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THE BEST PREPARATION FOR
YOUR MUSICAL FUTURE
The Bachelor of Music offers fexible
study pathways that can be tailored to
meet your interests, skills and needs in
preparation for your career in music.
Following a performance-based,
common frst-year experience, in
second and third year you have
the opportunity to major in one of
four key areas: Music Performance,
Composition, Ethnomusicology and
Musicology.
You are able to further tailor your
degree through the wide range
of elective offerings, including
an extensive ensemble program,
specialised applied skills, and academic
subjects ranging from early music and
music of the world to postmodern and
popular music.
As a Bachelor of Music student,
you learn from some of the most
committed, talented and experienced
teachers in Australia and play an active
part in the musical life of the Melbourne
Conservatorium of Music and the city of
Melbourne.
MAJOR AREAS OF STUDY
Composition
Ethnomusicology
Musicology
Music Performance
CAREER OUTCOMES
MCM graduates occupy leadership roles
in the music industry within Australia
and internationally. The Bachelor of
Music not only prepares you for a
portfolio career but develops your
professional abilities in felds such as:
Creative thinking, through many
performance-based activities
Teamwork and leadership, through
playing in ensembles and organising
rehearsals and performances
Critical thinking, analysis and
problem solving, through
assessment tasks in music history
and theory subjects
Communication, through written
and spoken presentations in a large
range of subjects.
Music graduates occupy leadership
roles in the music industry within
Australia and internationally, pursuing
careers as:
Accompanist
Arranger or typesetter
Audio technician
Chamber musician
Classroom music teacher
Commercial arranger
Concert agent
Concert manager
Concert music composer
Film scorer
Instrumental and/or classroom
music teacher
Music administrator
Music critic/reviewer
Music editor
Music producer or sound engineer
Music researcher
Music therapist
Music wholesaler/retailer
Opera company/chorus member
Orchestral musician
Radio broadcaster or programmer
Sessional musician for flm,
television, music theatre, live shows
and recording sessions
Touring soloist and ensemble member.
HONOURS
The Bachelor of Music (Honours)
degree is an intensive, specialised
year-long course that provides you with
enhanced knowledge and expertise to
kick-start your career, or gives you a
pathway into further graduate study.
There are four specialisations in the
honours year: Music Performance,
Composition, Musicology and
Ethnomusicology.
Bachelor of
Music
Develop your musical skills, thinking and creativity through
a range of subjects, performances, experiences and
graduate pathways.
Duration
3 years full time
Part time available
Q
Fourth year honours available
Campus
Parkville and Southbank
Entry
Semester 1 (all students) or
2 (international students only)
Contact hours (frst year)
W
Approximately 40 hours per week
(including out-of-class individual
practice, rehearsals and study)
Extra requirements
Selection into the Bachelor of Music
is by audition, musicianship test and
ATAR (or equivalent). Your audition
program should include three pieces
demonstrating contrasting styles,
periods and composers from the
Western art music repertoire.
Repertoire presented at AMEB Grade
7 standard for instrumentalists and
Grade 5 for singers generally makes
for a competitive audition. These
standards are given as an indication
only, to guide your choice of audition
repertoire. AMEB examinations are
not a prerequisite for entry to the
Bachelor of Music. The musicianship
test – assessing aural and theory
skills – is held during the audition
period, and preparation for the test is
not required.
Q
Part-time study not available to most
international students due to visa
restrictions
W
Based on full-time study load
Quick facts
The frst University
of Melbourne music
degree was awarded
1879
20+
ensembles to
perform with, including
the University of
Melbourne Orchestra