Music

Elder Conservatorium of Music website

Director, Elder Conservatorium of Music: Dr David Lockett

Elder Professor of Music: Professor Charles Bodman Rae
Head of Postgraduate Programs: Associate Professor Kimi Coaldrake
Phone: 61 8 8303 5823
Fax: 61 8 8303 4423
Email: music.international@adelaide.edu.au
music@adelaide.edu.au

Enrolment enquiries: Adelaide Graduate Centre
Phone: 61 8 8303 5882
Email: graduate.centre@adelaide.edu.au

* Research Training Scheme (RTS) - Currently all commencing "local" higher degree by research students at the University of Adelaide are awarded a Research Training Scheme (RTS) place. The RTS place entitles the student to a maximum period of four years of tuition fee exempt candidature to undertake a PhD program or two years of tuition fee exempt candidature to undertake a Masters program. This means there is no HECS debt at the end of the program.
"local" includes Australian citizens or permanent residents and New Zealand citizens.

International
¹ The quoted fee is a base fee that will be subject to an annual increase of up to 5% for each of the subsequent years in the program for the duration published on this site. Students completing the program beyond the maximum published period will be subject to a new base fee.

About the Conservatorium

The Elder Conservatorium of Music offers research PhD and Masters degrees in all specialisations in music, including composition and performance. Music students can use the range of excellent facilities such as the Elder Music Unit and Elder Hall.

The Elder Music Library, the largest in the southern hemisphere, forms a considerable resource.

The Conservatorium recognises:

• the significance of the music to the cultural life of society;
• the importance of exploring new parameters of artistic and scholarly endeavour;
• the importance of developing the highest professional standards of music training and education; and
• the importance of fostering and maintaining close links with professional arts bodies as well as the wider community through course offerings, public lectures, performances, workshops, seminars and other events.

Research Interests

• Australian Indigenous music
• Contemporary Polish music
• Music and Politics in the 20th century
• Musical Analysis
• Music Composition (including concert music etc, music for film and television, electroacoustic music, jazz composition)
• Musical Performance
• The Russian Ballet (in Australia)
• Traditional and Contemporary Japanese music.

Audition Requirements for Music Performance Specialisation

In addition to meeting the academic admission requirements, entry to the Music Performance specialisation is subject to audition. Applicants must submit with their application a recording of their performances as evidence of their professional standing. It can either be an audio recording (preferably in CD format) or video recording (videotape in VHS or NTSC format, VCD or DVD.) The recording must be clearly labelled with the applicant's name, instrument specialisation, the date on which the recording was made, and whether it represents a live performance, commercial release, radio broadcast etc. A letter of verification (preferably from a teacher) should also be enclosed stating that the recording is true representation of the applicant's performance.

Folio Requirements for Music Composition Specialisation

Composition applicants should submit a folio of original works (or arrangements, if they contain significant original content) that should include three recently completed compositions. A letter of verification (preferably from a teacher) should also be enclosed stating that the portfolio is the applicant's own work.