...
Country:
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:
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:
MANITOBA
City:
WINNIPEG
Special Indexes:
Band Conducting, Choral Conducting, Church Music/Religious Music, Music Therapy, Opera Performance
Notes:
An independent Mennonite Christian university founded in 1998, combining the programs of the former Canadian Mennonite Bible College, Concord College and Menno Simons College. The University has established a Community School of Music and the Arts offering individual music lessons and ensemble expe...
Country:
CANADA
State:
NOVA SCOTIA
City:
WOLFVILLE
Special Indexes:
Band Conducting, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Kodály, Music Theatre Performance, Music Therapy, Opera Performance, Orff Schulwerk, Sound Engineering, Wellness for Musicians
Notes:
The University can trace its history back to 1838. The School of Music was established in 1927. Facilities include a well-equipped digital recording studio and a MIDI lab. The School of Music has an active opera/music theatre program, and organises a Summer Academy for interested musicians from the...
Country:
CANADA
State:
ONTARIO
City:
ST CATHARINES
Special Indexes:
Music Therapy
Notes:
This public university was established in 1964. The Marilyn I Walker School of Fine and Performing Arts was officially opened in 2015, and has access to some fine performing spaces. It offers programs in music, visual arts and drama. There is a well-equipped computer music lab....
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:
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:
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:
CANADA
State:
PROVINCE DE QUÉBEC
City:
MONTREAL
Special Indexes:
Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Music Therapy, Sound Engineering
Notes:
The University has existed in its current form since 1974 following the merger of Loyola College and Sir George Williams University. The Oscar Peterson Concert Hall is a fine performing venue, and has an associated well-equipped recording studio. There is collaboration with other departments in the...
Country:
CANADA
State:
SASKATCHEWAN
City:
REGINA
Special Indexes:
Band Conducting, Choral Conducting, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Music Therapy, Opera Performance, Orchestral Conducting
Notes:
The University can trace its history back to 1911 and gained its current name and status in 1974. The Faculty of Media, Art and Performance offers programs in creative technologies, film, music, theatre and visual arts. The music department houses several fine performance spaces and a well-equipped ...
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:
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:
YUNNAN PROVINCE
City:
KUNMING
Special Indexes:
Ethnomusicology/World Music, Music Therapy, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
The University was founded in 1959 and is a comprehensive arts college consisting of schools of music, dance, drama, film and television, fine arts, art design and continuing education. There are departments of film and television and art and culture. Attached middle and high schools provide special...
Country:
COLOMBIA
State:
City:
BOGOTÁ
Special Indexes:
Choral Conducting, Early Music Performance, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Music Therapy, Opera Performance, Orchestral Conducting
Notes:
The University can trace its history back to 1830. It has ten campuses throughout Colombia but music is only available at the Bogotá campus. There is a well-equipped music library. In addition to the professional music programs there is a junior department providing early music training to young p...
Country:
CYPRUS (GREEK)
State:
City:
NICOSIA (LEFKOSIA)
Special Indexes:
Band Conducting, Choral Conducting, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Eurhythmics/Dalcroze, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Music Therapy, Orff Schulwerk
Notes:
This private university was founded in 1961 as Cyprus College. It gained its current name and status in 2007, the School of Arts and Education Sciences being established in the same year. Languages of instruction are Greek and English. The European University of Cyprus belongs to the network of Laur...
Country:
DENMARK
State:
City:
AALBORG
Special Indexes:
Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Music Therapy, Sound Engineering
Notes:
This public university can trace its history back to 1959. It was inaugurated in 1974 as the Aalborg University Centre, and gained its current name and status in 1994. It has branches in Esbjerg and Copenhagen. Member of the University of the Arctic....
Country:
FINLAND
State:
City:
JYVÄSKYLÄ
Special Indexes:
Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Music Therapy, Opera Performance
Notes:
The University can trace its history back to 1813 and was formerly known as the Jyväskylä Polytechnic. The School of Cultural Studies (Music) works in close association with the Jyväskylä Conservatorium (Suomalainen Konservatorio). There is an active opera program. A music play school is organis...
