Admissions Guide for 2020 | Central Conservatory of Music-Steinway

Piano Technician Teaching Center

Introduction
In order to meet the growing demand for high-level piano technicians in
China, the Central Conservatory of Music and Steinway Piano Asia Pacific
Co., Ltd. jointly opened the "Central Conservatory of Music-Steinway
Steinway Piano Technician Teaching Center" to train high-level and
professional Tanway piano technician. After passing the two-year full-time
training and passing the assessment, the trainees can obtain the training
certificate jointly issued by the School of Continuing Education of the
Central Conservatory of Music and Steinway Piano Asia Pacific Co., Ltd. At
present, the project has been successfully operated for five years. The first
batch of students has successfully graduated in July 2017, and this year
will be the fourth graduate in August 2020.
 
Global cooperation
Since Steinway was founded in New York in 1853, Steinway has always
insisted on making the best piano in the world. Steinway has invented more
than 135 patents and is considered the founder of modern piano
manufacturing. For each piano, Steinway carefully selects the best
materials and uses handicrafts passed down from generation to generation.
Each is a masterpiece of art. Steinway established a representative office
in Beijing in 1999, and established a wholly-owned subsidiary Steinway
Piano (Shanghai) Co., Ltd. in Shanghai in 2004 to take charge of the
Chinese business. In 2014, it was upgraded to Steinway Piano Asia Pacific
Co., Ltd. After more than ten years of development, Steinway's distribution
network in the Chinese market has spread to 42 cities. Steinway is favored
by major music schools, large theaters, concert halls and other professional
institutions in the country, as well as music lovers and learners, and is
widely used.
 
Faculty
Teachers of the Central Conservatory of Music and Steinway concert
technicians will jointly serve as the teaching work for this project. Among
them, Ara Vartoukian, an Australian concert technician who is active in the
world-famous music festival and has taught at the Sydney Conservatory of
Music, serves as the chief designer of the teaching content and the training
general evaluator. He has many years of experience in Steinway piano
technical service work. The instructors include teachers of the Central
Conservatory of Music who have been engaged in piano technical services
and teaching for more than 30 years and Steinway concert technicians.
Students will learn from the best teachers and technicians, and will be
required to pass the most stringent assessment to ensure that qualified
students will become technicians who meet Steinway standards.
 
Education Resources
All pianos for teaching will use Steinway and Steinway family pianos.
Students will learn on the "best piano", after graduation, students will have
the opportunity to engage in the technical service work of Steinway piano
and its family product piano.
 
Registration Rules
1. Registration conditions:
People aged 18-35 years old, with good health, good conduct, and high
school or higher education level, are encouraged to have a music
examination certificate equivalent to or above level five or a performance
level equivalent to or above level five.
 
2. Enrollment: 5
 
3. Registration time and registration method
(1) Registration starts today and ends on July 31, 2020
(2) Telephone registration: 010-66425528 66425736
(3) Online registration: Log on to the website of the School of Continuing
Education of the Central Conservatory of Music http://cce.ccom.edu.cn, fill
out the online registration form as required, and click "Submit".
 
4. Time and place for entrance examination
(1) Assessment time: August 7, 2020 (if there are changes, we will notify
you later)
(2) Assessment location: 1st floor, South Building, Central Conservatory of
Music (Central Conservatory of Music-Steinway Steinway Piano Technician
Teaching Center)
 
5. The content of entrance examination:
(1) Submit the hearing inspection report with the registration form, and
submit my hand-made works (the form of the work is not limited but does
not include the assembly of semi-finished products)
(2) Contents of professional examination:
1. Listening test: pitch, homology
2. pressure test
3. Practice test
(3) Interview
Understand the candidates' technical situation and professional knowledge
(4) Sight singing and ear training
 
