Degrees and Audition Info

Degrees Offered

Undergraduate degrees include the Bachelor of Music (Performance) (4 years at Pass or Honours), Bachelor of Music Studies (3 years, with an appended 4th year at Honours Level), Diploma of Music (2 years) Bachelor of Music Studies/Bachelor of Medicine/Bachelor of Surgery (7 years) and Bachelor of (Music Education) (4 years).

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Postgraduate degrees offered include coursework awards of Master of Music Studies in performance and the Graduate Diploma in Music Performance. Research awards include Master of Music in performance, Doctor of Musical Arts and PhD.

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SCM Saxophone Audition Requirements

Undergraduate Degrees

Each audition will take approximately 10 – 15 minutes. The panel comprised of faculty from the woodwind unit will be looking for the prospective student to demonstrate: a full, rich, supported tone, musicality in interpretation, awareness of intonation and intervallic relationships, musical incorporation of vibrato and phrasing, technical facility and most importantly musical potential.

Audition material should include at least two or more contrasting pieces, or excerpts of pieces, of around 10 minutes duration. At least one piece must be with accompaniment. Some suggestions for repertoire include works by composers such as Glazunov, Heiden, Creston, Milhaud, and Maurice.

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Graduate Degrees

Postgraduate Candidates should present an audition comprising a 50 minute recital of advanced and varied works performed to a high level of excellence. The recital must include one major work.

Research applicants will also be required to submit a research proposal and referees reports.

Audition Tips . . .

• Be careful not to choose pieces that are above your current playing level.
• Aim to select contrasting works that show both lyrical and technical sides of your playing.
• Choose an accompanist that you have worked with before and can contribute musically to your audition.

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Scholarships

Scholarships are offered to top students, both Australian and international, and range from A$4000 to full tuition fee (for international students, the value of this full tuition fee scholarships is over A$20,000).

All applications will be automatically considered for scholarships.

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