The Ningbo University Conservatory of Music has many high-level returnees from overseas. Its international education level and teaching philosophy are relatively advanced among domestic institutions of the same level. The situation is roughly as follows:
(1) Overview of the college. The School of Music of Ningbo University was established in May 2015 (different departments were restructured. The School of Art was divided into the School of Music and the Pan Tianshou School of Art and Design. The adjusted branches are more professional). It is the youngest and most dynamic school of Ningbo University. It is an important training base for applied and theoretical music talents in Zhejiang Province. At present, the college has teaching and research institutions such as the Vocal Teaching and Research Section, the Piano Teaching and Research Section, the Theory Teaching and Research Section, the Instrumental Music and Dance Teaching and Research Section, the Music Research Institute, the Hu Xiaoping Vocal Art Center, and the Art Practice and Social Service Center.
The hardware conditions of the college are very good. It has music teaching and art practice facilities, places and conditions such as a concert hall, digital piano room, MIDI music production room, small recording studio, and North District piano room.
Because the Conservatory of Music of Ningbo University adheres to the international and distinctive school-running philosophy. Therefore, the school often organizes or participates in influential exchange seminars at home and abroad. For example: successfully hosted the "China Music Journal Editors Summit Forum" (2016), the "First Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Shanghai Conservatory of Music and Art Deans Summit Forum and Exchange Concert" (2017); held three academic lectures in the "Music Forum" series More than ten times, experts from the United States, Canada, Japan, the Netherlands, Thailand, Ukraine and other countries have been invited to visit and exchange.
(2) Professional situation. There is currently 1 undergraduate major in musicology (teaching school) (a key construction major at the school level), 1 master's degree program in the first-level discipline "Music and Dance", 1 professional master's degree program "Master of Arts", and 2 master's degree programs in the second-level discipline , which are respectively the second-level master's degree program of "Music Education and Inheritance" in the education category and the second-level master's degree program of "Chinese Folk Art Theory and Practice (Music Direction)" in the literature category, among which the second-level master's degree program of "Music Education and Inheritance" It has three research directions: Chinese ethnic music education and inheritance, foreign ethnic music education and inheritance, and music subject teaching.
In terms of courses, "Music and Health" is one of the first batch of national high-quality online open courses in 2017. It was approved as the "Blended Teaching Pilot Project" of the Online Education Research Center of the Ministry of Education in 2017 and the first batch of flipped courses in colleges and universities in Zhejiang Province in 2017. The special prize for outstanding classroom cases; the micro-course "How the Human Body Feels Music" won the first prize in the 2017 Zhejiang University Micro-course Teaching Competition; the teaching material "Music and Health" was approved as a "new form of teaching material" in Zhejiang Province (provincial quality teaching material)< /p>
In June 2017, the primary school music “Famous Teachers and Principals” project applied for by the Zhejiang School of Famous Teachers and Principals became the highest-standard teacher training project in Zhejiang Province.
(3) Teacher status. There is one candidate for the college’s “Zhejiang Overseas High-Level Talent Introduction Thousand Talents Plan” and one Qianjiang Scholar. The school has hired Wang Cizheng, a professor at the Central Conservatory of Music, and Hu Xiaoping, a famous singer, as the Pao Yugang Chair Professor, and hired three well-known domestic and foreign scholars and experts as distinguished professors and part-time professors.
The current dean, Professor Yu Zizheng, is the director of the Vocal Music Academic Committee of the China Education Society, the executive chairman of the Chinese Vocalists Association, the director of the Vocal Music Academic Committee of the National Higher Normal University, the doctoral supervisor of Nanjing Normal University, the Netherlands International Vocal Competition and the Japan International Vocal Competition. Opera competition judge. Dean Yu Zizheng graduated from Nanjing Normal University in 1979 and was admitted to the Vocal Music Department of Shanghai Conservatory of Music in 1981, where he studied under the famous bass singer and vocal educator Professor Wen Kezheng. In 1984, he was admitted to the Opera Department of the Graduate School of Tokyo University of the Arts, Japan, and studied Western opera with Italian vocalist Galdini. He has held more than 20 solo concerts in many cities in Japan, and has starred in many Italian operas. He has had a great influence on the Japanese singing industry and has been invited by the Japanese Imperial Palace to perform in palace concerts many times.