Sixth, the lineup of keynote teachers
Seven, training content
Teaching format of professional courses: "One-to-one" teaching method,
18 class hours (45 minutes) / month, a total of 72 class hours per semester.
The teaching format of major-related courses: "collective class" method is
used for teaching, each major is equipped with 8 courses, 4 courses per
semester, 2 courses / week per course, and the total hours of each
semester is 128 hours.
Remarks: Two years of schooling, complete all training content in four
semesters
【The first semester of professional courses】
Basic tuning (upright piano), knowledge of tuning theory, history of piano
and piano construction, finishing of upright piano action
【The first semester of professional related courses】
"Sightseeing and Ear Training" / "Basic Music Theory" / "History of Piano
Art" / "Polyphony"
【The second semester of professional courses】
Accurate tuning, organizing the grand piano string action machine; upright,
basic piano grand repair
【Second semester related courses】
"Appreciation of Music" / "History of Western Music" / "Harmony (Part 1)" /
"Special Topics of Chinese Film Music"
【The third semester of professional courses】
Advanced tuning, advanced grand piano stringing machine finishing, grand
piano repair
【The third semester of professional related courses】
"Appreciation of Chinese and Foreign Art Songs" / "History of Chinese
Music in the 20th Century" / "Qintong Educational Psychology" / "Harmony
(Part 2)"
【Professional lesson in the fourth semester】
Continue the third semester course and rise to the concert standard
【Professional related courses in the fourth semester】
"Piano Impromptu Accompaniment" / "Piano Teaching Method"
                     
8. Training time
The first semester: September 7, 2020-mid-January 2021 (specific time will
be announced later)
The second semester: tentatively from March 2021 to July 2021 (the
specific time will be notified later)
 
9. Training location
Central Conservatory of Music
 
10. Training costs (including material costs)
RMB 75,000 / year
Note: After the semester begins, if a student withdraws from training for
personal reasons, the tuition fees paid will not be refunded.
 
11. Completion assessment
The first year of assessment is mainly based on Steinway or Steinway
family products upright piano. The assessment content is the content of
professors in this school year
The second year's assessment is mainly based on Steinway or Steinway's
family grand pianos.
    
12. Certificate of Completion
After passing the two-year training and passing the assessment, the
trainees can obtain the training certificate jointly issued by the Central
Conservatory of Music and Steinway Piano Asia Pacific Co., Ltd.
 
13. Payment methods
On-site delivery:
Please go to the Admissions Office of the 622 Office Building of the Central
Conservatory of Music to confirm your registration, and then pay at the
Finance Office (Note: It is recommended to pay with UnionPay card)
 
14. Registration time, place and matters needing attention
1. Registration time: September 7, 2020 (if there are changes, we will notify
you later)
2. Registration location: Admissions Office, Floor 1, Building 1, Central
Conservatory of Music
3. Precautions for registration: Please bring two one-inch and two-inch
crown-free photos, and one original and one copy of your ID card.
4. The enrollment target does not include international students (including
students from Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan).
 
15. Ride route
Beijing Railway Station-Central Conservatory of Music
1. Take the subway
Get on the "Beijing Station", take the Metro Line 2 and get off at the "Fuxing
Gate" Station, and get out 300 meters south from Exit D.
2. Take the bus
Get on the bus at the "Beijing Station East" station, take bus No. 52, get off
at the "Fuxingmennei" station, and walk 350 meters to get there;
 
Beijing West Railway Station-Central Conservatory of Music
1. Take the subway
Get on the "Beijing West Railway Station", take Metro Line 9 to the "Military
Museum" station, transfer to Line 1 and get off at the "Fuxingmen" Station,
and go 300 meters south from Exit D.
2. Take the bus
Get on the bus at "Beijing West Railway Station", take bus No. 622/50/387,
get off at "Fuxingmen South" Station, and walk 50 meters to get there;
 
Beijing North Railway Station-Central Conservatory of Music
1. Take the subway
Walk to the "Xizhimen" station, get on the subway line 2 and get off at the
"Fuxingmen" station, and get out from Exit D 300 meters south.
2. Take the bus
Walk to the "Xizhimen South" station, take bus No. 44 / Tex 12, Wai /
387/84/691, get off at the "Fuxingmen South" station and walk for 50
meters;
 
Capital Airport-Central Conservatory of Music
1. Take the subway
Take the subway "Airport Line" to the "Dongzhimen" station, transfer to
Line 2 and get off at the "Fuxingmen" station, and get out 300 meters south
from Exit D.
2. Take the airport bus
Take the airport bus to the "Xidan" station, transfer to bus No.
1/52/99/728/337/37 / get off at the "Fuxingmennei" station, and walk 350
meters to get there;

Online registration: log on to the website of the School of Continuing

Education, Central Conservatory of Music http://cce.ccom.edu.cn