B.A. Program for Music Performance
time: 2015-07-27





Music Performance

 

Program Code: 130201 Duration4 years

Educational Objectives:

To cultivate three innovative (innovation, creation, entrepreneurship) talents with both national feelings and global vision, excellent three forces (learning ability, thinking ability, action ability) and all-round development of morality, intelligence, sports, beauty and labor. At the same time, to cultivate the Marx doctrine theory accomplishment and adhere to the socialist road, with the sense of competition, innovation spirit, practice ability and music comprehensive professional knowledge of high-quality professional performance talents, and can be adapted to the social and cultural market for a variety of needs, to guide the public to pursuit the high class spiritual and cultural level. After graduation, students should be able to work in art colleges, professional art performing groups, large enterprises engaged in performing, and play a role in performing, teaching and the enterprise culture construction.

 

Graduation Requirements:

1. Master the basic knowledge of literature, history, philosophy and art, and have the right legal awareness, professional ethics and a strong sense of social responsibility.

2. Master the research methods, introductory knowledge, basic knowledge and frontier knowledge of natural science and engineering, and have the ability to discover, analyze and solve problems.

3. Have lifelong learning ability, and master at least one foreign language, and also the performance practice and professional technical knowledge.

4. Have theoretical research ability and ability to communicate with different types of people, have good physical and psychological qualities, and have a tolerant attitude towards diverse cultures and a broad international perspective.

5. Be familiar with management knowledge and social practice, with clear thinking and accurate expression of language ability, to seek truth, heritage of civilization, the rejuvenation of the Chinese nation, vowed to benefit the human responsibility.

6. Have core knowledge of the system, professional music in the field of professional skills, unique style to the correct interpretation of music works of different periods, lifelong learning ability and hard pragmatic, down-to-earth, diligent quality.

7. To apply the professional knowledge and skills in addition to reasonable use of various forms alongside solo performance, and have the ability to work with different types of people and the pursuit of excellence, diligence and enterprising quality.

8. Master the basic ability of literature study, as well as the initial aesthetic ability of literature and art works.

9. Master the basic knowledge in the field of expertise, including conducting diagram and basic posture, basic skills of command and basic methods of ensemble chorus training, and have the ability to organize and manage.

10. Based on the knowledge of the field of music, to use reasonable research methods, music works, music theory in-depth analysis. Diligent in thinking, good at research, with theoretical research ability, analysis and writing ability.

11. Master the basic knowledge in the specialized field, including the pronunciation of the language, the meaning of the sentence, to be used freely in the singing practice.

12. Be able to summarize the basic knowledge, core skills, and clarity of the field of expertise, with the ability to guide others in the correct understanding of musical works, as well as certain logical thinking skills and language skills.

 

Description of Music Performance Majors:

Music Performance program was set up since 2002 and started to recruit students in the same year. It is divided into vocal performance, instrumental performance and keyboard performance. Currently the faculty has 28 teachers, including 1 professor, 13 associate professors, 12 lecturers and 2 teaching assistants. Three of them hold Doctoral degree and twelve of them have Master’s degree. The program currently employed 4 visiting professors from Hong Kong, Macau, and overseas (LangLang, Zhuo Renxiang, Xie Min, Xian Xinyi) and 5 part-time professors from local mainland China. The program helps to strengthen international academic exchanges and to maintain a good cooperative relationship with the music schools of the Yale University and the University of Northern Texas. The program also signed a project agreement of student exchange with the Wesleyan College. This program hires at least one foreign experts to teach at the school each semester.

Music Performance currently has “the South China University of Technology Comprehensive Liberal Arts Experimental Teaching Center” which is a National Experimental Teaching Demonstration Center issued by the Ministry of Education; Guangdong Provincial Department of Education issued the art education activities for schools “instrumental training base”; and teaching practice entities - South China University of Technology Youth Symphony Orchestra, Symphonic Wind Band, Chamber Orchestra, School of Arts Choir.

