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.

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

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

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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

  • Interculturalism in Music: The theory and practice of combining Dontri Thai and ‘Western’ music

    Thursday 15 October 2026 5:30pm - 6:30pm
    Thai classical music (dontri Thai) and music rooted in the Euro-American tradition take fundamentally different approaches to pitch, rhythm, form, texture, timbre, and social function. Disparities in how these concepts and practices are understood and applied across the two traditions complicate ...
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  • ASQ and MCM in Concert: An Evening of String Quartets

    Thursday 15 October 2026 7:30pm - 10:00pm
    Join the Australian String Quartet and talented young musicians from the Melbourne Conservatorium of Music for a special evening celebrating the art of chamber music. The culmination of the ASQ’s residency at the Conservatorium, this concert brings together professional artists and emerging music...
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  • Break Down

    Friday 16 October 2026 - All day
    Watch what happens when a group of dancers runs into a pile of compost. Break Down is a performance that merges into something entirely its own through contemporary dance and Butoh, a Japanese dance theatre style originally named AnkokuButoh, which translates to ”dance of darkness”.  ...
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