Music education has always been considered the domain of gifted people, so choosing a university must be approached with great attention. Especially for future musicians, a selection of 10 universities in the world where it is worth getting a higher education in the field of music.
1. Juilliard School (USA)
The private music university, founded in 1905 by conductor Frank Damrosch, is one of the best music universities in the world. Currently, the Juilliard School enrolls 684 students (54% men and 46% women), and tuition costs reach $35,000 per year.
2. Curtis Institute of Music (USA)
The Institute was founded in 1924 by Maria Louise Curtis in memory of her father. The main advantage of this educational institution is that a scholarship is guaranteed to all admitted students, which motivates all poor but gifted musicians. During their studies, students take an active part in the concert activities of the institute (the university has concert and opera stages), which allows students to enter into contacts with major concert agencies already during their studies.
3. Vienna University of Music and Performing Arts (Austria)
One of the most famous European universities offers inexpensive but high-quality education in the field of music. A large number of teachers from Russia and the CIS countries teach at the university.
4. Royal College of Music (UK)
This university was founded in 1883 and is under the patronage of the Prince of Wales. Tuition fees depend on student classification. All exams at this university are recorded on video, so students can appeal using the recordings.
5. Manhattan School of Music (USA)
More than 1,300 students from 40 countries study at the university. The school is located next to Columbia University and other major colleges. Teaching is conducted by the world's leading musicians.
6. National Conservatory of Music and Dance (France)
The oldest conservatory in Europe, which is under the tutelage of the French Ministry of Culture and Communications, trains not only musicians and composers, but also dancers. Conservatory students can apply for a scholarship.
7. San Francisco Conservatory (USA)
The San Francisco Conservatory was founded in 1917 as a piano school and became a conservatory in 1923. The conservatory received its global vocation during the work of the outstanding composer Ernest Bloch there in 1924-1930. For the first time, it was at the San Francisco Conservatory that they began to graduate students specializing in classical guitar and Asian music.
8. Berklee College of Music (USA)
The main feature of the college is its specialization in the latest non-academic musical areas. From the first year, students study jazz, film music and art songs. The college has more than 4,000 students and 500 teachers.
9. Moscow State Conservatory named after P.I. Tchaikovsky (Russia)
Some of the most difficult exams must be passed upon admission to the Moscow State Conservatory named after P.I. Tchaikovsky.
The applicant must demonstrate mastery of the musical subject when entering any faculty. The conservatory trains the best specialists in the field of music and music theory.
10. Cleveland Institute of Music (USA)
A private institute in the USA is very popular among applicants from different parts of the world. About 1,200 applications are submitted to the program annually. Among the institute's teachers there are musicians from Russia and the CIS countries.
This section contains information on theatrical, circus, musical state universities Moscow.
The country's leading university in training specialists in cinema, video, television and other screen arts in higher, secondary and additional education programs. VGIK is the only domestic state film school that has an Educational Film Studio with a full technological cycle for the production of film and video films.
Higher Theater School (Institute) named after. M.S. Shchepkin at the State Academic Maly Theater of Russia is the oldest theater school in Moscow. The history of its creation goes back to the Moscow Imperial Theater School, officially founded by Emperor Alexander I on December 28, 1809. Today VTU named after. M.S. Shchepkina is one of the leading theater universities in Russia - the School of Russian Stage Realism. The Maly Theater and its School are a national treasure of Russia.
State Musical Pedagogical Institute named after M.M. Ippolitov-Ivanova is one of the leading professional music educational institutions in the country, determining the high level of Russian performing culture, along with the Moscow and St. Petersburg Conservatories, the Russian Academy of Music. Gnesins.
The State Specialized Institute of Arts is the only educational institution in the world that gives people with disabilities the opportunity to receive a full-fledged higher education in the field of art - music, theater, painting.
The Moscow Conservatory is the only higher educational institution in its class that trains specialists of the highest level. It is unique for its pedagogical, artistic, educational, and scientific achievements. Here you will receive all academic music specialties.
The institute includes an institute of music (HEI), a children's music school named after Yu.A. Shaporin and music college. Currently, work is underway to create new structures focused on postgraduate professional education and training of scientific and pedagogical personnel in the field of music.
One of the oldest and most famous music universities in the country. Many world-class names have emerged from our academy - Z. Dolukhanova, E. Svetlanov, M. Tariverdiev, V. Fedoseev, T. Dokshitser, L. Zykina, K. Ivanov, E. Kisin, Y. Kazakov, I. Kobzon, N. Nekrasov, A. Rudin, V. Dashkevich, D. Tukhmanov and many others, a number of famous choirs, orchestras, ensembles - such as the Moscow State Chamber Choir under the direction of V. Minin, the Folk Ensemble under the direction of D. Pokrovsky and others .
GITIS is one of the most famous and famous theater universities in Russia. The prestige of GITIS consisted of the names of famous actors, known throughout the country, who graduated from our university. The classical, world-famous school of Russian theater art is presented today within our walls. The education received at our university is a guarantee of high excellence in your profession. higher theater educational institution.
The Boris Shchukin Theater Institute is an institute with a long history and one of the leading theater universities in the country, training actors and directors. Our graduates work in the most prestigious theaters in Russia.
Our graduates - recognized masters of Russian theater and cinema - Lev Durov, Leonid Bronevoy, Oleg Basilashvili and Mikhail Kozakov, Valentin Gaft and the tragic man who died on the set of Evgeniy Urbansky, Oleg Tabakov, Tatyana Doronina, Dmitry Brusnikin, Anastasia Voznesenskaya, will best speak about our university. Vladlen Davydov, Natalya Egorova, Vyacheslav Zholobov, Evgeny Kindinov, Sergey Kolesnikov, and Raisa Maksimova, Irina Miroshnichenko, Andrey Myagkov, Vyacheslav Nevinny, Viktor Sergachev and many, many others.
