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This program provides students with music training in an online environment. Students build their music performance, aural and music technology skills, with options for further developing their skills in songwriting, composition, performance, music production and knowledge of the historical, cultural and theoretical background of music genres. Graduates of the program will have developed confidence in a wide variety of music skills and knowledge. On completion of the degree, pathways to further study include progression to a bachelor level program in Music or Education.

Get ready to learn from experienced musicians and researchers. Study music online and cover theory and analysis—and build practical skills in musical performance. Follow your passion with electives including songwriting and electronic music production.

Diploma in Music

The Diploma in Music Technology is a specialised course designed to develop skills and knowledge in Music Technology. It is ideally suited to musicians, artists, performers and music educators who wish to specialise in this field or update their knowledge on the latest/current music-related technologies.

Sharpen your skills creating, recording, and performing music using current innovations in the industry. Learning from experienced musicians and performers, you’ll cover digital fundamentals and music theory. Get creative and build your portfolio.

Diploma in Music Technology

This flexible degree allows you to tailor your study areas to suit your skills, interests, and career aspirations. Choose to major in Social Media or Journalism, with options to add minors in Strategic Global Communication and Creative and Interactive Advertising or select elective courses that engage your creativity and provide exposure to international skillsets and future work opportunities.

One of the most flexible communications degrees on offer. Majors include music, screen media, theatre, and visual communication. With so much choice, you can tailor your degree to your career goals. Become a creative professional and work in media.

Bachelor of Communication

Today’s musician is no longer reliant on old structures of production and distribution, and continually evolving technologies provide opportunity for artists to develop and distribute products and services in a more viable and immediate way. From digital artistic collaborations through to teaching music lessons via Skype, UniSQ’s Bachelor of Music acknowledges that today’s musician will be globally connected.Refine and tailor your skills to meet the diverse and evolving role of an independent, contemporary musician. Within the Bachelor of Music (Music Practice) you&#39;ll explore individual and collaborative music making, live and digital performance, as well as song writing, composition and musical arrangement.Note: The Bachelor of Music is available on-campus at UniSQ Springfield. All music courses are also available online.

Grow as an artist and explore music genres. You’ll study core music making concepts including songwriting, composition, arrangement, and performance. Innovate. Collaborate. Use digital techniques to enhance your creative process.

Bachelor of Music (Music Practice)

Today’s musician is no longer reliant on old structures of production and distribution, and continually evolving technologies provide opportunity for artists to develop and distribute products and services in a more viable and immediate way. From digital artistic collaborations through to teaching music lessons via Skype, UniSQ’s Bachelor of Music acknowledges that today’s musician will be globally connected.Within the Musical Communication major you will develop your skills as a creative and independent musician. You&#39;ll learn to speak the languages of music by exploring musical cultures and engaging in relevant theoretical concepts. Benefit from the opportunity to develop your own specialised skill set by combining minors, electives or a second major.Note: The Bachelor of Music is available on-campus at UniSQ Springfield. All music courses are also available online.

Learn to speak the language of music. You’ll study local and global music culture and practices. Explore a variety of genres and terminology to engage in music communication. Connect deeply with your audience. Become a music educator and ambassador.

Bachelor of Music (Musical Communication)

Arts Education: Music & Visual Arts

Music, Mind and Body

The Arts and Dementia Care

Popular Music, Culture and Identity

Fundamentals of Creative Music Practice

Encounters in Music

Music Theory and Analysis 1

Digital Music and Media Fundamentals

Cross-Cultural Music Concepts and Analysis

Do you want to increase your understanding about the music you listen to? Music is alluring, compelling, moving and significant in everyday life. This is an opportunity for you to learn the basics of melody, harmony and rhythm, and apply this musical knowledge through listening and discussion. This subject is for beginners, those with little or no knowledge of music and no prior formal music training. When studying this subject you will be introduced to the fundamentals of musical styles, genres and the theoretical skills required for notating and reading music, and enhancing listening skills. You will also explore broader topics in past and present music, including its role and context in society.

Your introduction to musical styles, genres and theory. Whether you've studied music before or are new to it completely, you'll learn how to notate and read music and more. 

Practical interventions employing arts-based activities, including music, theatre, dance and visual arts, are increasingly being employed nationally and internationally to improve mood and well-being, physical activity and cognitive processing for people with dementia. Arts-based programs have also been shown to have some capacity to enhance communication of emotions and relationships with carers. This subject will explore the evidence-based research on the benefits that can be conferred through the stimulation of sensory perception, reminiscence and subconscious movement using music, theatre and visual arts. These will be dealt with in three separate modules. Students will develop knowledge of the evidence-based literature for interventions employing music, theatre, dance and visual arts, and each module will also provide an introduction to key elements of successful program design and the range of activities that can be employed.

Explore how music, dance, and theatre can improve the lives of people with dementia. You’ll review case studies and research for examples of creative activities. Think about your own arts program and how you can influence patients’ wellbeing.

