Diploma of Music Performance - Performance

Developing the specialist skills you need for music performance, Melbourne Polytechnic's Diploma of Music CUA50820 (Performance) will help you take charge of your music career. Melbourne is Australia's music capital and is home to over 500 music venues. It's a vibrant city with a bounty of music-related career opportunities. If you have any music performance experience and a fundamental knowledge of theory and music notation, you will be well-suited to strengthening your musical talents with this course

Students of our Diploma of Music CUA50820 (Performance) will receive intense one-on-one tuition on their principal musical instrument with industry-experienced teachers. Melbourne Polytechnic's extensive facilities include Mac computer labs equipped with high-end music software, theatre spaces with excellent sound and lighting and skilled student operators that support your every performance. You will also have access to a variety of rehearsal rooms, which are set up with drum kits, piano, PAs and amplifiers. You'll have opportunities to perform regularly, collaborate with other students, play in some of Melbourne's leading venues and make vital industry contacts.

Melbourne Polytechnic's musical alumni include the founding members of ARIA-award winning band Augie March, Stonefield and rock and roll DJ icon Stan Rofe.

Once you've completed the Diploma of Music CUA50820 (Performance), you will have developed your music theory, aural, improvisation, keyboard, arranging, composition and technology skills. You will be able to perform contemporary and commercial styles of music and might find employment as a solo artist, a performer in bands, a music teacher, an arranger, a producer or as an agent in the music industry. After you finish the diploma, you will also have the opportunity to move into Advanced Diploma of Music CUA60520 (Performance) to further your studies.