The School of Music – Conservatorium at Monash is ranked among the best music schools in Australia, with a history of achieving excellence in teaching, and research. Whether it be performance and composition opportunities or researching musics of the world, the School of Music’s vision is progressive in both the local and global contexts.
The School offers a wide-ranging undergraduate program and a variety of honours and postgraduate degrees in performance, composition, musicology and ethnomusicology. With modern facilities, unique archival collections, scholarship opportunities and a reputation for supervision excellence, the Monash School of Music is home to a vibrant, nurturing and productive teaching and research environment. The School of Music is also committed to ensuring our students are exposed to a diverse and challenging range of learning experiences including international study programs to Prato and New York.
Particular strengths of the School include classical, jazz and popular music studies, ethnomusicology, and contemporary composition. The School encourages and promotes diversity and integration of traditional, multi-cultural and contemporary styles of music performance, and also boasts some of the leading teachers of classical and jazz instrumental and vocal performance in the country.
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Melbourne International Jazz Festival - Monash UniversityDuring the 2012 Festival, aspiring students from Monash University Jazz and Popular Studies are provided with the inimitable opportunity to rehearse and perform with leading international artists. The inspiring Jazz Futures series sees Australia’s ...
Monash Academy Orchestra 'Reconciliation'Music has always played a prominent role in movements for social justice. For this special concert at the Melbourne Town Hall, MAO marks the beginning of National Reconciliation Week with a programme that foregrounds and celebrates two of Australia’s ...
The Arcko ProjectThe Arcko Project under the direction of Timothy Phillips is one Australia's leading ensembles for contemporary classical music. A group of Monash University's composition students has written new works for the ensemble. Arcko's residency at Monash in...
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Paul Grabowsky Joins Monash University - School of MusicEsteemed Australian pianist, jazz musician, conductor and composer Paul Grabowsky has begun a new role at Monash University. Grabowsky, one of Australia’s most distinguished artists, has taken up a Vice-Chancellor’s Professorial Fellowshi...
Once Upon a Time….Ensemble Liaison with master puppeteer Peter WilsonDate/Time Date(s) - 23/05/2012 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm Location Melbourne Recital Centre Cnr Sturt St and Southbank Blvd Melbourne Victoria Chamber music, puppetry and visual theatre come together in a rare mix of passionate theatrical moments w...
The Sutherland TrioMusical group, the Sutherland Trio, featuring Monash staff member Elizabeth Sellars, performed the first concert in its 2012 Melbourne Recital Centre series on the 16th May The trio comprises three of Australia’s most eminent musicians, C...
Brazilian virtuoso weaves musical magic at MonashHermeto Pascoal, a man described by Miles Davis as one of the most important musicians on the planet, is coming to Monash University to record a CD with staff and students. A Brazilian native, Pascoal will be appearing at the School of Music – Cons...
Researcher given rare Indonesian honourThe title of Queen has been bestowed upon a Monash University researcher for her work in reconstructing the origins of the Indonesian province of Lampung’s traditional musical instruments. Professor Margaret Kartomi from the University’s School of Musi...
Jazz music legend joins Monash UniversityIn a coup for Monash University, internationally renowned performer, educator and musicologist, Dr Tony Gould AM has accepted the position of Professor within the School of Music – Conservatorium. Commencing in 2012, Professor Gould will teach acro...
Jamming with jazz mastersStudents from Monash University’s School of Music – Conservatorium recently had the opportunity to learn from acclaimed Italian jazz musicians during a three-week tour to Tuscany. Jazz in Prato, a biennial program, now it its fourth year, saw 25 Jazz a...
Gamolan and its significanceProfessor Margaret Kartomi of the University’s School of Music – Conservatorium, recently presented the keynote address at the International Seminar on the Traditional Lampung Musical Instrument, the gamolan. The event, which was organised so that ...
Esteemed conductor to join Monash Arts, Music ConservatoriumWorld renowned conductor Dobbs Franks, has been appointed to the School of Music – Conservatorium as their Coordinator of the Classical Voice program. Mr Franks, an American conductor living in Melbourne, has a career spanning over 50 years, conduc...
