Department of Music - TAIPEI NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF THE ART

Department of Music (offering bachelor's , master's and doctoral degree programs)
B.M. Program The goal of the Department of Music is to cultivate outstanding music performers and composers. Students receive individual instruction through private lessons. Major disciplines include: Composition, Keyboard, Voice, Strings, Woodwinds, Brass and Percussion. After 26 years of implementation and continual development, the Department remains committed to its founding principles, and has also formed a pathway of Music Education which is unique to TNUA. The work- which ranges from the management of Departmental Affairs, the engagement of Faculty members, to the design of its Curriculum - prioritizes in connecting the music disciplines with the humanities, and maintaining a balance between, traditional/ local art and contemporary creations.? It is a continual goal of the Department to keep abreast of the developments in music across the board, so that the training given & received at the Department, rivals any other top-rate counterpart in the world. Members of the Faculty are all renowned musicians, and the Department is proud to honor the many alumni who have made their niche in society. M.M. and M.A. Programs The Department of Music offers Master's Degree in Music for 4 majors: Composition, Piano, Voice and Conducting. The Composition program stresses creativity, and is rooted deeply in a strong academic foundation.? Students are challenged to open their minds, develop their skills and methodology, and analyze musical works. The programs for Piano, Voice & Conducting aim to further develop students both in their technique and academic research, as well as analysis. The M.A. program for Professional Training offers two majors- Music Pedagogy and Musicology. Students who complete courses in either of the disciplines receive M.A. degrees. D.M.A. & Ph.D. Programs Inaugurated in 2001, the D.M.A. & Ph.D. programs aim to further develop and stimulate students’ critical thinking, and analytical mind through an integrated training in Western and Eastern music?. Degree programs include musicology, composition, and performance (Piano, Violin and Percussion).
Graduate Institute of Orchestral Instruments
M.M. program The Graduate Institute of Orchestral Instruments admits students majoring in Winds, Strings and Percussion. Students continue to develop skills both, in performance and analysis to bring them to higher levels of proficiency in performance.? A wide range of Graduate seminars are offered to further engage their minds & broaden their academic understanding.
Graduate Institute of Musicology
M.A .program The academic framework of the Graduate Institute of Musicology is structured to develop individual thinking & application of research methodology. Areas covered include research in Historical Musicology, Ethnomusicology and Systematic Musicology.
Full-Time Faculty
Composition： Hwang-Long Pan, Nan-Chang Chien, Shyh-Ji Pan, Deh-Ho Lai, Tsung-Hsien Yang, Chung-Kun Hung Musicology ： Mei-chu Wang, Lu-Fen Yen, Rung-Shun Wu, Chyou-Chu Wen Piano：Sung-Jen Hsu, Tai-Cheng Chen, Rolf-Peter Wille, Mei-Luan Chen, Wen-Ching Lin, Mei-Ling Wang, Constance Kuo-Yuan Lee, Chia-Hui Tsai Voice：Chia-Yi Lee, Mewas Lin, Chi-Hua Cheng, Chi-Lung Teng Conducting： Sung-Jen Hsu Wind： Hwei-Jin Liu, Szu-Yuan Chuang String： Shien-Ta Su, Nancy Tsung, Min-Yen Chien, Cheng-Tu Su, Dah-O Rau, Sergei Mnojine Percussion： Tzong-Ching Ju, Sarah Elizabeth Barnes, Shih-San Wu, Pei-Ching Wu
Curriculum
Bachelor's Degree Program With the finest requirement and diverse selective courses, students are professionally trained while carefully designed eveloping their own interest. The Teaching-Certificate program opened in 2000, and students who comprehend this program will be able to fulfill the requirement for the teacher's license exam.
