ABAC - SCHOOL OF MUSIC

Music has always been considered the universal language since times in memorial enabling people of diverse nationalities and cultures to communicate and understand each other, even in the time where different ideologies between groups of people entail disagreement and conflicts, and to release and nurture their minds from daily demanding tasks.  With such phenomenon, music of different forms has emerged, making the music industry one of the fastest growing in the global market.  Music, other than being a core product of the music industry, becomes an essentially integral component of many industries; movie, hotel, commercial, and non-profit organizations to name but a few.

Assumption University, with its strong and incessant determination to contribute its efforts to education and transformation of men and women, and simultaneously fulfill the demand of people for music entertainment, has been committing itself on producing qualified graduates with knowledge in music business and skills in music performance, a harmonious combination that would ensure students to become competitive in a ferociously uncompromising music industries.

Students wishing to pursue a bachelor degree in the ABAC School of Music are rendered an invaluable opportunity to learn various necessary concepts and acquired skills related to their areas of interest with internationally highly qualified and experienced experts from various countries renowned for music business concepts, as well as musical theories and performance, namely United States, Russia, Italy, Bulgaria, Brazil,  Japan, Korea, and Thailand to name but a few, and through meticulously developed programs of 142 credits, with 34 credits allocated to general study, 6 credits for free elective, and 102 credits for the chosen discipline, namely Music Business and Music Performance.  In the Music Performance, students are provided with two alternative major concentrations to serve their interest: - Classical and Jazz performance with various choices of musical instruments.

In addition, to enhance their competencies and competitiveness in musical and entertainment industries, the program also allows students to study a well-selected group of subjects in other concentration offered within the School of Music as their minor concentration.