 

Major Characteristic:

The core idea of the major education is ability trainingfocus on “knowledge”, “ability”, and “quality”. The students can take advantage of the lots of learning resources from the comprehensive university, to help them in both professional course learning and culture and theory course learning. We improve the overall quality of the students, rely on the characteristic of the major, develop the advantage through the integration of classroom education and practice, and we are training professional talents with high comprehensive quality and strong professional basic skills.

 

Degree Conferred: Bachelor of Arts

 

Core Courses:

Vocal: Vocal Performance, Ensemble, Chorus, Performance Basis, Vocal Literature.Instrumental: Instrumental Performance, Orchestral Training and Performance, Chamber Music, Basic Music Theory.Keyboard: Instrumental Performance, Piano Duet, Piano Impromptu Accompaniment, Piano Literature,  Piano Pedagogy, Chamber Music, Basic Music Theory.

 

Featured Courses: 

Subject Frontiers Courses: Composition of Small-scale Instrumental Music, Orchestral Training and Performance

Cooperative Courses with Enterprises: The Singing and Figure of Cantonese Opera

Innovation Practice: Orchestral Training and Performance, Vocal Pedagogy, Piano Pedagogy

Labor Course: Graduation Practice
. Registration Form of Curriculum Credits

1. Credits Registration Form

Course Category

Requirement

Credits

Academic Hours

Remarks

General Basic Courses

Compulsory

27.0

612

 

General Education

10.0

160

 

Major-Related Basic Training Courses

Compulsory

63.0

1008

 

Elective Courses

Elective

29.0

464

 

Total

129.0

2244

 

Practice Training (Weeks)

 

31.0

31

 

Credits Required for Graduation

129+31=160

 

2. Category Registration Form

Academic Hours

Credits

Total

Include

Include

Total

Include

Include

Include

Compulsory

Elective

Theory                 Course

Lab

Compulsory

Elective

Practice-concentrated Training

Theory Course Credits

Lab

Innovation and Entrepreneurship Education

2244

1620

624

1796

448

160

121

39

31

117

12

7

Remarks:

1. Liberal studies are considered as elective.

2. Teaching practice includes the experiments, practices and others from the “professional teaching plan” table.

3. Innovative entrepreneurial education credits: the courses in the training plan are determined by the teaching guiding committee of each school, including the credits from various courses.

4. Compulsory Hours + Elective Hours = Total Hours; Theoretical Teaching Hours + Experimental Hours = Total Hours; Compulsory Credits + Elective Credits = Total Credits; Concentrated Practical Teaching Credits + Theoretical Teaching Credits + Experimental Teaching Credits = Total Credits.


. Courses Schedule

Course Category

Course No.

Course Title

C/E

Total Curriculum Hours

Credits

Semester

Student Outcomes

Class Hours

Lab Hours

Practice Hours

Other Hours

General Basic Courses

031101661

Ideological Morality and Rule of Law

C

40

 

 

4

2.5

2

8

031101371

Essentials of Chinese Modern History

40

 

 

4

2.5

1

8

031101423

Thought of Mao ZeDong and Theory of Socialism with Chinese Characteristics

72

 

 

24

4.5

4

8

031101522

Basic principles of Marxism

40

 

 

4

2.5

3

8

031101331

Analysis of the Situation & Policy

128

 

 

 

2.0

1-8

8

044103681

College English (1)

48

 

 

 

3.0

1

10

044103691

College English (2)

48

 

 

 

3.0

2

10

045101644

Foundations of Computer

32

 

 

32

1.0

1

5

052100332

Physical Education (1)

36

 

 

36

1.0

1

12

052100012

Physical Education (2)

36

 

 

36

1.0

2

12

052100842

Physical Education (3)

36

 

 

36

1.0

3

12

052100062

Physical Education (4)

36

 

 

36

1.0

4

12

006100112

Military Principle

36

 

 

18

2.0

2

9

 

Humanities, Social Science

E

96

 

 

 

6.0

 

8

 

Science and Technology

64

 

 

 

4.0

 

8

Total

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Remark: Other credits can be practical credits.


