Record producers

Conductors, composers and arrangers

Musicians and singers

This instructional program class comprises any general program that focuses on the introductory study and appreciation of music and the performing arts. These programs include courses in music, dance, and other performing arts media.

Music, general

Musicology Master's Degrees

Music Bachelor's Degrees

Conductors, composers and arrangers conduct bands and orchestras, compose musical works and arrange instrumental and vocal compositions. They are employed by symphony and chamber orchestras, bands, choirs, sound recording companies, and orchestras for ballet and opera performances, or they may be self-employed.

Musicians and singers perform with orchestras, choirs, opera companies and popular bands in establishments such as concert halls, lounges and theatres and in film, television and recording studios. This unit group also includes music teachers who usually teach in conservatories, academies and private homes.

Music Diplomas

The Bachelor of Music in Jazz Studies - Education prepares music educators with a core practice in jazz performance and composition in balance with other musical traditions. You'll receive extensive training in various instruments, including keyboards, percussion, guitar, bass, woodwinds, brass, vocals, working with other musicians in ensembles and studio performance. In addition to learning about musical history and techniques, you'll build your skills by studying scores and compositions, trying your hand at arranging and boosting your sight reading and singing. If you plan to teach music at primary or secondary levels, this degree will provide you with the musical and pedagogical skills to transition to a teaching certification program. 

Jazz Studies: Bachelor of Music Degree - Education

The Bachelor of Music in Jazz Studies - Education prepares music educators with a core practice in jazz performance and composition in balance with other musical traditions. You'll receive extensive training in various instruments, including keyboards, percussion, guitar, bass, woodwinds, brass, vocals, working with other musicians in ensembles and studio performance. In addition to learning about musical history and techniques, you'll build your skills by studying scores and compositions, trying your hand at arranging and boosting your sight reading and singing. If you plan to play, compose, teach, or move on to graduate studies, this program will put you in company with performers, composers and teachers.

Jazz Studies: Bachelor of Music Degree - Performance/Composition

The Bachelor of Music Therapy begins in the third year of the program, with the first two years of the program focusing in a variety of areas, including music and psychology. In the program, you'll diversify your skill set, with training in theory, ear training and sight singing, music and jazz history, improvisation, counselling and interpersonal skills, psychology and an understanding of music and the creative arts. Through practicums and classroom learning, you'll train to design, implement and evaluate your own treatment programs and deepen your experience of music, creative expression and the role of arts in therapy.

Music Therapy: Bachelor's Degree

The Bachelor of Fine Arts Degree in Music and Sound is an interdisciplinary program focused on composition and music technology research. You will work in labs for electroacoustic composition, and produce original compositions that are performed by professional musicians. After school, you could go on to work as a composer, performer or teacher in all musical genres.

Music and Sound: Bachelor of Fine Arts Degree - Major or Honours

The Bachelor of Music in General Studies is designed to provide a broad, flexible, general higher education in music, including private lessons on the instrument that you play best. You'll have the freedom to choose many elective courses, allowing continuation into various professional options, including graduate degrees. Upon graduation, you'll be prepared for a variety of roles within the music industry. 

Music: Bachelor Degree - General Studies Major (UBCV)

The Bachelor of Music Degree in Music Scholarship is for students who have a special aptitude for research in music history, music theory, or ethnomusicology. You'll recieve four years of private lessons in an instrument or voice, alongside ensemble performance, non-music electives, and your studies in music scholarship. Upon graduation, you'll be prepared for further studies or a variety of careers in the music industry. 

Music: Bachelor Degree - Music Scholarship Major (UBCV)

The Bachelor of Arts in Music major is a four-year program offered in the Faculty of Arts for students interested in music but not intending to pursue music performance professionally or who do not meet the special admission requirements for the School of Music’s Bachelor of Music degree. As a student, you can be heavily involved in music during your undergraduate degree without a required performance and audition component and will have plenty of flexibility in choosing your coursework.

Music: Bachelor of Arts - Major or Honours (UBCV)

In the Music & Computer Science Degree, you will have the option of obtaining a Bachelor of Fine Arts or a Bachelor of Science. In this combined major, you'll learn from music faculty and computer scientists and work alongside professional recording engineers. Through this program, you will use technology to explore new styles and formats of music.

Music and Computer Science (Combined Major): Bachelor of Fine Arts Degree - Major or Honours

Music and Computer Science (Combined Major): Bachelor of Science Degree - Major and Honours

The Bachelor of Arts in Music allows you to explore the music of different world cultures while performing in musical ensembles. Mix your study of music theory, history, sound and technology with other areas. Prepare for a career as a musician, teacher, arts administrator or in the media arts. No audition necessary.

Music: Bachelor of Arts Degree

In the Bachelor of Music Degree, you will learn how to create, produce and promote music as a working professional. Mix with performers, composers, recording artists and scholars in an immersive, collaborative experience. Whether you want to play, compose or teach, you'll become an engaged leader in musical communities around the world. The courses, ensembles, studio lessons and recording technologies connect music of the past with the present.

Music: Bachelor of Music Degree

The Bachelor of Applied Music provides comprehensive training from working professionals in music theory, performance, and collaboration. You will learn advanced vocal, instrumental, or compositional techniques; solo and ensemble performance craft; production, communication, and stage skills; performance practice and learning new repertoire; advanced improvisation, and more.

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