Once you have completed undergraduate studies or have extensive relevant experience, you may wish to apply for Graduate Study to further specialise in your area of expertise.
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Claire Crosby
Wendy Anggerani
Hesham Bahbah
Practice-led Research / Research-led Practice The Graduate Studies program at AIM is focused on exploring the cyclical relationships between ideas, theory and creative practice (practice-led research, research-led practice) in an inter-disciplinary musical environment (classical, jazz, contemporary, electronic, film, games etc.). Performers, producers, and composers translate their undergraduate studies or professional experience into a supervised, structured exploration of their own creative practice within an academic framework.
AIM Graduate Program features include:
AIM Graduate Awards in Music include:
• A focus upon the individual student’s creative practice development • Cultivating an academic framework for research and documentation • Access to professional performance and production facilities • Broad skill development by auditing undergraduate units • A supportive and creative environment
• Graduate Certificate in Music (Grad Cert Mus) - one semester • Graduate Diploma of Music (Grad Dip Mus) - two semesters • Master of Music (MMus) - four semesters
Each stage of the Graduate Studies program at AIM contains three focus areas:
1. Major Study This unit develops an individual student’s creative practice supported by a strong research foundation. Individual supervision leads to a final performance, folio and/or recording. An elective choice supports the Major Study in the first two semesters, replaced by extra individual supervision in the final two semesters. A plan to provide support for Major Study objectives will be individually tailored to suit the student’s goals.
2. Seminar This unit exposes graduate students to the inter-disciplinary musical environment at AIM where each student presents their work to their peers for discussion and feedback, along with regular discussions about the relationships between academic research and creative practice.
3. Research Project This unit is a music research project related to the student’s creative practice that develops research methods, critical thinking and academic (written) communication skills.
Contact and Enquiries Graduate Studies Head of Program: Michael Galeazzi or call AIM on (02) 9219 5444
2012 Graduate Studies at AIM
