Shanghai Conservatory of Music

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Shanghai Conservatory of Music (edit: this is actually one building of the middle/elementory school division, which is not at the same place as the conservatory itself)

The Shanghai Conservatory of Music (上海音乐学院) is a public university in Shanghai, China.

[edit] History

The origin of the Shanghai Conservatory of Music can be traced back to National College of Music established on November 27, 1927 by Cai Yuanpei and Dr. Xiao Youmei. It was the first institution of higher learning of music in China.

It was renamed several times: National Training School of Music (1929), Branch of National Conservatory of Music (1943), Shanghai National Training School of Music (1945), Shanghai and Huadong Branches of Chinese Conservatory of Music (early 1950s). It received its current name in 1956.

[edit] Programs

The Conservatory offers 5-year-undergraduate programs. It is authorized to confer degrees of bachelor, master and doctor standings. It has eight departments: musicology, composition and conducting, voice, piano, orchestral instruments, Chinese instruments, music education and musical drama.

The Conservatory also has a music research institute, an affiliated elementary school, an affiliated middle school, and a music instruments workshop.

[edit] Faculty and student body

The Conservatory has 50 professors and 120 associate professors. There are approximately 1,200 students.

[edit] Alumni include

• Muhai Tang

[edit] External link

• Shanghai Conservatory of Music website (in Chinese)