Program overview

String Instruments Performance Diploma

A performance-centred pathway for students developing technique, musicianship, and expressive confidence on Chinese bowed-string instruments.

A YCMA student performing an erhu solo on stage

What you can explore

Build skill through focused creative study.

This overview introduces the learning area without publishing unconfirmed tuition or admission thresholds. When YCMA has published approved program facts, this page uses those same facts. Admissions will confirm the information that still depends on your start date.

Individual technique
Repertoire and musicianship
Performance preparation

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