Teacher Wang Lei, deputy dean and associate professor of the School of Music of Ningbo University, is a visiting scholar at Columbia University in the United States. She has long been engaged in teaching music appreciation, music teaching methods, music therapy, etc., and has been committed to promoting classical music for many years. She is also known as the happiest "cup" teacher at Ningbo University. Teacher Wang Lei's "Music and Health" was selected into the first batch of national high-quality online open courses.
Professor Hu Xiaoping, a famous Canadian soprano, is the first oriental singer in New China to win a gold medal in a major international music competition. He once represented China in the 20th Budapest International Vocal Competition and won first place in the competition. Minghe Special Award, becoming the first gold medal winner in a major international music competition in New China and the first Oriental singer to win this honor.
Dr. Zheng Jie, a famous young pianist living in Germany, is a "Steinway Artist" and graduated from the Munich Conservatory of Music in Germany. He has won the "Genius Award" at the Munich International Youth Piano Competition in Germany. The only Chinese person receiving this award.
Dr. Chang Zhenhua, a famous baritone singer living in the Netherlands, is a contracted singer of the Netherlands Opera House. He has performed with more than a dozen famous opera houses and symphony orchestras in the world and is well-known in Europe. He was featured in CCTV's "Chinese World" The column once conducted an exclusive interview with him.
Dr. Sun Mingli is a piano chamber musician and vocal art director living in the United States. He graduated from the Cleveland Institute of Music in the United States and the Central Conservatory of Music in China. In 2014, he won the "Sixth China International Vocal Competition" organized by the Ministry of Culture of China. "The only award for Best Piano Accompaniment.
Teacher Liang Qing, a candidate of the "Thousand Talents Plan" for the introduction of high-level overseas talents, a "specially appointed expert" of Zhejiang Province; a professor of the School of Music of Ningbo University, the "Anzhong Chair Professor" of Ningbo University, and an academic leader of Ningbo University Talent, the first-level certifier of Ningbo City’s leading and top-notch talent training project; director of the Zhejiang Overseas High-Level Talents Association; executive director of the China Musical Association and director of the Organizing Committee of the China Musical Singing Competition.
Professor Sun Yuemei, postgraduate tutor. He has served as the director of the Music Department of the School of Arts of Ningbo University, leader of the Ningbo Music and Dance Discipline Evaluation Group, and has been awarded the Advanced Individual in Art Education in the Ningbo Education System, a member of the National Vocal Music Society of Normal Colleges, a member of the Chinese Traditional Music Society, and a member of the Chinese Music Education Society. member.
Teacher Ding Chao is an associate professor and director of the Vocal Music Department at the School of Music of Ningbo University. Graduated from the Music College of Hunan Normal University, and is currently a member of the Zhejiang Provincial Musicians Association and a member of the Zhejiang Provincial Vocal Music Association.
Mr. On CCTV. Xue Nan was also the "Most Beautiful Tutor" of Ningbo University in 2015. In 2016, he led the Ningbo Chorus to reach the pinnacle of the international stage again. On October 29, 2017, Teacher Xue Nan led the Ningbo University Conservatory of Music Chorus to win the gold medal at the "China Chorus Festival".
Teacher Shen Haojie, associate professor at the Conservatory of Music of Ningbo University, secretary of the Teacher Party Branch of the Conservatory of Music, and tutor of master's students. Director of the Music Education Professional Committee of the China Higher Education Association. Visiting scholar at the Institute of Musicology, Central Conservatory of Music. He has been engaged in research on Ningbo musicians and Ningbo music culture for many years. On November 19, 2017, the "Music Ningbo Gang Conference" jointly organized by the Ningbo Jiangbei District Government and the Ningbo University School of Music was successfully held in Ningbo.
Teacher Ye Qiaohong won the first place in the Silver Award of the 12th CCTV "Big Red Eagle Cup" National Young Singer Television Grand Prix in 1998.