Music Performance
The Melbourne Conservatorium of Music is one of the most vibrant centres for undergraduate and graduate music performance study in Australia.
Study Music Performance at the Melbourne Conservatorium of Music
You will be led by internationally renowned teachers and performers who are there to guide and develop your instrumental or vocal potential to the fullest.
Our students enjoy numerous opportunities to develop their technique and awareness through all performance programs. In most programs you experience individual instrumental or vocal lessons, weekly performance classes, public concerts, and master classes with distinguished national and international performers.
The Ensemble Performance Experience in the Conservatorium
You will be led by internationally renowned teachers and performers who are there to guide and develop your instrumental or vocal potential to the fullest.
Our students enjoy numerous opportunities to develop their technique and awareness through all performance programs. In most programs you experience individual instrumental or vocal lessons, weekly performance classes, public concerts, and master classes with distinguished national and international performers.
Included in the wealth of performance options at the University of Melbourne, is the opportunity for students to perform in our two flagship ensembles: the Symphony Orchestra led by director Associate Professor Richard Davis and the Wind Symphony led by director Associate Professor Nicholas Williams.
University of Melbourne Wind Symphony
The University of Melbourne Wind Symphony, directed by international conductor, Associate Professor Nicholas Enrico Williams features the most talented wind, brass and percussion students in the University.
Music Performance courses
Instrument areas
Brass
Brass at the Conservatorium emphasises group learning and camaraderie with a dedication to hands-on training.
Conducting
Our Conducting students learn a variety of techniques for mastery in their specialisation.
Early Music
We house a vast collection of early music resources and scores, and train our students in instrumental and vocal performance.
Guitar
Guitar at the Conservatorium is designed for students interested in the rich traditions of the guitar.
Harp
We invite you to embark on your harp journey with us, where your musical aspirations can flourish in a world-class learning environment.
Jazz and Improvisation
Celebrate great Australian Jazz and improvised music performance in a unique studio-intensive approach that nurtures future music performers and directors through repertoire, improvisation skills and technical studies.
Keyboard
Our Keyboard program is one of the largest and most distinguished of any tertiary music program in Australia.
New Music
The New Music Studio unites the disciplines of Composition and Performance for a broad range of contemporary music activities and events that are held each semester within the Faculty.
Percussion
Graduating as a percussionist from the Conservatorium, you will be literate in the history and current practice of your craft.
Strings
The Conservatorium Strings program boasts a staff of the finest string players and teachers in Australia.
Woodwind
We have a long history of excellence in Woodwind performance, including graduates who have achieved international success.
I consider the faculty and individual tutors to be the most important people in developing my musicianship. The Conservatorium has some amazing staff on board who are very passionate about what they do. I decided to study at the Conservatorium due largely to the low brass teaching staff, particularly Timothy Buzbee.
Alexander JeantouBachelor of Music, specialisation in Music Performance
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The University of Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, 12 May 2024
The University of Melbourne Symphony Orchestra’s second concert of 2024 culminated a world premiere of Barry Conyngham's Full Moon, Edward Elgar's Cello Concerto in E minor and Igor Stravinsky's masterpiece, The Rite of Spring.- Concert
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Ocean (an arrangement)
-In celebration of the 30th anniversary of Merce Cunningham's Ocean, VCA Dance and Design and Production present an arrangement of excerpts of the original work together with a choreographic response developed by the students.- Performance
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Spring Awakening
-An unforgettable journey through the mysteries and challenges of adolescence, presented by VCA Music Theatre and Design and Production.- Performance
Conservatorium Events
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Joshua Batty in Recital with Louisa Breen
Friday 13 September 2024 7:30pm - 9:00pmJoshua Batty in Recital with Louisa Breen Join internationally acclaimed flautist Joshua Batty for an exciting recital with pianist Louisa Breen. PROGRAM   Claude Debussy Syrinx Manuel De Falla Seven Popular Spanish Songs: Nana Franz Schubert Lieder Schwanengesa...- Event
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Strings Showcase Concert
Monday 16 September 2024 1:10pm - 2:00pmThis recital is presented as part of the Melba Hall Lunch Hour Concert Series. All concerts in this series can also be streamed live via our website. Strings Showcase Concert The Melbourne Conservatorium of Music proudly presents an array of solo and small ensemble performances by our out...- Event
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LA Philharmonic Wind Quintet in Melbourne
Monday 16 September 2024 7:30pm - 9:00pm  Booked Out This event is booked out, but there is often a drop-off in attendance for our free events on the day of the performance.   If you arrive at the venue before the advertised start time and make yourself known to Front of House staff, in most instances we will ...- Event
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Singing Stone: A Celebration of Music by Christopher Sainsbury
Tuesday 17 September 2024 7:30pm - 9:00pmThis recital is presented as part of the Hanson Dyer Hall Concert Series. All concerts in this series can also be streamed live via our website. Singing Stone: a celebration of the music of Christopher Sainsbury The launch of the ABC Classic recording Singing Stone. Leading Australian gui...- Event
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Grant!
