Bachelor of Music
Course 655-AA (2008)
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| Year and Campus: | 2008 |
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| Fees Information: | Subject EFTSL, Level, Discipline & Census Date |
| Level: | Undergraduate |
Contact
Faculty of Music University of Melbourne Victoria 3010 Conservatorium BuildingTel: +61 3 8344 5256 Fax: +61 3 8344 5346 Email via: http://music-unimelb.custhelp.comWeb: www.bmus.unimelb.edu.au and www.music.unimelb.edu.au| Course Overview: | The Bachelor of Music course is designed to provide students with a perspective for the discipline of music and the specialist knowledge and skills that should prepare them for a professional career in music. |
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| Objectives: | On completion of this course, students should be able to:
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| Course Structure & Available Subjects: | The course has two core years, followed by two specialisation years. In the core years students undertake individual practical tuition on the instrument on which they auditioned, a program of ensemble work, a sequence of aural/theoretical and historical studies and a comprehensive music literature requirement.
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| Subject Options: | The first year of the BMus commenced phase out in 2007. First year course structures are included for indicative purposes only. Core Years: First YearSubject Study Period Commencement: Credit Points: PLUS Three Music Skills Electives 18.750 Core Years: Second YearSubject Study Period Commencement: Credit Points: PLUS Four Music Skills Electives 25.000 Students commencing composition studies in year 2 take Compostion subjects in place of Practical Study and Electro-Acoustic Music in place of 2 Music Skills Electives.Subject Study Period Commencement: Credit Points: Music Skills ElectivesImportant Notes regarding electives:
Subject Study Period Commencement: Credit Points: Music Skills Electives - Ensemble ElectivesAudition and Special Permission requirements.A number of ensembles require an audition or special permission before enrolment can be approved. During the re-enrolment period, all ensemble selections will be processed with provisional approval. These enrolments will then be reviewed by Ensemble Directors, in the context of results, and students will be advised in late December/early January whether an audition/special permission will be needed before ensemble enrolment can be confirmed. Auditions will be held during February. The Faculty reserves the right to alter ensemble enrolments according to audition/special permission requirements. Subject Study Period Commencement: Credit Points: Instrumental/Vocal Teaching Specialisation - Third YearInstrumental teaching students take Practical Study for at least 3 years, which they combine with the Instrumental Teaching subjects. They receive 24 45-minute lessons of individual tuition throughout the year.Subject Study Period Commencement: Credit Points: PLUS Two Ensemble Electives (see above) 12.500 Academic Elective 12.500 Academic Elective OR Applied Elective OR Non-Music Elective 12.500 Instrumental/Vocal Teaching Specialisation - Fourth YearSubject Study Period Commencement: Credit Points: Two Ensemble Electives (see above) 12.500 Academic Elective 12.500 Academic Elective OR Applied Elective OR Non-Music Elective 25.000 Performance Specialisation - Third YearThe Performance Specialisation is for students displaying outstanding promise as performers. They will receive 24 1-hour weekly lessons and undertake a number of other concert and performance-related subjects. Performance 4 students play a concerto and give a final solo recital.Subject Study Period Commencement: Credit Points: Two Ensemble Electives (see above) 12.500 Academic Elective 12.500 Academic Elective OR Applied Elective OR Non-Music Elective 12.500 Performance Specialisation - Fourth YearSubject Study Period Commencement: Credit Points: Two Ensemble Electives (see above) 12.500 Academic Elective 12.500 Academic Elective OR Applied Elective OR Non-Music Elective 25.000 Composition Specialisation - Third YearComposition students take Composition instead of Practical Study from year 2 and take the subject Introduction to Electro-acoustic Music concurrently with Composition 1, in place of two Music Skills electives. They undertake a series of composition tasks throughout the course, with a mix of class and individual tuition, culminating in the submission of a final composition folio in their final year.Subject Study Period Commencement: Credit Points: Two Ensemble Electives (see above) 12.500 Academic Elective OR Applied Elective OR Non-Music Elective 12.500 Composition Specialisation - Fourth YearSubject Study Period Commencement: Credit Points: Two Ensemble Electives (see above) 12.500 Academic Elective 12.500 Academic Elective OR Applied Elective OR Non-Music Elective 25.000 Musicology/Ethnomusicology Specialisation - Third YearMusicology and Ethnomusicology students take an array of academic electives. In their third year, students take Research Methods subjects and in their final year submit a dissertation under individual supervision. Students enrol in either Musicological Research Methods or The Ethnography of Music. Subject Study Period Commencement: Credit Points: Two Ensemble Electives (see above) 12.500 Academic Elective 12.500 Academic Elective OR Applied Elective OR Non-Music Elective 12.500 Academic Elective/s OR Non-Music Elective/s 37.500 Musicology/Ethnomusicology Specialisation - Fourth YearSubject Study Period Commencement: Credit Points: Two Ensemble Electives (see above) 12.500 Academic Electives 25.000 Academic Elective OR Applied Elective OR Non-Music Elective 12.500 Academic Elective/s OR Non-Music Elective/s 12.500 Music Therapy Specialisation - Third YearThis specialisation prepares a