(local, regional, national; see also Early Music Teachers and EMA's Education page)

School of Music


College of Fine Arts, Boston University
In collaboration with ensemble-in-residence Boston Baroque, the School of Music offers the graduate degrees of Master of Music and Doctor of Musical Arts in Historical Performance.
Location:  Boston, Massachusetts.

Early Music Program


Department of Music, Case Western Reserve University
Offers programs leading to B.A., M.A., D.M.A., and Ph.D. in Early Music Performance Practices, also degrees in Music History & Literature and Musicology.
Location:  Cleveland, Ohio.

Department of Music


University of Chicago
Once the home institution of the eminent early musicologist Howard Mayer Brown, the Department has a strong tradition in historical musicology.  The Newberry Consort are Artists-in-Residence.  Student performance ensembles include the Early Music Ensemble and Motet Choir.
Location:  Chicago, Illinois.

Department of Music


Claremont Graduate University
Offers M.A. and D.M.A. degrees in Historical Performance Practices, Performance and other specialties.
Location:  Claremont, California.

Department of Music


Cornell University
Offers a D.M.A degree in Performance Practice focusing on historically informed performance.
Location:  Ithaca, New York.

School of Music


DePaul University
Location:  Chicago, Illinois.

Department of Music


Duke University
Offers an A.M. degree in Performance Practice with a concentration on historically informed performance.
Location:  Durham, North Carolina.

Early Music Institute


Jacobs School of Music, Indiana University
Provides a comprehensive program in the study of historical performance on period instruments, supplementing performance with research and theoretical studies, leading to the degrees of B.M, M.M, and D.M in many areas of early music specialization.
Location:  Bloomington, Indiana.

The Five Colleges Early Music Program


A faculty of distinguished performers and scholars at the Five Colleges -- Amherst, Hampshire, Mount Holyoke, and Smith Colleges, and the University of Massachusetts Amherst, together with the program director, make it possible for students to participate in a wide variety of experiences in the study and performance of music of the Middle Ages, the Renaissance, and the Baroque Era.
Location:  Massachusetts.

College of Music


Florida State University
Offers B.M. and M.M. in Harpsichord Performance, and M.M. and Ph.D. in Musicology (Historical Emphasis).
Location:  Tallahassee, Florida.

Organ-Harpsichord Division


School of Music, University of Illinois
Offers B.M., M.M. and D.M.A. degrees in historically informed organ and harpsichord performance.
Location:  Urbana, Illinois.

Early Music Program


Peabody Conservatory of Music, Johns Hopkins University
Provides instruction and performance opportunities in renaissance, medieval, baroque, and early classical music leading to degrees at all levels and in many different areas of specialty.
Location:  Baltimore, Maryland.

Historical Performance Program


The Juilliard School
Offers a comprehensive course of study in period-instrument performance leading to an M.M. degree or Graduate Diploma in music of the High Baroque through early Classical eras.
Location:  New York, New York.

Early Music Department


Longy School of Music
Extensive course offerings in historical performance, with specialist faculty in all areas of vocal, instrumental, and keyboard music of the Middle Ages and Renaissance through the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries.  Offers programs leading to an Artist Diploma, Master of Music, and Graduate Performance Diploma.
Location:  Cambridge, Massachusetts.

Mannes College of Music


Offers Extension Diploma in Historical Performance (Voice, Instrumental).
Location:  New York, New York.

Early Music Area


Schulich School of Music, McGill University
Combines individual lessons and ensemble training with study of historical approaches to performance, taught by an extensive faculty of early music specialists.  Offers B.Mus., M.Mus., and D.Mus in all areas of Early Music Performance.
Location:  Montreal, Quebec, Canada.

School of Music


University of Michigan
Offers M.M. in Early Keyboard Instruments and Fortepiano, and M.M. and D.M.A. in Harpsichord Performance.
Location:  Ann Arbor, Michigan.

Midwest Young Artists


Jeffrey Noonan (theorbo) & William Bauer (Baroque violin) The Midwest Young Artists' Early Music Ensemble provides an opportunity for students to learn early music repertoire, phrasing, and techniques as well as to actually hear the differences as they perform on period instruments.  MYA's Walgreens National Concerto Competition includes an Early Music component, and winners of that competition have the opportunity to perform in concert with Ars Antigua.
Location:  Highwood, Illinois.
Photos of Midwest Young Artists early music events here and here.