Wednesday 18 September 2024 7:00pm - 10:00pmGrant! 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. Event Schedule 7 August 7PM - Lionel Lounge ...- Event
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Empirical Musicology: Mixing Modern Methods with Early Polyphony
Friday 20 September 2024 5:30pm - 6:30pmThis seminar is presented as part of the Louise Hanson Dyer Colloquia Series. Empirical Musicology: Mixing Modern Methods with Early Polyphony Empirical Musicology: Mixing Modern Methods with Early Polyphony The digital humanities can appear daunting to the uninitiated. At a time when uni...- Event
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Guitar Perspectives Instrument Showcase
Friday 20 September 2024 7:30pm - 8:30pmThis concert is part of the Guitar Perspectives concert series. Guitar Perspectives Instrument Showcase A showcase of plucked string instruments from the Melbourne Conservatorium of Music collections featuring Brazilian instruments, Australian made guitars, theorbo, mandolin, 10 string gu...- Event
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Operatic Adventure
Saturday 21 September 2024 7:30pm - 9:30pmOperatic Adventure Beloved opera scenes and a newly devised piece performed by the Master of Music (Opera Performance) students. After workshops with Victorian Opera, the students now bring this lively program of favourites together in an evening of operatic adventure. CREATIVES Staff...- Event
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Concerto-Aria Competition 2024
Monday 23 September 2024 10:00am - 5:30pmConcerto-Aria Competition 2024 Near the end of each academic year, students across the Melbourne Conservatorium of Music are invited to compete for the opportunity to perform as a soloist with the University of Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, the University of Melbourne Wind Symphony, or one of...- Event
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Woodwind Showcase Concert
Monday 30 September 2024 1:10pm - 2:00pmThis recital is presented as part of the Melba Hall Lunch Hour Concert Series. All concerts in this series can also be streamed live via our website. Woodwind Showcase Concert Featuring students from the Melbourne Conservatorium of Music, this concert will showcase a wonderful array of mu...- Event
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Jazz & Improvisation Honours/Graduate Research Students & Staff
Tuesday 1 October 2024 7:30pm - 8:30pmJazz & Improvisation Honours/Graduate Research Students & Staff An evening of original improvised music presented by Honours and Graduate Research students and staff from the Jazz & Improvisation area. CREATIVE CREDITS Dylan van der Schyff (Honours and Graduate Research co...- Event
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Composition 6 Concert
Wednesday 2 October 2024 7:30pm - 9:00pmComposition 6 Concert A wonderful evening of new music. This concert showcases the work of our senior BMus Composition students. Composers: Karmen Drezins Arie Madden-Weltie Bryn Renard Hayden Taylor Todd Robinson Georgina Palmer Minh Anh Pham ACCESSIBILITY...- Event
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Jazz and Improvisation Large Ensemble Feast
Thursday 3 October 2024 6:00pm - 10:00pmJazz and Improvisation Large Ensemble Feast A night of eclectic sounds with the Jazz and Improvisation department showcasing the talents of our emerging contemporary improvisers and staff, as they perform in large ensembles. Featuring Masters & Apprentices directed by Barney McAll, Bi...- Event
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East Meets West
Monday 7 October 2024 1:10pm - 2:00pmEast Meets West The event is a live music performance, the purpose of the event is to give the students the chance to perform in a public space. The students use Chinese instruments to play music from the West and East. PROGRAM Nona Nona Malay folk song The Chinese Orchestra Arran...- Event
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Jazz and Improvisation Small Ensemble Series
Monday 7 October 2024 7:00pm - 9:00pmJazz and Improvisation Small Ensemble Series These concerts present original small ensemble music from second and third year students in the Jazz and Improvisation program at the Melbourne Conservatorium of Music. Hear a new generation of creative musicians! Event Schedule 7 October 7...- Event
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Jazz and Improvisation Small Ensemble Series
Tuesday 8 October 2024 7:00pm - 9:00pmJazz and Improvisation Small Ensemble Series These concerts present original small ensemble music from second and third year students in the Jazz and Improvisation program at the Melbourne Conservatorium of Music. Hear a new generation of creative musicians! Event Schedule 7 October 7...- Event
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Spring and Summer
Tuesday 8 October 2024 7:30pm - 9:00pmThis recital is presented as part of the Hanson Dyer Hall Concert Series. All concerts in this series can also be streamed live via our website. Spring & Summer Join Pianists Donald Nicolson and Kristian Chong and percussionists Brent Miller, Louise Devenish, Lara Wilson, Robert Cosso...- Event
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Super Grant!
Wednesday 9 October 2024 7:00pm - 9:30pmSuper Grant! After a busy semester of exciting activity from Jazz and Improvisation at the Conservatorium, Super Grant! is presented as a finale to the Grant! concert event series. This night features an array of ensembles performing original compositions and improvisations in Federation Hall...- Event
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Clarinet Mega Day
Saturday 12 October 2024 10:00am - 7:00pmClarinet Mega Day We’re inviting clarinet players of all ages and abilities to come experience a day at the Melbourne Conservatorium of Music! This jam-packed day will provide participants with the opportunity to engage in masterclasses, rehearsals, panel discussions, meet with like-minded mu...- Event
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Conservatorium Chamber Music Competition Winners
Monday 14 October 2024 1:10pm - 2:00pmThis recital is presented as part of the Melba Hall Lunch Hour Concert Series. All concerts in this series can also be streamed live via our website.   Conservatorium Chamber Music Competition Winners The Melbourne Conservatorium of Music presents the finalists of the 2024 Conser...- Event
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Piano Solo and Piano Duo Recital
Tuesday 15 October 2024 7:30pm - 9:00pmPiano Solo and Piano Duo Recital Exiting and rearly performed Cinderella Suite by Prokofiev/Pletnev will be combined with much loved Chopin piano pieces. PROGRAM Chopin Three Nocturnes Op 15 N1,2 Op 55 N 2 Ballade in G minor op 23, Mazurka op 41 N2 Polonaise in C sharp Minor O...- Event
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New Music Studio: Songs for a New Millenium
