Master of Music (Performance Studies)

Masters (Coursework)

Our Master of Music (Performance Studies) challenges you to reach the highest standards of professional performance. It's an intensive, skill-based degree focusing on traditional approaches to classical or jazz performance.

Key details

Degree Type

Masters (Coursework)

Duration

2 years full-time

Course Code

3CM102, 064439F

Intake Months

Jul, Feb

International Fees

$42,500 per year / $85,000 total

About this course

Realise excellence

Our Master of Music (Performance Studies) challenges you to reach the highest standards of professional performance. It's an intensive, skill-based degree focusing on traditional approaches to classical or jazz performance.

Study locations

North Terrace

North Terrace Campus

What you will learn

Advance technical mastery within your specialisation.
Benefit from weekly one-to-one lessons with performance staff.
Prepare and present programs of major repertoire.
Study leading twentieth century and contemporary composers.
Negotiate your own learning outcomes and modes of assessment for creative projects.
Develop advanced solo and ensemble performance skills.

Career pathways

You might travel the globe as an orchestral musician. You could grace the stage of every jazz venue in New Orleans and New York. Perhaps you'll curate concerts, teach in private studios or find international stardom as a soloist.

Please note: This degree program contains some courses with practical elements where on-campus attendance is required. If you are student in this program and unable to attend campus, please contact the Faculty of Arts, Business, Law and Economics for enrolment advice.

In partnership with Australian String Quartet
Demonstrate your ability for advanced study
Study at Australia's most distinguished tertiary music school

Course structure

Over two years, students take 24 units in the major performance area of specialisation and 24 units of electives. Electives are selected from a range including minor recitals, Negotiated Projects, Professional Projects, and advanced music ensemble work.

Options are built into the curriculum, so that entry and exits via lower level postgraduate programs are possible. Students can exit after two semesters with a Graduate Diploma in Music (Performance). Those students with more advanced skills and experience in performance can be given status for 24 units, enter the second year of the program and undertake the remaining 24 units in one year of study on campus.

University of Adelaide