Department of Korean Traditional Music

The educational goal of CNU’s Department of traditional Korean music is to protect, cultivate, and develop Korea’s traditions. Many efforts have been conducted to pursue this task, and the Department of Traditional Korean music does so by offering lectures to students with performance, practice, theory, and composition of Korean music. Accordingly, Western and Asian music is comprehensively studied. Students who attend classes are able to enlarge or develop their view of music. There are three major parts: instrumental music (Gayageum, Geomun-go, Daegeum, Piri, Haegeum, Ajaeng, and percussion), vocal music (Pansori, Change the spelling/transliteration. Those c’s look suspicious. Gayageum Byeongchcng, Jeongga), composition and theory.

Additionally, there is another optional practice to develop students thin minor fields in order to broaden their musical world. The major class instructions are done in face-to-face lessons. There are several performances in a year, including freshmen’s performance, annual performance, and performances for each major instrument, to enhance the students’ performance ability.

In 1992, the Department launched a course which trains students to become school teachers; 10% of students can take teacher preparation courses and acquire the music teachers’ certification of secondary schools in their major areas. The Department also offers a master’s degree program, established in 1989, and a doctoral degree program, established in 2008, to educate more mature performers and scholars.

Careers

Graduates from the Department of Korean music work in diverse fields such as performers in music orchestra and ensemble, educators, scholars, experts in music business and industries, and broadcasting

Contact Information

• Phone : +82-62-530-3050
• Homepage : http://koreanmusic.jnu.ac.kr