Besides their academic music activity students in all courses are required to devote ample time to listening to music, both in live performances and through recordings. Books and journals supporting music department courses are housed in the humanities and social science library. Music scores and sound recordings are housed in the music and multimedia section and listening facilities are available. Bachelor of Music and other students taking subjects involving music performance are expected to devote ample time to practice, rehearsal and performance. Practice studios, an auditorium/recording studio, music technology studio, music archives and exhibition areas are also provided.
The department's extensive collection of musical instruments and ensembles includes an early music collection comprising a complete consort of Renaissance shawms, crumhorns, recorders, and various keyboard instruments; a complete Javanese gamelan orchestra, Sundanese bamboo calung and angklung ensembles, a Ghanaian African drum ensemble, a Chinese orchestra, a piphat/mahori orchestra from Thailand, a large collection of Indian instruments, and a set of Japanese instruments. It also contains an Asian music archive, including the Sumatra research archive, Japanese music archive, the Australian music collection and the Australian archive of Jewish music.
The department fosters the cultivation of music on campus and presents many concerts, lecture-recitals and other performances which music students are expected to attend.
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