Overview 2022
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The Master of Music Studies is offered by the Conservatorium of Music at Hobart. It can be completed in a minimum of three semesters (one calendar year) full-time or a maximum of three years part-time.
Course objectives
The Master of Music Studies aims to provide a quality tertiary qualification at the postgraduate level in a professional coursework program. The program aims to provide students with professional skills as performers, composers or instrumental/vocal studio teachers, including advanced technical skills in their particular discipline; a comprehensive understanding of a wide range of repertoire and musical concepts; and the skills to design, conduct and appraise research critically.
Students will be required to think professionally about their work and to plan for their own continuing development.
Course structure
These course rules and specifications apply to students commencing the course from 2014. For students who commenced prior to 2014, the applicable course rules are those from the year of commencement. i.e. students who commenced in 2012 should refer to the 2012 page.
Students choose one of four streams, either Performance, Composition, Orchestral Studies or Musicology, and complete a total of 150% of units for the Master of Music Studies comprising two compulsory core units (50%), four electives (50%) and a further 50% of units according to the schedule for the selected stream. NB: Students intending to apply for the PhD program must complete the 50% Major Research Project unit.
Schedule
Performance
Students undertake advanced studies in instruments/vocal performance in an individual program of study designed to develop a high level of technical and musical skills appropriate to the specialist area. The study focuses on the development of both professional-level knowledge and…
Credit Points: 25
| Location | Study period | Attendance options | Available to | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hobart | Semester 1 | ||||
Students undertake advanced studies in instruments/vocal performance in an individual program of study designed to develop a high level of technical and musical skills appropriate to the specialist area. The study focuses on the development of both professional-level knowledge and…
Credit Points: 25
| Location | Study period | Attendance options | Available to | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hobart | Semester 1 | ||||
| Hobart | Semester 2 | ||||
Students undertake further advanced studies in instruments/vocal performance in an individual program of study designed to develop a high level of technical and musical skills appropriate to the specialist area. The study continues the development of both professional-level knowledge and…
Credit Points: 25
| Location | Study period | Attendance options | Available to | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hobart | Semester 1 | ||||
| Hobart | Semester 2 | ||||
This unit is designed to familiarize honours and postgraduate students with academic writing, research resources, diverse methodological approaches, research governance and various means of interpreting and framing research outcomes. Students will develop the skills with which to frame and communicate…
Credit Points: 12.5
This unit is currently unavailable.
This unit allows the student to become acquainted with the instruments of the standard symphony orchestra and to develop effective strategies for instrumental combinations in a manner supportive of the musical goals of any orchestration or arranging project, or for…
Credit Points: 12.5
This unit is currently unavailable.
This unit examines the role that music has played in the Western Church from the pre-Reformation period to the present day. Focusing on specific topics, it considers a range of musical styles and usages that have been developed in response…
Credit Points: 12.5
| Location | Study period | Attendance options | Available to | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hobart | Semester 1 | ||||
x…
Credit Points: 12.5
This unit is currently unavailable.
This unit provides an opportunity for students to explore in-depth historical, theoretical and/or contextual aspects of music and creative arts research. Topics focus on recent developments in key areas of research and practice, enabling students to refine research and communication…
Credit Points: 12.5
| Location | Study period | Attendance options | Available to | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hobart | Semester 2 | ||||
Composition
Composition 1 is the first semester of postgraduate study of the technical and expressive skills for music composition. By this stage, you will have completed a folio of projects designed to establish writing skills and compositional craft, and therefore established…
Credit Points: 25
This unit is currently unavailable.
Composition 2 is the second semester of postgraduate study of the technical and expressive skills for music composition. By this stage, you will have completed a folio of projects designed to establish writing skills and compositional craft, and therefore established…
Credit Points: 25
This unit is currently unavailable.
Advanced Composition 1 is the third semester of postgraduate study of the technical and expressive skills for music composition. By this stage, you will have completed a sizeable folio of projects designed to establish writing skills and compositional craft, and…
Credit Points: 25
This unit is currently unavailable.
This unit is designed to familiarize honours and postgraduate students with academic writing, research resources, diverse methodological approaches, research governance and various means of interpreting and framing research outcomes. Students will develop the skills with which to frame and communicate…
Credit Points: 12.5
This unit is currently unavailable.
