Preserving and Innovating: Strategies for Integrating Traditional Chinese Singing Techniques into Contemporary Vocal Pedagogy in Higher Education

Abstract

Under the national strategy of upholding cultural confidence and building a cultural powerhouse, integrating traditional Chinese
vocal techniques into the higher education vocal music curriculum has become the core pathway for establishing a Chinese-style vocal music
school and cultivating new-type vocal music talent. Currently, the main body of higher vocal music education in China still follows the Western bel canto paradigm, leading to traditional vocal music techniques being marginalised and facing multiple challenges such as theoretical
system barriers, shortage of teaching staff, single evaluation standards, and superficial course integration. This study is grounded in theory,
systematically analysing the aforementioned status quo and challenges, and proposing fundamental improvement strategies: advocating the
completion of the modern theoretical transformation and textbook development of traditional techniques through interdisciplinary academic
research; addressing the talent bottleneck through a 'dual-track mutual appointment' and 'faculty empowerment' plan; guiding teaching direction through reforms to a diversified evaluation system; and ultimately deeply reconstructing the core of the curriculum to infuse traditional
elements into the entire teaching process. This study aims to provide a theoretical framework and action plan for promoting the localisation
of vocal music education in China, holding significant theoretical and practical significance for inheriting China's excellent traditional culture
and enhancing the international recognition and influence of Chinese music education.