To inspire and empower students to become creative leaders who transform society through music. Values:

• Engaging students with a broad range of musical thought, expression and experiences
• Building upon rich traditional foundations
• Advancing innovative musical practices
• Fostering creative enterprise
• Promoting all forms of creative contributions to the field of music
• Cultivating socially embedded practices.

Located in the culturally rich Southwest desert in one of the country's most vibrant, expanding urban centers, the ASU School of Music, Dance and Theatre affords its students not only access to this diverse environment but also engagement in Phoenix's diverse, flourishing arts community.

50 East Gammage Parkway

Tempe, AZ 85287-0405

480-965-5069

KEY STATISTICS (college level and above)

Music Faculty: 74 full time, 60 adjunct

Arts Leadership • Brass • Collaborative Piano • Composition (Performance) • Conducting • Jazz Studies & Contemporary Media • Music Business • Music Education • Musicology • Music Therapy • Organ • Piano • Strings • Vocal Arts/Opera • Winds & Percussion • Arts leadership (through Herberger Institute for Design and the Arts) • Music Theatre • Pedagogy • Interdisciplinary Digital Media

Undergraduate Programs / Graduate Programs

✔=Yes   ✖=No

The mission of The Bard College Conservatory of Music is to provide the best possible preparation for a person dedicated to a life immersed in the creation and performance of music. The innovative curriculum of The Bard College Conservatory of Music is guided by the principle that musicians should be broadly educated in the liberal arts and sciences in order to achieve their greatest potential.

All Conservatory undergraduates pursue a five-year program leading to two degrees: the Bachelor of Music degree and the Bachelor of Arts degree in a field other than music. Bard Conservatory offers degrees in instrumental and vocal performance, composition, and traditional Chinese instruments.

30 Campus Road

Annandale-on-Hudson, NY 12504

845-752-2409

Our undergraduates tend to pursue graduate degrees from other major conservatories.

KEY STATISTICS (college level and above)

Music Faculty: 13 full time, 80 adjunct

Brass • Collaborative Piano • Composition (Performance) • Conducting • Organ • Piano • Strings • Vocal Arts/Opera • Winds & Percussion

Undergraduate Programs

Graduate Vocal Arts

Graduate Conducting

Advanced Performance Studies Program (graduate certificate)

Post-Graduate Collaborative Piano Fellowship

PANDEMIC & SAFETY: SCHOOL POLICIES

Policies & Procedures for this school

✔=Yes   ✖=No

Proof of vaccination required?

✔ Students   ✖ Faculty   ✖ Staff

Proof of a negative COVID-19 test required?

✔ Students   ✔ Faculty   ✔ Staff

Reduced density being considered in:

✖ On-campus housing   ✔ Class and/or ensembles

SOCIAL LINKS

        

The Blair School of Music serves as the focal point within Vanderbilt University for the study of music as a human endeavor and as a performing art. Music offers to all persons a medium for the expression of the human spirit. Accordingly, the Blair School of Music addresses music through a broad array of academic, pedagogical, and performing activities. Consistent with the mission of Vanderbilt University, the School maintains and promotes the highest standards in the pursuit of scholarly and creative work, in the delivery of instruction, and in the promotion of professional and public service.

Blair is a conservatory-level music program alongside a Top 15 academic institution. It is one of the few exclusively undergraduate music schools in the country.

2400 Blakemore Avenue

Nashville, TN 37216

615-322-6181

Vanderbilt Blair Alumni resources / Career Center

KEY STATISTICS (college level and above)

Music Faculty: 58 full time, 52 adjunct

Brass • Composition (Performance) • Jazz Studies & Contemporary Media • Music Business • Music Education • Organ • Piano • Strings • Vocal Arts/Opera • Winds & Percussion

Undergraduate Programs

✔=Yes   ✖=No

Boston University is an international, comprehensive, private research university, committed to educating students to be reflective, resourceful individuals ready to live, adapt, and lead in an interconnected world. Boston University is committed to generating new knowledge to benefit society.

The Boston University School of Music is a community of academically and artistically extraordinary musicians within a major research university located in one of the great music capitals of America. We are committed to the highest artistic and professional standards in performance, composition, music education, and musicology.

855 Commonwealth Avenue

Boston, MA 02215

617-353-3341

Throughout the year, Boston University School of Music offers a series of career development workshops taught by alumni and professionals in their field through the Center for Career Development. See here for internships, jobs, fellowhips, and grant opportunities.

KEY STATISTICS (college level and above)

Music Faculty: 70 full time, 88 adjunct

Brass • Collaborative Piano • Composition (Performance) • Conducting • Early Music • Jazz Studies & Contemporary Media • Music Business • Music Education • Musicology • Music Therapy • Organ • Piano • Strings • Vocal Arts/Opera

Undergraduate Programs / Graduate Programs

✔=Yes   ✖=No

To train outstanding young musicians and prepare them for professional careers, also to create future generations for the Israel Philharmonic. Many have achieved great success, including as members (including Music Director) of the Israel Philharmonic, Leipzig Gewandhaus, and other orchestras and distinguished solo or chamber music careers.Considered one of the world’s elite schools, the Buchmann-Mehta School of Music combines an intimate, intensive and personalised study experience in a "family-like atmosphere" with frequent exposure to the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra, its renowned guest artists, and teaching by internationally-respected faculty and staff, all in one of the world’s great cities.

A partnership between the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra and Tel Aviv University, the BMSM has an intimate relationship with the IPO’s musicians (many on faculty). Students benefit from master classes from the IPO’s guest stars. Alumni span Itzhak Perlman, Menahem Pressler, and Lahav Shani. Free tuition, plus possible benefits for international students.

Tel Aviv University

Tel Aviv, 6997801

+972 3-640-8415

KEY STATISTICS (college level and above)

Music Faculty: 50 full time, 8 adjunct

Brass • Composition (Performance) • Conducting • Music Education • Musicology • Organ • Piano • Strings • Vocal Arts/Opera • Winds & Percussion • All instruments

Undergraduate Programs / Graduate Programs

✔=Yes   ✖=No

Through elite professional education, the Butler School of Music prepares students for careers as performers, teachers, composers and scholars, and for fulfilled lives as responsible and informed members of society, extending the boundaries of knowledge and human experience through research and the creation of new music.

While preserving the best of traditional music education, the Butler School prepares students for modern-world challenges through engagement with diverse musical traditions, community outreach and new technologies. The Butler School promotes the interdependence of performance and scholarship, innovative relationships between music and other disciplines as well as a wider appreciation of music throughout society.

Located in one of our nation’s most musical cities, the Butler School of Music at The University of Texas at Austin offers comprehensive undergraduate and graduate programs designed to prepare artists, thinkers, makers, and teachers ready and able to make profound contributions to the future of music.

2406 Robert Dedman Drive

Stop E3100

Austin, TX 78712-1555

512-471-7764

Fine Arts Career Services offers resources tailored to the College of Fine Arts undergraduate and graduate student body. The dedicated team of fine arts career advisors works extensively with students to prepare them for an increasingly competitive arts industry. Graduation isn’t the end of a student’s relationship with FACS. The office remains accessible to alumni of the college for life. Career advising and planning services are also available from the university’s Center for Strategic Advising & Career Counseling.

