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:
AUSTRALIA
State:
NEW SOUTH WALES
City:
SYDNEY
Special Indexes:
Suzuki
Notes:
The Suzuki Talent Education Association of Australia (NSW) is a coalition of teachers, parents, educators and those interested in making music education available to children. This is the Australian officially endorsed non-profit arm of the International Academy of the Suzuki Method located in Matsu...
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:
BELIZE
State:
City:
BELIZE CITY
Special Indexes:
Instrument Making/Maintenance, Suzuki
Notes:
The Pallotti School of Music was established in 1983 and operates from the music department of the Pallotti High School in Belize City. As a Catholic not-for-profit institution it provides performance and theory tuition to children and interested members of the local community as well as providing p...
Country:
BERMUDA
State:
City:
HAMILTON
Special Indexes:
Suzuki, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
The not-for-profit Bermuda School of Music was established in 1978. It offers individual and group music instruction to young people and adults. A Community Education Initiative began in 2003 by providing free Suzuki violin lessons to all year 1 and 2 students at Purvis primary school, later expandi...
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:
BRITISH COLUMBIA
City:
VANCOUVER
Special Indexes:
Kodály, Opera Performance, Orff Schulwerk, Suzuki
Notes:
A non-profit music conservatory founded in 1969 by the Community Arts Council of Vancouver. The Academy has access to some fine performance spaces. There are two divisions: • Preparatory Division, for pre-school, school-age students and adults. The program includes performance training and master...
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:
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:
Arts Management/Music Management, Band Conducting, Choral Conducting, Church Music/Religious Music, Early Music Performance, Instrument Collections, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Kodály, Opera Performance, Orchestral Conducting, Orff Schulwerk, Sound Archives, Sound Engineering, Suzuki, Wellness for Musicians
Notes:
This public university was founded in 1821. Its Schulich School of Music is the largest university-based school for professional musical training and music research in Canada. The music department moved into the new Schulich music building in 2005 which houses a number of fine performance and lectur...
Country:
CANADA
State:
PROVINCE DE QUÉBEC
City:
QUÉBEC
Special Indexes:
Arts Management/Music Management, Choral Conducting, Church Music/Religious Music, Eurhythmics/Dalcroze, Early Music Performance, Instrument Collections, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Opera Performance, Orchestral Conducting, Sound Engineering, Suzuki, Wellness for Musicians
Notes:
Laval University can trace its history back to 1663. It gained its current name and status in 1852 and its Faculty of Music was established in 1920. The music program at Laval is organised into cycles. The first cycle (premier cycle) consists of programs leading to Bachelor’s degrees (Baccalauré...
Country:
CHILE
State:
City:
SANTIAGO
Special Indexes:
Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Music Theatre Performance, Sound Engineering, Suzuki
Notes:
A private institution, founded in 1982, located in the greater Santiago area of Providencia. An agreement with the Finis Terrae University allows students in the jazz/popular music performance and composition streams to continue studies at the University to obtain the degree of Bachelor of Education...
Country:
CHILE
State:
City:
LA SERENA
Special Indexes:
Suzuki
Notes:
This national university can trace its history back to 1838 and gained its current name and status in 1981. There are several campuses in the vicinity of La Serena. The music department specialises in training ensemble musicians for bands and orchestras rather than soloists. This music department i...
Country:
FAROE ISLANDS
State:
City:
TÓRSHAVN
Special Indexes:
Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Suzuki
Notes:
The Faroe Music School occupies a brand-new building (2019) in Tórshavn and thirteen branch institutions dotted around the islands. each of which is a local music school where children and young people may take studies in performance (piano, keyboard, guitar, strings, flute, clarinet, brass and per...
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:
GUATEMALA
State:
City:
GUATEMALA CITY
Special Indexes:
Suzuki
Notes:
The Conservatory can trace its history back to 1873. It operates under the Ministry of Culture and Sport and offers performance tuition to children from as early as four years. There are departments of music, cinema, dance, literature, performing arts (drama) and visual arts. A Suzuki program is off...
