Country:
ABU DHABI
State:
City:
ABU DHABI
Special Indexes:
Programs for the Handicapped, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
This research university commenced its academic programs in 2010 and moved to its current location at the Saadiyat Island campus of Abu Dhabi in 2014. It integrates a liberal arts and science college. The Abu Dhabe campus forms part of the the New York University's Global Network University alongsid...
Country:
AFGHANISTAN
State:
City:
KABUL
Special Indexes:
Band Conducting, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
This institution was formerly known as the Kabul Secondary School of Music and was founded in 1973, being later joined with a previously-existing School of Fine Arts. The school was destroyed during the civil war, but the music department was re-opened in 2002 with assistance from the non-government...
Country:
AFGHANISTAN
State:
City:
KABUL
Special Indexes:
Ethnomusicology/World Music, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
The University of Kabul was founded in 1932, and is the country’s most important institute of higher education. The Faculty of Fine Arts was first opened in 1967, and the music department was established in 1982. The department of music and its books and instruments were destroyed during the civil...
Country:
ALGERIA
State:
City:
ALGIERS
Special Indexes:
Library Collections, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
Attached to the Ministry of Culture and the Arts, in 1968 the Institute began programs to encourage traditional music and dances and to preserve folklore, many of whose forms developed from Arabian and Spanish Andalusian styles. There is a collection of documents concerning the traditional music of ...
Country:
ARGENTINA
State:
CITY OF BUENOS AIRES
City:
BUENOS AIRES
Special Indexes:
Eurhythmics/Dalcroze, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Orff Schulwerk, Suzuki, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
The Collegium Musicum was founded in 1946. It is a private not-for-profit music school providing music programs for young children and adults, incorporating programs in recorder playing, choral groups, chamber music groups, Dalcroze movement, Orff Schulwerk, Suzuki programs in piano, violin and 'cel...
Country:
ARGENTINA
State:
CITY OF BUENOS AIRES
City:
BUENOS AIRES
Special Indexes:
Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
Founded in 1924 as the Conservatory Nacional, the institution was divided in 1989 into two levels: • higher level, transformed into the National University of Arts, and • middle level, assigned to the Ministry of Culture of the City of Buenos Aires and in 2000 was named the Conservatory de Music...
Country:
ARGENTINA
State:
CITY OF BUENOS AIRES
City:
BUENOS AIRES
Special Indexes:
Choral Conducting, Community Music Training, Early Music Performance, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Orchestral Conducting, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
The Conservatorio was founded in 1920 and is a university-equivalent institution offering music programs at tertiary level. There are three other branches in Buenos Aires. Beside the professional program it also offers activities for the community – workshops in charango, popular singing, popular ...
Country:
ARGENTINA
State:
PROVINCIA DE BUENOS AIRES
City:
CÓRDOBA
Special Indexes:
Band Conducting, Choral Conducting, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
Founded in 1982, the Collegium is a co-operative association of music teachers that runs professional programs in music research, performance and music education. The Collegium also offers workshops on jazz, rock, pop, tango and folklore (guitar, electric guitar, electric bass, drums, percussion, sa...
Country:
ARGENTINA
State:
PROVINCIA DE BUENOS AIRES
City:
MORÓN
Special Indexes:
Opera Performance, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
A provincial conservatory within the province of Buenos Aires. It can trace its history back to 1949 and was granted its current name and status in 1995. The conservatorio has music teacher training programs and organises workshops in electro-acoustic music, opera and popular music. There is a join...
Country:
ARGENTINA
State:
PROVINCIA DE BUENOS AIRES
City:
JUNÍN
Special Indexes:
Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
A provincial conservatorium founded in 1979, operating within the province of Buenos Aires. There is a link between the National University of the Northwest (in Beunos Aires) with the Conservatorium in a project to research more effective ways of bridging the gap between theoretical advances in musi...
Country:
ARGENTINA
State:
PROVINCIA DE BUENOS AIRES
City:
BANFIELD
Special Indexes:
Choral Conducting, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
A provincial conservatorio within the province of Buenos Aires, founded in 1951. It offers training courses for performers and music teachers. There is a centre for early music (Centro de Música Antigua 'Carlo Gesualdo') which offers masterclasses, courses and concerts. Community activities include...
Country:
ARGENTINA
State:
PROVINCIA DE BUENOS AIRES
City:
CHIVILCOY
Special Indexes:
Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
A provincial conservatorium within the province of Buenos Aires, founded in 1957. In addition to the professional programs the conservatorio offers music programs for young people and adults in the local community....