KEY STATISTICS (college level and above)

Music Faculty: 85 full time, 10 adjunct

Brass • Collaborative Piano • Composition (Performance) • Conducting • Early Music • Jazz Studies & Contemporary Media • Music Education • Musicology • Organ • Piano • Strings • Vocal Arts/Opera • Winds & Percussion • Chamber Music • Ethnomusicology • Literature and Pedagogy • Music Theory • Opera Coaching • Opera Directing

Bachelor of Arts, Bachelor of Music Master of Music, Artist Diploma, Doctor of Musical Arts

✔=Yes   ✖=No

The School of Music educates outstanding, intellectually gifted musicians through excellence in performance, creativity, scholarship and pedagogy. We inspire imagination and creativity in music and in the construction of musical knowledge in all its diverse forms. Through an understanding of both tradition and innovation, we enrich the community within and beyond Carnegie Mellon.

The School of Music combines the strengths of a conservatory with those of a global research university. Students are a part of a diverse fine arts community on campus and in the city of Pittsburgh.

5000 Forbes Avenue

Pittsburgh, PA 15213

412-268-4118

Our distinguished alumni populate the ranks of the world’s most prestigious orchestras, opera companies, and faculties including: the New York Philharmonic, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, The Metropolitan Opera, Harvard University, Prague Philharmonia, Oberlin College & Conservatory, Boston Pops, BBC Orchestras, Lyric Opera of Chicago, and many more.

KEY STATISTICS (college level and above)

Music Faculty: 35 full time, 51 adjunct

Brass • Collaborative Piano • Composition (Performance) • Conducting • Music Business • Music Education • Organ • Piano • Strings • Vocal Arts/Opera • Winds & Percussion • Electronic Music • Music and Technology • Music Entrepreneurship • Orchestral Studies

Undergraduate Programs / Graduate Programs

✔=Yes   ✖=No

The mission of the Cleveland Institute of Music is empower the world's most talented classical music students to fulfill their dreams and potential.

CIM is an independent conservatory known for superior orchestral, chamber music, composition, piano, and voice programs at both the undergraduate and graduate levels. Its worldrenowned faculty members—many of whom are in The Cleveland Orchestra—are eminent performers and pedagogues who cultivate life-long mentoring relationships with their students.

11021 East Boulevard

Cleveland, OH 44106

216-795-3107

CIM's education focuses on high-level performance artistry coupled with the practical and essential skills necessary for a seamless transition into a professional career. For much of its nearly 100-year history, CIM's individual faculty members have engaged in career-focused coaching of students and alumni. The CIM Center for Innovative Musicianship (CIM²) cements these tremendous career resources by building an educational framework, including the coursework and experiential learning necessary for successful career development.

KEY STATISTICS (college level and above)

Music Faculty: 29 full time, 80 adjunct

Brass • Collaborative Piano • Composition (Performance) • Conducting • Music Therapy • Organ • Piano • Strings • Vocal Arts/Opera • Winds & Percussion • Classical Guitar • Music Theory (as an undergraduate double major only) • Suzuki Pedagogy (master's program only) •

Undergraduate Programs / Graduate Programs

✔=Yes   ✖=No

The Colburn School’s mission is to provide the highest quality performing arts education at all levels of development in an optimal learning environment. Internationally recognized as a leader in the field of performing arts education, the Colburn School is guided by the philosophy that all who desire to study music and dance should have access to top-level training. Therefore, the School focuses on removing financial barriers to education and creating equal opportunity through robust scholarship, financial aid, and community engagement programs.

All receive full-tuition scholarships, room, and board. The Colburn Orchestra emulates a professional orchestra experience with distinguished guest conductors and Music Director Yehuda Gilad. Students perform alongside faculty and guest artists as part of the Colburn Chamber Music Society. Career development and wellness programs support all areas of student well-being.

200 South Grand Avenue

Los Angeles, CA 90012

213-621-4534

The Colburn School offers a range of resources to help students and alumni plan and build their professional careers. All Conservatory students take two essential classes: the Teaching Musician, which equips them with pedagogy training; and the Working Musician, which offers a number of short courses designed to help them manage their careers as musicians.

The newly formed Center for Innovation and Community Impact offers individual advising and planning to conservatory students, which allows them to tailor their experience to their own needs and goals. Career development staff work with students one-on-one and find opportunities for them to further explore their interests. In addition, the center teaches students engagement skills, including creating programs to develop new audiences and become arts leaders.

KEY STATISTICS (college level and above)

Music Faculty: 15 full time, 26 adjunct

Brass • Conducting • Piano • Strings • Winds & Percussion

Undergraduate Programs / Graduate Programs

ADDITIONAL PROGRAMS (non-matriculating/prep)

Music Academy for pre-college training

Community School

Trudl Zipper Dance Institute

BROCHURE / CATALOGUE

Colburn Conservatory of Music information

PANDEMIC & SAFETY: SCHOOL POLICIES

Policies & Procedures for this school

✔=Yes   ✖=No

Proof of vaccination required?

✔ Students   ✖ Faculty   ✖ Staff

Proof of a negative COVID-19 test required?

✔ Students   ✔ Faculty   ✖ Staff

Reduced density being considered in:

✖ On-campus housing   ✔ Class and/or ensembles

SOCIAL LINKS

        

Conservatorio di Musica Arrigo Boito in Parma is a pivotal centre dedicated to providing the highest artistic training, education, specialization, research and production in music. It also defines, creates and continually updates its didactic offer to develop specialized, high-level professionals operating in the musical field. It is pro-active so that its productions have widespread diffusion and accessibility, also in conjunction with other public or private entities; it adapts its own formative offer so that it is in tune with society's requirements and the job market.

High-level courses in Classical, Jazz, Pop/Rock and Early Music in a strategic production centre in the North of Italy.

Via del Conservatorio 27/A

43121 Parma

+39 0521 381911

Career Assistance"

KEY STATISTICS (college level and above)

Music Faculty: 120 full time, 30 adjunct

Brass • Collaborative Piano • Composition (Performance) • Conducting • Early Music • Jazz Studies & Contemporary Media • Music Business • Music Education • Music Therapy • Organ • Piano • Strings • Vocal Arts/Opera • Pop/Rock • Accordion

Undergraduate Programs / Graduate Programs

✔=Yes   ✖=No

The Curtis Institute of Music educates and trains exceptionally gifted young musicians to engage a local and global community through the highest level of artistry. For nearly a century Curtis has provided each member of its small student body with an unparalleled education alongside musical peers, distinguished by a “learn by doing” philosophy and personalized attention from a faculty that includes a high proportion of actively performing musicians. To ensure that admissions are based solely on artistic promise, Curtis makes an investment in each admitted student so that no tuition is charged for their studies.

Curtis’s celebrated faculty includes a high proportion of actively performing musicians whose experience provides students with a direct link to life as a professional musician today. With a student body of about 150 and 100 faculty members, all students receive highly personalized attention.

1726 Locust Street

Philadelphia, PA 19103

215-717-3167

Curtis offers several professional bridge programs designed for young artists beginning their professional careers. These include fellowship programs for conductors and string quartets which offer numerous performance opportunities and mentorship from the Curtis faculty and guest artists. The post-graduate Community Artist Fellowship program brings art access and education to underserved communities, while providing training in teaching artistry, interactive performance, and strategic planning.