Country:
HONDURAS
State:
City:
SAN PEDRO SULA
Special Indexes:
Suzuki
Notes:
The semi-private Escuela de Música 'Victoriano López', founded in 1945, is one of two schools in Honduras providing general secondary education and music training to children with aptitude in classical music. The other is the Escuela Experimental de Los Niños para la Música in Tegucigalpa. The S...
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:
ITALY
State:
EMILIA-ROMAGNA
City:
RIMINI
Special Indexes:
Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Suzuki
Notes:
The Institute was founded in 1825 and gained its current name and status in 2004. Its alternative name is ‘Istituto Musicale Pareggiato G.Lettimi - Rimini’. A pre-academic program for students wishing to enter the professional program is offered. The Institute offers programs for children (inclu...
Country:
JAPAN
State:
NAGANO PREFECTURE
City:
MATSUMOTO
Special Indexes:
Suzuki
Notes:
A private institution, the Matsumoto Music School is the international headquarters of the Suzuki Method which was established by Dr Shinichi Suzuki in 1946. In 1974 the Talent Education Music School was established and was reaccredited in 1997 as the International Academy of the Suzuki Method. The ...
Country:
PARAGUAY
State:
City:
ASUNCIÓN
Special Indexes:
Choral Conducting, Suzuki
Notes:
In 2009 the Ateneo Paraguayo (Athenæum of Paraguayo), a private cultural centre founded in 1883 and the Centro Anglo Paraguayo, founded in 1935 combined to create the Marguerite Wolff Conservatoire, named in honour of the British pianist who gave regular concerts in Paraguay over a period of 25 yea...
Country:
PUERTO RICO
State:
City:
SAN JUAN
Special Indexes:
Arts Management/Music Management, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Library Collections, Suzuki
Notes:
This public Conservatorio, founded in 1959, is regarded as equivalent to a university and is currently autonomously run by a board of trustees appointed by the Governor. Apart from offering the full-time professional program, the Conservatorio, founded by Pablo Casals, has several programs outreachi...
Country:
SOUTH KOREA
State:
City:
SEOUL
Special Indexes:
Choral Conducting, Church Music/Religious Music, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Opera Performance, Orchestral Conducting, Suzuki
Notes:
Yonsei University is a Presbyterian Christian university which was founded in 1885 and is the oldest private university in Korea. It gained its current name and status in 1957. There are over 35,000 students in 17 colleges and 12 graduate schools. Its College of Music, established in 1955, operates ...
Country:
TAIWAN
State:
City:
TAIPEI
Special Indexes:
Ethnomusicology/World Music, Instrument Collections, Opera Performance, Suzuki, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
This private university was founded in 1962. The College of Arts consists of the Departments of Fine Arts, Chinese Music, Western Music, Chinese Drama, Theatre Arts and Dance. There is an extensive and impressive collection of Asian instruments which is being continually expanded and includes instru...
Country:
TAIWAN
State:
City:
TAIPEI
Special Indexes:
Choral Conducting, Kodály, Orff Schulwerk, Suzuki
Notes:
The University was founded originally in 1895 as the Academy of Language. In 2013 following several name changes and the merger with Taipei Physical Education College it was granted its current name and status. It operates on two campuses in Taipei. ...
Country:
UNITED KINGDOM
State:
ENGLAND
City:
BRENTFORD
Special Indexes:
Suzuki
Notes:
The Suzuki Method of music education is based on the philosophy and teaching methods developed by the Japanese violinist, pedagogue, educator and humanitarian, Dr Shinichi Suzuki. The Institute offers part-time teacher training courses in voice, violin, piano, organ, harp, viola, violoncello, double...
Country:
UNITED KINGDOM
State:
ENGLAND
City:
PETERBOROUGH
Special Indexes:
Suzuki
Notes:
The European Suzuki Association is the umbrella organisation for national Suzuki Associations in Europe and also currently for Suzuki associations in Africa and the Middle East. This is the European officially endorsed non-profit arm of the International Academy of the Suzuki Method located in Matsu...
Country:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
State:
ARIZONA
City:
FLAGSTAFF
Special Indexes:
Band Conducting, Choral Conducting, Community Music Training, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Opera Performance, Sound Engineering, Suzuki
Notes:
A state-supported university founded in 1899 as Northern Arizona Normal School. It gained its current name and status in 1966. The School of Music houses a number of fine performing spaces and operates a flourishing opera program. A preparatory school offers private music lessons as well as Suzuki v...
