UPM MUSIC DEPARTMENT

MUSIC DEPARTMENT
The Music Department was established in 1996 as one of the four departments in the Faculty of Human
Ecology. The department focuses not only on performance but also prepares students with various research
skills. Students are encouraged to develop their talent in music performance, music technology, music
education, musicology/ethnomusicology, composition and music therapy. The programme aims at producing
academicians and competent, knowledgeable and skilful musicians at graduate and postgraduate levels.
The goals of the department are:

to produce graduates who are knowledgeable, skilful and experienced as specialists in the field of music
on international level;

to conduct research and produce publications on various aspects of music, sound and acoustic
environment including local aspects;

to provide consultation services in the field of music to government and private bodies especially
educational institutes at the local and regional level;

to become a centre of academic exchange on issues of music cultures in Malaysia and in the world.

OBJEKTIF PROGRAM

Melahirkan graduan yang mempunyai kemahiran dan pengetahuan yang mencukupi dalam bidang
persembahan muzik untuk membolehkan mereka menceburi diri dalam industri muzik.

Membentuk graduan yang beretika, bersikap profesional dan mampu bersaing dalam kerjaya muzik.

Melahirkan graduan yang sensitif dan bertanggungjawab terhadap keperluan masyarakat pelbagai budaya
dan persekitaran global.

Ketua Jabatan
Muzik

How are we organized? From the first violin down to keeping the beat

NEW ENTRY REQUIREMENTS for Bachelor of Music (Performance)

MINIMUM REQUIREMENT (SPM holders)
STPM with at least NGNU 2.00
Associated British Royal School of Music (ABRSM) Grade 5 (Practice & Theory) or equivalent.
Diploma in Music, Malaysian Institute of Arts;
Diploma ( Muzik) dari Akademi Seni Budaya dan Warisan Kebangsaan (ASWARA);
Music Diploma of Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM)
Diploma in Music, SEGI University College;
Diploma in Business (Music Industry), International College of Music;
Diploma in Music Studies, Universiti Malaysia Sabah (IMH Academy)
Diploma in Music, Yamaha Music School Malaysia;
Professional Diploma in Audio Engineering, Ocean Institute of Audio Engineering;
Diploma from Kolej Tunku Abdul Rahman, HELP University College & Taylor's University College;
Diploma Perguruan (Music), from the Malaysian Ministry of Education.
OR
At least three (3) years full time working experience
with at least one (1) Diploma from an External Examination Board:
Associated Board of the Royal Schools of Music
Trinity Guildhall
Australian Music Examination Board
London College of Music
Yamaha Music

Master and PhD students apply directly online using the website of the UPM School of Graduate Studies:
http://www.sgs.upm.edu.my/

PRASISWAZAH
Bacelor Muzik (Persembahan)
1. Program Bacelor Muzik (Persembahan) mencakupi pelbagai kursus memberi penekanan kepada Persembahan
Muzik, dengan tujuan melahirkan pemuzik profesional yang berkemahiran dan berpengetahuan.
2. Selain itu, pelajar juga dapat menganggotai Orkestra, Koir, Kumpulan Gamelan, Kumpulan Jazz dan lain-lain.
3. Jabatan juga menyediakan makmal multimedia, makmal teknologi muzik, studio rakaman, makmal pendidikan
muzik, makmal gamelan, makmal piano, makmal alat muzik bass, makmal perkusi dan dewan latihan orkestra
serta bilik-bilik latihan instrumental untuk memudahkan pembelajaran muzik sesuai dengan kehendak
pembelajaran semasa.
4. Melalui program ini, graduan-graduan dalam bidang muzik yang bertaraf antarabangsa dapat dilahirkan.

PENGAJIAN SISWAZAH
Master Sains (Muzik)
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3.