Wednesday 16 October 2024 7:30pm - 9:00pmNew Music Studio Songs for a New Millennium: Works by Contemporary Australian and American Composers Australian composers Cameron Lam and Connor d’Netto, and Americans Missy Mazzoli and Nico Muhly represent a generation of exciting young artists whose innovative musical idioms continue th...- Event
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World Music Concert: Spring
Friday 18 October 2024 6:00pm - 7:30pmWorld Music Concert: Spring Each semester University of Melbourne students learn musical traditions from around the world with our World Music Ensembles. At this year-end concert, celebrate their achievements at a concert featuring the Chinese Music Ensemble, African Music and Dance Ensemble,...- Event
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Final Gong: Spring
Monday 28 October 2024 6:30pm - 8:30pmFinal Gong: Spring Each semester University of Melbourne students learn to perform musical traditions from Central Java on the UOM Gamelan. Come celebrate their achievements at a concert that also features the Melbourne Community Gamelan and Putra Panji Asmara. ACCESSIBILITY All venue...- Event
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Ensemble Liaison with Eleanor Lyons
Wednesday 20 November 2024 7:00pm - 9:00pmAward-winning Australian soprano Eleanor Lyons joins Ensemble Liaison for an evening of transcendent chamber music. Ensemble Liaison are internationally acclaimed for their spellbinding performances and innovative programs. Ensemble Liaison & Friends presents a unique concert series renow...- Event
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Gender Defying Jazz
3 November 2024 - 8 December 2024Gender Defying Jazz Workshop Series Gender Defying Jazz (GDJ) is a program run by Andrea Keller, Head of Jazz & Improvisation at the Melbourne Conservatorium of Music, University of Melbourne. Beginning in 2017 and originally called Girls Do Jazz, the name of the program has been change...- Event
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Hansel and Gretel for Schools and Families
11 December 2024 - 14 December 2024Hansel and Gretel for Schools and Families Composed by Engelbert Humperdinck Stage Direction by Jane Davidson For school group bookings, please contact fineartsmusic-festivals@unimelb.edu.au. Presented by Master of Music (Opera Performance), Master of Production (Stage) and studen...- Event
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Hänsel und Gretel
11 December 2024 - 14 December 2024Hänsel und Gretel Composed by Engelbert Humperdinck Libretto by Adelheid Wette Reduced Orchestration by Jonathan Lyness Stage Direction by Jane Davidson Master of Music (Opera Performance), Master of Production (Stage) and Melbourne Conservatorium of Music Orchestra Students present...- Event
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Australia’s finest young violinists will once again compete for a total prize pool of $55,000 in the country’s most generous violin scholarship, the University of...
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Anna Bao En Sing: Balancing Music and Medicine
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Rhythms of discovery: Kate Tempany’s Great Barrier Reef Concerto
13 October 2023
Ahead of its premiere with the University of Melbourne Wind Symphony, Kate Tempany discusses her latest work, 'Great Barrier Reef Concerto'. An intricate blend of Guinean rhyt...
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From Melbourne to Asia with the University of Melbourne Symphony Orchestra: Meet pianist, Timothy Kan
13 September 2023
Hear from Timothy Kan, a Master of Music (Research) student, as he prepares to accompany the University of Melbourne Symphony Orchestra as soloist for piano in Ginastera'...
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David Arden on sharing his song lines and latest project ‘MEERTA’
10 August 2023
In the world of music, careers are often born from chance encounters. For Kokatha/Gunditjmara song man David Arden, it was a single album gifted to him in high school that hel...
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From Melbourne to Asia with the University of Melbourne Symphony Orchestra: Meet trombonist Joshua Dulfer
2 August 2023
Hear from Joshua Dulfer, a Bachelor of Music (Performance) student, as he speaks to his study experience and preparations for an upcoming international tour to Singapore and M...
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Opera student Amanda Hargreaves on performing with Victorian Opera and falling in love with classical music
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As a child, Amanda Hargreaves had big dreams. She wanted to become a pop star, then an actor, and later longed to grace the stage in musicals.Fast forward twenty years, and th...
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Meet University of Melbourne’s Sabrina McKenzie
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The Faculty of Fine Arts and Music celebrates the success of alumni and staff at the 40th Annual Green Room Awards
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The Faculty of Fine Arts and Music would like to extend our warmest congratulations to alumni and staff who were recognised at the 40th Annual Green Room Awards....
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Meet Melbourne Conservatorium of Music student Joshua Morton-Galea
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‘Australian Canvas’: Dr Nicholas Enrico Williams to deliver his final concert as Conductor of Wind Symphony at Melbourne Recital Centre
23 May 2023
Dr Nicholas Enrico Williams’ three-year term as Music Director and Conductor of the Wind Symphony at the Conservatorium has drawn to a close, and he has taken up a posit...
Miriama Young: Kinds of Blue
1 May 2023
Ahead of its premiere with the Canberra Symphony Orchestra, the composer Miriama Young discusses her new work, Kinds of Blue, outlining the inspiration that helped shape it....
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Music, animation, and dance students take over Fed Square’s digital façade on New Year’s Eve
20 December 2022
Students from the Melbourne Conservatorium of Music and the Victorian College of the Arts (VCA) at the University of Melbourne will take over Fed Square on New Year's Eve with...
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Piers Lane (AO) announced as recipient of 2022 Sir Bernard Heinze Memorial Award
1 November 2022
Acclaimed pianist, Piers Lane (AO), has been awarded the Sir Bernard Heinze Memorial Award at a concert with Joseph Calleja and Amelia Farrugia....
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A powerful musical experience: University of Melbourne Orchestra to perform Mahler 2
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The University of Melbourne Symphony Orchestra will be returning soon to the Hamer Hall stage with Mahler’s mighty Second Symphony (The Resurrection), led by their Chief...
