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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.

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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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Research that goes deeper

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

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Alumni

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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3,125

core degree students across the Faculty

1st

in Australia for performing arts

$200M

invested in world-class facilities since 2010

Upcoming Events

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  • Production Graduates 2019

    The graduating students from the Bachelor of Fine Arts (Production), Master of Design for Performance and Master of Production Design for Screen have honed their technical, c...
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    • Other
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  • Disclosure Graduate Dance Season 2019

    at 7:30pm - 7:30pm
    An evening of contemporary dance showcasing graduating students from the Bachelor of Fine Arts (Dance) in new works by Alisdair Macindoe, Larissa McGowan and James O’Har...
    • Season
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  • Folio Live 2019

    at 8:30pm - 8:30pm
    Collaborative sound and media works by graduating students of the Interactive Composition program. Over five evenings Interactive Composition students brought Grant Street The...
    • Concert
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Latest News

Protect your voice on Zoom, with vocal coach Amy Hume

1 June 2020
For the latest in our How To series, voice coach and VCA Theatre (Voice) lecturer Amy Hume gives some clear tips on protecting your voice while working and playing online...
  • Victorian College of the Arts
  • Theatre
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17-carrot gold – new work by Master of Film and Television students

22 May 2020
First-year Master of Film and Television students were tasked with creating a unique piece of content from home, and ... they hopped to it....
  • Film and Television
  • Victorian College of the Arts
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How to play a simple blues guitar solo

19 May 2020
In the latest in our How To series – shot from home while the Faculty of Fine Arts and Music operates virtually due to COVID-19 restrictions – Head of Guitar Dr Ke...
  • Melbourne Conservatorium of Music
  • Music Performance
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