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Amplify Your Life - add a music elective to your degree

The School of Music offers a range of courses that are available to students across campus that can be taken as electives or as part of a music major or minor.

Courses cover a range of music topics from the ‘history of jazz and ‘politics and music’ to performance based courses offered through ‘ensemble performance’ (including orchestra, concert band, choir) and ‘the complete musician’ (individual or group tuition).
 

Some of the courses on offer in 2012 are:

    Semester 1

    Electronic Music: History, Theory and Practice (MUSM2262)
    Ensemble Performance (MUSM2300)
            Auditioned
                ANU Concert Band
                ANU Orchestra
                Brass Ensemble
                Chamber Choir (further information)
                Chamber Music (further information)
                Contemporary Music Ensemble
                Harp Ensemble
                Percussion Ensemble
                Opera/Opera Orchestra
                Jazz Big Band
                Jazz Commercial Ensemble
                Jazz Recording Ensemble
                Jazz Styles in the Studio
            Non-Auditioned
                ANU Choir
                World Music Choir
                African Ensemble
                Celtic Music Ensemble
    Jazz History 1: Slavery to Big Band (MUSM2301)
    Music and Politics (MUSM2309)
    The Complete Musician 1 (MUSM1301)
    What Music Means (MUSM1307)

        Semester 2

    Ensemble Performance (MUSM2300)
            Auditioned
                ANU Concert Band
                ANU Orchestra
                Brass Ensemble
                Chamber Choir (further information)
                Chamber Music (further information)
                Contemporary Music Ensemble
                Harp Ensemble
                Percussion Ensemble
                Opera/Opera Orchestra
                Jazz Big Band
                Jazz Commercial Ensemble
                Jazz Recording Ensemble
                Jazz Styles in the Studio
            Non-Auditioned
                ANU Choir
                World Music Ensembles TBA
    Popular Music (MUSM2312)
    Indigenous Australian Music and Media (MUSM2315)
    The Complete Musician 2 (MUSM1302)
    Turning Points in Music History (MUSM1306)
    Jazz History 2: Bebop to Avant-Garde (MUSM2308)

For information about class schedules:

    Click here for the School of Music Timetable

For a complete list of music courses on offer in 2012 go to Study@:

    http://studyat.anu.edu.au/

For information on majors and minors available in music go to Study@:

    Music Inquiry Major
    Music Practice Major
    Music Inquiry Minor
    Music Practice Minor

And for information on a music major or minor as part of a Bachelor of Arts degree go to Study@:

    Major
    Minor

If you would like to discuss your options for including music in your degree please contact the staff in the School of Music Student Office: 

    Telephone (02) 6125 5754
    Email  music.studentoffice@anu.edu.au
    Office  Off the Green Room, Ground Floor, School of Music, Blg 100

 

 

 

Updated: 14 February 2012/ Responsible Officer:  Head, School of Music / Page Contact:  Development Officer