The Bachelor of Music (Extended major) allows you to work with world-class musicians to develop your skills as an emerging artist. You'll have the opportunity to pursue postgraduate training in many areas, including national and international centres of music excellence, helping you become career ready for the creative arts industry.

 

This extended major degree provides you with a rigorous, high-quality tertiary music education and an intensive concentration in a chosen area of specialisation: performance, composition, studio teaching, musicology or creative music technology. As a well-equipped 21st century musician, you will have the opportunity to pursue postgraduate training in many areas, including national and international centres of music excellence, and prepare for a career in the creative arts.

 

Why study this course?

• Performance is at the heart of all study, staging more performances than any other Western Australian tertiary institution. Students can expect to participate in regular performances, and will benefit from staff who are actively engaged in music making at the highest level. 

 

You'll learn

• A strong command of instrumental, vocal or compositional technique
• A high level of musicianship and presentation in solo, small and/or large ensemble performances
• How to use advanced concepts and devices in music language for aural and written analysis and composition
• Foundational knowledge of key issues relating to music and music education such as music psychology, musical memory, practice strategies and communication
• Specialised knowledge in a particular area through elective studies