Master of Music Studies (Performance)
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| Unit of study | Credit points | A: Assumed knowledge P: Prerequisites C: Corequisites N: Prohibition | Session |
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Master of Music Studies (Performance) |
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| Students must complete 72 credit points, comprising: | |||
| (a) 60 credit points of core units of study; and | |||
| (b) 12 credit points of elective units of study, including; | |||
| (c) a capstone unit, or; | |||
| (d) an optional 12 credit points of research units of study | |||
Core units of study |
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| CPNO5300 Graduate Recital Preparation 1 |
3 |
Note: Department permission required for enrolment This unit must be taken by all students in Graduate Diploma and Master of Music Studies who require staff accompanists for their recital. |
Semester 1 Semester 2 |
| CPNO5301 Graduate Recital Preparation 2 |
3 |
Note: Department permission required for enrolment This unit must be taken by all students in the Master of Music Studies who require staff accompanists for their recital. |
Semester 1 Semester 2 |
| CPNO5303 Collaborative Piano 1 |
3 |
Note: Department permission required for enrolment Program should be presented to the coordinator before commencement of the tutorials. |
Semester 1 Semester 2 |
| CPNO5304 Collaborative Piano 2 |
3 |
Note: Department permission required for enrolment |
Semester 1 Semester 2 |
| ENSE5015 Graduate Ensemble 1 |
6 |
Note: Department permission required for enrolment These ensemble units are available only to students enrolled in the Accompaniment, Repetiteur or Jazz students streams. |
Semester 1 Semester 2 |
| ENSE5016 Graduate Ensemble 2 |
6 |
These ensemble units are available only to students enrolled in the Accompaniment, Repetiteur or Jazz streams. |
Semester 1 Semester 2 |
| ENSE5017 Graduate Ensemble 3 |
6 | P ENSE5016 These ensemble units are available only to students enrolled in the Accompaniment, Repetiteur or Jazz streams. |
Semester 1 Semester 2 |
| ENSE5320 Ensemble 1 |
3 | Semester 1 Semester 2 |
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| ENSE5321 Ensemble 2 |
3 | P ENSE5320 |
Semester 1 Semester 2 |
| ENSE5322 Ensemble 3 |
3 | P ENSE5321 |
Semester 1 Semester 2 |
| ENSE5330 Graduate Chamber Music 1 |
3 | Semester 1 Semester 2 |
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| ENSE5331 Graduate Chamber Music 2 |
3 | P ENSE5330 |
Semester 1 Semester 2 |
| MCGY5610 Research Skills for Music Performance |
6 |
Students who have already successfully completed a similar unit of study may apply to take another unit of study in place of this one. |
Semester 1 |
| PERF5005 Principal Study 1 |
12 | Semester 1 Semester 2 |
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| PERF5620 Graduate Recital 1 |
6 | P PERF5005 Students requiring staff accompanists for their recital must enrol in CPNO5300 Graduate Recital Preparation 1 |
Semester 1 Semester 2 |
| PERF5621 Graduate Recital 2 |
6 |
Students requiring staff accompanists for their recital must enrol in CPNO5301 Graduate Recital Preparation 2. |
Semester 1 Semester 2 |
| PERF5622 Principal Study 2 |
6 | P PERF5005 |
Semester 1 Semester 2 |
| PERF5623 Principal Study 3 |
6 | P PERF5622 |
Semester 1 Semester 2 |
Elective units of study |
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| CMPN5006 Recording Portfolio |
6 | Semester 1 |
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| CMPN5012 Graduate Composer Performer Workshop |
6 | Semester 1 Semester 2 |
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| CMPN5114 Graduate Vocal Composition Workshop |
6 | Semester 2 |
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| EMUS5600 Historical Performance Practice |
6 | P MCGY5610 |
Semester 2 |
| MCGY5111 Creative Work Seminar 1 |
6 | A Students enrolling in this unit of study are expected to have developed musical and technical skills to be able to present creative works pertinent to their research. Students should have received research training commensurate with an undergraduate Honours degree or equivalent |
Semester 1 Semester 2 |
| MCGY5112 Creative Work Seminar 2 |
6 | A Students enrolling in this unit of study are expected to have developed musical and technical skills to be able to present creative works pertinent to their research P MCGY5111 |
Semester 1 Semester 2 |
| MCGY5600 Critical Discourses in Music |
6 | Semester 1 |
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| MCGY5601 Music Through Ethnography |
6 | Semester 1 |
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| MCGY5602 Opera and Society This unit of study is not available in 2022 |
6 | Semester 1 |
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| MCGY5603 Music as Social Science This unit of study is not available in 2022 |
6 | Semester 1 |
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| MCGY5604 Researching Creative Process |
6 | Semester 2 |
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| MCGY5605 Methods of Music Analysis This unit of study is not available in 2022 |
6 | A Traditional chordal nomenclature (e.g. roman numeral and figured bass) and standard methods of analysing Western Art Music will be assumed. |
Semester 1 |
| OLET5801 Recording, Archiving and Repatriation |
2 | Semester 1 |
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| OLET5811 Collaborative Ethnography |
2 | Semester 2 |
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| PERF5600 Graduate Research Methods |
6 | N MCGY5111 or MCGY5112 |
Semester 1 Semester 2 |
| PERF5610 Arts and Creative Industries Internship |
6 |
Note: Department permission required for enrolment |
Semester 2 |
| PERF5603 Wind Conducting |
6 | Semester 1 Semester 2 |
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| PERF5610 Arts and Creative Industries Internship |
6 |
Note: Department permission required for enrolment |
Semester 2 |
| PERF5611 Graduate Seminar 1 |
6 |
Note: Department permission required for enrolment |
Semester 1 |
| PERF5612 Graduate Seminar 2 |
6 |
Note: Department permission required for enrolment |
Semester 2 |
| PERF5630 Introduction to Conducting This unit of study is not available in 2022 |
6 | A It is recommended that students have undertaken the Undergrad Conducting elective at SCM, or equivalent audition. Other recommended prior learning includes: advanced proficiency at a musical instrument; prior experience performing in conducted ensembles; some prior experience in conducting, including teachers who conduct student groups; excellent aural skills and score reading skills are mandatory. |
Semester 1 |
| PERF6613 Graduate Seminar 3 |
6 | Semester 1 |
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| PERF6614 Graduate Seminar 4 |
6 |
Note: Department permission required for enrolment |
Semester 2 |
| VSAO5022 Principles of Studio Pedagogy This unit of study is not available in 2022 |
6 | Semester 2 |
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Research units of study |
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| MCGY5618 Dissertation 1 |
6 | P MCGY5610 Note: Department permission required for enrolment Permission from the Associate Dean (Education) is required to enrol. Either before or during Dissertation 1, students should plan to take relevant courses offered by the University's Learning Centre. |
Semester 1 Semester 2 |
| MCGY5619 Dissertation 2 |
6 | P MCGY5618 |
Semester 1 Semester 2 |