ABOUT
B.M. Program
The goal of the Department of Music is to cultivate outstanding music performers and composers. Students receive individual instruction through private lessons.
Major disciplines include: Composition, Keyboard, Voice, Strings, Woodwinds, Brass and Percussion. After 26 years of implementation and continual development, the Department remains committed to its founding principles, and has also formed a pathway of Music Education which is unique to TNUA.
The work- which ranges from the management of Departmental Affairs, the engagement of Faculty members, to the design of its Curriculum - prioritizes in connecting the music disciplines with the humanities, and maintaining a balance between, traditional/ local art and contemporary creations.? It is a continual goal of the Department to keep abreast of the developments in music across the board, so that the training given & received at the Department, rivals any other top-rate counterpart in the world.
Members of the Faculty are all renowned musicians, and the Department is proud to honor the many alumni who have made their niche in society.
Major disciplines include: Composition, Keyboard, Voice, Strings, Woodwinds, Brass and Percussion. After 26 years of implementation and continual development, the Department remains committed to its founding principles, and has also formed a pathway of Music Education which is unique to TNUA.
The work- which ranges from the management of Departmental Affairs, the engagement of Faculty members, to the design of its Curriculum - prioritizes in connecting the music disciplines with the humanities, and maintaining a balance between, traditional/ local art and contemporary creations.? It is a continual goal of the Department to keep abreast of the developments in music across the board, so that the training given & received at the Department, rivals any other top-rate counterpart in the world.
Members of the Faculty are all renowned musicians, and the Department is proud to honor the many alumni who have made their niche in society.
M.M. and M.A. Programs
The Department of Music offers Master's Degree in Music for 4 majors: Composition, Piano, Voice and Conducting.
The Composition program stresses creativity, and is rooted deeply in a strong academic foundation.? Students are challenged to open their minds, develop their skills and methodology, and analyze musical works. The programs for Piano, Voice & Conducting aim to further develop students both in their technique and academic research, as well as analysis. The M.A. program for Professional Training offers two majors- Music Pedagogy and Musicology.
Students who complete courses in either of the disciplines receive M.A. degrees.
The Composition program stresses creativity, and is rooted deeply in a strong academic foundation.? Students are challenged to open their minds, develop their skills and methodology, and analyze musical works. The programs for Piano, Voice & Conducting aim to further develop students both in their technique and academic research, as well as analysis. The M.A. program for Professional Training offers two majors- Music Pedagogy and Musicology.
Students who complete courses in either of the disciplines receive M.A. degrees.
D.M.A. & Ph.D. Programs
Inaugurated in 2001, the D.M.A. & Ph.D. programs aim to further develop and stimulate students’ critical thinking, and analytical mind through an integrated training in Western and Eastern music.
Degree programs include musicology, composition, and performance (Piano, Violin and Percussion).
Degree programs include musicology, composition, and performance (Piano, Violin and Percussion).

CURRICULUM
Bachelor's Degree Program
With the finest requirement and diverse selective courses, students are professionally trained while carefully designed eveloping their own interest. The Teaching-Certificate program opened in 2000, and students who comprehend this program will be able to fulfill the requirement for the teacher's license exam.
Requirements for all majors |
Forum |
Musical Form | |
Harmony Ⅰ & Ⅱ | |
Counterpoint Ⅰ & Ⅱ | |
Basic Musicianship | |
Traditional Music | |
Introduction to Traditional Music | |
History of Western Music Ⅰ & Ⅱ | |
History of Taiwanese Music | |
History of Chinese Music |
Requirements for different majors |
Composition | Major |
Piano | ||
Score Reading | ||
Musical Analysis | ||
Modern Music |
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Orchestration | ||
Chorus or Orchestra | ||
Graduation Recital / Graduation Project |
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Keyboard | Major | |
Chorus or Orchestra |
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Chamber Music | ||
Vocal Accompanying | ||
Instrumental Accompanying |
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Graduation Recital / Graduation Project |
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Voice、Harpsichord、 Composition or Percussion |
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Voice | Major | |
Graduation Recital /Graduation Project |
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Piano | ||
Diction Ⅰ Ⅱ Ⅲ Ⅳ |
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Italian Ⅰ Ⅱ | ||
Chorus | ||
Acting | ||
Strings &Winds |
Major | |
Graduation Recital /Graduation Project |
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Piano | ||
Orchestra | ||
Chamber Music | ||
Percussion | Major | |
Graduation Recital / Graduation Project |
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Piano | ||
Orchestra | ||
Chamber Music | ||
Major - Percussion | ||
Percussion Ensemble | ||
Ethnic Percussion Music |
Selective Courses |
Training of Chinese Opera |
Peikuan | |
Chinese Lyric & Diction | |
Nankuan | |
Percussion Improvisation | |
Library Information of Music | |
Modern Music | |
Jazz | |
Acoustics | |
Music Aesthetics | |
Contemporary Ensemble | |
Others |
Master's Degree Program
Department of Music 
Professional Trainning Program
Graduate Institute of Orchestral Instruments
Graduate Institute of Musicology

