Nurtures a more enriched and higher degree of artistic sense and humanity in students through an extensive curriculum and a diverse program that provides individual lessons by renowned pianists in Japan and from abroad, as well as open lectures, and an abundance of concerts.

• Highly fulfilling ensemble classes are offered
• Acquire skills directly connected to giving lessons as an instructor
• Study a broad range of music
• Cultivate and improve performing skills

Organs have a long history and come in a wide variety of styles. Studies enable students to comprehensively acquire skills and knowledge about these organs.

• Play different types of organs
• Participate in an extensive variety of ensembles
• Learn about organs objectively and from many perspectives

Create a collaboration with various musical instruments by making use of the electronic organ’s orchestral sound functions.
By carrying out various practical courses, such as exercises involving modern arrangements and original works, as well as training to obtain grades, students are nurtured to become educators or professional musicians who are not restricted by the boundaries of a particular genre.

• Experience various types of performances, and study in depth the potential of the electronic organ
• Undertake challenges that go beyond the boundaries of a particular genre
• Receive support for obtaining skills needed for providing instruction
• Engage in serious efforts to play the pipe organ

Expressive skills are refined through not only individual lessons, but also by playing in every performance style, including concert band, chamber music, and orchestra. Moreover, professional musicians from Japan and abroad who are active at the forefront of the world’s music serve as visiting professors, providing various types of instruction, such as open lessons.

• Refine abilities in musical expression by experiencing every performance style
• Orchestras
  Concert bands
  Senzoku Gakuen’s original ensembles
• Study of chamber music

A team of lecturers from Japan and abroad who are top-class players of each instrument help students develop their sense for music and playing technique.
Furthermore, students are able to refine their playing abilities in an ensemble by experiencing various performance styles, such as chamber music, string ensemble, and orchestra.

• Formation of our own “Academy Chamber Orchestra
• The College has two orchestras
• Study of chamber music

Percussion instruments, of which there are more than 800 known types around the world, are indispensable to performing a very wide variety of genres of music.
The study of percussion instruments here is undertaken from both the playing aspect of these instruments as well as the academic research aspect. Various concerts featuring percussion instruments in the principal role are also held.

• Refine abilities in musical expression by experiencing every performance style
• Orchestras
  Concert bands
  Senzoku Gakuen’s original ensembles
• Study of chamber music
• Come into contact with instruments from around the world at the Ethnic Percussion Instruments Archive

Students spend four years in the step-by-step study of five fields in which the voice is the means of musical expression: solo, ensemble, song, opera, and chorus. In addition, lessons are provided to help learn skills needed for stage performers, such as physical training, voice training, and manners.

• Completely learn everything about opera
• Stimulating, enriching ensembles
• Gain a keen sense for the language

Students not only acquire composition skills in lesson-type classes, but also study the characteristics of various musical instruments and their combinations, as well as analyze musical works, and present their own compositions.

• Close communication with the teachers
  The highly stimulating 90-minute lessons provide students with not only specialized guidance regarding composition, but also cultivate their creativity through close communication with the teachers.
• Study towards the final goal of creating a work for an orchestra
• A concert is held to perform the composed work

The music of various countries and periods of time is approached through such perspectives as the study of the history of music, musical works, and reference documents.

• Strengthen the basics to facilitate a broader and deeper understanding of music
• Small-size participatory classes attended by students of all grades are offered
• Learn about music from many perspectives

In collaboration with the Nordoff-Robbins Center for Music Therapy, which is a part of the graduate school at New York University, research with an international perspective is carried out. A large number of music therapists possessing proven skills have been produced.

• Nurture human resources who have practical abilities
• Strong line-up of highly-talented teachers
• Educational system that is steeped in tradition and has achieved remarkable results

The Music Education Major nurtures students to enable them to become not only music teachers at schools, but also professionals who are capable of teaching music in a local community as a part of its lifelong education programs. To meet the needs of society, the Major has established its own original curriculum, providing courses, such as computer music, that are suited to the new era.

• “Regular Concerts of the Music Education Major” – The culmination of everything learned
• Richly diverse curriculum that responds to various aspirations
• Studies that make full use of all five senses, focusing on exercises and practical training

An extensive curriculum, which of course provides one-on-one lessons from active vocalists, enables students to pursue jazz music.

• Captivating teachers
• Tie-up with Berklee College of Music

The objective of this Major is to cultivate students to become composers, arrangers, sound creators for visual media, recording and PA engineers. Through a collaboration with acoustic instruments, original musical expression that exceeds the boundaries of any particular genre is fostered.

• Study with teachers who are active in the forefront of various fields of music
• An ideal environment where students can freely use facilities and equipment equivalent to those found in actual professional studios

Senzoku Gakuen was the first music college in Japan to establish a Jazz Major. Since then, Senzoku Gakuen has been offering a curriculum, which includes one-on-one lessons and clinics, to enable students to refine their playing skills and broaden their knowledge of jazz. Students can also study at Berklee College of Music in the United States, which is affiliated with Senzoku Gakuen.

• Captivating teachers
• Develop the originality and talent of each and every student

Japanese Traditional Music looks into various styles of music works, ranging from classical to modern pieces, and aims to develop innovative players of Japanese traditional music who are able to proficiently handle classical music notation as well as staff notation.

• Thorough instruction to develop accurate playing abilities by using staff notation
• Cultivate teaching abilities
• Flexible curriculum that does not conform to a particular school of Japanese traditional music

Musicals are a composite art form made up of singing, dancing, and acting. Instruction is given from both theoretical and practical perspectives in an ideal musical environment.

• Gain a firm foundation in the basics through meticulous instruction
• Give performances under the same conditions as professionals
• Undertake a wide repertoire of works

Originality, the factor that is absolutely essential to a musician, is nurtured in one-on-one lessons, while students gain experience in playing as a member of a team by performing in band ensembles. In addition, students are given the opportunity to learn and absorb the very best of rock and pop music through recording and live performances.

• Discover bold originality
• Develop the ability to produce
• Professional-level studio
• Learning environment that goes beyond any single genre