使命宣言
The 音乐系 at 西雅图 Pacific University seeks to be an exemplary community committed to helping students to develop their talents and abilities fully, to engage cultural heritage, and to integrate music knowledge and skills in a life characterized by Christian faith, 整体, 和服务.
音乐系目标
- We are committed to helping students develop their talents and abilities fully. 作为基督徒, we affirm that we are formed in the image of God, and are endowed with the ability and the mandate to be creative. 因此, we expect students to embrace their own giftedness, understand their potential, and exercise good stewardship through study, 实践, 和性能.
- Through the study of music in its cultural, 社会学, 以及历史背景, we seek to graduate people who engage cultural heritage, who understand who they are, who possess historical perspective, 谁会, 因此, be positive change agents in their communities.
- We value music as a way to serve God and the greater community. 因此, we are committed to helping students to integrate their knowledge and skills with their faith, equipping them for lives of service.
Learning Outcomes in Music
A 21st Century musician trained at 西雅图 Pacific University will have strong abilities in three primary areas:
1. 音乐才能的核心
- Our core classes in music will acknowledge and message lifelong growth and talent development. Here, content and the skills developed are timeless, unchanging, and culturally / genre universal.
- Music Fundamentals (Aural Skills, Ear Training, Rhythm Development)
- Music Theory (Harmony, voice-leading, analysis, composition)
- Music History (Critical listening, understanding of musical styles from the Renaissance to 今天 and across the globe.)
2. Cultural and Contextual Understanding
- Reflecting on how to create art with a social consciousness
- Exploring the intersection of faith and our work
- Developing identity and cultural context
3. 21st Century Essential Skills
当然, these skills are not new as Bach, 莫扎特, and Beethoven were all improvisers, 表演者, 作曲家, 商业人士. However, these components not systemically and universally taught in most traditional music schools. We believe that these skills are crucial to defining what will become a complete musician in the coming decades of the 21st century.
——性能
Technique development and repertoire knowledge of the student's primary instrument or vocal type.
- - - - - -组成
Creative application of learned skills in both traditional written contexts and in electronic sound design. Skills in arranging and collaboration.
——即兴创作
As a separate and unique skill in need of study and development. Much of the music of the past century is of an improvised language and we anticipate that the convergence of improvisation, 表演, and composition will continue long into the future.
-技术整合
Understanding and competence in the professional technological capabilities in music is of crucial importance for all musicians. Students will work from music creating and generation, to recording and producing, to integration of electronic elements in live 表演.
- 商业头脑
The modern musician is often self-employed and has a portfolio-based career. Skills in marketing and promotion, 筹款, 预算, 网络, and freelancing are essential to both financial and artistic success.
拥有音乐学位, graduates enter a wide variety of careers, from church musician to ethnomusicologist, 从作曲家到乐评人, music librarian to music teacher. They also work in arenas as diverse as business or entertainment.