Country:
ARGENTINA
State:
PROVINCIA DE BUENOS AIRES
City:
AVELLANEDA
Special Indexes:
Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
A government-supported school founded in 1986, operating under the jurisdiction of the Director General of Culture and Education of the Province of Buenos Aires. It concentrates on the areas of tango, folklore and jazz. In addition to the professional program there are courses in popular music perfo...
Country:
ARGENTINA
State:
PROVINCIA DE SANTA FE
City:
ROSARIO
Special Indexes:
Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Sound Engineering, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
This research university was founded in 1968. ...
Country:
ARGENTINA
State:
RIO NEGRO
City:
GENERAL ROCA
Special Indexes:
Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
First established as the Instituto Nacional Superior de Arts de General Roca in 1984, the Instituto Universitario Patagónico de las Artes was established in its current form in 2015. There are departments of audiovisual arts, visual arts, movement arts, music and drama. The Patagonia Cultural Found...
Country:
ARMENIA
State:
City:
YEREVAN
Special Indexes:
Band Conducting, Choral Conducting, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Library Collections, Opera Performance, Orchestral Conducting, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
This state-owned Conservatory can trace its history back to 1921 and provides music programs at university level with faculties of piano, orchestra and vocal-theoretical. Advanced courses are available in performance. There is an active opera program. Courses are taught in Armenian and English. A pr...
Country:
AUSTRALIA
State:
NEW SOUTH WALES
City:
ARMIDALE
Special Indexes:
Ethnomusicology/World Music, Instrument Collections, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Library Collections, Sound Engineering, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
The University of New England can trace its history back to the 1920s. Music at the university was established in 1972. It is housed in a heritage building known as the C B Newling Centre which includes a 250-seat auditorium. There is an impressive collection of both Western and non-Western instrum...
Country:
AUSTRALIA
State:
SOUTH AUSTRALIA
City:
ADELAIDE
Special Indexes:
Ethnomusicology/World Music, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Library Collections, Music Theatre Performance, Opera Performance, Orchestral Conducting, Sound Engineering, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
The Elder Conservatorium can trace its history back to 1883. In 2002 it merged with the Flinders Street School of Music of the Adelaide Institute of TAFE to become the Elder School of Music. In 2005 its name was changed back to ‘Elder Conservatorium of Music’. A new building opened in 2005 has g...
Country:
AUSTRALIA
State:
VICTORIA
City:
MELBOURNE
Special Indexes:
Arts Management/Music Management, Early Music Performance, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Instrument Collections, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Library Collections, Music Theatre Performance, Music Therapy, Opera Performance, Orchestral Conducting, Personal Archives, Sound Archives, Sound Engineering, Traditional Instrument Performance, Wellness for Musicians
Notes:
The Conservatorium of Music, founded in 1891, thus being the oldest in Australia, is housed in the Conservatorium building at the Parkville campus which is classified by the National Trust of Victoria. It contains a 350-seat concert hall (Melba Hall) with excellent acoustics for chamber music, and w...
Country:
AUSTRALIA
State:
WESTERN AUSTRALIA
City:
PERTH
Special Indexes:
Arts Management/Music Management, Instrument Collections, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Library Collections, Music Theatre Performance, Sound Engineering, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
The Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts was established in 1980, and forms part of Edith Cowan University’s School of Communications and Creative Industries. Its programs include studies in dance, music theatre, music (classical, jazz, contemporary), broadcasting, sound design, stage man...
Country:
AUSTRIA
State:
City:
LINZ
Special Indexes:
Band Conducting, Choral Conducting, Church Music/Religious Music, Early Music Performance, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Music Theatre Performance, Sound Engineering, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
The University was formerly known as the Bruckner Conservatorium. Originally founded in 1823, it gained its current name and status in 2004 and in 2015 it moved into a brand-new building enabling its three divisions of music (classical and jazz), drama and dance to be offered in a single location. T...
Country:
AUSTRIA
State:
City:
KLAGENFURT
Special Indexes:
Choral Conducting, Church Music/Religious Music, Early Music Performance, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
The conservatorium was founded in 1828. Formerly known as the Kärntner Laneskonservatorium, (Carinthian State Conservatory), since 2019 it has continued its activities as a private institution with the name Gustav Mahler Privatuniversität für Musik. It has close links with Alpen Adria University...
Country:
AUSTRIA
State:
City:
INNSBRUCK
Special Indexes:
Band Conducting, Early Music Performance, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Opera Performance, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
The Conservatorium can trace its history back to 1818 and gained its current name and status in 1990. Since 2019 there has been a link with the University of Music and Performing Arts in Vienna (Universität für Musik und darstellende Kunst Wien) , llowing students the opportunity to graduate from...
