Diploma of Music

Studying the Diploma of Music at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music will provide you with vocational training in performance skills at a high level if you are aspiring to a professional career in music performance. It is also a great pathway to our internationally regarded Bachelor of Music or Bachelor of Music Studies degrees.



The diploma is completed in two years of full-time study. In addition to individual weekly lessons in your principal study, you will complete four semesters of aural perception and harmony and analysis, or four semesters of jazz music skills as well as orchestral studies, jazz ensemble or other appropriate large ensemble. If you are a classical musician, you will also complete at least two semesters of study in chamber music.