Doctor of Philosophy - Fine Arts and Music

Course Details

The Melbourne Conservatorium of Music offers the PhD with expert supervision in Music Therapy, Music Performance, Composition, Music Psychology and Performance Science, Jazz and Improvisation, Interactive Composition, Musicology and Ethnomusicology.

Qualification: Doctor Degree (By Research)

Course structure: Students are enrolled in the PhD Research subject for the duration of their candidature. At the completion of the course students submit their final project which can consist of a written thesis, or a combination of creative and written work, depending on the discipline area. In the case of Composition and Music Performance, the PhD thesis takes the form of a performance or composition folio and a dissertation of 20,000-25,000 words that addresses, elucidates and contextualises the creative work of the folio. Musicology, Ethnomusicology, Music Psychology and Performance Science, and Music Therapy PhDs take the form of a more traditional scholarly investigation leading to a thesis of approximately 80,000 words. For Jazz and Improvisation and Interactive Composition a PhD thesis may take the form of performance and/or corpus of creative work, plus a dissertation of 40,000-50,000 words.