Why study at Melbourne?
The Faculty of Music is the leading graduate music school in Australia, distinguished for first-class performance, musicology, music therapy and composition degrees, which include the Doctor of Musical Arts, the Master of Music and the Master of Music Studies. The graduate community is rich in performance opportunities. Students actively engage with the national and international intellectual community, and receive support to attend Australian and international conferences and symposia.
International research leadership
As a graduate student at the Faculty of Music your studies will be enriched by access to leading-edge research in the following areas:
- Performance – advanced studies in piano, voice and orchestral instruments including early music instruments.
- Ethnomusicology – recently completed and current masters and doctoral students have undertaken research and fieldwork in the musics of Arnhem Land, China, Iran, Malaysia/Singapore, the Philippines, Japan and Sweden.
- Musicology – aesthetics and criticism, reception studies, Australian music, early music, film music, historical musicology, music theory and analysis, performance practice, Spanish music.
- Composition – traditional and electronic composition, supervision with world-class composers.
- Music Therapy – pioneering work in music therapy offers many graduate research opportunities in an established professional field.