Country:
AZERBAIJAN
State:
City:
BAKU
Special Indexes:
Choral Conducting, Instrument Making/Maintenance, Opera Performance, Orchestral Conducting, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
The Azerbaijan National Conservatory was established in 2000, and the earlier Uzeir Hajibeyov Baku Musiqi Akademiyasi (Baku Music College), founded in 1920, was incorporated into the Conservatory. Courses are taught in Azerbayan. There are two faculties – performance (specialisation as concert per...
Country:
AZORES
State:
City:
HORTA
Special Indexes:
Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
The islands of the Azores form a Portuguese autonomous region. The Conservatory was founded in 1990....
Country:
AZORES
State:
City:
PONTA DELGADA
Special Indexes:
Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
The islands of the Azores form a Portuguese autonomous region....
Country:
AZORES
State:
City:
ANGRA DO HEROÍSMO
Special Indexes:
Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
The islands of the Azores form a Portuguese autonomous region. The music program is open to students and adults....
Country:
BAHRAIN
State:
City:
Special Indexes:
Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
The Institute commenced operation in Bahrain in 2003 with the aim of providing quality education in music, dance and art and craft to young people and interested adults. The performance programs cover both Hindustani and Carnatic styles as well as Western classical music with tuition in piano, keybo...
Country:
BELARUS
State:
City:
MINSK
Special Indexes:
Choral Conducting, Opera Performance, Orchestral Conducting, Sound Archives, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
Formerly known as the Minsk Conservatory, the Academy was founded in 1932 and is the leading music institution in Belarus. There is an opera studio, a school of modern musicology and a separate division of Belarusian music. Facilities include a well equipped music technology studio. Training courses...
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:
BHUTAN
State:
City:
THIMPHU
Special Indexes:
Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
The Academy was founded in 1954 to preserve and promote Bhutanese performing arts, including traditional instrumental music, songs, dramas, mask and folk music and dance, both the Zhungdra (classical form) and Boedra (court form). The Ministry of Home and Cultural Affairs has the task of managing a...
Country:
BOLIVIA
State:
City:
LA PAZ
Special Indexes:
Choral Conducting, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
This institution was founded in 1917 and after several name changes it gained its current name and status in 2009. It trains general teachers for kindergarten, elementary and secondary schools and also trains music specialists for teaching in schools. The curriculum has been devised in conjunction w...
Country:
BOLIVIA
State:
City:
POTOSÍ
Special Indexes:
Ethnomusicology/World Music, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
This state-controlled university was founded in 1892 and the music program was established in 1939. There is a preparatory program for those wishing to prepare for university music studies....
Country:
BRAZIL
State:
DISTRITO FEDERAL
City:
BRASÍLIA
Special Indexes:
Early Music Performance, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Programs for the Handicapped, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
The School can trace its history back to 1962. While it offers music training to young people from age 8 and to interested adults in evening courses, years 5 to 8 are regarded as being at professional level. Classes are held for visually handicapped students, with some use of Braille notation. The S...
Country:
BRAZIL
State:
RIO DE JANEIRO
City:
RIO DE JANEIRO
Special Indexes:
Ethnomusicology/World Music, Library Collections, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
Founded in 1945 by Heitor Villa-Lobos, the main objective of this not-for-profit school is to train musicians and adherents by using Brazilian music in both classical and popular styles as the main material of study, thus aiming to rediscover for its supporters the musical traditions of Brazil. The...
Country:
BRAZIL
State:
SÃO PAULO
City:
RIBEIRÃO PRETO
Special Indexes:
Band Conducting, Choral Conducting, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Library Collections, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
Established in 1934, the University of São Paulo is a public university with several campuses throughout the state of São Paulo. A music program is offered at the Ribeirão Preto campus, brought into being as a result of an exchange program between the music departments of the American University ...
Country:
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:
BULGARIA
State:
City:
BLAGOEVGRAD
Special Indexes:
Music Theatre Performance, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
The university was founded in 1975. The Faculty of Arts has programs in music, folk arts, fine arts, fashion, drama and film and television....
Country:
BURKINA FASO
State:
City:
OUAGADOUGOU
Special Indexes:
Choral Conducting, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
This institution (English name: National Institute of Artistic and Cultural Training (INAFAC) can trace its history back to 1985. There are programs in music, visual arts and dance, with classes held in the evenings to allow access to the greatest number. Its École de Musique has been operating in ...