. Courses Schedule (Continued)

Course Category

Course No.

Course Title

C/E

Total Curriculum Hours

Credits

Semester

Student Outcomes

Class Hours

Lab Hours

Practice Hours

Other Hours

Major-Related Basic Training Courses

072100112

Solfeggio (I)

C

48

 

 

 

3.0

1

10

072103362

Solfeggio ()

C

48

 

 

 

3.0

2

10

072100711

Solfeggio ()

C

48

 

 

 

3.0

3

10

072103481

Solfeggio ()

C

48

 

 

 

3.0

4

10

072107021

Piano Compulsory Course (I)

C

8

 

 

 

0.5

1

10

072101191

Piano Compulsory Course (II)

C

8

 

 

 

0.5

2

10

072100511

Basic Music Theory

C

32

 

 

 

2.0

1

10

072100121

Harmony (I)

C

32

 

 

 

2.0

2

10

072103191

Harmony (II)

C

32

 

 

 

2.0

3

10

072103101

History of Chinese Music (I)

C

32

 

 

 

2.0

1

2.5

072102591

History of Chinese Music (II)

C

32

 

 

 

2.0

2

2.5

072102191

Music Form and Analysis (I)

C

32

 

 

 

2.0

4

10

072100441

Music Form and Analysis (II)

C

32

 

 

 

2.0

5

10

072100061

History of Western music (I)

C

32

 

 

 

2.0

5

2.5

072100431

History of Western music (II)

C

32

 

 

 

2.0

6

2.5

072107391

Introduction of Chinese Traditional Music (I)

C

32

 

 

 

2.0

3

2.5

072107401

Introduction of Chinese Traditional music (II)

C

32

 

 

 

2.0

4

2.5

072100171

Music Style of Writing

C

32

 

 

 

2.0

7

2.10

Vocal

072107371

Vocal Performance (I)

C

16

 

 

 

1.0

1

6.7

072101991

Vocal Performance (II)

C

16

 

 

 

1.0

2

6.7

072104171

Vocal Performance (III)

C

16

 

 

 

1.0

3

6.7

072105761

Vocal Performance (IV)

C

16

 

 

 

1.0

4

6.7

072107321

Vocal Performance (V)

C

16

 

 

 

1.0

5

6.7

 

 

072104541

Vocal Performance (VI)

C

16

 

 

 

1.0

6

6.7

 

 

072101221

Vocal Performance (VII)

C

16

 

 

 

1.0

7

6.7

072104521

Vocal Performance (VIII)

C

16

 

 

 

1.0

8

6.7

072103092

Chorus (I)

C

32

 

 

 

2.0

3

6.8

072101452

Chorus (II)

C

32

 

 

 

2.0

4

6.8

072103081

Body Dance (I)

C

32

 

 

32

1.0

1

10

072102161

Body Dance (II)

C

32

 

 

32

1.0

2

10

072107841

Opera Rehearsal (I)

C

32

 

 

 

2.0

4

10.11

072104611

Italian Phonics

C

32

 

 

 

2.0

2

10.11

072103151

German and French Phonics

C

32

 

 

 

2.0

3

10.11

072107421

Orthoepy and Lines

C

32

 

 

 

2.0

3

10.12

072104001

Ensemble

C

32

 

 

 

2.0

6

10.12

072107431

Vocal Music Literature

C

32

 

 

 

2.0

5

4.12

Instrumental

072102971

Instrumental Performance (I)

C

16

 

 

 

1.0

1

6.7

072105751

Instrumental Performance (II)

C

16

 

 

 

1.0

2

6.7

072107141

Instrumental Performance (III)

C

16

 

 

 

1.0

3

6.7

072104531

Instrumental Performance (IV)

C

16

 

 

 

1.0

4

6.7

072107241

Instrumental Performance (V)

C

16

 

 

 

1.0

5

6.7

072101981

Instrumental Performance (VI)

C

16

 

 

 

1.0

6

6.7

072105151

Instrumental Performance (VII)

C

16

 

 

 

