Music

Music at USQ offers a contemporary, cutting edge approach to music performance and scholarship. Our innovative new degree explores music as a living, vital creative practice that embraces contemporary artistic and technological developments. The new Music Program provides solid training in music performance, theory and contextual studies.

Students select courses in:

  • classical and contemporary performance
  • music theory and history studies
  • collaboration with other creative arts disciplines

The program includes opportunities for tuition in the following performance areas: 

  • piano
  • contemporary singing
  • pipe organ
  • upper strings
  • flute
  • clarinet
  • saxophone
  • brass
  • percussion.

Program information

Career opportunities

Music graduates from USQ will be well equipped to pursue a range of career pathways within the industry. These include:

  • solo performer
  • ensemble performer
  • brass and symphonic band
  • repetiteur or accompanist
  • orchestral musician
  • song writing and arrangement
  • music scholar and researcher
  • classroom music teacher
  • studio teacher
  • hybrid performing artist