Music Schools in the state of New York
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You’re on your way to finding the perfect music program. Here you’ll find a complete list of New York music schools, New York music colleges and additional NY. Music programs. What are you looking for in an New York music school? This selection of top NY. music schools and NY. music conservatories can help you whether you are looking to study performance, music education, jazz studies, composition and more. Is geography important when choosing your school? We have information about music schools from Albany, NY, to New York, NY.
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Bard College Conservatory of Music
Annadale-on-Hudson NY 12504We are a Conservatory for the 21st Century. The Bard College Conservatory of Music takes an innovative approach to educating the musicians of the 21st Century. Blending a beautiful setting along the H more…
Brooklyn College – City University of New York
Brooklyn NY 11210The Conservatory of Music at Brooklyn College (CUNY) is among New YorkCity’s leading institutions in the training of musicians and musiceducators. Students study more…
Brooklyn College Prepatory Center for the Performing Arts
Brooklyn NY 11210The Music Division offers programs at all levels of study, from beginner to advanced. The foundation of the Preparatory Center’s music activities is its highly qualified faculty of professional ar more…
Brooklyn Conservatory of Music
Brooklyn NY 11217Brooklyn Conservatory of Music opened its doors in 1897, and added its Flushing campus in 1955, making it one of the oldest and largest community schools of the arts in the nation. Its founding missio more…
Brooklyn Music School
Brooklyn NY 11217Each student works with their chosen instrument and also studies the intricacies that make music enjoyable for all. Public performance is an important part of the learning process in music. In addi more…
Center for Preparatory Studies in Music (Queens College)Flushing NY 11367The Center for Preparatory Studies in Music(CPSM) offers a complete program of instruction for young musicians, ages 3 through 18, who wish to develop performance skills and an understanding of music more…
Colgate University
Hamilton NY 13346-1398Music at Colgate is exciting! It will open new doors for you in the creative and performing arts. Not only are there excellent performing opportunities, but the music department also focuses on traini more…
Community Music School of Buffalo
Buffalo NY 14222We are pleased that you are considering Community Music School for music instruction for you, your child or your grandchild. Please remember that we welcome people from 6 months – 86 years and beyond. more…
Concordia Conservatory
Bronxville NY 10708Music at Concordia features the combined resources of the rich choral tradition of the College, music within the liberal arts curriculum, the Concordia Conservatory community music school, and The Cad more…
State Univ of New York – Potsdam
Potsdam NY 13676The Crane School of Music is one of three schools which make up the The State University of New York at Potsdam in Potsdam, NY. The college, as well as Crane, is a community of teachers and students, more…
David Hochstein Memorial Music School
Rochester NY 14614Since 1920, Hochstein School of Music & Dance has served as Rochester’s community school of the arts–welcoming and nurturing studentsof all ages, all levels of skill, and all background–regardless o more…
Diller-Quaile School of Music
New York NY 10128Diller-Quaile’s mission is to teach music in a way that develops the innate musicality in each student and inspires participation for lifetime. The School’s comprehensive and coordinated appro more…
Dorothy Delson Kuhn Music Institute of the Jewish Community Center
Statan Island NY 10301Whether you want to introduce your child or yourself to the joys of playing an instrument or developing vocal talent, or you want to take your skills to a higher level, the Dorothy Delson Kuhn Music I more…
Eastman Community Music School
Rochester NY 14604The Eastman Community School offers a great variety of day, evening, and Saturday classes for toddlers, adults, and all ages in between, available at all levels of musical experience. Lesso more…
Filomen M. D’Agostino Greenberg Music School
New York NY 10022-1202Since our school’s founding in 1913, we have provided students who are blind or partially sighted with the opportunity to enjoy and perform music, and to become accomplished musicians. Over the decade more…
Greenwich House Music School
New York NY 10014Greenwich House Music School has been providing high quality, affordable music education to the people of New York City since 1905. The School has occupied its current location at 44 – 46 Barrow Stree more…
Hartwick College
