The Academy of the Vocal Arts is the only nationally accredited conservatory in the United States exclusively devoted to the training of young opera singers tuition-free. Artists from throughout the states and all over the world audition to study and perform in AVA’s four-year program.

1920 Spruce Street
Philadelphia, PA 19103

215-735-1685

At this time, no degrees are granted, but Artist Diplomas are awarded to those whom the AVA believes are ready for operatic and concert careers, and have completed the minimum required classes. AVA is an accredited, non-degree-granting member of the National Association of Schools of Music. Course work completed at AVA does not compile credit hours and is not transferable to other institutions.

KEY STATISTICS (college level and above)

Music Faculty: 20 full time, 3 adjunct

Vocal Arts/Opera

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Adelphi is known for its top-ranked academic programs, small classes, and personalized attention. Our students call their Adelphi experience transformative and call their community family—exactly what your college studies at all levels should be about.

Performing Arts Center Room 207
One South Avenue
Garden City, NY 11530

516-877-3050

KEY STATISTICS (college level and above)

Music Faculty: 6 full time, 50 adjunct

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

BS in Music; BS in Music Education; Minor in Digital Recording Arts and Music Technology

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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 • 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 • Arts leadership (through Herberger Institute for Design and the Arts) • Music Theatre • Pedagogy • Interdisciplinary Digital Media

Undergraduate Programs / Graduate Programs

ADDITIONAL PROGRAMS (non-matriculating/prep)

Minors and Certificates

BROCHURE / CATALOGUE

Arizona State University School of Music, Dance and Theatre information

ONLINE COURSES

Course information

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The Conservatory of Music at Baldwin Wallace is an artistic community within a liberal arts university, in which the lives of students of all ages are transformed in pursuit of personal and professional excellence through the humanizing discipline of music study, creation, performance, and pedagogy.

Bold opportunities are at the center of Baldwin Wallace University’s nationally acclaimed Conservatory of Music. Our All-Steinway Conservatory is top ranked and provides students with extraordinary opportunities to perform, compose, conduct, teach and excel in preparation for becoming citizen artists. Individual attention is central to our programs.

275 Eastland Road
Berea, OH 44017

440-826-2368

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KEY STATISTICS (college level and above)

Music Faculty: 36 full time, 39 adjunct

Arts Leadership • Brass • Collaborative Piano • Composition (Performance) • 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 • Music Theatre • Music Theatre Direction

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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 offer degrees in instrumental and vocal performance, composition, and traditional Chinese instruments.

30 Campus Road
Annandale-on-Hudson, NY 12504

845-752-2409

Graduate Vocal Arts Program

Graduate Instrumental Arts Program

Graduate Conducting Program

Graduates of Bard are well-equipped for whichever path they choose to follow. We have students who have gone on to play with major orchestras in the United States, Europe, and Asia, and we have students who have gone on to found their own festivals and ensembles. Read more about Bard's alumni/ae.

KEY STATISTICS (college level and above)

Music Faculty: 13 full time, 80 adjunct

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

Undergraduate Programs Graduate Vocal Arts (MM); Graduate Instrumental Arts (MM); Graduate Conducting (MM) ; Advanced Performance Studies Program (graduate certificate); Post-Graduate Collaborative Piano Fellowship

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Students at Biola learn firsthand the rigors of music composition and history, as well as the challenge of enhancing personal performance. They develop a sound Christian worldview taught by today's top thinkers and musicians while studying in the heart of Southern California, one of the world's leading music centers.

13800 Biola Avenue
La Mirada, CA 90639

562-903-4892

Conservatory faculty work closely with students on graduate school preparation and job placement. Worship majors are required to complete an internship at a local church. Music Education majors have required observation hours and a post-graduation semester-long student teaching assignment. Conservatory students also have the Biola Career Center as a resource.

KEY STATISTICS (college level and above)

Music Faculty: 9 full time, 13 adjunct

Brass • Composition (Performance) • Music Education • Music Therapy • Organ • Piano • Strings • Vocal Arts/Opera • Winds & Percussion • Commercial Music • Musical Theatre • New Media • Theatre • Worship Arts

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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.

Vanderbilt's Blair School of Music is a world-class music program exclusively for undergraduates at a top-20 University.

2400 Blakemore Avenue
Nashville, TN 37212

615-343-8855

KEY STATISTICS (college level and above)

Music Faculty: 58 full time, 52 adjunct

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

Undergraduate Programs

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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.

KEY STATISTICS (college level and above)

Music Faculty: 70 full time, 88 adjunct

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

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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.

The Buchmann-Mehta School of Music
Tel Aviv University
PO Box 39040
Tel Aviv, 6997801

+972 3-640-9505

KEY STATISTICS (college level and above)

Music Faculty: 50 full time, 8 adjunct

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

Undergraduate Programs / Graduate Programs

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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 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 • Jazz Studies & Contemporary Media • Music Education • Musicology • Organ • Piano • Strings • Vocal Arts/Opera • Winds & Percussion • Chamber Music • Ethnomusicology • Literature and Pedagogy • Opera Coaching • Opera Directing

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More. This simple word describes all the opportunities you’ll have in Butler University’s School of Music. Many students double major, both within the arts and out, bringing an added layer of knowledge, creativity, and experience that makes them truly well-rounded musicians and music educators.

4600 Sunset Avenue
Indianapolis, IN 46208

317-940-9656

KEY STATISTICS (college level and above)

Music Faculty: 28 full time, 31 adjunct

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

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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 • Media studies (including audio and video production) • Music Education • Piano • Strings • Vocal Arts/Opera • Winds & Percussion

Undergraduate Programs / Graduate Programs

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The Chopin University of Music is one of the oldest and largest music universities in Europe, constantly developing cooperation with the largest music centers in Poland and in the world.

Okólnik 2
00-368 Warsaw

+48 22 278 92 58

KEY STATISTICS (college level and above)

Music Faculty: 200 full time, 200 adjunct

Brass • Collaborative Piano • Composition (Performance) • Conducting • Early Music • Jazz Studies & Contemporary Media • Media studies (including audio and video production) • Music Education • Organ • Piano • Strings • Vocal Arts/Opera • Winds & Percussion • Accordion • World Music • Choral Studies and Rhythmics • Sound Engineering • Dance • Church Music

ADDITIONAL PROGRAMS (non-matriculating/prep)

Erasmus+

Chopin–Górecki Festival and music course

BROCHURE / CATALOGUE

Chopin University of Music information

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CIM is an independent conservatory known for superior orchestral, chamber music, composition, piano, and voice programs at both the undergraduate and graduate levels. Its world-renowned faculty—many of whom are members of 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.

KEY STATISTICS (college level and above)

Music Faculty: 30 full time, 150 adjunct

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

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Joint Music Program with Case Western Reserve University

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