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New partnership brings students into the concert hall with the world’s leading musical talent
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Meet Monica Lim, Master of Music (Research) in Interactive Composition student
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Hiraeth: a new solo guitar work to celebrate 100 years since Manuel de Falla's Homenaje a Debussy
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Professor Barry Conyngham – reflections of the outgoing Dean of Faculty of Fine Arts and Music
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Melbourne Conservatorium of Music Lecturer Sunny Kim presents the 2020 Peggy Glanville-Hicks Address
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Frisson, a new short film from Alex Wu, will give you goosebumps
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New Dean appointed at the Faculty of Fine Arts and Music
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Guitar Perspectives 2020 – some student works to savour, right here
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Dr Richard Letts receives the 2020 Sir Bernard Heinze Memorial Award
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Australian musician, author and advocate Dr Richard Letts AM has been awarded the 2020 Sir Bernard Heinze Memorial Award....
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From Southbank to West Side Story: The Maverick Brass Quintet perform Bernstein
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Guitar Perspectives 2020: music made in isolation by Melbourne Conservatorium staff, students and special guests
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Yes, we would have preferred to be celebrating together in person but the Guitar Perspectives 2020 Online Celebration still provides as much excitement, passion and inspiratio...
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Meet Jordine Cornish, Master of Creative Arts Therapy student at the University of Melbourne
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Meet Samantha Hargreaves, Master of Music (Opera Performance) student
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The William Tell Overture – performed by the University of Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, and VCA dancers, at home
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Apples were the order of the day for University of Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, and a select number of Bachelor of Fine Arts (Dance) students. After the great success of the...
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Welcome to Interactive Composition Open House
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The Melbourne Conservatorium's Interactive Composition students are well positioned to innovate in times of trouble. Indeed, in their recent Open House streaming concert, stud...
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Finding voice – Katy Abbott on composing Hidden Thoughts II: Return to Sender
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Celebrated Melbourne Conservatorium composer Katy Abbott discusses her latest work, incorporating letters sent by members of the Australian public to detained asylum seekers o...
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Ronald Farren-Price, a legend of Australian music, turns 90
2 July 2020
Friends, family and colleagues of distinguished Australian concert pianist and music educator Ronald Farren-Price AM gathered for a small online ceremony today to mark his 90t...
- Music Performance
- Melbourne Conservatorium of Music
Mongrel 2020: music theatre, cabaret, and live performance to watch online
1 July 2020
What happens when Music Theatre students and Interactive Composition students from the Faculty of Fine Arts and Music bring together their creative talents in the lockdown era...
- Interactive Composition
- Music Theatre
- Melbourne Conservatorium of Music
- Victorian College of the Arts
Meet Danna Yun, Composition alum at the University of Melbourne
25 June 2020
Multi-instrumentalist Danna Yun talks composition, collaboration, video-game music and life goals....
- Alumni
- Composition
- Melbourne Conservatorium of Music
Meet Jade Nye, Jazz and Improvisation student at the University of Melbourne
24 June 2020
Jade Nye auditioned at the Melbourne Conservatorium of Music for voice studies, so she certainly wasn't expecting to graduate on the saxophone. And yet .....
- Jazz and Improvisation
- Melbourne Conservatorium of Music
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
104 Concert Halls: Ravel's Boléro (from home) by the University of Melbourne Symphony Orchestra
12 May 2020
Most arts and music disciplines rely on collaboration, but maybe none more so than orchestral performance. By its nature, an orchestra is a collective – the trick, more...
- Melbourne Conservatorium of Music
- Music Performance
Meet Dr Brad Merrick, Senior Lecturer in Music (Performance Teaching) at the Melbourne Conservatorium
5 March 2020
Dr Brad Merrick is a passionate educator and performer who has been involved in music and performance teaching for many years. What does his life look like since he joined the...
- Performance Teaching
- Melbourne Conservatorium of Music
- Staff stories
Four new faces at the Melbourne Conservatorium in 2020
23 December 2019
2020 promises to be an exciting year at the Melbourne Conservatorium, with milestone anniversaries, an incredible array of public performances, and teaching, research and musi...
- Melbourne Conservatorium of Music
- Musicology
- Staff stories
- Jazz and Improvisation
- Music Performance
Dr Kim Dunphy, Dance Movement Therapist: ‘It’s our moral obligation to make a contribution’
4 December 2019
Digital archives of sung poems might seem a long way away from dance movement therapy, but for Dunphy it’s all part of a broader engagement with art, culture and communi...
- Creative Arts Therapy
- Victorian College of the Arts
- Melbourne Conservatorium of Music
- Research
A chance for teachers to upskill and make music accessible to students with disabilities
3 December 2019
A new course at the University of Melbourne will help equip music teachers with the skills to work with students with special needs and ensure they have equal access...
- Music Therapy
- Melbourne Conservatorium of Music
- Short courses
Conversations on Country: experiencing Indigenous cultural and creative practices with the Wilin Centre
26 November 2019
Each year, the Wilin Centre for Indigenous Arts and Cultural Development takes University of Melbourne students out on Country. Mireille Stahle joined the team in Yorta Yorta...
- Wilin Centre For Indigenous Arts And Cultural Development
- Victorian College of the Arts
- Melbourne Conservatorium of Music
Operation opera: the secret of success at the Melbourne Conservatorium’s Voice department
15 November 2019
What do Georgia Wilkinson, winner of the 2019 Herald Sun Aria competition, and Chloe Harris, who won this year’s prestigious Richard Divall Prize, have in common? Well,...
- Music Performance
- Melbourne Conservatorium of Music
Homeside: music therapy for people living with dementia goes global
31 October 2019
Homeside is training family carers worldwide to use music interventions to manage behavioural and psychological symptoms of dementia....
- Music Therapy
- Research
- Melbourne Conservatorium of Music
The need for truthing in language rematriation
29 October 2019
In this edited extract of her recent 2019 Lin Onus Oration at the University of Melbourne's Faculty of Fine Arts and Music, Dr Lou Bennet makes a compelling case for the impor...
