School of the Arts & Media

The Music Performance Labs are a performance-based series of courses within the Bachelor of Music programs. All 1st and 2nd level Bachelor of Music students enrolled in a Performance Lab (MUSC1707 or  MUSC2703) will receive a subsidy on private music tutoring during the term to assist in their pr

Theatre and Performance Studies at UNSW is a hub for research in both Australasian and European performance. Our discipline has these particular research strengths:

The School of the Arts & Media provides you with exciting opportunities to learn from experienced staff who are continually engaged with contemporary developments in the media, creative and performing arts industries.

The UNSW Creative Practice Lab (CPL) and the School of Arts & Media Office are here to help you plan and promote your music event. Click the tabs below for more information on planning your performance. 

Your main contacts are below:

The Empirical Musicology Group UNSW was formed in 2004  for the purpose of studying emotion and expression in music using continuous respond methods (2004-2008). 

Music research at UNSW investigates music analytically, culturally, philosophically, psychologically, pedagogically, and through practice-based research. Our staff engage in diverse research projects and attract international recognition for their work.

The School of the Arts & Media (SAM) Alumni Creative Residency & Grant supports recent graduates in their professional creative endeavours.

The School of the Arts & Media is distinguished by contemporary and interdisciplinary scholarship in the creative and performing arts and humanities.

Our research in English Literary Studies is ranked very highly, as demonstrated in our 2012 and 2015 Excellence for Research in Australia score of 5 out of 5.

Dance Studies at UNSW produces thinking dancers, critical movers, and creative researchers.

Discover a World of Opportunity with a Career in Media 

Contemporary media is dynamic, global, increasingly complex and always influential in our daily lives.

The School of the Arts & Media has achieved excellent results in the latest ARC’s Excellence in Research for Australia (ERA 2018). We were rated 5, well above international standards, for research output in specialist studies in Creative Arts, Writing and Film Studies.

The School of the Arts & Media offers an exciting range of opportunities, from foot-in-the-door internships and reputation-building awards, to residencies designed to help graduates build a career once their studies have finished. 

What is Honours?

Honours is an extra year of study, usually following immediately on from a Pass degree, that combines aspects of undergraduate study with aspects of postgraduate research.

Honours is an extra year of study available to high-achieving students that combines aspects of undergraduate study with post-graduate research.

In this section you’ll find useful student resources from the School of the Arts & Media including common forms, key contacts, information about academic advising and a range of support services that will help you get the most out of your university experience. 

Juvenilia Press publishes early works by a variety of writers such as Jane Austen, Charlotte Brontë, Lewis Carroll, Charles Dickens, Philip Larkin and Margaret Atwood.

How to perform dotted rhythms in 17th-18th century music has an extensive literature. Normally means a ratio of 3:1 (or 0.75:0.25) between the two notes.