This Programme includes
Self learning course material
Video
Quiz
Discussion Forum
Access on Mobile, Tablet and Laptop/ Desktop
Degree from IGNOU after Successful Completion
B.A. (Performing Arts) – Hindustani Music Hons. (BAPFHMH) programme in Open & Distance Learning mode is an opportunity to large segment of the population including the disadvantaged to pursue a programme in Hindustani classical Music. The programme aims to provide Classical music education to the discerning students who do not have access to study it through conventional system. This course has been designed for serious students of music to get knowledge of the subject theoretically as well as practically. The programme objectives are to provide learners with learning experiences that help instill deep interests in learning Hindustani Classical music prevalent in the major part of Indian continent and develop broad and balanced knowledge and understanding of core components like: musical elements, principles, history of music, contributions of various musicologists throughout the ages, music education, and Aesthetics theories related to Hindustani Classical Music. The programme will also provide opportunities to the students to collaborate with fellow students and put up a joint stage production which will be a unique experience for the students of Performing Arts.
The programme is appropriate for ODL as it focuses on the skill and competences development having both professional and academic proficiency leading to job opportunities and over all development. By undergoing this course, the learner will be:
Able to understand and sing with correct voice production.
Capable to sing the prescribed Ragas.
Able to demonstrate the prescribed Talas.
Capable to express their understanding of evolution of Indian Classical Music
Able to understand and elaborate on the historical development of Hindustani Music.
Able to gain knowledge about the treatises of music written through the ages.
Able to describe the concept of Indian Music and Rasa
Able to identify and analyse the regional expressions of Raga Sangeet.
Capable to collaborate with fellow learners to put up a group stage show.
Develop pedagogical understanding of the subject to get employed in teaching jobs.
Employed, Self-employed, Free-lancers, light music amateurs & professionals, Folk Music amateurs & professionals, School teachers, aspiring professionals, and any other who had to choose professional studies over music but desires to develop understanding, knowledge and singing skills in addition to acquiring a Bachelor’s Degree, subject to fulfilling the eligibility criteria.
10 + 2 Pass from any of the recognized boards.
Desirable : Studied music as one of the subject in 11th and 12th Class / who have learned music from an institution or a guru.
Hindi (Although the SLM will be given in Hindi students will be allowed to write their assignments and exams in English also.)
Rs. 27,600/- (Rs. 9,200/- per year) (Registration Fee and Development Fee as applicable). (University may revise the fee time to time. Please check with the advertisement or IGNOU website).
Minimum 3 years, Maximum 6 years; offered only in July cycle of admissions.
BHMCT 101: Introduction to Hindustani Music and its Fundamentals, Core Courses (6 Credits)
BHMCL 102 : Hindustani Music Vocal, Practicum – 1, Core Courses (6 Credits)
BEVAE 181 : Environmental Studies, Ability Enhancement Compulsory Courses (4 Credits)
BSOG 171 : Indian Society : Images and Reality, Generic Electives (6 Credits)
BHMCT 103 : Fundamentals of Hindustani Music, Core Course (6 Credits)
BHMCL 104 : Hindustani Music Vocal Practicum -2, Core Course (6 Credits)
BEGAE 182 : Communication Skills in English Language, Ability Enhancement Compulsory Courses (4 Credits)
OR
BEGAE 182 : Hindi Bhasha aur Sampreshan, Ability Enhancement Compulsory Courses (4 Credits)
BGDG 172 : Gender Sensibility, Generic Electives (6 Credits)
BHMCT 105 : Study of Forms, Instruments and Traditions of Hindustani Music, Core Courses (6 Credits)
BHMCl 106 : Hindustani Music Vocal Practicum – 3, Core Courses (6 Credits)
BHMCL 107 : Hindustani Music Vocal Practicum – 4, Core Courses (6 Credits)
BANS 183 : Tourism Anthropology, Skill Enhancement Course (4 Credits)
BSOG 173 : Rethinking Development, Generic Electives (6 Credits)
BHMCT 108 : Study of Treatises, Gharanas, Elementary Karnatak Music, Core Course (6 Credits)
BHMCP 109 : Dissertation, Core Course (6 Credits)
BHMCL 110 : Hindustani Music Vocal Practicum – 5, Core Course (6 Credits)
BPCS 186 : Managing Stress, Skill Enhancement Course (4 Credits)
BPCG 174 : Psychology and Media, Generic Electives (6 Credits)
BHMCT 111 : Study of Modern Works, Gharanas, Biographies and Other Genres, Core Course (6 Credits)
BHMCL 112 : Hindustani Music Vocal Practicum – 6, Core Course (6 Credits)
BPFT 141 : Study of Natyashastra, Discipline Specific Elective Courses (6 Credits)
BPFT 142 : Arts and Aesthetics: Indian & western concepts, Discipline Specific Elective Courses (6 Credits)
BHMCT 113 : Study of Gharanas, Elementary Western Music, and Interdisciplinary study of Music, Core Course (6 Credits)
BHMCL 114 : Hindustani Music Vocal Practicum – 7, Core Course (6 Credits)
BPFT 143 : Pedagogy of Performing Arts, Discipline Specific Elective Courses (6 Credits)
BPFL 144 : Integrated Performance project (Practical), Discipline Specific Elective Courses (6 Credits)
Dr. Mallika Banerjee
Programme Coordinator & Assistant Professor
School of Performing and Visual Arts
Indira Gandhi National Open University
Maidan Garhi, New Delhi - 110068
Email : mallikabanerjee@ignou.ac.in
Phone: 01129571656