- Wilin Centre For Indigenous Arts And Cultural Development
- Victorian College of the Arts
- Melbourne Conservatorium of Music
Dr Katy Abbott wins for Hidden Thoughts at the 2019 Paul Lowin Prizes
28 October 2019
Dr Katy Abbott, Senior Lecturer in Music (Composition) at the Melbourne Conservatorium of Music, has been announced as one of the winners of the 2019 Paul Lowin Prizes in a ce...
- Composition
- Melbourne Conservatorium of Music
Meet Krishan Meepe, Ethnomusicology student at the University of Melbourne
14 October 2019
Melbourne Conservatorium of Music student Krishan Meepe says Ethnomusicology has given him the tools to unpack some of the complex intersections of music, and politics....
- Ethnomusicology
- Melbourne Conservatorium of Music
Meet Tilly Webb, Interactive Composition student at the University of Melbourne
3 October 2019
Now in her third year, musician Tilly Webb explains why she chose to study Interactive Composition, and how she learned to trust her gut....
- Composition
- Interactive Composition
- Melbourne Conservatorium of Music
Richard Tognetti: 'Creatives should be able to test the waters and pour in as much acid as they like'
13 September 2019
Richard Tognetti is Artistic Director and leader of the Australian Chamber Orchestra (ACO). Here, the violinist, composer and conductor reflects on the University of Melbourne...
- Music Performance
- Melbourne Conservatorium of Music
Master of Creative Arts Therapy: an Australian first at the University of Melbourne
6 September 2019
A new Master of Creative Arts Therapy course has been announced by the Faculty of Fine Arts and Music at the University of Melbourne....
- Creative Arts Therapy
- Melbourne Conservatorium of Music
- Victorian College of the Arts
Welcome to the new Director of the Melbourne Conservatorium
9 August 2019
The Faculty of Fine Arts and Music at the University of Melbourne welcomes a new Director to the Melbourne Conservatorium of Music, Dr Richard Kurth....
- Arts Precinct
- International
- Melbourne Conservatorium of Music
Yamandu Costa, virtuoso guitarist: ‘I believe in the beauty of people’
30 July 2019
Ahead of Yamandu Costa’s performance at the Melbourne Conservatorium in early August, guitarist and Faculty of Fine Arts and Music alumna Rose de La Montaña speaks to th...
- Music Performance
- Melbourne Conservatorium of Music
Meet Ng Sze Min, Bachelor of Music (Interactive Composition) graduate from the Melbourne Conservatorium
25 July 2019
After completing a three-year diploma in music composition at the Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts in Singapore, Ng Sze Min moved to Melbourne to study Interactive Compositio...
- Interactive Composition
- Contemporary music
- Melbourne Conservatorium of Music
Sally Smart: “First Commissions takes our artists to the world”
24 July 2019
Ahead of the First Commissions exhibition in Melbourne on 27 and 28 July, multidisciplinary artist – and Vice-Chancellors Professorial Fellow of the University of M...
- International
- Visual Art
- Victorian College of the Arts
- Melbourne Conservatorium of Music
Elijah Wald: how the guitar shaped – and didn’t shape – the world
16 July 2019
Elijah Wald is a musician, writer and historian who has been playing guitar for more than 50 years. Ahead of his keynote address at the Melbourne Conservatorium of M...
- Music Performance
- Melbourne Conservatorium of Music
Southbank Campus to open for Open House Melbourne
16 July 2019
Open House Melbourne visitors can be among the first to see the Faculty of Fine Arts and Music’s new world-class spaces at Southbank on 27 and 28 July, as part of a broa...
- Melbourne Conservatorium of Music
- Victorian College of the Arts
- Visual Art
- Music Performance
- Arts Precinct
The origins of musical expertise: beyond born versus made
16 July 2019
The International Symposium on Performance Science (ISPS) is a biennial meeting of performers and scientists that provides a platform to discuss all facets of performance and...
- Music Performance
- Melbourne Conservatorium of Music
- Research
Bill Henson: ‘There is no formula for how creativity unfolds’
10 July 2019
Bill Henson is one of Australia’s best-known contemporary photographers – but it was not always thus. As the First Commissions art project launches ahead of an exh...
- International
- Melbourne Conservatorium of Music
- Victorian College of the Arts
- Alumni
Brazilian guitarist Yamandu Costa in six videos
10 July 2019
His talents and virtuosity are recognised and celebrated worldwide. Ahead of Brazilian guitarist Yamandu Costa’s performance at the Melbourne Conservatorium next month,...
- Music Performance
- Melbourne Conservatorium of Music
First Commissions art project launches in Florence
4 July 2019
A major Australian arts project presented by the University of Melbourne has been launched at the feet of Michelangelo’s David, the world’s most famous statem...
- International
- Alumni
- Victorian College of the Arts
- Melbourne Conservatorium of Music
The International Symposium on Performance Science, Melbourne – what you need to know
1 July 2019
The International Symposium on Performance Science (ISPS) is a biennial meeting of performers and scientists that provides a platform to discuss all facets of performance and...
- Melbourne Conservatorium of Music
- Research
- Music Performance
Deborah Cheetham AO wins the Sir Bernard Heinze Award
7 June 2019
Acclaimed Yorta Yorta soprano, composer and Artistic Director of Short Black Opera, Deborah Cheetham AO, has been awarded the 2019 Sir Bernard Heinze Memorial Award....
- Music Performance
- Melbourne Conservatorium of Music
Photo gallery: Ian Potter Southbank Centre launch
4 June 2019
More than 250 student and staff musicians helped bring The Ian Potter Southbank Centre to life for the official launch on 1 June 2019, with a program featuring orchestral work...
