Showa University of Music - Undergraduate program

Department of Music and Arts Management

1-11-1, Kami-asao, Asao-ku, Kawasaki-shi

Kanagawa Pref., 215-0021
Japan
Main Phone: +81-462-45-1055
Main E-Mail: takenami@tosei-showa-music.ac.jp

Degree/Credential: Undergraduate (BA)
Web Site: http://www.tosei-showa-music.ac.jp/

Program Director: MTakenami [link available to AAAE members only]

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Program Goals and Objectives

Showa University's Department of Music and Arts Management, established in 1994, is Japan's first degree-level program in Arts Management. number of theaters and public halls have been built and the number of arts organizations has been increasing rapidly in recent years in Japan. This program is designed to meet the complex management needs of these arts organizations. The primary objective of the Showa University program is to educate future arts managers and cultural administrators. To this end, the interdisciplinary curriculum focuses on the development of managerial skills complemented by courses in the performing arts history and aesthetics.

Showa's program is organized around four required pillars of study:

* Music Education: This nurtures the aesthetic sensitivity and the understanding of music forms so that students can obtain profound knowledge of the arts, artists and audiences.
* Arts Management: This covers a wide range of practical knowledge required for arts managers, including marketin, planning and development, cultural policy, and analysis of the cultural environment.
* English: Since the field of Arts Management has become more globalized, the program includes intensive English education which is reinforced with the regular invitation of faculty from the United States. Students are also required to complete an Arts Management English intensive course which is taught at a higher education institution abroad.
* Internship program: In order to apply academic theory to practical experience in the arts management, students are required to complete short-term internships at an arts organization or cultural facility during the second and third year of the course.

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Administration of the Program

Department of Music and Arts Management is led by Ms. Kyoko Takenami. Courses are taught by 8 full-time faculty members and a number of part-time instructors and guest speakers drawn from the wide range of arts organizations.

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Curriculum

The program offers a four-year BA in Arts Management . A high percentage of Showa University graduates have successfully obtained positions in the wide range of arts organizations, including concert halls, orchestras, opera companies, ballet companies, arts entrepreneurs and other arts services.

Freshman
History of Western Music
Introduction to Arts Management
Economics
English
Choice of: Piano, Instrumental Music or Vocal Music
Electives
Introduction to Music Studies
Accounting and Finance
Law and Arts
Harmonics
Solfeggio

Sophomore
History of Western Music
History of Japanese Music
Business Administration
Internship1
Principles and Practice of Performing Arts
English Summer Program
Theories of Arts and Culture
Electives
Ethnomusicology
Harmonics Solfeggio(
Piano
Instrumental Music
Vocal Music

Junior Year
Seminar on Musicology
Arts Management
Seminar on Arts Management Issues
Internship
Cultural Policy
Environment in Arts and Culture
Electives
Media Management
English
Piano
Instrumental Music
Vocal Music

Senior Year
Senior Graduation Research
Graduation Thesis
Electives
Seminar on CulturalPolicy
Seminar on Cultural Environment
Principles and Practice of Arts Management
Piano
Instrumental Music
Vocal Music
General Education
(20 credits from among the a number of courses)

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Admissions

As part of Japanese university, the academic year starts in April. International Sudents must complete 12 years education, or must have the equivalent qualification approved by Japanese Minister of Education. Applicants must submit the application form, the letter of recommendation, certificate and official transcript issued by the school last attended, medical certificate, copy of passport and entry visa, (or copy of the certification of alien registration), photocopy of certificate of 1st grade of Japanese Language Proficiency Test and money order for the examination fee. Successful applicants are required to have an entrance examination at the Showa University of Music.

Applicants should write to:
Showa University of Music
Academic Affairs Section
808 Sekiguchi Atsugi-shi Kanagawa, 243-8521, Japan

International Students can also take the same entrance examination as Japanese applicants do. Applicants must take English test and one of the following four tests: Japanese, Japanese history, world history and mathematics. Applicants are also required to have an interview with university representatives.