Graduate Diploma in Music (Performance and Pedagogy)
Share your passion
Music education is a rewarding and invigorating area to work in. It challenges and inspires musicians all around the world.
This one-year degree combines performance studies in your specialisation with the theory, method and practice of teaching.
What will you do?
Our Graduate Diploma in Music (Performance and Pedagogy) advances your technical mastery as you:
- undertake weekly one-to-one lessons with performance staff
- build pedagogical skills and knowledge through seminars and workshops
- gain hands-on experience through teaching practise in selected schools and colleges
- perform two minor recitals with pedagogy related content.
Where could it take you?
You’ll graduate ready to pursue dual careers in music performance and education. You could play in an orchestra while running a private music studio. You might be a soloist with an after-school program, rock camp or community choir. Perhaps you’ll play chamber music as well as teaching on school and college campuses.
Entry Requirements
Please note: For programs including placements and/or study-related activities in settings where COVID-19 vaccination is mandatory, it is an inherent requirement that all students be fully vaccinated prior to undertaking the placement and/or study-related activity.
For our students who are studying offshore in 2022, the University will continue to offer high-quality access to the learning resources remotely for most programs. This includes all lectures, tutorials and other support material. Students will be advised in advance if there are course components that cannot be provided in remote mode and, wherever possible, offered alternative courses.
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Domestic applicants
| SATAC Code | 3GD027 |
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| Deferment | Yes - 2 year |
| Intake | February and July |
| Additional Entry Requirements | Applicants must submit a high quality DVD (or electronic file via Dropbox or Youtube) of varying and contrasting work of 25 minutes duration to the Elder Conservatorium of Music. It should include four or more music pieces of different styles or by different composers and a letter of verification from the music teacher or qualified person confirming that the performance is a true representation of the applicant's own work. Classical voice applicants must present works in four languages: English, French, German and Italian. The recording must clearly state the date on which the recording was made and whether it represents a live performance, commercial release or radio broadcast. For information regarding audition requirements, please visit the Elder Conservatorium of Music - https://arts.adelaide.edu.au/music/study/auditions |
Selection Criteria
| Higher Education Study | A completed Bachelors degree in Music or equivalent. |
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How to Apply
Fees and Scholarships
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Domestic applicants
| Indicative annual tuition fees |
Australian Full-fee place: $28,000
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Scholarships
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Degree Structure
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Assessment
Related Degrees
Further Study
Master of Arts
Graduate Certificate in Music Teaching
Master of Teaching (Middle and Secondary)
Research degrees
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Last updated: Tuesday, 11 May 2021
