Tasmanian Conservatorium of Music

This article has multiple issues. Please help improve it or discuss these issues on the talk page. (Learn how and when to remove these template messages)

This article relies excessively on references to primary sources. Please improve this article by adding secondary or tertiary sources.
Find sources: "Tasmanian Conservatorium of Music" – news · newspapers · books · scholar · JSTOR (November 2010) (Learn how and when to remove this template message)

This article includes a list of references, related reading, or external links, but its sources remain unclear because it lacks inline citations. Please help improve this article by introducing more precise citations. (May 2012) (Learn how and when to remove this template message)

(Learn how and when to remove this template message)

The University of Tasmania Conservatorium of Music offers students an integrated music education based on best international contemporary arts practice.

Education structure[edit]

The Tasmanian Conservatorium of Music is part of the Faculty of Arts at the University of Tasmania. It offers professional education and training in classical and contemporary music through undergraduate and postgraduate courses. Research Higher Degree awards typically involve research into contemporary performance, including cross-arts, multimedia performance, and explorations of new music technologies.

The school has a performance program through its various ensembles, including the Southern Gospel Choir, Australian International Symphony Orchestra Institute, Jan Sedivka Camerata, and The Discovery Orchestra.

Mission[edit]

The Tasmanian Conservatorium of Music offers professional education and training in classical music and contemporary music, including undergraduate and postgraduate courses. The conservatorium aims to combine traditional music skills and contemporary music practices, and to cultivate students’ strengths in composition and performance.

Expansion and reforms[edit]

Since 2000, the Conservatorium has expanded to include the expansion into new areas of study such as Rock Studies and Time-based Multimedia to complement its already-established programs in Classical Music, Jazz and Music Education.

Directors and Heads of School[edit]

Rex Hobcroft - Founding Director 1964-1971
Jan Sedivka - Director 1971-1982
David Cubbin - Director 1985-1989
Don Kay - Acting Director 1990 to 1993
Simone de Haan - Director 1994 to 1996
Raffaele Marcellino - Acting Director 1996 to 1998
Christian Wojtowicz - Acting Director 1998 to 1999
Douglas Knehans - Director 2000 - June 2008
Andrew Legg - Acting Head of School June 2008 - January 2009
Kevin Purcell - Head of School 2009 - September 2010
Andrew Legg - Acting Head of School, September 2010 - November 2011; Head of School, November 2011 - Current

Notable alumni[edit]

This section does not cite any sources. Please help improve this section by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. (February 2010) (Learn how and when to remove this template message)

Matthew Dewey, Bachelor of Music, 14 December 2005
Constantine Koukias
Michael Lampard
Geoffrey Lancaster, Master of Music, 13 April 1984
William Lane
Andrew Legg, Bachelor of Music, 18 April 1986
Raffaele Marcellino
Ian Williams
Justin Sandercoe

External links[edit]

Tasmanian Conservatorium of Music
Australian International Symphony Orchestra Institute
www.thediscoveryorchestra.com.au

v t e Performing arts schools in Australia
Acting	Aboriginal Centre for the Performing Arts Adelaide College of the Arts Australian Institute of Music - Dramatic Arts (formerly Australian Academy of Dramatic Art) Faculty of Fine Arts and Music, University of Melbourne National Institute of Dramatic Art New York Film Academy Queensland Conservatorium Griffith University Screenwise Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts
Dance	Aboriginal Centre for the Performing Arts Australian Ballet School Faculty of Fine Arts and Music, University of Melbourne National Aboriginal and Islander Skills Development Association Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts
Music	Aboriginal Centre for the Performing Arts Australian Institute of Music Australian National Academy of Music Faculty of Fine Arts and Music, University of Melbourne Queensland Conservatorium Griffith University Sydney Conservatorium of Music Tasmanian Conservatorium of Music UWA Conservatorium of Music Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts
Musical theatre	Australian Institute of Music Faculty of Fine Arts and Music, University of Melbourne Queensland Conservatorium Griffith University Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts
Secondary	Australian Performing Arts Grammar School Newtown High School of the Performing Arts Victorian College of the Arts Secondary School John Curtin College of the Arts

University of Tasmania

Tasmania

Leadership

Visitor: Her Excellency Kate Warner
Chancellor: Alison Watkins
Vice-Chancellor: Professor Rufus Black

Colleges, schools
and specialist institutes

Arts, law and education	College of Arts, Law and Education Tasmanian Conservatorium of Music The Hedberg
Health and medicine	College of Health and Medicine
Sciences and engineering	College of Sciences and Engineering
Business and economics	Tasmanian School of Business and Economics
University college	University College
Specialist institutes	Australian Maritime College Tasmanian Institute of Agriculture Menzies Institute for Medical Research Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies

Residential colleges

Athletics

People

List of University of Tasmania people

Student life

v t e Universities in Australia
Tertiary education in Australia
Capital	Defence Force (UNSW accredited degrees) Australian National Canberra
New South Wales	Charles Sturt Macquarie Southern Cross Newcastle New England New South Wales Sydney Technology Sydney Wollongong Western Sydney
Northern Territory	Charles Darwin
Queensland	Bond Central Queensland Griffith James Cook Queensland Queensland Technology Southern Queensland Sunshine Coast
South Australia	Adelaide Flinders South Australia
Tasmania	Australian Maritime (UTAS accredited degrees) Tasmania
Victoria	Deakin Divinity Federation La Trobe Melbourne Monash RMIT Swinburne Technology Victoria
Western Australia	Curtin Edith Cowan Murdoch Notre Dame Australia Western Australia
National	Australian Catholic Torrens
Education in Australia