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Regulations for Academical Dress

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Music College Regulations

Full details of regulations for Music Colleges and Societies can be found in Academical Dress of Music Colleges and Societies of Musicians in the United Kingdom by Nicholas Groves, FBS and John Kersey, available from the Burgon Society Shop.

It should be noted that the inclusion of an institution in the list below does not necessarily constitute an indication of its approval.

Music Colleges & Societies in the United Kingdom and Ireland

• The Royal Academy of Music (1822)
• The Birmingham Conservatoire (1859, 1886) - now part of the University of Central England
• The London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art (1861)
• The Curwen College of Music (1863, 1972)
• The Royal College of Organists (1864)
• Trinity College of Music (1872)
• The Guildhall School of Music and Drama (1880)
• The Royal College of Music (1883)
• The London College of Music and Media (1887) - now part of Thames Valley University
• The Guild of Church Musicians (1888)
• The Associated Board of the Royal Schools of Music (1889)
• The Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama (1890)
• The Victoria College of Music (1890)
• The National College of Music (1894)



• The Incorporated Association of Organists (1913)
• The Royal School of Church Music (1927)
• The Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama (1949)
• The Faculty of Church Music (1956)
• The Royal Northern College of Music (1972)



• The Norwich School of Church Music (1981)
• The Central Academy of Music (1985)
• Independent Contemporary Music Awards (1985)
• The North and Midlands School of Music (1986, 1994)
• The Cambridge Society of Musicians (1991)
• The Guild of Musicians and Singers (1993)
• The Metropolitan College of Music (1996, 2002)
• The Academy of St.Cecilia (1999)
• The Faculty of Liturgical Musicians (2001) - Item 8. of Constitution
• The London Society for Musicological Research (2002)
• The Irish Guild of Organists and Choristers (2003)




Music Colleges & Societies in the United States

• The American Guild of Organists (1896)




Music Colleges & Societies in Canada

• The Royal Conservatory of Music, Toronto (1886)
• The Royal Canadian College of Organists (1909)
• Conservatory Canada (1995/6)




Music Colleges & Societies in Australia and New Zealand

• The Australian Music Examinations Board (1887, 1918)
• The New South Wales State Conservatorium of Music (1916) - now part of the University of Sydney
• Australia and New Zealand Cultural Arts (1983)
• The Australian Society of Musicology and Composition (2000)