Country:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
State:
COLORADO
City:
BOULDER
Special Indexes:
Suzuki
Notes:
The Suzuki Association of the Americas is a coalition of teachers, parents, educators and those interested in making music education available to children. Founded in 1972, this is the American officially licensed non-profit arm of the International Academy of the Suzuki Method located in Matsumoto,...
Country:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
State:
COLORADO
City:
DENVER
Special Indexes:
Arts Management/Music Management, Band Conducting, Choral Conducting, Community Music Training, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Opera Performance, Orchestral Conducting, Sound Engineering, Suzuki
Notes:
A private university founded in 1864. Established in 1924, the Lamont School of Music is affiliated with the Robert and Judi Newman Center for the Performing Arts and is also affiliated with the Joseph and Loretta Law Artist Center of Opera Colorado. The School of Music is an All-Steinway School. It...
Country:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
State:
CONNECTICUT
City:
WEST HARTFORD
Special Indexes:
Arts Management/Music Management, Band Conducting, Choral Conducting, Instrument Collections, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Kodály, Music Theatre Performance, Opera Performance, Orchestral Conducting, Orff Schulwerk, Sound Engineering, Suzuki
Notes:
An independent university that can trace its history back to 1879. It gained its current name and status in 1957. The Hartt School, also founded in 1957, is housed in the Fuller Music Center and offers programs in music, dance and theatre. There is an Institute of Contemporary American Music and the...
Country:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
State:
GEORGIA
City:
COLUMBUS
Special Indexes:
Band Conducting, Choral Conducting, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Music Theatre Performance, Suzuki
Notes:
A state-supported college founded in 1958. It gained its current name and status in 1965. The College of the Arts offers programs in art, music and theatre. The Schwob School of Music, an All-Steinway School, has access to a number of fine performing spaces. The Preparatory Division offers music tu...
Country:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
State:
ILLINOIS
City:
CHICAGO
Special Indexes:
Arts Management/Music Management, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Sound Engineering, Suzuki
Notes:
A private liberal arts and media college founded in 1890 as the Columbia School of Oratory. It gained its current name and status in 1944 and is said to be one of the largest private arts and media colleges in the world. The Music Center houses the music programs of the college. There is a Center f...
Country:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
State:
ILLINOIS
City:
CHICAGO
Special Indexes:
Arts Management/Music Management, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Library Collections, Music Theatre Performance, Opera Performance, Suzuki
Notes:
Roosevelt University was founded in 1945 as an independent, non-sectarian institution. An earlier institution, the Chicago Musical College had been founded in 1867 and in 1954 it merged with Roosevelt University’s School of Music (itself founded in 1945) and since 2000 has been known as the Chicag...
Country:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
State:
ILLINOIS
City:
CARBONDALE
Special Indexes:
Band Conducting, Choral Conducting, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Music Theatre Performance, Opera Performance, Orchestral Conducting, Suzuki
Notes:
The University was founded in 1869 as a teachers’ college. The School of Music is housed in Altgeld Hall with state-of-the-art facilities. There is a Center for Experimental Music. The School organises a Community Music School offering music tuition to children and interested members of there loc...
Country:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
State:
ILLINOIS
City:
EDWARDSVILLE
Special Indexes:
Instrument Collections, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Library Collections, Music Theatre Performance, Suzuki
Notes:
A state-supported university that opened in 1957. The Department of Music organises a Suzuki strings program for young people from 3 to 18 years as well as a week-long summer school in musical theatre. A Keyboard Development Program is offered to children and adults from the local community. The li...
Country:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
State:
INDIANA
City:
EVANSVILLE
Special Indexes:
Arts Management/Music Management, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Music Therapy, Suzuki
Notes:
An independent university, founded in 1854 and having a relationship with the United Methodist Church. The music department organises a Music Community Conservatory that offers music tuition to children and interested members of the local community. A Suzuki violin program is offered. Member of the ...