Country:
FINLAND
State:
City:
JYVÄSKYLÄ
Special Indexes:
Music Therapy
Notes:
The department of musicology was established in 1968. It publishes a journal of musicology. The University has the only Chair in music therapy in Finland. The music, mind and technology program is taught by staff from The Finnish Center of Excellence in Interdisciplinary Music Research....
Country:
FRANCE
State:
BOURGOGNE
City:
DIJON
Special Indexes:
Music Therapy
Notes:
The Music Therapy Workshop of Burgundy is an organisation dedicated to the training, research and development of music therapy. It is a member of the French Federation of Music Therapy. There is a branch in Toulouse....
Country:
FRANCE
State:
LANGUEDOC-ROUSSILLON
City:
MONTPELLIER
Special Indexes:
Choral Conducting, Early Music Performance, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Music Therapy
Notes:
The University was founded in 1289. It became the University de Montpellier III, Paul Valéry in 1970, specialising in the arts, languages and social sciences. Research at the Department of Music centres around multi-disciplinary areas. There is a Centre d’Étude du XXème Siècle which has publis...
Country:
FRANCE
State:
MIDI-PYRÉNÉES
City:
TOULOUSE
Special Indexes:
Band Conducting, Choral Conducting, Community Music Training, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Library Collections, Music Therapy
Notes:
The University can trace its history back to 1229. Formerly known as Université de Toulouse II - Le Mirail, in 2014 it gained its current name. The Department of Music organises an annual concert using its choir and orchestra, and collaborating with the Orchestre National du Capitole de Toulouse. T...
Country:
GERMANY
State:
BADEN-WÜRTTEMBERG
City:
HEIDELBERG
Special Indexes:
Music Therapy, Research-only Institutions
Notes:
The German Centre for Music Therapy Research was founded in 1995. It is a not-for-profit institute of the University of Applied Sciences, Heidelberg (SRH Hochschule Heidelberg) and is the largest music therapy research institute in Europe. It houses an outpatient clinic for music therapy patients an...
Country:
GERMANY
State:
BADEN-WÜRTTEMBERG
City:
FREIBURG IM BREISGAU
Special Indexes:
Choral Conducting, Church Music/Religious Music, Eurhythmics/Dalcroze, Early Music Performance, Instrument Collections, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Music Theatre Performance, Music Therapy, Opera Performance, Orchestral Conducting, Wellness for Musicians
Notes:
This university-level institution was founded in 1946. There are Institutes for Church Music, New Music, Music Theatre, Historic Performance Practice and Musicians' Medicine. Facilities include a well-equipped electronic music studio. There is an Academy for Gifted Students. In addition to the profe...
Country:
GERMANY
State:
BAYERN (BAVARIA)
City:
WÜRZBURG
Special Indexes:
Music Therapy
Notes:
The University of Applied Sciences Würzburg-Schweinfurt can trace its history back to 1807 and gained its current name and status in 1971. There are campuses in Würzburg and Schweinfurt....
Country:
GERMANY
State:
BAYERN (BAVARIA)
City:
NÜRNBERG
Special Indexes:
Band Conducting, Choral Conducting, Church Music/Religious Music, Early Music Performance, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Music Theatre Performance, Music Therapy, Opera Performance, Repetiteur Training/Coaching
Notes:
In 1999 the Leopold Mozart Konservatorium in Augsburg and the Meistersinger Konservatorium in Nürnberg were officially joined to become the Hochschule für Musik Nürnberg-Augsburg – the youngest Hochschule in Germany. The seat of administration is in Nürnberg. At the Nürnberg campus there is a...
Country:
GERMANY
State:
BAYERN (BAVARIA)
City:
AUGSBURG
Special Indexes:
Band Conducting, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Music Therapy, Suzuki, Wellness for Musicians
Notes:
The university was established in 1970. It houses the Leopold Mozart Centre for Music and Music Education, founded in 2008. The Leopold Mozart Centre consists of three institutes: • Institute of Music Education, Music Therapy and Musicology; • Institute of Elementary Music Education, Singing, ...
Country:
GERMANY
State:
BERLIN
City:
BERLIN
Special Indexes:
Music Therapy
Notes:
A private institution founded in 1962, thus being the first music therapy training centre in Germany. It is a member of the Standing Training Conference for Private Music Therapy Schools (SAMT). As from 2021 the training courses will be offered in cooperation with the Friedensau University of Applie...
