UWA Conservatorium of Music

UWA Conservatorium of Music

The Conservatorium of Music, viewed from the grassy knoll in the northwest
Former names	UWA School of Music; UWA Department of Music
Established	1959
Affiliation	University of Western Australia
Head	Professor Alan Lourens
Location	Perth , Western Australia , Australia
Website	http://www.music.uwa.edu.au/

The UWA Conservatorium of Music is a teaching and research school offering undergraduate and postgraduate study in music at the University of Western Australia. It is located at the north-east corner of the Crawley campus and teaches predominately Classical music, with focus in the undergraduate curriculum on performance, as well as overall strength in musicology, composition and electronic music. In 2016, UWA entered the top 100 "Performing Arts" institutions in the world, and in 2017 and 2018 the School improved its ranking to enter the top 50 in the world, according to the QS World University Rankings.^[1] The Conservatorium is also well regarded in research. Under the research code "19 Studies in Creative Arts and Writing", the Conservatorium was rated as "4 - Above World Standard" by the Australian Research Council^[2] in 2018. Previously, the name of the organisation has been the UWA Department of Music, and the UWA School of Music.