Music

AUCKLAND

National Institute of Creative Arts and Industries, University of Auckland

Offers an extensive range of qualifications in music from Bachelor to Doctorate levels.

HAMILTON

University of Waikato

Offers courses in Western classical music from Baroque to contemporary, through performance, compostition, and musical scholarship. Its electroacoustic stream encourages students to utilise the latest in computer music technology in their music production.

WELLINGTON

Te Koki the New Zealand School of Music, Victoria University

Massey University and Victoria University of Wellington have combined the strengths of their Conservatorium of Music and School of Music to offer students opportunities for comprehensive study unique in this country. The NZSM takes a holistic approach to music, placing equal value on composition, musicology and performance, with strengths in jazz and classical performance.

Whitireia Community Polytechnic

Offers courses in visual arts, design and multimedia, dance, acting, music, photography, creative writing, journalism, publishing, Māori arts and design, English language, floristry and‚ jewellery.

CHRISTCHURCH

University of Canterbury School of Music

Offers a range of courses at graduate and postgraduate levels in performance, composition, digital music, ethno-musicology, music history and research, musicianship and music education. Also houses the Pettman Junior Academy of Music for talented young musicians and the National Centre for Research in Music Education & Sound Arts.

Christchurch Polytechnic Institute of Technology

CPIT’s Bachelor of Musical Arts consists of practical and theoretical courses in a variety of music topics including instrumental or vocal practical study, music theory, composition, arranging, history, improvisation, sound, technology and a supervised research project in the final year. Students will choose between a Jazz pathway and a Popular Music pathway that integrates skills in performance, writing and production.

Christchurch School of Music

Teaches practical and theoretical music skills and provides opportunities for the study, practice, and performance of a wide range of music.

DUNEDIN

Otago University Department of Music

Offers a wide range of subjects including classical western art music, contemporary rock, world music and cultural studies, musicology, composition and song writing, music technology, the music industry, performance in a rock band or as a classical singer, violinist, cellist, pianist and selected other instruments.