Country:
GERMANY
State:
BERLIN
City:
BERLIN
Special Indexes:
Choral Conducting, Church Music/Religious Music, Early Music Performance, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Music Theatre Performance, Music Therapy, Opera Performance, Orchestral Conducting, Sound Engineering, Wellness for Musicians
Notes:
The University can trace its history back to 1696. It gained its current name and status in 2001. There are four colleges: fine arts; architecture, media and design; performing arts/theatre; music. Attached to the Faculty are eight Institutes: • Institute for Higher Level Music Teacher Training; ...
Country:
GERMANY
State:
HAMBURG
City:
HAMBURG
Special Indexes:
Arts Management/Music Management, Choral Conducting, Church Music/Religious Music, Early Music Performance, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Music Theatre Performance, Music Therapy, Opera Performance, Orchestral Conducting, Repetiteur Training/Coaching, Sound Engineering
Notes:
This University was founded in 1950. There are four main departments: • Department I - performance programs (classical, jazz/popular), composition, theory, choral and orchestral conducting, Protestant church music. • Department II - Theatre Academy, with studies in vocal music, opera, music thea...
Country:
GERMANY
State:
NORDRHEIN-WESTFALEN
City:
DORTMUND
Special Indexes:
Music Therapy, Programs for the Handicapped
Notes:
The University can trace its history back to 1908. It was granted its current name and status in 1965 and the Department of Education and Music Therapy for the Handicapped was established in 1969. Language of instruction is German. ...
Country:
GERMANY
State:
NORDRHEIN-WESTFALEN
City:
WITTEN
Special Indexes:
Music Therapy
Notes:
A private not-for-profit university founded in 1983. The Institute for Integrative Medicine, founded in 1985, not only trains music therapists, but also provides music therapy for patients of all ages, either individually or in groups, in its outpatient department. There are links with the doctoral ...
Country:
GERMANY
State:
NORDRHEIN-WESTFALEN
City:
MÜNSTER
Special Indexes:
Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Music Therapy
Notes:
Previously forming a branch of the Hochschule für Musik Detmold, the Hochschule became a department of the University of Münster in 2003. There are Institutes for Musicology, Music Education and Music Therapy. The Hochschule co-operates with the Hochschule für Musik Detmold. The music department...
Country:
GERMANY
State:
SCHLESWIG-HOLSTEIN
City:
FLENSBURG
Special Indexes:
Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Music Therapy, Sound Engineering
Notes:
The University can trace its history back to 1946 and gained its current name and status in 1994. It is Germany's northernmost university. The Music Department organises a big band, an orchestra, a rock band and a choral group....
Country:
GERMANY
State:
THÜRINGEN (THURINGIA)
City:
POSTERSTEIN
Special Indexes:
Music Therapy
Notes:
A private institution founded in 1992, operating under the auspices of the German Music Therapeutic Association. ...
Country:
GREECE
State:
City:
THESSALONIKI
Special Indexes:
Community Music Training, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Music Therapy, Sound Engineering
Notes:
The Aristotle University of Thessaloniki was established in 1925. The School of Music Studies was established in 1985, being the first music studies department in a university in Greece. The emphasis is on both artistic creation and research. The central laboratory of the program is the computer mu...
Country:
GREECE
State:
City:
CORFU
Special Indexes:
Band Conducting, Choral Conducting, Early Music Performance, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Instrument Collections, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Music Therapy, Sound Engineering
Notes:
The university was founded in 1984 and recently has expanded its operations to several islands in the Ionian Islands Region. Its Department of Music Studies began operations in 1992. In 2018 the former Technological Educational Institute of the Ionian Islands was incorporated into the University, br...
Country:
HONG KONG
State:
City:
Special Indexes:
Arts Management/Music Management, Choral Conducting, Early Music Performance, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Instrument Collections, Library Collections, Music Therapy, Orchestral Conducting, Sound Archives, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
The University was founded in 1963, and the Department of Music was established in 1965. In 2016 a Centre for Chinese Music Studies was established. The music department owns a wide range of Western, Chinese and early music instruments, including many early Western instruments, a Javanese gamelan, ...
