The Licentiate in Music, Australia (LMusA) is the second-highest diploma awarded by the

Australian Music Examinations Board The Australian Music Examinations Board (AMEB) is a federated, privately funded corporation which provides a program of examinations for music, speech and drama in Australia. The organisation had its beginnings at the Universities of Melbourne ...

(AMEB). It is awarded to exemplary candidates in the fields of musical performance,

music theory Music theory is the study of theoretical frameworks for understanding the practices and possibilities of music. ''The Oxford Companion to Music'' describes three interrelated uses of the term "music theory": The first is the "Elements of music, ...

and musicianship through a recital performance or a exam (for theory subjects). It is considered a professional accreditation for music. Other

music examination Music examinations are a method of formally assessing the accomplishments of pupils learning musical instruments. Trinity College London was the first organization to offer examinations in music to external students in 1877. Trinity College Lon ...

boards in Australia do have a Licentiate level diploma under other names, including

Australian and New Zealand Cultural Arts Australian and New Zealand Cultural Arts Limited (ANZCA) is a privately funded not-for-profit institution that assesses music in Australia, New Zealand, Malaysia, Singapore, Indonesia and Thailand. The organisation was developed to be an alternativ ...

(ANZCA) Music Examinations ''Licentiate Performer Diploma ANZCA'' (L.Dip.A). There are equivalent diplomas awarded by

Trinity College London Trinity College London (TCL) is an examination board based in London, United Kingdom which offers graded and diploma qualifications across a range of disciplines in the performing arts and English language learning and teaching. Trinity Colleg ...

and the

Associated Board of the Royal Schools of Music The ABRSM (Associated Board of the Royal Schools of Music) is an examination board and registered charity based in the United Kingdom. ABRSM is one of five examination boards accredited by Ofqual to award graded exams and diploma qualification ...

. AMEB is the main music examination board in Australia, and its Licentiate diploma has a national success rate of around 10% of their candidates. Typically, a candidate will have already completed AMEB exams up to the Associate diploma level prior to attempting the LMusA, although there is no requirement for this. Above the LMusA is the most prestigious but extremely rare Fellowship in Music, Australia (FMusA). An LMusA practical examination is conducted by two examiners (one Federal examiner who maintains consistency in the national standard, and one state examiner who is a specialist in the instrument being examined). Candidates must present a repertoire from the prescribed lists of pieces that is 35 minutes, but no more than 50 minutes in length, with a further ten minutes testing musical general knowledge of the pieces presented. Candidates receive one of three grades at diploma level: "no award", "award", and the exceptional "award with distinction" (very rarely awarded).

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{{Reflist * ''2012 Manual of Syllabuses''. Australian Music Examinations Board. Victoria, 2011. ISSN 0729-3569

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