Regarding the teachers’ Music Training in Academic Lever in R.N. Macedonia there are two main Faculty Departments: Musical Theory and Pedagogy and Vocal – Instrumental.
In Music Faculty, Musical Theory and Pedagogy Department students get trained for becoming Music Pedagogy and are specialized for teaching in schools while in Music Faculties, Vocal – Instrumental Department students become virtuoso instrumentalist or solo singers ready to perform.
In Macedonia there are three State Universities in which there are Music Faculties: Saints “Cyril and Methodius” University of Skopje, State University of Tetovo and “Goce Delcev” University of Shtip.
In Saints “Cyril and Methodius” University of Skopje, Music Faculty has Six Main Departments: Musical Theory and Pedagogy (Music Theory and Pedagogy, Sonology, Musicology and Ethnomusicology), Vocal – Instrumental (String Instruments, Wind Instruments, Solo Singing, Harp, Piano, Harmonic), Popular Genre, Composition, Conducting and Baley Pedagogy (Classic Ballet and Modern Ballet).
In State University of Tetovo there are Four Main Departments: Musical Theory and Pedagogy (Music Theory and Pedagogy, Sonology, Musicology and Ethnomusicology), Vocal – Instrumental (String Instruments, Wind Instruments, Solo Singing, Harp, Piano, Harmonic), Composition and Conducting.
In “Goce Delcev” University of Shtip, Music Faculty there Three Main Departments: Musical Theory and Pedagogy (Music Theory and Pedagogy, Musicology and Ethnomusicology), Vocal – Instrumental (String Instruments, Wind Instruments, Solo Singing, , Piano) and Jazz.
In all Music Faculties today we have the Bologna System of Bachelor Studies of four years 240 ETCand Master Degree of one year 60 ETC.