Country:
CAMBODIA (KAMPUCHEA)
State:
City:
PHNOM PENH
Special Indexes:
Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
The university was established as a school of arts in 1918 and gained university status in 1965. Following the political upheavals in Cambodia when it was closed by the Khmer Rouge in 1975, UNESCO and a number of international donors have worked closely with the Cambodian Ministry of Culture and Fin...
Country:
CAMEROON
State:
City:
NGAOUNDÉRÉ
Special Indexes:
Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
This public university was founded in 1982 under the name Ngaoundéré University Centre, and gained its current name and status in 1993. The Dang campus is situated 15 km from Ngaoundéré. There is an active music club that has produced an album of student performances....
Country:
CANADA
State:
BRITISH COLUMBIA
City:
VANCOUVER
Special Indexes:
Band Conducting, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Instrument Collections, Sound Engineering, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
The University offered its first classes in 1965. It operates on three campuses - Burnaby, Surrey and downtown Vancouver. The School for the Contemporary Arts is housed in the Goldcorp Centre and offers programs in visual arts, film, dance, theatre and music. It has developed a reputation for innova...
Country:
CANADA
State:
NEWFOUNDLAND
City:
ST JOHN’S
Special Indexes:
Band Conducting, Choral Conducting, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Instrument Collections, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Opera Performance, Orchestral Conducting, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
The University was founded in 1925 as a memorial to the Newfoundlanders who had lost their lives on active service during the First World War. The School of Music has access to several fine performance spaces. There is a Folklore Department which offers courses in local performance traditions (acco...
Country:
CANADA
State:
ONTARIO
City:
OTTAWA
Special Indexes:
Early Music Performance, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Sound Engineering, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
This public university was established in 1942 as Carleton College and gained its current name and status in 1957. The School for Studies in Art and Culture comprises departments of art history, film studies and music. The School possesses a practice carillon while the Ottawa National Carillon is l...
Country:
CANADA
State:
ONTARIO
City:
TORONTO
Special Indexes:
Early Music Performance, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Instrument Collections, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Sound Engineering, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
York University was founded in 1959. Music is a department of the Faculty of Fine Arts which comprises music, dance, design, film, theatre, visual arts and fine arts cultural studies. The Music Department has recently moved into new, state-of-the-art facilities in the Accolade East Building. It lay...
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:
CANADA
State:
PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND
City:
CHARLOTTETOWN
Special Indexes:
Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
This public university can trace its history back to 1934. Under its current name its first intake of students was in 1969. The music department is located in the Steel Building....
Country:
CANADA
State:
PROVINCE DE QUÉBEC
City:
MONTREAL
Special Indexes:
Early Music Performance, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Instrument Collections, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Opera Performance, Orchestral Conducting, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
A public university founded in 1878 and is currently the second largest in Canada. The music program at the Université de Montréal is organised into cycles. There are programs in gamelan and workshops in baroque music, contemporary music and opera. Language of instruction is French. An associate ...
Country:
CANADA
State:
SASKATCHEWAN
City:
SASKATOON
Special Indexes:
Band Conducting, Choral Conducting, Instrument Collections, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
This public university held its first classes in 1909. Facilities in the music department include a multi-station electroacoustic computer lab. The music department holds a large collection of historic instruments (including a 17th century Amati string quartet) and ethnic instruments from various c...
Country:
CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC
State:
City:
BANGUI
Special Indexes:
Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
The École National des Arts was founded in 1966. It offers programs in music and visual arts. In 2014 a national cultural centre 'Catherine Samba-Panza' was inaugurated at the National School, and comprises an entertainment room, a library, media and video libraries and recording studio. There are ...
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:
CAPITAL DISTRICT
City:
BEIJING
Special Indexes:
Arts Management/Music Management, Band Conducting, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Instrument Collections, Opera Performance, Orchestral Conducting, Sound Engineering, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
This Conservatory was founded in 1964 and operates under the Ministry of Culture. It provides programs for the study of Chinese music including Chinese instruments and voice. There are some 750 full-time students and eight departments – composition, musicology, Chinese instruments, vocal music and...
Country:
CHINA
State:
CAPITAL DISTRICT
City:
BEIJING
Special Indexes:
Opera Performance, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
The National Academy of Chinese Theatre Arts was founded in 1950. The translation of its local Chinese name is ‘College of Music’ and it is currently regarded as a university-equivalent institution. It is the only institution in China that offers traditional Chinese opera as a main program. It p...
Country:
CHINA
State:
FUJIAN PROVINCE
City:
XIAMEN
Special Indexes:
Choral Conducting, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
The Xiamen Academy for Performing Arts was established in 2002. It offers major studies in culture, arts, economics and management. There are departments of dance, music, drama, film and television directing. There are firm cultural and artistic exchanges with a vocational college in Taiwan....
