Bachelor of Applied Music - Composition Box Hill Institute

The Bachelor of Applied Music - Composition can kickstart your career in the music industry as a composer, orchestrator, sound designer, film and media composer, performer, song writer, music producer or game audio professional. Box Hill Institute will provide you with the skills and experiences you need to excel in these areas.

Real life industry experiences and facilities include:

• integrate and collaborate with our sound, performance and business students
• be mentored by leading industry experts
• work on real films and games
• perform your works in our contemporary live venues
• become an expert on software such as Logic, Ableton and Max for Live

The Bachelor of Applied Music - Composition is specifically designed to support emerging composers with a combination of highly trained teachers, extraordinary opportunities and unique experiences that create a bridge to industry.

Students will learn with and be mentored by industry experts in a supportive environment that encourages them to achieve a combination of high-level musicianship, orchestration, songwriting, scoring, business acumen and creativity, so they graduate ready to thrive. This is done by integrating real industry experiences in a supportive atmosphere. This fusion of education and industry is reflected in our teachers who, as well as teaching, currently work as music professionals at the top of their fields.

Composition students work closely with the music business, production and performance students to create cross-discipline projects in an exciting and talent-rich environment. They also work on real film and game projects with students from Deakin and Swinburne Universities. This means projects are already underway and gaining traction when students graduate. There are many examples of a successful career already beginning while still studying.

Career & Learning Outcomes

After completing this course, you may wish to apply for a range of employment opportunities in the music (and related) industries. The range of roles in these industries are many and varied, and may include:

• composer for film, TV and games
• sound designer
• musical director
• concert music composer
• writer and arranger
• producer/programmer/designer of music and multimedia software packages
• music artist, performer and many more