Oneonta NY 13820Your development as a musician involves more than time spent in a practice room. A liberal arts environment provides a set of experiences that influence and deepen musical understanding and expression more…
Henry Street Settlement / Abrons Arts Center
New York NY 10002The Music School offers a relaxed, friendly, and fun environment to experience the joy of music. The School’s exciting curriculum offers a wide range of musical styles, including classical, jazz, Lati more…
Houghton College
Houghton NY 14744-0128The School of Music, Houghton College, is a long-time member of the National Association of Schools of Music (NASM). Its curricula conform fully to NASM published standards. Faculty seek to provide st more…
Ithaca College
New York NY 14850-7020Ever since its founding in 1892 as a conservatory of music, Ithaca College has been nurturing its musical character. The College remains dedicated to the goals of its founder, W. Grant Egbert, who sai more…
JCC on the Hudson School of Music & Performing Arts
Tarrytown NY 10591Mission Statement The JCC on the Hudson is dedicated to serving as a central meeting place for the Jewish community, whose purposes are to: Enhance the health and welfare of its members; Provide more…
New York NY 10023Juilliard’s central mission is to educate talented performing musicians, dancers and actors so that they may achieve the highest artistic standards, as well as become leaders in their professions. more…
The Center for Improvisational Music
Brooklyn NY 11217The Center for Improvisational Music (CIM) is a non-profit corporation dedicated to the teaching of and advancement of Improvised and Creative Music. The Center’s facility is located in P more…
Lucy Moses School at Kaufman Center
New York NY 10023One of the country’s most respected community schools for the arts, Lucy Moses School provides a multi-faceted arts education for children and adults at all levels of experience and skill. Programs in more…
New York NY 10027Set in one of the world’s greatest cities, Manhattan School of Music has contributed to the vibrant culture of New York City for over 85 years. It is one of the premier private music conservatorie more…
Mannes College of Music
New York NY 10024The College Division attracts superb students from around the world. Comparatively small in size, the college maintains an intimate atmosphere, fostering close and constructive relationships among stu more…
Music Conservatory of Westchester
White Plains NY 10606-1102Founded in 1929, the Conservatory today serves almost 3,000 students ranging in age from 6 months to 95 years, from 102 communities in a 5-county area and representing more than 30 nationalities. All more…
NYU Steinhardt School – Department of Music and Performing Arts Professions
New York NY 10012-1172We provide the finest professional training combined with academic excellence at an internationally recognized university. Three hundred faculty teach and support over 1,400 department students majori more…
Opus 118-Harlem Center for Strings
New York NY 10035Mission Opus 118 Harlem School of Music provides quality music instruction and teacher development in an environment that nurtures excellence and creativity. Core Values: Excellence in teaching, stude more…
Purchase College, State University of New York
Purchase NY 10577Purchase College, referred to as the “gem” of the State University of New York system, combines distinctive programs in the liberal arts and sciences with professional conservatory and stu more…
Roberts Wesleyan College
Rochester NY 14624Roberts Wesleyan College is a vital part of Rochester NY’s exceptional mix of educational opportunities. With an enrollment of more than 1,800 students and a tradition of excellence dating back to more…
Rockland Conservatory of Music
Pearl River NY 10965The mission of the Rockland Conservatory of Music is to provide quality professional music instruction at reasonable rates to students of all ages and levels, regardless of ethnic, religious or financ more…
Sarah Lawrence College
Bronxville NY 10708-5999The Music Program offers conservatory-level studies for students aspiring to professional careers, as well as superb instruction for those who love music and want to study it within the context of a l more…
School for Strings
New York NY 10019Since 1970, The School for Strings has been New Yorks premiere Suzuki-based music school, providing outstanding instrumental instruction to thousands of children, and Suzuki teacher training to hundr more…
Shostakovich Music, Art & Sport School, Inc
Brooklyn NY 11235Since it’s inception in 1981, the Shostakovich School of Music, Art and Sport, has grown from a dream envisioned by a small group of Russian immigrants, to a vibrant multifaceted music and art institu more…
Songcatchers Inc.
