Christ Church School Women's Music Education Research

This dissertation is focused mainly on the four Christian Schools, included in both two Middle Schools named The Mctyeire and St.Mary's Hall, and two colleges named Ginling College and University of Shanghai. and through the investigation to the music education pattern of the four schools to clarify the development process and the law of development on female music education.The history of the female music education in this four Christian Schools has extended across the end of 19th century to the middle of 20th century. In this period. Chinese modern and contemporary society is faced with the social transformation and transform, and the female music education concept as well as the systematic transforming track in these four schools has reflected this change, and shined upon the development process of female music education in Chinese modern and contemporary history in southern regions of Yangtze River.The first chapter, named "The Mctyeire and The Common Female Talents Music Education" outlines the music education activities in The Mctyeire based on training the common female talents of the acquaintance both Chinese and Western culture, and the influence to the society as well. At the very beginning of the foundation, western music education as a principle of general education is treated as a significant component in The Mctyerie, and a serious of music compulsory and elective courses are open to the whole students, and the meanwhile, a special teaching management administration, named Music Department is founded. Music Department relied on its excellent school philosophy, systematic teaching management, and dense music and cultural atmosphere, fosters the first groups of females who can grasp western modern music knowledge in Chinese modern history, which is regarded as a pioneer and model in Christian female music education.The second chapter, named "St.Mary's Hall and Female Christian Music Education", elaborates to the music education activities which aims to foster eligible female Christians. All teaching activities in the school included in music teaching activity, appeared with the method of "granted by fishing". At the very beginning of 20th century, Music Department used to elective courses is open to all students, containing Piano Department as well as Vocal Department. From the perspective of teaching pattern both are with vivid western music education, and the meanwhile, with the characteristic of "School follows Church", which aims to cultivated company luthiers for the church and personnel of reserve duty for the choir.The third chapter named "Ginling College and Professional Music Education" investigates the educational situation of the professional female music education talents in Music Department. In the twenties of 20th century. Music Department is set in Gulling College, which marks the completed music teaching system in Christian College both from Middle School to College, and from aesthetic education to professional education in southern regions of Yangtze River. From the perspective of female. Music Department is with duty to develop female education, with elaborate project and high quality in teaching, to achieve a great success and is to cultivate and provide abundant qualified female musicians for the realm of Chinese professional music education and professional performance, so as to have a prominent contribution to the development of Chinese music cultural undertakings.The fourth chapter, named "University of Shanghai in the system of coeducation Female Music Education", discusses the situation of female music teaching and music life in the University of Shanghai. University of Shanghai treating the coeducation as a school system, is a forerunner in Chinese modern history, whose music education activities are differ from these in single-sex female colleges. Music Department and Music Normal Department are authorized to empower these female students the equal rights with the male students, and change the former idea that male students are shielded in Christian Female Schools and they are in single learning space, which causes female students acquire more abundant music thinking and experience. Furthermore, in a great many of Music Societies, there reflects the female students' music living behavior in the reform time of Chinese modern education concept and patternThis dissertation concludes the historical significance of female music education in Christian Schools and the thinking brought by female music education pattern in Christian Schools.