Alumni resources include access to the Careers in Music Speaker Series at Curtis, which showcases successful artists, industry experts, and ensembles who share their advice and perspective; an online alumni engagement community with access to a directory, discussion boards, and professional opportunity boards; and an alumni e-mail address to maintain a visible presence with Curtis.

The Young Alumni Fund (YAF) is an annual grant program as part of Curtis’s ongoing efforts to strengthen support for alumni in the years that follow graduation and help young alumni who may be experiencing obstacles of any kind in the pursuit of their musical careers. Once awarded, grantees receive advice and support from mentors within the Curtis community.

KEY STATISTICS (college level and above)

Music Faculty: 3 full time, 115 adjunct

Brass • Composition (Performance) • Conducting • Organ • Piano • Strings • Vocal Arts/Opera • Winds & Percussion

Undergraduate Programs

Master of Music in Opera

Post-Baccalaureate Diploma

Professional Studies Certificate in Opera

✔=Yes   ✖=No

The DePauw University School of Music provides an excellent musical and intellectual foundation that prepares undergraduate musicians to be adaptive leaders, equipped to actively engage their communities and pursue a breadth of career paths.

One of the first schools of music, est. 1884 • Double major in music and our College of Liberal Arts • Undergraduate Only with Abundant Performing Opportunities • Four Flexible Degree Programs • The 21st-Century Musician Initiative • Green Guest Artists Series.

600 South Locust Street

Greencastle, IN 46135

765-658-4118

The Hubbard Center for Student Engagement assists all students in post-graduate employment or study. Experiential learning that could include internships, international study, and additional performance opportunities is required.

KEY STATISTICS (college level and above)

Music Faculty: 20 full time, 29 adjunct

Brass • Jazz Studies & Contemporary Media • Music Education • Piano • Strings • Vocal Arts/Opera • Winds & Percussion • Musical Theatre

Undergraduate Programs

✔=Yes   ✖=No

Hanns Eisler School of Music Berlin, founded in 1950, provides training to 500 students at two locations at the heart of Berlin. Faculty members – among them Nicolas Altstaedt, Kolja Blacher, Kirill Gerstein, Thomas Quasthoff, Christine Schäfer, Antje Weithaas and Tabea Zimmermann – contribute to the outstanding international reputation, as well as its strong appeal for young musicians around the world. The school works closely with the Berlin orchestras, the city’s three opera houses, and a number of other institutions. The experience of performing publicly is a fundamental aspect of training at the School.

Musical excellence is our leitmotif and only the highest standards prevail. Exceptional musical personalities guarantee the quality of our musical education. We promote talent in its full-scale development – from the attainment of the finest technical precision to being ready to perform on stage.

Hochschule für Musik Hanns Eisler Berlin

Charlottenstr. 55

D-10117 Berlin

+49 (0)30 688305-830

Eisleriana Artists Agency

KEY STATISTICS (college level and above)

Music Faculty: 90 full time, 249 adjunct

Brass • Collaborative Piano • Composition (Performance) • Conducting • Organ • Piano • Strings • Vocal Arts/Opera • Winds & Percussion • Stage Direction (Opera & Music Theatre) • Chamber Music • Repetiteur • Lied Interpretation for Pianists • Historical and Contemporary Compositional Technique • Electroacoustic Music • Production Dramaturgy for Music Theatre

Undergraduate Programs / Graduate Programs

ADDITIONAL PROGRAMS (non-matriculating/prep)

Competitions

PANDEMIC & SAFETY: SCHOOL POLICIES

Policies & Procedures for this school

✔=Yes   ✖=No

Proof of vaccination required?

✖ Students   ✖ Faculty   ✖ Staff

Proof of a negative COVID-19 test required?

✔ Students   ✔ Faculty   ✔ Staff

Reduced density being considered in:

✖ On-campus housing   ✔ Class and/or ensembles

SOCIAL LINKS

        

The College of Music offers a comprehensive program of instruction for all students who expect to become professionals in the field of music. For general University students, it offers a wide spectrum of opportunities for disciplined personal growth and creative achievement. In addition, it produces and sponsors musical events that enhance the cultural life of the campus, the community, and the surrounding region.

FSU is home to one of the largest and most diverse music programs in the country, offering 25 degree programs at the undergraduate level alone. Our students participate in nearly 50 ensembles and perform in more than 500 concerts each year. Our graduates are highly successful beyond theclassroom.

122 North Copeland Street

Tallahassee, FL 32301

850-644-6102

Faculty mentors take an active role in placing and connecting their students to career opportunities, and a Career Liaison from the FSU Career Center works directly with the College of Music. The Allen Music Library sponsors workshops on résumé writing, and career development is a major focus of Music Entrepreneurship classes. Many programs include an internship component that helps lead directly to the first job. Music Education and Music Therapy programs have 100% job placement rate.

KEY STATISTICS (college level and above)

Music Faculty: 88 full time, 6 adjunct

Arts Leadership • Brass • Collaborative Piano • Composition (Performance) • Conducting • Jazz Studies & Contemporary Media • Music Business • Music Education • Musicology • Music Therapy • Organ • Piano • Strings • Vocal Arts/Opera • Winds & Percussion • Piano Technology • Piano Pedagogy • Sacred Music • Commercial Music • Music Theory • Opera Directing/Coaching

Undergraduate Programs / Graduate Programs

ADDITIONAL PROGRAMS (non-matriculating/prep)

Summer Music Camps

BROCHURE / CATALOGUE

Florida State University College of Music information

PANDEMIC & SAFETY: SCHOOL POLICIES

Policies & Procedures for this school

✔=Yes   ✖=No

Proof of vaccination required?

✖ Students   ✖ Faculty   ✖ Staff

Proof of a negative COVID-19 test required?

✖ Students   ✖ Faculty   ✖ Staff

Reduced density being considered in:

✖ On-campus housing   ✖ Class and/or ensembles

SOCIAL LINKS

        

The mission of the Frost School of Music at the University of Miami in Coral Gables, Florida is to foster musical leadership by providing an innovative, relevant, and inspiring education; advance performance, creativity and scholarship; and enrich the world community with meaningful outreach and brilliant cultural offerings. The Frost School of Music is one of the largest and best music schools located in a private university in the U.S., and one of the most comprehensive and relevant in all of higher education.

The Frost School of Music is a dynamic place where exceptional students and faculty come together to transform the world of music. Brilliant performance, creativity, and scholarship are at our core.

5503 San Amaro Drive

Coral Gables, FL 33146

305-284-6168

Undergraduate / Graduate

Guildhall School is a vibrant, international community of musicians, actors and production artists in the heart of the City of London. Ranked as the top UK conservatoire in the Guardian music and drama league tables, we deliver world-class professional training in partnership with distinguished artists, companies and ensembles. A global leader in creative and professional practice, we promote innovation, experiment and research, and are also one of the UK’s leading providers of lifelong learning in the performing arts, offering inspiring training for children, young people, adult learners, and creative and business professionals.

Guildhall School is one of the world’s leading conservatories, highly regarded in the profession for intensive, dedicated training taught by renowned international teaching staff and through partnerships with the Barbican, London Symphony Orchestra, the BBC Symphony Orchestra, the Royal Opera House and the Academy of Ancient Music.

