University home page
Victorian College of the Arts
40 Years of VCA
Bachelor of Fine Arts (Contemporary Music)
A Bachelor of Fine Arts (Contemporary Music) reflects the VCA's ethos of practical, intensive and performance-focused specialist training. The learning environment is inclusive ad encourages initiative, entrepreneurship and creative skills in a contemporary music-making context.
The curriculum provides you with the opportunity to participate in an eclectic range of concerts, eventd and interactive projects reflecting our commitment to music making in a broad range of musical styles and media.
Contemporary Music graduates are well-grounded and versatile creative cultural producers, trained to explore the space between existing ideas and originality in music making. Students are equipped with the skills to develop a multifaceted working life, ranging from professional performance and composition to music administration, music teaching, and music journalism.
Our graduates occupy leadership roles in the contemporary music industry within Australia and internationally, pursuing careers as performers, composers and researchers. Graduates also occupy roles in related fields as: music agents and managers; administrators; music wholesalers and retailers; festival and event producers; session players and background vocalists; academics; composers for theatre and film; studio teachers; audio recording and audio mix engineers; producers; and music reviewers or critics.
A contemporary musician’s career may include these career options:
- Contemporary Music Performer for: Bands, Studio and live recordings, Film, Theatre, Television and live events
- Composers for: Film, Television and Animation, Concert and commercial release, Theatre and Dance, Advertising locations and events, Bands and soloists, websites and videogames
- And broadly, may work as Contemporary music arrangers, Record producers and music directors, Contemporary music educator, Bands and soloists, websites and videogames
Video clip music composed by Alex Pertout.
