Music
The department offers courses leading to
- the Bachelor of Arts (BA),
- the Bachelor of Music (BMus),
- the Bachelor of Performing Arts (BPA),
- the double degree Bachelor of Music/Bachelor of Commerce (BMus/BCom),
- the double degree Bachelor of Music/Bachelor of Laws (BMus/LLB),
- the double degree Bachelor of Music/Bachelor of Education.
The BA,
BMus, and BPA pass degrees involve three years of full-time study and the
honours degrees 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
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 department courses
are housed in the humanities and social science 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 department'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 and the Australian archive of Jewish music.
The department fosters the cultivation of music on campus and presents many
concerts, lecture-recitals and other performances which music students are
expected to attend.
On completion of a music major in the Bachelor of Arts, students are
expected to have acquired:
- the ability to communicate effectively about music via both verbal and
written skills;
- a comprehensive understanding of the various genres of performance in
Western music, such as instrumental and vocal ensembles, large instrumental and
vocal groups, and the multimedia genres of opera and musicals (for the major in
music of the Western tradition);
- a comprehensive understanding of the various eras of Western music
history, such as early and late medieval music, Renaissance music, music of the
baroque era, classical music, Romantic music, and music of the twentieth
century (major in music of the Western tradition);
- a fundamental understanding of musical instruments, vocal music, musical
ensembles, and music performance contexts in selected music traditions, and
popular music genres in Western music traditions (major in ethnomusicology);
- a fundamental understanding of the various periods of music history in
selected Asian and African music cultures, such as sub-Saharan Africa, India,
the Southeast Asian mainland, Indonesia, and East Asia, including China, Korea,
and Japan (major in ethnomusicology);
- musicological skills, including the ability to communicate effectively,
the ability to analyse music into its various components, the ability to
communicate effectively about music and the ability to think independently
about issues associated with music in society;
- fundamental research skills, including the gathering of published written
materials and sound-recorded or video or film materials, on a given topic;
- the ability to organise and report on the results of research through
clearly written argument and effective oral presentation;
- a basic understanding of, or ability to place, any particular performance
of music within its cultural context, with due regard to the historical,
economic, and sociocultural factors that impinge upon the performance and
contribute to the generation of the sound being communicated from the performer
to the listener, and also with respect to the values placed by the listener
upon the sound communicated;
- an ability to make critical judgements about a particular music
performance with respect to aesthetic values held by the society and/or culture
that may be identified as the tradition within which the music is normally
performed.
The emphasis in the BA music course is on an analytical, critical,
historical and sociological understanding of Western and non-Western music, as
well as interrelationships of music with dance and other performing arts.
There is a bridging course in music theory for first-year students with
little or no music background to enable them to take first-year music or major
in music. The course will be taught in the third week in February and mid June
for a modest fee to cover costs (depending on the number of enrolments).
First-year students who are able to play an instrument or sing
competently and read music fluently or have completed the bridging course
should enrol in the core subject MUS1100 and MUS1110.
Approved first-year sequences are:
- MUS1100 Exploring music I (6 points)
- MUS1110 Exploring music II (6 points)
To complete a minor sequence, students who have passed MUS1100/MUS1110
should take:
- MUS2110 Analytical and compositional techniques I (4 points)
- MUS2120 Analytical and compositional techniques II (4 points) and
- MUS2140 Music of the Romantic ideal (8 points; first semester)
- MUS2070/MUS2080 Orchestral and choral performance and studies (4+4 points)
- MUS2480 Performance studies: Indonesian gamelan (8 points)
- MUS2470 Performance studies: early music ensemble (8 points).
To complete a major sequence, students should take:
- MUS3310 Twentieth-century compositional techniques (8 points)
- MUS3390 Music aesthetics, criticism, sociology and psychology (8 points)
and
- MUS3130 Theatrical music (8 points) or
- MUS3330 Music of North and South India (8 points)
A fourth or honours year offers students an opportunity to undertake
more specialised and advanced work in music. For entry, students must have
achieved credit grades in at least twenty-four points of music at second or
third-year levels, of which at least sixteen points must be at third-year
level. Combined honours may be taken in music and another discipline provided
that all honours requirements have been met in both disciplines and subject to
the approval of the heads of both departments/centres. Mid-year entry is
offered by this department.