Silk Street, Barbican

London EC2Y 8DT

+44 (0)20 7382 7144

Postgraduate requirements for repertoire

Training at Guildhall School aims to equip you for the career of your choice. It combines academic rigour and artistic skill with a strong professional focus.

All of our programmes are closely engaged with the professions, through talks and workshops from visiting industry figures, work placements, mentoring, masterclasses and performance collaborations. Many of our teaching staff continue to work on or offstage in their industry, and are well placed to provide insight, advice, and contacts within their profession.

As you move through your programme, your links with the relevant industry will grow. You will receive careers advice within dedicated modules across many programmes, as well as one-to-one guidance from teaching staff and mentors.

Undergraduate musicians take modules which include advice on teaching, business and marketing and professional portfolios. Electives include music administration and workshop skills in hospitals and schools. Postgraduate musicians are required to plan external events and there are also opportunities for placements and artistic programming. The Integration and Professional Development module provides seminars on freelance work as well as opportunities to consider longer-term artistic development. Musicians can attend masterclasses, while relevant specialisms offer mock auditions, side-by-side schemes and mentoring from professional orchestral players.

As a Guildhall School graduate, you will automatically become part of the Guildhall Alumni community. The Alumni Relations team promotes networking, social opportunities, and active involvement in the future development of Guildhall School. We offer a range of benefits (free of charge), including regular magazines, events and information about career opportunities, as well as a dedicated Guildhall Alumni LinkedIn group and Facebook page.

KEY STATISTICS (college level and above)

Music Faculty: 5 full time, 629 adjunct

Brass • Collaborative Piano • Composition (Performance) • Conducting • Early Music • Jazz Studies & Contemporary Media • Media studies (including audio and video production) • Music Business • Musicology • Music Therapy • Organ • Piano • Strings • Vocal Arts/Opera • Winds & Percussion • Electronic and Produced Music • Opera Making & Writing

Undergraduate Programs / Graduate Programs

ADDITIONAL PROGRAMS (non-matriculating/prep)

Youth and Adult Learning

BROCHURE / CATALOGUE

Guildhall School of Music & Drama information

PANDEMIC & SAFETY: SCHOOL POLICIES

✔=Yes   ✖=No

Proof of vaccination required?

✖ Students   ✖ Faculty   ✖ Staff

Proof of a negative COVID-19 test required?

✖ Students   ✖ Faculty   ✖ Staff

Reduced density being considered in:

✖ On-campus housing   ✔ Class and/or ensembles

SOCIAL LINKS

        

The Hartt School offers comprehensive degree programs and pre-professional training in music, dance, and theatre. Through diverse coursework and a close mentoring relationship with faculty, students become versatile and collaborative performing artists, educators, technologists, managers, composers, and scholars. Hartt students engage with their professions through masterclasses, guest artists, professional partnerships in training, internships, and opportunities to perform around the world and alongside our esteemed faculty. With more than 400 performances each year, Hartt is one of the largest and most diverse producer of the performing arts in Connecticut.

The Hartt School is a truly collaborative environment where faculty embrace that success takes on endless forms. They get to know each student and guide them toward the future meant just for them. Hartt students engage with the professional world in meaningful ways to enhance their education and professional network.

200 Bloomfield Avenue

West Hartford, CT 06117

860-768-4465

At Hartt, students are provided professional experiences under faculty guidance and are fully prepared to begin their careers upon graduation. All degree programs at Hartt include career preparation coursework and undergraduate performance majors can choose a minor in arts management. The University of Hartford’s career services office has a career counselor dedicated to the arts and resources to assist Hartt students in beginning their careers. The career services office remains a free resource to alumni.

KEY STATISTICS (college level and above)

Music Faculty: 48 full time, 100 adjunct

Arts Leadership • Brass • Composition (Performance) • Conducting • Early Music • Jazz Studies & Contemporary Media • Media studies (including audio and video production) • Music Business • Music Education • Musicology • Piano • Strings • Vocal Arts/Opera • Winds & Percussion • Music Management • Acoustical Engineering and Music • Performing Arts Management • Music Theatre • Actor Training • Stage Management • Technical Theatre • Ballet Pedagogy • Dance Performance

Undergraduate Programs / Graduate Programs

ADDITIONAL PROGRAMS (non-matriculating/prep)

Hartt School Community Division

PANDEMIC & SAFETY: SCHOOL POLICIES

Policies & Procedures for this school

✔=Yes   ✖=No

Proof of vaccination required?

✔ Students   ✔ Faculty   ✔ Staff

Proof of a negative COVID-19 test required?

✔ Students   ✖ Faculty   ✖ Staff

Reduced density being considered in:

✖ On-campus housing   ✖ Class and/or ensembles

SOCIAL LINKS

        

Our mission is to provide all generations of musicians worldwide, the possibility to improve their skills and to enjoy a broad audience. We believe that anyone, at any time, should have access to the wonderfully beautiful world of music. We provide online music education masterclasses and courses. We also offer teachers the possibility to share their courses online.

Online Classical Music Academy offers more than 550 master classes and courses for violin, cello, piano, conducting, guitar, trumpet, music career and voice. Learn from teachers of different schools of music education; Russian, French, German, Italian and American, compare techniques and apply what serves you best.

Rue de Pas de l'Ours 3B

3963 Crans-Montana

+39 347 331 9474

Career assistance at iClassical Academy

KEY STATISTICS (college level and above)

Music Faculty: 5 full time, 75 adjunct

Arts Leadership • Brass • Composition (Performance) • Conducting • Media studies (including audio and video production) • Music Business • Music Education • Organ • Piano • Strings • Vocal Arts/Opera

ADDITIONAL PROGRAMS (non-matriculating/prep)

The Musical Jewels

BROCHURE / CATALOGUE

iClassical Academy information

ONLINE COURSES

Course information

PANDEMIC & SAFETY: SCHOOL POLICIES

✔=Yes   ✖=No

Proof of vaccination required?

✖ Students   ✖ Faculty   ✖ Staff

Proof of a negative COVID-19 test required?

✖ Students   ✖ Faculty   ✖ Staff

Reduced density being considered in:

✖ On-campus housing   ✖ Class and/or ensembles

SOCIAL LINKS

        

As one of the most comprehensive and acclaimed institutions for the study of music, the IU Jacobs School of Music plays a key role in educating performers, scholars, and music educators who influence music performance and education around the globe.

The more than 1,500 students who study at the Jacobs School of Music benefit from the intensity and focus of a conservatory combined with the broad academic offerings of a major university. The breadth and number of performance opportunities are unparalleled in college music study.

1201 East Third Street

Bloomington, IN 47405

812-855-7998

All programs in the Jacobs School of Music require an audition or interview, and in some cases, both. Many programs also require a pre-screening. Select your area's page for more information regarding audition/interview and/or prescreen repertoire requirements.

Many of our programs require you to submit prescreen recordings and/or materials. These are due on December 1, 2021, and must be uploaded and submitted to your Jacobs School of Music Supplemental Application.

Live auditions and interviews are held over three weekends on the Bloomington campus. If you are unable to attend one of the live audition weekends, please see your area's audition page for alternative audition/interview methods.

Audition weekends for entry into the 2022-23 school year are: January 14-15, February 4-5, March 4-5, 2022 (Some department audition dates vary. Please see your area’s audition page for more information.)

