Music Performance
Performance students have many wonderful opportunities to engage in a wide cross-section of musical activities, both within and outside formal study programs. Solo and ensemble performance are fundamental to the learning experience in the School and as an excellent preparation for post University life. Monash is Australia’s foremost international university and every year students travel to the Prato centre near Florence to work with visiting artists in courses of chamber music, language classes for singers and solo performance.
Performance Disciplines
Classical
Jazz & Popular Music Studies
- Brass/Wind
- Drums
- Piano
- Strings
- Voice
Description of Course
The School of Music-Conservatorium offers performance units for students across the University. Music degree students in both the undergraduate and postgraduate levels have access to Chief Practical Study Units, which make up a Major stream.
Students will undertake weekly individual tuition on their principal instrument, weekly workshops and concert practice classes. Ensemble Studies units are offered as a minor stream and are available by audition to undergraduate music students and to students from other University disciplines. Further performance units offer specialised study in Indonesian Gamelan.
Student Ensembles
The School of Music-Conservatorium has a wide range of student ensembles including:
- Orchestra
- Viva Voce choir
- Wind Symphony
- Opera Ensemble
- String Sinfonia
- Piano Ensembles
- Sonic Art Group
- Stage Band
- World of Music Ensemble.
A number of smaller Chamber Music and Jazz ensembles are an integral part of the curriculum. Music students participate in at least one ensemble through the year. This broad ensemble program reflects the commitment to encouraging diversity and integration of traditional, multi-cultural and contemporary styles of music performance.
The School of Music-Conservatorium has a busy concert schedule, and recent performance venues have included Robert Blackwood Hall, Federation Square, Alexander Theatre, Paris Cat and Bennetts Lane.
To obtain a position in the course, students need to pass an audition (generally held late November-December) and also satisfy Monash entry requirements.