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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.

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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Upcoming Events

Art Forum: Gabriella Hirst

Thursday 22 April 2021 12:30pm - 1:30pm
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Conservatorium Postgraduate Guitar Showcase

Friday 23 April 2021 7:00pm - 8:00pm
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New Music Studio - As The Wind Moves Through The Harp

Tuesday 27 April 2021 7:30pm - 9:00pm
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W.A Mozart – Die Zauberflöte by Melbourne Conservatorium of Music Opera students
Thursday 18 Mar 2021 at 3:43pm - 3:43pm

During the second COVID 2020 lockdown in Victoria, the Master of Music in Opera Performance students at the Melbourne Conservatorium of Music, University of Melbourne, continu...
Concert
Graduation Show

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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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Latest News

26 March 2021

Michael Bentham’s debut feature film Disclosure premiered at Palm Springs International Film Festival and Berlinale in early 2020. The film is screening at Cinema Nova...

10 March 2021

Dr Gillian Howell's research investigates the contributions of music and participatory arts to post-war peace, reconciliation, cultural development and community cohesion. Her...

8 March 2021

The forthcoming Art Forum series at the VCA features artists such as Grace Lillian Lee, Glenda Nicholls and Brenda L Croft – and the success of last year's online events...

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