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Interactive Composition
Interactive Composition at the Conservatorium encourages initiative, entrepreneurship and creative skills in a contemporary music context.
Wally Gunn received a Bachelor of Music Performance (Composition) with Honours degree in 2006.
Study Interactive Composition at the Conservatorium
We focus on commercially driven cross-art modes of composition which may include writing music for events, film, television, animation, theatre, music theatre, dance, pop song, advertising, video gaming, online, installation art and sound design.
Our composers create new artistic work in group environments and embrace the theoretical and practical study of the harmonic, melodic, rhythmic and formal structures and process of contemporary music.
Interactive Composition courses
I always saw music as a hobby, then one day I thought: if this is the thing I want to do forever, why not learn everything I can about it in a structured environment, with like-minded people, being taught by professionals and have access to amazing equipment and gear (that I can’t afford)?
Jessie WarrenBachelor of Music, specialisation in Interactive Composition
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Steinway D Launch Series: Jerry Wong
Wednesday 21 Aug 2019 at 6:30pm
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Thursday 22 Aug 2019 at 7:00pm
Jazz sessions and art transmissions curated by students from the Conservatorium’s Jazz & Improvisation program. Featuring special guest performers each week: some old, some borrowed, some outright stolen, and some kind of blue.
This program is generously supported by the Lionel Gell Foundation.
Sir John Barbirolli in Australia
Friday 23 Aug 2019 at 1:00pm
Professor Raymond Holden AM, Professor of Public Engagement at the Royal Academy of Music, London, presents a lecture focusing on Sir John Barbirolli’s two visits to Australia.
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