Faculté de Musique


Université de Montréal
Offers various programs of study leading to degrees in early music performance and historical musicology.
Location:  Montreal, Quebec, Canada.

Music Institute of Chicago


Jim Brown with Young Organists The only independent community music school in Illinois, and serving students of all ages and levels of interest, the Music Institute of Chicago offers comprehensive private instruction as well as group classes and ensembles for all instruments, piano, and voice.  MIC's Early Music Division offers instruction in Baroque violin, harpsichord, organ, recorder, viola da gamba, lute, natural trumpet, and other early instruments, and hosts intermediate and advanced chamber music groups for adults playing recorder and viola da gamba.
Location:  Evanston, Illinois.
2009-2010 season Music Institute of Chicago early music special event(s) on:  3/20/2010, 3/21/2010.
Photos of Music Institute of Chicago early music events here, here, here, here, here, here, here, and here.

Historical Performance and Harpsichord Program


New England Conservatory of Music
Offers B.M., M.M., D.M.A., and Artist Diplomas in Historical Performance, as well as degrees in Music History and Musicology.
Location:  Boston, Massachusetts.

Center for Early Music


Department of Music, New York University
Offers a Certificate in Early Music, also a graduate degree program in Historical Musicology.
Location:  New York, New York.

Music Department


SUNY Stony Brook
Offers M.M. and D.M.A in Harpsichord Performance, and M.M. in early music under special circumstances.
Location:  Stony Brook, New York.

College of Music


University of North Texas
Has degree programs leading to M.M. and Ph.D. in Musicology with a concentration in Early Music Performance, degrees at all levels in harpsichord performance, M.A. in early music vocal performance, and many other opportunities for study and performance in the field of early music.
Location:  Denton, Texas.

Bienen School of Music


Northwestern University
Offers courses in early music taught by Artists-in-Residence from the Newberry Consort.  Home of the Northwestern Baroque Ensemble.
Location:  Evanston, Illinois.
Photos of Northwestern University School of Music early music events here, here, here, here, here.

Department of Music


University of Notre Dame
Has a musicology faculty with a strong focus on early music.
Location:  South Bend, Indiana.

Historical Performance Program


Oberlin Conservatory of Music, Oberlin College
For students whose major focus is Historical Performance, offers B.Mus., M.M., Artist's Diploma, and a double-degree program leading to both the Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Music.  All students may elect classes in Historical Performance or secondary lessons on a historical instrument as part of their conservatory study.
Location:  Oberlin, Ohio.

School of Music and Dance


University of Oregon
Has programs of study with supporting area in Historical Performance Practice.
Location:  Eugene, Oregon.

Eastman School of Music


University of Rochester
Offers the degrees M.M. and D.M.A. in Early Music Performance, Emphasis in Historical Plucked Instruments, also Harpsichord & Historical Keyboards.
Location:  Rochester, New York.

Music Conservatory


Chicago College of Performing Arts, Roosevelt University
Location:  Chicago, Illinois.

Early Music Performance Program


USC Thornton School of Music, University of Southern California
Offers M.A. and D.M.A., and Graduate Certificate in Early Music Performance, involving course work in music history, individual instruction on a historical instrument or voice, early music ensemble and collegium workshop, culminating with a thesis.
Location:  Los Angeles, California.

Harpsichord Department


San Francisco Conservatory of Music
Offers B.M. and M.M. and Professional Studies Diploma in Harpsichord and Historical Keyboards.
Location:  San Francisco, California.

Medieval Institute


Western Michigan University
Conducts the Early Drama, Art, and Music Project, an ongoing research project.  The School of Music hosts the Western Michigan University Collegium Musicum.
Location:  Kalamazoo, Michigan.

Institute of Sacred Music


Yale University
Offers M.M in Voice: Oratorio, Early Music, Song, and Chamber Ensemble.  Additional degree options available after two years.
Location:  New Haven, Connecticut.