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Performance Specialisation (BH-MUS)
Bachelor of Music (Degree with Honours)Informal specialisationYear: 2018
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: 30 January 2024
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 | High Baroque Music of the German World | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
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 | Not available in 2018 | 12.5 |
MUSI40100 | French Music Louis XIV to the Revolution | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
MUSI40032 | Historical Performance Practice | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
MUSI40090 | Latin American Music and Culture | Not available in 2018 | 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 | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
MUSI40094 | Music as Noise: Making Sound Art | Not available in 2018 | 12.5 |
MUSI40047 | Music in the Culture of the Renaissance | Not available in 2018 | 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 | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
MUSI40058 | Sex, Death and the Ecstatic in Music | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
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 2018 | 12.5 |
MUSI40054 | Studies In Opera | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
MUSI40079 | The Ethnography of Music (Honours) | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
MUSI40095 | The Music of Spain | Not available in 2018 | 12.5 |
MUSI40098 | The Romantic Piano | Not available in 2018 | 12.5 |
MUSI40028 | Women in Music | Not available in 2018 | 12.5 |
Last updated: 30 January 2024