Catalonia College of Music

Catalonia College of Music
Escola Superior de Música de Catalunya
ESMUC in Barcelona
TypePublic
Established2001
Location, ,
41°23′54″N 2°11′09″E / 41.3982°N 2.1859°E / 41.3982; 2.1859
CampusL'Auditori
Websitewww.esmuc.cat
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[IPA: əsˈkɔlə supəɾiˈo ðə ˈmuzikə ðə kətəˈluɲə]

The Catalonia College of Music (Catalan: Escola Superior de Música de Catalunya, ESMUC; IPA: [əsˈkɔlə supəɾiˈo ðə ˈmuzikə ðə kətəˈluɲə]) is a higher education music school in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain.

Operations

The school is located at L'Auditori, a performing arts center inaugurated in 1999 which also houses three concert halls and a museum.[1] The school has an international faculty and student body, and includes departments for classical and contemporary music, early music, jazz and popular music, traditional music, musicology and ethnomusicology, theory and composition, music education, music business, and sonology.[2]

Faculty

Performing ensembles

The school has several performing ensembles, including:

  • Orquestra i Cor d'Antiga de l'ESMUC (ESMUC early music ensemble and choir).

References

  1. ^ Site of Museu de la Música
  2. ^ Joan Melton Singing in musical theatre: the training of singers and actors 2007 p94 "Another regular teaching trip is in Barcelona at ESMUC, the Escola Superior de Musica de Catalunya. It's not like our conservatoires here, more like a university setup where they offer jazz, Catalán folk music, early music."