Country:
ALBANIA
State:
City:
TIRANË
Special Indexes:
Ethnomusicology/World Music, Library Collections, Public Examinations in Music, Research-only Institutions
Notes:
This is a newly formed institution comprising the former Institute of Folk Culture and the Centre of Arts Studies. It operated formerly under the auspices of the Academy of Sciences, and is now under the Ministry of Education. Founded in 1979 from the amalgamation of several former institutions, the...
Country:
AUSTRALIA
State:
TASMANIA
City:
LAUNCESTON
Special Indexes:
Public Examinations in Music
Notes:
The St Cecilia School of Music was established in 1974 in Launceston, Tasmania. Alongside its teaching program it organises a series of music examinations with affiliates in other Australian states and New Zealand as well as in Hong Kong, Malaysia, South Korea, Taiwan and Italy. The examination syst...
Country:
AUSTRALIA
State:
VICTORIA
City:
MELBOURNE
Special Indexes:
Public Examinations in Music
Notes:
The Australian Music Examinations Board (AMEB)is a company consisting of members from each Australian State: The Universities of Melbourne, Adelaide, and Western Australia, and the Minister for Education in each of New South Wales, Queensland and Tasmania. The Federal Office is in Melbourne, and the...
Country:
CANADA
State:
NEW BRUNSWICK
City:
SACKVILLE
Special Indexes:
Band Conducting, Choral Conducting, Opera Performance, Public Examinations in Music
Notes:
This is a primarily an undergraduate liberal arts and science university. The music department is located at the Marjorie Young Bell Conservatory of Music. It houses a music computer lab and a creative sound technology studio. There is an active opera program. The department organises a system of pu...
Country:
CANADA
State:
ONTARIO
City:
TORONTO
Special Indexes:
Instrument Collections, Library Collections, Opera Performance, Public Examinations in Music
Notes:
The Royal Conservatory was founded in 1886 as the Toronto Conservatory of Music. It is a non-profit institution and gained its current name and status in 1947. The Glenn Gould School was founded in 1997 to provide talented students with the skills and attributes required for professional life as mus...
Country:
CANADA
State:
PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND
City:
SUMMERSIDE
Special Indexes:
Public Examinations in Music, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
The College, established in 1989, aims to promote and preserve Celtic culture and heritage. It offers instruction in highland bagpiping, fiddle, Scottish style snare drumming, highland dancing and step dancing. The College of Piping's pipe band performs at a variety of festival and events. A Piping ...
Country:
INDIA
State:
MAHARASHTRA
City:
PUNE
Special Indexes:
Instrument Collections, Programs for the Handicapped, Public Examinations in Music, Sound Archives, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
The Bharatiya Sangeet Prasarak Mandal is a charitable institution established in 1932 to promote Hindustani classical music. It is not primarily a teaching body, but through the Gandharva Mahavidyalaya it offers a sequential teaching program through ten levels. It administers examinations and awards...
Country:
INDIA
State:
UTTAR PRADESH
City:
ALLAHABAD
Special Indexes:
Library Collections, Public Examinations in Music, Sound Archives, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
The Prayag Sangit Samiti was founded in 1926. It is housed in two buildings in the city of Allahabad and aims to propagate and popularise Indian Classical Music (Hindustani). Music programs are offered at the Vishnu Digamber Academy of Music. The Society organises competitions and conferences, and a...
Country:
IRELAND
State:
City:
DUBLIN
Special Indexes:
Band Conducting, Community Music Training, Opera Performance, Public Examinations in Music, Traditional Instrument Performance, Wellness for Musicians
Notes:
The Royal Irish Academy of Music, founded in 1848, is a College of Dublin City University which is the umbrella organisation that also includes the former independent institutions of Mater Dei Institute of Education and St Patrick’s College. In addition to its professional programs in classical mu...
Country:
SOUTH AFRICA
State:
GAUTENG
City:
PRETORIA
Special Indexes:
Ethnomusicology/World Music, Instrument Collections, Library Collections, Public Examinations in Music
Notes:
The University has been involved in music education for over 100 years. In 2004 the University of South Africa merged with the Technikon South Africa and the Distance Education campus of Vista University to form the new University of South Africa (UNISA). UNISA is the largest open distance learning ...
Country:
TRINIDAD & TOBAGO
State:
City:
PORT OF SPAIN
Special Indexes:
Arts Management/Music Management, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Library Collections, Music Therapy, Public Examinations in Music, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
The University of the West Indies (UWI) was founded in 1948 as a college of the University of London. It was granted full university status in 1962, and operates in 16 English-speaking countries and territories in the Caribbean. The UWI campus in Mona, Jamaica is the headquarters of the system, and ...
Country:
UNITED KINGDOM
State:
ENGLAND
City:
LONDON
Special Indexes:
Public Examinations in Music
Notes:
The Associated Board of the Royal Schools of Music (ABRSM) is the world’s largest public music examining body. It is run by a board consisting of representatives of the Royal Academy of Music, the Royal College of Music, the Royal Northern College of Music and the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland. ...
Country:
UNITED KINGDOM
State:
ENGLAND
City:
LONDON
Special Indexes:
Arts Management/Music Management, Community Music Training, Early Music Performance, Instrument Collections, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Kodály, Library Collections, Music Therapy, Opera Performance, Orchestral Conducting, Public Examinations in Music, Repetiteur Training/Coaching, Wellness for Musicians
Notes:
The Guildhall School was founded in 1880 by the City of London Corporation, and is distinctive in being both a music school and a drama school, as well as offering programs in professional development and music therapy. All undergraduate students have experience of work in the community, and post-gr...