Country:
CHINA
State:
GUANGDONG PROVINCE
City:
GUANGZHOU (CANTON)
Special Indexes:
Arts Management/Music Management, Band Conducting, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Opera Performance, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
The Xinghai Conservatory of Music offers a program of advanced music training in South China. Originally founded in 1932 it underwent a number of name changes, and in 1985 gained its current name in memory of a prominent Chinese musician Mr. Xian Xinghai. There are departments of theory/composition,...
Country:
CHINA
State:
HONG KONG
City:
Special Indexes:
Early Music Performance, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Instrument Collections, Library Collections, Sound Archives, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
The University was founded in 1963, and the Department of Music (Chung Chi College) was established in 1963, thus being the first music degree-granting institution in Hong Kong. The music department owns a wide range of Western, Chinese and early music instruments, including many early Western instr...
Country:
CHINA
State:
HONG KONG
City:
Special Indexes:
Choral Conducting, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Library Collections, Opera Performance, Orchestral Conducting, Sound Engineering, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
The Academy was founded in 1984. There are schools of dance, drama, music, theatre and entertainment arts, film and television and Chinese opera. Facilities include a fine concert hall, an opera theatre and a well-equipped library which houses the Ernest Read collection of orchestral scores and the ...
Country:
CHINA
State:
HONG KONG
City:
Special Indexes:
Choral Conducting, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Instrument Collections, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Sound Engineering, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
A government-supported institution founded in 1956. There are some fine performing spaces and a state-of-the-art electro-acoustic music centre. The music department owns a Balinese gamelan, a large collection of percussion instruments, as well as 52 pianos, two harpsichords and three organs. ...
Country:
CHINA
State:
HONG KONG
City:
Special Indexes:
Choral Conducting, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
The Hong Kong Institute of Education of education was established in 1994 as an amalgamation of three former colleges of education. It is now known as the Education University of Hong Kong. Language of instruction is English....
Country:
CHINA
State:
HONG KONG
City:
Special Indexes:
Arts Management/Music Management, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Instrument Collections, Library Collections, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
The university can trace its history back to 1910, thus being the oldest institution of higher learning in the territory. The music department was founded in 1981 and is affiliated with the Hong Kong Academy of Performing Arts. It has a collection of early music instruments, a Balinese gamelan and a...
Country:
CHINA
State:
HUBEI PROVINCE
City:
WUHAN
Special Indexes:
Band Conducting, Choral Conducting, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Instrument Collections, Library Collections, Orchestral Conducting, Sound Engineering, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
The Conservatory can trace its history back to 1920. There are departments of composition/conducting, musicology, woodwind/strings, voice, piano, Chinese traditional instruments, folk music, sound engineering, music education, music archaeology, pop singing, dance and a community education program. ...
Country:
CHINA
State:
JIANGSU PROVINCE
City:
NANJING
Special Indexes:
Arts Management/Music Management, Band Conducting, Community Music Training, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Instrument Making/Maintenance, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Opera Performance, Orchestral Conducting, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
The University can trace its history back to 1912. It is also known as the Nanjing Arts Institute. Programs run for four years and are of university-equivalent status. It consists of schools of fine arts, music, design, industrial design, pop music, film and video, media and communications, and danc...
Country:
CHINA
State:
LIAONING PROVINCE
City:
SHENYANG
Special Indexes:
Band Conducting, Choral Conducting, Instrument Making/Maintenance, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
The Conservatory was founded in 1938 as Lu Xun Academy of Arts and was granted its current name in 1958. It occupies four campuses - in Shenyang, Dalian, Taoxian and Chanqing. There are departments of performance (Western and Chinese instruments and vocal music), popular music, composition/theory, c...
Country:
CHINA
State:
SHAANXI PROVINCE
City:
XI’AN
Special Indexes:
Band Conducting, Choral Conducting, Orchestral Conducting, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
The Conservatory was founded in its present form in 1960. There are departments of composition, choral and band conducting, Chinese traditional music, Western orchestral music, folk instrumental music, voice, piano, solfeggio, theory, music education, dance. There is an attached secondary school....
Country:
CHINA
State:
SHANGHAI DISTRICT
City:
SHANGHAI
Special Indexes:
Arts Management/Music Management, Band Conducting, Choral Conducting, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Instrument Collections, Instrument Making/Maintenance, Music Theatre Performance, Music Therapy, Opera Conducting, Opera Performance, Orchestral Conducting, Repetiteur Training/Coaching, Sound Engineering, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
The Conservatory, established in 1927, is the oldest higher institute of music education in China, with an illustrious group of presidents since its foundation. It operates under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Culture and the Shanghai Municipal People’s Government. Over its history the Conser...
