Conservatoire - Definition and Overview

A music school or conservatory is an institution dedicated to teaching the art of music, including playing of musical instruments, musical composition, musicianship, music history and music theory. The terms conservatoire and conservatorium are also used in some English-speaking countries when referring to music schools.

In some music schools, other standard subjects taught as secondary (such as at the Yehudi Menuhin School).

Prominent music schools

Argentina

• Conservatorio Nacional de Música

Canada

• Conservatoire de musique et d'art dramatique du Québec (nine schools) See Conservatoires du Québec (http://www.mcc.gouv.qc.ca/conservatoire/conservatoire.htm)
• Royal Conservatory of Music (Toronto)
• Faculty of Music: McGill University See [1] (http://music.mcgill.ca)

Finland

• Sibelius Academy

France

• Conservatoire de Paris
• Conservatoire de Nice

Germany

• Hochschule für Musik Hanns Eisler (Berlin)
• Hochschule für Musik Detmold
• Hochschule für Musik Dresden
• Hochschule für Musik Köln

The Netherlands

• Royal Conservatory of The Hague

Italy

• Conservatorio di Santa Cecilia

Spain

• Centro Superior de Música del Pais Vasco, San Sebastian/Donostia
• Conservatorio Superior de Música del Liceo, Barcelona
• Conservatorio Superior de Música, Cordoba
• Conservatorio Superior de Música, Murcia
• Conservatorio Superior de Música, Salamanca
• Escuela Superior de Música de Cataluña, Barcelona
• Escuela Superior de Música Reina Sofia, Madrid
• Real Conservatorio Superior de Música, Madrid

Russia

• Moscow Conservatory
• St. Petersburg Conservatory

UK

Undergraduate & Postgraduate

• Birmingham Conservatoire (part of the University of Central England in Birmingham)
• Guildhall School of Music and Drama, London
• Royal Academy of Music, London (part of the University of London)
• Royal College of Music, London
• Royal Northern College of Music, Manchester
• Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama, Glasgow
• Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama, Cardiff (part of the University of Wales)
• Trinity College of Music, London

Secondary and younger

• Chetham's School of Music
• The City of Edinburgh Music School
• The Purcell School
• Yehudi Menuhin School

USA

• Curtis Institute of Music (Philadelphia)
• Berklee College of Music (Boston)
• Eastman School of Music (Rochester)
• Indiana University School of Music
• The Juilliard School (New York)
• Manhattan School of Music (New York)
• Mannes School of Music
• New England Conservatory of Music (Boston)
• North Carolina School of the Arts (Winston-Salem, North Carolina)
• Northwestern University School of Music (Evanston, IL)
• Oberlin Conservatory (Oberlin, OH)
• University of North Texas School of Music (Denton, Texas)