Graduate Diploma in Music Performance
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Our Graduate Diploma in Music Performance challenges you to reach the highest standards of professional performance. It’s a one-year, skill-based degree focusing on traditional approaches to classical or jazz performance.
What will you do?
- Advance technical mastery within your specialisation.
- Benefit from weekly one-to-one lessons with performance staff.
- Prepare one major and one minor recital.
- Negotiate your own learning outcomes and modes of assessment for an individualised creative project.
Where could it take you?
You might travel the globe as an orchestral musician. You could grace the stage of every jazz venue in New Orleans and New York. Perhaps you’ll curate concerts, teach in private studios or find international stardom as a soloist.
Entry Requirements
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Domestic applicants
SATAC Code | 3GD028 |
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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. Conducting applicants: Applicants will be given the opportunity to do a live audition but may instead submit a video recording of their conducting. This recording must include two contrasting pieces, may be with an orchestra or ensemble, or should that not be possible, with two pianos playing an orchestral reduction. Audition duration: 15 minutes. For information regarding audition requirements, please visit the Elder Conservatorium of Music - https://able.adelaide.edu.au/music/study/auditions. |
Selection Criteria
Higher Education Study | A completed Bachelors degree in Music or equivalent. |
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Fees and Scholarships
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Domestic applicants
Indicative annual tuition fees |
Australian Full-fee place: $34,500
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FEE-HELP
This is an Australian full-fee program. As a domestic student you may be eligible to:
- receive a zero interest government assistance package to cover your course fees and
- use over $100,000 in HELP assistance over your lifetime
Scholarships
These scholarships, as well as many others funded by industry and non-profit organisations, are available to potential and currently enrolled students.
Careers
Career Readiness
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Degree Structure
The negotiated projects allow the student to select an activity that complements their major study with negotiated learning outcomes and modes of assessment.
Academic Program Rules
The Calendar is a comprehensive handbook of the University's academic program rules.
Assessment
Assessment includes recitals and negotiated projects.
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: Thursday, 12 Sep 2024