Country:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
State:
KANSAS
City:
NORTH NEWTON
Special Indexes:
Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Opera Performance, Suzuki
Notes:
A liberal arts co-educational college of Mennonite heritage, founded in 1887, thus being the oldest Mennonite college in North America. The College organises an Academy of Performing Arts which offers music and dance tuition (including a Suzuki school for string instruction) to young people and inte...
Country:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
State:
KENTUCKY
City:
LOUISVILLE
Special Indexes:
Band Conducting, Choral Conducting, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Library Collections, Music Therapy, Orchestral Conducting, Sound Archives, Sound Engineering, Suzuki
Notes:
A state-supported university which can trace its history back to 1798. The School of Music was opened in 1932. It sponsors the University of Louisville Grawemeyer Award for Music Composition, the most valuable and prestigious international composition prize in the world. Past winners include such co...
Country:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
State:
LOUISIANA
City:
SHREVEPORT
Special Indexes:
Choral Conducting, Church Music/Religious Music, Suzuki
Notes:
A private college founded in 1825 and affiliated with the United Methodist Church. The Hurley School of Music organises the Centenary Suzuki School offering children tuition in Suzuki violin, viola and cello as well as music theory. There is a Piano Preparatory Program for beginner students ages 5 t...
Country:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
State:
MASSACHUSETTS
City:
CAMBRIDGE
Special Indexes:
Community Music Training, Eurhythmics/Dalcroze, Early Music Performance, Instrument Collections, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Library Collections, Opera Performance, Suzuki, Wellness for Musicians
Notes:
A private school of music founded in 1915 to provide training in the French conservatoire style. In 2012 the school merged with Bard College Conservatory of Music and now offers programs in performance, chamber music, collaborative piano, composition, Dalcroze Eurhythmics, early music, modern Americ...
Country:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
State:
MINNESOTA
City:
MINNEAPOLIS
Special Indexes:
Band Conducting, Choral Conducting, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Library Collections, Music Therapy, Opera Performance, Orchestral Conducting, Repetiteur Training/Coaching, Suzuki
Notes:
A state-supported university founded in 1869. The School of Music was established in 1902. At the University’s West Bank Arts Quarter the School of Music has access to a number of fine performing spaces and a well-equipped electronic music studio. The Roy A Schuessler Vocal Arts Center houses a c...
Country:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
State:
MISSOURI
City:
JOPLIN
Special Indexes:
Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Music Theatre Performance, Suzuki
Notes:
A state-supported university. The music department has access to several fine performing spaces. It operates a Suzuki Violin Academy for children from the local community. ...
Country:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
State:
MISSOURI
City:
KANSAS CITY
Special Indexes:
Arts Management/Music Management, Band Conducting, Choral Conducting, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Library Collections, Music Therapy, Opera Performance, Orchestral Conducting, Personal Archives, Sound Archives, Suzuki
Notes:
A state-supported university founded in 1929, its first classes being held in 1933. The Conservatory of Music consists of divisions of performance, composition, music theory and musicology, music education/music therapy and dance. The Conservatory's Impact Centre (Intermedia/Music Production And Com...
Country:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
State:
NEW JERSEY
City:
LAWRENCEVILLE
Special Indexes:
Arts Management/Music Management, Choral Conducting, Church Music/Religious Music, Instrument Collections, Library Collections, Music Theatre Performance, Opera Performance, Personal Archives, Sound Archives, Suzuki, Wellness for Musicians
Notes:
The Westminster Choir College, founded in 1926, has since 1992 formed the School of Music of Rider University. Emphasis at the residential college is on training in choral music, both secular and sacred, with the aim of preparing its graduates for music leadership in churches, schools and the commun...
Country:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
State:
NEW YORK
City:
FLUSHING
Special Indexes:
Band Conducting, Choral Conducting, Eurhythmics/Dalcroze, Early Music Performance, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Library Collections, Opera Performance, Orchestral Conducting, Personal Archives, Suzuki, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
The City University of New York (CUNY) was founded in 1961. It consists of 20 Colleges at which music is offered in eleven. Queens College, itself founded in 1937, became part of the City University of New York in 1961. The School of Music has access to several fine performance spaces, including tho...
