Project Requirements

Students who wish to undertake a Special Study project will need to submit a project proposal (approximately 500 words in total) which will include:

• Background to the topic to be explored.
• Evidence of familiarity with the existing literature on or related to the topic.
• Outline of a methodology to be used.
• Description of the projected outcome(s) (see requitements below).
• Relevance of the project to your study plan or future career.

There is flexibility around the nature of the project, which can be either traditional research or combine research with creative practice (performance or composition).

Special Study cannot be used to receive instruction on a second (minor) instrument or to develop a performance-only or composition-only project.

You may explore a related instrument (for example, Baroque trumpet for a trumpet player) or less frequented areas of your instrument/voice repertoire (for example Renaissance songs if you are a tenor) if it is part of a properly developed project.

In these cases, the supervisor must be a permanent member of the Conservatorium staff.

The outcome of the project will be a written research report of 4,000 words or equivalent. This may include elements such as performance, curation, score production, etc., however, all outcomes must have a written component of no less than 2,000 words detailing the research conducted.

Students will be notified of the outcome of their application within five days.

You will generally be notified of the outcome of their application within five business days. Instructions on how to complete your enrolment will be included in application outcome.

Note: Proposals should be submitted before the start of semester. Applications received later than the end of Week 2 of semester (5pm Friday) will not be considered.