ABOUT the Faculty of the VCA and Music

Monday 6 April 2009 marked the founding of the new Faculty of the VCA and Music (VCAM) which brings together a wide range of creative disciplines including Art, Music, Dance, Theatre, Production and Film and Television, and offers undergraduate and graduate programs in each of these discipline areas.

"The integration of the Faculty of the VCA and Faculty of Music into a single Faculty heralds exciting opportunities for the arts within The University of Melbourne" newly appointed Dean of the Faculty of the VCA and Music, Professor Sharman Pretty, said at a meeting with staff to mark the occasion.

The Faculty’s interim website provides links to our Parkville and Southbank campuses across a number of areas until our new combined website is developed www.vcam.unimelb.edu.au

The Faculty comprises:

• School of Art
  
• School of Performing Arts: encompassing Dance, Drama and Production (including Puppetry)
  
• School of Music (Southbank Campus and Parkville Campus)
  
• Film & Television
  
• The Centre for Ideas: the home for interdisciplinary subjects and lectures at the Faculty.
  
• The Wilin Centre for Indigenous Arts and Cultural Development: the primary point of contact for Indigenous Australian students at the Faculty.
  
• Centre for Cultural Partnerships: a national and international facility specialising in community-based arts practice.
  
• The Graduate School: the umbrella body for a range of graduate courses.
  

The Lenton Parr Library at the Faculty of the VCA and Music houses books, journals and audiovisual materials and provides access to online databases, full text journals, digital audio libraries and electronic books.