College or university school of music

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This article is about the higher professional education in music. For the main article about higher education see Higher education.

A university school of music or college of music, or academy of music or conservatoire (British English) — also known as a conservatory (American English) or a conservatorium (Australian English) — is a higher education institution dedicated to teaching the art of music, including the playing of musical instruments, musical composition, musicianship, music history, and music theory.

Colleges and university schools of music are tertiary level institutions, and they may either be independent or part of a university. Many music schools originated as vocational training centres for would-be professional musicians, often outside the main academic structure. These institutions have retained an emphasis on performance into the 21st century, while also adopting a more formal academic approach. On the other hand there are university music departments, which originally placed more emphasis on academic study of music, but often place greater emphasis on performance now than they did in the past. The two groups overlap more than they used to, with the specific emphasis varying from one institution to another.

Contents 1 College and university School of Music 1.1 History 1.2 Contemporary institutions 2 Instruments and subjects taught 2.1 European classical music 2.1.1 Musical instrument 2.1.2 Music theory 2.2 Extra-European classical music 2.3 Jazz 2.4 Traditional instruments 3 Systems of professional music training by country 3.1 In North America 3.2 In Europe 3.3 In Japan 3.4 In China 3.5 In India 4 Pre-College schools of music 5 See also 6 Bibliography 7 External links

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[edit] History

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[edit] Contemporary institutions

See also List of colleges and university schools of music

Some institutions have university status while others have vocational university status. University schools of music grant professional degrees like Professional Bachelor's degree, Professional Master's degree and Professional doctorates. Most of the time bachelor's degrees are 4 years (sometimes 3), master's degree 2 years (sometimes 1) and doctorate 3 years (sometimes more).

There are different kinds of administrative organizations for the music schools:

• College or School of Music within a University
• Independent Schools of Music or Conservatories
• Schools of Music in a College of Fine Arts, Fine and Applied Arts, or Arts
• Schools of Music in a College of Arts & Letters, College of Humanities, or College of Liberal Arts
• Schools of Music in a College of Arts & Sciences

The National Association of Schools of Music (NASM), is an accreditor for Colleges or university schools of music in the United States of America. They currently accredit 610 institutions of higher learning.

The European Association of Conservatoires (AEC) is the main association of College or university school of music in Europe.

U.S. News & World Report and Change make a national and international ranking of the music schools. (See also College and university rankings)

[edit] Instruments and subjects taught

[edit] European classical music

[edit] Musical instrument

• woodwinds: flute, piccolo, oboe, cor anglais, clarinet, bass clarinet, bassoon, contrabassoon

• brass: horn, tenor horn, trumpet, trombone, bass trombone, euphonium, tuba

• percussion: timpani, snare drum, bass drum, celesta, piano

• strings: harp, violin, viola, cello, double bass, Classical guitar

[edit] Music theory

Musical analysis, Solfege

[edit] Extra-European classical music

• Japanese court music (Gagaku)
• Chinese court music (Yayue)
• Korean court music (aak, hyangak, dangak and jeongak)
• Indian classical music

[edit] Jazz

• Saxophone, jazz guitar, euphonium, trumpet, trombone, clarinet, piano, guitar, double bass, drums, voice.

[edit] Traditional instruments

• woodwinds: clarinet, hummel - nyckelharpa, säckpipa, tarogato, accordion, bagpipe, hurdy-gurdy bombarde, whistle, etc.

• brass: accordion, concertina, fiddle, mouth organ, Northumbrian, smallpipe, etc.

• percussion: cabrette, chabrette, cornemuse, fifre bagpipe, cimbalom, cowbell, gardon, hurdy-gurdy, etc.

• strings: harpsichord, fiddle, violin, zither, harmonium, horn, jouhikko, kantele, tallharpa, etc.

[edit] Systems of professional music training by country

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[edit] In North America

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[1] Overview of Professional Music Education and Training in the United States. PDF

[edit] In Europe

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[2] General Descriptions of Systems for Professional Music Training in European Countries.

[edit] In Japan

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[edit] In China

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[edit] In India

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[edit] Pre-College schools of music

Main article: Pre-College schools of music

See also List of pre-college music schools

There are some specialist music schools for school age children, for example the Yehudi Menuhin School in England. These combine intensive music education with a general academic education.

• [3] Article in the German wikipedia

[edit] See also

• Vocational university
• Bologna process
• European Higher Education Area
• Homologation
• Recognition of studies abroad in the European Union

[edit] Bibliography

• Brian A Roberts: A place to play : the social world of university schools of music Type: English : Book Publisher: St. John's : Memorial University of Newfoundland, ©1991. ISBN 0-88901-165-6 OCLC 28506324
• Michigan State University, USA: School of Music: Data and discussion of possible reorganization[4]
• Top 50 Schools of Music (list from US News and World Report, 1997)

[edit] External links

• World Music Central's guide to Music Schools. This guide centers on music schools that teach world music and roots music in general.
• [5] National Association of Schools of Music
• [6] Excel-ability Learning