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This article presents a list of contact information for various music schools around the world. Schools on the list include the Ilsa Intenationale Lutherie School Belgie in Belgium, the Corbett O'Neill Violin Making School in Limerick, Ireland, the Daikanyama Music Academy in Shibuya-Ku, Japan, the Leeds College of Music in Leeds, Great Britain, and the Chimneys Violin Maker's Apprenticeship Programme in Boiling Springs, Pennsylvania.

Presents information on various music degrees offered by several universities and colleges. Australian Institute of Music in Sydney, New South Wales; Konservatorium Wien in Vienna, Austria; Brandon University in Brandon, Manitoba.

The article reports on music education in England. Topics discussed include effective relationship between schools and music education hubs; local authority music services, schools, arts organizations and community organizations; and concerns about progression routes through primary and secondary school.

The article reports on the growing trend of musical colleges and universities offering degrees in folk and non-classical music. The growth in folk music in the United States and Great Britain is highlighted, influencing the foundation of the programs. Details surrounding the ideological and practical differences between classical and folk-tradition based music are described, along with overviews of several specific programs offered by colleges in Great Britain. INSETS: Ross Couper;Lori Watson;Patircia Clark.

Highlights the creation of the Yong Siew Toh Conservatory of Music by founding director Steven Baxter in Singapore. Number of students consisting the conservatory; Donation of musical instruments by private Singaporean entrepreneur and philanthropist Rin Kei Mei; Music programs being offered by the conservatory.

Features the Sydney Conservatorium, Australia's leading music schools, as of July 2004. Members of the faculty; Drawback to a musical education at the conservatorium; Analysis of the future of Australia's musical life.

In this article, the author discusses the competition and battle going on between the top artists' agents. The author says that if anyone has graduated in the field of viola from a recognized academy or institute, he or she should not expect that they will get good opportunities in their field. He says that graduates shoud not expect from the agents to come and search their talents. He also believes that the agents usually avoids to attend their telephone calls. INSET: YOUR COMMENTS.

The article discusses various reports published within the issue, including one on music schools in Norway, one on Norwegian string playing and Dextra Musica foundation and one on Ole Bull.

Reports on the opening of a new music school at Bard College in Annandale-on-Hudson, New York as of September 2004. Information on the school curricula.

Presents updates on web sites on music as of February 2004. Merger of Andante and Naïve record labels; Features of the musiciansconnected.com site; Inclusion of the letters from Joachim in the archive of the Royal Northern College of Music.

Presents updates on music as of February 2004. Initiative launched by Youth Music to encourage children to take up the double bass; Possible redundancy faced by the Royal College of Music; Goal of the Violin Makers Scotland association.