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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.

Diversify, learn and get ahead

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

Research that goes deeper

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

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Have you studied at the Victorian College of the Arts or the Melbourne Conservatorium of Music? Make sure that your contact information is up-to-date to receive news, offers and opportunities.

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Upcoming Events

‘A bit of a pain in the arse to the patriarchal music scene’: Women in Melbourne Rock and Pop, 1955-2015

Thursday 18 March 2021 - All day
Event
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Intersecting Musical and Cultural Affordances: Transforming Everyday Tools Into New Musical Instruments

Thursday 15 April 2021 - All day
Event
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The Fractured Self: Editing the letters of Alma Moodie

Thursday 20 May 2021 - All day
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Ghostlight
Wednesday 17 Feb 2021

As theatres went dark during 2020, the tradition of the ghostlight kept hopes for the return of live performance alive. To celebrate the power of this tradition the graduating...
Performance
Concert

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Design and Production Graduates 2020
Thursday 31 Dec 2020

The graduating students from the Bachelor of Fine Arts (Design and Production), Master of Design for Performance and Master of Production Design for Screen have honed their t...
Other

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Dance 2020
Thursday 31 Dec 2020

Graduating BFA Dance StudentsOur brave, resilient and committed 2020 Dance graduates have overcome incredible obstacles to realise their dance potential. Performing with techn...
Graduation Show

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Latest News

1 March 2021

Running interference? Going feral? Alyson Campbell discusses her research projects and strategies relating to her own queerness and the queerness of others....

16 February 2021

In her role as Dean's Research Fellow in the Faculty of Fine Arts and Music, Dr Sarah Woodland leads a portfolio of research entitled 'Performing Justice: Arts-Led Approaches...

11 February 2021

Melbourne Conservatorium Bachelor of Music student Jessica Gillham has won the Margaret Sutherland Bursary competition 2020....

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