Bachelor of Arts with Global Certification

Music

Eligibility

The minimum qualification required to apply is a pass in the 10+2 examination in Science / Commerce / Arts from PUC / ISC / CBSE or equivalent board.

Overview

Jain (Deemed-to-be University) in collaboration with Dr. L Subramaniam's Lakshminarayana Global Center of Excellence (LGCE) is offering BA (Honors) in Music with an emphasis on performance.

The program offers Carnatic singing, violin, veena, mridangam, and western piano. It will take a holistic approach in teaching music and empower students to become performers with an awareness of global music traditions. This will also help students to pursue their master's and doctorate on similar lines if they are academically inclined. This course will give students an option to become music educators or ethnomusicologists. This is a uniquely designed course that will give students various options both in India and abroad.

The delivery of this course will be supported by the team from LGCE including Dr. L Subramaniam and Kavita Krishnamurti Subramaniam, Dr. Meera Rajaram Pranesh, Bindu Subramaniam and Ambi Subramaniam from the Subramaniam Academy of Performing Arts, and Hari Ravikumar, supported by global institutes like the Norwegian Academy of Music as well as other academies in Europe and USA.

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Program code: 001C

Course code : 1C02

Course Commencement : August 2025

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Study Campus

School of Humanities & Social Sciences
#44/4, District Fund Road
Jayanagar 9th Block Campus
Bengaluru - 560069
P+ 080-46501738

Admissions Office

JAIN Knowledge Campus
#44/4, District Fund Road
Jayanagar 9th Block Campus
Bangalore - 5600 69
P : +91 9606045275
P : +91 7337882364

Curriculum Structure

Semesters I

Sanskrit for Music - 1
Introduction to Theory of Indian Music - 1
Music Education - 1
Practical - 1: Abhyasagana - 1(Carnatic Vocal or Carnatic Violin or Mridangam or Western Piano)
Practical - 2: Compositional Forms - 1(Carnatic Vocal or Carnatic Violin or Mridangam or Western Piano)
Practical - 3: Practical approach to Music Theory - 1(Carnatic Vocal, Carnatic Violin, Mridangam, Western Piano)

Semesters II

Sanskrit for Music - 2
Introduction to Theory of Indian Music - 2
Music Education - 2
Practical - 4: Abhyasa Gana - 2 (Carnatic Vocal or Carnatic Violin or Mridangam or Western Piano)
Practical - 5: Compositional Forms - 2(Carnatic Vocal or Carnatic Violin or Mridangam or Western Piano)
Practical - 6: Practical approach to Music Theory - 2(Carnatic Vocal, Carnatic Violin, Mridangam, Western Piano)
Mind Management & Human Values
Musical Instruments and Maintenance / Western Composers

Semesters III

Didactics for Classrooms - 1
Practical - 7 Compositional Forms - 3(Carnatic Vocal or Carnatic Violin or Mridangam or Western Piano)
Practical - 8 Manodharma Sangeeta-1(Carnatic Vocal or Carnatic Violin or Mridangam or Western Piano)
Practical - 9 Practical Approach to Music Theory-3 (Carnatic Vocal, Carnatic Violin, Mridangam, Western Piano)
Entertainment Management / Computer Fundamentals
Indian Music Composers / Introduction to European Music
Environment Studies

Semesters IV

Didactics for Classrooms - 2
Practical - 10 Compositional Forms - 4(Carnatic Vocal or Carnatic Violin or Mridangam or Western Piano)
Practical - 11 Manodharma Sangeeta - 2(Carnatic Vocal or Carnatic Violin or Mridangam or Western Piano)
Practical - 12 Practical approach to music theory-4(Carnatic Vocal, Carnatic Violin, Mridangam, Western Piano)
Business Law / Journalism
Ensemble Playing / Recording Techniques
Communicative English

Semester V

Pedagogical Theory
Practical – 13 (Carnatic Vocal / Carnatic Violin / Mridangam / Western Piano)
Practical – 14 (Carnatic Vocal / Carnatic Violin / Mridangam / Western Piano)
Melodic and Rhythmic Application - 1 / Practical Placement in Classrooms - 1
Global Music / Khanjira – 1
Acoustics or Indian Constitution

Semester VI

Raga Harmony
Practical – 15 (Carnatic Vocal / Carnatic Violin / Mridangam / Western Piano)
Practical – 16 (Carnatic Vocal / Carnatic Violin / Mridangam / Western Piano)
Melodic and Rhythmic Application – 2 / Practical Placement in Classrooms – 1
Dissertation / Khanjira - 2
Concert / Songwriting
Ethics / Foreign Language

Course Highlights

Special lectures and workshops by Dr. L Subramaniam and various artists/educators from around the world.
Kavita Krishnamurti will be conducting workshops in Voice Production, Voice Culture, Singing in Microphones and Bollywood singing.
SaPa (Subramaniam Academy of Performing Arts), Norwegian Academy of Music and professors of some leading music institutions from USA and Europe will be involved in teaching some of the subjects.
Indian Music theory lectures will be conducted by Dr. Meera Rajaram Pranesh.
Mark Harbold will be conducting classes through video conferencing on western music/world music.
In a first-of its kind, the program will also provide degrees in percussion instruments (mridangam). With this, they can continue to do MA and Ph.D. in percussion.
Students will also get exposure and training in Songwriting, Recording technologies, Ensemble education, Studio recording and entertainment management among other things.
There will also be opportunity to learn Sanskrit since it will be useful for Carnatic music students and also an option to learn a foreign language.

Career Outcomes

Some of the roles that students get into are:

Creative Production Specialist
Artist Relations Manager
Programming Manager, Music & Entertainment
Project Coordinator
Music Specialist
Performing Arts Advisor
Entertainment Specialist
Teaching Artist
Brand Leader
Music Touring
Classical Music Curator
Arts Programming Coordinator
Production Assistant
Music Operator
Recording Specialist
Lyrist
Entertainment Management