Country:
UNITED KINGDOM
State:
ENGLAND
City:
COVENTRY
Special Indexes:
Public Examinations in Music
Notes:
ICMA is an independent music examining board though not a teaching institution. It offers examinations in vocals, keyboard, strings, brass and percussion instruments in classical, jazz and pop styles as well as in music theory, musical theatre, church music, speech and ensembles. A graded system of...
Country:
UNITED KINGDOM
State:
ENGLAND
City:
CHICHESTER
Special Indexes:
Public Examinations in Music
Notes:
The National College of Music & Arts is not a teaching institution. Founded in 1894, it offers a graded system of examinations in a wide range of classical and popular music performance areas, including music theatre as well as in music theory, composition and speech. Diploma awards include Asso...
Country:
UNITED KINGDOM
State:
ENGLAND
City:
LANCASTER
Special Indexes:
Public Examinations in Music
Notes:
This School was founded in 1992, though it is not a teaching institution. It is an independent, self-funding organisation offering examinations leading to diplomas in performance, accompaniment, composition, conducting, musical theatre and related disciplines. There are three levels of diploma - Ass...
Country:
UNITED KINGDOM
State:
ENGLAND
City:
LONDON
Special Indexes:
Community Music Training, Early Music Performance, Instrument Collections, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Library Collections, Music Theatre Performance, Opera Performance, Orchestral Conducting, Personal Archives, Public Examinations in Music, Repetiteur Training/Coaching, Wellness for Musicians
Notes:
The Royal Academy, founded in 1822, is the oldest institution for advanced music training in the United Kingdom. It is a full member of the University of London and all graduates are awarded University of London degrees. The Centre for Advanced Performance Studies is run jointly by the Royal Academy...
Country:
UNITED KINGDOM
State:
ENGLAND
City:
LONDON
Special Indexes:
Choral Conducting, Early Music Performance, Instrument Collections, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Library Collections, Music Therapy, Opera Performance, Orchestral Conducting, Programs for the Handicapped, Public Examinations in Music, Wellness for Musicians
Notes:
The Royal College of Music was founded in 1882. It houses some fine performing spaces. Students in years three and four of the Bachelor of Music program have the opportunity to study abroad for an extended period. The College has a valuable and growing collection of historic musical instruments (Wes...
Country:
UNITED KINGDOM
State:
ENGLAND
City:
LONDON
Special Indexes:
Choral Conducting, Public Examinations in Music
Notes:
The Royal College of Organists is a charity and membership organisation, founded in 1893 and dedicated to the promotion and advancement of organ playing and choral directing with almost 3,000 members based in 40 countries around the world. It is essentially not a teaching body but holds occasional o...
Country:
UNITED KINGDOM
State:
ENGLAND
City:
SALISBURY
Special Indexes:
Choral Conducting, Church Music/Religious Music, Public Examinations in Music
Notes:
The RSCM is an educational charity dedicated to raising standards and promoting music in every style of Christian worship and every denomination. Since its foundation in 1927 the RSCM has grown into an international organisation, providing inspiration and guidance to more than 8,500 affiliated membe...
Country:
UNITED KINGDOM
State:
ENGLAND
City:
LONDON
Special Indexes:
Programs for the Handicapped, Public Examinations in Music
Notes:
Trinity College London is not a teaching body. Since 1877 it has been providing a system of graded public examinations in instrumental and vocal performance, speech, drama and dance, culminating in diploma awards. The examination program covers a wide range of styles from Western classical to contem...
Country:
UNITED KINGDOM
State:
ENGLAND
City:
EALING
Special Indexes:
Arts Management/Music Management, Community Music Training, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Music Theatre Performance, Public Examinations in Music, Sound Engineering, Traditional Instrument Performance, Wellness for Musicians
Notes:
Formerly known as Thames Valley University, the name was changed in 2008 to The University of West London. The formerly independent London College of Music (founded in 1887) is housed at the University where it is currently known as the Faculty of the Arts. There is a performing arts clinic which ru...
Country:
UNITED KINGDOM
State:
ENGLAND
City:
LONDON
Special Indexes:
Public Examinations in Music
Notes:
Victoria College of Music and Drama is not a teaching body. Founded in 1890 it functioned as a conservatoire with a full teaching program but after the Second World War its activities were restricted to preparing examination syllabuses and organising examination schedules. Today the college operates...
Country:
UNITED KINGDOM
State:
SCOTLAND
City:
GLASGOW
Special Indexes:
Instrument Collections, Library Collections, Public Examinations in Music, Sound Archives, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
The National Piping Centre, incorporating The College of Piping was founded in 2020 from the merger of two existing piping institutions, the College of Piping and the National Piping Centre. Both institutions had previously distributed their own teaching materials and organised teaching programs and...
Country:
UNITED KINGDOM
State:
SCOTLAND
City:
GLASGOW
Special Indexes:
Arts Management/Music Management, Choral Conducting, Early Music Performance, Instrument Collections, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Music Theatre Performance, Opera Performance, Orchestral Conducting, Public Examinations in Music, Sound Engineering, Traditional Instrument Performance, Wellness for Musicians
Notes:
The Royal Conservatoire of Scotland was, until 1 September 2011, known as the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama. It can trace its history back to the creation of the Glasgow Athenaeum in 1847. The current Royal Conservatoire of Scotland offers programs in music, dance, drama, film, music pro...
Country:
URUGUAY
State:
City:
MONTEVIDEO
Special Indexes:
Programs for the Handicapped, Public Examinations in Music
Notes:
Founded in 1898, this private conservatorium is the oldest still active in Uruguay. There are more than 30 branches in provincial towns throughout Uruguay, the larger ones being in Salto, Paysandú and Rocha. As this is a private school it charges a small fee. Scholarships are available for needy st...