Postgraduate Diploma in Music Performance (VCA)

Course 464-AA (2009)

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Year and Campus: 2009
Fees Information: Subject EFTSL, Level, Discipline & Census Date
Level: Graduate/Postgraduate

Contact

Student and Academic ServicesFaculty of the Victorian College of the Arts234 St Kilda Road, Southbank, 3006Tel: 9685 9419
Course Overview: The Postgraduate Diploma in Music Performance is a full fee-paying course intended to provide students who can demonstrate a high level of performance proficiency the opportunity to spend one year in a stimulating environment, focusing on the further enhancement of their chosen performance area(s).

This course is available in the following specialist areas:

  • Instrumental/Vocal Performance

  • Accompaniment/Collaborative Pianism

  • Conducting/Directing

  • Performance/Composition

Students who play orchestral instruments are encouraged when required to take an important role in the Schools orchestral program and if this is a special interest may choose this area as a component of the Ensemble subject.

Objectives: The objectives are to provide a forum for those already holding an undergraduate music performance degree to further develop specialist, individual skills in the areas of technique, repertoire and performance practice in the context of the current artistic, social and cultural climate .
Subject Options:

Postgraduate Diploma in Music Performance (VCA)

Year 1
Subject
Study Period Commencement:
Credit Points:
Semester 1, Semester 2
25.000
Semester 1, Semester 2
12.500
Semester 1, Semester 2
6.250
Semester 1, Semester 2
6.250
Semester 1, Semester 2
25.000
Semester 1, Semester 2
12.500
Semester 1, Semester 2
6.250
Semester 1, Semester 2
6.250
Entry Requirements: Applicants should hold a Bachelor of Music (Performance) or equivalent degree and/or be capable of performing at a post-Bachelor of Music Performance level. The program caters for performers in both classical music and improvisatory genres. Prospective international students are obliged to demonstrate sufficient English language proficiency to complete the course. Entry is by audition and interview.
Core Participation Requirements:

For the purposes of considering request for Reasonable Adjustments under the Disability Standards for Education (Cwth 2005), and Student Support and Engagement Policy, academic requirements for this subject are articulated in the Subject Overview, Learning Outcomes, Assessment and Generic Skills sections of this entry.

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 may impact on meeting the requirements of this subject are encouraged to discuss this matter with a Faculty Student Adviser and Student Equity and Disability Support: http://services.unimelb.edu.au/disability
Graduate Attributes: None
Generic Skills:

At the completion of the Postgraduate Diploma in Music Performance students should be able to:

  • demonstrate enhanced understanding of and confidence in themselves as musicians, artists, thinkers;
  • appreciate and express the notion of research as integral to their processes for developing secure and informed performances;
  • demonstrate an open and independent attitude towards contemporary culture and to embrace its impact on the performance experience;
  • demonstrate flexible and innovative approaches to the challenges facing the professional musician in the 21st century.
  • undertake further postgraduate studies with confidence in their performance, research and writing skills

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