The Conservatory of Music of Guangxi Arts University is one of the higher music education institutions with a long history in China, and it is the only important teaching institution in Guangxi that specializes in training talents in music performance, music creation and music research. It can be traced back to 1938, when the famous music educators Man qianzi and Wu Bochao founded the Music Group of Guangxi Art Teacher Training Course in Guilin, and 1990 was upgraded to undergraduate program. Over the years, the Conservatory of Music has adhered to the socialist school-running direction, cultivated and practiced socialist core values, trained and transported a large number of outstanding music and art talents for the country, and made outstanding contributions to the construction of music culture in Guangxi. At present, the Conservatory of Music has developed into a training base for higher music talents integrating teaching, scientific research, creation and practice, with distinct academic advantages and distinctive school-running characteristics.
As one of the main departments of Guangxi Arts University, Conservatory of Music covers two teaching levels: undergraduate and postgraduate. The college has nine departments and one department: vocal music department, pop music department, piano department, composition department, folk music department, music department, recording art department, orchestral department, national art department and art practice department; A number of teaching experimental groups, such as Lijiang Chamber Orchestra and National Folk Choir, have also been established. The national orchestra, choir and symphony orchestra of Guangxi Art College are also managed by the college. The major involves four disciplines and seven directions: music performance, composition and composition technology theory, musicology and recording arts. Among them, the major of "Music Performance" is a national specialty and a specialty of university construction. "musicology" is a key characteristic discipline at the autonomous region level; The major of "Composition and Composition Technology Theory" is the dominant major in the autonomous region. Vocal music, composition, computer music, erhu performance and other courses are excellent courses at the autonomous region level. In addition, the college also has a number of scientific research and practice platforms, such as the national experimental teaching demonstration center-Music Experimental Teaching Center, China-ASEAN Music Culture Cross-border Communication Research Center, and Guangxi Young Singer Training Base.
The departments of the Conservatory of Music have strong professional strength and relatively reasonable professional title structure. Faculty 104, including professor 16, associate professor 40 and lecturer 27. There are 9 doctors and 58 masters. Full-time teachers mainly come from Central Conservatory of Music, China Conservatory of Music, Shanghai Conservatory of Music, Wuhan Conservatory of Music, Xi Conservatory of Music, Guangxi Art College and other professional colleges. In recent years, they have introduced high-quality talents from Europe and America, which has greatly improved the academic structure of teachers. After years of talent echelon construction and training, some disciplines and discipline leaders have been among the advanced ranks of similar disciplines in China, and many discipline leaders have won "National Advanced Individual in School Art Education", "National Excellent Teacher", "Teacher Award of Ceng Xianzi Education Foundation", "Eight Famous Teachers in Autonomous Region", "Guangxi University Teaching Master Award", "Excellent Experts in Autonomous Region", "Guangxi May 1st Labor Medal" and "Excellent in Autonomous Region".
Teachers and students of the Conservatory of Music actively participated in professional competitions at all levels and achieved remarkable results. He has successively won the China Golden Bell Award for Music, the National Youth National Instrumental Music Competition, the Peacock Award, the National University Student Art Exhibition, the National University Student Campus Drama Festival, the People's Music Club Cup Book Review and Essay Writing Activity, the National Music Communication Paper Collection Activity, the National Original (Campus Music) Works Competition and the National Campus Mixing Competition. The teaching experimental group composed of teachers and students of the college is not only committed to serving the local cultural construction, but also often visits and performs abroad on behalf of the school, which promotes the school's foreign exchange and makes new progress in the internationalization of education. China-ASEAN Music Week, founded and sponsored by the Conservatory of Music, has become an important brand of modern music culture in China and the school-running feature of the Conservatory of Music after seven years of ingenuity. It attracts a large number of domestic and foreign artists to perform on the same stage every year, and is known as the third professional music platform in China after the Modern Music Festival of the Central Conservatory of Music and the Contemporary Music Week of the Shanghai Conservatory of Music.