This unit examines the role that music has played in the Western Church from the pre-Reformation period to the present day. Focusing on specific topics, it considers a range of musical styles and usages that have been developed in response…
Credit Points: 12.5
| Location | Study period | Attendance options | Available to | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hobart | Semester 1 | ||||
This unit allows the student to become acquainted with the instruments of the standard symphony orchestra and to develop effective strategies for instrumental combinations in a manner supportive of the musical goals of any orchestration or arranging project, or for…
Credit Points: 12.5
This unit is currently unavailable.
x…
Credit Points: 12.5
This unit is currently unavailable.
This unit provides an opportunity for students to explore in-depth historical, theoretical and/or contextual aspects of music and creative arts research. Topics focus on recent developments in key areas of research and practice, enabling students to refine research and communication…
Credit Points: 12.5
| Location | Study period | Attendance options | Available to | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hobart | Semester 2 | ||||
Musicology
This unit is designed to familiarize honours and postgraduate students with academic writing, research resources, diverse methodological approaches, research governance and various means of interpreting and framing research outcomes. Students will develop the skills with which to frame and communicate…
Credit Points: 12.5
This unit is currently unavailable.
This unit allows the student to become acquainted with the instruments of the standard symphony orchestra and to develop effective strategies for instrumental combinations in a manner supportive of the musical goals of any orchestration or arranging project, or for…
Credit Points: 12.5
This unit is currently unavailable.
This unit examines the role that music has played in the Western Church from the pre-Reformation period to the present day. Focusing on specific topics, it considers a range of musical styles and usages that have been developed in response…
Credit Points: 12.5
| Location | Study period | Attendance options | Available to | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hobart | Semester 1 | ||||
Students enrolled in this unit will complete a supervised exegesis of 7,500 - 10,000 words aligned with their creative specialisation (Stream).The exegesis must be an original work of scholarship; situated in literature; using a clear and appropriateresearch method.Students are required…
Credit Points: 25
| Location | Study period | Attendance options | Available to | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hobart | Semester 1 | ||||
| Hobart | Semester 2 | ||||
x…
Credit Points: 12.5
This unit is currently unavailable.
This unit provides an opportunity for students to explore in-depth historical, theoretical and/or contextual aspects of music and creative arts research. Topics focus on recent developments in key areas of research and practice, enabling students to refine research and communication…
Credit Points: 12.5
| Location | Study period | Attendance options | Available to | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hobart | Semester 2 | ||||
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Credit Points: 50
This unit is currently unavailable.
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Credit Points: 25
This unit is currently unavailable.
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Credit Points: 25
This unit is currently unavailable.
Elective List
This unit allows the student to become acquainted with the instruments of the standard symphony orchestra and to develop effective strategies for instrumental combinations in a manner supportive of the musical goals of any orchestration or arranging project, or for…
Credit Points: 12.5
This unit is currently unavailable.
This unit provides students with opportunities to develop the skills required for professional participation in a small ensemble environment. The content focuses on the building of ensemble expertise such that students develop collaborative, interpretative and presentation skills for the performance…
Credit Points: 12.5
This unit is currently unavailable.
This unit provides students with further opportunities to develop the skills required for professional participation in a small ensemble environment. The content focuses on the building of ensemble expertise such that students master collaborative, interpretative and presentation skills for the…
Credit Points: 12.5
This unit is currently unavailable.
Advanced Chamber Music 1 provides students with an advanced unit of study in the preparation and presentation of major works of chamber music repertoire. The repertoire shall be determined and agreed upon by the students and unit coordinator at the…
Credit Points: 12.5
| Location | Study period | Attendance options | Available to | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hobart | Semester 1 | ||||
| Hobart | Semester 2 | ||||
x…
Credit Points: 12.5
| Location | Study period | Attendance options | Available to | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hobart | Semester 2 | ||||
This unit examines the role that music has played in the Western Church from the pre-Reformation period to the present day. Focusing on specific topics, it considers a range of musical styles and usages that have been developed in response…
Credit Points: 12.5
| Location | Study period | Attendance options | Available to | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hobart | Semester 1 | ||||
This unit provides an opportunity for students to explore in-depth historical, theoretical and/or contextual aspects of music and creative arts research. Topics focus on recent developments in key areas of research and practice, enabling students to refine research and communication…
Credit Points: 12.5
| Location | Study period | Attendance options | Available to | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hobart | Semester 2 | ||||
This unit is designed to familiarize honours and postgraduate students with academic writing, research resources, diverse methodological approaches, research governance and various means of interpreting and framing research outcomes. Students will develop the skills with which to frame and communicate…
Credit Points: 12.5
This unit is currently unavailable.
