The Major of Music Education of Shenyang Conservatory of Music was founded in the Department of Normal in 1965 and formally renamed as the Department of Music Education in 2000. The Music Education College was established in June 2016 under the background of the major integration of the Shenyang Conservatory of Music. Our college aims to cultivate high-level professionals who are well-rounded in moral, intellectual, physical and aesthetic development and to face the high-level professional talents engaged in music teaching and research in Chinas basic music education. The College of Music Education has an excellent faculty, including 2 Liaoning provincial famous university teachers, 1 Liaoning Provincial outstanding teacher, 21 professors, 79 associate professors, and 2471 undergraduates and postgraduates. The current Dean is Yu Xueyou, Party General Secretary is Yan Wanshan, Deputy Party General Secretary is Bai Xiaowei, Deputy Deans Liu Yan, Cui Shusheng, and He Yue.
The following teaching units are: Department of Music Education, Department of Vocal Music Education, Department of Ethnic Vocal Music Education, Department of Keyboard Music Education, Department of Orchestral Instruments Music Education, Department of Ethnic Instruments Music Education, Department of Professional Basic Course Teaching and Research. The following administrative departments are: Office of Administrative Affairs, Office of Academic Affairs, Office of Student Management (Counseling Office).
As one of the key majors of our college, the college of Music Education, after a new round of integration and adjustment, has formed a talent cultivation system based on quality education, centred on ability cultivation, combined with teaching and research and art practice, rich in contemporary characteristics and in line with the teaching quality standards of higher education in China. In the comprehensive evaluation of undergraduate majors in general higher education schools in Liaoning Province in 2014, Music Education of Shenyang Conservatory of Music ranked first in musicology (music education), and was awarded as the advantageous specialty of undergraduate majors in Liaoning Province in 2015 and the first batch of first-class undergraduate education demonstration majors in general higher education schools in Liaoning Province in 2018.
At present, the College of Music Education has completed the syllabus of the main courses and professional foundation courses of music education as well as nearly 30 textbooks written work, and published more than 120 monographs (edited). Among them, 1 textbook won the Youth award of the National Ministry of Education, 2 textbooks won the second prize of Liaoning Province Excellent Teaching Achievement, 1 textbook won the third prize of Liaoning Province Teaching Achievement, and 15 textbooks were rated as excellent teaching materials of the college. Participated in and completed 9 national educational scientific research and 102 provincial scientific research; Published more than 990 academic papers in provincial journals or above; 1 course was awarded as provincial high-quality course, 1 course was awarded as provincial high-quality video open course, 2 courses were awarded as college high-quality courses; 1 teaching and research department was awarded as a provincial excellent teaching team; Many teachers (times) have won the national and provincial scientific research achievement awards. Teachers and students have won more than 230 awards in various professional competitions. In February 2020, the School of Music Education created several anti-epidemic songs, including the song I want you to return safely (lyrics by Jia Zheng and singing by Cui Shusheng) composed by Professor Yu Xueyou, which was broadcast on CCTV and other channels, exerting wide social impacts. The song MV was recommended to the National College Ideological and Political network, Xinhua Net, Peoples Net, CCTV net and other central major media websites, published on the home page. The MV has received 200 million hits and was signed and praised by Xia Deren, the chairman of the Liaoning Provincial Committee of the Chinese Peoples Political Consultative Conference.
Our teachers have visited the United States and Europe for holding lectures and study tours. Other experts and scholars from the United States, France, England, Germany, Russia, Japan, Italy, Spain, Sweden, Greece, Australia, Singapore, Canada, Brazil and China have visited the college for holding lectures, study tours and concerts. In 2010, we hosted the 29th World Conference on Music Education - Conference on School Music and Teacher Education. In 2011, we hosted the "Golden Voice" the 2nd National Invitational Competition of Vocal Music Teachers and Postgraduates of Music Education in Universities. These academic exchange activities have strengthened the academic atmosphere of the School of Music Education and have enhanced the external influence of the Shenyang Conservatory of Music.
The College of Music Education, under the correct leadership of the Party Committee of the Shenyang Conservatory of Music, takes the needs of the society as its guide, truly implements the core position of talent cultivation, continuously strengthens and improves the "double first-class" construction efforts and levels, optimizes the professional structure, highlights the characteristics of schooling, comprehensively improves the quality of education and teaching, and strives to accelerate the pace of creating a "high-level, distinctive, international" first-class music institution as proposed by the Party Committee of the Shenyang Conservatory of Music.