Best Music Schools In The World – 2016

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#1 – The Juilliard School, New York, USA

Notable Alumni: Susan Alexander-Max, Steve Reich, Helen Armstrong, Lera Auerbach, Jenny Oaks Baker, Huáscar Barradas, Enrique Batiz, Bob Berg, Greg Anderson, Şahan Arzruni, Nathaniel Ayers, Michael Balzary, Jonathan Batiste, Robert Becker, Hahn-Bin, Harold Blair, Philip Glass, amongst several others.

#2 – Royal College of Music, South Kensington, London, UK

Notable alumni include: Benjamin Britten, Andrew Lloyd Webber, Gustav Holst, Ralph Vaughan Williams, Benjamin Britten, Leopold Stokowski, Sir Colin Davis, Sir Roger Norrington, Dame Joan Sutherland, Sir Thomas Allen, Sarah Walker, Alfie Boe, Liz Watts, Sarah Connolly, Sophie Bevan, James Galway, John Lill, Natalie Clein, amongst several others.

#3 – Yale School of Music, Connecticut, USA

Notable Alumni: Suzana Bartal, Marco Beltrami, Christine Gangelhoff, Joanna Wu, Vadim Serebryany, Brain Vu, Jonathon Brandani, Dmitry Yablonsky, John Mauceri, amongst several others.

#4 – Oberlin Conservatory of Music, Oberlin College in Oberlin, Ohio

Notable Alumni: Carrie Rodriguez, Liz Phair, Benjamin Bagby, MaVynee Betsch, Chris Brokaw, Brain Chase, Claire Chase, James David Christie, Stanley Cowell, Corey Dargel, Dorothy DeLay, Jeremy Denk, R. Nathaniel Dett, Peter Evans, Sullivan Fortner, Denyce Graves, Al Haig, John Kennedy, amongst several others.

#5 – Royal Academy of Music, Marylebone in London, UK

John Barborelli, Sir Harrison Birtwistle, Dennis Brain, Edward Gardner, Katherine Jenkins, Clifford Curzon, Lesley Garrett, Evelyn Glennie, Elton John, Annie Lenox, Moura Lympany, Michael Nyman, Simon Rattle, Arthur Sullivan, Eva Turner, Henry Wood, amongst several others.

#6 – Manhatttan School of Music, New York, USA

Notable Alumni: Kate Aldrich, David Amram, Gail Archer, Carolyn Banham, Ned Barth, Evangeline Benedetti, Justin Bischof, Michael Abene, Angelo Badalamenti, Judith Blazer, Ron Carter, Harry Connick Jr., Justin DiCioccio, Fred Bronstein, Jovianney Emmanuel Cruz, Michael Dabroski, Howard Herring, Herbie Hancock, John Corigliano, amongst several others.

#7 – Visva-Bharati University, Santiniketan, West Bengal, India

Notable Alumni: Satyajit Ray, Ghani Khan, Kanika Bandyopadhyay, Rezwana Chowdhury Banya, Santidev Ghosh, Suchitra Mitra, Guru Kelu Nair, Subinoy Roy, Nilima Sen, Swastika Mukhopadhyay, amongst several others.

#8 – University of Music and Performing Arts, Vienna, Austria

Notable Alumni: Claudio Abbado, Barbara Albert, Oskar Back, Johanna Beisteiner, Achim Benning, Rudolf Buchbinder, Alan Buribayev, Friedrich Cerha, Mimi Coertse, Donald Covert, Helmut Deutsch, George Enescu, James Erb, Iván Eröd, Antonia Fahberg, Carl Flesch, Matthias Fletzberger, Karl Goldmark, Róbert Gulya, Wolfgang Holzmair, Mariss Jansons, Joseph Joachim, Herbert von Karajan, Angelika Kirchschlager, amongst several others.

#9 – New England Conservatory, Massachusetts, USA

Notable Alumni: Sean Callery, Cecil Taylor Excelsa Quartet, Monica Germino, Darryl Harper, Warren Jones, Sooyun Kim, Kate Lemmon, Allegra Levy, Luciana Souza, Matthew Szymanski, Stephen Upshaw, Jonathan Vinocour, Linda Watson, amongst several others.

