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HONG KONG ACADEMY FOR PERFORMING ARTS School of Music
Country:
HONG KONG
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Street Address:
1 Gloucester Road, Wanchai, Hong Kong
Postal Address:
GPO Box 12288, Hong Kong
Fax:
+852 2802 4372
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Program:
Undergraduate programs
Details:
Bachelor of Music Honours. Four years. Studies include performance (Western, Chinese instruments, Western opera), composition, electronic music, theory, music history, world music, aural skills, jazz improvisation, pedagogy. Bachelor of Technical Arts. Studies in sound engineering.
Program:
Graduate program
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Master of Music. In Chinese or Western performance, collaborative piano, composition, orchestral conducting, conducting of Chinese orchestras.
Program:
Diploma programs
Details:
Diploma in Music Foundations. One year. Designed for students in the Bachelor of Music program to deepen their technical and artistic abilities. In composition, performance. Advanced Diploma in Music. Two years. Studies in performance, general musicianship and pedagogy.
Institution Notes:
The Academy was founded in 1984. There are schools of dance, drama, music, theatre and entertainment arts, film and television and Chinese opera. Facilities include a fine concert hall, an opera theatre and a well-equipped library which houses the Ernest Read collection of orchestral scores and the Black Watch Concert Band collection. There is a second campus in Béthanie. The School of Music offers a junior music course for primary and secondary students who may wish later to enter the professional program. The Orchestra Academy Hong Kong (TOA) is the first joint programme co-directed by the Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra and the School of Music of The Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts, catering for young musicians to engage in training in orchestral performance experience. Outreach programs are offered to engage the local community in artistic projects. There are collaborative agreements with the Central Conservatory of Music (Beijing), the University of Music and Performing Arts (Vienna), the music department of the University of Hong Kong, the Royal College of Music (London) and the Royal Conservatoire (Glasgow). Language of instruction is English, but Chinese is used in some appropriate circumstances. An associate member of the Association Européenne des Conservatoires, Académies de Musique et Musikhochschulen.
Last Updated:
December 2021