Bachelor of Music (Performance)

The Bachelor of Music provides advanced training across a variety of musical disciplines. Students major in Composition, Interactive Composition, Jazz & Improvisation, Musicology & Ethnomusicology, Music Studies, or Performance.

The program develops technically advanced and experienced musicians through an immersive and practical curriculum with music core studies, music electives and complementary breadth subjects.

The focus of the Performance major is to provide you with practical instruction and ensemble experiences on orchestral instruments, piano, guitar and classical voice.

You will:

• Develop skills, knowledge and understanding of the practical, theoretical and conceptual aspects of music
• Broaden their musical knowledge across a range of styles and repertoire
• Develop advanced critical thinking and creative problem-solving through regular practical activities and theoretical studies
• Participate in performance and academic activities
• Have opportunities for solo and ensemble performances
• Have access to a wide range of invaluable career experiences at a local or international context.

Future pathways

Upon completion of the course, you may choose to apply for a fourth-year Honours degree. An honours year provides an intensive mode of study allowing you to master your knowledge and create a pathway into advanced graduate study options in music.

• Completed secondary education recently (within the past two years)

• 1. In order to be considered for entry, applicants must have completed one of:

  (a) the Victorian Certificate of Education, including VCE Units 3 and 4 – either a study score of at least 25 in one of English, English Language or Literature, or a study score of at least 30 in English as an Additional Language;

  (b) the International Baccalaureate Diploma, including at least Grade 4 in English or English B (Standard Level or Higher Level); or

  (c) a senior secondary program, foundation studies program, or equivalent approved by the Academic Board, including appropriate English language studies.

  Applicants are also required to complete an audition, test, interview, workshop, portfolio or folio presentation, as prescribed by the Academic Board for the Major to which entry is sought:

  Performance Major

  • performance audition; and
  • prior academic performance.

  Meeting these requirements does not guarantee selection.

  2. In ranking applications, the Selection Committee will consider:

  • performance in an audition; and/or
  • performance in folio audition; and
  • prior academic performance, and

  3. The Selection Committee may seek further information to clarify any aspect of an application in accordance with the Academic Board rules on the use of selection instruments.

  4. For applicants who have not completed the Victorian Certificate of Education or the International Baccalaureate Diploma, the undergraduate English language requirements must be met.

  Notes

  • For applications through the Victorian Tertiary Admission Centre, “middle-band” selection adjustments are made only on the basis of eligibility for Access Melbourne.
  • Details for the performance audition and folio audition requirements can be found on this website.

  All applicants will be ranked based on the criteria listed in the Auditions and Interviews page, up to the capacity of places within the course.

  ATAR-based admission information in Semester 1, 2024

  ATAR-based admission for the Bachelor of Music (all specialisations) (includes data also for any Bachelor of Music (all specialisations) Graduate Degree Package offers, if applicable).	ATAR
  Lowest ATAR where a recent Year 12 student offer was made (excluding students made offers through special entry schemes)	RC (Range of Criteria used for selection)
  Lowest ATAR to which an offer was made (including students made offers through special entry schemes)	RC (Range of Criteria used for selection)
  Minimum ATAR required for consideration (only applicants eligible for special entry schemes were admitted below the minimum)	RC (Range of Criteria used for selection)
  Guaranteed ATAR for applicants who completed Year 12 and were eligible for the Access Melbourne categories of rural or isolated and/or disadvantaged financial background*	N/A for this course
  Guaranteed ATAR for Indigenous applicants who completed Year 12	N/A for this course
  Guaranteed ATAR for Kwong Lee Dow Young Scholars who completed Year 12 and attended an under-represented school*	N/A for this course
  Guaranteed ATAR for Kwong Lee Dow Young Scholars who completed Year 12 and did not attend an under-represented school*	N/A for this course

  _{*All students who achieve the specified guaranteed ATAR and meet the course prerequisites will be offered a place}

  ATAR profile of those offered places in the Bachelor of Music (all specialisations) wholly or partly on the basis of ATAR in Semester 1, 2023 (includes data also for any Bachelor of Music (all specialisations) Graduate Degree Package offers, if applicable). Does not include consideration of student background and equity.

  ATAR-based offers only, across all offer rounds	ATAR
  Highest rank to receive an offer	99.95
  Median rank to receive an offer	86.40
  Lowest rank to receive an offer	47.35