Depending on which undergraduate program students are enrolled in, they may be able to take courses in the following areas of study:
Performance
- individual study
- wide range of classical and popular instruments, voice
- ensembles: band, choir, jazz, jazz-rock fusion, early music, contemporary music, African drumming, etc
- conducting
- student recitals
- keyboard harmony
Composition
- class and small group instruction over three years
- orchestration, computer music, contemporary notation
- concerts of student compositions
Musicology
- Historical musicology: medieval, renaissance, baroque, classical, romantic, modern, Canadian music, music and gender
- Popular music studies: contemporary popular music, rock, jazz, folk, Canadian popular music
- Ethnomusicology: Canadian traditional music, music of Canada’s First Peoples, African music, Indian music, music of Asia, theory and methods of ethnomusicology, music and gender
Theory
- classical: common practice and 20th-century harmony and analysis, 16th- and 18th-century counterpoint
- popular and jazz: theory, arranging and performance
Ear Training
- sight-singing
- dictation
- choral singing
- aural analysis
Be sure to browse the Undergraduate Calendar’s list of music courses available at Carleton.
Unique Offerings
Some of the unique offerings from Carleton Music include:
Certificate in Carillon Studies
Celtic Instrument Studies (Fiddle, Voice, Pipes)
Singer-Songwriter streams