Become part of our vibrant and diverse community of highly experienced teachers, performers, scholars and an exceptionally talented student body – all of whom share a passion for music.
This group of specialist degrees is the flagship of the Conservatorium’s tertiary programs. Begin your musical career as a performer, a composer, or as a professional educator.
Performance principal study areas available in Classical Performance, Chinese Instrumental Performance, Drum Set, Historical Performance, Jazz, and Music Theatre.
Combine your chosen principal study with interests from a wide range of interdisciplinary areas in Arts and Social Sciences, Business and Commerce, Engineering, and more. The five-year Performance or Composition combined degree offers flexibility to pursue multiple subject areas, allowing you to stretch your skills beyond music.
Be a part of the next generation in popular music, film, and television, or in the media and tech industry, or gain expertise in understanding how and why music is made by working with innovative musicology researchers – you choose your path by specialising in one of four Bachelor of Music programs.
Delve into broad studies of society, culture and performance by taking the Music Major as part of a Bachelor of Arts degree. A BA majoring in Music provides breadth to choose subjects from across a wide range of disciplines, including music electives taught at the Conservatorium and the University's Camperdown Campus.
Begin your musical journey that leads to Bachelor entry or upskill at a high level with a two-year Diploma of Music course. Often used as a gateway to a Bachelor of Music degree, the Diploma of Music is also available as a standalone specialist program in Composition, Composition for Creative Industries, Contemporary Music Practice, Digital Music & Media and Performance.
Entry to the Diploma of Music is via a Bachelor of Music application and audition/portfolio submission.
Auditions for live instrumental, voice, and Music Theatre occur in the July and September NSW school holidays for entry into the following academic year.
Interviews for the Contemporary Music, Composition, and Musicology programs are conducted via Zoom during the July and September NSW school holidays for entry into the following academic year.
Audition Round |
Registration opens |
Registration deadline |
Round 1
|
29 April 2025 |
22 June 2025, 11:59pm AEST |
Round 2
|
29 April 2025 |
7 September 2025, 11:59pm AEST |
Music Theatre Round
(By invitation only) |
29 April 2025 |
7 September 2025, 11:59pm AEST |
To learn about the audition process, requirements, and specific dates, read the Undergraduate Audition Guide:
Domestic students* undertaking a recognised Year 12 qualification (such as the NSW Higher School Certificate) who are applying to one of the courses listed below will automatically be considered for an early unconditional offer through the Creative Arts Special Admission Scheme (CASAS):
*Domestic student is an Australian or New Zealand citizen (including dual citizens), Australian permanent resident or a permanent Australian humanitarian visa holder.
Domestic students* undertaking a recognised Year 12 qualification who are applying to one of the courses listed below will automatically be considered for an early unconditional offer through the Creative Arts Special Admission Scheme (CASAS):
*Domestic student is an Australian or New Zealand citizen (including dual citizens), Australian permanent resident or a permanent Australian humanitarian visa holder.
Otherwise phrased as a post-school applicant. You are a post-school applicant if you:
Follow the steps in the ‘How to apply’ section above to make a UAC application. It is important to provide details of previous study to UAC in your application, including all completed secondary (High School) studies, and complete or incomplete tertiary study. Visit UAC for more information.
This process also applies to Sydney Conservatorium of Music students.
The Creative Arts Special Admissions Scheme offers talented Year 12 students a chance to receive an early offer to study music based on their audition and academic performance in Year 11 and 12 so far, prior to getting an ATAR. Find out more.
