Postgraduate Diploma in Music (Performance)

Course 889-MP (2009)

Note: This is an archived Handbook entry from 2009.

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

Contact

Faculty of Music

Phone: +61 3 8344 5256

Fax: +61 3 8344 5346

Online enquiry: http://music-unimelb.custhelp.com/

Course Overview:	The Postgraduate Diploma in Music provides a pathway for music graduates with a 3-year degree from other institutions in Melbourne, nationally and internationally, to gain an Honours degree equivalent and thereby become eligible to apply for Masters courses in the Faculty of Music.
Objectives:	On completion of this course, students should be able to: Contextualise their performing within the best practices of local, national and international standards; Pursue musical knowledge and skills independently, both in a specialisation and in the discipline as a whole; Use and assimilate the potential of technologies to facilitate the dissemination of musical skills, knowledge and information; Make critical, informed and sophisticated responses to new musical ideas, methodologies and theoretical frameworks, both in their specialisation and in the discipline of music as a whole; Show empathy, self-reflection and critical intelligence in the dissemination of skills and knowledge in their specialisation; Work competently and productively in a musical setting, both alone and in groups; Integrate a holistic view of music from different times and places into their working and intellectual lives.
Subject Options:	Students enrolled in the Music Performance stream undertake the following subjects: Semester 1 Subject Study Period Commencement: Credit Points: 740-406 Music Performance 4-1 Semester 1, Semester 2 18.750 740-480 Conducting Semester 1 12.500 Plus: One Ensemble Elective (6.25 points) - these are listed under the Bachelor of Music entry and One Academic or Applied Elective* (12.5 points) Semester 2 Subject Study Period Commencement: Credit Points: 740-405 Music Performance 4-2 Semester 1, Semester 2 18.750 Plus: One Ensemble Elective (6.25 points) - these are listed under the Bachelor of Music entry and Two Academic or Applied Electives* (25 points) Total points for course = 100 * Academic and Applied Electives are listed below. 300-level electives should be taken as background study to 400-level subjects as required in the specialisations. Academic Electives Please note that not all subjects listed are available each year. Subject Study Period Commencement: Credit Points: 740-290 Art Music and Postmodernism Semester 1 12.500 740-316 Baroque Music of the German World Not offered in 2009 12.500 740-231 Broadway and Music of the Theatre Not offered in 2009 12.500 740-294 Cabaret! Semester 1 12.500 740-310 Court, Church and Urban Music 1450-1600 Semester 2 12.500 740-409 Early Music Theory and Practice Not offered in 2009 12.500 740-432 The Ethnography of Music Not offered in 2009 12.500 740-144 The Idea of Beethoven Not offered in 2009 12.500 740-300 In the Groove Not offered in 2009 12.500 740-386 Music Analysis Not offered in 2009 12.500 740-449 Music Criticism Not offered in 2009 12.500 740-341 Music Cultures of Asia Not offered in 2009 12.500 740-301 Music and Film since 1900 Not offered in 2009 12.500 740-345 Music and Health Semester 2 12.500 740-302 The Music of Java and Bali Not offered in 2009 12.50 740-304 Music of the Manuscript Tradition Not offered in 2009 12.500 740-366 Music Psychology Semester 1 12.500 740-466 Music and the Shaman Not offered in 2009 12.500 740-353 The Music Of Spain Not offered in 2009 12.500 740-052 Music of the World Not offered in 2009 12.500 740-359 Musicological Research Methods 1 Semester 1 12.500 740-312 Notation and Music Editing Not offered in 2009 12.500 740-464 Paris! Berlioz to the Ballets Russes Semester 1 12.500 740-439 Rainforest Societies and their Music Not offered in 2009 12.500 740-315 Romantic Piano Music Not offered in 2009 12.500 740-317 Sex, Death and the Ecstatic in Music Not offered in 2009 12.500 740-455 Stravinsky and Music of the 20th Century Not offered in 2009 12.500 740-381 Studies In Opera Not offered in 2009 12.500 740-318 Wagner's Ring Semester 2 12.500 740-465 Women in Music Not offered in 2009 12.500 740-091 Ragtime to Rap: Popular Music Since 1900 Semester 2 12.500 Applied Electives Subject Study Period Commencement: Credit Points: 740-393 Approaches to Music Pedagogy Semester 1 12.500 740-188 Art of Gesture for Singers and Actors Semester 1 12.500 740-275 Composition Studies Semester 2 12.500 740-356 Electro-Acoustic Music Semester 1 12.500 740-470 Historical Performance Practice Semester 2 12.500 740-222 Instrumental Teaching A Semester 1 6.250 740-223 Instrumental Teaching B Semester 2 6.250 740-491 Minor Practical Study 4-1 Semester 1, Semester 2 6.250 740-492 Minor Practical Study 4-2 Semester 1, Semester 2 6.250 740-377 Music Techniques 3-2 Semester 2 12.500 740-342 Orchestration Semester 2 12.500
Entry Requirements:	To be accepted into the Postgraduate Diploma in Music, students should normally have completed an undergraduate degree with a major in music, with at least H2B (70%) in the major, or equivalent documented professional experience of at least five years. Application Procedure Application forms are available from the Faculty of Music Degree Programs Office, or may be downloaded from the Faculty website. Students are encouraged to provide as much detailed information in support of their application as possible and to discuss their application with a member of the Academic Staff prior to submission. Certified transcripts of academic records at any tertiary institution other than The University of Melbourne must be forwarded with the application. If the transcription is not in English, a certified translation must also be provided. Audition Applicants for the Performance, Instrumental/Vocal Teaching, and Early Music streams are required to undertake an audition of 30 minutes. Overseas and, where necessary, interstate students may submit a CD recording in place of attending an audition. The CD is to be recorded in one session, must be uncut, and accompanied by a statutory declaration stating that: 'This CD is submitted in application for the Postgraduate Diploma in Music (stream name) course. The performance is by the undersigned................(Full name), has been recorded in one session and is unedited. Signed................ Date......................'
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.
Graduate Attributes:	University of Melbourne postgraduate coursework degrees seek to develop graduates who demonstrate a capacity for contemporary professional practice and/or specialist knowledge and theory. Postgraduate coursework degrees have multiple purposes. They are designed to provide students with the opportunity for advanced knowledge and understanding in a specialist area; to enhance professional knowledge and skills; and to engage with new and emerging fields of study.
Generic Skills:	Graduates should also have developed the following skills: A sound attitude towards undertaking life-long learning in music; A well-developed capacity to understand and participate as an individual and in collaborative teams as a leader or as a team member; A sophisticated level of written, verbal and musical communication skills; An ability to think critically and analytically about the musical experience in all its facets: as performance, as composition, and as historical-sociocultural document.

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