Sonic Arts at the NZSM

Students studying Sonic Arts at the NZSM join a programme unique in New Zealand. Sonic Arts majors are encouraged to develop their individual creative voices. They are given the opportunity to work in a range of areas, including electronic music, live electronic performance and intermedia composition. You will graduate with considerable technical command of music technology as well as broad historical, theoretical and analytical knowledge of the discipline. Sonic Arts staff number amongst New Zealand’s best-known sonic artists whose collective expertise covers all significant aspects of the field.

NZSM Sonic Arts students can expect the following:

• The largest Sonic Arts faculty in New Zealand
  • Dr. Dugal McKinnon (Studio Director)
• Dr. Ajay Kapur
• Michael Norris
• Use of the Lilburn Electroacoustic Music Studios, the longest-running electroacoustic music studios in New Zealand, equipped with the latest audio technology
• Several concerts during the year in which Sonic Arts pieces are publicly performed on a multichannel sound diffusion rig
• Collaborations with other artforms

Bachelor of Music in Composition (Sonic Arts specialisation)

Please view the Composition page for the degree requirements of the BMus in Composition (Sonic Arts specialisation)

Postgraduate degrees in Composition

Please see the Postgraduate Degrees page

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