Join New Zealand’s most renowned music school and benefit from our outstanding and comprehensive range of learning opportunities in music.
Study with professionally celebrated and internationally acclaimed staff in the beautiful capital city of Wellington, and take advantage of the many artistic and cultural opportunities on offer.
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Meet our students
In this short video, some of our students talk about why they love studying at the New Zealand School of Music—Te Kōkī.
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Entry requirements
Learn more about what you need in order to be accepted as a student at the New Zealand School of Music—Te Kōkī.
Auditions
If you want to study performance music, you'll need to pass an audition as part of your application.
Student stories
Learn a bit about some of our students at the New Zealand School of Music—Te Kōkī and what they're studying.
Music
Follow your dream to make music your career or study it to enrich your life. Learn at this country's leader in music education, the New Zealand School of Music—Te Kōkī.
Find out moreAvailable subjects
- Classical Performance
- Ethnomusicology
- Instrumental/Vocal Composition
- Jazz Performance
- Music
- Musicology
- Music Studies
- Music Therapy
- Performance
- Popular Music Studies
- Sonic Arts and Music Technology
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Minor subjects
You can take Composition, Music Technology, Performance, or Popular Music Studies as a minor subject in the BMus and some other Bachelor’s degrees.
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After you graduate
Graduates with degrees in music find employment in diverse fields. Find out where study at the New Zealand School of Music —Te Kōkī can take you.
A national centre of musical excellence
Find out more about the major philanthropic campaign to create a world-class centre of musical, cultural and educational excellence in the capital city.
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