Sri Lanka, Sept. 13 -- The Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences of the University of Sri Jayewardenepura took another step towards modernising its degree programs and getting new knowledge across to the students when it established a Department of Music and Creative Technology recently under the headship of Prof Pradeep Ratnayake to give access to Sri Lankan music students to learn new methods of music creation, like composing and performing music through the computer and being better able to be of service to the new demands by the entertainment industry.

Prof Ratnayake had spent two years in Columbia University, New York, as a Fulbright scholar working at the Music Department and then the Computer Music Department, working with pro...