- Melbourne Conservatorium of Music
- Music Performance
Australian Chamber Orchestra partners with University of Melbourne
3 June 2019
Students and staff at the University of Melbourne will have unparalleled access to education and research opportunities with a $1 million partnership with the Australian Chamb...
- Music Performance
- Melbourne Conservatorium of Music
Alumni stories: Eugene Ughetti
28 May 2019
The percussionist, composer, conductor and artistic director of Speak Percussion is known for tackling complex and ambitious art music projects. Here, he discusses his time at...
- Melbourne Conservatorium of Music
- Alumni
- Visual Art
- Music Performance
Albert Herring by the Melbourne Conservatorium of Music: review
8 May 2019
The University of Melbourne’s new Master of Music (Opera Performance) proved its mettle in this fully-staged operatic production of Britten’s classic opera. B...
- Music Performance
- Melbourne Conservatorium of Music
Herbie Hancock comes to the University of Melbourne for International Jazz Day
15 April 2019
UNESCO’s 2019 International Jazz Day will be presented this month in partnership with the Melbourne Conservatorium of Music. Head of Jazz and Improvisation Associate Pro...
- Jazz and Improvisation
- Music Performance
- Melbourne Conservatorium of Music
Five questions for Dr Anthony Lyons, Interactive Composition lecturer, University of Melbourne
8 April 2019
Composer, performer and academic Dr Anthony Lyons has created an incredibly diverse range of music in his career, from orchestral works to EDM to multimedia installations. But...
- Interactive Composition
- Melbourne Conservatorium of Music
- Staff stories
The Ian Potter Southbank Centre opens for Melbourne Conservatorium students and staff
27 March 2019
More than 1,000 students and staff have moved into the new state-of-the-art Ian Potter Southbank Centre, home to the new Melbourne Conservatorium of Music....
- Arts Precinct
- Melbourne Conservatorium of Music
Meet Hannes Lackmann, Master of Music (Performance Teaching) graduate, University of Melbourne
15 March 2019
Percussionist Hannes Lackmann was performing regularly on the Melbourne music scene after graduating – so what inspired this Jazz & Improvisation graduate to pursue...
- Alumni
- Performance Teaching
- Melbourne Conservatorium of Music
- Music Performance
What is Interactive Composition at the University of Melbourne?
14 January 2019
It defies easy definition, but those who have had anything to do with Interactive Composition at The Faculty of Fine Arts and Music know its value. It’s a course for inn...
- Interactive Composition
- Music Performance
- Melbourne Conservatorium of Music
Tiriki Onus: five questions for the Acting Head of the Wilin Centre for Indigenous Arts and Cultural Development at the University of Melbourne
3 December 2018
The Faculty of Fine Arts and Music, percentage-wise, has the highest number of Indigenous students of any faculty at any university in Victoria, and now there are plans to ren...
- Wilin Centre For Indigenous Arts And Cultural Development
- Victorian College of the Arts
- Arts Precinct
- Melbourne Conservatorium of Music
- Research
- Partnerships
Five questions for Dr Erin Helyard, Senior Lecturer (Historical Performance and Musicology), University of Melbourne
27 November 2018
As part of our ongoing Staff Stories, Dr Erin Helyard discusses conducting, his favourite writers and the trait he most deplores in others.As told to Kelly Southworth....
- Staff stories
- Early Music Studio
- Musicology
- Melbourne Conservatorium of Music
Explainer: what is artistic research?
20 November 2018
The role of artistic researchers is not to describe their work – it’s something else entirely.By Professor Barb Bolt, Faculty of Fine Arts and Music....
- Research
- Victorian College of the Arts
- Melbourne Conservatorium of Music
Meet Chloe Uhrmacher, Diploma in Music student, University of Melbourne
19 November 2018
French horn player Chloe Uhrmacher is in the final year of a Bachelor of Science at the University of Melbourne with a concurrent Diploma in Music at the Melbourne Conser...
- Music Performance
- Melbourne Conservatorium of Music
Sneak preview of the new Ian Potter Southbank Centre in the Melbourne Arts Precinct
15 October 2018
Victoria’s Minister for Creative Industries Martin Foley was welcomed to The Ian Potter Southbank Centre today, with a performance by Conservatorium brass students Hanna...
- Arts Precinct
- Melbourne Conservatorium of Music
- Music Performance
- Contemporary music
101 Sensations: on tour with the University of Melbourne Symphony Orchestra in Asia
12 October 2018
Between 23 September and 29 September 2018, the University of Melbourne Symphony Orchestra performed in Singapore and Shanghai, the first time it had ever travelled overseas....
- Music Performance
- Melbourne Conservatorium of Music
- Showcase
- International
A tour of Melbourne’s Arts Precinct and the people who make it
21 September 2018
The reimagining of Melbourne’s Southbank is a source of disruption, possibility and hope for the people and organisations of the Arts Precinct. By Susanna Ling...
- Arts Precinct
- Melbourne Conservatorium of Music
- Partnerships
- Victorian College of the Arts
- Wilin Centre For Indigenous Arts And Cultural Development
Tillman Jex: life as an Interactive Composition grad in Berlin
19 September 2018
Berlin was always part of the plan for Tillman Jex – and he knows how to make it work for him.By Paul Dalgarno...
- Interactive Composition
- Alumni
- Melbourne Conservatorium of Music
Alice Humphries: turning the Tide with the University of Melbourne Symphony Orchestra
14 September 2018
More than 100 young musicians will embark on their first international tour when the University of Melbourne Symphony Orchestra travels to Singapore and Shanghai later this mo...
