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Master of Music Jazz and Improvisation

18 Months On Campus Masters Program

University of Melbourne

Program Overview

The Master of Music (Jazz & Improvisation) is a research degree which prepares you for a career in contemporary music performance. The program seeks to develop graduates who have a capacity for defining and managing a major creative research project characterised by originality and independence. Jazz & Improvisation candidates present a live performance and submit a dissertation that together should investigate issues and questions that are core to contemporary music making. You are provided with training in research methods, contemporary artistic practice and theories of arts and culture while developing individual mastery in your field of practice. The program invites research applicants with projects relating to contemporary music performance individually or in an interdisciplinary way.

Program Key Stats

$42336 (Annual cost)



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Eligibility Criteria


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Additional Information & Requirements

A Bachelor of Music (Honours) degree, or equivalent, with at least an H2A (75%) weighted average; and for Music Performance (including conducting), and Jazz & Improvisation: a satisfactory audition, Composition: a satisfactory composition folio, Musicology/Ethnomusicology, Music Psychology & Performance Science, and Music Therapy: a satisfactory piece of scholarly writing, Interactive Composition: a satisfactory interactive composition folioand Submit a Research Proposal (except for Music Performance and Composition), Test scores: TOEFL, IELTS, PTE, CAE

Career Options

  • Contemporary music arranger
  • Contemporary music critic or reviewer
  • Contemporary music educator
  • PA or recording technician
  • Project curator
  • Record producer or music director

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