Bachelor of Music

Study for a Bachelor of Music (BMus) and you will be learning from leading performers in a world-class performing arts facility. You’ll also have the chance to share your passion and progress with the public through student recitals.

BMus Benefits

• Access to leading composers, performers and writers of national status and international experience.
• Excellent facilities, including state-of-the-art computer music studios and the acclaimed Academy of Performing Arts.
• Performance tuition in piano, violin, viola, cello, double bass, harpsichord, organ, classical guitar, flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon and voice.
  

The BMus is for students with musical talent and ambition or just a sheer love of music. It combines intense tuition with theoretical understanding and the choice of a performance or academic focus. The BMus will expose you to a wide range of Western classical music from baroque to contemporary, through performance, composition and musical scholarship. Students can also study Māori music.

Students who pursue the performance programme of the BMus must demonstrate their understanding and performance skills in public performance examinations at the end of their third year. Tuition is available in voice and a broad range of instruments. For students choosing the academic programme, you will be able to include some non-music papers that match your interests and career aspirations.

Streams

Academic Stream

• Composition
• Digital Music
• Māori Musical Instruments in Traditional and Contemporary Contexts
• Māori Song and Dance in Traditional and Contemporary Contexts
• Popular Music
• Western Music History

Performance Stream

• Chamber Music
• Performance
• Performance Techniques
• Western Music History

BMus Career Opportunities

• Advertising Executive
• Arts Administration
• Broadcaster
• Composer
• Film Music Producer
• Journalist
• Music Retailer
• Performer
• Recording Artist
• Teacher

Practical Experience

Students receive lessons and are able to perform, and have their own compositions performed, in the WEL Academy of Performing Arts through events such as the annual opera production, the weekly Lunchtime Recital Series, Friday performance hours, variousperformance competitions and the Lilburn Trust Student Composition Awards concert. Students also benefit from numerous other performance opportunities in the wider community and beyond.

Entry Requirements

If you have New Zealand University Entrance, you are eligible to apply for this degree. You must also meet one of the following requirements:

NCEA – 14 credits in Music at Level 3;
NCEA – 20 credits in Music at Level 2;
Grade 5 theory pass or better in the Australian Music Education Board, Trinity College, or Royal College for Music examinations; or
A qualification considered equivalent.

For the Performance stream, a selection process applies and you will be required to successfully complete an audition.

For further info, visit www.waikato.ac.nz/music

All other applications will be considered on a case-by-case basis.

Scholarships

The Sir Edmund Hillary Scholarship.

For more information, visit www.waikato.ac.nz/scholarships