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 – and developed through – the educational choices that each student makes. As such, a significant part of the programme involves students building up their own portfolio of additional courses from within the Conservatory as well as across NUS, depending on their capacities and preferences.<\/p>\n Music Studies<\/u><\/p>\n Courses in Analysis & Composition and Contextual Studies are designed to broaden and deepen each student’s connection to music. Following introductory courses 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’s own special place in the music industry ecosystem. Professional Integration courses 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 must fulfil each pillar of the General Education<\/a> curriculum.<\/p>\n “Extracurricular” 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 – 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 160 Units<\/strong> to graduate.<\/p>\n The requirements listed on this page are for students admitted from AY2023\/2024. (A) PROGRAMME REQUIREMENTS<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n MAJOR REQUIREMENTS (68 Units)<\/strong><\/p>\n Please refer to Major Requirements (below).<\/p>\n FACULTY REQUIREMENTS (28 Units) Music Studies Requirements (28 Units)<\/strong><\/p>\n Non-Credit Requirements<\/strong><\/p>\n (B) UNIVERSITY REQUIREMENTS<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n GENERAL EDUCATION (24 Units) BMus students must read one General Education course from each pillar below:<\/p>\n Please refer to NUS General Education<\/a> page for more information.<\/p>\n (C) UNRESTRICTED ELECTIVES<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n UNRESTRICTED ELECTIVES (40 Units)<\/strong><\/p>\n Unrestricted Elective (UE) courses allow students to explore greater breadth or depth in any subject and at any level. Students may use this UE space to partially or wholly satisfy the requirements for a minor<\/a> or a second major<\/a>.<\/p>\n (D) ENGLISH REQUIREMENTS<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n International students whose native language is not English or who do not have the acceptable English Language qualifications for admission are required to sit for the English Placement Test. Students who fail this test will be placed in the appropriate class level for required English language instruction.<\/p>\n Furthermore, students requiring English support must also read an additional course below, which will be counted as an unrestricted elective.<\/p>\n
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\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
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