REGARDING COLLEGE
Dominique-René de Lerma
Midway through my teens, I looked forward to the monthly mail delivery of Musical America, a journal that introduced me to concert life and even now, more than 80 years later, is still a vital source on the subject.
In keeping with the fall season, it recently published a directory of
music schools – evidently only those who also placed advertisements –
with abstracted data. My perusal immediately sought listings of Black
schools, but these were all missing. Following is an effort to
compensate for that hiatus.
To consider only the HBCU (historically Black colleges and
universities) schools is not sufficient, nor is the term accurate.
Better they should be identified as schools that historically have not
discriminated. During my years at Morgan State University I had
students, not just Black American and from Africa, but Asians and
Caucasians who sought an education with a Black perspective. And it
should be noted that the integration of schools resulted in racial
mixtures, responding not only to the earlier matter of quotas, but
enriching the orientation of the non-Black students with the advantages
of cultural diversity.
Recent political thought has brought up the question of why
government-sponsored education should terminate with the twelfth year. A
modest proposal suggests that two-year community colleges should be
tuition-free to qualified enrollees, but the thought has been advanced
that this would be extended to state-supported four-year universities.
That concept might be regarded as creeping socialism by some, whose
anxiety might be eased with an awareness that the result would include a
boost in tax revenue, but such a move would be viewed with horror by
the private universities (whose tuition is already substantially more
than state-supported schools).
Among those listed below are conservatories that are accredited to
award graduate degrees and have thus allied themselves with an
established university that already had a graduate school. Among the
Black schools offering graduate degrees in music currently are Morgan
State University and Howard University.
In the past one expected a conservatory to provide instruction in
performance nly, while a university’s music school gave emphasis to
academic studies – music theory and history – and avoided instrumental
and vocal studies, but this concept, patterned after European practice,
is no longer valid.
Potential students might wish to base a selection on a curriculum that
includes Black studies. Those non-HBCU institutions below, so Musical America
reports, offering work in jazz are so indicated. To determine which
offer comprehensive examination of the history one needs to consult the
annual directory of the College Music Society. While ethnomusicology is
listed, one cannot be sure that a Black music history class would give
note to minstrelsy, Grace Bumbry, Jelly Roll Morton, and George Walker.
Perhaps the time is passed when a school would not allow independent
research on Adolphus Hailstork or the inclusion of Tom Turpin on
recitals.
Schools with a predominately Black student body appear in italics.
What is yet needed is a directory identifying Black professors and
their areas of expertise, allied with schools where they are or have
been engaged.
ALABAMA
Fairfield
Miles College
Gadsten
Gadsten State Community College
Huntsville
J. F. Drake State Technical College
Oakwood University
Mobile
Bishop State Community College
Montgomery
Trenholm State Technical College
Selma
Concordia College
Selma University.
Talledega
Talladega College
Tuscaloosa
Shelton State Community College.
Stillman College
Tuskegee
Tuskegee University
ARIZONA
Tempe
Arizona State University, School of Music…jazz
ARKANSAS
Little Rock
Arkansas Baptist College
Philander Smith College
Shorter College
Pine Bluff
University of Arkansas-Pine Bluff
CALIFORNIA
La Miranda
Biola University, Conservatory of Music…jazz
Los Angeles
Colburn School
University of Southern California, Thornton School of Music
San Francisco
San Francisco Conservatory of Music
CANADA
Toronto
Royal Conservatory of Music,Glenn Gould School
CONNECTICUT
Hartford
University of Hartford, Hartt School…jazz
New Haven
Yale University, School of Music
DELAWARE
Wilmington
Delaware State University
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