student for a career as a music therapist, working with patients/clients in a variety of settings, including special schools, hospitals, nursing homes, community centres and clinics. Clinical training placements form a major component of the course. Selection into the specialisation is made at the end of Year 2, and is based on academic record, an audition and interview. Students are encouraged to prepare for this by observing music therapists in a variety of settings during the year. A list of appropriate facilities can be obtained from the coordinator, Assoc Prof Denise Grocke.The specialisation is based on a two-year pattern of sequential study at each year level as per the structure below; mid-year entry to this specialisation is therefore not possible. Subject Study Period Commencement: Credit Points: Music Therapy Specialisation - Fourth YearSubject Study Period Commencement: Credit Points: Academic ElectivesSubject Study Period Commencement: Credit Points: Applied ElectivesSubject Study Period Commencement: Credit Points: Bachelor of Music (Honours)
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| Entry Requirements: | In addition to the University's entry requirements (outlined at www.futurestudents.unimelb.edu.au), applicants are required to pass an audition and complete a musicianship test.
Applicants should prepare three pieces demonstrating their skill on the instrument they wish to study. The pieces should be of contrasting styles and periods, and the audition program should be no longer than 20 minutes. A sample program might include works from the Baroque, Romantic and 20th century repertoires. Applicants may also be asked to demonstrate some technical work. The audition panel will not hear all of the program and will make its own selection from the works prepared. Live auditions are usually held from late November into early December. Applicants from overseas, interstate or regional Victoria can submit an audition recording in CD audio format.
See www.bmus.unimelb.edu.au/apply for further details. |
| Core Participation Requirements: | It is University policy to take all reasonable steps to minimise the impact of disability upon academic study, and reasonable adjustments will be made to enhance a student's participation in the University's programs. Students who feel their disability will impact on meeting the requirements of this course are encouraged to discuss this matter with a Faculty Student Adviser and the Disability Liaison Unit. |
| Further Study: | The Faculty's offers a wide range of graduate courses:
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| Graduate Attributes: | Graduates of the Bachelor of Music will be: Academically excellent as a result of: intensive and rigorous one-to-one tuition in performance and compositionparticipation in a diversity of teaching and learning models including individual tuition, masterclasses, concert classes, large lectures, seminars, tutorials, on-line learning and ensemble experiencesassessment practices that demand independent thinking, critical analysis and an openness to new ideaarticulate and authoritatively informed in musical discoursefamiliar and competent with research protocols, written and spoken communication skills and the ethics of scholarship through a program of core and elective academic subjectsartistically sophisticated with a high level of understanding of the aesthetic of their disciplineKnowledgeable across disciplines as a result of:participation in a variety of "ways of knowing" within the discipline of music - solo and ensemble performance competency; theoretical, historical and contextual knowledge of music; aural acuityable to us the interaction of music and other disciplines with creativity and insightLeaders in communities through: undertaking and developing new initiatives in community awareness and understanding the place of music in societya program of work placement through the Melbourne Musicians' Agencyleadership roles in University and community based public performances, workshops and outreach programshigh level development of teamwork and group dynamic skills through participation in music ensemblesAttuned to cultural diversity through: a raft of academic elective and ensemble opportunities that involve thinking about difference in ways of being musical as well as participating in music from other times and placesfamiliarity with culturally diverse ways of conceptualising and talking about musichands-on experiences of culturally diverse styles of music making and musical pedagogyActive global citizens through: experiences gained through Study Abroadparticipation throughout the course in the inherently international nature of music in all its manifestationsawareness as ambassadors for Australia through promotion of its cultural richnessfacilitators and communicators between diverse cultural communities |
| Generic Skills: | As you progress through the Bachelor of Music you will acquire many specific skills, especially those related to your performance on your instrument or voice both solo and in ensembles, and those related to your learning about many different aspects of music history and theory. Every subject you take in the BMus has a set of objectives which relate the content of the subject and its assessment requirements to your acquisition, not only of specific skills and knowledge, but also of generic skills. Generic skills will accompany you throughout your life and will provide you with the expertise to enter a huge variety of careers in or related to the music profession. For example:
With such a battery of specific and generic skills you will be set for lifelong learning and enjoyment of music. In addition, the words used to describe generic skills which you acquire during the BMus are very useful when you are preparing your resume or curriculum vitae for job applications. |
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