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.
| Major | Specialisations | |
|---|---|---|
| Composition | / | |
| Performance | Keyboard | Piano |
| Strings | Violin, viola, cello, double bass, harp, classical guitar | |
| Woodwind, Brass and Percussion | Flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, saxophone, horn, trumpet, trombone, bass trombone, tuba, euphonium timpani and orchestral percussion | |
| Vocal Studies | Voice | |
| Chinese Music | Gaohu, 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