New Rochelle NY 10801Songcatchers Inc. is an organization that reaches for peace through music by providing an array of programs in the performing and visual arts. We aim specifically to provide high quality that is affor more…
Turtle Bay Music School
New York NY 10022Since our founding in 1925, Turtle Bay Music School has fostered love and knowledge of music by providing high quality musical instruction and a range of related music programs and activities to motiv more…
New School
New York NY 10011The New School for Jazz and Contemporary Music offers a unique course of study in which a passionately engaged faculty of professional artists, drawn from New York City’s renowned jazz community more…
Alaria Chamber Ensemble
New York NY 10025The Alaria Chamber Ensemble has for 24 years played host to a series of chamber music classes at Mannes School of Music. Players of all instruments, including voice, al more…
Ashokan Fiddle & Dance Camp
Saugerties NY 12477JAY UNGAR & MOLLY MASON’S FIDDLE & DANCE CAMPS have been held each year since 1980 at Ashokan, a field campus of the State University of New York in the Catskill Mountains. Our Ashokan Fiddle & Dance more…
Ithaca Violoncello Institute
Ithaca NY 14850The ITHACA VIOLONCELLO INSTITUTE (IVI) is a small number of positive-minded cellists from the U.S. and abroad (minimum age 16) who are professionally-directed or wanting intensive cello study. Studen more…
Magic Mountain Music Farm, Practice Marathon Retreats
New York NY 10025Magic Mountain Music Farm, the brain-child of Burton Kaplan, provides unique insights for the artist musician, teacher and conservatory student seeking self-empowerment in music practicing, auditionin more…
Music Etc.
New York NY 10011From live jazz , specially tailored for your wedding or function, to specialist arrangements and orchestrations for any event or production, MusicEtc offers a wide range of professional solutions for more…
New York Summer Music Festival
Oneonta NY 13820The New York Summer Music Festival is a six-week summer program that challenges every one of its students to achieve their highest levels of musicianship. NYSMF distinguishes itself from other “ban more…
Skidmore Chamber Music Institute
Saratoga Springs NY 12866The Euclid Quartet, in partnership with Skidmore College will inaugurate a week-long chamber music workshop for adult string musicians. Timed to coincide with the best of Saratoga Springs’ summer more…
Summit Music Festival
Pleasentville NY 10570The Summit Music Festival is New York’s summer institute for extensive chamber music and instrumental training. Founded in 1991 by members of the highly regarded Emelin Trio, the festival offers young more…
Creative Strings Workshop
Woodside NY 11377These workshops are completely unique because students have numerous opportunities to perform alongside seasoned pros in a variety of venues – just like in the real world. While at camp, students: more…
Summertrios Regular Program
New York NY 10025Summertrios was formed in 1990 to provide opportunities for adult amateur musicians to play, study, perform, and listen to chamber music; and to create a community of musicians. We intended to estab more…
Chamber Music Conference and Composer’s Forum of the East
New York NY 10040The Chamber Music Conference is dedicated to amateur instrumentalists who are passionate about music, who seek to develop as chamber musicians, and who believe that music offers infinite possibilities more…
City University of New York – Graduate Center
New York NY 10016The PhD/DMA Program in Music, with concentrations in musicology, theory, composition, ethnomusicology and performance, is designed to train students in many fields and subfields of musical scholarship more…
Burgos International Music Festival
Pleasentville NY 10570Burgos International Music Festival, in collaboration with the City of Burgos and representatives of Summit Music Festival, is launching its second season in Spain between the dates of July 3 – July 1 more…
College of St. RoseAlbany NY 12203When you walk into the Saint Rose Music Building, you will likely hear vocalists warming up in the Saints and Sinners Sound Studio or sounds of our jazz band jamming in a classroom. But there are oth more…
Eastman School of MusicRochester NY 14604-2599“For the Enrichment of Community Life” — these words are etched on the façade of the Eastman Theatre. What better reason is there for music than to enrich life? And what bette more…
