College or university school of music

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Wikipedia: College or university school of music

For August Bournonville's ballet, see Le Conservatoire.

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

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A university school of music or college of music, or academy of music or conservatoire (French, but used in 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 of music 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 centers 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 balance of vocational training and academic study varying from one institution to another.

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• 1 College and university schools of music
  • 1.1 History
  • 1.2 Contemporary institutions
• 2 Instruments and subjects
• 3 Schools of music in the United States
  • 3.1 Preparatory schools
  • 3.2 Independent conservatories
    • 3.2.1 Classical
    • 3.2.2 Contemporary
  • 3.3 Conservatories as part of a larger university
  • 3.4 Other
• 4 Notable music colleges, conservatories, and university music departments
• 5 External links