Specialisation

Sub-major - Music Performance Studies

Western Sydney University Sub-major Code: SM1047.1


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Available to students in other Western Sydney University Courses : YES, if the specialisation is available on your Home campus. Please ensure your course structure allows space for enrolment in the units in this unit set. Students must also meet any pre-requisite requirements. Consult your Course Advisor for further advice.


The Music Performance Studies submajor provides students from outside the Music program with a thorough grounding in a variety of group music making practices as well as offering the framework for self-directed musical projects. A number of approaches to writing about music performance are also covered, from theoretical approaches to proposal and review writing. Studies of stagecraft and collaboration further inform students in the music performance stream, who are also encouraged to discover and develop new hybrids.


Sub-major Structure

Music Performance Studies sub-major are existing music units offered only to students external to the B. Music. B. Music students complete a different configuration of units as a Music Performance sub-major.

Students must complete the following compulsory units

102553 Music Performance 1
102554 Music Performance 2

Choose two of

102555 Music Group Performance
102859 Performing as a Professional Musician
102856 Music Project 2: Creative Performance
101539 The Composer-Performer

Equivalent Specialisation Units

The specialisation units listed below count towards completion of this Sub-major for students who passed these units in 2017 or earlier.

101521 - Collaboration and Live Music Performance

101524 - Free and Notated Music Performance

101525 - Introduction to Music Performance

101533 - Music Performance: Repertoire and Identity

101535 - Sound and Performance: Expanded Practice

The specialisation unit listed below counts towards completion of this Sub-major for students who passed this unit in 2019 or earlier.

102556 - Expanded Music Performance

The Specialisation Units listed below counts towards completion of this Sub-major for students who passed this unit in 2021 or earlier.

102557 - Repertoire and Identity in Performance

102758 - Interactive Electronic Media and Performance



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