Country:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
State:
NEW YORK
City:
ITHACA
Special Indexes:
Band Conducting, Choral Conducting, Early Music Performance, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Library Collections, Music Theatre Performance, Opera Performance, Orchestral Conducting, Personal Archives, Sound Engineering, Suzuki, Wellness for Musicians
Notes:
A private college founded in 1892 as a music conservatory. Since that time the college has developed into a comprehensive institution comprising Schools of Business, Communications, Health Sciences and Human Performance, Humanities and Sciences as well as the School of Music which is housed in the J...
Country:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
State:
NEW YORK
City:
WHITE PLAINS
Special Indexes:
Eurhythmics/Dalcroze, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Music Therapy, Suzuki
Notes:
A not-for-profit community music school founded in 1929, offering a broad program of individual and ensemble instruction for children and adults, as well as a college degree program in collaboration with Mercy College in Dobbs Ferry, New York. The Conservatory is organized into divisions: • Early ...
Country:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
State:
NORTH CAROLINA
City:
GREENVILLE
Special Indexes:
Band Conducting, Choral Conducting, Church Music/Religious Music, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Music Therapy, Opera Performance, Suzuki
Notes:
A state-supported university forming part of the 16-campus university that makes up the University of North Carolina. It was founded in 1907 as a teacher training college. There is a flourishing opera program. Facilities include some fine performing spaces and a state-of-the-art Center for Music Tec...
Country:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
State:
NORTH CAROLINA
City:
HICKORY
Special Indexes:
Church Music/Religious Music, Kodály, Suzuki
Notes:
Founded in 1891, this is a private liberal arts co-educational institution of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America. It was formerly known as Lenoir-Rhyne College. The music department offers a program of Suzuki training (Kids in Koncert) for children from age 4 and adults in violin, viola, cel...
Country:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
State:
NORTH CAROLINA
City:
RALEIGH
Special Indexes:
Institutions for Women Only, Instrument Collections, Suzuki
Notes:
A private independent liberal arts college for women founded in 1891 and affiliated with the Southern Baptist church. The College is co-educational at graduate level. The music department houses over 65 pianos, several organs and a set of handbells, and has access to some fine performing spaces. In ...
Country:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
State:
NORTH CAROLINA
City:
CHARLOTTE
Special Indexes:
Arts Management/Music Management, Music Therapy, Suzuki
Notes:
A private liberal arts university founded in 1857, supported by the Presbyterian Church. The Queens Music Academy offers private lessons (including Suzuki piano, violin and harp) to interested members of the local community. The University's Music Therapy Clinic offers sessions to children and young...
Country:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
State:
NORTH CAROLINA
City:
WINSTON-SALEM
Special Indexes:
Arts Management/Music Management, Institutions for Women Only, Instrument Collections, Library Collections, Music Theatre Performance, Orff Schulwerk, Suzuki, Wellness for Musicians
Notes:
A private liberal arts residential college for undergraduate women, and co-educational for graduate studies in education and music. It is affiliated with the Moravian Church and is one of the oldest fully accredited professional music schools in the USA, tracing its history back to 1766. The music p...
Country:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
State:
NORTH CAROLINA
City:
WINSTON-SALEM
Special Indexes:
Choral Conducting, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Library Collections, Opera Performance, Orchestral Conducting, Suzuki
Notes:
Formerly known as the North Carolina School of the Arts, this institution gained its current name and status in 2008. It is organised into schools of dance, design and production, drama, film, music and visual arts. It forms part of the 16-campus university that makes up the University of North Caro...
Country:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
State:
OHIO
City:
BEXLEY
Special Indexes:
Choral Conducting, Early Music Performance, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Kodály, Music Theatre Performance, Opera Performance, Suzuki
Notes:
A small private university founded in 1830, supported by the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America. The Conservatory has access to several fine performance spaces and houses a state-of-the-art MIDI-based electronic music studio. There is an active opera program. It has ties with the Kodály Institu...
Country:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
State:
OHIO
City:
CLEVELAND
Special Indexes:
Band Conducting, Choral Conducting, Community Music Training, Eurhythmics/Dalcroze, Early Music Performance, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Opera Performance, Orchestral Conducting, Sound Engineering, Suzuki, Wellness for Musicians
Notes:
An independent classical music conservatory founded in 1920, with Ernest Bloch as its first director. The staff of the Institute includes over 40 members and retired members of the Cleveland Orchestra. It is an All-Steinway School where programs focus solely on classical music. A Joint Music Program...