Country:
INDIA
State:
MAHARASHTRA
City:
MUMBAI (formerly BOMBAY)
Special Indexes:
Arts Management/Music Management, Institutions for Women Only, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Music Therapy, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
The university was founded in 1916, and was a landmark in the provision of higher education for women in India. It operates on four campuses, with music being taught at Churchgate and Pune. The Department of Music organises national seminars in music and music research. Languages of instruction are ...
Country:
IRELAND
State:
City:
CORK
Special Indexes:
Arts Management/Music Management, Instrument Collections, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Music Theatre Performance, Music Therapy, Sound Engineering, Suzuki, Wellness for Musicians
Notes:
The Cork School of Music was founded in 1878 and has been a constituent school of Cork’s Institute of Technology (CIT) since 1993. A new purpose-built home for the Cork School of Music opened in September 2007, and houses the 300-seat Curtis Auditorium. Other facilities include several fine perfor...
Country:
IRELAND
State:
City:
LIMERICK
Special Indexes:
Arts Management/Music Management, Church Music/Religious Music, Community Music Training, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Music Therapy, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
The Irish World Academy of Music and Dance (formerly known as the Irish World Music Centre) is housed at the University of Limerick and was set up in 1994, allowing for the co-existence of academic and performance programs at the University. It is involved with community outreach, concerts, seminars...
Country:
ISRAEL
State:
City:
RAMAT-GAN
Special Indexes:
Ethnomusicology/World Music, Music Therapy, Sound Engineering
Notes:
The Bar-Ilan University was founded in 1955, and the Music Department was established in 1970. Earlier the student population comprised mostly Jewish students but by 2020 it included secular and non-Jewish students, including Arabs. All students are required to take Jewish studies as part of the cur...
Country:
ITALY
State:
ABRUZZO
City:
L’AQUILA
Special Indexes:
Band Conducting, Choral Conducting, Early Music Performance, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Music Therapy, Orchestral Conducting
Notes:
The Conservatorio was founded in 1967. There is a Department of Early Music and a School of Electronic Music. A preparatory course is offered to students wishing to enter the professional program. The Conservatorio offers music tuition to children and interested members of the local community. An a...
Country:
ITALY
State:
ABRUZZO
City:
PESCARA
Special Indexes:
Band Conducting, Early Music Performance, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Music Therapy
Notes:
The Conservatorio can trace its history back to 1500. It gained its current name and status in 1969. There is a preparatory program for students wishing to enter the professional program. The Conservatorio offers music tuition to children and interested members of the local community. An active mem...
Country:
ITALY
State:
APULIA (PUGLIA)
City:
FOGGIA
Special Indexes:
Band Conducting, Early Music Performance, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Music Therapy, Orchestral Conducting
Notes:
The Conservatorio can trace its history back to 1914. It gained its current name and status in 1977 and has a campus in Rodi Garnico. There is a preparatory program for students wishing to enter the professional program. The Conservatorio also offers music tuition to children and interested members ...
Country:
ITALY
State:
EMILIA-ROMAGNA
City:
CESENA
Special Indexes:
Band Conducting, Choral Conducting, Early Music Performance, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Music Therapy, Opera Performance
Notes:
The Conservatorio offers a preparatory program for students wishing to enter the professional program. It also offers music tuition to children and interested members of the local community. An active member of the Association Européenne des Conservatoires, Académies de Musique et Musikhochschulen...
Country:
ITALY
State:
EMILIA-ROMAGNA
City:
FERRARA
Special Indexes:
Choral Conducting, Early Music Performance, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Music Therapy, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
The Conservatorio can trace its history back to 1821. There is a preparatory program for students wishing to enter the professional program. The Conservatorio also offers music tuition to children and interested members of the local community....
Country:
ITALY
State:
LOMBARDY
City:
BRESCIA
Special Indexes:
Choral Conducting, Early Music Performance, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Music Therapy, Opera Performance, Orchestral Conducting
Notes:
The Conservatorio was founded in 1978 and was granted its current name and status in 1993. There is a branch in Darfo. A preparatory program is organised for students wishing to enter the professional program. The Conservatorio offers music tuition to young people and interested members of the loca...