1.0

7

6.7

072103801

Instrumental Performance (VIII)

C

16

 

 

 

1.0

8

6.7

072103941

Chamber Music (I)

C

32

 

 

 

2.0

1

4.12

072102151

Chamber Music (II)

C

32

 

 

 

2.0

2

4.12

072102402

Chamber Music (III)

C

32

 

 

 

2.0

3

4.12

072101161

Chamber Music (IV)

C

32

 

 

 

2.0

4

4.12

072101761

Chamber Music (V)

C

32

 

 

 

2.0

5

4.12

072103632

Orchestral Training and Performance (I)

C

32

 

 

32

1.0

1

4.12

072102971

Orchestral Training and Performance (II)

C

32

 

 

32

1.0

2

4.12

072104351

Orchestral Training and Performance (III)

C

32

 

 

32

1.0

3

4.12

072105071

Orchestral Training and Performance (IV)

C

32

 

 

32

1.0

4

4.12

072105701

Orchestral Training and Performance (V)

C

32

 

 

32

1.0

5

4.12

072101961

Orchestral Training and Performance (VI)

C

32

 

 

32

1.0

6

4.12

072107701

Introduction to Western Orchestral Instruments

C

32

 

 

 

2.0

5

4.12

Keyboard

072102971

Instrumental Performance (I)

C

16

 

 

 

1.0

1

6.7

072105751

Instrumental Performance (II)

C

16

 

 

 

1.0

2

6.7

072107141

Instrumental Performance (III)

C

16

 

 

 

1.0

3

6.7

072104531

Instrumental Performance (IV)

C

16

 

 

 

1.0

4

6.7

072107241

Instrumental Performance (V)

C

16

 

 

 

1.0

5

6.7

072101981

Instrumental Performance (VI)

C

16

 

 

 

1.0

6

6.7

072105151

Instrumental Performance (VII)

C

16

 

 

 

1.0

7

6.7

072103801

Instrumental Performance (VIII)

C

16

 

 

 

1.0

8

6.7

072103941

Chamber Music (I)

C

32

 

 

 

2.0

1

4.12

072102151

Chamber Music (II)

C

32

 

 

 

2.0

2

4.12

072105161

Piano Duo Performance (I)

C

32

 

 

 

2.0

2

4.12

072106291

Piano Duo Performance (II)

C

32

 

 

 

2.0

3

4.12

 

 

072105781

Piano Duo Performance (III)

C

32

 

 

 

2.0

4

4.12

072101931

Piano Impromptu Accompaniment (I)

C

32

 

 

 

2.0

5

10.12

072102871

Piano Impromptu Accompaniment (II)

C

32

 

 

 

2.0

6

10.12

072107831

Piano Literature (I)

C

32

 

 

 

2.0

5

10.12

072107851

Piano Literature (II)

C

32

 

 

 

2.0

6

10.12

Total

C

 

448 (Vocal), 512 (Instrumental), 416 (Piano)

 

 

 

26

 

 

Elective Courses

072103031

Introduction to Arts

E

32

 

 

 

2.0

4

1.8

072107881

Computer Music

E

32

 

 

 

2.0

5

4.12

072106101

The History of String Development in Europe

E

32

 

 

 

2.0

6

4.10

072105931

Aesthetics of Music

E

32

 

 

 

2.0

5

1.8

072107871

Performance Techniques of Chinese Traditional Musical Instruments 

E

32

 

 

 

2.0

5

10

072102891

The Recording Art Practice

E

32

 

 

 

2.0

5

10.12

072107702

Writing of Small-Scale Instrumental Music

E

32

 

 

 

2.0

6

10

072107712

Masterpieces of Western Music History and Appreciation

E

32

 

 

 

2.0

5

4.12

072107671

The Singing and Figure of Cantonese Opera

E

32

 

 

 

2.0

5

4.12

020100051

Innovation Research Training

E

32

 

 

 

2.0

7

 

020100041

Innovation Research Practice I

E

32

 

 

 

2.0

7

 

