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Bachelor of Music

Enhancing career aspirations

Program code

1687

Available at

Nathan

Gold Coast

Mount Gravatt

Logan

South Bank

Online

Offshore

Other

Duration

3 years full-time

Credit points

240

Indicative fee

$9,500.00* per year (more)
* 2025 indicative annual CSP fee

Commencing in

Trimester 1

Prerequisites

  • Audition and interview

Assumed knowledge

  • English, English as an Additional Language, Literature or English & Literature Extension (Units 3&4, C)

Important Notes

This program will be available to commencing students from Trimester 1, 2025.

About this program

Take your talent to the next level

Join one of Australia's leading music schools and build your skills to become an adaptable and creative musician, ready to enter professional life. In the Bachelor of Music, you'll have the opportunity to explore a musical specialisation of your choice, as well as be exposed to a range of diverse styles and idioms including classical, contemporary, jazz, popular, electronic, experimental and world music. 

You will undertake collaborative and ensemble work appropriate to your field of study, aural awareness training, music theory, critical listening, contemporary music-making practices, and contextual music studies.

From your second year, you'll be able to focus your efforts further, choosing from majors in Performance, Contemporary Creative Practices, Production and Entrepreneurship, and Community Education.

At Queensland Conservatorium, discover your artistic identity as you develop as both a person and a performer in a welcoming and supportive environment. You'll benefit from our global connections as you learn from, and work closely with, award-winning music educators. You'll also have opportunities to gain credit for project studies and music industry engagement and internships, so you can transition smoothly into professional life. A wide range of elective courses are also available to deepen and broaden your musical experience.

You may audition on more than one instrument or specialisation, and the program provides opportunities for development in multiple instrumental and creative specialisations. After successfully completing your undergraduate studies, you will graduate with a Bachelor of Music and be eligible to apply for a graduate entry teacher preparation program, or transition to a fourth undergraduate or honours year. 


Majors

Performance 

Grow as an artist and professional by developing advanced skills in classical, contemporary and/or jazz performance. This major has a strong focus on high performance levels, effective collaboration with peers, and the expression of a distinct artistic identity.  

Contemporary Creative Practices 

This major includes elements of composition, creative music technology and popular music. It offers students the opportunity to create original music as a composer, digital practitioner, songwriter and/or sound artist as well as a strong grounding in the role of computing in modern music-making.   

Production and Entrepreneurship 

Collaborate with students from diverse disciplines, including musicians, singers, performers, composers, engineers and producers, to bring works to life whether on the stage, film or live online. Students will follow projects from ideation to execution, with the potential for public viewings. 

Community Education and Leadership 

The Community Education and Leadership major provides students with the skills and frameworks to teach and lead participatory music-making in a variety of community and educational settings. You'll develop your leadership and teaching abilities and explore the practical, theoretical and ethical implications of working across social groups in schools, hospitals, prisons, cultural centres and more. 

My attendance during the program

Attendance information

The Bachelor of Music is offered full-time on-campus at the South Bank campus. You may choose to study courses at other campuses if or where the program structure allows.

In the Bachelor of Music program, you must maintain a full-time study load. If you have reasons why you cannot maintain enrolment in at least 30 credit points per trimester, you must seek approval from the Program Director to take a reduced study load.

Student Income Support

To be classed as a full-time student, you are required to enrol in a minimum number of credit points each standard study period. The minimum credit points for full-time enrolment in this program is 30 credit points.

Trimester 1 and Trimester 2 are deemed standard study periods. As Trimester 3 is a non-standard study period, continuing students moving from one year to the next will not be required to study during this trimester to be eligible for student income support.

Domestic students who commence in Trimester 3 may be eligible for student income support from the onset of study provided they are enrolled full-time in this study period.

Please refer to the Australian Government website for more details.

Managing Study Interruptions
Leave of Absence

Taking a leave of absence from this program is permitted, subject to conditions outlined in the Enrolment Procedure and receiving approval from the Program Director or their nominee.

Readmission

Students seeking readmission to this program require approval from the Program Director. If readmission is sought for Trimester 1, application should be made by the first week of August in the previous year. For readmission to Trimester 2 application should be made at least three months prior to the commencement of that trimester. An audition may be required.

My career opportunities

My career opportunities

The numerous collaborative opportunities in this degree will prepare you for life as a musician capable of performing in professional orchestras, instrumental or vocal ensembles and companies, theatre and opera companies, media, entertainment and community arts organisations. 

Upon graduation, you'll be equipped for a variety of careers, depending on your chosen specialisation, with a clear understanding of industry standards and expectations, gained through self-directed project work and practical experiences. 

You may find employment as a jazz, popular or classical musician, a creative music technologist, or contemporary composer. If you've undertaken pedagogy electives during your degree, you may also be employed as an instrumental or vocal teacher. Students who complete a graduate-entry teacher preparation masters degree can also apply for registration as a teacher in Queensland.

Placement requirements

Professional placements

Working with Children Check (Blue Card)

Students in this program MAY BE REQUIRED to undergo the Working with Children Check and be issued with a Blue Card before they undertake work experience or placements in professional settings.

Blue Card applications must be submitted online by the student via the Queensland Government Blue Card Services website. There is no fee for a student Blue Card.

What are the fees?

Commonwealth supported students

  • The indicative fee represents the expected average fee for an annual full-time study load (80 credit points). This is based on average study patterns across courses and the Australian Government's broad discipline areas (student contribution bands). A student's actual annual fee may vary in accordance with his or her choice of majors and electives. The Australian Government sets student contribution amounts on an annual basis.
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Fee-paying undergraduate (domestic) students

These fees are only applicable to domestic students who are not Commonwealth supported including:

  • Full-fee paying domestic students who commenced their program prior to 2009.
  • International students who have been approved to pay domestic tuition fees after obtaining Australian or New Zealand citizenship or permanent residency or a permanent humanitarian visa and who have not obtained a Commonwealth supported place.
Tuition fees
  • A fee-paying undergraduate student pays tuition fees.
  • Students are liable for tuition fees for the courses they are enrolled in as at the census date.
  • The tuition fee is charged according to the approved program fee for the trimester in which the student is enrolled.
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Program fees for the Bachelor of Music (1687)

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FEE-HELP

Eligible undergraduate fee-paying students may defer their tuition fees by taking out a FEE-HELP loan which is part of the Higher Education Loan Program (HELP). Payment of the loan is via the taxation system when income reaches a specified level.

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