Graduate Institute of Ethnomusicology
Overview
Founded in August 2002, the Graduate Institute of Ethnomusicology covers three areas of concentration: Research and Preservation, Performance and Heritage, and Multimedia Applications, which was initiated in 2006 with the aim of improving students’ information skills and competence and bringing the traditional values together with the modern information society. We are dedicated to in-depth research on Taiwan’s traditional music culture, its performance and education and its preservation. In recent years, we have diversified our studies to include the neighboring Austronesian cultures and digital archiving. The institute’s mission is to train skilled personnel in academic research, performance, teaching and applications of ethnic music, as well as explore creative possibilities for the preservation, research, innovation, promotion and dissemination of Taiwan’s traditional music.
Curriculum
Interdisciplinary studies are a hallmark of the Graduate Institute of Ethnomusicology. Students in each area of concentration are required to take a minimum of 10 credits for required courses and 24 elective credits.
Required Common Courses | |||
Research Methodology | Introduction to Music Philosophy | ||
Required Area-specific Courses | |||
Performance and Heritage | Research and Preservation | Multimedia Applications | |
Major (Pipa or Erhu) | Introduction to Ethnomusicology | Foundations of Computer-Generated Sound and Multimedia Application | |
Music Analysis | Study of the Comparison between Chinese and Western Music | Theory and Practice in Musical Multi-media | |
Mode of Traditional Music | History of Sound Recording | ||
Elective Courses | ||
Ensemble and Choir | Ensemble of Nankuan & Peikuan Music | Special Topics on Bow Instrument |
Special Topics on Pluck Instruments. | Studies in Contemporary Si-zhu Ensemble | |
Music History and Literature | Special Topics in Chinese Ancient Music | Ritual and Theatre |
Study of Taiwan Modern Music | Studies in Nankuan Music | |
Musical Documents Arrangement | Studies in Peikuan Music | |
Source Readings in Music History | Traditional Music and Society | |
Taiwanese Opera and Traditional Culture | Popular Music | |
Music Ontology | The Study on Taiwan Indigenous People’s Music. | Practice on Nankuan Vocal Music |
Comparative Study of Cultural Zone on Austronesian Music | Music Notation | |
Seminar in Taiwan Contemporary Music | Studies in Aesthetics of Music | |
Musical Field Work | Chinese Drum Pattern | |
Seminar on Tonal System | Seminar on Asia-Pacific Contemporary Music. | |
Study on Taoism Ritual and Music | Theory and Practice in Musical Communication | |
Studies in Instrumental Music of Nankuan and Peikuan | Seminar in Notation | |
Music and Multimedia | Physical Interaction Design for Music and Multimedia | Special Topics on Music Digital Archives |
Special Topics on Recording Production | Advanced Film Music Scoring | |
Special Topics on Multimedia Production | Final Project | |
Seminar in Analysis, Performance, and Recording (in English) | ||
Facilities
The Graduate Institute of Ethnomusicology offers independent teaching space for each area of concentration while also sharing facilities and resources with other departments and graduate institutes in the College of Music, including the recital hall, the music library, the piano rooms, the multi-functioned classrooms, and the theater.
In September 2004, the Department of Music and our institute co-founded the first institution dedicated to digital music archiving among Taiwan’s music colleges, the Music Digital Archive Center, which has since joined the lineup of teaching and practice facilities of the College of Music and contributed to the improvement in the quality of academic outputs.
Contact Us
Graduate Institute of Ethnomusicology, National Taiwan Normal University
Mailing Address: 2F, No. 31, Shida Rd., Daan Dist., Taipei City 10645, Taiwan
TEL: 7749-5446
FAX: 2364-0575