Five Towns CollegeDix Hills NY 11746Located at the geographic heart of Long Island, Five Towns College has been preparing students for work in all phases of the entertainment industry for over 25 years. An independent, nonsectarian, coe more…
City University of New York – Hunter CollegeNew York NY 10021The Department of Music at Hunter College, part of the City University of New York (CUNY), offers a variety of courses and degree programs catering to the needs of a diverse student body. Courses inc more…
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Long Island University – Brooklyn CampusBrooklyn NY 11201We offer the following degrees: B.A. in Traditional Music; B.F.A. in Jazz Studies and a B.S in Music Education. Our Jazz Studies program is one of the few programs in the New York Metropolitan area of more…
New York UniversityNew York NY 10012The NYU Department of Music offers studies in historical musicology, ethnomusicology, and composition and theory at both the graduate and undergraduate levels. With its leading research faculty, the D more…
Piano Pro Music Study
Staten Island NY 10314Read and interpret popular lead sheets. Unlock the mystery of improvisation. Learn proper classical technique. more…
RAMO STRING MUSIC SCHOOL New York
New York NY 10023In the heart of Manhattan, Ramo has just opened a great place for private lessons “STUDIO 54” for the following: GUITAR: Classical, Acoustic, Electric and 12 String. VIOLIN: 4 more…
School for Improvisational Music
New York NY 10031The Center for improvisational music is a non-profit corporation dedicated to the teaching of and advancement of Improvised and Creative Music. The Center’s facility is located near Park Slope, Brookl more…
Skidmore Jazz Institute-Skidmore College
Saratoga Springs NY 12866Since its inception in 1987, the Skidmore Jazz Institute — which this year is celebrating its twentieth anniversary — has become one of the premiere programs in the country to study jazz in the summ more…
Slope Music
Brooklyn NY 271 9th st.As Slope Music has expanded, choosing the right staff members is a job that has fallen to Charles, in his capacity of Director of Slope Music. All staff members have excellent background and training more…
SUNY College of Fredonia
Fredonia NY 14063The SUNY Fredonia School of Music is an internationally recognized undergraduate and graduate program in a comprehensive, liberal arts and sciences university of the State University of New York. We p more…
Syracuse University
Syracuse NY 13244-1010The Setnor School of Music offers the creative, inquisitive student an extraordinary range of options for undergraduate study. Students at the Setnor School work intensively in one of four bachelor of more…
Third Street Music School Settlement
New York NY 10003Third Street Music School Settlement, the nation’s oldest community music school, was founded in 1894 and has been changing lives and its community ever since by providing access to world-cla more…
Columbia UniversityNew York NY 10027From its beginnings in a schoolhouse in lower Manhattan, Columbia University has grown to encompass two principal campuses: the historic, neoclassical campus in the Morningside Heights neighborhood an more…
Nazareth CollegeRochester NY 14618The Nazareth College Department of Music integrates intensive studies in music (musicianship and performance), with professional programs and the liberal arts, to combine for a truly unique more…
Alfred University Alfred NY 14802All AU students have many opportunities for musical study and performance, regardless of degree major or minor. In addition to introductory and special topics courses, students can take piano and voic more…
Barnard CollegeNew York NY 10027Barnard College aims to provide the highest quality liberal arts education to promising and high-achieving young women, offering the unparalleled advantages of an outstanding residential college in pa more…
Finger Lakes Community CollegeCanandaigua NY 14424The opportunity for you to gain experience in performance is a popular feature of the music program at Finger Lakes. Students perform as part of the Finger Lakes Chorale, Vocal Jazz Ensemble, College more…
Concordia CollegeBronxville NY 10708Music at Concordia features the combined resources of the rich choral tradition of the College, music within the liberal arts curriculum, the Concordia Conservatory community music school, and The Cad more…
