Bachelor of Music

 Skills and knowledge you may gain from your program:

• Demonstrate a multi-layered knowledge of music in all forms
• Exhibit skill in one or more areas of music analysis, composition, cultural theory, archival/historical research and ethnographic fieldwork in music
• Identify and describe a wide range of traditions and repertoires of music along with their varying cultural and historical contexts
• Communicate effectively to a range of different audiences
• Work cooperatively in both musical and other forms of group activity
• Critically apply a variety of musicological perspectives and techniques in the analysis of music
• Recognize the relationship between creative, practical and theoretical forms of knowledge in music
• Develop an appreciation of the place of music in culture and human life, and of the relationship of various musical traditions to one another
• Perform on a principal musical instrument, and demonstrate general musicianship and cooperative, ensemble-playing skills at or near a professional level
• Demonstrate self-awareness and progress towards a distinctive compositional style (for composers)
• Incorporate the relevant use of instruments and contemporary sound recording technologies in a production of a performance or compositional practice
• Apply concepts of common-practice, jazz, and other forms of theory to the analysis and performance of music

Careers

• Audio Engineering
• Communications
• Human Resources
• Management
• Marketing
• Music Composition
• Music Direction
• Performance
• Post Production
• Project Management
• Proposal and Grant Writing
• Public Relations
• Sales
• Sound Design
• Teaching

Job Titles of Program Graduates:

• Band Supervisor in Non-Profit Community Group
• Business Manager in Automotive Sales
• Contracts Administrator in Design Industry
• Freelance Opera Singer
• Freelance Professional Actor, Opera and Musical Theatre Singer
• Individual Giving Coordinator in Symphonic Organization
• Music Professor in Post-Secondary
• President and Recording Artist in Music Industry
• Public Relations Intern in Communications
• Self-Employed Concert Pianist
• Self-Employed Piano Teacher
• Self-Employed Vocalist and Music Teacher
• Senior Relationship Manager in Banking
• Teaching Assistant in Post-Secondary
• Testing and Training in Federal Government