The department may grant an extension of time for submission of the honours
thesis or for final coursework up to the last day of the examination period of
the semester in which the work is due. Applications for extensions beyond this
date must be made to the Committee for Undergraduate Studies.
To complete an honours year, students should take:
- MUS4720 Thesis (15,000 words) (24 points)
- MUS4420 Research methods (if MUS3410 not already taken) (8 points)
- A rotating genre study (eg MUS4140 Theatrical music) (8 points)
and
one of the following:
- MUS4580 Contemporary music (8 points)
- MUS4640 Fieldwork methods (8 points)
- MUS4340 Music of North and South India (8 points)
- MUS4980 Music pedagogy (8 points)
Core courses
- MUS1100 Exploring music I (6 points)
- MUS1110 Exploring music II (6 points)
- MUS2110, MUS2120 Analytical and compositional techniques (4 points each)
- MUS2480 Performance studies: Indonesian gamelan (8 points)
To complete a major sequence, students should take:
- MUS3310 Twentieth-century compositional techniques (8 points)
- MUS3390 Music aesthetics, criticism, sociology and psychology (8 points)
- MUS3330 Music of North and South India (8 points)
Note that open
learning (OLA) courses MU11 and MU12 can be taken for credit towards the BA.
- MUS4720 Thesis (15,000 words) (24 points)
- MUS4420 Research methods (8 points)
- MUS4340 Music of North and South India (8 points) and
- MUS4640 Fieldwork methods (8 points)
On completion of the course, students should have acquired:
- a practical, theoretical, critical, historical and contextual knowledge
and understanding of music;
- a range of solo and ensemble performance skills of a high standard;
- academic skills leading to postgraduate study and research in music;
- an ability to contribute to the community through well-developed music
performance skills;
- a general education in music suitable for employment in the music
industry and teaching professions;
- skills in musical performance;
- a comprehensive understanding of the various genres of performance in
Western music such as instrumental and vocal ensembles, large instrumental and
vocal groups and the multimedia genres of theatrical music;
- a comprehensive understanding of the various eras of Western music
history, such as early and late medieval music, Renaissance music, music of the
baroque era, classical music, Romantic music, and music of the twentieth
century;
- a basic understanding of the various roles and functions of different
types of music in Western societies, and an ability to articulate these roles
in written form and verbally to specialists and the general public;
- skills in musical performance and musicology; including the ability to
communicate effectively, the ability to analyse music with the view to
increasing interpretative skills in performance and conducting, and the ability
to think independently about various issues associated with music performance
and the promotion of musical activities in the community;
- the ability to work cooperatively and creatively in small ensembles and
in large orchestras and choral groups.
Enrolment in the BMus signifies a
greater degree of specialisation in performance than that expected of
undergraduates pursuing a major sequence in music for the BA. The degree is
designed as a professional qualification for musicians who will follow careers
as performers, composers, teachers and scholars.
To be eligible for entry to the BMus(Hons) program, students must have achieved
credit grades in at least twenty-four points of music at second and third-year
levels, of which at least sixteen points must be at third-year level
The Bachelor of Music degree requires students to complete a major (and
optionally also a minor) in performance and one other stream, i.e. composition,
musicology or ethnomusicology. To complete a BMus students take subjects valued
at a total of 144 points over three years of full-time study, comprising either:
- A major sequence in performance (fifty-two points);
- a major sequence in composition or musicology or ethnomusicology
(fifty-two points);
- a first-year sequence in music or in a department other than music
(twelve points);
- a minor sequence in a department other than music (twenty-eight points).
- A major sequence in performance (fifty-two points);
- a minor sequence in performance (twenty-eight points);
- a major sequence in composition or musicology or ethnomusicology
(fifty-two points);
- a first year sequence in music or in a department other than music
(twelve points).