020100031

Innovation Research Practice II

E

32

 

 

 

2.0

7

 

020100061

Entrepreneurial Practice

E

32

 

 

 

 

7

 

Vocal

072104501

Opera Rehearsal (II)

E

64

 

 

64

2.0

4

6.7

072103851

Vocal Pedagogy

E

32

 

 

 

2.0

7

6.7..12

072102491

Fundamentals of Conducting

E

32

 

 

 

2.0

7

6.8

072102951

Chorus Rehearsal (I)

E

64

 

 

64

2.0

5

6.8

072106321

Chorus Rehearsal (II)

E

64

 

 

64

2.0

6

6.8

072105211

Chorus Rehearsal (III)

E

64

 

 

64

2.0

7

6.8

Instrumental

072102471

Chamber Music (VI)

E

32

 

 

 

2.0

6

4.12

072101721

Chamber Music (VII)

E

32

 

 

 

2.0

7

4.12

072105731

Chamber Music (VIII)

E

32

 

 

 

2.0

8

4.12

072102881

Orchestral Training and Performance (VII)

E

32

 

 

 

2.0

7

4.12

072103871

Orchestral Training and Performance (VIII)

E

32

 

 

 

2.0

8

4.12

Keyboard

072102402

Chamber Music (III)

E

32

 

 

 

2.0

3

4.12

072101161

Chamber Music (IV)

E

64

 

 

64

2.0

4

4.12

072101761

Chamber Music (V)

E

64

 

 

64

2.0

5

4.12

072106011

Piano Method

E

32

 

 

 

2.0

2

10.12

Total

E

minimum elective course credits requirement: 29

Remark:

1. Major-related electives should be accordant with the student’s major, and minimum credit requirement varies accordingly.

2. Other credits can be practical credits.

Students should apply for certain major-related elective credit conversion according to their academic study training projects, academic contests, thesis publications, patents obtained and entrepreneurial situations (Innovative Courses including Innovation Research Training, Innovation Research Practice I, Innovation Research Practice II and Entrepreneurial Practice). The accumulative total of each student’s conversion cannot exceed 4 credits. The projects and contests approved by the university for credit conversion cannot apply for “Second Classroom” innovative credits.

 

. Practice-Concentrated Training

Course No

Course Title

C/E

Total Curriculum Hours

Credits

Semester

Student Outcomes

Practice

weeks

Lecture Hours

006100151

Military Training

C

2

 

2.0

1

№9

031101551

Marxism Theory and Practice

C

2

 

2.0

3

№8

072103312

Stage Performance Practice()

C

1

 

1.0

2

4

072101051

Stage Performance Practice()

C

1

 

1.0

3

4

072100792

Stage Performance Practice()

C

1

 

1.0

4

4

072102842

Stage Performance Practice()

C

1

 

1.0

5

4

072101792

Stage Performance Practice()

C

1

 

1.0

6

4

072102962

Stage Performance Practice()

C

1

 

1.0

7

4

072101921

Stage Performance Practice()

C

1

 

1.0

8

4

072100543

Graduation Practice

C

10

 

10.0

7

5

072101624

Graduation Project (Thesis)

C

5

 

5.0

8

10

072100811

Recital

C

5

 

5.0

8

7

Total

C

31

 

31.0

 

 

. “Second Classroom” Activities

1) Basic Requirements of Humanities Quality Education

Besides course credits listed in the subject teaching curriculum, a student is required to participate in extracurricular activities of Humanities Quality Education based on the student’s interest, acquiring no less than two credits.

2) Basic Requirements of Innovative Ability Cultivation

Besides course credits listed in one’s subject teaching curriculum, a student is required to participate in any one of the following activities: National Undergraduate Training Programs for Innovation and Entrepreneurship, Guangdong Undergraduate Training Programs for Innovation and Entrepreneurship, Student Research Program (SRP), One-hundred-steps Innovative Program, or any other extracurricular activities of Innovative Ability Cultivation that last a certain period of time (e.g. subject contests, academic lectures), acquiring no less than four credits.