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In order to improve the quality of teaching, the Department of Popular Music Industry, Southern Taiwan University of Science and Technology, recruited Yue-Chi Chou in the next semester of the 107th school year to teach students singing skills.
Chou was once in "Lily Duet," very active in the business of pop songs in Taiwan. The voice of Chou was great, soft and beautiful, as an outstanding soprano in Taiwan. She has released more than 20 albums so far and has won many awards, such as the Golden Song Award, the Golden Tripod Award, and the Golden Dragon Award.
【Yue-Chi Chou (Little Lily) was teaching singing skills in a small class in the Department of Popular Music Industry, Southern Taiwan University of Science and Technology】
Chou contributed her own experience from many concerts and performances. She hid no secrets and gave everything to the students. Her teaching was serious and cordial. She was praised by the teachers and students of the whole department. The students rushed to classes.
【President Deng-Maw (center) of Southern Taiwan University of Science and Technology, Yue-Chi Chou (second from right), Deputy Dean Guo-Li Huang of the College of Digital Design (first right), and students from the Department of Popular Music Industry.】
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.
The Department has set up small class teaching according to the areas of expertise (singing, electric guitar, electric bass, keyboard, jazz drum, songwriting, composition, arranger, recording project, etc.). The department is committed to teaching students in accordance with their aptitude, enhancing their professional skills, laying the foundation for connecting the industry, outstanding performance, and the opportunity to introduce and perform on the same stage with famous teachers.
President Deng-Maw Lu of Southern Taiwan University of Science and Technology said that the introduction of the popular music industry is a concrete manifestation of the Southern Taiwan University of Science and Technology's goal to create “zero gap between industry and education, which brings more valuable assets to the students of the pop music industry. The practical experience and skills enable students to accumulate theoretical and practical experience while they are at school, and strengthen the skills and internship mechanism of music brokers so that students can connect to the job market and realize the scenario that “graduation is linked with employment!”
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