COURSE PROFILE:

COLLARTS ? MUSIC PERFORMANCE

This month we caught up with Mr. Ian Har?vey, the Chief Oper?at?ing Offi?cer of lead?ing music and enter?tain?ment col?lege Col?larts. Pro?vid?ing courses in Audio Pro?duc?tion and Cre?ative Indus?tries Man?age?ment, we delve deeper into their acclaimed Con?tem?po?rary Music Per?for?mance degree and see why this course and why Col?larts is being revered nation wide.

Firstly, where is your cam?pus located?
Col?larts is located at 55 Brady Street South Mel?bourne, right on the edge of Melbourne?s cre?ative indus?tries and enter?tain?ment precinct.

Why should prospec?tive stu?dents around the coun?try con?sider study?ing at Col?larts?
Firstly, we?re located in Mel?bourne which is fast becom?ing the heart of the Aus?tralian enter?tain?ment and music indus?try, where oppor?tu?ni?ties for expo?sure are bound?less. Col?larts prides itself on pro?duc?ing indus?try ready grad?u?ates, young musi?cians, pro?duc?ers and man?agers who have the skills, expe?ri?ence and con?fi?dence to join the music or enter?tain?ment indus?tries and cre?ate a career. Our stu?dents learn through a prac?ti?cal approach that com?bines the use of state-of-the-art equip?ment and access to teach?ers and train?ers who have them?selves main?tained their indus?try connections.

What skills can stu?dents hope to acquire from the Con?tem?po?rary Music Per?for?mance degree?
There are four things that a Col?larts stu?dent can expect to gain from their stud?ies. Firstly, Col?larts trains its stu?dents to be musi?cians and musi?cal. A Col?larts stu?dent should be able to per?form in any style or genre when asked. While all stu?dents have their favourite style or genre, the secret to estab?lish?ing a career in the indus?try is being com?pe?tent, flex?i?ble and will?ing to work when work is offered.

The third aspect is less obvi?ous but as impor?tant as being able to play. A careers as a musi?cian is far more com?pli?cated than just being able to play an instru?ment or sing. Most musi?cians also need to be able to run a busi?ness ? the busi?ness of them?selves. So along with the musi?cian?ship and the per?for?mance skills come a range of skills in time and per?sonal man?age?ment, finan?cial man?age?ment and law, mar?ket?ing, pro?mo?tions and pub?lic?ity. These are core skills no less impor?tant than being able to play well if they are to be successful.

Finally, Col?larts stu?dents will ben?e?fit from meet?ing a range of music indus?try pro?fes?sions dur?ing their course. This exposes them to the true depth and breadth of the indus?try and helps them begin to form a range of indus?try contacts.

What kind of posi?tions or roles will grad?u?ates be qual?i?fied to work in?
Many stu?dents use their stud?ies as a foun?da?tion to the career they dream of as per?form?ers, song?writ?ers and pro?duc?ers. Devel?op?ing these aspects of an indi?vid?u?als career will take some time fol?low?ing grad?u?a?tion. In the mean?time our grad?u?ates will be work?ing with a vari?ety of bands or as a soloist. Some grad?u?ates will join organ?i?sa?tions in the indus?try work?ing in pro?duc?tion or man?age?ment, while oth?ers will look to develop a teach?ing prac?tice or con?tinue on with fur?ther musi?cal studies.

How is the music per?for?mance course struc?tured?
The Con?tem?po?rary Music Per?for?mance degree is a two year course. It com?bines aca?d?e?mic stud?ies with solo and ensem?ble per?for?mance activ?i?ties. Fun?da?men?tally it is a prac?ti?cal hands on course, where? stu?dents have the abil?ity to select from a range of elec?tives that can pro?vide either increas?ing spe?cial?i?sa?tion or added indus?try awareness.

Who are the teach?ers for this course and are there any guest lec?tur?ers involved?
The Col?larts team is led by Dr Raf Mar?cellino, an awarded com?poser and musi?cian. The pro?gram lead?ers include Dr Paul Doorn?busch and Gene Shill, who are noted spe?cial?ists in their respec?tive fields and are inter?na?tion?ally renown. Sup?port?ing these three Col?lege lead?ers are a range of spe?cial?ist train?ers in a vari?ety of instru?ments and vocal train?ing, song?writ?ing, com?po?si?tion and music pro?duc?tion includ?ing Mark Amato, Jonathan Zion, Dun?can Kin?nell amongst notable others.

Any spe?cific projects or pro?duc?tions stu?dents will have the oppor?tu?nity to par?tic?i?pate in through?out the dura?tion of the course?
Stu?dents will be involved in a series of live per?for?mance show?cases, the cre?ation of video clips and other activ?i?ties that bring together per?for?mance, pro?duc?tion and management.

Stu?dio gear and facil?i?ties avail?able for learn?ing and pro?duc?tion?
The heart of the Col?larts pro?duc?tion facil?ity lies in its DigiDesign Icon equipped stu?dios. Abel?ton, Pro?Tools and Logic DAW?s are used. The sound labs are Mac equipped and the pro?duc?tion and back line are from lead?ing man?u?fac?tur?ers includ?ing Fender, Yamaha, Kawai, Sound?craft, Mackie, Ampeg, Roland, Shure, Sennheiser and Neumann.

Points of dif?fer?ence between other music per?for?mance course providers and Col?larts?
The Col?larts Indus?try Place?ment unit com?mences dur?ing the sec?ond year of the degree pro?gram is espe?cially valu?able to stu?dents. Dur?ing this unit stu?dents get to spend real time work?ing in the indus?try along?side pro?fes?sion?als or being men?tored by lead?ing play?ers and per?form?ers. Prepar?ing indus?try ready grad?u?ates requires stu?dents to spend some mean?ing?ful time work?ing in and not just on the industry.

Pay?ment options:
Col?larts is a FEE Help approved institution.

Intake Peri?ods:
Classes start for 2013 Trimester 1 on Feb?ru?ary 4th.
Trimester 2 2013 classes start on May?21st.

Phone: (03) 9281 8888
Web?site: www.collarts.edu.au

Source: http://mixdownmag.com.au/2012/12/03/course-profile/

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