The purpose of music education is to broaden the horizons of music and cultivate the ability to feel, understand and appreciate music. The significance of music education lies in cultivating noble artistic sentiment, forming a correct artistic view, and more importantly, cultivating people's character and quality, so as to benefit people physically and mentally.

Music education is divided into "ordinary" music education and "professional" music education. The training goal of professional music education is to cultivate high-tech applied talents with basic music performance theory, basic performance skills and artistic practice knowledge. The major of music education is to train all-round music teachers.

Extended data:

The core competence of music education: having strong vocal music, instrumental music performance ability, music appreciation and identification ability, mastering the analysis method of music works, and having certain music creation ability; Strong ability to organize music education and teaching activities, literary and artistic activities and competitions; Have certain ability of music education and scientific research.

The core course of music education:

Music theory, solfeggio, vocal music, instrumental music (including Chinese and foreign instrumental music), harmony foundation, Chinese and foreign music history, music appreciation, chorus command, song creation, musical form analysis, introduction to art, stage performance, dance, introduction to music education, philosophy of music education, pedagogy, psychology, music therapy, etc.

The main practical links are: graduation practice, music research and collection, art practice (performance), employment guidance, graduation design (thesis, concert).