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This one-year full time Diploma in Music Foundations is designed for students to continue their training in the Bachelor of Music (Honours) programme. Students can develop solid artistic and technical foundation in their chosen areas of specialisation in performance or composition.

 

 

MajorSpecialisations
Composition /
PerformanceKeyboardPiano
Strings Violin,  viola, cello, double bass, harp, classical guitar
Woodwind, Brass and PercussionFlute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, saxophone, horn, trumpet, trombone, bass trombone, tuba, euphonium timpani and orchestral percussion
Vocal StudiesVoice
Chinese MusicGaohu, banhu, erhu, gehu (cello), bass gehu (double bass), yangqin, liuqin, pipa, ruan, sanxian, zheng, guqin, dizi, suona, guan, sheng, Chinese percussion

Curriculum 

 

Composition Major
Major Studies

Major Study (Composition)

Foundation Composers’ Seminar

Choral Singing

Applied Compositional Techniques

Contextual Studies

Fundamental Aural Perception

Fundamental Music Techniques

Approaching Performing Arts

Languages

English Enrichment Advanced

Chinese Language

 

 

Performance Major
Major Studies

Major Study (Performance)

Foundation Concert Practice

Ensemble and Collaborative Performance

Contextual Studies

Fundamental Aural Perception

Fundamental Music Techniques

Approaching Performing Arts

Languages

English Enrichment Advanced

Chinese Language

 

Admission & Audition