现在你知道了all the details about how to get into a Bachelor of Music at Monashbut are you wondering what it’s like to真的study there and become a musician?
Nick talks to us about his experience studying at Monash and what you can expect when you start your journey there.
让我们潜入！
您为什么要在Monash学习音乐学士学位？
Top 3 Pros of a Music Degree
Top 3 Cons of a Music Degree
您不应该犯的错误
在开始莫纳什音乐学士学位之前要知道的事情
What Makes this Degree Different
学习莫纳什音乐学士学位的动机
Potential Career Paths
您为什么要在Monash学习音乐学士学位？
Monash通过三个关键阶段，音乐专家学习，音乐理论和耳朵训练以及音乐背景研究来发展和完善学生的技术和音乐能力。这个结构ensures that students have a strong foundation in music to build on and refine their skills within their chosen specialisation.
此外，学位ensures that you get practical experience making or performing music both individually and in a group- 反映在音乐行业工作的感觉。
另外，莫纳什also helps their students to refine their writing and research skills, something that tends to be absent from most Music degrees.因此，对于可能有兴趣追求研究生的学生，例如音乐硕士，Monash将确保您的学术能力也将与您的音乐能力一起发展。
Top 3 Pros of a Music degree
＃1：莫纳什音乐学生社会
“It is a student society for Music students, run by Music students.They are a really positive group of people and they work on improving student life across all streams.They organise a lot of events like barbecues and bake sales, making things more positive,” Nick chimes.
TheMusic Students’ Society还组织一个年度的音乐，供音乐学生放松身心，并在一起度过一个夜晚。此外，他们为音乐学生宣传表演机会，并为第一年的学生提供支持！
＃2：音乐界
Nick notes, “It’s a small group of people studying Music, and in the end they are not bad people.My brother studies Science and he doesn’t get a community like that- 就像在更大的学位一样，您将拥有您的小朋友团体，但您并没有真正获得整个人群。With Music, you have a little music community so that’s a good thing。”
As Music tends to have a smaller cohort,everyone gets an opportunity to get to know each other.此外，有频繁的合奏或腔室排练，每个学期都重新分配的小组，you are guaranteed to build long-lasting relationships with each other!
＃3：教学人员
“他们都来自世界各地，拥有自己的小东西。They all have really great experience and different energies, so it’s really fun,” Nick highlights.
音乐学位的前三名
＃1：有点集团
尼克指出，学习音乐很艰难，”这确实令人沮丧，并且使您不想继续。”
While you do have a small and supportive community around you when studying a Bachelor of Music at Monash,由于其性质，它可能非常有竞争力。学生在表演和音乐能力方面竞争和基准对抗，尤其是在有表演或成为独奏家的机会时。
#2: Limited facilities
尼克警告说总共有不到20个个人练习室，大约有300名学生，“您必须预订房间，只有一个小时 - 因此，如果您不擅长练习，那么您将浪费整个练习。”
Nick advises to plan practice sessions thoroughly —学生应该保持井井有条，确保他们预订了适合他们的时间以及在那1小时内将要做什么, self-guided practice session.
＃3：大学管理干预
尼克说：“大学本身以外的许多人不属于音乐学校的一部分，试图审核事物。所以there’s a lot of intervention and changes made against everyone’s wishes。”
有遗憾吗？
“My only regret at the moment would be not going to Prato when I had the chance.在2019年11月/12月，在大流行之前，爵士队列去了意大利，因为没有足够的人，他们将其开放到第一年。我决定不这样做，以为我可以在几年后去，但我们没有人期望它可以持续这么长时间。”尼克说。
Exchange, and learning music in a different country and from different musicians, is one of the highlights of studying a Bachelor of Music at Monash.不幸的是，由于Covid-19的大流行，许多音乐学生的活动已被停止或推迟。
您希望在莫纳什（Monash）获得音乐学士学位之前知道什么？
尼克说he wished he knew how to write academicallyprior to starting a Bachelor of Music at Monash.
“我希望我很早就知道如何做学术写作，就像我在整个教育事业之前都没有做足够的事情。In high school and in the previous university I studied Music in, there was no guide on how to write in an academic way.
“When you come into Week 4 of your semester and have to write essays with a certain amount of citations in a certain style — it’s tricky. So definitely learning about academic writing and critical thinking,” explains Nick.
What makes this degree different from the ones offered at other universities?
Nick notes that unlike many other music degrees,Monash also focusses on developing their music student’s academic writing ability, saying “We do a lot of writing prep as well, like essays so there is a possibility of going on to do postgraduate study and research work.
“与以前的学位相比，我在另一家机构做过，没有。所以postgrad might have been an option, but it was impossible to actually aspire to unless you were an experienced writer.”
If you are thinking of pursuing postgrad studies, Monash may be a good fit for you as it ensures that both your academic and musical ability are developed.
What inspired you to choose a Bachelor of Music at Monash?
Nick recounts, “When I first finished high school, I wanted to go to Monash because my high school teacher went to Monash as well and he knew I wanted to do Jazz, instead of modern, niche music —Monash is the only place within Victoria that does a proper Jazz focus so that’s why I chose Monash。”
What are the possible career paths?
尼克说：“我发现自己的一件事 -这不是一生的职业生涯，但这是一件很棒的事情，几年来，这是一名邮轮音乐家。It’s a great way to travel and you get all your expenses paid for.”
Other possible career paths once you have completed a Bachelor of Music at Monash include:
- 音乐图书管理员或档案
- 自由作曲家
- 艺术管理员
- Music Management/Promotion
- 制作人
- 管弦乐表现
- 导体
- 音乐老师
Tiffany Fongis currently completing a double degree in Media and Communications with Law at Macquarie University. She currently contributes to the university zine, Grapeshot where she enjoys writing feature articles, commentary on current affairs or whatever weird interest that has taken over her mind during that month. During her spare time, Tiffany enjoys reading, writing, taking care of her plants or cuddling with her two dogs.