Country:
CHINA
State:
SICHUAN PROVINCE
City:
CHENG-DU
Special Indexes:
Arts Management/Music Management, Band Conducting, Choral Conducting, Instrument Making/Maintenance, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Opera Performance, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
The Conservatory was founded in 1939. There are departments of Chinese and Western vocal music, Chinese instruments, Western orchestral instruments, piano/accordion, composition/conducting, music education, as well as programs in film and television, visual art, broadcasting, piano tuning, violin ma...
Country:
CHINA
State:
TIANJIN DISTRICT
City:
TIANJIN
Special Indexes:
Arts Management/Music Management, Choral Conducting, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
Tianjin Conservatory was founded in 1958. There are departments of Chinese national and traditional music, orchestral music, voice, piano, popular music, arts management, theory/composition, musicology, conducting and music education as well as dance, drama and film. The Conservatory hosts institute...
Country:
CHINA
State:
YUNNAN PROVINCE
City:
KUNMING
Special Indexes:
Ethnomusicology/World Music, Music Therapy, Traditional Instrument Performance
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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:
MEDELLÍN
Special Indexes:
Band Conducting, Choral Conducting, Church Music/Religious Music, Traditional Instrument Performance
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A co-educational university founded in 1937 and run by the Seventh Day Adventist Church. There are departments of business administration, science, theology and music. Attached primary and secondary schools are used as laboratories for teaching practice. The aim is to prepare students to work effect...
Country:
COSTA RICA
State:
City:
HEREDIA
Special Indexes:
Ethnomusicology/World Music, Opera Performance, Traditional Instrument Performance
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The university was founded in 1974. Forming part of the university’s Centro de Investigación Docencia y Extensión Artística, the Centre for the Arts consists of Schools of Art and Visual Communication, Dance, Scenic Arts and Music. There is an active opera workshop program. The emphasis in the...
Country:
CROATIA
State:
City:
PULA
Special Indexes:
Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
Juraj Dobrila University of Pula was founded in 2006 and the former departments of music were renamed the Academy of Music in 2014. An active member of the Association Européenne des Conservatoires, Académies de Musique et Musikhochschulen....
Country:
CUBA
State:
City:
LA HABANA (HAVANA)
Special Indexes:
Arts Management/Music Management, Choral Conducting, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Orchestral Conducting, Sound Engineering, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
The Instituto Superior de Arte (ISA), conceived and founded by Fidel Castro and Che Guevara, opened in 1976 and is now known as the University of the Arts, offering programs in music, theatre, modern dance, ballet, visual arts and audio-visual media. After a period of decline in which the buildings ...
Country:
CYPRUS (TURKISH)
State:
City:
FAMAGUSTA (GAZIMAǦUSA)
Special Indexes:
Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Orff Schulwerk, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
The Eastern Mediterranean University was established in 1979, and was granted its current name and status in 1986. Its programs are fully recognized by the Council of Higher Education in Turkey. The university is a full member of the International Association of Universities, the European University...
Country:
DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO
State:
City:
KINSHASA
Special Indexes:
Ethnomusicology/World Music, Instrument Making/Maintenance, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Music Theatre Performance, Traditional Instrument Performance
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The Institute was established in 1967 and was given its current name in 1976. It is a college of training organised into three departments – classical music, drama and cultural activities - planned to occupy a brand new site on the Rond-point Ezo in central Kinshasa. The Institute organises a pre-...
Country:
DUBAI
State:
City:
DUBAI
Special Indexes:
Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
The Melodica Music Centre offers programs in music and dance to children and interested adults at four locations throughout Dubai. Students may be trained to enter for music examinations conducted by Trinity Guildhall or the Associated Board of the Royal Schools of Music (ABRSM) in England. The Cent...
Country:
EGYPT
State:
City:
GIZA
Special Indexes:
Ethnomusicology/World Music, Orchestral Conducting, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
The Academy of Arts comprises institutes of music (the Cairo National Conservatoire), artistic criticism, Arabic music, cinema, theatrical arts, ballet and folk arts. Established in 1959, the Conservatoire is also known as the ‘National Higher Institute of Music’. It aims to prepare specialised ...
Country:
EGYPT
State:
City:
CAIRO
Special Indexes:
Ethnomusicology/World Music, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
Established in 1935 as the Higher Institute for Music Teachers, in 1975 this institution became a faculty of the newly-created Helwan University. It aims to prepare music educators to work in schools at different levels and at other organisations dealing with music education. There are seven departm...
