DIPLOMA IN CREATIVE AND PERFORMING MUSICAL ARTS (DCPMA)

With major areas in Asian Music, Band Conducting, Composition, Dance, Instruments (string, winds, percussion), Piano and Voice. This is a four-year course of study with heavy concentration on applied and theoretical arts and is designed for students with outstanding performance ability who do not wish to work for a baccalaureate degree.

For more inquiries contact the UP College of Music at 929-6963 or mail: gtmalicdem@up.edu.ph

Instituted in 1986, the DCPMA replaced the Teacher's Diploma, Artist Diploma, and Certificate of Proficiency. A pre-baccaulaureate course, as was the practice when the College of Music was a Conservatory of Music, the program consists of a heavy concentration on performance and musicianship. Passing the UPCAT is not a requirement, but applicants must pass written, aural, solfegge examinations, and a performance audition. It is designed for students with outstanding performance ability who do not wish to work for a baccalaureate degree. The choice of major areas is much wider than that in the CM: piano, voice, strings, woodwinds, brasswinds, percussion, conducting (band or choral), dance, Asian music, composition, and music education. Graduates may proceed to the BM course.