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The Russian school of music has been highly valued in the world for centuries - and, fortunately, continues to maintain this level to this day, periodically giving the world new geniuses.
TOP 10
Today, there are 46 higher music educational institutions in Russia, of which 8 are located in Moscow, 3 in St. Petersburg, and from one to three in other regions and federal districts of the country.
The most prestigious and famous in the world are, by a wide margin, 3 of them (which include a whole host of separate research centers, recording studios, music libraries and even museums). This
- St. Pererburg State Conservatory named after Rimsky-Korsakov.
- The famous Moscow "Gnesinka" -.
The rest of the universities in this area are more or less inferior to this trio in terms of material resources, teaching staff, and the development of scientific and educational literature (the Federal State Educational Standards for music universities, by the way, were created by the academic council from representatives of these three educational institutions). However, it would be unfair not to highlight some more of them, which, in addition to the first 3, could rightfully enter the TOP 10 of the highest “musical Olympus” of Russia. These can safely be attributed to:
- (Moscow city).
- (Moscow city).
- St. Petersburg State University of Culture and Arts.
Features of training
The peculiarity of studying in Russian musical universities, of course, is the emphasis mainly on obtaining professional knowledge in the chosen subject (be it vocal or instrumental direction, sound engineering skills, the art of conducting, etc.). As for the remaining educational cycles defined by the new Federal State Educational Standards for musical higher professional education, the content of the training plans in them is as follows:
- in the economic, humanitarian and social cycle, students are taught history, philosophy, Russian language and speech culture, as well as foreign languages;
- the pedagogical cycle includes classes on teaching methods of all disciplines related to the art of music, as well as musical psychology and pedagogy;
- a separate cycle for universities in this area is a cycle devoted to the study of the history of development and theoretical foundations of Russian and foreign musical art, as well as the aesthetics of art, compulsory piano lessons and the basics of life safety;
- The cycle of specialized training includes, depending on the chosen specialty, subjects in musicology, music journalism, and the study of ethnicity and folklore. A separate line - ancient Russian singing art, working with scores, studying the features of arrangement, computer sound processing and, finally, management in the music industry.
Quality of training
As mentioned above, despite the not always adequate level of funding and some other problems, even the average quality of education at music universities in Russia remains very high. And, along with the pop-circus and theatrical arts, graduates of these educational institutions can boast of the highest attention and respect for them in any country in the world that is serious about the musical arts.
One of the reasons for this level is the high degree of continuity accepted in musical families. Thanks to which grandchildren often follow in the footsteps of their fathers, just as they once followed in the footsteps of their grandfathers. As a result, in music academies and conservatories the influence of the former Soviet school of vocal, choral, instrumental, and conducting arts is very strong - and the only problem today is the aging of the elite teaching staff.
The most popular specialties (bachelor's degree)
Among the music-related specialties that have the highest demand (and, as a result, the highest competition for a place), the leaders in bachelor's degrees are:
- musical art of variety (specialty according to Federal State Educational Standard 071600);
- vocal arts (073400);
- musical and instrumental art (073100);
- musical applied arts and musicology (073000);
- choreographic art (071200).
Study prospects
The main prospects for those who have completed their studies at music universities are still the opportunity to do what they love and at the same time highly profitable (especially in the field of demand for the specialties listed above). Because the demand for good singers, musicians, music critics, directors and managers of the music business not only remains consistently high, but also when a specialist reaches the appropriate level, it allows you not to worry about the future. Not to mention fame and glory for the most talented.
When switching to distance learning in the field of music education, many questions arise. We are accustomed to the traditional method of teaching music. Creative skills and abilities are transferred to students not through lectures, but through individual training. This is the specificity of music education and the main difference from the forms of training in other specialties. Replacing direct communication with methodological manuals is practically impossible. But in the learning process, a cycle of so-called historical and theoretical disciplines is studied. In music education they are classified as majors. It is through these courses that distance correspondence music education is possible. Correspondence music education is a new specialty, created in the last ten years. Many people are surprised - is it possible to study music in absentia? Yes, as practice shows, this is quite feasible. Anyone wishing to obtain a higher education, but who has a secondary specialized music education, who has graduated from a music school, a technical college of culture, or a music pedagogical college, is accepted for distance learning. Upon completion of training, a state diploma is issued and the qualification “Music Teacher, Music Director” is awarded. Those who have received higher correspondence music education can work in kindergartens, music and educational schools, and children's centers. The educational system for the specialty music education provides for the study of traditional and innovative methods of music education and upbringing. Additional qualifications are being developed and introduced: teacher-organizer of a vocal ensemble, organizer of musical leisure, etc. The goal of correspondence music education is to prepare a music teacher and music director who meets new requirements. The curriculum provides for the study of medical and biological disciplines, general cultural, and musical disciplines. Subject training disciplines: history of music, choral art, harmony, arrangement, vocals, etc. Psychological and pedagogical training of students makes it possible to become a specialist in broad musical erudition, instills a creative approach to organizing and conducting music lessons.
Psychological and pedagogical training includes general, age-related, correctional, musical, and psychological training. Teaches history and modern methods of music education and the ability to work with a child, create conditions for the development of his personality. You can receive a correspondence music education (qualification as a music teacher) using the distance learning system. Distance learning is possible if you have the ability to not only work on a computer, but also be able to apply the latest computer technologies in your work. The ability to adapt educational and methodological work to new computer technologies, in such a conservative education system as music; are taught via correspondence courses. It should be remembered that while technologies for teaching playing a musical instrument, vocals, etc. have not been developed, such training is very problematic and requires individual “live” lessons. But you can acquire skills and develop the ability to teach music by enrolling in correspondence music education.