Country:
ITALY
State:
LOMBARDY
City:
MANTUA (MANTOVA)
Special Indexes:
Choral Conducting, Early Music Performance, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Music Therapy
Notes:
The Conservatorio can trace its history back to 1777. It gained its current name and status in 1980. There is a preparatory program for students wishing to enter the professional program. An active member of the Association Européenne des Conservatoires, Académies de Musique et Musikhochschulen. ...
Country:
ITALY
State:
VENETO
City:
VERONA
Special Indexes:
Choral Conducting, Church Music/Religious Music, Early Music Performance, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Music Therapy, Opera Performance
Notes:
Originally founded in 1927, the Conservatorio gained its current name and status in 1968. There is a preparatory program for students wishing to enter the professional program. The Conservatorio also offers music tuition to young people and interested members of the local community. An active membe...
Country:
JAPAN
State:
AICHI PREFECTURE
City:
NAGOYA
Special Indexes:
Instrument Collections, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Library Collections, Music Therapy, Opera Performance, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
A private Buddhist co-educational music college belonging to the Doho group of educational institutions, established in its current form in 1976, and is the oldest music college in this area of Japan. It holds a fine collection of Buddhist religious music and instruments. There is an extensive music...
Country:
JAPAN
State:
AICHI PREFECTURE
City:
NAGOYA
Special Indexes:
Arts Management/Music Management, Band Conducting, Community Music Training, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Music Therapy, Opera Performance, Sound Engineering, Wellness for Musicians
Notes:
A private co-educational university founded in 1970. There are schools of music, art, design and human development, with music programs offered at the East campus. Facilities include state-of-the-art electronic studios and fine performance spaces. A junior college offers music programs to young chi...
Country:
JAPAN
State:
CHIBA PREFECTURE
City:
MATSUDO
Special Indexes:
Band Conducting, Institutions for Women Only, Music Theatre Performance, Music Therapy, Opera Performance
Notes:
A private university for women. Seitoku University can trace its history back to 1933. There are attached kindergartens, primary, junior and high schools with strong music programs. ...
Country:
JAPAN
State:
HIROSHIMA PREFECTURE
City:
HIROSHIMA
Special Indexes:
Choral Conducting, Church Music/Religious Music, Eurhythmics/Dalcroze, Early Music Performance, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Instrument Collections, Music Therapy, Orchestral Conducting, Orff Schulwerk, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
A private co-educational Jesuit music university affiliated with the Vatican's Istituto Pontifizio di Musica Sacra in Rome. Founded in 1948, it gained its current name and status in 1963. There are two departments: a) Music Performance, and b) Cultural Music (music culture, teacher training). The un...
Country:
JAPAN
State:
HYOGO PREFECTURE
City:
NISHINOMIYA
Special Indexes:
Arts Management/Music Management, Institutions for Women Only, Music Therapy
Notes:
A private university for women founded in 1939 as a girls’ high school. It gained its current name and status in 1949. The program becomes co-educational at graduate level. The School of Music has two departments - Performing Arts, and Applied Music. There is an international branch campus in Spo...
Country:
JAPAN
State:
KANAGAWA PREFECTURE
City:
KAWASAKI
Special Indexes:
Band Conducting, Choral Conducting, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Music Theatre Performance, Music Therapy, Sound Engineering, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
A private co-educational college that can trace its history back to 1924, with a music department added in 1967. It was granted its current name and status in 2003. The college has institutes for opera performance, choral and instrumental conducting, piano performance, choral music, percussion instr...
Country:
JAPAN
State:
KANAGAWA PREFECTURE
City:
ATSUGI
Special Indexes:
Arts Management/Music Management, Choral Conducting, Early Music Performance, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Music Theatre Performance, Music Therapy, Opera Conducting, Opera Performance, Orchestral Conducting, Sound Engineering
Notes:
This private co-educational music academy can trace its history back to 1930 and gained its current name and status in 1984. The academy places particular emphasis on vocal music and study of Western opera and has established an Opera Research Centre which co-operates with the Japan Opera Foundation...