Country:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
State:
OHIO
City:
GRANVILLE
Special Indexes:
Ethnomusicology/World Music, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Music Theatre Performance, Suzuki, Wellness for Musicians
Notes:
An independently administered and financed co-educational university of liberal arts and sciences of Baptist heritage, founded in 1831. The music department is housed at the Michael D Eisner Center for the Performing Arts. It organises a Suzuki Program offering instruction in flute, piano, violin, c...
Country:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
State:
OHIO
City:
OXFORD
Special Indexes:
Arts Management/Music Management, Opera Performance, Orff Schulwerk, Suzuki
Notes:
A state-supported university founded in 1809, and named for the Miami Indian tribe that inhabited the area. The College of Creative Arts offers programs in art, music, theatre and architecture, and interior design. There is a flourishing opera program. Facilities include well-equipped music technol...
Country:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
State:
OHIO
City:
OBERLIN
Special Indexes:
Choral Conducting, Early Music Performance, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Instrument Collections, Instrument Making/Maintenance, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Library Collections, Opera Performance, Orchestral Conducting, Sound Engineering, Suzuki, Traditional Instrument Performance, Wellness for Musicians
Notes:
An independent co-educational college founded in 1833 of Christian heritage. It was the first college to grant undergraduate degrees to women, and was historically a leader in educating black Americans. The Conservatory operates a contemporary music program. Some emphasis is also placed on performan...
Country:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
State:
OHIO
City:
CINCINNATI
Special Indexes:
Arts Management/Music Management, Band Conducting, Choral Conducting, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Library Collections, Music Theatre Performance, Opera Conducting, Opera Performance, Orchestral Conducting, Repetiteur Training/Coaching, Sound Archives, Sound Engineering, Suzuki
Notes:
This school is unique in that it is historically a traditional European Conservatory attached to a Comprehensive/Research State University. It can trace its history back to 1867. It is a ‘campus village’ comprising the Corbett Center for the Performing Arts, the Dieterle Vocal Arts Center, Memor...
Country:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
State:
OKLAHOMA
City:
OKLAHOMA CITY
Special Indexes:
Arts Management/Music Management, Band Conducting, Choral Conducting, Music Theatre Performance, Opera Performance, Orchestral Conducting, Repetiteur Training/Coaching, Suzuki
Notes:
A private university affiliated with the United Methodist Church, founded in 1906. There is some emphasis on opera and music theatre. The College is an All-Steinway School. The Margaret E Petree College of Performing Arts offers programs in American dance, arts management, theatre and music. The mu...
Country:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
State:
OKLAHOMA
City:
TULSA
Special Indexes:
Choral Conducting, Church Music/Religious Music, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Music Theatre Performance, Music Therapy, Sound Engineering, Suzuki
Notes:
A private Penetecostal charismatic evangelical Christian university, founded in 1963. The music department is an All-Steinway School. A preparatory Suzuki strings program is operated from the music department. Member of the National Association of Schools of Music. ...
Country:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
State:
PENNSYLVANIA
City:
ELIZABETHTOWN
Special Indexes:
Eurhythmics/Dalcroze, Kodály, Music Therapy, Orff Schulwerk, Suzuki
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A private liberal arts college founded in 1899 and affiliated with the Church of the Brethren. It is situated in the heart of the Pennsylvania Dutch Country. The Department of Fine and Performing Arts consists of divisions of music, theatre and dance, and fine arts. The Music Division is housed in Z...
Country:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
State:
PENNSYLVANIA
City:
BETHLEHEM
Special Indexes:
Band Conducting, Choral Conducting, Church Music/Religious Music, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Suzuki
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A private liberal arts college affiliated with the Moravian Church. Founded in 1742, it is the sixth oldest college in USA. The Department of Music organises a summer Pennsylvania Suzuki Institute. Member of the National Association of Schools of Music. ...