Career Assistance

>In collaboration with the graduate and undergraduate offices, the OECD provides one-on-one career advising, multiple online tools, an alumni mentorship program, departmental career days, mentorship to student organizations and projects, and digital publications. An undergraduate Certificate in Music Entrepreneurship (15 credits) is offered by the OECD in partnership with the Kelley School of Business.

KEY STATISTICS (college level and above)

Music Faculty: 175 full time, 30 adjunct

Brass • Collaborative Piano • Composition (Performance) • Conducting • Early Music • Jazz Studies & Contemporary Media • Media studies (including audio and video production) • Music Business • Music Education • Musicology • Music Therapy • Organ • Piano • Strings • Vocal Arts/Opera • Audio Engineering and Sound Production • Ballet • Chamber and Collaborative Music • Choral Conducting • Music Entrepreneurship

Undergraduate Programs / Graduate Programs

✔=Yes   ✖=No

I jam therefore I am! Study YOUR music is our mission. Individuality, internationality and innovation are always prevalent as central guiding principles in the collaboration of students and teachers. At JAM MUSIC LAB Private University the students and their future employability are the focus of the courses. We offer artistic and artistic-pedagogic studies of music forms of the 20th century and especially of the present. Research and teaching are within the scope of these musical styles, located in a diverse, interconnected world.

We are a pioneering university for jazz & popular music providing BA and MA degrees in a hybrid learning model consisting of online and on-site courses. We focus on our students’ talents and creativity, no matter if they strive to be a composer, instrumentalist, singer, songwriter, producer or educator.

Mariahilfer Str. 47/1/9

1060 Vienna

+43 1 9466846

We offer career aid to our students through our own artist agency and through external partnerships with venues, promoters and broadcasters.

KEY STATISTICS (college level and above)

Music Faculty: 5 full time, 50 adjunct

Brass • Collaborative Piano • Composition (Performance) • Jazz Studies & Contemporary Media • Media studies (including audio and video production) • Music Business • Music Education • Organ • Piano • Strings • Vocal Arts/Opera • Winds & Percussion • Popular Music • Vocal Arts Jazz/Pop

Bachelor of Arts in Music / Bachelor of Arts in Music Education

✔=Yes   ✖=No

Founded in 1916 by America’s first great violin recitalist and noted educator, David Mannes, Mannes School of Music is a standard-bearer for innovative artistry, dedicated to developing citizen artists who seek to make the world a better and more beautiful place. Through its undergraduate, graduate, and professional studies programs, Mannes offers a curriculum as imaginative as it is rigorous, taught by a world-class faculty and visiting artists.

Along with The New School’s Jazz and Drama schools, Mannes is a part of the College of Performing Arts at The New School.

The curriculum at Mannes breathes new life into traditional conservatory education, offering students rigorous training together with unique opportunities to grow as artists through cross-disciplinary collaboration, entrepreneurial innovation, and social engagement. A Mannes education prepares students to live their best life in the arts and influence society through their work.

55 West 13th Street

New York, NY 10011

212-580-0210 x4862

At Mannes, students receive exceptional prepara-tion for careers in music by engaging in a highly pro-gressive curriculum aimed not only at developing their unique artistic voice but also at exploring how to use that voice to engage with the world around them, in and through the arts. In making the transi-tion from student to citizen artist, students benefit from the mentorship and guidance of world-class faculty and supportive administrative staff. They have the opportunity to participate in partnerships with top tier arts organizations such as the Martha Graham Dance Company, the Orchestra of Saint Luke's, International Contemporary Ensemble, The Museum of Modern Art, The Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, the Buffalo Philharmonic, Glimmerglass Festival, the Brooklyn Arts Council, and many more. The New School's Career Services office helps stu-dents build their professional networks by fostering connections with alumni, faculty, and employers, and offers an online job board, interview and port-folio workshops, networking opportunities, career fairs, internship support, and other resources.

KEY STATISTICS (college level and above)

Music Faculty: 12 full time, 238 adjunct

Arts Leadership • Brass • Collaborative Piano • Composition (Performance) • Conducting • Jazz Studies & Contemporary Media • Music Education • Music Therapy • Organ • Piano • Strings • Vocal Arts/Opera • Winds & Percussion

Undergraduate Programs / Graduate Programs

✔=Yes   ✖=No

Combining an intensive, conservatory experience with the practicality of a music, business, and liberal arts curriculum, the McDuffie Center for Strings prepares the entrepreneurial musician for success. The Center’s distinguished faculty artists are dedicated to the development of young artists pursuing personal and musical excellence through four years of one-on-one mentorships. Through Mercer courses, the Center encourages its young musicians to engage with all aspects of the 21st century performing-arts world. This present environment is challenging to navigate, yet bursting with opportunity for the imaginative, entrepreneurial artist—precisely the type of performer on faculty at the Center.

Founded as a special institute within Mercer University’s Townsend School of Music, the McDuffie Center for Strings is limited to 26 students: twelve violinists, six violists, six cellists, and two bassists. All accepted students receive a full-tuition scholarship to study with an unparalleled faculty of international performing artists.

1501 Mercer University Drive

Macon, GA 31207

478-301-2886

Career Assistance

KEY STATISTICS (college level and above)

Music Faculty: 3 full time, 11 adjunct

Strings

Undergraduate Programs / Graduate Programs

✔=Yes   ✖=No

New England Conservatory educates and trains musicians of all ages from around the world, drawing on the talent and deep reservoir of experience of our distinguished faculty. We are dedicated to inculcating the highest standards of excellence and nurturing individual artistic sensibility and creative growth. Understanding that music is one of the transcendent expressions of human civilization, NEC aspires to ensure it a central place in contemporary society.

NEC is a premier conservatory that values exploration and collaboration. Students are mentored by a devoted faculty of esteemed artist-teachers and scholars. Alumni fill orchestra chairs, concert halls, jazz clubs, recording studios, and arts management positions worldwide.

290 Huntington Avenue

Boston, MA 02115

617-585-1101

Entrepreneurial Musicianship—NEC has reinvented how we equip young musicians to thrive amidst the challenges they find after graduation. Our mission has not changed—we educate and nurture exceptionally gifted musicians to perform at the highest levels of accomplishment. But today, performance excellence is the starting point. Musicians must be more than virtuosi; they must be their own businesses.

KEY STATISTICS (college level and above)

Music Faculty: 113 full time, 313 adjunct

Brass • Collaborative Piano • Composition (Performance) • Conducting • Early Music • Jazz Studies & Contemporary Media • Musicology • Music Therapy • Organ • Piano • Strings • Vocal Arts/Opera • Contemporary Improvisation • Piano Trio Program • String Quartet Program

Undergraduate Programs / Graduate Programs

✔=Yes   ✖=No

The mission of the New World Symphony is to train gifted graduates of music schools and conservatories for leadership roles in classical music. The New World Symphony envisions a strong and secure future for classical music and will reimagine, reaffirm, express and share its traditions with as many people as possible. The New World Symphony will be diverse and inclusive. We recognize that the viability of the performing arts depends on their being reflective of the communities in which they exist. NWS is proud to be partnering with many organizations to realize the goal of the reflective orchestra.

A laboratory for the way music is taught presented and experienced, the New World Symphony consists of 87 musicians who are granted fellowships lasting up to three years. The fellowship offers in-depth exposure to traditional & modern repertoire, professional development training and personalized experiences working with leading guest faculty.

