Music

MUSIC AT WESTERN

The Bachelor of Music offers you the chance to significantly focus and develop your practical skills and theoretical knowledge beyond the scope of the Bachelor of Music degree. The course offers high-level training in music, music performance, composition, sound technologies, music theory, musicology, arranging music and music analysis. You can also combine this with Creative Industries.

The program is offered in well-equipped studios, and in a lecture/workshop/tutorial environment. Skills in music performance, composition and sound technologies are augmented by intellectual, theoretical and contextual studies. Hands-on involvement from music academics will support you as you build toward the production of a major project.


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Virtual Music Showcase

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Course Frequently Asked Questions

Our program offers new state of the art music facilities and recording studios, which offer students unrivalled opportunities to be the top pick for Australia's music industry. The facilities are the latest addition to the University's booming Penrith campus, and include private practice rooms, soundtrack rooms and live performance spaces.

Graduates of this course can look forward to career opportunities in teaching (with future study), audio engineering, composition, multimedia, music journalism, and performance.

This degree is exclusively for high-achieving students and will continually challenge you to build on your academic success. Students in the Dean’s Scholars program are automatically enrolled in The Academy which offers interdisciplinary leadership programs, professional development and local and international internship and engagement opportunities for students.

All music applicants will need to apply through UAC or directly to Western.

You may either audition into the degree or submit qualifications for Band 4 HSC Music, or AMEB theory and practical qualifications or TAFE qualifications.

To audition for the degree, either submit videos of two performances made on a phone or other video recording device saved as MP4 files, OR a composition portfolio of two or more works, in score and recorded formats. Performances may be on more than one instrument or voice, and backing tracks may be used as accompaniment. To find out more on how to apply to study music, please visit this page.

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