Queensland University of Technology (QUT)
Bachelor of Creative Arts (Music)
- Gain experience in both recording studio and live performance environments, using state of the art equipment and studios to develop skills in song writing, media composition, record production, and collaborative music-making.
- Gain real-world experience and contacts in your industry through professional industry placements and projects.
- Pursue your individual musical goals with the option to tailor your Bachelor of Creative Arts (Music) degree to suit you with the unique ability to expand your skillset with a second major, minors and/or extensions and electives.
- Unique course structure allows you to combine creative disciplines together to develop transferable skills across a range of industries.
Why choose this course?
The music industry is riding a digital wave of change. These are exciting times for anyone who wants to strike out in new directions and QUT’s Bachelor of Creative Arts (Music) degree helps prepare you for these evolving opportunities. This course offers an innovative learning environment that will help you develop your individual artistic identity and acquire the creative, technical and entrepreneurial skills to realise your vision in the contemporary music scene.
This degree is designed to help you stand out as an individual artist and set you up for a sustainable career. With options of a second major or combining your music degree with other interdisciplinary majors, minors and course units across multiple subjects, there are many ways to shape your career.
Our internationally recognised facilities with purpose-built recording and rehearsal studios are state-of-the-art. Here you will learn how to use technology to create music, record and distribute your works, and market your talent.
This degree will encourage collaboration with like-minded people on various projects while finding new ways to develop your own artistic vision.
You will have the opportunity to present your work across a network of Brisbane’s live music venues, and access to a student-run record label designed to help release and promote original music. While studying at QUT there will also be opportunities to participate in intercultural music projects via study tours.
Real-world learning
You will be mentored by experienced staff in production and performance applications. The Bachelor of Creative Arts (Music) teaching staff are industry leading creative practitioners with national and international industry links to associations such as QMusic, and APRA/AMCOS, Gyrostream, and Socialstate Entertainment. You will have the opportunity to participate in music projects that focus on artist development and music-related research such as our capstone student-run record label, Vermilion Records where you will manage artists, produce and release new music, publish a biannual music magazine, produce music videos, and curate live events in partnership with venues across Brisbane.
Visit the student and graduate blog to find out more about what it’s like to study creative arts and where a QUT degree can take you.