Country:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
State:
PENNSYLVANIA
City:
PHILADELPHIA
Special Indexes:
Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Kodály, Orff Schulwerk, Programs for the Handicapped, Suzuki, Traditional Instrument Performance
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An independent music school founded in 1908, offering general music programs to children and adults at the pre-college level, adult and senior adult levels, regardless of their ability to pay. Master classes and concerts are open to the public and are usually free. It is the largest community-based ...
Country:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
State:
PENNSYLVANIA
City:
PHILADELPHIA
Special Indexes:
Band Conducting, Choral Conducting, Instrument Collections, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Library Collections, Music Theatre Performance, Music Therapy, Opera Performance, Repetiteur Training/Coaching, Sound Engineering, Suzuki
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An independent state-affiliated university founded in 1884. The Boyer college of Music and Dance forms part of the Center for the Arts. The New School Institute is the instrumental ensemble branch of the Esther Boyer College of Music and operates as the Department of Instrumental Ensemble and Orches...
Country:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
State:
SOUTH CAROLINA
City:
SPARTANBURG
Special Indexes:
Arts Management/Music Management, Band Conducting, Choral Conducting, Institutions for Women Only, Music Theatre Performance, Music Therapy, Opera Performance, Sound Engineering, Suzuki
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A professional school of music in an independent liberal arts institution originally for women. Formerly known as Converse College it became co-educational and was granted its current name and status in 2021. The School of the Arts offers programs in art and design, theatre, dance and music. The Pet...
Country:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
State:
SOUTH CAROLINA
City:
CLINTON
Special Indexes:
Music Theatre Performance, Opera Performance, Suzuki
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The College was founded in 1880 as a Presbyterian institution. Member of the National Association of Schools of Music. ...
Country:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
State:
SOUTH CAROLINA
City:
COLUMBIA
Special Indexes:
Arts Management/Music Management, Band Conducting, Choral Conducting, Community Music Training, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Library Collections, Music Theatre Performance, Opera Performance, Orchestral Conducting, Suzuki
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A state-supported university founded in 1801. It was the only southern state university to admit African-American students during the reconstruction era immediately following the civil war. Facilities include some fine performance spaces, a well-equipped music technology centre and recording studio....
Country:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
State:
TENNESSEE
City:
JOHNSON CITY
Special Indexes:
Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Music Theatre Performance, Sound Engineering, Suzuki, Traditional Instrument Performance
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The University was founded in 1911 as a teachers’ college. It gained its current name and status in 1963. The music department, an All-Steinway School, is housed in the Mathes Music Building, and is the only four-year institution in the USA with a program in bluegrass and country music, taken thro...
Country:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
State:
TENNESSEE
City:
MEMPHIS
Special Indexes:
Band Conducting, Choral Conducting, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Library Collections, Music Theatre Performance, Opera Performance, Orchestral Conducting, Orff Schulwerk, Repetiteur Training/Coaching, Sound Engineering, Suzuki
Notes:
A state university founded in 1912 and gained its current name and status in 1957. The music program has particular strengths in opera, jazz and recording technology. Ensembles include two orchestras, three bands, numerous chamber music groups, choral groups, jazz combos and a new music ensemble. Fa...
Country:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
State:
TENNESSEE
City:
CHATTANOOGA
Special Indexes:
Band Conducting, Choral Conducting, Kodály, Music Therapy, Opera Performance, Suzuki
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A state-supported university founded in 1886. The music department has access to several fine performing spaces and well-equipped electronic studios. An active opera program operates on campus. There is a Kodály Institute offering programs to Levels I, II and III. The Southeast Center for Education...
Country:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
State:
TENNESSEE
City:
NASHVILLE
Special Indexes:
Ethnomusicology/World Music, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Library Collections, Opera Performance, Sound Archives, Suzuki, Traditional Instrument Performance, Wellness for Musicians
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An independent, privately supported university founded in 1873. The Blair School of Music was established in 1964 as a pre-college music school and has been affiliated with Vanderbilt University since 1981. It offers a thriving opera program. Alexander technique is available to students. The Blair S...
