Kaohsiung City holds a variety of music contests annually with the hope to create an avenue for students of music to perform themselves on stage and obtain confidence and improve their music skills through the music contests and comments from the judges.

 

1-1 City Music Contests

City Music Contests is the most important national-wise music contest for junior high and senior high school music gift class students every year. The contest includes all kinds of classical music instruments under a two-year basis rotating contesting list. Therefore, many music students are highly interested in participating in City Music Contests.

The major purposes of City Music Contests are as the following:

1. Develop students’ interests of learning music and increase their music literacy.

2. Enhance music education in formal school settings.

3. Create a communication platform for music gifted class students.

4. If junior high school music gifted class students perform outstandingly in the city music contest, they can directly admit to senior high school music gifted class.