The Cabaret Course

For the first time in Australia……

Graduate Diploma in Music (Cabaret)

This course is taught in intensive mode (mostly over weekends) over two semesters of full-time study in Hobart.  Part-time study options are also available.

Major areas of study are:
Cabaret Performance:
This is 50% of the course!  An annual major cabaret performance based on the catalogue of living American songwriters/cabaret performers, who will come to Tasmania to assist in the preparation of their work with students.

Topics in Music:
A survey of the important developments in Cabaret as an art form: from its burgeoning popularity during the Weimar Republic years, through Speakeasies, Supper Clubs, the short-lived Manhattan club scene, self-produced show offerings, to recent trends in Cabaret as a vehicle to showcase new writing.

Music Comprehensive:
The art of song choice: interpretation, preparation and positioning of songs within a show.  The study includes the use of music technologies to assist in preparation and delivery of your show.

Complementary Study:
Creating the vehicle for your own show: creating a sound, a look and flow of narrative for your audience.

“The theater is so endlessly fascinating because it’s so accidental. It’s so much like life.”
_{Arthur Miller (American Playwright, 1915-2005)}

Please call (03) 6226-7314 or email conservatorium.admin@utas.edu.au for further information and a detailed course outline.