Bachelor of Music

Overview

Choose the Bachelor of Music and you’ll build all the essential skills for creating a successful career in today’s modern music industry. You’ll learn and apply theoretical knowledge and best practices while accessing studios with cutting-edge equipment.

You’ll gain proficiencies in songwriting, composition, music business and industry, stagecraft, recording techniques and electronic music production and studio music production.

Building on the core skills of a working music professional, the Bachelor of Music at SAE allows you to choose from a pool of electives throughout your study, investigating the following facets of contemporary music:

Songwriting and Music Production

For emerging songwriters, music producers and composers. These elective units focus on songwriting and composition for screen media (films/television/online content) and video games, develop scoring, notation and arrangement skills and learn advanced studio production techniques, including mixing and mastering.

Electronic Music

These electives are perfect if you’re interested in refining your electronic music production skills. From various EDM genres, to Hip Hop and Electronic Pop music, gain a deeper understanding of digital mixing, mastering and sound design, sampling, synthesis, beat programming and various contexts for live electronic music creation.

Music Industry

From artist and event management, to digital music strategies, music exports, industry frameworks, marketing and entrepreneurship concepts. In these electives you will develop a deeper understanding of the dynamic and ever-changing music industry helping drive the success and sustainability of your creative practice in the local and global music industry.

Creative Musicianship

The scope of your creative practice as a contemporary musician is wide, and these electives cover a blend of technology, industry and performance elements. Investigate branding, creative identity and marketing to complement your creative folio. Build performance skills incorporating technology and foster the development of new skills through a self-directed project with mentor guidance. These electives approach creative music making from a future-focused perspective, enabling diverse outcomes and creative work.

The Bachelor’s degree allows you to further develop your specialisation skills and prepares you for entering into the industry. Your growth and development as a creative practitioner will be assessed through the completion of industry-based projects and work placement. This will ultimately help you build a body of work and portfolio to share with potential employers or your first client.