Academic Studies in Music

To acquire basic knowledge of music, students will learn the fundamentals of performance expression, music history, and music theory. Moreover, they will practice skills related to reading music and ensembles.

Music, arts, music education, group work (ensemble)

Class 1: Guidance (Kirihara)
Class 2: Student performance presentations (Kirihara)
Class 3: Contemporary popular opera works and their composers (Tajima)
Class 4: Source of music: Musical expression with folk instruments (Saito)
Class 5: Music listening and visualization (Nakajima)
Class 6: Music listening and music structure (Ono)
Class 7:History and Development of Orchestras (provisional)
Class 8: Music of the world (1)—Musical expression with the voice (Kirihara)
Class 9: Music of the world (2)—Various musical instruments (Kirihara)
Class 10: Music of the world (3)—Music and bodily expression (Kirihara)
Class 11: New approaches to musical expression (Kirihara)
Class 12: Fundamentals of musical expression with the body and familiar materials (Kirihara)
Class 13: Applications of musical expression with the body and familiar materials (Kirihara)
Class 14: Ensemble presentations (Kirihara)
Class 15: Summary, course survey (Kirihara)
*While the above is the plan, the order of the topics may be subject to change.

Syllabus (Japanese site only)