Shenyang Conservatory of Music is a school. The predecessor of Shenyang Conservatory of Music is Lu Xun Art Institute established in 1938. It is the first higher art college founded by the Communist Party of China. After the victory of the Anti-Japanese War, the college It moved from Yan'an to Northeast China and was renamed Northeast Lu Xun Institute of Literature and Art in 1949. In 1953, Northeast Music College was established on the basis of the Music Department of Northeast Lu Xun Institute of Literature and Art. In 1958, it was renamed Shenyang Conservatory of Music.

It has 2 national-level specialty majors, 10 provincial-level specialty majors, demonstration majors, comprehensive reform pilot majors, and outstanding characteristic majors; and 6 provincial-level teaching teams. It has 14 undergraduate majors in music and dance, drama and film and television, art theory, and design. It has two first-level master's degree authorization points in art theory and music and dance awarded by the Academic Degrees Committee of the State Council. It is among the first batch of Master of Arts (MFA) awards approved by the Academic Degrees Committee of the State Council. In 2017, “Music and Dance” was approved as a first-class construction discipline in Liaoning Province.

There are 1 national-level famous teaching teacher; 6 experts with special government allowances from the State Council; 1 leading talent in Liaoning Province and 1 distinguished professor; 4 provincial-level famous teaching teachers; 2 provincial outstanding experts; national outstanding 1 teacher; 5 provincial outstanding teachers. It has 2 national-level specialty majors, 10 provincial-level specialty majors, demonstration majors, comprehensive reform pilot majors, and outstanding characteristic majors; and 6 provincial-level teaching teams.