音乐学家研究音乐的历史。他们使用各种主要资源，例如报纸，信件，日记，音乐会节目等等，来将音乐家和听众置于丰富的历史和社会环境中。在音乐学院，音乐学是一个跨学科领域，与墨尔本大学以及Grainger博物馆和Lyrebird Press的更广泛的人文学科有着长期的联系。它赞助了杰出的演讲者系列，并每周组织研究生研讨会。它也与民族音乐学和流行音乐研究紧密相关。
Musicologists research the history of music. They use diverse primary sources – newspapers, letters, diaries, concert programs, and more – to situate musicians and listeners within rich historical and social contexts. At the Conservatorium, musicology is an interdisciplinary area with longstanding links to the wider humanities at the University of Melbourne, as well as with the Grainger Museum and Lyrebird Press. It sponsors a distinguished speaker series and organises weekly postgraduate seminars. It is also closely allied with Ethnomusicology and popular music studies.