Bachelor of Music

Melbourne Polytechnic’s Bachelor of Music recognises that great musicians require a solid musical foundation, skills to adapt to current trends and awareness of a global spectrum of music.

The Bachelor of Music will help you improve your skills and knowledge, bringing together performance, theory, aural, composition, technology, and self-management skills. Expand your creativity and realise your potential in the music industry with the Bachelor of Music!

Designed to prepare you for an exciting career in the contemporary music industry, Melbourne Polytechnic’s Bachelor of Music recognises that great musicians require a solid musical foundation, skills to adapt to current trends and awareness of a global spectrum of music.

Today’s musician requires a breath of skill and knowledge bringing together performance, theory, command of the latest technologies, and self-management skills. Melbourne Polytechnic’s Bachelor of Music prepares you for a wide range of career options by expanding your ability to create, perceive and imagine in the world of music.

Graduates of the Bachelor of Music will possess the following attributes:

• Performance – Perform professionally in a diverse range of contemporary and intercultural contexts
• Music Technology – Demonstrate both deep and broad theoretical understanding and accomplished application of technological principles and practices in audio recording, composition, arranging and performance
• Music Business – Contextualize their position in the music industry, identify and embrace opportunities, and effectively self-manage, self-promote and strategize career development
• Research – Engage in traditional and practice-based research, and disseminate findings through formal writing, presentations in a variety of media and practical outcomes
• Continuous Development – Apply creativity, initiative, discipline, problem-solving strategies and aesthetic appreciation to continuously improve themselves as active, adaptable and ethical members of society
• Interpersonal and Teamwork skills – Demonstrate interpersonal and teamwork skills appropriate to a diverse range of professional, performance and collaborative contexts
• Musicianship – Articulate and demonstrate a highly developed practical understanding of melody, harmony and rhythm in professional practice and/or scholarship

Teachers and industry connections

Your teachers in the Bachelor of Music maintain strong and active ties with the music industry, being active performers, composers and arrangers as well as educators. Their industry involvement is recognised through awards, grants and prizes from industry bodies such as APRA/AMCOS, The Australian Jazz Bell Awards and The Australia Council for the Arts. The teachers tour and study interstate and overseas to create global industry ties and maintain currency.

Full-time/ongoing lecturers, include:

• Eugene Ball – trumpet, arranging, composition,
• Adrian Sherriff – trombone, composition, ensemble, ear training, intercultural studies,
• Jonathan Dimond – bass guitar, composition, ear training, ensemble,
• Dr Adam Starr – guitar, composition, ensemble, music technology,
• Anthony Schulz – piano, music theory, ear training, ensemble.

Our teaching staff also includes dozens of casual staff who are key practitioners in the Melbourne scene.

Resources

You will have access to the state-of-the-art theatre (Yarra Edge Music Centre) with full production and recording capabilities.

There are ample practice rooms equipped with drum kits, piano, PA and amplifiers, all able to be reserved online. You will also use:

• Mac labs with full complement of music software,
• well-resourced library with three levels including Higher Education study area and music-equipped Macs.

Employment outcomes

The vocational outcomes for students include: self-employment as an arranger, performer, composer, sound and audio engineer, songwriter, small business operator, music programmer, director, creative director, private studio teacher, community music director, sound creator and sound technician. Graduates may also gain specialist jobs in the music industry including music media, equipment, publishing and record companies.

Assessment

Individual, Group, Practical, Theoretical

Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL)

You can seek RPL where your work or qualifications of an advanced and related nature have been undertaken. Academic Credit is granted on a case-by-case basis, according to our Academic Credit policy and associated procedures. Applications for Academic Credit will be assessed by relevant Melbourne Polytechnic academics and where appropriate, industry experts.

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