Washington
Howard University
University of the District of Colombia
ENGLAND
London
Royal College of Music
FLORIDA
Boca Raton
Lynn Conservatory of Music
Coral Gables
University of Miami, Frost School of Music…jazz
Daytona Beach
Bethune-Cookman College
Jacksonville
Edward Waters College
Miami Gardens
Florida Memorial University
Tallahassee
Florida A&M University
GEORGIA
Atlanta
Clark Atlanta University
Interdenominational Theological Center
Morehouse College
Morris Brown College
Spellman College
Augusta
Paine College
Fort Valley
Fort Valley State University
Savannah
Savannah State University
GERMANY
Berlin
Hochschule für Musik Hanns Eisler…jazz
INDIANA
Bloomington
Indiana University, Jacobs School of Music…jazz
ILLINOIS
Evanston
Northwestern University, Bienen School of Music…jazz
KENTUCKY
Frankfort
Kentucky State University
LOUISIANA
Baton Rouge
Southern University and A&M College
Grambling
Grambling State University
New Orleans
Dillard University
Southern University-New Orleans
Xavier University of Louisiana
Shreveport
Southern University-Shreveport
MARYLAND
Baltimore
Coppin State University
Johns Hopkins University, Peabody Conservatory
Morgan State University
Bowie
Bowie State University
Princess Anne
University of Maryland Eastern Shore
MASSACHUSETTS
Boston
Bard College, Longy School of Music
Berklee College of Music…jazz
New England Conservatory…jazz
MISSISSIPPI
Coahoma County
Coahoma Community College
Hinds County
Tougaloo College
Holly Springs
Rust College
Itta Bena
Mississippi Valley State University
Jackson
Jackson State University
Utica
Hinds Community College
MISSOURI
Jefferson City
Lincoln University of Missouri
Parksville
Park University
Saint Louis
Harris-Stowe State University
NEW JERSEY
Princeton
Rider University, Westminster Choir School
NEW YORK
New York
Columbia & Barnard Colleges, Juilliard School
Manhattan School of Music
New School, Mannes School of Music
New School, School of Jazz…jazz
Purchase
State University of New York-Purchase, Purchase College Conservatory of Music
Rochester
University of Rochester, Eastman School of Music…jazz
NORTH CAROLINA
Charlotte
Johnson C. Smith University
Concord
Barber-Scotia College
Durham
North Carolina Central University
Elizabeth City
Elizabeth City State University
Fayetteville
Fayetteville State University
Greensboro
Bennett College
North Carolina A&T State University
Raleigh
Saint Augustine’s University
Shaw University
Salisbury
Livingstone College
Winston-Salem
Winston-Salem State University
OHIO
Columbus
Ohio State University, School of Music
Oberlin
Oberlin Conservatory of Music…jazz
Wilberforce
Central State University
Wilberforce University
OKLAHOMA
Langston
Langston University
PENNSYLVANIA
Cheyney
Cheyney University of Pennsylvania
Chester County
Lincoln University
Philadelphia
Curtis Institute of Music
Pittsburgh
Carnegie Mellon University, School of Music
SOUTH CAROLINA
Columbia
Benedict College
Denmark
Denmark Technical College
Voorhees College
Kittell
Kittell College
Orangeburg
Claflin University
South Carolina State University
Rock Hill
Clinton Junior College
Sumter
Morris College
TENNESSEE
Nashville
American Baptist College
Fisk University
Meharry Medical College
Tennessee State University
Knoxville
Knoxville College
Jackson
Lane College
Memphis
Lawson State Community College
LeMoyne-Owen College
TEXAS
Austin
Houston-Tillotson University
University of Texas-Austin, Sarah and Ernest Butler School of Music…jazz
Dallas
Paul Quinn College
Southern Methodist University, Meadows School of Music
Denton
University of North Texas, College of Music…jazz
Hawkins
Jarvis Christian College
Houston
Texas Southern University
University of Houston, Moores School of Music
Marshall
Wiley College
Prairie View
Prairie View A&M University
San Antonio
Saint Phillip’s College
Terrell
Southwestern Christian College
Tyler
Texas College
VIRGIN ISLANDS (U.S.)
Saint Thomas
University of the Virgin Islands
VIRGINIA
Hampton
Hampton University
Lawrenceville
Saint Paul’s College
Lynchburg
Virginia University-Lynchburg
Norfolk
Norfolk State University
Petersburg
Virginia State University
Richmond
Virginia Union University
WEST VIRGINIA
Bluefield
Bluefield State College
Institute
West Virginia State University
WISCONSIN
Madison
University of Wisconsin-Madison, School of Music…jazz
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