Bachelor of Music with nested Associate Degree of Music
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Bachelor of Music with nested Associate Degree of Music
Students in the School of Music at Wesley Institute experience Bachelor and Associate degrees in music performance, with a large faculty of recognised professionals, and performance and teaching facilities of industry standard. The Bachelor of Music is a specialist performance-based degree with professional outcomes satisfying student aspirations and industry requirements. The course features private tuition for voice and instrument studies, and extensive performance and studio experience. Offering multiple performance genres, regular performance opportunities and a strong project emphasis, the Bachelor of Music is an industry-standard degree for aspiring professional and ministry musicians. Course Code: Credit Points: Full-time: Part-time: Number of Units: Student Workload: Delivery Mode:
WMU13 144 3 years Up to 9 years 40 40 hours per week (full-time) On campus studies
A nested Associate Degree of Music gives students the opportunity to develop technical, artistic, performance and analytical skills, producing well-rounded musicians competent in ensemble performance. The Associate Degree also provides an optional exit award from the Bachelor degree. Course Code: WMU03 Credit Points: 96 Full-time: 2 years Part-time: Up to 6 years Number of Units: 28 Student Workload: 40 hours per week (full-time) Delivery Mode: On campus studies
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Why Study Music @ Wesley Institute? • Experienced industry professionals as lecturers and tutors • Private one-to-one tuition in addition to ensemble work • Technical and artistic growth teamed with academic achievement • Supportive, collaborative environment • Opportunities to perform internationally
How to apply...
Intakes: January and June. Admission: By audition and interview. Educational Requirements: • Successful completion of the NSW Higher School Certificate or equivalent, or • Successful completion of an accredited tertiary course. • Additionally, international applicants need to demonstrate English proficiency equivalent to an overall minimum score of 6.0 on the IELTS Academic test. • Applicants 21 years or over, who satisfy the artistic entry requirements and who possess qualifications and/or experience deemed equivalent to the NSW HSC, may be admitted. Artistic Requirements: Audition repertoire presented should be at an AMEB Grade 6 standard for instrumentalists and Grade 4 for singers, or HSC Music 2 level. Applicants are expected to have musical knowledge equivalent to the outcomes of HSC Music 2 or AMEB Grade 5 Musicianship. Applicants who cannot demonstrate this level of musical knowledge may be offered a place conditional on satisfactory completion of a bridging course in musicianship. For more information: Visit www.wi.edu.au/music
Units Performance Studies Performance I-VI Large Ensemble Studies I-VI Small Ensemble Studies I-II Electives Second Instrument Study I-III Accompaniment I-II Special Instrument Study Choir Performance and Cultural Experience Small Ensemble Elective Advanced Aural Music Leading in Worship Church Music Administration Musical Theatre Musicianship and Musicology Music History I-IV Aural Perception I-IV Harmony and Analysis I-III Composition and Arranging Musical Direction I-II Ethnomusicology Support and Technical Functional Keyboard Digital Audio Workstations and Live Sound MIDI and Electronic Music Production Personal and Professional Development Faith and the Contemporary Artist I-V
Career Possibilities Associate Degree of Music
Ensemble players, performers in community events, studio teachers
Bachelor of Music
Ensemble players, recording and musical theatre artists, studio teachers
Bachelor of Music
+
Master of Music
Bachelor of Music
+
Graduate Diploma of Education (Secondary)
Tertiary teaching, musical researcher and writer, composer, film score writer, arts manager, session musician, music critic
OR Master of Teaching (Primary)
Secondary Music Teacher OR Primary School Teacher
Bachelor of Music Performance Studies
Musicianship & Musicology
Technical Support
Personal & Professional Development
Elective
BACHELOR OF MUSIC
66cp
45cp
9cp
15cp
9cp
144cp
Associate Degree of Music Performance Studies
Musicianship & Musicology
Technical Support
Personal & Professional Development
Elective
ASSOCIATE DEGREE OF MUSIC
36cp
36cp
9cp
12cp
3cp
96cp
A typical program for a full-time student follows: Music History I Aural Perception I Harmony and Analysis I Performance II Music History II YEAR 1 Aural Perception II Large Ensemble Semester 2 Studies II Harmony and Analysis II Performance III Music History III Aural Perception III Semester 1 Large Ensemble Studies III Harmony and Analysis III YEAR 2 Music History IV Performance IV Aural Perception IV Large Ensemble Semester 2 Studies IV Composition and Arranging OPTIONAL EXIT ASSOCIATE DEGREE OF MUSIC Performance V Large Ensemble Semester 1 Studies V Musical Direction I Semester 1
