Welcome to the Faculty of Fine Arts and Music

Learn to think, feel and create in the way only you can

Pursue the mastery of your discipline at the Faculty of Fine Arts and Music. As the proud home of the Victorian College of the Arts and the Melbourne Conservatorium of Music, the Faculty is dedicated to composition, conducting, dance, design, production, ethnomusicology, film and television, interactive composition, jazz and improvisation, musicology, music performance, music psychology, music theatre, music therapy, theatre and visual arts.

Join us in Melbourne's Arts Precinct and find your artistic voice.

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Options to suit your creative pathway

From full-time degree study to breadth subjects to corporate workshops, we have flexible options on offer.

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Diversify, learn and get ahead

Explore a passion or discover something new through breadth study. With our world-class training and facilities.

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Understand the full impact and importance of the arts, and how you can contribute.

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3,125

core degree students across the Faculty

1st

in Australia for performing arts

$200M

invested in world-class facilities since 2010

Upcoming Events

  • International Jazz Day Celebration

    Tuesday 29 April 2025 7:30pm - 9:00pm
    On the eve of International Jazz Day, the Jazz & Improvisation department celebrate the rich diversity and brilliance of the Australian jazz and improvised music community. This concert features International Jazz Day Artist in Residence Simon Barker (Sydney drummer and academic), alongside a...
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  • Art Forum: Vincent Namatjira

    Wednesday 30 April 2025 12:15pm - 1:15pm
    A painter from Indulkana in South Australia, Vincent Namatjira has established himself as a subversive and witty portraitist. Since 2013, he has been painting portraits of important figures, both personally familiar and famously political. Bold, painterly and conceptually rich, Namatjira’s work h...
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  • A Story from the Sand Dunes - Alex Raineri plays Melody Eötvös

    Wednesday 30 April 2025 7:30pm - 8:30pm
    Celebrating their recent album release with ABC Classic, Melbourne Conservatorium of Music guest artist Alex Raineri performs piano music by faculty composer Melody Eötvös. PROGRAM Piano Sonata No. 2 A Story from the Sand Dunes Wild October Jones (in collaboration with Conservatorium ...
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