Elisabeth University of Music
| エリザベト音楽大学 | |
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Former names
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Hiroshima Music School (1947-1952) |
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| Type | Private, Jesuit, Catholic |
| Established | 1948 Chartered 1963 |
| President | Yuji Kawano |
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Academic staff
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160 |
| Students | 600 |
| Location |
4-15 Nobori-cho |
| Website | eum.ac.jp |
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4-15 Nobori-cho
Naka-ku, Hiroshima
Elisabeth University of Music (EUM) (エリザベト音楽大学 Erizabeto ongaku daigaku?) is a Jesuit university in Hiroshima, Japan. The predecessor of the school was founded in 1948. It was chartered as a university in 1963.
Belgian Jesuit Ernesto Gosensu began a music classroom for youth right after the devastation of the atomic bomb, and soon had about 100 students. So in 1948 he opened "Hiroshima music school" and named it after the late Belgian Elisabeth Queen Mother who was a patron of the school in the 1950s. It developed into a full university of music by 1963, with the doctorate established in 1993.
The area of music creation includes study of the composition theory of classical music, with a wide range of musical genres. Included in the study are the piano, orchestra, brass band, and computer music. The digital keyboard is studied from both the creation and performance perspectives.
In the music research area, the background of music in history and culture is studied, what ideas produced it, how it evolved, how it is listened to. The charm of music is studied, including not just Japan but the West and Asia and religious music also. Being both Jesuit and Catholic, the Western tradition of Gregorian chant is included.
In the music education area one studies what is the basis of culture so that this might be conveyed through music to children and students, and to nurture leaders capable of transmitting this culture through music. Montessori education theory is taught as a part of early childhood music education.
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