All candidates are required to complete satisfactorily a major study in Research or Composition or Performance as follows:
RESEARCH
Candidates seeking to undertake the course in the fields of Musicology, Music Therapy or Music Education may do so subject to the approval of the Faculty of Music in either of the following manners:
(i) By thesis of between 30,000-35,000 words (excluding footnotes and appen- dices) embodying the results of significant research on a topic approved by the Faculty. Any variation to this topic must be approved by the Faculty.
OR
(ii) By transcription and edition of a substantial body of music together with an editorial commentary and a dissertation of between 10,000-20,000 words on the subject of the music edited.
COMPOSITION
Candidates seeking to undertake the course in the field of Composition may do so subject to the approval of the Faculty of Music by presentation of:
(i) a folio of original compositions using different resources and of varying lengths including at least one composition of a substantial and sustained nature; the folio must be approved by the Faculty.
AND
(ii) a folio of analyses of a number of major contemporary musical works, details of which have been approved by the Faculty, together with a dissertation of approximately 10,000 words on these works.
PERFORMANCE
Candidates seeking to undertake the course in the field of Performance may do so subject to the approval of the Faculty of Music and will be required:
(i) to give to the satisfaction of the examiners appointed pursuant to Statute 3.12, two public recitals in which major works are performed. One recital should be of normal concert length and the other of approximately 50 minutes duration. The programmes for the two recitals are to be submitted for approv- al by Faculty not less than six months prior to the anticipated date of the first recital. (No candidate may present a recital in fulfilment of this requirement, until the Faculty has satisfied itself through audition that the candidate is adequately prepared for public performance; this audition will be held not more than three months after approving the recital programmes.)
AND
(ii) to provide substantial programme notes for each recital at the time of the recital;
AND
(iii) to write a dissertation of approximately 10,000 words on a subject approved by the Faculty of Music related to their performance area.
In addition all candidates will normally be required:
(i) to complete satisfactorily during the first year of candidature course work prescribed by the Faculty, after consultation with the candidate. This course of study may include subjects offered in another Faculty of the University, where these subjects are related to the topic of the major study being under- taken for the degree
AND
(ii) to take part in a programme of postgraduate seminars organized by the Facul- ty. The postgraduate seminars will be held in both semesters of the academic year. All students, whether full-time or part-time, must attend and participate in at least 75% of the seminars in the first year of their candidature
(iii) to present a lecture or lecture-recital of not more than 50 minutes in duration, to the satisfaction of assessors appointed by the Faculty.
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EXHIBITIONS, SCHOLARSHIPS, PRIZES AND FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE
The following table gives a summary of awards available to Faculty of Music students. More detailed information regarding these awards can be obtained from the University Calendar (Chapter 6 of the Regulations or 'Announcements' Section) when applicable or from the Assistant Registrar (Music).
TABLE 1 - AWARDS AVAILABLE TO MUSIC STUDENTS
[Unless otherwise indicated, these scholarships are allocated by the Faculty on the basis of examination results in the previous year. Their monetary value varies from year to year].
NAME ELIGIBLE
CALENDAR REFERENCE OR INFORMATION SOURCE Mona McCaughey
Scholarships:
(a) Mona McCaughey Scholarship*
vocal studies students
6.127 (b) Elise Wiedermann
Scholarship*
vocal studies students
6.127 (c) Una Bourne
Scholarship*
pianoforte students
6.127 Walter Kirby Singing
Scholarship
vocal studies students
6.59 C. D. Hume Violin
Scholarship* violin students 6.78
T. Allan McKay Pianoforte Scholarship
full course or single study students of pianoforte
6.82
Muriel Cheek Memorial Scholarship
full course or single study students of singing
6.81 Allan Scholarship full course students of
piano. Preference to students whose permanent home is within a 50-mile radius of Horsham
6.158
Eric and Linda Jullyan Memorial Scholarship
full course students entering third or fourth year
who show promise worthy of development
6.136
M. and E. Kefford Scholarship*
full course or single study students who are children of British subjects by birth
6.119
Alberto Zelman Violin Scholarship
full course or single study students of violin
6.141 Clarice Malyon Middleton
Scholarship
any female student of singing
6.72 (65)
* Awarded on the basis of financial needs rather than academic results.
NAME ELIGIBLE
CALENDAR REFERENCE OR INFORMATION SOURCE Florence Bradford
Scholarships
students of the Faculty
Assistant Registrar (Music) F. W. Homewood
Memorial Scholarship
students of pianoforte who are graduates of not more than five years' standing
6.56
Doris F. Chandler Memorial Bursary
piano students who have completed 4th year and have a proposal for further studies
6.72 (91)
Grace Funston Scholarship*'
undergraduate or graduate student under 25 years of age
6.72 (92) Ormond Exhibitions (4)
and Ormond Scholarship
students of the Faculty, for overall excellence in all areas of the course
6.10
Music Lovers Society Bursary
students of Ihe Faculty
Assistant Registrar (Music) Herbert Davis
Award
full course students of organ in first or second year
Assistant Registrar (Music)
The Wright Prize second year students 6.15
The Maude Harrington Prize (books)
students of the Faculty;
for pianoforte accompaniment
6.72 (35) Rosemary Kenny
Prize
pianoforte students entering final year of degree course
6.72 (24) Florence Menk Meyer
Prize
pianoforte students entering final year of B.Mus. course
Assistant Registrar (Music) Bertha Jorgensen
Exhibition
students of violin in third or fourth year of degree course (non-renewable)
6.72 (79)
Allans Award (music scores)
pianoforte students in the fourth year of the degree course
6.72 (79)
Peg Oldfield Prize
string players in the fourth year of the degree course
6.72 (87) Ivy May Pendlebury
Bursaries'
Anglican students of the Faculty
Assistant Registrar (Music) Schubert Bursary* all students of the Faculty 6.72 (36) Catherine Grace McWilliam
Prize
students in fourth year of the degree course
7.125 Faculty Entrance
Exhibition
Assistant Registrar (Music) Lady Turner
Prizes (2) (books)
first year students 6.72 (17)
• Awarded on ihe basis of financial needs rather than academic results.
*• Financial needs as well as academic results are taken into account
NAME ELIGIBLE
CALENDAR REFERENCE OR INFORMATION SOURCE Lady Turner
Exhibitions (5)
all students of the Faculty;
for overall excellence in all areas of the course
6.133
Nellie Melba Prize second year students Assistant Registrar (Music) Bergstrand Prize third year students in
the B.Mus.Ed. degree
Assistant Registrar (Music)
William Bardsley Award* students of violin 6.72A(5)
TABLE II - TRAVELLING SCHOLARSHIPS
[Applications should be made following publication of a notice ]
NAME ELIGIBLE AWARDED
Welsford Smithers Travelling Scholarship
music graduates wishing to continue their studies overseas
from time to time Refer R.6.153 Nickson
Travelling Scholarship
holder of a degree or diploma in music from any
Victorian university who is under 30 years of age
not more often than every two years Refer R.6.140 Lizette Bentwitch
Scholarship
graduates in Music or Arts
in biennal periods alternating with the Faculty of Arts Refer R.6.98
* Awarded on ihe basis oJ financial needs rather than academic results.
" Financial needs as well as academic results are taken into account.
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