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Performance major
(52 points)
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Musicology,
ethnomusicology
or composition major
(52 points)
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Other
discipline minor
(28 points)
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Another
first-year sequence
(12 points)
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Total
144 points
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1st
year
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MUS1160.06
Solo, orchestral and choral*
MUS1170.06 Solo, orchestral and choral*
(12 points)
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MUS1100.06*
MUS1110.06
Exploring music*
(12 points)
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XXX1000.06
XXX1010.06
(12 points)
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YYY1000.06
or MUS1040.06 YYY1010.06 or MUS1060.06
(12 points)
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Total
48 points
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2nd
year
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MUS2980.06
Solo and duo*
MUS2990.06 Solo and duo*
MUS2510.04
MUS2520.04
Orchestral, choral and chamber with either MUS2470.04 Early music
or MUS2480.04 Indonesian gamelan (24 points)
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MUS2110.04*
MUS2120.04*
plus
8 points from
MUS2140.08 (musicology major)
or MUS2480.08
(ethnomusicology major)
or MUS2660.04
MUS2670.04 Composition
major
(16 points)
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XXX2000.08
(8 points)
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Total
48 points
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3rd
year
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MUS3980.06
MUS3990.06
Solo and duo*
or
MUS3510.06
MUS3520.06 Orchestral, choral and chamber
and 4 points from:
MUS3970.04 or
MUS3470.04
MUS3480.04
(16 points)
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MUS3310.08*
MUS3390.08*
and
either
MUS3130.08 Musicology major
MUS3830.08 Ethnomusicology
major
or MUS3660.04
MUS3670.04 Composition major
(24 points)
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XXX2010.08
(8 points)
|
|
Total
48 points
|
*
Compulsory
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|
|
|
|
|
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Performance major
(52 points)
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Performance
minor
(28 points)
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Musicology,
ethnomusicology
or composition major
(52 points)
|
First-year
sequence in either musicor another arts or science subject (12 points)
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1st
year
|
MUS1980.06
Solo and duo
MUS1990.06 Solo and duo
(12 points)
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MUS1070.06
MUS1080.06
Orchestral and choral performance and repertoire)
(12 points)
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MUS1100.06
MUS1110.06
Exploring music
(12 points)
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YYY1000.06
or MUS1040.06
YYY1100.06 or MUS1060.06
(12 points)
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2nd
year
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MUS2980.06
Solo and duo
MUS2990.06 Solo and duo
plus 4 points from:
MUS2470.04
Early music
or
MUS2480.04 Gamelan
(16 points)
|
MUS2510.04
Orchestral, choral and chamber
MUS2520.04 Orchestral, choral and
chamber
MUS2020.08* Practical music skills
(16 points)
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MUS2110.04
MUS2120.04
plus
8 points from
MUS2140.08 Musicology
MUS2480.08
Ethnomusicology
or
MUS2660.04
MUS2670.04 Composition
(16 points)
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|
3rd
year
|
MUS3980.06
Solo and duo
MUS3990.06 Solo and duo
MUS3510.06 Orchestral and
choral
MUS3520.06 Orchestral and choral
(24 points)
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|
MUS3310.08
Composition
MUS3390.08 Aesthetics
plus 8 points from
MUS3130.08
Musicology
or
MUS3830.08 Ethnomusicology
or
MUS3660.04
MUS3670.04 Composition
(24 points)
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Entry is made directly in first year, or by conversion from the BA at
the end of the first year at an acceptable standard, normally at credit level
or higher. For students wishing to specialise in musicology or ethnomusicology
there are no entry tests, but intending applicants should make an appointment
for an interview with a department staff member. Students intending to
specialise in composition are required to submit to the department up to three
compositions that show the range and proficiency of their work, accompanied by
a declaration that they are entirely their own work. Students intending to
specialise in performance should prepare for audition not more than three
pieces of music drawn from a varied repertoire, eg a work from the classical
period, a work from the Romantic period, and another written in the twentieth
century. The standard is normally at least 7th grade AMEB (Performance) or
equivalent. Non-pianists must provide their own accompanists.
