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Music schools in the United States

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There are various types of music schools in the United States. These include both pre-college and college-level schools, both private and public. College-level schools can be categorized as independent conservatories, or as music schools of larger universities or liberal arts colleges.

Pre-college

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Many major conservatories and music schools in the United States also carry a preparatory program, which trains elementary school-age children and high school-age youths in music performance, dance, or other artistic endeavors. There are also boarding preparatory schools in the US that offer pre-professional training in music, including Crossroads School, Idyllwild Arts Academy, Interlochen Center for the Arts, and Walnut Hill School.

Independent conservatories

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Independent conservatories are schools of music which are not part of a larger institution.

Classical conservatories in the United States include:

Contemporary music (Jazz and popular styles) conservatories include:

Conservatories at liberal arts colleges

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Some liberal arts colleges in the United States, including Bard College, Lawrence University, and Oberlin College, have attached conservatories, which function with some degree of independence. The Oberlin Conservatory of Music, one such institution, is the oldest continually operating conservatory in the United States.[1]

Music schools within larger universities

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The University of Missouri School of Music, a typical institution embedded in a large public university

Many universities in the United States have schools of music. Some of these music schools refer to themselves as conservatories, and some were founded as independent conservatories before later becoming affiliated with a larger institution; one such example is the Peabody Institute of the Johns Hopkins University.[2] Some conservatories affiliated with universities, such as the Peabody Institute and the Eastman School of Music (at the University of Rochester), are located on separate campuses from their parent institutions.[3][4]

List of music schools within larger universities

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Music majors at other colleges

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Some universities, although they do not have a separate school of music, have music departments and offer music majors or concentrations. Such universities include Harvard,[5] Columbia,[6] Princeton,[7] and Brown,[8] as Yale is the only Ivy League university with a separate music school.

References

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  1. ^ "conservatory | musical institution | Britannica". www.britannica.com. Retrieved 2022-06-05.
  2. ^ "Our History | Peabody Institute". Retrieved 2022-06-05.
  3. ^ "Campuses". www.rochester.edu. Retrieved 2022-06-05.
  4. ^ "Our Campuses". Johns Hopkins University. Retrieved 2022-06-05.
  5. ^ "Harvard University Department of Music". music.fas.harvard.edu. Retrieved 2022-06-05.
  6. ^ "Music at Columbia College". Columbia University Department of Music. 2016-03-29. Retrieved 2022-06-05.
  7. ^ "Princeton Department of Music |". music.princeton.edu. Retrieved 2022-06-05.
  8. ^ "Undergraduate". Music | Brown University. Retrieved 2022-06-05.