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Postgraduate Diploma in Popular and World Musics New Course

流行及世界音樂深造文憑

AH 21-116-00 (21)
Start Date:

03-10-2012

QF Level:6QR Registration No.:09/001880/6
QR Registration Validity Period: 02 Sep 2009 - on-going
Tel:29755691
Fax:25178253
Email: emily.chin@hkuspace.hku.hk

  • Course Description

    This programme will introduce students various kinds of musical culture other than western classical music including African, Latin_American, South Asian and Middle-eastern music.  Students will also participante in some practical skills training workshops on selected musical genres.

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  • Days / Time

    • Wednesday 7:00 - 10:00pm

  • Duration

    • 1 year

  • Venue

  • Tutor

    • Professor CHAN Wing Wah
    • Dr. Lau Sai Chun Stella, Ph.D.,M.A. (Music), Liverpool; B.A.(Comparative Literature),HKU
    • Dr. Wong Oi Yan Connie, Ph.D., M.A. (Ethnomusicology), UCLA; B.A. (Music), CUHK
    • Dr. Lam Wing Cheong, Ph.D., (Ethnomusicology), CUHK
    • Dr. Tse Chun Yan Ph.D., (Ethnomusicology), CUHK

  • Medium of Instruction

    • English

  • Programme Structure

    CURRICULUM

    This is a 1 year part-time programme consists of 4 modules, namely:

    1. Music of African Diaspora and Latin America

    Musical genres from the following areas will be introduced:  Sub-Saharan Africa and Latin America.  Topics include: African dance music, percussion music from Africa and Latin America, etc.

    2.   Popular Music

    This course examines the development of North American, British and Chinese popular music by surveying key historical periods and genres which gave rise to the popular idiom.  Topics will include Rock and Roll music in the west in 1960s, jazz music, cantopop in Hong Kong, etc.

    3.    Music of South Asia & the Middle East

    Musical genres and the development of music from the follow areas will be introduced:  India, Pakistan, Nepal, Afghanistan, Israel, Egypt, Iran, Iraq and the Arabic Peninsula.  Topics include: ritual music of the Islamic World, Indian classical music, etc.

    4.   Music of China

    The course will discuss specific topics covering a wide spectrum of Chinese musical culture from ancient to the modern days.  These topics include Ancient Chinese Culture: guqin and the literati, Regional Opera, Musical Exchange of China and the West, etc.

  • Financial Assistance

    Scholarships are available if students achieve the designated level of excellence.

  • Entry Requirements

    Applicants should hold a bachelor's degree or equivalent, awarded by a recognized university whose medium of instruction is English.

  • Application Deadline

    30 Aug 12

  • Application Fee

    $150, non-refundable

  • Course Fee

    • HK$30000 (by one instalment)
    • HK$

  • Enrolment Method

    For application, please send to HKU SPACE, Units A&B, 12/F, United Centre, 95 Queensway, Hong Kong (Attn: Ms Emily Chin) the followings:-

    1)  completed application form,

    2)  copies of certificates and

    3) crossed cheque(s):  Application Fee HK$150 (non-refundable);  Tuition Fee HK$30,000.

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