Students with a strong musical aptitude undertaking this specialisation
are expected to acquire an assured performance technique and an awareness of
history of performance style. Students in the first year develop their chief
practical study skills as well as interactive musical skills in orchestral,
chamber or other ensemble groups and accompanying skills in appropriate cases.
They are examined on both solo and ensemble or orchestral work, culminating
each semester in ensemble or solo performance events which may be organised by
the students. There is continuous assessment in performance units.
In fourth-year honours each student is required to present a recital with
his/her own program notes and a research essay on a topic related to the
program or an associated aspect of performance practice.
The examination of the solo performance components of a subject, where
relevant, will normally be carried out by at least two examiners, with equal
weighting given to each assessment.
There are two options:
First year: 12 points. Students must take the core subject:
- MUS1160 Solo, orchestral and choral performance and repertoire I (6
points)
- MUS1170 Solo, orchestral and choral performance and repertoire II (6
points)
A different repertoire is taught and assignments set in each
semester in the ensemble workshop courses. These courses involve building up
accumulative instrumental and/or vocal performance skills.
Second year: 24 points
- MUS2980 Solo and duo performance and literature I (6 points)
- MUS2990 Solo and duo performance and literature II (6 points)
- MUS2510 Orchestral and choral performance and repertoire (4 points)
- MUS2520 Orchestral and choral performance and repertoire (4
points)
with either
- MUS2470 Performance studies: early music ensemble (4 points) or
- MUS2480 Performance studies: Indonesian gamelan (4
points)
Note that students taking MUS2980 and MUS2990 are required to
obtain a result of a distinction or above to be admitted into MUS3980 and
MUS3990. Entry is by quota. Third-year students who do not take MUS3980 and
MUS3990 may take MUS3510 and MUS3520 for six points each.
Third year: 16 points
- MUS3980 Solo and duo performance and literature I (6 points)
- MUS3990 Solo and duo performance and literature II (6 points)
and
four points from one of the following
- MUS3470 Performance studies: early music ensemble (4 points) or
- MUS3480 Performance studies: Indonesian gamelan (4 points)
- MUS3920 Applied music (conducting, arranging) (4 points)
- MUS3970 Music pedagogy (4 points) or
- MUS3510 Orchestral, chamber and choral performance studies (4 or 6
points)
- MUS3520 Orchestral, chamber and choral performance and studies (4 or 6
points)
Note that students who do not take MUS3980/MUS3990 may take
MUS3510/MUS3520 or MUS3660/MUS3670 at the six-point value.
First year: 12 points: Students must take the core subject:
- MUS1980 Solo and duo performance and literature I (6 points)
- MUS 1990 Solo and duo performance and literature II (6 points)
Second year: 16 points
- MUS2980 Solo and duo performance and literature (6 points)
- MUS2990 Solo and duo performance and literature II (6 points)
with
either
- MUS2470 Performance studies: early music ensemble (4 points) or
- MUS2480 Performance studies: Indonesian gamelan (4
points)
Third year: 24 points
- MUS3980 Solo and duo performance and literature I (6 points)
- MUS3990 Solo and duo performance and literature II (6 points)
- MUS3510 Orchestral, chamber and choral performance studies (6 points)
- MUS3520 Orchestral, chamber and choral performance studies (6 points)
The performance subjects MUS1160/MUS1170, MUS1980/MUS1990 and MUS2980/MUS2990 are
all year subjects and will be fully examined at the end of second semester each
year. At the end of first semester a technical examination hurdle assessment
will be required with repertoire and technical examinations at the end of the
year The end of year examination will be given by two examiners, one of whom
will be external. MUS3980/MUS3990 will be fully examined at the end of second
semester by a panel consisting of three examiners of whom one will be external.
At the end of the first semester a hurdle requirement assessment consisting of
part of the recital programme will be required In rare cases where a student
needs to complete one of: MUS1980/MUS1990 or MUS2980/MUS2990 mid-year, he/she will be
examined on his/her whole program by a panel of two examiners as is normally to
occur at the end of semester two.