YEAR 3 Semester 2
Performance I Large Ensemble Studies I
Small Ensemble Studies I Performance VI Large Ensemble Studies VI Small Ensemble Studies II
Functional Keyboard
Faith and the Contemporary Artist III
Digital Audio Workstations and Live Sound
Faith and the Contemporary Artist III
MIDI and Electronic Music Production
Faith and the Contemporary Artist III
Elective
Faith and the Contemporary Artist III
Elective
Faith and the Contemporary Artist III
Musical Direction II Ethnomusicology
Elective
Course Units PERFORMANCE STUDIES Performance I-VI 6-9 credit points The Performance sequence of units is a degreelong study of the student’s major instrument (whether voice, studio guitar or orchestral instruments), comprising of a weekly one-hour individual lesson with a specialist tutor and a performance workshop. The performance workshop addresses all aspects of performing, providing the student with regular performance opportunities that build towards recitals at the end of each year. Large Ensemble I-VI (Choral) 3 credit points A series of six Large Ensemble Studies units provide rehearsal and performance experience in a large choral group. Students develop skills in pitch, rhythm, sight-singing and score-reading while studying a variety of vocal ensemble elements, such as intonation, choral blending, balance and contemporary techniques. Large Ensemble III-VI 3 credit points (Orchestral or Big Band) This series of four units provide second and third year students with rehearsal and performance experience in an orchestra. Students consolidate many of the skills learned in Large Ensemble I–II (Choral), develop their musicality and hone their orchestral or Big Band rehearsal and performance skills. Small Ensemble I-II 3 credit points The Small Ensemble range of units enables students to develop their technical, musical and communication skills in various chamber music genres, including vocal, rock, jazz, instrumental, ethnic and contemporary Christian. Weekly rehearsals encourage the development of the ensemble through the regular discussion of such issues as intonation, balance, phrasing and interpretation, and through regular performances. MUSICIANSHIP AND MUSICOLOGY Music History I-IV 3 credit points This sequence of units examines the development of Western and non-Western music from ancient times to contemporary music, enabling students to develop an understanding of the changing face of music within specific historical periods. These units explore the relationship between the composer and
the economic, social, religious and political influences that may have affected the composer’s music. Aural Perception I-IV 3 credit points In four progressive units students develop the aural skills essential for any musician: the ability to recognise, memorise and notate musical patterns heard; and the ability to imagine, reproduce and transpose vocally music from manuscript. Harmony and Analysis I-III 3 credit points This series of units consolidates basic music theory concepts, including pitch and intervals, rhythm and meter, tonic, scale and melody, triads and seventh chords, musical texture and chordal spacing, part-writing in four-voice texture, and melodic figuration and dissonance. Composition and Arranging 3 credit points This unit synthesises concepts and skills learned in Harmony and Analysis I-III into practical compositional exercises. The idiomatic requirements of instruments and voices are examined within the context of student compositional and arranging tasks. Musical Direction I (Choral) 3 credit points Students have the opportunity to study the areas of planning, preparing, rehearsing and conducting a choral ensemble. Elements covered in both theory and practice include repertoire selection, the physiology of the voice, function and clarity of the beat, choral warmup and aspects of breathing, phrasing and diction. The unit concludes with a substantial rehearsal and performance with the choir. Musical Direction II 3 credit points (Orchestral/Instrumental) In this unit students have the opportunity to study the areas of planning, preparing, rehearsing and conducting various instrumental ensembles. The studies cover repertoire selection, clarity of the beat, cueing, phrasing, intonation and balance. The unit concludes with a substantial rehearsal and performance directing a class ensemble. Ethnomusicology 3 credit points This unit provides an overview of current major ethnomusicological issues with a particular emphasis on the diverse roles of music in cultures around the world. The practical usefulness of this knowledge for the music missionary is profound, providing methods for discovering answers to essential questions relating to the encouragement of indigenous hymnodies. Students have the opportunity to work within music systems that may be unfamiliar, with emphasis placed on participant observation, hands-on learning and transcription methods.