New World Center

500 17th Street

Miami Beach, FL 33139

305-428-6713

An intensive four-day audition preparation seminar, involving visiting coaches from major orchestras, is held each year consisting of a series of audition training exercises and private audition coaching, as well as a panel discussion of the audition process from the perspective of the orchestra audition committee. In addition, Fellows organize monthly mock auditions intended to replicate the conditions of professional orchestra auditions, with the occasional participation of guest conductors and coaches. To assist Fellows in achieving optimal performance in audition and performance settings, NWS presents an annual series of workshops with psychologist Dr. Noa Kageyama. His groundbreaking work with NWS Fellows includes individual training and group exercises.

KEY STATISTICS (college level and above)

Music Faculty: 5 full time, 100 adjunct

Arts Leadership • Brass • Composition (Performance) • Conducting • Media studies (including audio and video production) • Musicology • Music Therapy • Piano • Strings

✔=Yes   ✖=No

Music at UW-Milwaukee offers comprehensive undergraduate and graduate education and is the largest professional degree-granting music department in the UW System. Our renowned artist faculty and alumni perform with the Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra, the Lyric Opera of Chicago, the Florentine Opera, Present Music, and more.

UWM Department of Music

PO Box 413

Milwaukee WI 53201

414-229-4763

UW-Milwaukee offers a comprehensive Career Planning and Resource Center.

KEY STATISTICS (college level and above)

Music Faculty: 28 full time, 29 adjunct

Brass • Collaborative Piano • Composition (Performance) • Conducting • Music Business • Music Education • Musicology • Organ • Piano • Strings • Vocal Arts/Opera

Undergraduate Programs / Graduate Programs

✔=Yes   ✖=No

SFCM's mission is to transform students artistically, intellectually, professionally, and individually. Through the study of music at the highest level, SFCM students learn to seek achievement in every endeavor, to convert challenge into opportunity, to understand the nature of excellence, and to pursue their dreams with vigor and determination. We believe that inspiring the imagination, cultivating the artist, honing the intellect, and developing the professional are the keys to launching innovative graduates who excel in any field.

With its new Bowes Center, alliance with Opus 3 Artists, faculty that includes nearly 30 members of the San Francisco Symphony, and partnerships with the Bay Area’s major performing arts institutions and technology companies, SFCM provides students with unparalleled opportunities to study in the heart of San Francisco’s Civic Center.

50 Oak Street

San Francisco, CA 94102

800-899-SFCM

The Professional Development and Engagement Center (PDEC) offers students gig opportunities, internships, a grant service, access to employment listings, and a host of courses focused on marketing, finance, teaching, and technology.

KEY STATISTICS (college level and above)

Music Faculty: 21 full time, 48 adjunct

Brass • Collaborative Piano • Composition (Performance) • Conducting • Early Music • Jazz Studies & Contemporary Media • Music Education • Music Therapy • Organ • Piano • Strings • Vocal Arts/Opera • Chamber music • Classical Guitar

Undergraduate Programs / Graduate Programs

ADDITIONAL PROGRAMS (non-matriculating/prep)

Rubin Institute for Music Criticism

Center for Innovative Leadership

Pre-College

ONLINE COURSES

Course information

PANDEMIC & SAFETY: SCHOOL POLICIES

Policies & Procedures for this school

✔=Yes   ✖=No

Proof of vaccination required?

✔ Students   ✔ Faculty   ✔ Staff

Proof of a negative COVID-19 test required?

✔ Students   ✔ Faculty   ✔ Staff

Reduced density being considered in:

✔ On-campus housing   ✖ Class and/or ensembles

SOCIAL LINKS

          

To provide advanced, post-graduate orchestral training to young musicians at the highest level of technique and musicianship.

The Shanghai Orchestra Academy (SOA) is the result of a partnership among the Shanghai Symphony Orchestra, New York Philharmonic, and Shanghai Conservatory of Music. The SOA provides rigorous training at the Master’s Degree level for talented instrumentalists.

1380 Middle Fuxing Road,

Shanghai

+(86) 21-54667821

An integral part of the SOA curriculum is practical training with professional orchestras. Students gain first-hand experience learning from and playing with New York Philharmonic and the Shanghai Symphony Orchestra. Other international partners have since offered practical training opportunities to SOA students, including NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchestra, Sydney Symphony, Singapore Symphony, and Hong Kong Philharmonic.

KEY STATISTICS (college level and above)

Music Faculty: 22 full time, 40 adjunct

Brass • Strings • Winds & Percussion

Graduate Programs

✔=Yes   ✖=No

As a community uniquely committed to rigor, nurture and innovation, Shenandoah Conservatory inspires artistic and scholarly excellence, preparing talented students for successful careers in the arts.

Shenandoah Conservatory offers rigorous professional training in Music, Theatre, and Dance, with extensive performance opportunities, collaborative and interdisciplinary experiences, and close mentoring relationships with exceptionally accomplished faculty. Engagements with internationally acclaimed guest artists representing the highest levels of creative, pedagogical, and scholarly excellence are frequent, and international performance opportunities abound.

1460 University Drive

Winchester, VA 22601

540-665-4581

Shenandoah University's Services Office provides a comprehensive range of services and resources to support career exploration and professional growth of SU students. Career Services works with students in all aspects, from choosing a major to career changes. Services offered include career exploration; experiential learning through internships; volunteer, summer, and part-time opportunities; résumé building; interview skills workshops; graduate school search assistance; and job search assistance.

KEY STATISTICS (college level and above)

Music Faculty: 44 full time, 38 adjunct

Arts Leadership • Brass • Collaborative Piano • Composition (Performance) • Conducting • Jazz Studies & Contemporary Media • Media studies (including audio and video production) • Music Business • Music Education • Music Therapy • Piano • Strings • Vocal Arts/Opera • Winds & Percussion • Vocal Pedagogy—Classical • Vocal Pedagogy—Contemporary Commercial Music • Dance • Acting • Musical Theatre • Musical Theatre Accompanying • Theatre Design & Production

Undergraduate Programs / Graduate Programs

ADDITIONAL PROGRAMS (non-matriculating/prep)

Ensembles

ShenCoLAB

Global Citizenship Project

BROCHURE / CATALOGUE

Shenandoah Conservatory information

ONLINE COURSES

Course information

PANDEMIC & SAFETY: SCHOOL POLICIES

Policies & Procedures for this school

✔=Yes   ✖=No

Proof of vaccination required?

✔ Students   ✖ Faculty   ✖ Staff

Proof of a negative COVID-19 test required?

✔ Students   ✖ Faculty   ✖ Staff

Reduced density being considered in:

✖ On-campus housing   ✖ Class and/or ensembles

SOCIAL LINKS

        

The Stauffer Center aims to stand out as an advanced and innovative platform of artistic cooperation, a dynamic hub dedicated to fostering, supporting and accompanying the artistic and professional growth of new generations of musicians. It’s a place where artists, teachers and students alike can meet, share ideas, and express their talent and creativity. Cultural diversity and gender equality are core values.

Respect for artistic and cultural heritage, attention to environmental sustainability and the adoption of cutting-edge digital technology are the principles that guide the center in its quest to strike the ideal balance between tradition and innovation.

The Stauffer Center for Strings is the first international music center for higher education, research, composition, production, management, and innovation, entirely dedicated to stringed instruments.

