Method of Delivery
 
Essentially a distance education program, students are expected to attend for live lectures and tutorials at Guild centres on a twice weekly basis where distance permits. DVD's of the live and pre-recorded sessions are sent on to remote students to provide them not only with information, but the feeling of participation and attending students receive the pre-recorded sessions.  

Credit for AGMS Examination Passes

Many of the Practical Music skills from AGMS Grade IV onwards and Theory of Music Knowledge from AGMS Grade II onwards are suitable to allow prior learning credits for appropriate, approved units where passes have been obtained in AGMS examinations.  See Student Access page for documents referring to Recognition of Prior Learning and Pathways Document for more information.

Financial Assistance

The AGMED was approved as a HEP provider in November 2006.  Commonwealth assistance is now available for students who are eligible.  FEE-HELP is a loan scheme which assists eligible students (Australian citizens and students on humanitarian visas) to pay their tuition fees. The Australian Government pays the student’s tuition fee to the Australian Guild of Music Education on behalf of the student.

This relates to students enrolled in the Bachelor of Music course.  Students should request the FEE-HELP application form & information booklet from the Guild if they require assistance during auditions or prior by phone.

 

In 2009 the Australian Guild of Music Education Inc. was passed as a VET provider.  Commonwealth assistance is now available for students who are eligible.  VET FEE-HELP is a loan scheme which assists eligible students (Australian citizens and students on humanitarian visas) to pay their tuition fees. The Australian Government pays the student’s tuition fee to the Australian Guild of Music Education on behalf of the student.

This relates to students enrolled in the Diploma or Advanced Diploma of Music courses. 

Students should request the FEE-HELP application form & information booklet from the Guild if they require assistance during auditions or prior by phone.

Students enrolled on any of the Nationally Recognised courses may be eligible for Austudy allowances. The AGMED’s Centerlink Institution Code is 3D064.

Articulation

The AGMED Diploma of Music gains a 30% credit transfer into the Bachelor of Music program.

The AGMED Advanced Diploma of Music gains a 60% credit transfer into the Bachelor of Music program.

  

 

 

Careers in the Music Industry

There is a wide range of careers leading from a Guild qualification, some examples of which are listed below:

  • Recording: Artists and repertoire specialists; recording artists; studio session musicians; writers and arrangers; record producers; studio engineers; technicians; managers; copyright and contract specialists; promoters and marketers; artists managers and agents; music archivists; performing rights specialists; radio plugging.

  • Live performance: Musical directors; instrumentalists; vocalists; writers/arrangers/ orchestrators/copyists; artists’ managers; booking agents; stage producers; stage managers; transportation personnel; instrument technicians and tuners; mixers/audio engineers, designers and technicians; lighting designers and technicians.

  • Computer software and multimedia: Producers; programmers and designers of music software packages for composition; performance and learning applications; producers; artists; programmers and designers of multi-media packages; artists and creators.

  • Music retail: Managers; marketing staff; sales and merchandising personnel; buyers; wholesalers and distributors.
    Music publishing (notation): Licensing specialists; sample editors; copyists; editors; graphic designers.

  • Concert halls and venues: Composers; performers; programmers; administrative and management staff; catalogue compilers; stage managers; sound engineers; technicians; promoters; presenters; human, physical and financial resources staff

 

  • Music publishing (licensing): Copyright/licensing specialists; marketers; promoters and distributors; managers
    Music video: Writers/arrangers; designers; producers; technicians; licensing specialists; copyright specialists; sourcing personnel; sampling personnel

  • Advertising: Jingle writers; specialist performers; musical directors; sourcing; sampling; copyright; music librarians
    Music teaching: Schools (government and private); adult and continuing education; TAFE; higher education; private music teaching; studios and instrument shops

  • Radio, film and television: Music programmers; music directors; music promoters; music video specialists; technical staff; composers/arrangers of film and radio scores; soundtrack producers; editors; mixers

  • Music media: Music critics; programmers; musicologists/researchers; producers; scriptwriters; commentators; music journalists and on air presenters

  • Music therapy: Performers; programmers; music therapists