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Study Performance at Otago

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Our music performance programmes develop a student’s performing potential through lessons and workshops under expert staff guidance.

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Performance at Otago

There are performance pathways in Classical Performance (piano, strings, woodwind, brass and classical singing), and Contemporary (pop/rock) Performance (guitar, bass, drums, keyboards and vocals). There is also a World Music Performance pathway (Highland piping and drumming, Taonga Puoro, Gamelan and Taiko ensembles) that is available within any degree.

The performance programme offers a supportive and inspiring environment in which instrumental or vocal technique and musical awareness are fostered and promoted. Many performance students have achieved outstanding national and international success, based upon the foundations obtained from their Otago training.

There are regular performance opportunities both within the University's public music programmes and in the community.

Performance is an endorsement (specialisation) option for the Bachelor of Music (MusB).

Auditions

An audition is required for students seeking to enrol in the following papers: MUSI 140, MUSI 141, MUSI 146, MUSI 241, MUSI 246, MUSI 341, MUSI 346.

Audition information for Music and Bachelor of Performing Arts programmes.

Requirements

MUSI papers

Paper Code Year Title Points Teaching period
MUSI101 2024 Materials of Music 1 18 Semester 2
MUSI103 2024 Popular Music 18 Semester 1
MUSI104 2024 World Music 18 Not offered in 2024
MUSI105 2024 Music Matters in Human Life 18 Semester 1
MUSI131 2024 Composition 1 18 Semester 2
MUSI132 2024 Music Production 1 18 Semester 1, Semester 2
MUSI135 2024 Songwriting 18 Semester 1
MUSI140 2024 Performance Studies 1 18 Semester 1, Semester 2, Full Year
MUSI141 2024 Performance 1 36 Full Year
MUSI146 2024 Contemporary Music Performance 1 36 Full Year
MUSI191 2024 Introduction to Music 18 Semester 1
MUSI201 2024 Materials of Music 2 18 Semester 1
MUSI223 2024 Classical Music 18 Not offered in 2024
MUSI232 2024 Music Production 2 18 Semester 2
MUSI233 2024 Electronic Music Production 18 Semester 1
MUSI234 2024 Contemporary Composition 18 Semester 2
MUSI240 2024 Performance Studies 2 18 Semester 1, Semester 2, Full Year
MUSI241 2024 Performance 2 36 Full Year
MUSI246 2024 Contemporary Music Performance 2 36 Full Year
MUSI249 2024 Contemporary Vocal Pedagogy: How to Teach Contemporary Voice 18 Summer School
MUSI259 2024 Special Topic: Practical Conducting 18 Summer School
MUSI260 2024 Special Topic: Vocal Performance & Recording 18 Not offered in 2024
MUSI261 2024 Music and Visual Culture 18 Not offered in 2024
MUSI265 2024 Music and Theatre 18 Not offered in 2024
MUSI266 2024 Film Music 18 Semester 1
MUSI267 2024 Music in Aotearoa 18 Not offered in 2024
MUSI268 2024 Performance in Asia and the Pacific 18 Not offered in 2024
MUSI269 2024 Popular Music 2 18 Semester 2
MUSI270 2024 David Bowie 18 Not offered in 2024
MUSI301 2024 Materials of Music 18 Not offered in 2024
MUSI323 2024 Classical Music 18 Not offered in 2024
MUSI331 2024 Composition Projects 36 Full Year
MUSI332 2024 Music Production 3 18 Semester 1
MUSI333 2024 Electronic Music Production (Advanced) 18 Semester 1
MUSI334 2024 Music Production Projects 18 Semester 2
MUSI340 2024 Performance Studies 3 18 Semester 1, Semester 2, Full Year
MUSI341 2024 Performance 3 36 Full Year
MUSI346 2024 Contemporary Music Performance 3 36 Full Year
MUSI349 2024 Contemporary Vocal Pedagogy: How to Teach Contemporary Voice 18 Summer School
MUSI361 2024 Music and Visual Culture 18 Not offered in 2024
MUSI365 2024 Music and Theatre 18 Not offered in 2024
MUSI366 2024 Film Music 18 Semester 1
MUSI367 2024 Music in Aotearoa (Advanced) 18 Not offered in 2024
MUSI368 2024 Performance in Asia and the Pacific 18 Not offered in 2024
MUSI369 2024 Popular Music 3 18 Semester 2
MUSI371 2024 Research Methods and Approaches 18 Semester 2
MUSI375 2024 Music Performance Pedagogy 18 Semester 2
MUSI386 2024 Community Project 18 Not offered in 2024
MUSI401 2024 Materials of Music (Advanced) 20 Not offered in 2024
MUSI407 2024 Radical Works 20 Not offered in 2024
MUSI431 2024 Composition Portfolio 60 Full Year
MUSI432 2024 Studio Production 60 Full Year
MUSI441 2024 Performance 4 60 Full Year
MUSI442 2024 Repertoire Studies 20 Full Year
MUSI446 2024 Contemporary Music Practice 4 60 Full Year
MUSI471 2024 Research Methods and Approaches (Advanced) 20 Semester 2
MUSI475 2024 Music Performance Pedagogy (Advanced) 20 Semester 2
MUSI486 2024 Community Project (Advanced) 20 Not offered in 2024
MUSI490 2024 Dissertation 40 Full Year
MUSI590 2024 Research Dissertation 60 1st Non standard period, 2nd Non standard period

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