Bachelor of Music (Audio)

Performance Major 1

Deepen technique and artistic expression through weekly private lessons and a Performance Practice class spanning masterclasses, workshops, and seminars, with assessed performances in examination room and Masterclass settings. Includes weekly Aural Skills class.

Introduction to Higher Education Studies

Builds academic skills including essay technique, referencing, scholarly research practices, academic integrity, and self-directed learning.

Performance Major 2

Advance playing through weekly private lessons and Performance Practice class. Repertoire is more demanding than Performance Major 1, with focus on relationships between content and form, style and genre. Includes weekly Aural Skills class.

Music Business Overview

Broad grounding in the music business, examining the history, function, and key activities of its numerous sectors, using historical analysis as a springboard for forward-looking thinking.

Performance Major 3

Builds toward a public recital, refining stylistically appropriate performance, constructing a balanced recital program, and addressing performer health and well-being. Includes weekly Aural Skills class.

Musicology Elective

Select one Musicology unit from topics spanning Western Art Music, Popular Music, Jazz, Screen Music, Game Music, and beyond.

Performance Major 4

Continue refining stylistically appropriate performance and developing technical and sight-reading skills through weekly private lessons and Performance Practice classes. Strengthens capacity as a reflective musician.

Performance Major 5

Prepares for Capstone Project, experimenting with different stylistic performance techniques while deepening reflective practice. Includes weekly individual lessons and Performance Practice class.

Capstone Project

Propose and realise a major work in your specialisation — a live recital, portfolio of compositions, recording, extended essay, or multimedia presentation — with one-to-one supervision, masterclasses, and guest lectures.

Arts Management Module 1 – Creativity and Commerce

Introductory exploration of how the creative mind engages with the commercial realities of the arts and entertainment industries.

Composition Module 1

Introduces fundamental strategies of music composition and production, developing creative practice across melody, harmony, rhythm, sequencing, and form.

Creative Technology Module 1

Establishes foundational audio techniques alongside core acoustic and sound theory, covering sound equipment, microphone types and placement, basic DAW usage, mixing desk fundamentals, EQ, and key concepts.

Performance Module 1

Develops instrumental or vocal skills through weekly private lessons and Performance Practice class, with sub-specialisation in contemporary or Classical music styles.

Acting Module

Develops acting skills through group instruction in masterclasses, workshops, and seminars, exploring core principles of contemporary acting technique. Sydney Campus only.

Western Art Music

Traces history and repertoire of Western art music from antiquity to the present, examining socio-political and cultural forces alongside critical and cultural theories.

Music Theatre

Introduces history, repertoire, and analysis of musical theatre, building understanding of sub-categories and the social, historical, artistic, and political contexts that shaped them.

Screen Music

Surveys history and theory of screen music across film and television, from the silent film era to contemporary small-screen practice.

Game Music

Develops capacity to engage critically with game music, examining it through audio and video examples and exploring industry-standard middleware and authoring software.

Jazz

Traces jazz performance and composition from 1900 to the present, examining pivotal figures, repertoire, and creative practices within their historical and sociological contexts.

Music and Globalisation

Examines the impact of globalisation on music, exploring how musical ideas and influences travel across cultures and interrogating the role of Western hegemony.