Master of Music
Program code
5771
Available at
Nathan
Gold Coast
Mount Gravatt
Logan
South Bank
Online
Offshore
Other
Duration
1.5 years full-time
Credit points
120
Indicative fee
$39,500.00* per year (more)
* 2025 indicative annual fee
About this program
Enhance your expertise in your musical profession
In the Master of Music, you'll choose specialisations to suit your professional goals and collaborate with peers with the goal of developing curiosity, learning independence, creativity, and pedagogical agility.
Queensland Conservatorium is one of Australia¿s leading music and performing arts schools, offering state of the art facilities, renowned lecturers and intense creative immersion, to prepare you to navigate and shape the future of music.
Majors
Pedagogy
Develop your teaching skillset with a focus on experiential cross-training design, while building your knowledge and personal experience across a range of styles. Conservatorium teaching draws on the strengths of existing classical and contemporary training models.
Vocal pedagogy at Queensland Conservatorium is particularly renowned and is designed for both emerging and experienced singing voice teachers working in private studio, group classes, early childhood music, or choral settings.
You will engage in lectures and one-to-one lessons in your chosen genre, as well as a series of crossover lessons in genre-specific exercises and repertoire.
Artistic Practices
We welcome practitioners from a wide range of musical genres and disciplines, including performance (e.g. classical, jazz, contemporary), composition, conducting, songwriting, music technology.
Whether you are coming directly from an undergraduate degree or looking to upskill for professional or personal reasons, Queensland Conservatorium delivers one-on-one lessons with world class staff, alongside workshops suited to your own area of focus.
You will also develop research skills related to your area through the creation of exegeses, which provides deeper exploration into creative work.
Careers
You will be equipped to explore further study, performance, teaching and research opportunities. Potential careers include music education, performance, publishing, broadcasting and production, and arts administration.
Attendance information
This program is offered full-time and on-campus.
If you are an International student on a student visa, you must ensure that you enrol in a way that will allow you to complete your enrolment within the expected program duration as stated on your Confirmation of Enrolment (CoE).
Managing Study Interruptions
Leave of AbsenceTaking 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.
International students
An International student is one who is not:
- an Australian or New Zealand citizen or
- a Pacific Engagement visa holder or
- a person who has Australian permanent resident status.
Indicative annual tuition fee
The indicative annual tuition fee is calculated based on a standard full-time study load which is usually 80 credit points (two full-time trimesters).
The indicative annual tuition fee is based on current conditions and available data and should only be used as a guide. These fees are reviewed annually and are subject to change.
Tuition fees
- An International 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.
Program fees for the Master of Music (5771)
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Changing programs
If an International student changes to a different program they will be subject to the approved program fee for the trimester in which they are enrolled.
Permanent resident status
If an undergraduate student obtains permanent resident status in Australia after commencing study in a program, and the student can provide evidence of permanent resident status prior to the census date (of the trimester in which they are enrolled), the student will be provided with a domestic fee-paying place.
The student may then apply for a Commonwealth supported place at the next admission period provided that the student satisfies the conditions for transfer from a domestic fee-paying place to a Commonwealth supported place as set out in the Fees and Charges Procedure.
If a postgraduate student obtains permanent resident status in Australia after commencing study in a program, and the student can provide evidence of permanent resident status prior to the census date (of the trimester in which they are enrolled), the student will automatically be considered for a Commonwealth supported place (subject to availability) or a domestic fee-paying place as applicable for the program.
If a research student obtains permanent resident status in Australia after commencing study in a program, and the student can provide evidence of permanent resident status prior to the census date (of the trimester in which they are enrolled), the student will automatically be considered for a Commonwealth Government Research Training Program (RTP) Fee Offset or a domestic fee-paying place as applicable for the program.
Further information
- Fees and Charges Procedure
- 3.6 - Fees for International Students
- 3.9 - Administrative and Miscellaneous Charges
- Cost of studying in Australia