
Students following the four-year General route also have the opportunity to pursue one of four unique minors: Music Career Management, Music Education, Music Technology and Production, or Songwriting. Major routes include: Composition, General, Performance, and Recording and Production. years 2-4Īfter successful completion of the first year, students pursue a major route (specialized Program of Study). Year 1Īll Bachelor of Music students share a common curriculum in the first year that focuses on individual study (voice, piano, guitar, bass, drums, winds, brass or violin), performance ensemble, theory (jazz and traditional), aural skills, and musicology. The opportunity to study with internationally renowned professionals while following a challenging academic curriculum will give you the skills, insights, competency and credentials to pursue a career as a performer, creator and leader in the evolving music industry. The Bachelor of Music focuses on the study of jazz and contemporary popular music, responds to the current demands of the industry and combines a high degree of professionalism along with the academic rigour required for further education at the graduate level.

Bachelor of Music - Compositionįaculty of Fine Arts and Communications MacEwan.ca/MusicDegree Students will choose music options and non-music electives to complete their degree.

The Composition major follows this prescribed Program of Study in addition to the common core courses students take in first year.
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Composition majors acquire skills in industry standard music production and notation software, present works in public performance, and are prepared to enter the industry as professional commercial and artistic composers and arrangers. In addition to the core Bachelor of Music courses in performance, theory, aural skills, cultural studies of music, music technology and the business of music, composition courses address trends in 20th-century and contemporary composition, film scoring and video game music, songwriting and choral music, orchestration, and arranging. The Composition major focuses on the art and craft of writing and arranging music in a wide range of genres and styles for a variety of ensembles and media.