- MUS1070 Orchestral and choral performance and repertoire I (6 points)
- MUS1080 Orchestral and choral performance and repertoire II (6 points)
- MUS2510 Orchestral and choral performance and repertoire 4 points)
- MUS2520 Orchestral and choral performance and repertoire (4 points)
plus
- MUS2020 Practical Musical Skills (8 points)
Coordinator: Craig De Wilde
Students undertaking this specialisation can expect to acquire the experience
and skills to develop a career as a composer. The program offers individual
supervision of students' compositional projects and encourages work in various
media, including traditional, electronic, and contemporary solo and ensemble
combinations. Honours students will prepare a folio of compositions and arrange
an annotated concert performance of their works. The department organises a
number of large and small instrumental and ensemble choral groups and
encourages performances of student compositions.
- MUS1100 Exploring music I (6 points)
- MUS1110 Exploring music II (6 points)
Composition majors are given
extra compositional training along with aural, analytical and keyboard training
in this course. Those who do not have sufficient music theory knowledge should
read about the `bridging course' above or see the Administrative Officer of the
department.
- MUS2110 Analytical and compositional techniques I (4 points)
- MUS2120 Analytical and compositional techniques II (4 points)
- MUS2660 Music composition workshop (4 points)
- MUS2670 Music composition workshop (4 points)
- MUS3390 Music aesthetics, criticism, sociology and psychology (8 points)
- MUS3310 Twentieth-century compositional techniques (including electronic
techniques) (8 points)
- MUS3660 Music composition workshop (4 points)
- MUS3670 Music composition workshop (4 points)
Coordinator: Carol Williams
Coordinator: Reis Flora
Students who choose either of these specialisations or a combination of both
can expect to develop their knowledge and understanding of music to prepare
themselves as musicologists and/or ethnomusicologists, studying the music
history of various genres, research methods, and aspects of systematic
musicology such as performance practice, analysis, aesthetics, criticism, music
sociology and psychology of music. Students at honours level present a thesis
of 15,000 to 18,000 words on an approved research topic in musicology. They may
then proceed with masters level coursework in other aspects of musicology.
In the ethnomusicology stream students learn to perform in a range of Asian and
other ensembles, make a critical study of the ethnomusicological literature,
and make detailed area studies of selected music-cultures of Asia and/or Africa.
- MUS1100 Exploring music I (6 points)
- MUS1110 Exploring music II (6 points)
- MUS2110 Analytical and compositional techniques I (4 points)
- MUS2120 Analytical and compositional techniques II (4 points)
plus 8
points from
- MUS2140 Music of the Romantic ideal (8 points)(for musicology majors)
or
- MUS2480 Performance studies: Indonesian Gamelan (8 points) (for
ethnomusicology majors)
- MUS3310 Twentieth-century compositional techniques (8 points)
- MUS3390 Music aesthetics, criticism, sociology and psychology (8
points)
plus 8 points from
- MUS3130 Theatrical music (8 points) (for musicology majors) or
- MUS3330 Music of North and South India (8 points) (for
ethnomusicology majors)
Coordinator: Craig De Wilde
- MUS4030 Special project: practical study, with extended, fully annotated
concert recital and essay (or other approved project) (24 points)
and three
of the following eight-point subjects:
- MUS4760 Special project: Folio of compositions plus concert performance
of at least one composition with program notes (24 points)
- MUS4420 Research methods (8 points)
and two of the following:
- MUS4580 Contemporary music (8 points)
- MUS4720 Music and popular culture: Asia and Australia (8 points)
- MUS4140 Theatrical music (8 points)
plus two of the following:
- MUS4140 Theatrical music (8 points)
- MUS4580 Contemporary music (8 points)
- MUS4640 Fieldwork methods (8 points)
plus two of the following:
- MUS4640 Fieldwork methods (8 points)
- MUS4980 Music pedagogy (8 points)
- MUS4340 Music of North and South India
All subjects listed are offered subject to the availability of staff and
sufficient enrolments.
The double degree of Bachelor of Music/Bachelor of Commerce requires a
minimum of four years full-time study, or five years for the degree with
honours, or the equivalent in part-time study. Entry to the double degree is
based on the entry requirements for the Bachelor of Music and the Bachelor of
Commerce degrees. To qualify for the award, students must complete subjects to
the value of a minimum of 188 credit points over the length of the course, of
which ninety-six points should come from subjects offered by the Faculty of
Business and Economics and ninety-two points from subjects offered by the
Faculty of Arts in the Bachelor of Music degree.
