Tokyo University of the Arts announced that it will establish a new special course "Tokyo University of the Arts Junior Academy" for junior high school students nationwide in 2017.At the same time, a new "global promotion system" such as digital streaming distribution of student performance sound sources tied up with the music industry will be constructed and implemented.
Tokyo University of the Arts attaches great importance to the effectiveness of "early education" in the field of music, and has developed "early education projects" as "national university function enhancement projects" of the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology all over the country.Furthermore, as a "special soloist program" starting from the second year of high school, we started early graduation and study abroad in the third year of the undergraduate school, and from 2016, we were designated as "Super Global High School" by the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology. The attached music high school is also proceeding with curriculum reorganization based on the connection with the university.
This "Tokyo University of the Arts Junior Academy" is an effort to accelerate these movements, and by establishing a new early education course for junior high school students, the early education system will be continuously and systematically evolved in the future. Aims to develop into a "small, medium, high and large integrated" human resources development system.This is the first attempt in Japan and is a pioneering attempt to strategically develop the world's top artists as a mission of a national university.
In addition, the "global promotion system" is a movement aimed at improving the situation where the support system is not in place in the situation where it is indispensable for young musicians to challenge the international stage.Based on the current situation where we have to rely on individual self-produce, we are the first music university in Japan to tie up with the music industry and media such as Warner Music Japan, and we will audition on campus and digital performance sound sources while attending university. It is said that it will build a promotion system such as transmission.
