The Royal Academy of Music (RAM) in London, England, is one of the oldest music schools in the UK, founded in 1822 by John Fane and Nicolas-Charles Bochsa. It received its royal charter in 1830 from King George IV with the support of the first Duke of Wellington.
Students take a lesson in fencing in 1944
The facade of the Royal Academy of Music
A violin lesson in 1944
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, conservatory, conservatorium or conservatoire. 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.
Curtis Institute of Music in Philadelphia, one of the world's most elite conservatories
Graduates of the Saint Petersburg Conservatory in Russia include Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Sergey Prokofiev, Dmitri Shostakovich, and George Balanchine.
Based around Notre-Dame de Paris, the Notre-Dame school was an important centre of polyphonic music.
Musikgymnasium Schloss Belvedere, a specialist music school in Weimar, Germany