Country:
ESTONIA
State:
City:
TALLINN
Special Indexes:
Arts Management/Music Management, Band Conducting, Choral Conducting, Early Music Performance, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Library Collections, Opera Performance, Orchestral Conducting, Sound Engineering, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
The Academy was established in 1919 and is now regarded as equivalent to a university. It offers programs in music and drama. There are preparatory courses in composition and theory as well as a vocal preparatory course for singers wishing to enter the professional program. Language of instruction...
Country:
ESTONIA
State:
City:
VILJANDI
Special Indexes:
Arts Management/Music Management, Band Conducting, Choral Conducting, Church Music/Religious Music, Instrument Making/Maintenance, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Orff Schulwerk, Sound Engineering, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
The University of Tartu's Centre for the Arts was opened in 2017, offering courses for all students at the University as well as for interested members of the local community. It forms part of the University's Viljandi Culture Academy, one of four colleges of the University. The Academy offers progr...
Country:
ETHIOPIA
State:
City:
ADDIS ABABA
Special Indexes:
Band Conducting, Church Music/Religious Music, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
The University was established in 1950 and operates on thirteen campuses, most of them in Addis Ababa. In 2010 the University's Alle School of Fine Arts and Design, the School of Theatre Arts and the Yared School of Music were amalgamated to form the Skunder Boghossian College of Performing and Visu...
Country:
ETHIOPIA
State:
City:
ADDIS ABABA
Special Indexes:
Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
The Sisay Begena School concentrates on teaching the begena, a traditional ten-string harp as well as other traditional instruments. It aims to popularise some of the earliest instruments of Ethiopia to maintain a knowledge and appreciation of the indigenous culture. ...
Country:
ETHIOPIA
State:
City:
ADDIS ABABA
Special Indexes:
Programs for the Handicapped, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
This institution, founded in 2001 offers music training for young people with visual impairment. The Centre, with support from a Swedish Culture Foundation (Selam), lobbies higher education institutions to admit visually impaired students, offers vocational training opportunities in the music indust...
Country:
FIJI
State:
City:
SUVA
Special Indexes:
Ethnomusicology/World Music, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
The University of the South Pacific was established in 1968. It is jointly owned by the governments of twelve island countries: Cook Islands, Fiji, Kiribati, Marshall Islands, Nauru, Niue, Solomon Islands, Tokelau, Tonga, Tuvalu, Vanuatu and Samoa, with campuses in each country. Music study forms an...
Country:
FINLAND
State:
City:
IKAALINEN
Special Indexes:
Instrument Collections, Library Collections, Sound Archives, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
The Institute, supported by the Finnish Ministry of Education, issues publications of sheet music, CDs and books and organises courses, competitions and seminars. In the accordion museum there are 70 old accordions, photographs and paintings. The Institute holds the archive of the International Acco...
Country:
FINLAND
State:
City:
KAUSTINEN
Special Indexes:
Instrument Collections, Instrument Making/Maintenance, Library Collections, Research-only Institutions, Sound Archives, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
The Finnish Folk Music Institute is an Accredited expert organisation of the Unesco Convention for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage. It is a music and dance research institute and information centre founded in 1974, with a large archive of Finnish folk music and dance, and a libr...
Country:
FINLAND
State:
City:
HELSINKI (HELSINFORS)
Special Indexes:
Arts Management/Music Management, Band Conducting, Choral Conducting, Church Music/Religious Music, Early Music Performance, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Instrument Making/Maintenance, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Opera Performance, Orchestral Conducting, Repetiteur Training/Coaching, Sound Archives, Traditional Instrument Performance
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In 2013 the Finnish Sibelius Academy, the Theatre Academy Helsinki and the Academy of Fine Arts merged to become the University of the Arts Helsinki. The Sibelius Academy received its name in 1939. It is the only university-level music institution in Finland and one of the largest in Europe. In addi...
Country:
FRANCE
State:
ALSACE
City:
STRASBOURG
Special Indexes:
Instrument Collections, Instrument Making/Maintenance, Traditional Instrument Performance
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'Les Percussions de Strasbourg’ consists of a group of six professional musicians who perform all types of works for the percussion ensemble. Between them they are able to play over four hundred different percussion instruments and have a philosophy of promoting creativity in performance. They col...
Country:
FRANCE
State:
CHAMPAGNE-ARDENNE
City:
TROYES
Special Indexes:
Choral Conducting, Early Music Performance, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
This Conservatoire à Rayonnement Départemental is a public institution offering programs in music, classical and contemporary dance and drama. The program is organised in cycles. The first (éveil musical’) four years, the second, four years, the third ('cycle d’orientation professionnelle') a...