- Music Performance
- Composition
- Melbourne Conservatorium of Music
- Alumni
Judy Bailey OAM honoured with the Sir Bernard Heinze Memorial Award
3 September 2018
Prominent jazz pianist and teacher Judy Bailey has been awarded the 2018 Sir Bernard Heinze Memorial Award.by Susanna Ling...
- Music Performance
- Prizes and Awards
- Melbourne Conservatorium of Music
Music Therapy: from Melbourne to Würzburg
29 August 2018
The University of Melbourne’s Music Therapy team has a strong connection with the German city of Würzburg – and it’s only going to get stronger.By...
- Music Therapy
- International
- Melbourne Conservatorium of Music
- Research
Meet Anneliese Gill, PhD candidate in Music Psychology and Performance Science
16 August 2018
Third-year PhD candidate at the Melbourne Conservatorium Annaliese Gill would like to create a resource to help music students and their teachers develop complementary psychol...
- Music Psychology and Performance Science
- Research
- Melbourne Conservatorium of Music
Martyn Myer: ‘A world-class cultural capital needs a world-class arts training faculty’
6 August 2018
Philanthropists come in all shapes and sizes, but for Martyn Myer there’s only one approach: roll up your sleeves and don’t take no for an answer. By Paul Dal...
- Arts Precinct
- Giving
- Victorian College of the Arts
- Melbourne Conservatorium of Music
Mimir Chamber Music Festival returns – with world-class mentoring
27 July 2018
The 2018 Mimir Chamber Music Festival will be held at the Melbourne Conservatorium of Music in August and September. Founded by the Conservatorium’s ...
- Music Performance
- Melbourne Conservatorium of Music
- Showcase
Listen: How to turn musical “failure” into a rewarding career
20 July 2018
Susan de Weger is not your typical classical musician. The self-confessed “failed musician” now helps young musicians connect with modern audiences and compete wit...
- Music Performance
- Melbourne Conservatorium of Music
Two-minute interview: Stephen Goss, composer and guitarist
19 July 2018
Ahead of his visit to the Melbourne Conservatorium of Music next week, world-renowned and acclaimed composer Stephen Goss speaks to Ken Murray about his composi...
- Composition
- Melbourne Conservatorium of Music
- Music Performance
Meet Andrew Bucknall, Master of Music Therapy student
18 July 2018
After working in hospitality, retail, and as an electrician, Andrew Bucknall finally heeded his calling to help others through music. Now a second-year Master of Music Therapy...
- Music Therapy
- Melbourne Conservatorium of Music
- Alumni
William Tell-all: behind the scenes of the epic Victorian Opera production
12 July 2018
Victorian Opera’s latest production is set to be bigger than Ben Hur. Ahead of opening night on 14 July, we caught up with former Melbourne Conservatorium of Music stude...
- Music Performance
- Production
- Melbourne Conservatorium of Music
- Alumni
Two-minute interview: Dr John Carpente, music therapist for children on the autism spectrum
2 July 2018
Dr John Carpente is a world expert in music therapy for children on the autism spectrum. In advance of his 9 July seminar on Musical Play to Support Children on the...
- Music Therapy
- Research
- Melbourne Conservatorium of Music
Explainer: what are Lieder?
22 June 2018
World-renowned Lieder accompanist Dr Graham Johnson OBE explains the origins and delves into the poetic beauty of this enduring musical form.By Graham Johnson OBELieder accomp...
- Music Performance
- Melbourne Conservatorium of Music
Five questions for Andrea Keller, Lecturer in Music (Jazz and Improvisation – Piano)
18 June 2018
She’s won multiple ARIA and Australian Jazz “Bell” Awards, written and recorded dozens of albums, and is a strong voice for women in jazz – so what wou...
- Jazz and Improvisation
- Staff stories
- Melbourne Conservatorium of Music
Does the radio keep you company? The Melbourne Conservatorium needs you
15 June 2018
Dr Amanda Krause is a postdoctoral research fellow in the ARC Centre of Excellence for the History of Emotions and Melbourne Conservatorium of Music. Here, she explains her ne...
- Research
- Music Performance
- Melbourne Conservatorium of Music
How to prepare for peak performance, for musicians and non-musicians alike
13 June 2018
For the latest in our How To video series at the Faculty of Fine Arts and Music, Dr Margaret Osborne, Lecturer in Music (Performance Science) and Psychology, Melbour...
- Music Psychology and Performance Science
- Melbourne Conservatorium of Music
Carol Johnson, online music expert: “I saw people’s lives change because they had the opportunity to learn music”
5 June 2018
Having moved from the northern hemisphere to join the Melbourne Conservatorium as Senior Lecturer in Music (Online Learning and Educational Technologies), and having just publ...
- Staff stories
- Melbourne Conservatorium of Music
- Performance Teaching
The Crucible: outworn or reborn?
25 May 2018
It’s the 17th-century witch-hunt story everybody knows, but what relevance does Arthur Miller’s play The Crucible have today? Acclaimed theatre director Adena...
- Theatre
- Acting
- Music Performance
- Victorian College of the Arts
Two-minute interview: Alex Pertout, percussionist
18 May 2018
He’s a multi-award-winning artist whose playing has graced iconic Australian number-one hits by Daniel Braithwaite and Powderfinger, and a founding member of the Austral...
- Jazz and Improvisation
- Music Performance
- Melbourne Conservatorium of Music
Glenn Branca: four guitar works by the late composer
18 May 2018
His music has influenced musicians and divided critics the world over – but his impact on our understanding of what guitars can do can’t be denied. By Dr Ken...
- Contemporary music
- Music Performance
- Melbourne Conservatorium of Music
Elliott Gyger at 50: the composer takes us through seven of his works
18 May 2018
The Melbourne Conservatorium is about to present seven works by the award-winning composer Associate Professor Elliott Gyger, who will also conduct the performance. Here, he e...
