The Beijing Midi School of Music (北京迷笛音乐学校; pinyin: Běijīng Mídí Yīnyuè Xuéxiào) is a music school in Beijing, China, established in 1993. It is the first music school in China whose curriculum focuses on such modern musical genres as rock, jazz, blues, pop, Latin, country, funk, and fusion.
The school's mission is "to promote an artistic and humanistic theory of modern music while offering students classes is advanced musical techniques."
The school sponsors the popular annual Midi Modern Music Festival (also called Midi Music Festival), which was first held in May 2000. In September 2007 the school will sponsor the eighth Beijing Jazz Festival.
The School's Dean is Zhang Fan.
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