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Sydney Conservatorium of Music

More than a century of music excellence

Be challenged, inspired and engaged as a 21st century musician in our vibrant community of musicians, researchers and educators.

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Study music

From Haydn to hip-hop, film scores and jazz, you can enjoy a breadth of musical study at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music that prepares you for a broad range of careers.

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Our research

Our research advances music across all its sub-disciplines through artistic exploration, music scholarship, and fieldwork.

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Industry and community

Connect with us to access our excellent facilities, research expertise and some of the best musicians in Australia.

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Our people

Our staff are award-winning scholars and acclaimed musicians with strong industry connections in Australia and around the world.

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The Conservatorium of Music is home to five performance venues of outstanding acoustic and architectural quality.

Latest news

Opera star Marilyn Richardson makes remarkable return to the stage

Marilyn Richardson, who studied singing and piano at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music, before becoming one of Australia’s finest opera singers, has returned to the stage aged 87 in a new Sydney Theatre Company production.

Race against time to preserve rare Pacific recordings

Language and song archive PARADISEC, led by Dr Amanda Harris and her team at Sydney Conservatorium of Music, celebrates 20 years of safeguarding language and music records for community and researcher access.

Succession: why I deeply love the music of the hit HBO show

Dr Alison Cole, a leading expert on film scores and lecturer in Composition for Creative Industries at Sydney Conservatorium of Music, unpacks the beauty, humour and grandeur in Nicholas Britell's score for hit TV show Succession.

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