Country:
JAPAN
State:
KANAGAWA PREFECTURE
City:
HIRATSUKA
Special Indexes:
Arts Management/Music Management, Early Music Performance, Music Therapy, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
A private co-educational university founded in 1942. There are eight campuses, music programs being organised at the Shonan campus. ...
Country:
JAPAN
State:
KUMAMOTO PREFECTURE
City:
KUMAMOTO
Special Indexes:
Music Therapy
Notes:
This private co-educational university was established in 1972 and was granted its current name and status in 2001. It is located in the main building of Kumamoto University. and has its own library....
Country:
JAPAN
State:
KUMAMOTO PREFECTURE
City:
KUMAMOTO
Special Indexes:
Music Therapy
Notes:
A national co-educational university that can trace its history back to 1874. It gained its current name and status in 1949. ...
Country:
JAPAN
State:
KYOTO PREFECTURE
City:
KYOTO
Special Indexes:
Institutions for Women Only, Library Collections, Music Therapy, Sound Engineering, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
A private university for women based on Christian principles, founded in 1876. It was chartered as a university in 1949. The College has a traditional Japanese music club. The library holds a collection of some 9,300 mandolin scores, 9,400 guitar scores including some by Fernando Sor, and a first ed...
Country:
JAPAN
State:
OKAYAMA PREFECTURE
City:
KURASHIKI
Special Indexes:
Arts Management/Music Management, Band Conducting, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Music Therapy, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
A private co-educational university originally founded in 1930 on Buddhist principles. It gained its current name and status in 1966. Facilities include a large concert hall and an outdoor theatre. The attached Sakuyo Junior College offers a music program in performance on Western or traditional Jap...
Country:
JAPAN
State:
TOKUSHIMA PREFECTURE
City:
TOKUSHIMA
Special Indexes:
Music Therapy
Notes:
A private co-educational university founded in 1895 and gained its current name and status in1972, with campuses in Tokushima and Kagawa. The Faculty of Music was established in 1968. Facilities include the new Music Faculty building housing Murasaki Hall. There is an attached junior college. The Un...
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:
JAPAN
State:
TOKYO PREFECTURE
City:
TOKYO
Special Indexes:
Choral Conducting, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Instrument Collections, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Music Therapy, Opera Performance, Orchestral Conducting, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
Founded in 1889, this is the largest private co-educational university in Japan with a number campuses in Tokyo and other cities as well as one in Newcastle, Australia. Two of the Tokyo campuses (Ekoda and Tokorozawa) offer programs in the College of Art, with departments of photography, cinema, fin...
Country:
JAPAN
State:
TOKYO PREFECTURE
City:
TOKYO
Special Indexes:
Arts Management/Music Management, Early Music Performance, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Instrument Collections, Library Collections, Music Therapy, Opera Performance, Orchestral Conducting, Sound Archives, Sound Engineering, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
A national co-educational university founded in 1887 and was granted full university status in 1949 with the amalgamation of the separate schools of Fine Arts and Music. There are programs in fine arts, music, film and new media, and global arts. The Master’s degree was added in 1963 and the Docto...
Country:
JORDAN
State:
City:
AMMAN
Special Indexes:
Ethnomusicology/World Music, Music Therapy, Orchestral Conducting, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
The National Music Conservatory was established by the Noor Al Hussein Foundation in 1986 as a private not-for-profit institution to encourage the development of accomplished musicians and to promote music appreciation in Jordan. In its quest for quality it created the Orchestra of the National Musi...
Country:
LEBANON
State:
City:
BEIRUT
Special Indexes:
Eurhythmics/Dalcroze, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Kodály, Music Theatre Performance, Music Therapy, Orff Schulwerk, Sound Engineering, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
The École de Musique Ghassan Yammine was founded in 1993, and gained its current name and status in 2011. It operates on several campuses. Programs are offered in music, dancing, painting and acting to young children (including Kodály approach, Orff, Dalcroze) and adults. The music area comprises ...