#10 – Royal Conservatoire of Scotland (Formerly Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama), Scotland, UK

Notable Alumni: Ani Batikian, Iain Blair, Christine Bottomley, Billy Boyd, Betsy Brandt, Alison Brie, Jack Bruce, Isobel Buchanan, Stuart Cassells, John Carlin, Robert Carlyle, Carrie Cracknell, Tom Conti, Nicholas Cowell, Damian Cruden, Alan Cumming, Tony Curran, Henry Ian Cusick, Louise Delamere, Kate Dickie, Laura Donnelly, Patrick Doyle, Valerie Edmond, Emun Elliott, Sheena Easton, Lynn Ferguson, amongst several others.

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Top Music Schools In The World, 2016

Rank #SchoolCountryScore
1The Juilliard School New YorkUS99.7
2Royal College of Music, South Kensington, London, UKUK99.6
3Yale School of MusicUS99.5
4Oberlin Conservatory of Music, Oberlin College in Oberlin, OhioUS98.6
5Royal Academy of Music, Marylebone in London, UKUK98.2
6Manhatttan School of Music, New YorkUS98.1
7Visva-Bharati University, SantiniketanIndia97.8
8University of Music and Performing Arts, ViennaAustria97.6
9New England ConservatoryUS97.4
10Royal Conservatoire of ScotlandUK97.3
11Curtis Institute of MusicUS97.2
12Delhi School of MusicIndia97.1
13Eastman School of MusicUS96.8
14USC Thornton School of MusicUS96.7
15Berklee College of MusicUS96.6
16Steinhardt School of Music – New York UniversityUS96.4
17Calcutta School of Music, West BengaIndia96.3
18Frost School of Music – University of MiamiUS96.1
19Jacobs School of Music, Indiana UniversityUS95.9
20Herb Alpert School of Music, California Institute of the ArtsUS95.8
21Peabody Institute – John Hopkins UniversityUS95.7
22The Los Angeles Recording School, Los AngelesUS95.6
23IPR (Institute of Production and Recording), College of Creative Arts, MinneapolisUS95.3
24Full Sail University, Winter Park, FloridaUS95.2
25Drexel University of PhiladelphiaUS95.1
26Musicians Institute, Los Angeles, CaliforniaUS94.8
27McNally Smith Saint Paul, MinnesotUS94.7
28Clive Davis Institute of Recorded MusicUS94.6
29San Francisco Conservatory of MusiUS94.4
30Columbia CollegeUS94.1
31University of North TexasUS93.9
32California State University, NorthridgeUS93.8
33Middle Tennessee State UniversityUS93.7
34Syracuse UniversityUS93.6
35University of North Carolina School for the ArtsUS93.5
36Belmont UniversityUS93.4
37Sibelius AcademyFinland93.1
38Kiev Conservatory (Petro Tchaikovsky National Music Academy of Ukraine)Ukraine92.8
39Hanns Eisler School of Music BerlinGermany92.8
40Royal Holloway University of LondonUK92.6
41Conservatoire national supérieur de musique et de danse de Paris (CNSMDP)France92.5
42Hochschule für Musik und Theater MünchenGermany92.4
43Royal College of Music in Stockholm (KMH)Sweden92.3
44Hochschule für Musik und Theater Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy LeipzigGermany92.1
45Zurich University of the Arts (ZHdK)Switzerland91.8
46University Mozarteum SalzburgAustria91.7
47Conservatoire national supérieur d’art dramatique de Paris (CNSAD)France91.6
48Korea National University of ArtsSouth Korea91.4
49Indonesia Institute of the Arts SurakartaIndonesia91.1
50Conservatoire royal de BruxellesBelgium89.9
51The Liszt Academy of MusicHungary89.7
52Moscow P. I. Tchaikovsky ConservatoryRussia89.6
53Escola Superior de Música de CatalunyaSpain89.4
54Conservatoire national supérieur de musique et de danse de LyonFrance89.2
55Rimsky-Korsakov St. Petersburg State ConservatoryRussia89.1
56Conservatorio Santa CeciliaItaly88.9
57Griffith UniversityAustralia88.6
58Academy of Performing Arts in PragueCzech Republic88.2

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