Music at Conservatories and Academies
Conservatories and academies. A conservatory-type-school can be described as a not-for-profit institution for teaching music where individual instruction is the dominant method of teaching. They may be called conservatories, academies, community music schools, or other titles, and may be affiliated with or be part of a larger institution. Conservatories in Canada traditionally employ private teachers who teach on or off the premises and enjoy considerable independence. Student of any age may enrol. Some conservatories provide their own syllabus and examinations (although the teacher is not bound to use them); others will prepare students for external examinations administered by some other institution. A program usually culminates in a diploma for which the student must pass examinations in performance, theory, and history. Programs may also include student participation in ensembles, classes in history or theory, workshops, special courses using or teaching methods such as Kodály, Orff, or Suzuki, and summer courses.
In Quebec conservatoires are publicly funded, but in all other provinces financial assistance goes only to those affiliated with a university. The Association of Colleges and Conservatories of Music / Association des conservatoires et des collèges de la musique (ACCM) was formed in 1980. It held conferences in Toronto (1980), Banff (1981), and Montreal (1982) under president Ezra Schabas. It then disbanded for five years, but regrouped in 1987 under president Norman Burgess, and held a conference in Calgary that year and another in Toronto in 1989.
See also The Trowsdale Report
Conservatory-type music schools in Canada in 1988 included the following, listed alphabetically by province and city:
Alberta
Mount Royal College Conservatory of Music and Speech Arts, Calgary
Canadian Union College, Music Department, College Heights
Alberta College Conservatory, Edmonton
Keyano College Dept of Music, Fort McMurray
Grande Prairie Regional College Music Conservatory
Lethbridge Conservatory of Music, University of Lethbridge
Lakeland College Dept of Music, Lloydminster
Medicine Hat College Conservatory of Music
Red Deer College of Music
Prairie Bible Institute, Music Department, Three Hills
British Columbia
Duncan Conservatory of Music, Brentwood Bay
Chilliwack Academy of Music
Central Valley Academy of Music, Clearbrook
Kamloops Community Music School
Kelowna Community Music School
Delta Institute of the Arts, Ladner
Langley Community Music School
Central Vancouver Island Community Music School, Nanaimo
Douglas College Conservatory of Music, New Westminster
Capilano College Children's Music School, North Vancouver
Prince George Music School
Richmond Community Music School
Vernon Community Music School
Manitoba
Conservatory Department of the School of Music, Brandon University
Mennonite Collegiate Institute, Music Department, Gretna
Steinbach Bible College, Music Department
Manitoba Conservatory of Music and Arts, Winnipeg
Division of Preparatory Studies, University of Manitoba, School of Music, Winnipeg
New Brunswick
École Notre-Dame-d'Acadie, Moncton
Nova Scotia
Maritime Conservatory of Music, Halifax
Newfoundland
St John's Talent Education Program
Ontario
Marie-Rose Music School, Amhertsburg
Quinte Suzuki School for Strings, Belleville
Riverdale School of Music, Cornwall
Mohawk Community College School of Music, Hamilton
Western Ontario Conservatory of Music, Uof Western Ontario, London
Seneca Suzuki School of Music, North York
National Capital Music Academy, Ottawa
The Symphony School, Ottawa
Peterborough Suzuki School of Music
Algoma Conservatory of Music, Sault Ste. Marie
Cambrian College Academy of Music, Sudbury
Huntington Conservatory of Music, Laurentian University, Sudbury
Dixon Hall Music School, Toronto
Humber College Performing Arts for Children, Rexdale (Toronto)
Music School of the St Christopher House, Ryerson Polytechnical Institute, Toronto
National Youth Orchestra of Canada, Toronto
Royal Conservatory of Music of Toronto
University Settlement Music School, Toronto
Ursuline School of Music, Windsor
Quebec
See Conservatoire de musique du Québec
Conservatoire de musique de Chicoutimi
Conservatoire de musique de Hull
Conservatoire de musique de Montréal
Conservatory of Music, McGill University, Montreal
École préparatoire de musique, Montreal
École Vincent-d'Indy, Montreal
Conservatoire de musique de Québec
Conservatoire de musique de Rimouski
Conservatoire de musique de Trois-Rivières
Conservatoire de musique de Val d'Or
Saskatchewan
Briercrest Bible College, Music Department, Caronport
Rivier Academy, Prince Albert
Our Lady of the Missions Music Studios, Regina
Conservatory of Music, University of Regina
Rosthern Junior College, Music Department
Saskatchewan School of the Performing Arts, Saskatoon