Self-funded Undergraduate Programmes

As singing and aural skills are fundamental for all musicians, this course aims to reinforce the basic foundation in students’ musicianship, including their ability to sight-sing, dictate melodic examples from tonal literature and perform two-part rhythmic exercises. Keyboard exercises will also be added to improve students’ perception of functional harmonies. Learning activities will include weekly prepared-performance on short excerpts from textbooks or literature, dictation assignments, sight-singing and rhythm, improvisation on harmonic progressions and keyboard drills.

As singing and aural skills are fundamental for all musicians, this course aims to reinforce as well as extend on the basic foundation in students’ musicianship, including their ability to sight-sing, dictate melodic examples from tonal and atonal literature, and perform three-part rhythmic exercises. Keyboard exercises will also be added to improve students’ perception of chromatic harmonies. Learning activities will include weekly prepared-performance on short excerpts from textbooks or literature, dictation assignments, sight-singing and rhythm, improvisation on jazz harmonic progressions and keyboard drills.

This course is to develop students’ ability to work as member of a team through rehearsals, coaching sessions and performances. Students will gain practical experience in collaborative music making.

This course is to develop students’ ability to work as member of a team through rehearsals, coaching sessions and performances. Students will gain practical experience in collaborative music making.

The Music Practicum is the focal point of the students’ music studies. In addition to enhancing students’ skills and musicianship, broadening their repertoire knowledge, and honing their interpretational abilities, this course aims to cultivate within each student the capacities for stylistic understanding, critical reflection and development of one’s own distinct voice as a performing musician.

The Music Practicum is the focal point of the students’ music studies. In addition to enhancing students’ skills and musicianship, broadening their repertoire knowledge, and honing their interpretational abilities, this course aims to cultivate within each student the capacities for stylistic understanding, critical reflection and development of one’s own distinct voice as a performing musician.

This course will focus on the understanding of the social background and music making in the Common-Practice Period (Baroque to late 19th century). A wide spectrum of representative repertoire selected from each stylistic period and in different scoring will be studied. Other relevant contemporary issues such as patronage, political tensions and cultural environment will also be discussed.

This class provides music students with skills to be proficient communicators. Focusing on both writing and speaking processes, students will be introduced to fundamental concepts and stages of organization for various types of academic and professional projects. They will also practise different modes of oral and written delivery for topics relating to performance, theory, history, and repertoire, thereby allowing them to gain conceptual clarity, experience, and greater confidence in communicating about music.

This course will focus on the understanding of the musical styles and innovations from the turn of 20th century to the present day. A wide spectrum of representative repertoire selected from various stylistic approaches, countries and in different scorings will be studied. Other relevant contemporary issues, such as education systems, political tensions, wars and developments in other art forms will also be discussed.

This class offers an introduction to research methods in music, with a focus on experimental, descriptive, historical, and enthnographic methods. It will be especially applicable to locating and interpreting sources of various genres for performance. Students will have the opportunity to develop competencies in locating, reading, understanding, and applying music research.

The Performance Seminar aims to provide a platform for students to share their musical experiences and knowledge through performances, workshops, and/or masterclasses. The seminars are held on a bi-weekly basis and would allow each of the students a chance to play for each other, and at the same time receiving feedbacks and suggestions (both technical and musical) from the lecturer and peers. As an addition to the Practicum I-IV course, these seminars would further enhance students’ skills and musicianship, broaden their repertoire knowledge, and develop their interpretational abilities.

The Performance Seminar aims to provide a platform for students to share their musical experiences and knowledge through performances, workshops, and/or masterclasses. The seminars are held on a bi-weekly basis and would allow each of the students a chance to play for each other, and at the same time receiving feedbacks and suggestions (both technical and musical) from the lecturer and peers. As an addition to the Practicum I-IV course, these seminars would further enhance students’ skills and musicianship, broaden their repertoire knowledge, and develop their interpretational abilities.

This course aims at familiarizing students with major analytical techniques and forms used in Western music history, from Baroque to 20th century. Emphasis will be placed on the constructive principles underlying music in various genres and styles, as well as extra-musical elements (such as text, programme or plot) that serve certain expressive roles. Analytical approaches in binary form, sonata-form, chromatic harmonies, set theory and serial music will be introduced in a progressive manner through seminars and lectures, and the applications of these techniques will be assessed through weekly assignments, in-class drills and term papers.

The Honours Project is intended to demonstrate a student’s ability to pursue a topic independently and in depth. Each students will be guided complete a substantial thesis, a lecture recital, or a solo recital during the final year of studies. Approval of the project will normally be granted at the end of penultimate year of studies.

The Honours Project is intended to demonstrate a student’s ability to pursue a topic independently and in depth. Each students will be guided complete a substantial thesis, a lecture recital, or a solo recital during the final year of studies. Approval of the project will normally be granted at the end of penultimate year of studies.

This course is to develop students’ ability to work as member of a team through rehearsals, coaching sessions and performances. Students will gain practical experience in collaborative music making.

This course is to develop students’ ability to work as member of a team through rehearsals, coaching sessions and performances. Students will gain practical experience in collaborative music making.

The Music Practicum is the focal point of the students’ music studies. In addition to enhancing students’ skills and musicianship, broadening their repertoire knowledge, and honing their interpretational abilities, this course aims to cultivate within each student the capacities for stylistic understanding, critical reflection and development of one’s own distinct voice as a performing musician.

The Music Practicum is the focal point of the students’ music studies. In addition to enhancing students’ skills and musicianship, broadening their repertoire knowledge, and honing their interpretational abilities, this course aims to cultivate within each student the capacities for stylistic understanding, critical reflection and development of one’s own distinct voice as a performing musician.

This course aims to provide students with a broad understanding of the philosophy of art from a music perspective. It also encourages students to consider the place of musical arts in society.

This course provides students with an overview of the basic principles of entrepreneurship and the entrepreneurial process as it relates to music performance. Students will be exposed to relevant knowledge, key skills and experience found in various existing entrepreneurial models within the music industry.

The Performance Seminar aims to provide a platform for students to share their musical experiences and knowledge through performances, workshops, and/or masterclasses. The seminars are held on a bi-weekly basis and would allow each of the students a chance to play for each other, and at the same time receiving feedbacks and suggestions (both technical and musical) from the lecturer and peers. As an addition to the Practicum I-IV course, these seminars would further enhance students’ skills and musicianship, broaden their repertoire knowledge, and develop their interpretational abilities.

The Performance Seminar aims to provide a platform for students to share their musical experiences and knowledge through performances, workshops, and/or masterclasses. The seminars are held on a bi-weekly basis and would allow each of the students a chance to play for each other, and at the same time receiving feedbacks and suggestions (both technical and musical) from the lecturer and peers. As an addition to the Practicum I-IV course, these seminars would further enhance students’ skills and musicianship, broaden their repertoire knowledge, and develop their interpretational abilities.

This course aims to train students to actively reach out to the community through engagements in music-related activities for the betterment of society.