Requirements for all majors Forum \| Basic Musicianship \| Harmony I&Ⅱ \| CounterpointⅠ&Ⅱ \| Introduction to Traditional Music \| Musical Form \| Introduction to Western Musical Instruments \| History of Western MusicⅠ&Ⅱ \| History of Taiwanese Music \| History of Chinese Music \| Traditional Music
Requirements for different majors Composition: Major \| Graduation Recital / Graduation Project \| Piano \| Score Reading \| Musical Analysis \| Modern Music \| Orchestration \| Chorus or Orchestra Keyboard: Major \| Graduation Recital / Graduation Project \| Harpsichord、Composition、Voice or Percussion \| Chorus or Orchestra \| Chamber Music \| Vocal Accompanying / Instrumental Accompanying Voice Major \| Graduation Recital / Graduation Project \| Piano \| Diction Ⅰ Ⅱ Ⅲ Ⅳ \| Italian (Ⅰ) (Ⅱ) \| Chorus \| Acting Strings Major \| Graduation Recital / Graduation Project \| Piano \| Orchestra \| Chamber Music Winds Major \| Graduation Recital / Graduation Project \| Piano \| Orchestra \| Chamber Music Percussion Major \| Graduation Recital / Graduation Project \| Piano \| Major - Percussion \| Orchestra \| Percussion Ensemble \| Ethnic Percussion Music \| Chamber Music
Selective Courses Training of Chinese Opera \| Peikuan \| Chinese Lyric & Diction \| Nankuan \| Percussion Improvisation \| Library Information of Music \| Modern Music \| Jazz \| Acoustics \| Music Aesthetics \| Contemporary Ensemble \| Others
Master's Degree Program Department of Music Professional Trainning Program Graduate Institute of Orchestral Instruments Graduate Institute of Musicology
Requirements for different major Composition Forum \| Major \| Composition Theory Ⅰ \| Composition Theory Ⅱ \| Schenkerian Analysis \| Form & Style of Music \| Music Bibliography \| Independent Study \| Thesis / Composition Piano Forum \| Major \| Music Bibliography \| Piano Literature \| Piano Master Class \| Graduate Recital Voice Forum \| Major \| Music Bibliography \| Graduate Recital \| Accompanying & Coaching \| Literature of German Lieder \| Interpretation of Chinese Art Songs \| Interpretation and Rehearsing on Operatic Repertoire \| Opera Seminar \| Opera Studio Conducting Forum \| Major \| Music Bibliography \| Graduate Recital \| Piano \| Orchestra \| Score Reading Winds Forum \| Major \| Music Bibliography \| Graduate Recital \| Chamber Music Strings Forum \| Major \| Music Bibliography \| Orchestra \| Chamber Music \| String Ensemble \| Orchestral Excerpts for Strings \| Graduate Seminar \| Graduate Recital Percussion Forum \| Major \| Music Bibliography \| Graduate Recital \| Chamber Music \| Percussion Seminar Musicology Forum \| Major \| Musicology-Research and Methodology \| Form & Style of Music \| Independent Study \| Musicological Treatise Study \| Thesis Music Pedagogy Major \| Performance \| Independent Study \| Music Bibliography \| Study on Music Instruction System \| Psychology \| Creativity \| Emotion Management \| Thesis
Doctoral Program
Requirements for different major Composition Major \| Seminar on Twentieth Century Composers \| Music Theory and Practice \| Recital \| Thesis Musicology Major \| Music Theory and Practice \| Seminar \| Dissertation Piano Major \| Piano Seminar \| Music Theory and Practice \| Performance Accomplishment \| Thesis String Major \| Music Theory and Practice \| Chamber Music \| Performance Accomplishment \| Thesis Percussion Major \| Seminar on Traditional Precession \| Music Theory and Practice \| Chamber Music \| Performance Accomplishment \| Thesis Selective courses offered in the following areas Historical Musicology \| Systematic Musicology \| Ethnomusicology \| Music History \| Music Theories \| Composition \| Specific Research Topics \| Others
國立台北藝術大學音樂學院音樂學系Department of Music, School of Music, Taipei National University of The Arts