To discover Korean traditional music not known publically through field
research to southern province and to organize what are found into academic system
- Research on the Religious Music Field
To set up the academic base for the religious music through compiling the resource of religious music; music of Buddhism . Confucianism . Shamanism and others through field research and arranging it into scientific order
- Research on the Culture of Performing Arts of Common People
To collect information on the culture of the performing arts in local areas; specifically, instrumentation, sequences of performance, performing mode, costumes and many other diverse aspects of plays and music in local areas
- Domestic or International Academic Exchange of the Musicology of the Korean Traditional Music
To facilitate the academic exchange among scholars both domestically and internationally by hosting the seminars or conference on the Korean traditional music
- Publishing the Annual Report
To keep the official annual record on the activities of the National Namdo Center for Korean Performing Arts and to use the material as the advertisement use
- the Information Center
To collect and control the information related to the Korean traditional music in order to support the project and business of the National Namdo Center for Korean Performing Arts and to assist the research activities of the trainees staying at the center