Program Master Sains (Muzik) ini mendedahkan pelajar kepada konsep dan kaedah dalam penyelidikan muzik, yang
mana pelajar akan mengkaji secara mendalam terhadap satu aspek muzik yang tertentu.
Secara amnya, program ini memberi penekanan kepada hubungan antara muzik dengan masyarakat. Ini meliputi
pengajian isu-isu muzik yang berkaitan dengan pendidikan muzik dan masalah sosial (psikologi dan sosiologi muzik);
pengajian terhadap kaedah untuk mengaplikasikan muzik rakyat dan tradisional ke dalam masyarakat semasa
(muzikologi gunaan); dan pengajian terhadap komposisi muzik seni dari masa dan tempat yang berlainan (analisis gaya
komposisi).
Program ini adalah sesuai diikuti oleh pensyarah muzik maktab atau kolej, guru muzik sekolah, instruktor muzik di
sekolah swasta, pentadbir muzik dan pentadbir kebudayaan di mana-mana badan kerajaan atau swasta. Bakal graduan
dari program ini akan berkeupayaan untuk menjadi penyelidik, pensyarah, pentadbir dalam bidang muzik, seni atau
kebudayaan di sekolah, maktab, kolej, badan kerajaan atau swasta.

PhD (MUSIC) offers a way to the highest qualification on international level in the field of music and musicology.
With five potential supervisors, UPM serves a wide range of specialisations. Publications and conference
attendances are one important part of the process as well as weekly meetings, a close contact to music practice and
various types of fieldwork.
Current researches:
Phang Kong Chien: Bel Canto in Malaysia
Lee Soo Foon: Performing Arts in the Johor Old Temple Parade of Deities of the 21st Century
Ahmad Faudzi Musib: Contextual Sound Preservation of Selected String Instruments
Chinthaka Prageeth Meddegoda: Traces of Hindustani Music in Malaysian Ghazals
Ruwin Rangeeth Dias: Harmonic Progressions in Raga Based Hindi Film Songs
Katja Claudia Nadler: The Chinese in Lehrs The Land of Smile
Low Kok Wai: Conserving the Cantonese Diaspora Sound Culture in Singapore through a Site-specific Performance
in Kong Chow Clan Association
Khor Aik Keong: Adaptation of Rhythm Syllable System for Integrated Elementary Trumpet Instruction in the
Context of Rhythm, Tonguing and Pulse Stability Achievement
Chow Ow Wei: Chants, Mantra and Hymns in Malaysian Buddhist Practice
Annie Wong Kai Sze: Parenting the Musically Talented Children among the Urban Chinese in Klang Valley

MUSIC DEPARTMENTS OPEN ACTIVITIES

Weekly lunch concert: students introduce and develop their repertoires
Weekly postgraduate meeting: postgraduate students and academic staff discuss research on music, share
interdisciplinary knowledge, introduce methods and research tools
Yearly International Colloquium on Music Research: International and Malaysian academicians present
papers on yearly changing topics such as Preserving Creativity in Music Practice, Music and Memory, Music
and Dance in/as Environment, Music and Mind.
Yearly performances: exams of final year students, UPM Orchestra, Choir, Jazz groups, Gamelan groups, and
other traditional music groups.
Occasionally: workshops with musicians and composers, action days for schools, lectures of visiting music
researchers and experienced performers, studio recordings of new compositions.

MUSIC DEPARTMENTS PUBLICATIONS

Title - Music : Local Culture in Global Mind (CD Included)
Author - Gisa Jhnichen and Julia Chieng (Ed.)
Country Published - Malaysia
Publisher - Penerbit Universiti Putra Malaysia, Serdang
ISBN - 9789673441518
Year of Publication 2010 Bib. Info - Vii, 154p.
Series Name - UPM Book Series on Music Research 2
Title - Preserving Creativity in Music Practice (CD Included)
Author - (Ed) Gisa Jhnichen & Julia Chieng (Ed.)
Country Published - Malaysia
Publisher - Universiti Putra Malaysia Press, Serdang
ISBN - 978-967-344-201-0
Year of Publication - 2011 Bib. Info - 215p.
Series Name - UPM Book Series on Music Research 3
Title - Music and Memory (CD Included)
Author - Gisa Jhnichen & Julia Chieng (Editors)
Country Published - Malaysia
Publisher - Universiti Putra Malaysia Press, Malaysia
ISBN - 9789673442713
Year of Publication 2012 Bib. Info -231p.
Series Name - UPM Book Series on Music Research 4