Elmira CollegeElmira NY 14901Elmira College offers majors in more than 35 academic areas, but our range of program options is even greater. In ten of these subjects you may pursue either a Bachelor of Science or a Bachelor of Art more…
Hobart & William Smith CollegesGeneva NY 14456The Hobart and William Smith Department of Music seeks to develop the musical understanding of students who desire to broaden their cultural perspective through study of the arts, as well as to prepar more…
Laguardia Community CollegeLong Island City NY 11101Begin with this premise: To change a mind is to change the world. Now transform that premise into an organizing principle. Imagine that a single act of inspiration holds the capacity to excite other m more…
Wells College Aurora NY 13026The performing arts major provides concentrated study in music, dan more…
Cayuga County Community CollegeAuburn NY 13021Academically, financially, and geographically accessible to a diverse student population, Cayuga Community College provides a strong liberal arts foundation for further study and career preparation. T more…
Bronx Community CollegeBronx NY 104532007 marked the 50th anniversary of Bronx Community College which was established in 1957 after a decade of effort by civic-minded groups in Bronx County to meet the growing need for increased higher more…
Broome Community CollegeBinghamton NY 13902We provide our students with an exciting opportunity to pursue a music career while developing a strong foundation of skills. Through performance and study of musical masterworks, encompassing a wide more…
Borough of Manhattan Community CollegeNew York NY 10007The Liberal Arts Program at Borough of Manhattan Community College provides each student with a well-rounded background in the sciences, humanities, mathematics, and languages. The program also allows more…
Cornell UniversityIthaca NY 14853The Department of Music at Cornell provides opportunities for the study and performance of music under the guidance of a distinguished faculty, as part of an education at a great university. Students more…
Corning Community CollegeCorning NY 14830Our expanding music department brings a medley of sweet sounds to the campus and community. We offer academic classes in music theory and composition, as well as a variety of performance options: pian more…
Daemen CollegeAmherst NY 14226The mission of Daemen College is to prepare students for life and leadership in an increasingly complex world. Founded on the principle that education should elevate human dignity and foster civic res more…
Dutchess Community CollegePoughkeepsie NY 12601This intensive musical performance preparation program is designed for the student who wishes further musical study before auditioning for entrance as an applied music major at a four-year college or more…
Fordham UniversityBronx NY 10458The music major covers a range of courses that include music theory, performance, and history. The program, which leads to a B.A., is an academically oriented one, aimed at liberal arts students who w more…
Hamilton CollegeClinton NY 13323Music is a fundamental form of human art, communication and pleasure – celebratory, sacred, exploratory and communal. Music is typically one of our earliest and simplest childhood experiences, y more…
Jamestown Community CollegeJamestown NY 14702Jamestown Community College offers an Associate’s Degree, Fine Arts/Music and a one year certificate in Digital Audio Production. Jamestown Commmunity College is a part of the State University of more…
Long Island University – CW PostBrookville NY 11548Over 70 faculty members teach specialized courses such as vocal coaching, Alexander Technique, performance classes, music education and jazz in addition to individualized instruction in all more…
Skidmore College
Saratoga Springs NY 12866The Department of Music meets the needs of three populations: students majoring in music, students with a musical interest who may be enrolled to meet all-College requirements or for personal int more…
University of Rochester Rochester NY 14627-0052The College Music Department serves a student more…
Canisius CollegeBuffalo NY 14208Music majors choose a concentration in one of four sequences: music history and literature, performance, music education or music technology. Music appreciation courses cover a wide range of musical s more…
Buffalo State CollegeBuffalo NY 14222-1095The Buffalo State College Music Department has the fastest growing undergraduate Music Education program in the SUNY system. As the only SUNY music department located in an urban setting, musical and more…