Country:
FRANCE
State:
ÎLE-DE-FRANCE
City:
PARIS
Special Indexes:
Instrument Collections, Library Collections, Research-only Institutions, Sound Archives, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
After seventy years of existence the former Musée National des Arts et Traditions Populaires was closed in 2005 and its collections were transferred to the Musée des Civilisations de l'Europe et de la Méditerranée in Marseille, Province. While not a teaching institution as such it offers courses...
Country:
FRANCE
State:
LANGUEDOC-ROUSSILLON
City:
PERPIGNAN
Special Indexes:
Choral Conducting, Early Music Performance, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
Formerly known as 'Conservatoire à Rayonnement Régional Perpignan', this conservatoire iis a public institution offering programs in music, classical and contemporary dance and drama in six locations throughout the Perpignan Mediterranean region. The program is organised in cycles. The first (éve...
Country:
FRANCE
State:
LIMOUSIN
City:
LIMOGES
Special Indexes:
Choral Conducting, Early Music Performance, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
This Conservatoire, founded in 1803, is a public institution offering programs in music, classical and contemporary dance and drama. It operates in three locations in the city of Limoges. The program is organised in cycles. The first (éveil musical’) four years, the second, four years, the third ...
Country:
FRANCE
State:
MIDI-PYRÉNÉES
City:
TOULOUSE
Special Indexes:
Instrument Making/Maintenance, Library Collections, Sound Archives, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
This institution was founded in 1971. It offers part-time courses to interested children and adults and no diplomas are awarded. It specialises in oral traditional music and dance, with tuition on traditional instruments of the region, including Gascon bagpipe, fifre, hurdy-gurdy and accordion as we...
Country:
FRANCE
State:
MIDI-PYRÉNÉES
City:
TOULOUSE
Special Indexes:
Band Conducting, Choral Conducting, Early Music Performance, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Sound Engineering, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
This Conservatoire, established in 1820, is a public institution offering programs in music, theatre and classical and contemporary dance. The program is organised in cycles. The first (éveil musical’) four years, the second, four years, the third ('cycle d’orientation professionnelle') and fou...
Country:
FRANCE
State:
RÉUNION
City:
SAINT-DENIS DE LA RÉUNION
Special Indexes:
Band Conducting, Choral Conducting, Early Music Performance, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Instrument Collections, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
The Conservatoire à Rayonnement Régional de Musique, Danse et Art Dramatique de la Réunion was founded in 1987 and is one of over 30 such institutions in France. Its headquarters are in Saint-Denis, with other teaching centres in Saint-Benoît, Saint-Paul and Saint-Pierre. The program is organise...
Country:
FRANCE
State:
RHÔNE-ALPES
City:
LYON
Special Indexes:
Band Conducting, Choral Conducting, Early Music Performance, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Traditional Instrument Performance
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The Centre de Formation des Enseignants de la Musique Rhône-Alpes (CEFEDEM). was established in 1990 under the auspices of the Ministry of Culture. An active member of the Association Européenne des Conservatoires, Académies de Musique et Musikhochschulen....
Country:
FRANCE
State:
RHÔNE-ALPES
City:
CHALON-SUR-SAÔNE
Special Indexes:
Band Conducting, Choral Conducting, Early Music Performance, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
This Conservatoire is a public institution offering programs in music, and classical and contemporary dance. Inaugurated in. 1996, it was granted its current name and status in 2002. The program is organised in cycles. The first (éveil musical’) four years, the second, four years, the third ('cyc...
Country:
FRENCH GUIANA
State:
City:
CAYENNE
Special Indexes:
Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
The Conservatoire was founded in 1988 as a Regional School of Music and Dance (École de Musique et de Danse Régionale) but since 2013 it has been classed as a Conservatoire à Rayonnement Départemental and included programs in theatre. Music performance programs cover tuition in Western classica...
Country:
FRENCH POLYNESIA
State:
City:
Special Indexes:
Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
The Artistic Conservatory of French Polynesia (Conservatoire Artistique de Polynésie Française) is concerned with traditional Tahitian arts, and the main thrust of its endeavours is traditional Tahitian dance styles. Associated art forms that contribute to the study of dance and receive some atten...
Country:
GABON
State:
City:
LIBREVILLE
Special Indexes:
Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
The Conservatoire was founded in 1998 to promote the culture and practice of music and dance of Gabon. There are four departments – instrumental music, dance, pedagogy, animation. Studies are organised in three cycles, beginning with classes for very young children. ...