conservatory
Also known as conservatoire, conservatorium, conservatory of music, music conservatory
educational institution specialized in the study, training and research of music
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A conservatory is a specialized school that focuses on teaching, training, and researching music at a professional level. It matters because it provides dedicated institutions where musicians can develop advanced skills and contribute to the preservation and advancement of musical knowledge.
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Curtis Institute of Music in Philadelphia, one of the world's most elite conservatoires Graduates of the Saint Petersburg Conservatory in Russia include Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Sergey Prokofiev, Dmitri Shostakovich, and George Balanchine. A music school is an educational institution specialized in the study, training, and research of music. Such an institution can also be known as a school of music, music academy, music faculty, college of music, music department (of a larger institution), conservatory, conservatorium or conservatoire (/kənˈsɜːrvətwɑːr/ kən-SER-və-twar). Instruction consists of training in the performance of musical instruments, singing, musical composition, conducting, musicianship, as well as academic and research fields such as musicology, music history and music theory.
Music instruction can be provided within the compulsory general education system, or within specialized children's music schools such as the Purcell School. Elementary-school children can access music instruction also in after-school institutions such as music academies or music schools. In Venezuela El Sistema of youth orchestras provides free after-school instrumental instruction through music schools called núcleos.