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CONSERVATORIO NACIONAL DE MÚSICA, SANTO DOMINGO Departamento de Música Folklórica y Popular
Country:
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC
State:
City:
SANTO DOMINGO
Street Address:
César Nicolás Penson, Av. Alma Mater, La Esperilla, Santo Domingo 10106, Dominican Republic
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Program:
Undergraduate program
Details:
Licenciature en Música (Third cycle). Studies include performance (classical, jazz/popular, folk), theory, composition, music history, pedagogy.
Institution Notes:
The conservatory, founded in 1942, operates under the control of the Ministry of Culture. It is housed in a purpose-built building formally inaugurated in February, 1994. The conservatory organizes the only youth symphony orchestra in the country. It controls a total of 21 junior Academías de Música – two in Santo Domingo, and 19 in provincial towns. The library holds the national archive of tapes and manuscripts of music of the Dominican Republic. A junior department (Academía) provides basic tuition for the first and second cycles; interested young people and adults may take non-professional courses in jazz and popular music.
Last Updated:
September 2021