Program Overview

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Course overview

This rewarding four-year degree follows the same study programme as our Music BA Honours degree, but includes an integrated year studying abroad in Europe, Australia or North or South America.

Study music at Newcastle and join a dynamic and pro-active community of music makers who are committed to valuing all music. This community will help you embrace your individual creativity, and you'll develop your critical thinking about music.

You can choose topics based on your interests such as music history, cultural theory, and essentials of music theory. We also offer optional vocationally oriented modules in music education and music enterprise.

If you wish to specialise in performance, your skills will be nurtured by our specialist performance tutors, who are experts in their craft, and run one-to-one tuition and group lessons.

We have links with a number of universities and conservatoires in Europe, Canada, North America and Australia.

Europe

Berlin (Germany) – Humboldt-Universität

Copenhagen (Denmark) – Royal Danish Academy of Music

Dublin (Ireland) – Trinity College

Göteborg (Sweden) – University of Gothenburg

Graz (Austria) – Kunstuniversität Graz

Helsinki (Finland) – Sibelius Academy

Leuven (Belgium) – Katholieke Universiteit

Limerick (Ireland) – Irish World Academy of Music and Dance, U. of Limerick

Malmö (Sweden) – Malmö Academy of Music

Odense (Denmark) – Syddansk Musikkonservatorium

Oslo (Norway) – Norwegian Academy of Music

Parma (Italy) – Conservatorio di Musica Arrigo Boito

Perugia (Italy) – Conservatorio di Musica di Perugia

Rostock (Germany) – Hochschule für Musik und Theater

Salamanca (Spain) – Conservatorio Superior de Música

Salzburg (Austria) – Universität Salzburg

Utrecht (Netherlands) – Hogeschool voor de Kunsten Utrecht

North America

Dalhousie (Nova Scotia) – Dalhousie University

Montreal (Quebec) – McGill University

Montreal (Quebec) – Université de Montréal

Montreal (Quebec) – Concordia University

Waterloo (Ontario) – University of Waterloo

Burlington (Vermont) – University of Vermont

Indianapolis (Indiana) – Indiana University

Urbana-Champaign (Illinois) – University of Illinois

Australia

Adelaide – University of Adelaide

Sydney – University of New South Wales

While many of our partner institutions teach in English, some teach in their native language and you can take the appropriate language modules in Stages 1 and 2.

Our partner institutions have their own strengths and specialisations. You can focus on:

performance

particular instruments

composition in particular styles

Alternatively you may choose specialised programmes such as folk and traditional music, popular music, technology, musicology or church music.

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