- Composition
- Staff stories
- Music Performance
- Melbourne Conservatorium of Music
Meet Lauren Gorman, Master of Music (Orchestral Performance) student
18 May 2018
It was only after spending time studying in Europe that Melbourne flautist Lauren Gorman realised everything she wanted was available back home.By Susanna Ling...
- Music Performance
- Melbourne Conservatorium of Music
Meet the staff: Faculty of Fine Arts and Music
16 May 2018
Dinosaur spirit animals, lurking rulers and miniature chairs – yes, we’re an eclectic bunch … By Kate Mulqueen...
- Staff stories
- Victorian College of the Arts
- Melbourne Conservatorium of Music
Ronald Farren-Price AM receives the prestigious Sir Bernard Heinze Memorial Award
14 May 2018
Melbourne Conservatorium of Music Honorary Principal Fellow Ronald Farren-Price AM has been awarded the 2017 Sir Bernard Heinze Memorial Award....
- Prizes and Awards
- Music Performance
- Melbourne Conservatorium of Music
Handing over the reins at The Stables – a new home for the arts in Melbourne’s Southbank
11 May 2018
The University of Melbourne’s Faculty of Fine Arts and Music today celebrated the completion of The Stables – a world-class visual arts and performance space in th...
- Arts Precinct
- Victorian College of the Arts
- Melbourne Conservatorium of Music
- Wilin Centre For Indigenous Arts And Cultural Development
Event: Catch the Synthi 100 streaming live
10 May 2018
It’s iconic, and so are the people playing it. Don’t miss your chance to see and hear the Synthi 100 in action.By Alex Parade...
- Interactive Composition
- Contemporary music
- Music Performance
- Melbourne Conservatorium of Music
Two-minute interview: Jonathan Paget, classical guitarist
7 May 2018
Jonathan Paget is passionate about performing 19th-century guitar music on period instruments. We caught up with him before his 11 May Guitaromanie! performance to find o...
- Music Performance
- Melbourne Conservatorium of Music
Gloria and Beatus vir – meet the cast and crew
27 April 2018
An all-sensory experience in the historic St Paul’s cathedral blending early music, modern visual spectacle, and the timeless genius of Vivaldi? Uh, yes please! &nb...
- Early Music Studio
- Music Performance
- Production
- Melbourne Conservatorium of Music
Felicity Baker on Music Interventions for Dementia and Depression
17 April 2018
Professor Felicity Baker is Head of Music Therapy at the Melbourne Conservatorium. She talks here about her upcoming symposium, Music Interventions for Dementia & Depressi...
- Music Therapy
- Staff stories
- Research
- Melbourne Conservatorium of Music
Ade Vincent, composer: from The Tiger & Me to Melbourne Symphony
11 April 2018
Ade Vincent, a Phd candidate at the Melbourne Conservatorium, is the inaugural Cybec Young Composer in Residence with the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra. His work Hood...
- Composition
- Melbourne Conservatorium of Music
Meet Alexandra Czarnecki-Roper, Bachelor of Music (Jazz & Improvisation) graduate at the Melbourne Conservatorium
19 March 2018
Recent percussion graduate Alexandra Czarnecki-Roper discusses what it was like to study at the Conservatorium....
- Contemporary music
- Music Performance
- Melbourne Conservatorium of Music
Podcast: Jane Davidson, Marshall McGuire and The Voices Of Women
14 March 2018
Professor Jane Davidson, of the Melbourne Conservatorium and Centre for the History of Emotions at the University of Melbourne, talks to Marshall McGuire (Ludovico’...
- Research
- Music Performance
- Melbourne Conservatorium of Music
- Staff stories
Proof of the Conservatorium’s reach is in the Magic Pudding
13 March 2018
Victorian Opera’s latest opera season celebrates Norman Lindsay’s enduring Australian classic children’s book, The Magic Pudding, which turns 100 this y...
- Alumni
- Music Performance
- Melbourne Conservatorium of Music
Meet Chiara Anderson, Bachelor of Music (Performance) at the Melbourne Conservatorium
12 March 2018
Chiara Anderson recently started her second year in the Bachelor of Music (Performance) program. Here, she reflects on why she decided to study at the Conservatorium and what...
- Alumni
- Music Performance
- Melbourne Conservatorium of Music
Let it go: remembering Dr Ben Leske
8 March 2018
A colleague and friend pays tribute to one of Melbourne Conservatorium’s brightest and most-loved researchers, who died this week aged 37. By Dr Katrina...
- Music Therapy
- Melbourne Conservatorium of Music
- Research
Meet Amy You, Bachelor of Music (Music Performance) at the Melbourne Conservatorium
6 March 2018
Having now completed her first year at the Melbourne Conservatorium, violinist Amy You gives us a glimpse into her daily life and musicianship....
- Music Performance
- Melbourne Conservatorium of Music
Singing to remember: music therapy and dementia study to launch at the Conservatorium
13 February 2018
Music Therapy researcher Dr Jeanette Tamplin’s latest study will examine how singing can improve the lives of dementia sufferers and their carers....
- Music Therapy
- Research
- Melbourne Conservatorium of Music
Dr Imogen Clark wins the Hazel Hawke Research Grant in Dementia Care
24 January 2018
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- Music Therapy
- Research
- Melbourne Conservatorium of Music
Put the Melbourne in Melbourne Conservatorium
23 January 2018
How to situate the Melbourne Conservatorium in the city it belongs to? That was the question with which we approached our latest photoshoot, starring our current students.&nbs...
- Arts Precinct
- Music Performance
- Melbourne Conservatorium of Music