The music performance major of Changchun University was founded in 1987. It began to recruit undergraduate students in 2001. In December 2005, the department was withdrawn and the college was established. It currently has two majors: music performance and musicology. The music performance major includes vocal music (bel canto, ethnic, popular), orchestral music, folk music, keyboard, piano tuning and other directions. It recruits students from Jilin, Liaoning, Heilongjiang, Inner Mongolia, Hunan, Shandong and other provinces.