Sias School of Music and Drama has consistently adhered to the development philosophy of "East meets West, integrating knowledge with practice," and the educational concept of "high starting point, high standards, and striving for excellence." It shoulders the mission of cultivating application-oriented talents in music, dance, drama, and related fields for the nation, and maintains a teacher-student mutual selection system with a "one-on-one" skill instruction model to ensure the highest teaching quality. The school boasts a strong faculty team, having recruited internationally and domestically influential experts in their respective fields including Wu Xiuzhi, Wu Lingfen, Ju Qihong, Zhou Xueshi and Sun Yiqiang, while also appointing several renowned domestic musicians as visiting professors.
The school actively engages in the integration of "teaching, production, and research," combining classroom-based knowledge acquisition with artistic creation. Through practical performances, it fosters students' independent thinking, innovative spirit, and practical abilities. Currently, the School of Music and Drama is equipped with first-class modern teaching and research facilities in China. The music building covers nearly 20,000 square meters, with three standard concert halls in the No. 14 Music Teaching Building: Concert Hall No. 1 (486 seats), Concert Hall No. 2 (533 seats), and Concert Hall No. 3 (406 seats). The school also features a professional opera house with 1,144 seats, 10 standard rehearsal halls, 4 ear-training classrooms, 2 digital piano classrooms, 1 professional makeup classroom, 272 practice rooms, 19 multimedia classrooms, 2 professional recording studios, 1 MIDI production studio, and an extensive collection of books and audio-visual materials. These advanced facilities fully meet the needs of teaching and research.
The school offers the following programs: Music Performance (Opera and Musical Theater), Music Performance (Vocal), Music Performance (Instrumental), Music Performance (Dance), Music Performance (Choral Conducting), Music Performance (Computer Music Production), Music Performance (International Standard Dance), Acting, Musical Theater Performance, Dance Performance, and Music Performance.
Leadership
Dean - Duan Xu
Party Secretary - Wang Li