Students take approved combinations of subjects in (i) music performance,
composition, arranging and musicology, including classical and popular music
and in (ii) accounting and finance, economics and management.
Students choose ninety-two points in music from the following:
- MUS1100/MUS1110 Exploring music I and II (6 points each)
- MUS1980/MUS1990 Solo and duo performance and literature (6 points each)
- MUS1160/MUS1170 Solo, orchestral and choral performnace and repertoire (6
points each)
- MUS1070/MUS1080 Orchestral, choral and chamber performance and repertoire I
and II (6 points each)
- MUS1040 American music and popular culture (6 points)
- MUS2110/MUS2120 Analytical and compositional techniques (4 points each)
- MUS2020 Practical musical skills (8 points)
- MUS2070/MUS2080 Orchestral and choral performance and studies (4 points each)
- MUS2980/MUS2990 Solo and duo performance and literature (6 points each)
- MUS2510/MUS2520 Orchestral, choral and chamber performance and repertoire (4
points each)
- MUS3390 Music aesthetics, criticism, sociology and psychology (8 points)
- MUS3580 Contemporary music (8 points)
- MUS3970 Music pedagogy (4 or 8 points)
Students must normally complete the compulsory first-year subjects
ETC1020 and ETC1031/ETC1032 (Business and economic statistics), AFC1021/AFC1022 and
AFC1031/AFC1032 (Accounting), and ECC1020 (Economics) and ECC1030 (Macroeconomics)
in the first year of the course. Each subject is worth six points. These could
be combined with the first-year subject sequence from music to complete the
first-year program. The exception to this arrangement, however, is for those
students wishing to undertake a management studies specialisation in their
degree. In this case, students may delay the completion of one of the
first-year compulsory sequences to a later year, in order to complete the
subjects MGC1020 (Introduction to management) and MGC1030 (Organisational
behaviour) in the first year. Management studies would then become the category
A specialisation for such students. In subsequent years students choose a major
sequence in at least one of the discipline areas of accounting and finance,
economics, econometrics or management. This requires at least three subjects in
the discipline at each of the second and third-year levels.
Students wishing to complete a specialisation in accounting and finance and who
wish to become eligible for membership of the professional accounting bodies in
Australia must complete the following subjects: AFC1021/AFC1022, AFC1031/AFC1032,
TBC2110, AFC2120, AFC2130, AFC2140, TBC3110, AFC3120, AFC3130 or AFC3140,
TBC3150 and AAF3160.
Before enrolling for the double degree, students should collect from the office
of either faculty an information sheet setting out several course structure
options available for the double degree.
The double degree of Bachelor of Music/Bachelor of Laws requires a
minimum of five years full-time study, or six years for the degree with
honours, or the equivalent in part-time study. Entry to the double degree is
based on the entry requirements for the Bachelor of Music and the Bachelor of
Laws degrees. To qualify for the award, students must complete subjects to the
value of a minimum of 262 credit points over the length of the course, of which
158 points should come from subjects offered by the Faculty of Law and 104
points from subjects offered by the Faculty of Arts in the Bachelor of Music
degree.
In the first three years, students complete music and law subjects and in the
last two years they complete law subjects only.
