Diplomový pěvecký koncert / Reflections on Chinese pop music singing higher education

Wanshu Zhang

Master's thesis

Diploma singing concert / Reflections on Chinese pop music singing higher education

Abstract:

This thesis focuses on the development of pop music singing higher education in China. The aim of this work is to explore the past, present and future of the discipline, and to identify its existing problematic issues whilst attempting to find appropriate solutions.Using the Shenyang Conservatory of Music as a basis for this study, the author applies methodological analytic and comparative research to the structure and organisation of the subject and its teaching, both past and present, in Chinese and western institutions.The accumulated data provides evidence of deficiencies within the system of Chinese pop music education system, thereby providing the author with a platform from which to propose methods to aid the future development of the discipline.

Keywords

China, pop music, development, vocal techniques, curriculum, teaching method, pop music higher education

Language used: English

Date on which the thesis was submitted / produced: 18. 4. 2019

Thesis defence

• Date of defence: 16. 5. 2019
• Supervisor: Mgr. et MgA. Markéta Štefaniková, PhDr. Mgr. Ludmila Kroupová, Ph.D.
• Reader: Mgr. Kateřina Andršová, MgA. Petr Špaček, Ph.D.

University of Hradec Králové

Faculty of Education

Master programme / field:
Teaching at Secondary Schools / Teaching at Secondary Schools - Specialization in Music Education, Playing a Musical Instrument and Solo Singing Focused on Teaching at Basic Artistic Schools