Musicology:
Historical, theoretical, and anthropological approaches to music research; classical, traditional, and popular idioms of various regions in East Asia, particularly China and Hong Kong, other Asian regions, particularly the Philippines, as well as Western cultures (France, Germany, Italy, the Low Countries, and North America); music in film and other media; manuscript and source studies, aesthetics, ethnography, the psychology of music, and the sociology of music.

Composition:
Guidance in musical composition using a great variety of media, including voice, musical instruments of Western and Asian cultures, other acoustic and electro-acoustic instruments; specialisation in computer-assisted musical creativity; exploration of various musical styles and idioms, including popular and commercial musics.