The Conservatory offers the Bachelor of Music (Honours)<\/strong> degree, which is a four-year full-time undergraduate programme building out from a focus on one of 20 specific music majors. With our student body kept to 220 from Singapore, Asia and around the world, each student receives individualised attention in helping them shape their distinctive artistic identity, and is part of a multicultural, diverse student body. All undergraduates receive generous support that covers all financial costs, thanks to the Government of Singapore, the Yong Loo Lin Trust, and other benefactors.<\/p>\n The BMus programme is driven by two key aims: nurturing artistic identity as a driver and compass for excellence; and engaging the broader ecosystem to give music greater resonance. We envision the four years in terms of overlapping spheres of activity, which inform and enrich each other. Encompassing all these endeavours is the act of listening, which connects and opens up ever-new meaning in our musical journeys.<\/p>\n The Major Study<\/u><\/p>\n The major forms the core of the BMus programme and builds specialised expertise in one of 20 areas below. Students receive one-to-one instruction with close guidance from our faculty, alongside core and elective class and ensemble options.<\/p>\n Majors offered: Electives<\/u><\/p>\n While the major forms the core of the BMus programme, we believe artistic identity is reflected in \u2013 and developed through \u2013 the educational choices that each student makes. As such, a significant part of the programme involves students building up their own portfolio of additional modules from within the Conservatory as well as across NUS, depending on their capacities and preferences.<\/p>\n Music Studies<\/u><\/p>\n Modules in Analysis & Composition and Contextual Studies are designed to broaden and deepen each student\u2019s connection to music. Following introductory modules in each of the two areas, students have considerable freedom to pursue subjects according to their interests and future directions.<\/p>\n Collaborative Activity<\/u><\/p>\n Outside of their solo practice, students engage in collaborative activity with their peers through involvement in music-making, community engagement and professional integration projects, as well as self-curated initiatives. Collaborative platforms include the Conservatory Orchestra, OpusNovus (contemporary music ensemble), and the Collaboratory (for self-initiated realisations of student compositions, experimentations and improvisations). Through such activity, they hone their ability to work in different settings and teams, and in the process enrich their own musical understanding.<\/p>\n Professional Integration<\/u><\/p>\n An important challenge for any musician is finding one\u2019s own special place in the music industry ecosystem. Professional Integration modules are designed to help students develop core professional, pedagogical and communication skills, and to define their own distinct pathways outside of the Conservatory.<\/p>\n University Requirements<\/u><\/p>\n As with all undergraduate NUS students, Conservatory students take one module each in five pillars of study: Human Cultures, Thinking and Expressions, Singapore Studies, Quantitative Reasoning and Asking Questions. In addition to Conservatory modules, students are free to explore the extensive range of modules offered across NUS faculties and schools.<\/p>\n \u201cExtracurricular\u201d Music Activity<\/u><\/p>\n Artistry goes beyond the boundaries of the degree programme. We encourage students to engage in their own explorations and collaborations, and actively create their own bodies of work outside of YST \u2013 which in the process enriches their learning within the Conservatory.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t Students admitted to the Bachelor of Music (Honours) programme must complete\u00a0160 MCs<\/strong>\u00a0to graduate.<\/p>\n (A) PROGRAMME REQUIREMENTS<\/strong><\/p>\n MAJOR REQUIREMENTS:<\/strong> ALL OTHER MAJORS (72 MCs)<\/strong><\/p>\n Please refer to Major Requirements (below).<\/p>\n FACULTY REQUIREMENTS (36 MCs)<\/strong><\/p>\n Music Studies Requirements<\/strong><\/p>\n Non-Credit Requirements<\/strong><\/p>\n (B) UNIVERSITY REQUIREMENTS<\/strong><\/p>\n GENERAL EDUCATION (20 MCs)<\/strong><\/p>\n One module from each of the following pillars:<\/p>\n All students are advised to complete the General Education requirements by the end of Year 2.<\/em><\/p>\n (C) UNRESTRICTED ELECTIVES<\/strong><\/p>\n VIOLIN, VIOLA AND CELLO PERFORMANCE MAJORS (24 MCs)<\/strong><\/p>\n ALL OTHER MAJORS (32 MCs)<\/strong><\/p>\n Unrestricted Elective modules allow students to explore greater breadth or depth in any subject and at any level. Students may use this Unrestricted Elective space to partially or wholly satisfy the requirements for a minor or a 2nd major.<\/p>\n
\u2022 \u00a0Violin Performance
\u2022 \u00a0Viola Performance
\u2022 \u00a0Cello Performance
\u2022 \u00a0Double Bass Performance
\u2022 \u00a0Flute Performance
\u2022 \u00a0Oboe Performance
\u2022 \u00a0Clarinet Performance
\u2022 \u00a0Bassoon Performance
\u2022 \u00a0French Horn Performance
\u2022 \u00a0Trumpet Performance
\u2022 \u00a0Trombone Performance
\u2022 \u00a0Tuba Performance
\u2022 \u00a0Percussion Performance
\u2022 \u00a0Harp Performance
\u2022 \u00a0Piano Performance
\u2022 \u00a0Voice
\u2022 \u00a0Composition
\u2022 \u00a0Audio Arts and Sciences
\u2022 \u00a0Music and Society
\u2022 \u00a0Music, Collaboration and Production<\/p>\nCurriculum Structure & Degree Requirements<\/h4>\n\t\t\t
\nVIOLIN, VIOLA, CELLO PERFORMANCE MAJORS (80 MCs)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n
\nMUT1101 Introduction to Musical Concepts and Materials (4 MCs) \u00a0\u2013 Year 1, Semester 1<\/em>
\nAny 3 modules from the following: (12 MCs)\u00a0\u2013 to be completed by the end of Year 2<\/em>
\nMUT2201 Harmonic Practices\u00a0\u2013 Semester 2<\/em>
\nMUT2202 Counterpoint through the Ages\u00a0\u2013 Semester 2<\/em>
\nMUT2203 Texture and Timbre\u00a0\u2013 Semester 2<\/em>
\nMUT2204 Formal Practices\u00a0\u2013 Semester 1<\/em>
\nMUT2205 Text and Music\u00a0\u2013 Semester 1<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n
\nMUH1101 Foundations for Musical Discovery (4 MCs)\u00a0\u2013 Year 1, Semester 1\/2<\/em>
\n1 additional Contextual Studies module (MUH-coded) (4 MCs)<\/li>\n
\nMUA1163 The Profession of Music 1 (2 MCs)\u00a0\u2013 Year 1, Semester 1<\/em>
\nMUA1167 The Profession of Music 2 (2 MCs)\u00a0\u2013 Year 1, Semester 2<\/em>
\nMUA2163 Leading and Guiding through Music (4 MCs)\u00a0\u2013 Year 2, Semester 1\/2<\/em>
\nMUA3163 Musical Pathways (4 MCs)\u00a0\u2013 Year 3, Semester \u00bd<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n
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