SUPPORT AND TECHNICAL STUDIES Functional Keyboard 3 credit points This foundational study of all aspects of keyboard playing enables students to develop a sound grasp of technical elements, sightreading, accompanying, transposing, improvising, figured-bass reading and harmonising over basic chord charts. Digital Audio Workstations and Live Sound 3 credit points Musicians in all genres today require a foundation of understanding together with a working knowledge of audio technology. The focus of this introductory unit is twofold: the development of essential basic skills in live sound production and enhancement, and an exploration of recent advancements in audio technology. MIDI and Electronic Music Production 3 credit points Students gain a broad view of the various production tools available in the professional recording world. PERSONAL AND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT UNITS Faith and the Contemporary Artist I-V 3 credit points The Faith and Contemporary Artist sequence is common to all the Institute’s creative arts degrees, facilitating integration between the creative arts, as well as integration between faith and artistic endeavour. The first unit investigates worldviews and beliefs, and locates the Christian story within a backdrop of philosophy and ethics. It also builds on orientation study seminars, providing detailed guidance and tutorial assistance with the demands of essays and other assessments. Throughout the remaining units, theological reflection is grounded in history, philosophy and aesthetics to promote the process of spiritual enquiry and development in the artist. ELECTIVE STUDIES Small Ensemble Elective 3 credit points The Small Ensemble range of units enables students to develop their technical, musical and communication skills in various chamber music genres, including vocal, rock, jazz, instrumental, ethnic and contemporary Christian. Weekly rehearsals encourage the development of the ensemble through the regular discussion of such issues as intonation, balance, phrasing and interpretation. Choir Performance and Cultural Experience 3 credit points This unit gives second and third year students an opportunity for intense musical and cultural studies in a particular region of the world. Repertoire includes music by composers from the areas visited, and the rehearsal period includes preliminary research into various historical and cultural aspects of those areas. (Admission by audition). Advanced Aural 3 credit points This unit provides students with the opportunity to consolidate their aural skills. Diverse listening exercises including melodic, harmonic and rhythmic dictations, transcriptions and repertoire analysis will be devised, based in part on the particular interests of the class. Topics may include music of particular periods, regions, composers and genres.
Musical Theatre 6 credit points This unit enables students to develop their technical, musical and artistic skills in musical theatre performance, in such diverse areas as singer/performer, instrumentalist, sound technician, arranger, repetiteur, and assistant musical director. A period of intensive rehearsal culminates in four performances of the chosen repertoire. Students will work alongside their peers from the Drama, Dance and Graphic Design faculties. (Admission by audition). Second Instrument Study I-III 3 credit points Students choosing these units receive private tuition on an instrument other than their major study instrument, developing technical and musical skills on the instrument through a combination of exercises, studies and appropriate repertoire, and completing a short practical examination in all these areas at the end of the semester. Special Instrument Study 3 credit points Special Instrument Study provides students with the opportunity to study a third instrument for a semester as they come to the end of their undergraduate studies and begin to focus on a specific career path. Accompaniment I-II 3 credit points Keyboard majors and other students with appropriate keyboard ability can take this opportunity to develop their skills in accompanying various instruments, voices and ensembles. As they continue the study of significant repertoire, students gain experience in sight-reading and score analysis and reduction - essential skills for accompanists. (Admission by audition). Music Leading in Worship 3 credit points This elective unit gives students the opportunity to examine the process of preparing and leading performances of sacred vocal and instrumental music for various occasions. The emphasis is on the development of skills in worship music selection, rehearsal and performance, together with an understanding of diverse worship practices. Church Music Administration 3 credit points This unit lays the foundation of management and administrative skills needed to facilitate a worship arts program in a church, and prepares students for music ministry leadership roles.
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