Palazzo Stauffer, via S. Martino n°6

26100 Cremona

+39 0372 410322

KEY STATISTICS (college level and above)

Music Faculty: 6 full time, 9 adjunct

Strings

ADDITIONAL PROGRAMS (non-matriculating/prep)

Special Programs

Stauffer Labs

PANDEMIC & SAFETY: SCHOOL POLICIES

✔=Yes   ✖=No

Proof of vaccination required?

✖ Students   ✖ Faculty   ✔ Staff

Proof of a negative COVID-19 test required?

✔ Students   ✔ Faculty   ✖ Staff

Reduced density being considered in:

✖ On-campus housing   ✔ Class and/or ensembles

SOCIAL LINKS

          

Esteeming all musical traditions as vital cultural expressions of our evolving global society, The UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music cultivates models for musical studies that integrate exemplary scholarship and practices, and engage through music with diverse communities on campus, throughout Los Angeles, and beyond.

The UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music is at the nexus of performance, scholarship, and innovation. Offering programs in Ethnomusicology, Music, Musicology, Music Industry, and Global Jazz Studies, we balance cutting-edge scholarship with performance mastery and composition. Students are encouraged to explore music in all its contemporary and historical diversity.

445 Charles E Young Drive East

2520 Schoenberg Music Building

Los Angeles, CA 90095

310-825-6457

The UCLA Career Center is one of the largest and most comprehensive career centers in the nation. It offers a wide range of services that help students explore their professional interests; provide them with the knowledge, skills, resources, and experience necessary to pursue professional goals with confidence and self-assurance; and facilitate connections with employers, alumni, and graduate-school representatives. The Career Center, in collaboration with the School of Music faculty and staff, meets the unique needs of our students by providing programs and counseling services specific to careers in the arts.

KEY STATISTICS (college level and above)

Music Faculty: 45 full time, 24 adjunct

Brass • Collaborative Piano • Composition (Performance) • Conducting • Early Music • Jazz Studies & Contemporary Media • Media studies (including audio and video production) • Music Business • Music Education • Musicology • Music Therapy • Organ • Piano • Strings • Vocal Arts/Opera • Winds & Percussion • Ethnomusicology &# 8226; Music History & Industry

Undergraduate Programs / Graduate Programs

✔=Yes   ✖=No

The mission of the University of Colorado Boulder College of Music is to inspire artistry and discovery, together.

Founded in 1920, the college offers a wide range of programs uniquely combining advanced musical training with professionally oriented experiences and the rich resources of a leading research university. Active as award-winning professional performers, composers, and scholars, faculty members are committed to helping students develop their talents.

301 UCB

Boulder, CO 80309

303-492-6301

KEY STATISTICS (college level and above)

Music Faculty: 60 full time, 30 adjunct

Arts Leadership • Brass • Collaborative Piano • Composition (Performance) • Conducting • Early Music • Jazz Studies & Contemporary Media • Media studies (including audio and video production) • Music Business • Music Education • Musicology • Organ • Piano • Strings • Vocal Arts/Opera • Winds & Percussion • Musical Theatre

Undergraduate Programs / Graduate Programs

ADDITIONAL PROGRAMS (non-matriculating/prep)

Entrepreneurship Center for Music

PANDEMIC & SAFETY: SCHOOL POLICIES

Policies & Procedures for this school

✔=Yes   ✖=No

Proof of vaccination required?

✔ Students   ✔ Faculty   ✔ Staff

Proof of a negative COVID-19 test required?

✖ Students   ✖ Faculty   ✖ Staff

Reduced density being considered in:

✖ On-campus housing   ✖ Class and/or ensembles

SOCIAL LINKS

        

The College of the Arts fosters creative activity, scholarly and artistic excellence and innovation across disciplines. We achieve the university’s mission by training professionals and educating students as artists and scholars, while developing their critical thinking and inspiring a culture of curiosity and imagination.

The student body of the UF School of Music is an exceptional group of regional, national, and international artists and scholars. UF’s extraordinary academic reputation, highly accomplished faculty, rigor of professional training, and notable success of our alumni attracts many of the best and brightest students each year.

University of Florida

Gainesville, FL 32611

866-794-8806

The University of Florida Career Connections Center offers a variety of services, including one-on-one career advice, résumé help, and templates for building a career action plan. Students gain access to our GatorLink platform, where they can schedule meetings with a career planner, look at upcoming workshops and other events, and connect with resources to push their careers to the next level.

KEY STATISTICS (college level and above)

Music Faculty: 42 full time, 23 adjunct

Music Education

Undergraduate Programs / Graduate Programs

✔=Yes   ✖=No

The mission of the School is to advance the art of music and its related disciplines. It seeks to educate students in the various fields of the profession and to promote an understanding of music on the campus and in the larger community. The School endeavors to preserve diverse repertories and cultural traditions while also creating opportunities for artistic, intellectual, technological, and scholarly innovation in music. The School is dedicated to excellence in research, performance, composition, and teacher education, undertaken in collaboration among its own constituents, as well as with those of the FAA College and the University at large.

1114 West Nevada Street

Urbana, IL 61801

217-244-7899

The School of Music and the College of Fine + Applied Arts are dedicated to preparing our students for successful careers in their fields. The Career Services Office offers workshops, job fairs, hands-on sessions, courses in cover letter and résumé writing, individual appointments for professional feedback, and more. The Career Services Mentoring Program helps juniors, seniors, and grad students establish connections and explore career paths through informational online conversations, interviews, and job shadowing.

KEY STATISTICS (college level and above)

Music Faculty: 90 full time, 0 adjunct

Brass • Collaborative Piano • Composition (Performance) • Conducting • Jazz Studies & Contemporary Media • Media studies (including audio and video production) • Music Business • Music Education • Musicology • Organ • Piano • Strings • Vocal Arts/Opera • Winds & Percussion • Choral Conducting • Computer Science + Music • Instrumental Performance • Jazz Performance • Lyric Theatre • Music Technology • Open Studies • Orchestral Conducting • Piano Pedagogy • Vocal Coaching and Accompanying • Vocal Performance • Wind Band Conducting

Undergraduate Programs / Graduate Programs

ADDITIONAL PROGRAMS (non-matriculating/prep)

Illinois Summer Youth Music

BROCHURE / CATALOGUE

University of Illinois School of Music information

ONLINE COURSES

Course information

PANDEMIC & SAFETY: SCHOOL POLICIES

Policies & Procedures for this school

✔=Yes   ✖=No

Proof of vaccination required?

✔ Students   ✖ Faculty   ✖ Staff

Proof of a negative COVID-19 test required?

✖ Students   ✔ Faculty   ✔ Staff

Reduced density being considered in:

✖ On-campus housing   ✖ Class and/or ensembles

SOCIAL LINKS

        

The Department of Music and Dance provides a comprehensive education through a combination of established and innovative pedagogical approaches. The faculty works cooperatively, focusing on students and inspiring them to realize their full artistic potential while equipping them with skills to succeed in today's world. The Department is also committed to distinguishing itself regionally, nationally, and internationally through the creative activity and scholarship of its faculty. Serving as a cultural ambassador for music and dance, the Department maintains visibility through broad course offerings, public appearances, and outreach activities within the University and the community at large.

