{"id":2578,"date":"2009-10-27T10:18:54","date_gmt":"2009-10-27T14:18:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/carleton.ca\/music\/?page_id=9"},"modified":"2025-06-02T11:30:19","modified_gmt":"2025-06-02T15:30:19","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/music\/about\/","title":{"rendered":"About Music"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<section class=\"w-screen px-6 cu-section cu-section--white ml-offset-center md:px-8 lg:px-14\">\n    <div class=\"space-y-6 cu-max-w-child-5xl  md:space-y-10 cu-prose-first-last\">\n\n            <div class=\"cu-textmedia flex flex-col lg:flex-row mx-auto gap-6 md:gap-10 my-6 md:my-12 first:mt-0 max-w-5xl\">\n        <div class=\"justify-start cu-textmedia-content cu-prose-first-last\" style=\"flex: 0 0 100%;\">\n            <header class=\"font-light prose-xl cu-pageheader md:prose-2xl cu-component-updated cu-prose-first-last\">\n                                    <h1 class=\"cu-prose-first-last font-semibold !mt-2 mb-4 md:mb-6 relative after:absolute after:h-px after:bottom-0 after:bg-cu-red after:left-px text-3xl md:text-4xl lg:text-5xl lg:leading-[3.5rem] pb-5 after:w-10 text-cu-black-700 not-prose\">\n                        About Music\n                    <\/h1>\n                \n                                \n                            <\/header>\n\n                    <\/div>\n\n            <\/div>\n\n    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Discover Music at Carleton\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Gywnl3SyxZU?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Carleton University offers two streams through which students can study music: the Bachelor of Music program (BMus) and the Bachelor of Arts program (BA).&nbsp; The program requirements for each are listed in the <a href=\"http:\/\/calendar.carleton.ca\/undergrad\/undergradprograms\/music\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Undergraduate Calendar<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Music programs at Carleton provide a solid grounding in the study and performance of various instruments and genres of music. Subjects of study include the practice, analysis and history of European classical music from the Middle Ages to the present, as well as Canadian music, computer music, composition, ethnomusicology, jazz, popular music, and gender studies. One of the unique things about Carleton\u2019s Bachelor of Music program is that it is possible for students to undertake performance studies in jazz, classical, musical theatre, popular music idioms, or traditional musics. In addition, Carleton is the only university in Canada to offer a performance program in carillon studies. All music students (both BMus and BA) have opportunities to study the theory and analysis of jazz, classical, and popular styles, as well as a range of non-western musical traditions. Music admits a small number of students to the BMus program each year who receive personal attention from highly qualified faculty, internationally distinguished and recognized for their achievements in teaching and research. While at Carleton, students may enroll in a cooperative practicum course for credit, gaining valuable hands-on work experience in Ottawa\u2019s vibrant artistic and cultural community. A degree in Music from Carleton provides a broad yet thorough education, giving graduates a competitive advantage in today\u2019s job market.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 id=\"principal-music-subjects\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Principal Music Subjects<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Performance<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>individual study (open to BMus students only)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>wide range of classical and popular instruments, voice<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>ensembles: choir, jazz, jazz-rock fusion, early music, contemporary music, music theatre, African drumming, chamber music, and other ensembles with community partners: orchestra, concert band, jazz choir<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>conducting<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>student recitals and masterclasses<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>keyboard harmony<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Composition<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>class and small group instruction over three years<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>orchestration, computer music, film music, arranging, contemporary notation<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>concerts of student compositions<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Musicology<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Historical musicology: medieval, renaissance, baroque, classical, romantic, modern.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Popular music:\u00a0 rock, jazz, folk, pop<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Ethnomusicology: traditional and popular music of the world\u2019s peoples<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Theory<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Classical music: common practice and 20th-century harmony, form and analysis, 16th- and 18th-century counterpoint<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Popular music and jazz: theory and arranging<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Ear Training<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>sight-singing<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>dictation<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>choral singing<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>aural analysis<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Carleton University offers two streams through which students can study music: the Bachelor of Music program (BMus) and the Bachelor of Arts program (BA).&nbsp; The program requirements for each are listed in the Undergraduate Calendar. 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