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Performance
Bachelor of MusicMajorYear: 2024
Performance
Contact information
Students currently admitted in this course:
Future students:
Coordinator
David Griffiths
Overview
Performance is a flexible program tailored to meet your musical interests, skills and career pathways. This major centres on the study of a chosen instrument or voice to develop the skills expected of a performing artist.
Students hone music performance and applied music skills alongside historical, contextual and theoretical learning.
All students take Practical Music 1 and 2 in Year 1. From Year 2, students may continue in the Practical Music or Performance stream, which provide more demanding and specialised training in individual and ensemble performance.
Intended learning outcomes
On completion of this major, students should be able to:
- situate their interpretive practice and aesthetic position in the contemporary performance context;
- contextualise their repertoire and performing practice historically and culturally;
- engage critically and productively with current scholarship and performance;
- sustain a level of craft and artistic maturity on their instrument or voice;
- participate with ability and respect as a member of a performing group;
- uphold rigorous intellectual and ethical standards in performance planning, preparation and documentation;
- perform musical works and programs with assurance and stylistic awareness;
- apply critical intelligence, self-reflection and creative problem-solving to their development as performing musicians.
Last updated: 8 November 2024
Structure
225 credit points
To obtain a major in Performance students will need to complete:
- 150 credit points of core subjects including
- 50 credit points of Level 1 Performance core subjects
- 50 credit points of Level 2 subjects including
- 25 credit points of Level 2 Performance core subjects
25 credit points of Level 2 Practical Music stream or 25 credit points of Level 2 Performance stream
- 50 credit points of Level 3 subjects including
- 25 credit points of Level 3 Performance core subjects
25 credit points of Level 3 Practical Music stream or 25 credit points of Level 3 Performance stream
- 75 credit points of Music elective subjects including
- A maximum of 25 credit points of Level 1 Music elective subjects
Transfer Major Rules:
- Students may apply to transfer into the Performance Major from the Performance (ANAM) Major.
- To transfer to Performance Major Year 2 students must:
- complete all Level 1 core subjects in the Performance (ANAM) Major; and
- have permission of the coordinator.
- To transfer to Performance Major Year 3 students must:
- complete all Level 2 core subjects in the Performance (ANAM) Major; and
- have permission of the coordinator.
Subject lists
Level 1 core subjects
Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
---|---|---|---|
MUSI10047 | Music History 1: 17th & 18th Centuries | Semester 1 (On Campus - Southbank) |
12.5 |
MUSI10220 | Practical Music 1 |
Semester 1 (On Campus - Southbank)
Semester 2 (On Campus - Southbank)
|
12.5 |
MUSI10023 | Music Language 1: the Diatonic World |
Summer Term (Online)
Semester 2 (On Campus - Southbank)
|
12.5 |
MUSI10221 | Practical Music 2 |
Semester 1 (On Campus - Southbank)
Semester 2 (On Campus - Southbank)
|
12.5 |
Level 2 core subjects
Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
---|---|---|---|
MUSI20198 | Music History 2: The Long 19th Century |
Summer Term (On Campus - Parkville)
Semester 1 (On Campus - Southbank)
|
12.5 |
MUSI20061 | Music Language 2: Chromaticism & Beyond |
Summer Term (Online)
Semester 2 (On Campus - Southbank)
|
12.5 |
Level 2 Practical Music Stream subjects
Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
---|---|---|---|
MUSI20199 | Practical Music 3 |
Semester 1 (On Campus - Southbank)
Semester 2 (On Campus - Southbank)
|
12.5 |
MUSI20200 | Practical Music 4 |
Semester 1 (On Campus - Southbank)
Semester 2 (On Campus - Southbank)
|
12.5 |
Level 2 Performance Stream subjects
Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
---|---|---|---|
MUSI20201 | Performance 3 |
Semester 1 (On Campus - Southbank)
Semester 2 (On Campus - Southbank)
|
12.5 |
MUSI20202 | Performance 4 |
Semester 1 (On Campus - Southbank)
Semester 2 (On Campus - Southbank)
|
12.5 |
Level 3 core subjects
Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
---|---|---|---|
MUSI30249 | Music History 3: 20th & 21st Centuries |
Summer Term (On Campus - Parkville)
Semester 1 (On Campus - Southbank)
|
12.5 |
MUSI30046 | Music Language 3: Modern Directions |
Summer Term (On Campus - Parkville)
Semester 2 (On Campus - Southbank)
|
12.5 |
Level 3 Practical Music Stream subjects
Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
---|---|---|---|
MUSI30250 | Practical Music 5 |
Semester 1 (On Campus - Southbank)
Semester 2 (On Campus - Southbank)
|
12.5 |
MUSI30251 | Practical Music 6 |
Semester 1 (On Campus - Southbank)
Semester 2 (On Campus - Southbank)
|
12.5 |
Level 3 Performance Stream subjects
Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
---|---|---|---|
MUSI30252 | Performance 5 |
Semester 1 (On Campus - Southbank)
Semester 2 (On Campus - Southbank)
|
12.5 |
MUSI30253 | Performance 6 |
Semester 1 (On Campus - Southbank)
Semester 2 (On Campus - Southbank)
|
12.5 |
Please refer to the following pages for all available music elective subjects:
Music Electives
https://handbook.unimelb.edu.au/components/b-mus-infspc-4
Music Ensemble Electives
Last updated: 8 November 2024