UMass Amherst offers conservatory-quality education in a university setting. Intensive yet supportive, the music program has a variety of concentrations as well as nationally and internationally renowned faculty dedicated to educating students. A top research university, UMass also enables other majors to be involved musically.

273 Fine Arts Center East, University of Massachusetts

Amherst, MA 01003

413-545-6048

Prospective undergraduates must submit the Common App before signing up for an audition. Early Action is recommended. To sign up for an audition, students must submit an online Audition Request Form.

Career Services

Humanities & Fine Arts Career Planning Rep: Caroline Gould / 413-545-6257

KEY STATISTICS (college level and above)

Music Faculty: 41 full time, 3 adjunct

Brass • Collaborative Piano • Composition (Performance) • Conducting • Jazz Studies & Contemporary Media • Music Education • Piano • Strings • Vocal Arts/Opera • Winds & Percussion • Music Theory • Music History

Undergraduate Programs / Graduate Programs

ADDITIONAL PROGRAMS (non-matriculating/prep)

The Arts Management Certificate for Campus Undergraduates

ONLINE COURSES

Offered, check Department of Music & Dance website

PANDEMIC & SAFETY: SCHOOL POLICIES

Policies & Procedures for this school

✔=Yes   ✖=No

Proof of vaccination required?

✔ Students   ✖ Faculty   ✖ Staff

Proof of a negative COVID-19 test required?

✖ Students   ✖ Faculty   ✖ Staff

Reduced density being considered in:

✖ On-campus housing   ✖ Class and/or ensembles

SOCIAL LINKS

      

The Music Department is an innovative, contemporary institution dedicated to providing tomorrow's musicians with a superior education and viable career training within the changing musical landscape of the 21st century.

We offer Bachelor of Music majors in Sound Recording Technology, Music Business, Music Education and Music Performance. We are now offering a new major: Composition for New Media!

Durgin Hall

35 Wilder Street

Lowell, MA 01854

978-934-3931

Internships in Music Business and Sound Recording Technology help provide job experience and placement.

KEY STATISTICS (college level and above)

Music Faculty: 16 full time, 45 adjunct

Composition (Performance) • Media studies (including audio and video production) • Music Business • Music Education • Composition for New Media • Music Performance

Undergraduate Programs / Graduate Programs

✔=Yes   ✖=No

The mission of the UNT College of Music is to serve our diverse musical culture with excellence, integrity and imagination. The vision of the UNT College of Music is to provide leadership, artistry, and expertise to every facet of the music profession.

The UNT College of Music is the largest public-university music program in the United States and one of the most globally respected. We offer fully accredited degrees, bachelor to doctoral. We present about 1,100 events annually and our alumni work across the globe in award-winning careers.

1155 Union Circle #311367

Denton, TX 76203

940-565-3860

The Career Development and Entrepreneurship in Music program is the UNT College of Music's avenue to produce successful 21st century musicians. We help students develop an entrepreneurial mindset to build financially sustainable and professionally satisfying arts careers that positively impact their communities. Our program includes academic coursework, internship opportunities, a music entrepreneurship competition, an innovative music programming competition, a related field in music entrepreneurship, frequent guest speakers, one-on-one career advising and mentorship, community engagement, networking opportunities, a Student Artist Entrepreneurs organization (S.A.E.), and other events. Our students are launching their own businesses as a result of our program offerings.

The University of North Texas Career Center is a comprehensive career center that encourages the overall development of UNT students and alumni through personal and career exploration, while equipping them with lifelong job search skills and providing them opportunities to reach their career goals and aspirations. The Career Center is available to all UNT students and alumni to help develop career skills and career exploration.

KEY STATISTICS (college level and above)

Music Faculty: 117 full time, 38 adjunct

Brass • Collaborative Piano • Composition (Performance) • Conducting • Early Music • Jazz Studies & Contemporary Media • Media studies (including audio and video production) • Music Business • Music Education • Musicology • Music Therapy • Organ • Piano • Strings • Vocal Arts/Opera • Winds & Percussion

Undergraduate Programs / Graduate Programs

ADDITIONAL PROGRAMS (non-matriculating/prep)

Center for Experimental Music and Intermedia

Texas Center for Performing Arts Health

Community Program

BROCHURE / CATALOGUE

University of North Texas information

ONLINE COURSES

Course information

PANDEMIC & SAFETY: SCHOOL POLICIES

Policies & Procedures for this school

✔=Yes   ✖=No

Proof of vaccination required?

✖ Students   ✖ Faculty   ✖ Staff

Proof of a negative COVID-19 test required?

✖ Students   ✖ Faculty   ✖ Staff

Reduced density being considered in:

✖ On-campus housing   ✖ Class and/or ensembles

SOCIAL LINKS

        

The University is committed to the development of each student to become a productive and responsible citizen. This is reflected in our spartan code:

• HONESTY: Promote and practice academic and personal honesty.
• CITIZENSHIP: Commit to actions that benefit our community and others.
• INCLUSION: Recognize diversity and practice inclusion in our community.
• RESPECT: Recognize the ideas and contributions of all persons, allowing for an environment of sharing and learning.
• RESPONSIBILITY: Accept responsibility and be accountable for all decisions and actions.
• LIFE-LONG LEARNING: Engage in intellectual curiosity and commit to high academic standards and performance on campus and beyond.

UT is a medium-sized, private institution located in downtown Tampa, FL. Our student body consists of 9,000 undergraduate students from all 50 states and 132 countries. We offer over 200 areas of study, all of which focus on experiential education through hands-on learning, internships, study abroad and research opportunities.

401 West Kennedy Boulevard

Tampa, FL 33616

813-257-3489

Career Services

KEY STATISTICS (college level and above)

Music Faculty: 8 full time, 40 adjunct

Brass • Composition (Performance) • Music Business • Music Education • Music Therapy • Organ • Piano • Strings • Vocal Arts/Opera

Undergraduate Programs / Graduate Programs

✔=Yes   ✖=No

Art opens our minds, expands our world, and changes us for the better. That’s why every Rider student has the opportunity to explore their artistic authenticity at the Westminster College of the Arts, whether pursuing a career in the arts or seeking enrichment found through its study.

Art opens our minds, expands our world and changes us for the better. That’s why every Rider student has the opportunity to explore their artistic authenticity at the Westminster College of the Arts, whether pursuing a career in the arts or seeking the enrichment found through its study.

2083 Lawrenceville Road

Lawrenceville, NJ 08683

609-921-7100 x8307

All students at Westminster College of the Arts have access to the resources and assistance offered through the Career Services department at Rider University. Students are also encouraged by their teachers and advisors to explore opportunities in Young Arts Programs and internships, both at Westminster and around the world.

KEY STATISTICS (college level and above)

Music Faculty: 34 full time, 50 adjunct

Arts Leadership • Composition (Performance) • Conducting • Jazz Studies & Contemporary Media • Music Business • Music Education • Musicology • Music Therapy • Organ • Piano • Vocal Arts/Opera • Acting For Film, Television and Theatre • American and Public Musicology • Arts & Entertainment Industries Management • Arts Management and Executive Leadership • Choral Conducting • Dance • Dance Science • Musical Theatre • Piano: Accompanying and Coaching • Popular Music Studies • Theatre • Piano Pedagogy • Sacred Music • Voice Pedagogy

Undergraduate Programs / Graduate Programs

✔=Yes   ✖=No