Country:
LEBANON
State:
City:
HADATH-BAABDA
Special Indexes:
Choral Conducting, Early Music Performance, Music Therapy, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
This private university was formally established in 1996 by the State and given its current name in respect of the earlier education establishment set up by the Catholic Maronite Antonine Order. The Antonine Fathers School of Music was established in 1981 and since 2006 has been elevated to a higher...
Country:
LEBANON
State:
City:
JOUNIEH
Special Indexes:
Church Music/Religious Music, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Kodály, Library Collections, Music Therapy, Sound Archives, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
This private Catholic university was founded in 1961 though it can trace its history back to 1938. It is run by the Lebanese Maronite Order of Monks. The Faculty of Music, founded in 1973, consists of two departments - Music (comprising musicology, ethnomusicology, music education and sacred music),...
Country:
LITHUANIA
State:
City:
KLAIPĖDA
Special Indexes:
Choral Conducting, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Music Therapy
Notes:
The University was founded in 1991 and housed an Academy of Arts which offered programs in music, dance and theatre. In 2018 the Academy was integrated into the Lithuanian Academy of Music and Theatre, forming its 'Klaipėda Faculty'. ...
Country:
MALAWI
State:
City:
ZOMBA
Special Indexes:
Community Music Training, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Music Therapy, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
The University of Malawi was established in 1964 with Chancellor College as the largest of its constituent colleges. The Department of Fine and Performing Arts was created in 1981, and consists of three sections – Drama, Fine Arts and Music. The Music Section promotes an active community music pro...
Country:
NETHERLANDS
State:
City:
ENSCHEDE
Special Indexes:
Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Music Therapy, Sound Engineering
Notes:
The ArtEZ Institute of the Arts, founded in 2006, has campuses at Enschede, Arnhem and Zwolle and includes some graduate programs. It consists of schools of music, fine arts, design, architecture, fashion, creative writing, dance, theatre, and education in art. The Enschede programs concentrate on p...
Country:
NETHERLANDS
State:
City:
ROTTERDAM
Special Indexes:
Band Conducting, Choral Conducting, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Music Theatre Performance, Music Therapy, Orchestral Conducting, Sound Engineering, Traditional Instrument Performance, Wellness for Musicians
Notes:
The University for the Arts was formed from the amalgamation of Rotterdam Conservatoire, Rotterdam Dance Academy and Rotterdam Circus Arts. It goes by the shortened name of ‘Codarts’ and consists of five academies - Rotterdam Classical Music Academy, Rotterdam Jazz Academy, Rotterdam Pop Academy...
Country:
NETHERLANDS
State:
City:
MAASTRICHT
Special Indexes:
Band Conducting, Choral Conducting, Early Music Performance, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Music Therapy, Opera Performance, Orchestral Conducting
Notes:
The Conservatory of Maastricht and Fontys Conservatorium (formerly known as Brabants Conservatorium) joined in 2001 to form the Zuid-Nederlandse Hogeschool voor Muziek (South Netherlands Higher School of Music) which in turn has become the Faculty of Music of the Hogeschool Zuyd (Zuyd University). T...
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:
NEW ZEALAND
State:
NORTH ISLAND
City:
WELLINGTON
Special Indexes:
Early Music Performance, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Instrument Collections, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Music Therapy, Opera Performance, Orchestral Conducting, Sound Engineering
Notes:
Victoria University was founded in 1897. The School of Music (Te Kōkī) was formed in 2006 from the combination of the Conservatorium of Music at Massey University with the School of Music at Victoria University. The School is based at the Wellington campus but also offers programs at the Albany ca...
Country:
NIGERIA
State:
City:
ABRAKA
Special Indexes:
Arts Management/Music Management, Band Conducting, Choral Conducting, Church Music/Religious Music, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Music Therapy, Orchestral Conducting, Sound Engineering
Notes:
The university can trace its origins back to 1975 and gained its current name and status in 1992. The main campus is in Abraka, with other campuses at Anwai and Oleh. The Music Department organises concerts, music seminars and workshops....
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:
BERGEN
Special Indexes:
Band Conducting, Choral Conducting, Church Music/Religious Music, Early Music Performance, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Library Collections, Music Therapy, Orchestral Conducting, Sound Archives, Traditional Instrument Performance, Wellness for Musicians
Notes:
The University’s Faculty of Fine Art, Music and Design was established in 2017 from an amalgamation of the earlier Grieg Academy and the Bergen Academy of Art and Design. The Greig Academy is the music school of the University of Bergen. It houses the Institute of Ethnic Folklore (Etno-Folkloristi...
