justhearforther

Originally Posted by The Lou-Dog I was playing a little bit of Jazz.... I chose Monash because I got in! The VCA only took 29 people the year I auditioned, there was probably 500 applicants. Monash took probably 50 from the same number of applicants and I got in there. I only auditioned for those two courses. And why did you apply at, and only at, those two? I'm sorry if this is annoying, but it's really useful because if I get accepted into multiple courses I need to choose which course I want, whereas my preferences just involved applying for everything I could. I didn't think there was a hope in hell of me choosing Monash, but you've vastly changed that.

When you were choosing causes, were you playing Jazz? And what made you choose Monash? I'm glad I found someone that actually does one of these courses, primary sources are so much better than the crappy descriptions online, where the VCA website doesn't even mention the word Jazz.

Yeah I've applied for Monash and payed for the auditions and stuff but I live in the west suburbs and would prefer not to move, but if I need to then I definitely can, my dad lives in Springvale so it's not really an issue. How heavy is the Jazz influence in all the different courses? As far as I can tell it's either Jazz or Classical and like I have no issue with Jazz and would willingly learn it, but it seems like to get an education as a guitarist I need to either become a Jazz guitarist or a Classical guitarist and that's kind of worrying. I'm still all for it because learning any genre will aid my playing, but then it's also slightly worrying because I've only looked at Jazz as far as VCE Music has required so it's unlikely that I'll get in anywhere. I dunno, I think I'm just worrying too much, I know a guy that was doing a course at NMIT and he loved it.

VCA is my first preference, and I'd even choose the foundation program they have over getting into an actual Bachelor at other Unis, I was just wondering whether people agreed.

Particularly the Victorians, have any of you studied a bachelor of Music? Any particular places you recommend? I have all my preferences in and stuff, I'm just wondering if I've missed any places.