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Composition Stream
Bachelor of MusicMajorYear: 2018
Composition Stream
Contact information
Coordinator
Associate Professor Stuart Greenbaum
Currently enrolled students:
- General information: https://ask.unimelb.edu.au
- Contact Stop 1
Overview
**This information only applies to students who commenced the Bachelor of Music degree Prior to 2016**
The Melbourne Conservatorium of Music composition department is a vibrant environment in which young composing musicians are equipped with the skills and insights necessary to develop their own creative voices.
We encourage composition in all styles, and offer guidance via a weekly seminar and regular group and individual lessons. Students have the opportunity to work through all phases of the composition process, from first ideas, through completion of a professionally-presented score, to interaction with performers in rehearsals culminating in public performance.
Students apply for entry to the composition specialisation at the end of their first year of the BMus, taking a guided program of specialised study over several years. Undergraduate students also undertake training in electro-acoustic sound manipulation, studio recording and editing.
Intended learning outcomes
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Last updated: 4 March 2025
Structure
First Year
MUSI10026 Music Performance 1
MUSI10027 Music Performance 2
MUSI10023 Music Language 1: the Diatonic World
MUSI10025 Writing About Music: Australian Issues
MUSI10204 Aural Studies 1A program of lectures
PLUS ONE OF:
MUSI10227 Musics of the World
MUSI10047 Baroque and Classical Music
MUSI20002 Impressionism to Postmodernism in Music
MUSI10208 19th Century Music and Ideas
PLUS:
12.5 credit points of electives AND 25 credit points of Breadth
Subject Options
Composition Major - second year
| Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| MUSI20055 | Composition 1 |
Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)
Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)
|
12.5 |
| MUSI20056 | Composition 2 |
Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)
Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)
|
12.5 |
| MUSI30031 | Electro-Acoustic Music | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| MUSI20160 | Aural Studies 2 | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
6.25 |
| MUSI20061 | Music Language 2: Chromaticism & Beyond |
Summer Term (On Campus - Parkville)
Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)
|
12.5 |
PLUS one of:
| Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| MUSI10227 | Musics of the World | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| MUSI10047 | Music History 1: Monteverdi to Mozart | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| MUSI20198 | Music History 2: C19th Music and Ideas | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| MUSI30249 | Music History 3:Impressionism to Present | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
PLUS
6.25 credit points of Electives
AND
25 credit points of Breadth
(available Electives lists can be found here)
Composition Major - third year
| Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| MUSI30213 | Composition 3 |
Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)
Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)
|
12.5 |
| MUSI30214 | Composition 4 |
Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)
Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)
|
12.5 |
| MUSI30025 | Orchestration | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| MUSI30046 | Music Language 3: Modern Directions |
Summer Term (On Campus - Parkville)
Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)
|
12.5 |
PLUS
25 credit points of Electives
AND
25 credit points of Electives OR Breadth
(available Electives lists can be found here)
Last updated: 4 March 2025