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UTS:Education offer a Master of Arts in Music Therapy degree designed to provide students with a broad knowledge base from a diverse range of Music Therapy models and practices and postgraduate studies in education. Students who have graduated from the previous Graduate Diploma in Musice Therpay degree can upgrade to a Masters with 48cp of recognition of prior learning. The course is held at the Kuring-gai campus at Lindfield and has commonwealth supported places (CSP) available.

Audition and Interview

An audition/interview of approximately 20 minutes duration is an important part of the application process for prospective students.  At the audition you will be required to demonstrate your musical skills including:

• Performance of two brief contrasting examples of music on your major instrument/voice
• Performance on any minor instrument/s
• Singing a song (own accompaniment)
• Sight reading / sight singing a simple melody
• Finding a basic chordal accompaniment to a melody
• Transposing a simple melody
• An improvisation (your choice of instrument) on a given theme or scenario

During the course of the interview you will be required to demonstrate your understanding of an aptitude for the role of the music therapist.