Music from Soochow

　　The Music Department of the school has at present six student performing groups, a symphony orchestra, a wind orchestra, a strings orchestra, a choir, a modern chamber music ensemble and a jazz band. These groups perform regularly every year in the National Concert Hall and Recital Hall, as well as go on island-wide performance tours to county and city cultural centers and those of civic or business organizations. The purpose is to raise the students’ performing experience and at the same time promote musical education in the communities. The Department also actively cooperates with communities and various enterprises in holding charity concerts to develop the students’ concern for society and make them aware of the less fortunate sections there — and very much hopes that the refined melodies will genuinely entertain the attending general public, alumni and friends of the school.

The Arts and Recreation Center

　　To improve artistic atmosphere —following the idea of cultivation via environmen — and to increase cultural interaction, an Arts and Recreation Center is incorporated in Building Six on the Downtown Campus.

　　It includes an art exhibition hall, a small theater hall for all kinds of performances on the stage, a faculty lounge, a coffee shop, and art exhibition preview office with a small specialized arts library. All these aim at promoting recognition and appreciation of beauty by the experience of pluralistic cultural presentations, exhibitions and activities. After opening of the Arts and Recreation Center, it has become one of the major venues of artistic activities in downtown Taipei, where the cultural features of the school can be displayed for faculty, students and the communities around to enjoy.

　　Opening Hours: Monday through Saturday 8:00 ~ 20:00, Sundays and National Holidays — closed
　　Information: (02) 2881-9471 ext. 2331

The Ch'ien Mu House
http://www2.scu.edu.tw/chienmu/

　　Since 2002 the University has been entrusted, by the Cultural Affairs Bureau of Taipei City, to administer the Ch'ien Mu House next to the Waishuanghsi Campus . Mr. Ch'ien Mu was one of the most renowned historians in the past hundred years in China. To run the House effectively, the University established a Steering Committee and an Office for the Management of the Ch'ien Mu House. The office's tasks include maintaining the original look of the House and the safe storage of the artiFacts about SU and written works kept there. In the spirit of Mr. Ch'ien's dedication to teaching and lecturing, academic seminars are often conducted there to propagate his academic ideas. To promote social education and fulfill social functions, the University also conducts there seminars on literature, history and philosophy on matters Mr. Ch'ien liked to diSUss.

　　Opening Hours: Tuesday through Sunday 8:00 ~ 17:00, Mondays and National Holidays — closed
　　Information: (02) 2880-5809