SCG Preview: Central Conservatory Preparatory School (CCPS)

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Winter holidays are over, the Spring Festival is coming: it must be time for the School Choice Guide! Our annual magazine with all the articles and school profiles you’ll need to make the best choice for your family will be distributed in February, and we’re here to give you some sneak peeks at the great schools profiled within it!

You can see all the schools listed via QR code below, but until then, feast your eyes on just some of the wonderful international schools Beijing has to offer.

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Central Conservatory Preparatory School (short for “CCPS”) of Dongcheng District, Beijing, located in the heartland of Beijing, is a professional music school connecting the world stage with dreams. With personalized classical music and contemporary music instruction as the core education, combined with systematic academic courses, the school aims to cultivate professional musicians and promote versatile artistic development of students.

CCPS has set up a preparatory course program and a three-year high school program. The music course at CCPS includes classical music and contemporary music. In the classical direction, it offers four majors: instrumental music, vocal music (bel canto and musical) composition, and conducting. The contemporary music direction offers pop singing, modern instrumental performance, electronic music production, songwriting, etc.

Both music and academic courses are equally important at CCPS. The school gathers excellent music and academic teachers – home and abroad, sets an integrated music curriculum and aims to cultivate students’ comprehensive music ability in an all-around way. The academic curriculum includes customized English courses to meet students’ needs for further study, Chinese and humanity courses to develop students’ knowledge and identity in language, history, and culture, and mathematics and science courses to develop students’ logical thinking, practical abilities in science and engineering.

The rich extracurricular activities are a special feature of CCPS. Musical events such as concerts, masterclasses, music salons, etc., continue to provide the students with a great platform to show off their talents and to learn from the real masters. Academic activities such as drama festivals, English speech contests, overseas visits to schools, and outdoor classes help them broaden their horizons. Public welfare social services such as the Wings of Music Charity project and care for special children have enhanced their sense of social responsibility and service awareness.

CCPS has established long-term relationships with many universities and colleges in the world and invited professors from different universities to give masterclasses and other activities from time to time. Bard College of Music, Cleveland Institute of Music, and other internationally renowned music schools offered test centers at CCPS for enrollment. The school has established great cooperative relationships with many foreign conservatories, including Berklee College of Music, San Francisco Conservatory of Music, Royal Northern College of Music, Temple University, Manhattan School of Music, University of Delaware, Indiana University, Royal College of Music, Colburn School, University of Southern California, State University of New York, Purchase College of Music, Peabody Institute of the Johns Hopkins University, and many more. Admission officers and professors from many universities come to the school to conduct interactive discussions with students, explain admission requirements, and interview students every year.

Address: No.19 Nanheyan Avenue, Dongcheng District
WeChat: zhongyindingshi

Contact: 4000 581 587
Web: www.ccom-prep.org

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Founding date: 2012
School type: Day and boarding school with an international curriculum
School hours: 8am-5pm
Ministry of Education accredited? Yes
Curriculum description: Music courses and Academic courses

Age range: above 14 years old
Grades offered: High school preparatory course, Grades 10-12
Number of students: 40
Foreign passport holder accepted? Yes
Local Chinese students accepted? Yes
Nationality of students: Chinese
Class size (average): 10
Teacher-student ratio: 1:1 (music class), 1:5 (other classes)

Tuition and other fees:

Tuition: RMB 240,000/year for Vocal, Percussion, Songwriting, and Jazz Drum; RMB 220,000/year for other majors
Application fee: RMB 2,000

Primary teaching language(s): Chinese and English
Other elective language(s): No
After-school activities: International exchange activities, music masterclasses, music salons and music experts’ classes. Series of concerts held by students, such as concerts at the end of the month, personal concerts, concerts at the end of the semester, graduation concerts and New Year concerts. The Theater Festival of CCPS and the English Speech Competition are the essential parts of the academic activities. Public service activities such as “Wings of Music” and “Social Service” provide social opportunities for students.
Scholarships offered? No.
Extra help offered? Yes. ESL, TOEFL, SAT

Total area (in sqm): 5,000
Facilities: Several standard practicing rooms, multi-functional halls, reading rooms and multimedia studios with iMac equipment, a small concert hall that can hold hundreds of people and casual restaurants for students in the school. The design style of the school buildings breaks the restriction of the existing regular design so as to encourage students to stay committed to exploration and practice in the way to realize their artistic value.
Lunch: Chinese food and Western food
Boarding program? Yes
Nurse/doctor available? Yes

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Image: courtesy of CCPS

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