Professional Trainning Program

Graduate Institute of Orchestral Instruments

Graduate Institute of Musicology

Requirements for different majors |
Composition ![]() ![]() |
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Major | ||
Composition Theory Ⅰ | ||
Composition Theory Ⅱ | ||
Schenkerian Analysis | ||
Form & Style of Music | ||
Music Bibliography | ||
Independent Study | ||
Thesis / Composition | ||
Piano![]() ![]() |
Forum | |
Major | ||
Music Bibliography | ||
Piano Literature | ||
Piano | ||
Master Class | ||
Graduate Recital | ||
Voice ![]() |
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Major Music Bibliography |
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Graduate Recital | ||
Accompanying & Coaching |
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Literature of German Lieder |
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Interpretation of Chinese Art Songs |
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Interpretation Andrehearsing on Operatic Repertoire |
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Opera Seminar | ||
Opera Studio | ||
Conducting ![]() |
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Major | ||
Music Bibliography | ||
Graduate Recital | ||
Piano | ||
Orchestra | ||
Score Reading | ||
Winds![]() ![]() |
Forum | |
Major | ||
Music Bibliography | ||
Graduate Recital | ||
Chamber Music | ||
Strings ![]() ![]() |
Forum | |
Major | ||
Music Bibliography | ||
Orchestra | ||
Chamber Music | ||
String Ensemble | ||
Orchestral Excerpts For Strings |
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Graduate Seminar | ||
Graduate Recital |
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Percussion ![]() ![]() |
Forum |
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Major | ||
Music Bibliography | ||
Graduate Recital | ||
Chamber Music | ||
Percussion Seminar | ||
Musicology ![]() ![]() |
Forum | |
Major | ||
Musicology-Research and Methodology |
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Form & Style of Music | ||
Independent Study | ||
Musicological Treatise Study |
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Thesis | ||
Music Pedagogy ![]() |
Major | |
Performance | ||
Independent Study | ||
Music Bibliography | ||
Study on Music Instruction System |
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Psychology | ||
Creativity | ||
Emotion Management | ||
Thesis |
Master's Degree Program
Requirements for different major |
Composition | Composition |
Major | ||
Seminar on Twentieth Century Composers |
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Music Theory and Practice |
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Recital | ||
Thesis | ||
Musicology | Major |
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Music Theory and Practice Seminar |
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Dissertation | ||
Piano | Major | |
Piano Seminar | ||
Music Theory and Practice |
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Performance Accomplishment |
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Thesis |
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String | Major | |
Music Theory and Practice |
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Chamber Music | ||
Performance Accomplishment |
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Thesis | ||
Percussion | Major | |
Seminar on Traditional Precession |
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Music Theory and Practice |
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Chamber Music | ||
Performance Accomplishment |
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Thesis | ||
Selective Courses Offered in the Following Areas |
Historical Musicology | |
Systematic Musicology | ||
Ethnomusicology | ||
Music History | ||
Music Theories | ||
Composition | ||
Specific Research Topics | ||
Others |

FULL-TIME FACULTY
Composition
Musicology
Piano
Voice
Conducting
Wind
String
Percussion