In music students take approved combinations of subjects in music
performance, composition, arranging and musicology, including options of
classical and popular music. Students choose 104 points (thirty-six at first
year, thirty-six at second year and thirty-two at third year) in music subjects
from the following:
- MUS1100/MUS1110 Exploring music I and II (6 points each)
- MUS1160/MUS1170 Solo, orchestral and choral performance and repertoire (6
points each)
- MUS1040 American music and popular culture (6 points)
- MUS1060 Gamelan performing arts (6 points)
- MUS1980/MUS1990 Solo and duo performance and literature (6 points each)
- MUS2020 Practical musical skills (8 points)
- MUS2110/MUS2120 Analytical and compositional techniques (4 points each)
- MUS2980/MUS2990 Solo and duo performance and literature (6 points
each)
and sixteen points from the following:
- MUS2510/MUS2520 Orchestral, choral and chamber performance and repertoire (4
points each)
- MUS2140 From Schubert to Strauss: music of the Romantic ideal (8 points)
- MUS2470 Performance studies: early music ensemble ( 4 points)
- MUS3980/MUS3990 Solo and duo performance and literature I and II (6 points
each)
- MUS3310 Twentieth-century compositional techniques (8 points)
*
MUS3580 Contemporary music (8 points)
- MUS3390 Music aesthetics, criticism, sociology and psychology (8 points)
- MUS3510 Orchestral, choral and chamber performance and repertoire (4 or 6
points)
In the first year, students take the LAW1100 (Legal process) for twelve
points; in second year they complete LAW3300 (Criminal law and procedure) for
twelve points; in third year they take LAW3400 (Property) and LAW2100
(Contract) for twenty-four points; in fourth year they complete LAW2200 (Torts)
and LAW3200 (Constitutional law) for twenty-four points plus elective law
subject (total thirty points); and in fifth year LAW3100 (Administrative law)
for twelve points, LAW5500 (Moot court) for two points and elective law
subjects (total forty-two points).
The double degree of Bachelor of Music/Bachelor of Education requires a
minimum of four years full-time study, or five years for the degree with
honours, or the equivalent in part-time study. Entry to the double degree is
based on the entry requirements for the Bachelor of Music and the Bachelor of
Education degrees. To qualify for the award, students must complete subjects to
the value of a minimum of 208 credit points over the length of the course, of
which 96 points should come from subjects offered by the Faculty of Education
and 112 points from subjects offered by the Faculty of Arts in the Bachelor of
Music degree.
Students take approved combinations of subjects in (i) music performance,
composition, musicology or ethnomusicology and (ii) teaching and curriculum,
English and studies of society and environment.
Students take approved combinations of subjects in music performance,
composition, musicology or ethnomusicology totalling 112 points (twenty-four at
first year, forty at second year, thirty-two at third year and sixteen at
fourth year) in music subjects from the following:
- MUS1100/MUS1110 Exploring music I and II (6 points each)
- MUS1160/MUS1170 Solo, orchestral and choral performance and repertoire (6
points each)
- MUS1980/MUS1990 Solo and duo performance and literature (6 points each)
- MUS2020 Practical musical skills (8 points)
- MUS2110/MUS2120 Analytical and compositional techniques (4 points each)
- MUS2140 From Schubert to Strauss: Music of the Romantic Ideal (8 points)
- MUS2510/MUS2520 Orchestral, choral and chamber performance and repertoire (4
points each)
- MUS2980/MUS2990 Solo and duo performance and literature (6 points each)
- MUS2470 Performance studies: early music ensemble ( 4 points)
- MUS3310 Twentieth century compositional techniques (8 points)
- MUS3660/MUS3670 Music composition workshop (4 points each)
- MUS3330 Music of North and South India (8 points)
- MUS3470 Performance studies: early music ensemble (4 points)
- MUS3130 Theatrical music (8 points)
- MUS3970 Music pedagogy (8 points)
- MUS3980/MUS3990 Solo and duo performance and literature I and II (6 points
each)
- MUS3390 Music aesthetics, criticism, sociology and psychology (8 points)
- MUS3510/MUS3520 Orchestral, choral and chamber performance and repertoire (4
points each)
In the first year, students take English and Studies of Society and
Environment for 6 points, How Learners Learn (6 points), Science, Health and
Physical Education (6 points), The Teachers World (6 points). In second year
students take Maths and Computing (8 points) and Structure and Education (8
points). In third year students take Art and Technology (8 points), Education
and Change (8 points) and a further elective 8 points. In fourth year students
complete a practicum (16 points) and a further elective (16 points).
For postgraduate courses offered by the Department of Music, please
refer to the Arts graduate handbook 1997.