Country:
PALESTINIAN TERRITORY, WEST BANK
State:
City:
NABLUS, WEST BANK
Special Indexes:
Ethnomusicology/World Music, Kodály, Music Therapy, Orff Schulwerk, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
This Palestinian university began in 1918 as a school, and was granted university status in 1977. The Faculty of Fine Arts was established in 1981. Language of instruction is Arabic. There are currently problems with the continuity of the program due to the disturbed political situation on the West ...
Country:
PARAGUAY
State:
City:
ASUNCIÓN
Special Indexes:
Music Therapy
Notes:
This private Catholic university was founded in 1960. The Conservatorio has five departments: Instrumental, Vocal, Composition, Philosophy and Pedagogy, and Complementary Specialisations. A two-year introductory course in music is available for those without sufficient background to begin music stud...
Country:
PHILIPPINES
State:
City:
DUMAGUETE CITY
Special Indexes:
Band Conducting, Choral Conducting, Church Music/Religious Music, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Music Therapy, Orchestral Conducting
Notes:
Silliman University was founded in 1901 as a boy’s school and gained university status in 1938. The College of Performing Arts was first established in 1912, becoming the Silliman Conservatory of Music in 1934 and later the School of Music in 1941. In 1969 it joined with the Fine Arts Department, ...
Country:
PHILIPPINES
State:
City:
MANILA
Special Indexes:
Choral Conducting, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Instrument Collections, Music Therapy, Orchestral Conducting
Notes:
Established in 1919, this was a private university for women, but became co-educational in 2005. It is owned and administered by the Congregation of the Sisters of St. Paul of Chartes. The College of Music and the Performing Arts is accredited as a Center of Excellence. There is an attached secondar...
Country:
POLAND
State:
City:
ŁODZ
Special Indexes:
Choral Conducting, Church Music/Religious Music, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Music Therapy, Opera Performance, Orchestral Conducting, Sound Engineering
Notes:
The Grazyna and Kiejstut Bacewicz Academy of Music (Akademia Muzyczna im. Grazyny i Kiejstuta Bacewiczów) in Łodz was established in 1945 and gained its current name and status in 1992. It is a non-profit public higher education institution. The Academy organises an international oboe and bassoon...
Country:
POLAND
State:
City:
WROCŁAW
Special Indexes:
Choral Conducting, Church Music/Religious Music, Early Music Performance, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Music Therapy, Opera Conducting, Opera Performance, Orchestral Conducting
Notes:
The Karol Lipinski Academy of Music (Akademia Muzyczna im. Karola Lipińskiego) can trace its history back to 1948. It is regarded as equivalent to a university and gained its current name and status in 1981. There are four faculties: • Faculty of Composition, Conducting, Theory of Music and Music...
Country:
POLAND
State:
City:
KATOWICE
Special Indexes:
Choral Conducting, Church Music/Religious Music, Early Music Performance, Eurhythmics/Dalcroze, Instrument Collections, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Library Collections, Music Therapy, Opera Conducting, Opera Performance, Orchestral Conducting
Notes:
The Academy of Music Karol Szymanowski (Akademia Muzyczna im. Karola Szymanowskiego) was founded in 1929. It is regarded as equivalent to a university. There are four departments: • Department of Composition, Conducting, Theory, Music Education and Music Therapy; • Department of Jazz and Popular...
Country:
POLAND
State:
City:
KRAKÓW
Special Indexes:
Arts Management/Music Management, Church Music/Religious Music, Early Music Performance, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Eurhythmics/Dalcroze, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Library Collections, Music Therapy, Opera Performance, Orchestral Conducting
Notes:
The Academy of Music (Akademia Muzyczna im. Krzysztofa Pendereckiego) was founded in 1888. It is regarded as equivalent to a university and gained its current name and status in 1979. Krzysztof Penderecki is a former Rector of the Academy. There are three faculties: • Faculty of Composition, Inte...