89
Melbourne
Conservatorium of Music
Creating inspirational musical futures.
The Melbourne Conservatorium
of Music (MCM) offers the most
comprehensive music research
and graduate studies program in
Australia. It is an exciting destination
for professional graduate study and
research training in music scholarship
and artistry.
Music graduates face a rapidly changing
professional musical world. We need to
be better prepared and more innovative,
which is why graduate study and
research are so important – not only to
musicians but for music itself.
Through our coursework programs
we offer advanced specialist training
to professionals who wish to enhance
their expertise in an array of musical
felds including performance teaching
and music therapy. In our research
programs, our staff and graduate
students are making important
advances in solving complex
problems which ultimately lead to new
compositions, new editions of music,
better performances, and fresh insights
into the discipline itself.
The MCM‘s graduate program ranges
from graduate certifcates and diplomas
to doctoral study, offering opportunities
for professional training, professional
development and research. We offer
specialisations in music performance
including opera performance as well as
composition, conducting, performance
teaching, music therapy, musicology and
ethnomusicology.
Courses include Commonwealth
Supported Places and international and
Australian fee paying places, and there
is a range of scholarships and other
fnancial assistance available.
YOUR LEARNING
ENVIRONMENT
At the MCM, we nurture and develop
musical abilities so that you can
gain employment in the full range of
occupations in the music profession. We
foster excellence in artistic performance,
research and scholarship, and through
our annual cycle of public recitals,
seminars, conferences and concerts we
promote an informed interest in music
and the performance of music within the
University and the wider community.
Teaching at the MCM is held at both the
University of Melbourne‘s main Parkville
campus and at the Southbank campus
in the heart of Melbourne‘s arts precinct.
Our unique teaching and performance
facilities include:
Melba Hall, a 340-seat concert hall
and one of the fnest chamber music
venues in Melbourne
Louise Hanson-Dyer Music Library
Lenton Parr Music, Visual and
Performing Arts Library
Grainger Museum, a heritage-listed
museum housing Percy Grainger‘s
internationally recognised archive and
artefact collection
Early Music Studio
National Music Therapy Research
Unit.
EXPLORE, DEVELOP, ACHIEVE
Our present graduate student body is
a diverse one, and includes students
from across Australia, Asia, North and
South America and Europe. You will join
a community of students passionate
about their musical pursuits, ranging
from solo, chamber, operatic and
orchestral repertoire and performance,
to conducting, performance teaching
and composition studies. Music
therapy students pursue research and
applied studies, while musicology and
ethnomusicology students carry out
research across time, place and cultures.
Features of studying at the MCM:
An all-Steinway piano school
(Parkville)
Two world-class university campuses
in the centre of Melbourne, at
Parkville and Southbank
Intensive one-to-one supervision with
leading scholars, performers and
composers
Active student body focused around
the Graduate Music Student Society
Purpose-built composition studios
and performance venues
Access to leading practitioners in the
profession
A culturally diverse student body
Access to a range of research
resources, including Australia‘s
largest music collection in a tertiary
education institution
Opportunities to perform in
Melbourne‘s world-class performance
venues, including Melba Hall, Hamer
Hall and the Melbourne Recital Centre
Publication opportunities (scores,
articles and reviews) in the Melbourne
Conservatorium‘s graduate-run, peer-
reviewed journal Context
Access to a fne instrument collection
including early instruments, a
complete Central Javanese bronze
slendro-pélog gamelan, a Sudanese
gamelan degung, and a Chinese
instrument collection
The largest
graduate music school
in Australia
Home of the
National
Music Therapy
Research Unit