Keyboard Unit

The Keyboard Unit seeks to develop the individual talent of each
student and to assist them to formulate and achieve realistic and
worthwhile career goals.

It aims to provide students with mentors who enjoy distinguished careers as performers and are thus able to guide students from their personal experience and expertise. It seeks to promote durable qualities of musicianship in the widest sense, using sound technical practices combined with analytical skills and the development of historical awareness. It also seeks to develop students' artistic autonomy and a capacity to sustain artistic practice throughout a lifelong career. This long-term view will promote the career welfare of students, equipping them to contribute in many areas of musical life, and to bring thoughtfulness and maturity to their work as performers and future teachers.

The teaching staff of the Keyboard Unit includes active soloists
and chamber musicians, recording artists, international prizewinners, jury members, lecturers and examiners. They represent a wide area of repertoire interests from the Classical era to the most recent of compositions. This is reflected in the large range of high quality CDs, broadcasts and concerts produced by staff in recent years. Their artistic heritage and mentors are drawn from around the world - London, Paris, Munich, New York, and Moscow as well as Sydney.

Students of the Keyboard Unit have a high profile in major
competitions around the country and overseas and as participants in the programs of the National Academy of Music.

The Postgraduate School of the Keyboard Unit, (Graduate Diploma, Master of Music and PhD) is attracting increasing numbers of Australian and international students.

Solo performance opportunities are provided at the weekly concert practice, at Keyboard Unit concert presentations and at the regular series of public evening master classes sponsored by Yamaha. Visiting artists for these classes in recent years have included Pascal Roge, Louis Lortie, Arnaldo Cohen, Joanna MacGregor, Peter Donahoe, Lang Lang, Paul Lewis and Lars Vogt.

Apart from individual lessons students are involved in chamber
music, and can choose to do accompaniment, early keyboard studies, orchestral playing and repetiteur work.