Bachelor of Music and Bachelor of Advanced Studies (Performance)
Pursue your passion and excel your career with this uniquely flexible combined program
What you’ll study
You will combine your chosen principal study with orchestral studies and chamber music, or other relevant ensemble studies. Other core studies will be in music skills, analysis, history and culture.
The Advanced Studies component will allow you to specialise in a major of your choice from the University's shared pool.
The following areas offer majors and minors in the shared pool (Table S):
- Architecture and Interaction Design
- Arts and Social Sciences
- Business and Commerce
- Education and Social Work
- Engineering and Computer Science
- Health, Medicine and Dentistry
- Music
- Science, Agriculture, Environment and Veterinary Science.
In the final year of your degree, you will undertake advanced coursework where you will enhance your leadership, critical thinking and problem-solving skills and increase your employment prospects. You will undertake challenging coursework and a substantial real-world project individually or in collaboration with other students.
If you would like to study honours and meet the relevant admissions requirements, you will be able to apply for an appended honours degree after completing four years of undergraduate study.
Principal study areas
- Brass (orchestral)
- Drum set (non-orchestral)
- Guitar, organ, piano (non-orchestral)
- Historical performance
- Jazz
- Music theatre
- Non-western music
- Percussion
- Strings
- Woodwind
- Voice (classical)
Fees
Admission criteria
How to apply
Before applying
Read about the application process
Please read about the undergraduate pre-admission and audition requirements on our website before applying.
Submit application
- Click 'Apply Now' above to make a course application.
- Register an audition with the Sydney Conservatorium of Music.
Closing dates
Domestic and international applications |
18 September for Semester 1 30 June for Semester 2 |
Semester 2 places are limited. Please email con.apply@sydney.edu.au
Additional information
Semester 2 study areas
Students commencing in semester 2 intake will be restricted to the following study ares:
- Orchestral performance
- Non-orchestral performance (Classical piano; Collaborative piano; Classical guitar; Organ; Classical saxophone)
- Historical Performance
- Non-western music
- Drum set
