The School of Music -- Conservatorium offers courses leading to:
The BA, BMus, and BPA pass degrees involve three years of full-time study, and the honours degrees take four years. The Bachelor of Music/Bachelor of Commerce, offered jointly by the Faculty of Arts and the Faculty of Business and Economics, involves four years of full-time study. The Bachelor of Music/ Bachelor of Laws, offered jointly by the Faculty of Arts and the Faculty of Law, involves five years of full-time study. The Bachelor of Music/Bachelor of Education, offered jointly by the Faculty of Arts and the Faculty of Education, involves four years of full-time study.
Besides
their academic music activity, students in all courses are required to devote
ample time to listening to music, both in live performances and through
recordings. Books and journals supporting music courses are housed in the
humanities and social sciences library. Music scores and sound recordings are
housed in the music and multimedia section and listening facilities are
available. Bachelor of Music and other students taking subjects involving music
performance are expected to devote ample time to practice, rehearsal and
performance. Practice studios, an auditorium/recording studio, music technology
studio, music archives and exhibition areas are also provided.
The Music school's extensive collection of musical instruments and ensembles
includes an early music collection comprising a complete consort of Renaissance
shawms, crumhorns, recorders and various keyboard instruments, a complete
Javanese gamelan orchestra, Sundanese bamboo calung and angklung
ensembles, a Ghanaian African drum ensemble, a Chinese orchestra, a
piphat/mahori orchestra from Thailand, a large collection of Indian
instruments, and a set of Japanese instruments. It also contains an extensive
music archive, including the Sumatra research archive, Japanese music archive,
the Australian music collection, the Australian Archive of Jewish Music, and
the Louise Lightfoot Collection of Dance in South Asia.
Music fosters the cultivation of music on campus and presents many concerts,
lecture-recitals and other performances which music students are expected to
attend.
First-year students who are able to play an instrument or sing competently and read music fluently or who have completed the bridging course should enrol in the core subject MUS1100 and MUS1110.
Approved first-year sequences are:
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