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Sydney Conservatorium of Music Handbook 1997 The University of Sydney Sydney Conservatorium of Music Handbook 1997 Macquarie Street, Sydney N.S.W. 2000 Telephone: 9230 1222 Fax: 9252 1243 Editor Cynthia Haynes On 1 January 1990 the Sydney Conservatorium of Music was established as a College of the University of Sydney under the provisions of the Higher Education (Amalgamation) Act 1989. Sydney Conservatorium of Music Handbook 1997 ©The University of Sydney 1996 ISSN 1039-5156 CONSERVATORIUM DIRECTORY Greenway Building PRINCIPAL ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL MANAGER—ADMINISTRATION STUDENT ADMINISTRATION BRASS ENSEMBLE STUDIES JAZZ STUDIES KEYBOARD ORGAN PERCUSSION STRINGS VOCAL STUDIES AND OPERA WOODWIND 109 Pitt Street COMPOSITION GENERAL STUDIES MUSIC EDUCATION MUSICOLOGY CONSERVATORIUM ACCESS CENTRE ELECTRONIC MUSIC STUDIO PIANO LABORATORY AURAL LABORATORY COMPUTER LABORATORY LECTURE THEATRES CONSERVATORIUM STUDENTS ASSOCIATION FINANCE UNIT LIBRARY Setin10onll.5 Palatino by the Publications Unit, The University of Sydney and printed in Australia by Printing Headquarters, Sydney, N.S.W. Text printed on 80gsm bond, recycled from milk cartons. Calendar of Dates 1997 iv The Conservatorium—A Profile vi Message from the Principal vii Message from the Artistic Director viii 1. Staff profile 1 2. Student information directory 4 3. Rules of the Sydney Conservatorium of Music S 4. Conservatorium High School 16 5. Sydney Conservatorium of Music Foundation 17 6. The Conservatorium Association 18 7. Scholarships and bequests 19 8. Specific audition requirements 20 9. Award descriptions 25 10. Course descriptions 43 Appendix 166 Map 169 Enrolments: 29 & 30 January Semester One Week Beginning All Awards (except BMusEd) BMusEd (Year 1) BMusEd (Years 2-4) 1 17 February Individual lessons commence 2 24 February Academic classes and Ensemble activities commence 3 03 March 4 10 March 5 17 March *SPECIAL PROJECTS WEEK 6 24 March 31 March EASTER RECESS EASTER RECESS EASTER RECESS HECS Census Date HECS Census Date HECS Census Date (31 March) (31 March) (31 March) 7 07 April Teaching recommences 8 14 April 9 21 April 10 28 April 11 05 May 12 12 May Graduation Ceremony Graduation Ceremony Graduation Ceremony (16 May) (16 May) (16 May) 13 19 May 14 26 May Academic classes and Individual lessons, Individual lessons, Ensemble activities conclude Academic classes and Academic classes and Ensemble activities conclude Ensemble activities conclude 15 02 June Study week Study week Study week Individual lessons conclude Practical examinations 16 09 June Practical examinations Practical examinations Written examinations 17 16 June Written examinations Written examinations Practicum 18 23 June *SPECIAL PROJECTS WEEK Practicum 30 June to RECESS RECESS RECESS 20 July 12 Weeks Academic 12 Weeks Academic 12 Weeks Academic 14 hours Individual lessons 13 hours Individual lessons 13 hours Individual lessons 12 Weeks Ensemble 12 Weeks Ensemble 12 Weeks Ensembles *During each 'Special Projects Week' there will be a cessation of normal lessons and classes Semester Two Week Beginning All Awards (except BMusEd) BMusEd (Year 1) BMusEd (Years 2-4) 1 21 July Individual lessons recommence Practicum 2 28 July Academic classes and Ensemble activities recommence Practicum- 3 04 August Practicum 4 11 August 'SPECIAL PROJECTS WEEK 5 18 August HECS Census Date (31 Aug) HECS Census Date (31 Aug) HECS Census Date (31 Aug) Courses & Careers Day Courses & Careers Day Courses & Careers Day (30 August) (30 August) (30 August) Monday Practicum begins Classes recommence 6 25 August 7 01 September 8 08 September 9 15 September 10 22 September 29 Sept to RECESS RECESS RECESS 05 October 11 06 October Lessons and Classes recommence - . 12 13 October 13 20 October 14 27 October Recitals begin Individual lessons conclude Ensembles activities conclude Academic classes and Academic classes and Ensemble activities conclude Ensemble activities conclude 15 03 November CHS level exams begin Practicum Individual lessons conclude Study week 16 10 November Practical exams Practicum Academic classes conclude 17 17 November Written examinations Practical examinations Practical examinations Study week Individual lessons conclude Study week 18 24 November Written examinations Written examinations 12 Weeks Academic 12 Weeks Academic 12 Weeks Academic 14 hours Individual 13 hours Individual 13 hours Individual Practical lessons Practical lessons Practical lessons 12 Weeks Ensemble 12 Weeks Ensemble 12 Weeks Ensemble *During each 'Special Projects Week' there will be a cessation of normal lessons and classes The Sydney Conservatorium of Music, established in • Graduate Diploma in One year full-time 1916, is one of the oldest established music schools in Music (Performance) Australia. Today, as in the past, the Conservatorium (GDipM) has as its highest priority the artistic and personal • Graduate Diploma in One year full-time development of the most talented young musicians in Music (Repetiteur) order that they may fully realise their potential and, in (GDipM) their turn, enrich the communities in which they will • Graduate Diploma in One year full-time live and work. The Conservatorium's staff of musicians Music (Opera) (GDipM) and scholars are committed to providing quality music • Master of Music Two years full-time education and training at preparatory, undergraduate (Composition) (MMus) and postgraduate levels of study. The result is that • Master of Music (Music Two years full-time graduate performers, music educators, musicologists Education) (MMus) and composers can be found in leading positions in • Master of Music Two years full-time many of the major performing ensembles and teaching (Musicology) (MMus) institutions throughout Australia and the world. • Master of Music Two years full-time (Performance) (MMus) Objectives • Doctor Of Philosophy Three years full-time (PhD) The principal objective of the Conservatorium is to prepare gifted students of all backgrounds and nationalities for a professional career in music. Disclaimer To achieve this objective emphasis is placed on the The award and course descriptions are correct as at following: publication. Should the College Board make 1. Employing as teachers only those with proven amendments to any award or course within an award, excellence and distinction as practitioners. after publication of this Handbook, such changes are 2. Admitting only those applicants who satisfy notified on the official noticeboards in the front foyer the Conservatorium's entrance standards. of the Sydney Conservatorium of Music, Greenway 3. Providing opportunities for students to learn Building and at 109 Pitt Street, Sydney. It is the from distinguished overseas musicians who responsibility of individual students to ensure they work for short periods as artists or teachers in remain informed about such changes. residence. 4. Identifying musical talent at an early age by providing • a Secondary Access Program in which highly talented young people can have the opportunity of developing musical skills under the guidance of the best possible teachers; and • advanced tuition in music for selected students who attend the Conservatorium High School. 5. Offering specialised postgraduate award courses. Award programs The Conservatorium offers a range of undergraduate and postgraduate award programs. These are: • Associate Diploma in Two years full-time Jazz Studies (ADJS) • Bachelor of Music (BMus) Four years full-time • Bachelor of Music Four years full-time Education (BMusEd) • Diploma of Music Three years full-time (DipMus) • Diploma of Opera (DipOp) Three years full-time • Graduate Diploma in One year full-time Music (Accompaniment) (GDipM) Symphony Orchestra, The Australian Opera, and The Australian Opera and Ballet Orchestra. The appointment in 1995 of the Conservatorium's first Artistic Director, Wolfram Christ, Principal Viola of the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, typifies the Conservatorium's commitment to excellence and its determination to ensure that all courses and programs align to the highest and most rigorous international standards. Additionally, the Conservatorium has now built important links with the major national and state- based professional organisations, in some cases through formal programs such as the Opera Encounters Program available to all enrolled students of opera in association with The Australian Opera, and in other cases, less formal, such as the arrangement for the Australian Chamber Orchestra to offer open rehearsals to students at the Conservatorium from time to time. All of these links provide students with the opportunity to meet leading Australian professional performers and to observe their work at firsthand. The Conservatorium's tertiary profile and programs are enhanced and enriched by the work of the Conservatorium Access Centre, which offers non- tertiary programs to the Sydney and wider On behalf of all staff of the Sydney Conservatorium of communities, and by the continuing and highly valued Music I extend to you a very warm welcome to the relationship with the Conservatorium High School, a 1997 academic year, and to the many exciting selective State high school for exceptionally gifted opportunities, challenges and possibilities that study young musicians. at this institution offers. I am certain that you will very This handbook offers general information about all quickly realise that your decision to choose to study at the awards and courses available in the tertiary area the Conservatorium was the best decision that you and the regulations which govern progress through could
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