Our Degrees
The School of Music offers degrees in Performance, Composition, and Music Studies, across Bachelor Degrees, Honours, and Postgraduate Research programs.
All students have the opportunity to combine their study in music with other disciplines across ANU in our Flexible Double Degree program. Single degree students have the opportunity to take a double major, for example combining Composition with Performance.
We celebrate the ANU ethos as reflected in its Graduate Attributes, that School of Music students should be critical thinkers, able to actively challenge the nature of things, engage in cutting edge debate and ask judicious questions.
The School of Music embraces this ethos in its innovative teaching pedagogies across its creative practice courses, blending dynamic and collaborative debate with one-to-one tutorial sessions, and a rich range of offerings including workshops, performances, and recording opportunities.
Performance focusses on the elemental power of music as it is heard in society, comprising creativity, collaboration, communication and innovation. Students are guided to find their individual voice, with graduates equipped to engage with the world of professional music-making both here and abroad.
Students in Composition work in a collaborative and flexible studio environment, with teachers who understand the changing nature of music in today’s world. The focus on the creation of music aligns with the evolving sphere of technological innovation, developing a fully rounded composer equipped to work across diverse genres and styles.
The Music Studies program is situated in the Bachelor of Arts, providing students the opportunity to study a personalised combination of topics from Musicology, Music Technology, Composition, and Performance, as well as other disciplines.
Students are also able to create specialisations in a number of Minors, including Musicology, Composition for Film and Video Games, Music Technology, Music Theory and Aural Skills, along with Composition and Performance. Please note that audition is required for all Performance courses.
Undergraduate programs
Honours
Postgraduate research
For more information about our Postgraduate Research Degrees and the admissions processes, please see the ANU College of Arts & Social Sciences website.
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