Students may choose to undertake a Faculty Certificate or Postgraduate Diploma
of Arts in music performance, a Postgraduate Diploma of Arts (Conducting), a
Master of Arts by coursework in music, a Master of Arts by coursework in Music
Education, a Master of Arts by major thesis, a Master of Arts in Music
Performance and a PhD by major thesis. The department can provide supervision
for theses in most areas of music.
- MUS1040 American music and popular culture
- MUS1060 Gamelan performing arts
- MUS1070 Orchestral, choral and chamber performance and
- repertoire
- MUS1080 Orchestral, choral and chamber performance and
- repertoire
- MUS1100 Exploring music I
- MUS1110 Exploring music II
- MUS1120 Orchestral and choral performance and studies
- MUS1130 Orchestral and choral performance and studies
- MUS1160 Solo, orchestral and choral performance and repertoire I
- MUS1170 Solo, orchestral and choral performance and repertoire II
- MUS1980 Solo and duo performance and literature
- MUS1990 Solo and duo performance and literature
- MUS2020 Practical musical skills
- MUS2070 Orchestral and choral performance and studies
- MUS2080 Orchestral and choral performance and studies
- MUS2110 Analytical and compositional techniques I
- MUS2120 Analytical and compositional techniques II
- MUS2140 From Schubert to Strauss: music of the Romantic ideal
- MUS2470 Performance studies: early music ensemble
- MUS2480 Performance studies: Indonesian gamelan
- MUS2500 The study of dance
- MUS2510 Orchestral and choral performance and repertoire
- MUS2520 Orchestral and choral performance and repertoire
- MUS2660 Music composition workshop
- MUS2670 Music composition workshop
- MUS2980 Solo and duo performance and literature
- MUS2990 Solo and duo performance and literature
- MUS3100 Music- dance interrelationships
- MUS3130 Theatrical music
- MUS3170 Chamber music
- MUS3190 Keyboard music
- MUS3210 Vocal music
- MUS3270 Music and popular culture: Asia and Australia
- MUS3310 Twentieth-century compositional techniques
- MUS3330 Music of North and South India
- MUS3390 Music aesthetics, criticism, sociology and psychology
- MUS3470 Performance studies: early music ensemble
- MUS3480 Performance studies: Indonesian gamelan
- MUS3490 Indonesian gamelan (special studies)
* MUS3500 The study of dance
- MUS3510 Orchestral, choral and chamber performance and repertoire
- MUS3520 Orchestral, choral and chamber performance and repertoire
- MUS3660 Music composition workshop
- MUS3670 Music composition workshop
- MUS3830 Music of Southeast Asia I: Indonesia
- MUS3860 Music of Southeast Asia II: Thailand
- MUS3880 Music of China, Japan and Korea
- MUS3890 Contemporary composition in Australia
- MUS3910 Music of sub-Saharan Africa
- MUS3920 Applied music: arranging and conducting
- MUS3970 Music pedagogy
- MUS3980 Solo and duo performance and literature
- MUS3990 Solo and duo performance and literature
In fourth-year honours students take MUS4720 (thesis) together with
three fourth-year level subjects. These must include MUS4420
- MUS4010 Applied music: arranging and conducting
- MUS4030 Special project: practical study
- MUS4140 Theatrical music
- MUS4180 Chamber music
- MUS4200 Keyboard music
- MUS4220 Vocal music
- MUS4270 Music and popular culture: Asia and Australia
- MUS4340 Music of North and South India
- MUS4390 Music aesthetics, criticism, sociology and psychology
- MUS4420 Research methods
- MUS4480 Performance studies: Indonesian gamelan
- MUS4490 Indonesian Gamelan (special studies)
- MUS4580 Contemporary music
- MUS4660 Special reading course in music
- MUS4640 Fieldwork methods
- MUS4720 Thesis
- MUS4760 Special project: composition
- MUS4840 Music of Southeast Asia I: Indonesia
- MUS4860 Music of Southeast Asia II: Thailand
- MUS4880 Music of China, Japan and Korea
- MUS4900 Contemporary composition in Australia
- MUS4920 Music of sub-Saharan Africa
- MUS4980 Music pedagogy