P.G Department of Music Vocal - Khalsa College Patiala

PG Department of Music(Vocal)

General Shivdev Singh Diwan Gurbachan Singh Khalsa College Patiala was established in 1960 with a vision to serve the society in a unique way. Music as a subject (vocal as well as instrument) was introduced in the year 1994. Since then the Department of Music Vocal is doing all out efforts to promote Indian Classical Music.The Department of vocal music is truly an unmatched, remarkable and outstanding component of the institution. The experience of learning in the department is truly very unique for the students as they pursue their academics at one hand and they learn classical vocal music on the other hand. The students can benefit from both the experiences; studying in a regular college and learning music through the traditional way of learning i.e. "Guru-Shishye Parampara".

The teachers who worked hard for the development of the department were Prof.Harjas Kaur, Prof.Manjeet Kaur, Prof. Kanwaljit Singh. Currently the department is working and progressing under the supervision of Dr.Jagjit Singh (01-07-2009 to till the date).

From time to time the department has shown a remarkable progress, it’s with the blessings of almighty, and the management has started Master of Arts (Hindustani Classical Music) from session 2014-2015. Presently fifteen students are pursuing their carrier in Indian Classical Music.

The present infrastructure of the department includes well-furnished Vocal room with modern facilities like wifi internet, modern electronic gadgets etc. Apart from the main library the department has its own library. The reading and lending section of the main library has numerous books, some of them are old as well as priceless, and providing the valuable material for regular as well as research oriented study.

The management of the college in principle has decided to establish a state of the art recording studio so that the students will be made familiar with modern techniques of recording.