Over 5,000 audiovisual

recordings in the

UDIOVISUAL
ESOURCE
ENTRE FOR THE
ERFORMING
RTS
of the Music Department are
accessible on site (Music House
1). They consists of field
recordings, recordings of
performances, UPM studio
recordings, deposit collections of
other research institutions and
rare recordings in duplicates. All
recordings are detailed
documented and authorized by
the collectors.
http://arcpa.upm.edu.my

and many other publications

and scores that help to study
and to research.

Pegawai Akademik
Jabatan Muzik
Fakulti Ekologi Manusia

Dr. Yeoh Pei Sze

Head of Music Department
Areas of specialization: Music Performance
(Violin), Music and Consumer Behavior
szeyp@putra.upm.edu.my

Pegawai Akademik
Jabatan Muzik
Fakulti Ekologi Manusia

Prof. Dr. Gisa Jhnichen

Professor
Areas of specialization:
Musicology, Comparative Musicology,
Audiovisual Media
gisajaehnichen@web.de

Pegawai Akademik
Jabatan Muzik
Fakulti Ekologi Manusia

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Made Mantle Hood

Senior Lecturer
Areas of specialization:
Ethnomusicology, Popular Music,
Urban Studies
made.hood@unimelb.edu.au

Pegawai Akademik
Jabatan Muzik
Fakulti Ekologi Manusia

Dr. Loo Fung Chiat

Senior Lecturer
Areas of specialization:
Music Performance (Piano), Musicology

lfchiat007@yahoo.co.uk

Pegawai Akademik
Jabatan Muzik
Fakulti Ekologi Manusia

Dr. Chan Cheong Jan

Senior Lecturer
Areas of specialization:
Music Education, Ethnomusicology,
Music Performance (Piano, Jazz)
chanupm@gmail.com

Pegawai Akademik
Jabatan Muzik
Fakulti Ekologi Manusia

Dr. Jennifer Teng Kuo-Jen

Senior Lecturer
Area of specialization:
Music Performance (Flute), Orchestral
Conducting
janstarteng@putra.upm.edu.my

Pegawai Akademik
Jabatan Muzik
Fakulti Ekologi Manusia

Pn. Ang Mei Foong

Lecturer
Area of specialization:
Music Performance (Vocal),
Music Education

En. Ahmad Fauzi Musib

Senior Lecturer
Area of specialization:
Music Technology
jimusib@gmail.com

Pn. Camellia Siti Maya Mohamed Razali

Senior Lecturer
Area of Specialization:
Composition

Pegawai Akademik
Jabatan Muzik
Fakulti Ekologi Manusia

Indra a/p V. Selvarajah

Senior Lecturer
Area of Specialization:
Music Therapy, Music Performance

Pegawai Bukan Akademik

Jabatan Muzik
Fakulti Ekologi Manusia

CONTACT:

Amir Nordin Abu Bakar Najimuddin Zakaria

Penolong Pegawai Sains
603-89467132
amirn@putra.upm.
edu.my

Pembantu Makmal
603-894671332
jimmy@putra.upm.
edu.my

Musripah Sindin

Jorainiah Deraman

Masporah Yusof

Setiausaha Pejabat
603-89467120
efah@putra.upm.
edu.my

Pembantu Tadbir (P/O)

603-89467120
jorainiah@putra.upm.
edu.my

Pembantu Am Pejabat
603-89467120
masporah@putra.upm.
edu.my

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