Country:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
State:
TEXAS
City:
FORT WORTH
Special Indexes:
Arts Management/Music Management, Band Conducting, Choral Conducting, Church Music/Religious Music, Early Music Performance, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Instrument Collections, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Opera Performance, Orchestral Conducting, Repetiteur Training/Coaching, Suzuki
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A private university founded in 1873. The School of Music is housed in the Ed Landreth Hall and the Mary D and F Howard Walsh Center for Performing Arts, with a number of fine performance spaces. Facilities include four pipe organs, two harpsichords, a clavichord and a collection of baroque and rena...
Country:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
State:
TEXAS
City:
HOUSTON
Special Indexes:
Band Conducting, Choral Conducting, Church Music/Religious Music, Early Music Performance, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Kodály, Opera Performance, Orchestral Conducting, Suzuki
Notes:
A state-assisted university. Founded in 1927, it gained its current name and status in 1934. Facilities include the 144,000 square feet Rebecca and John J Moores School of Music building which includes the 800-seat Edythe Bates Old Moores Opera Center, more than sixty practice rooms and large ensemb...
Country:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
State:
TEXAS
City:
BELTON
Special Indexes:
Kodály, Suzuki
Notes:
This private University was founded in 1845 and is affiliated with the Baptist General Convention of Texas. The music department is a member of the Texas Association of Music Schools and is housed in the Presser Fine Arts Building. The Conservatory of Music offers music instruction to young childre...
Country:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
State:
VIRGINIA
City:
HARRISONBURG
Special Indexes:
Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Music Theatre Performance, Suzuki
Notes:
Founded in 1917 as a Bible academy in the Anabaptist-Mennonite tradition, the university gained its current name and status in 1994. The music department offers a Suzuki teacher program in violin and viola as part of the Preparatory Music Program which provides music instruction to children and int...
Country:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
State:
WASHINGTON
City:
TACOMA
Special Indexes:
Community Music Training, Opera Performance, Suzuki
Notes:
An independent liberal arts and sciences university affiliated with the United Methodist Church, founded in 1888. The School of Music has access to several fine performance spaces. It organises a Community Music program offering music instruction to children and interested members of the local comm...
Country:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
State:
WASHINGTON, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
City:
Special Indexes:
Eurhythmics/Dalcroze, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Music Theatre Performance, Orff Schulwerk, Suzuki
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An independent community school of the arts founded in 1976. This All-Steinway School offers music instruction to young children, pre-professional music students and interested adults through its Early Childhood Program, its Preparatory Program and its Adult Program (‘A Little Day Music’). Perfo...
Country:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
State:
WISCONSIN
City:
APPLETON
Special Indexes:
Band Conducting, Choral Conducting, Instrument Collections, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Kodály, Music Theatre Performance, Sound Engineering, Suzuki, Wellness for Musicians
Notes:
A private liberal arts and sciences university founded in 1847. The Conservatory of Music was established in the same year. Facilities at the Conservatory include some fine performance spaces, a well-equipped recording/editing studio and more than 50 practice rooms. The Conservatory owns an Indonesi...
Country:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
State:
WISCONSIN
City:
MILWAUKEE
Special Indexes:
Band Conducting, Choral Conducting, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Music Librarianship Training, Music Theatre Performance, Opera Performance, Orchestral Conducting, Suzuki
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A state-supported university founded in 1885 as a teachers’ college. It gained its current name and status in 1956. The music department is housed in the Peck School of the Arts complex which offers programs in art and design, dance, music and theatre. This complex forms part of the Helene Zelazo ...
Country:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
State:
WISCONSIN
City:
STEVENS POINT
Special Indexes:
Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Opera Performance, Suzuki
Notes:
A state-supported university established in 1894 as a teachers’ college. The music department is housed in the Noel Fine Arts Center with a number of fine performing spaces. There is an active opera club. The Aber Suzuki Center offers the only Suzuki program affiliated with a university in the Sta...
Country:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
State:
WISCONSIN
City:
MILWAUKEE
Special Indexes:
Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Programs for the Handicapped, Suzuki
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The Wisconsin Conservatory of Music was founded in 1899 as an independent non-profit community music school. It operates on three campuses in Milwaukee. The Conservatory does not award degrees but offers music instruction to young people and interested members of the local community, in performance ...