City of Basel Music Academy

The origins of the City of Basel Music Academy go back to 8 December 1867, when philanthropist Johann Jakob Schäublin-Vögtlin founded a music school (Allgemeine Musikschule) in Basel with support from the Gesellschaft für das Gute und Gemeinnützige (GGG).

The composer Hans Huber was director from 1896 to 1918, and in 1905 he oversaw the addition of a college of music (Hochschule für Musik Basel), the first conservatory in German-speaking Switzerland.

In 1954 the school incorporated the Schola Cantorum Basiliensis, one of the world's leading early music institutions.

In 2001 the Academy added a fourth institution, the Basic Course in Music (Musikalischer Grundkurs).

In 2008 the Academy became an affiliate of the regional University of Applied Sciences Northwest Switzerland (Fachhochschule Nordwestschweiz).