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  Students of the Department of Pop Music Industry, Southern Taiwan University of Science and Technology, produced and debuted a music festival in Tainan Cultural and Creative Park.    2018/1/5    

 

Students of the Department of Pop Music Industry, Southern Taiwan University of Science and Technology, presented their achievements in their "There Is A” music festival one January 6 at 7 in the B16 Plaza of Tainan Cultural and Creative Park. The event was organized by the second year students of the Department of Popular Music Industry, from the main stage of the show to everything behind the scenes. The design of lighting and sound for the entire show was planned and arranged by the students. After a semester of planning, students developed from scratch to a show with five bands and orchestras featuring five different music genres. In order to create best visual effects for the show, the students made concerted efforts behind the scenes, repeatedly rehearsing their and constantly improving their performances.

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【Poster for “There Is A” music festival】

As Acting President Deng-Maw Lu of Southern Taiwan University of Science and Technology said, the Department of Popular Music industry is the first department in the country established to cultivate talents in the pop music industry. Following the training model of International pop music Institutes, the department aims to cultivate students in creating music, performance, video technology, and stage production, hoping that they can integrate all these into our local music and cultural traits and keep them in line with international popular cultures. The goal is to develop popular music based on the traits of Chinese culture. The courses that the department offers cover four areas of expertise required by the popular music industry, including creative shows, acting brokers, recording systems, stage lighting, and soundtracks. The department is well equipped with a number of professional spaces and professional equipment, including rehearsal rooms, group exercise rooms, individual practice rooms, studios, digital music classrooms, stage production studios. As for equipment, there are musical instruments, recording equipment, activity stages, and stage lighting, always ready for students to develop their professional ability and skills. All these are further bolstered by the resources of the pop music and film center of the Tainan Cultural and Creative Park, which offers students complete training in pop music industry by project training of concert performances and stage productions.

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【Department of Popular Music Industry, Southern Taiwan University of Science and Technology, presented their achievements: Live show of “Strong Love”】

The Department of Popular Music Industry requires students to have continuous practice during their studies at school. The pop music and film center of the Tainan Cultural and Creative Park offers students with more performing spaces to experience the hard work and achievements of the music industry in practice. For all the music performances and creations, stage setup, lighting, sound design, acting brokers marketing, students can personally experience everything in the concert at the end of each semester. It is greatly hoped that all these efforts can contribute to creating a prosperous future for all the students.

 
 

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