Students undertake advanced studies in instruments/vocal performance in an individual program of study designed to develop a high level of technical and musical skills appropriate to the specialist area. The study focuses on the development of both professional-level knowledge and…
Credit Points: 25
| Location | Study period | Attendance options | Available to | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hobart | Semester 1 | ||||
| Hobart | Semester 2 | ||||
Composition 2 is the second semester of postgraduate study of the technical and expressive skills for music composition. By this stage, you will have completed a folio of projects designed to establish writing skills and compositional craft, and therefore established…
Credit Points: 25
This unit is currently unavailable.
x…
Credit Points: 12.5
This unit is currently unavailable.
…
Credit Points: 25
This unit is currently unavailable.
x…
Credit Points: 25
This unit is currently unavailable.
x…
Credit Points: 25
This unit is currently unavailable.
x…
Credit Points: 25
This unit is currently unavailable.
The aim of this unit is to enable students to develop skills in the rehearsal and recording of chamber music/small ensemble/orchestral audition repertoire for a professionallypresented end product. Students choose the repertoire for the recording project and are responsible for…
Credit Points: 25
This unit is currently unavailable.
Orchestral Studies (Not available in 2020)
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Credit Points: 25
This unit is currently unavailable.
x…
Credit Points: 25
This unit is currently unavailable.
Students undertake advanced studies in instruments/vocal performance in an individual program of study designed to develop a high level of technical and musical skills appropriate to the specialist area. The study focuses on the development of both professional-level knowledge and…
Credit Points: 25
| Location | Study period | Attendance options | Available to | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hobart | Semester 1 | ||||
This unit is designed to familiarize honours and postgraduate students with academic writing, research resources, diverse methodological approaches, research governance and various means of interpreting and framing research outcomes. Students will develop the skills with which to frame and communicate…
Credit Points: 12.5
This unit is currently unavailable.
This unit examines the role that music has played in the Western Church from the pre-Reformation period to the present day. Focusing on specific topics, it considers a range of musical styles and usages that have been developed in response…
Credit Points: 12.5
| Location | Study period | Attendance options | Available to | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hobart | Semester 1 | ||||
This unit allows the student to become acquainted with the instruments of the standard symphony orchestra and to develop effective strategies for instrumental combinations in a manner supportive of the musical goals of any orchestration or arranging project, or for…
Credit Points: 12.5
This unit is currently unavailable.
x…
Credit Points: 12.5
This unit is currently unavailable.
This unit provides an opportunity for students to explore in-depth historical, theoretical and/or contextual aspects of music and creative arts research. Topics focus on recent developments in key areas of research and practice, enabling students to refine research and communication…
Credit Points: 12.5
| Location | Study period | Attendance options | Available to | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hobart | Semester 2 | ||||
Entry requirements
Eligibility
Students with an undergraduate music degree or equivalent accepted by the university will be accepted for university entrance into the program. Candidates who have been admitted to the university must also pass appropriate entrance examinations, auditions and interviews as deemed necessary by the Conservatorium.
- Download the Conservatorium of Music Audition Information Booklet (PDF 302KB) for more information about audition requirements.
Credit transfer
Students entering the program who have an Honours degree in the appropriate discipline from the University of Tasmania will receive 50% credit including one major study unit and Music Research Methodology and one elective. Students with Honours degrees from other institutions or other postgraduate awards may apply for upto 50% credit.
Articulation from
Students who terminate their studies after completing 100% of the coursework units (including both required 25% major study units and the Music Research Methodology unit) are eligible to achieve the Graduate Diploma of Music (Specialisation). Students who terminate their studies after completing 50% of the coursework units (including one 25%required unit) are eligible to achieve the Graduate Certificate of Music (Specialisation).
Fees & scholarships
Domestic students
Domestic students enrolled in a full fee paying place are charged the Student Services and Amenities Fee but this fee is incorporated in the fees you pay for each unit you enrol in. Full fee paying domestic students do not have to make any additional SSAF payments.
Annual Tuition Fee is inclusive of the compulsory Student Services and Amenities (SSA) fee. The SSA fee for 2017 is $294 AUD.
International students
2022 Total Course Fee (international students): $ 56,072 AUD *.
Course cost based on a rate of $36,950 AUD per standard, full-time year of study (100 credit points).
* Please note that this is an indicative fee only.
Scholarships
For information on general scholarships available at the University of Tasmania, please visit the scholarships website.
How can we help?
Do you have any questions about choosing a course or applying? Get in touch.
- Domestic
- 1300 363 864
- International
- +61 3 6226 6200
- Course.Info@utas.edu.au
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