Performance Specialisation (BH-MUS)
Bachelor of Music (Degree with Honours)Informal specialisationYear: 2017
Performance Specialisation (BH-MUS)
Contact information
Coordinator
Professor Ian Holtham
Currently enrolled students:
- General information: https://ask.unimelb.edu.au
- Contact Stop 1
Future students:
- Further information: https://mcm.unimelb.edu.au/study/degrees
- Email: vcamcm-enquiries@unimelb.edu.au
Overview
The performance specialisation focuses intensively on performance development and activity, both solo and ensemble. The major performance components allow for repertoire enrichment and for the building of more sophisticated development in technique and musical depth, assessed through public performance by instrumental or vocal specialists.
Intended learning outcomes
See Bachelor of Music (Honours) main course entry.
Last updated: 4 March 2025
Structure
Students in the Performance specialisation complete 75 points of core subjects and 25 points of elective subjects.
Subject Options
First Semester of Study
Core subjects:
| Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| MUSI40060 | Concerto |
Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)
Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)
|
18.75 |
| MUSI40062 | Honours Chamber Music 1 |
Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)
Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)
|
6.25 |
| MUSI40063 | Honours Ensemble 1 |
Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)
Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)
|
6.25 |
| MUSI40064 | The Research Process for Musicians |
Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)
Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)
|
12.5 |
Plus Elective (12.5 credit points)
Second Semester of Study
Core subjects:
| Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| MUSI40061 | Recital |
Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)
Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)
|
18.75 |
| MUSI40081 | Honours Chamber Music 2 |
Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)
Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)
|
6.25 |
| MUSI40080 | Honours Ensemble 2 |
Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)
Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)
|
6.25 |
Plus Elective (12.5 credit points)
Electives
Students select 25 points of elective from the list below:
| Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| MUSI40049 | Baroque Music of the German World | Not available in 2017 | 12.5 |
| MUSI40073 | Composition Studies | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| MUSI40036 | Conducting | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| MUSI40103 | Figured Bass Realisation 1 | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| MUSI40100 | French Music Louis XIV to the Revolution | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| MUSI40032 | Historical Performance Practice | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| MUSI40086 | Honours Thesis | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| MUSI40090 | Latin American Music and Culture | Not available in 2017 | 12.5 |
| MUSI40055 | Music Analysis | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| MUSI40074 | Music and Health | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| MUSI40099 | Music and Politics | Not available in 2017 | 12.5 |
| MUSI40094 | Music as Noise: Making Sound Art | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| MUSI40047 | Music in the Culture of the Renaissance | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| MUSI40091 | Music Internship | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| MUSI40092 | Music Management and Enterprise | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| MUSI40075 | Music Psychology | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| MUSI40078 | Music Research (Honours) | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| MUSI40076 | Musics of the World | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| MUSI40027 | Paris! Berlioz to the Ballets Russes | Not available in 2017 | 12.5 |
| MUSI40070 | Professional Project (Ethnomusicology) | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| MUSI40071 | Professional Project (Musicology) | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| MUSI40058 | Sex, Death and the Ecstatic in Music | Not available in 2017 | 12.5 |
| MUSI40056 | Special Study |
Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)
Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)
|
12.5 |
| MUSI40021 | Stravinsky and Music of the 20th Century | Not available in 2017 | 12.5 |
| MUSI40054 | Studies In Opera | Not available in 2017 | 12.5 |
| MUSI40079 | The Ethnography of Music (Honours) | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| MUSI40095 | The Music of Spain | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| MUSI40098 | The Romantic Piano | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| MUSI40028 | Women in Music | Not available in 2017 | 12.5 |
Last updated: 4 March 2025