In this subject you will learn about Music and the Visual Arts as key areas of the Early Years Learning Framework (EYLF) and the Australian Curriculum: The Arts. You will become familiar with the research that supports the practice of the Arts in education and apply this to your planning, teaching and reflection. You will experiment with, reflect on and apply the elements of Music and Visual Arts to Early Childhood and Primary contexts and to key Australian curriculum documents. As a culminating performance of your learning you will plan, teach and reflect on a short Music or Visual Arts teaching session.

The aim of this subject is to apply critical perspectives to popular music as a key form of cultural production, consumption and leisure in contemporary everyday life. In doing so the unit will apply a range of sociological concepts and theories ranging from Marxism and cultural Marxism through to more recent post-structuralist approaches including postmodernism, reflexive modernity and risk. The unit will also draw on approaches applied to the study of popular music in corresponding disciplines such as cultural studies and media studies.

Explore how popular music has become an essential part of culture and everyday life. You’ll use sociological theories like postmodernism to understand its significance. Study popular music in depth. Get critical about the impact of music on society.

This subject helps prepare you for a future as a professional musician. You will do an in depth study of the creative and technical principles employed in contemporary music recording and production studios. You will gain an understanding of recording studio technologies including mixers, compressors, equalisers, microphones and monitors using industry-standard digital software tools. You will learn how to record instruments and vocals and gain a practical and conceptual understanding of recording and mixing processes through a variety of applied and analytical exercises. Sound recording and production techniques of specific artists, audio engineers, and music producers will be critically analysed and deconstructed into their component techniques. You will also progress through a series of critical listening exercises which train and test your ability to interpret sound events including: compression, equalisation, distortion and time-based effects.

Creative Music Production

Learning to lead and conduct an ensemble involves organisation, great communication and decision making skills, and leadership; all skills which will serve you well in your future career. Studying this subject you will develop ensemble leadership skills and conducting techniques. You will learn the theory and practice of choral and instrumental conducting as it is applied in a variety of musical contexts. You will learn to identify, assess and apply knowledge of musical communication to scenarios where musicians are required to lead an ensemble including bands, choirs, and soloists. You will investigate rehearsal preparation strategies, ensemble setup, warm-up activities and ensemble development skills. School-age development skills will also be included in this subject for teachers in training.

Ensemble Leadership

Musical performance increasingly integrates visual media and sonic technologies to engage audiences, manipulate senses and enhance the live performance experience. Studying this subject you will learn how to evaluate and criticise the role of the visual in music performance. You will look at current trends and directions in the use of media technologies and learn how to incorporate some of these key technologies into live musical performance projects. This subject includes a multimedia performance project for a live or web-based audience. You will learn to evaluate musical amplification requirements in different performance settings, practise live sonic processing techniques and understand the function of visual media projection technologies within different performance environments. You will also analyse a variety of live multimedia performances including popular and classical music concerts, V Jing performances, sonic arts installations, and interactive performance art.

Music Performance: Production, Media and Innovation

To produce contemporary electronic music for an increasingly astute cohort of music consumers, artists need to develop an understanding of a range of creative techniques and approaches as well as a fluency with current technologies. This subject provides you with an overview of the principles employed in contemporary electronic music production. You will learn how to produce beats, bass lines, melody and harmony parts for dance and hip hop music production, and popular music songwriting using MIDI (Musical Instrument Digital Interface) technology. You will gain a practical and conceptual understanding of MIDI technology through a variety of applied and analytical exercises. You will also explore sound production and processing techniques used in contemporary electronic music production and gain an understanding of the use of synthesisers and sample based virtual instruments. Production techniques of specific artists/music producers will be analysed and deconstructed.

Electronic Music Production

The professional life of a musician frequently involves collaboration whether it be with other musicians or with other art forms such as theatre, film, dance or visual art forms. This subject trains you to develop a professional standard of creative practice through a student-designed, research-informed collaborative project (proposal must be approved by the Subject Coordinator). It builds on the Foundations of Creative Practice through the increased scale and professional level and quality of the projects undertaken. You will specialise in either music performance, composition or music production/technology and be provided with structured learning materials to support the development of your project. You will participate in group mentoring, evaluation and project management activities. Learning materials will encourage creative development and expose you to a range of creative practices and research methodologies used to develop creative work in academic and professional contexts.

Collaborative Music Creation

This subject explores the development of European music, c.1750-c.1914. You will examine Western musical forms within their aesthetic, cultural and technological contexts. You will progress through listening and analysis of European orchestral and vocal genres including the sonata, the symphony, the concerto, opera, lied, mélodie and sacred music. As well as providing a general overview, studies in this subject will concentrate on recent trends in the research and performance of the music from this timeframe and examine how approaches to this earlier music and culture are conditioned by more recent social and cultural values.

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