The teaching program in the performing arts is designed to foster performance and academic excellence in courses that integrate the various arts and the media. It aims to give students (i) specialist training in a single art form, and (ii) working practical and theoretical knowledge and experience of other art forms. It trains performing artists with wide artistic interests and a high degree of flexibility.
Students undertaking the Bachelor of Performing Arts (BPA) degree will complete a range of integrated, interdisciplinary courses in two or more of the following arts: (i) music, (ii) drama, (iii) dance, (iv) film and television, and (v) visual/studio arts. The course provides a balance of practical, theoretical, critical and contextual studies. Students will be involved in cooperative productions working in two or more art forms, for example in music theatre or dance-drama productions and sound sculpture exhibitions. The BPA has a greater concentration in practical creative and performing art courses than is customary in the broader program for the Bachelor of Arts, and takes a broader approach across the arts than the more specialised music subjects leading to the Bachelor of Music degree.
Monash University's Clayton campus is blessed with some excellent performance venues. These include the Robert Blackwood Hall, which is one of the finest concert halls in Australia, the Alexander Theatre, the Music Auditorium, the Drama Theatre and the Religious Centre. Creative work plays an increasingly prominent role in courses offered in the departments of Music, Visual Arts and English as well as the Centre for Drama and Theatre Studies. Courses in Australian, European, Asia-Pacific, American and other arts are a feature of the Monash programs. High quality performances by both professional and student artists are regularly presented to community audiences.
Courses are offered in classical, contemporary and popular arts of Asia, Europe and Australia. In addition, short courses in the arts, such as winter and summer schools, and arts festivals are offered. Some performances are presented in association with courses offered by the various language departments in the Faculty of Arts, which teaches a wide variety of European and Asian languages.
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