Students admitted into the Bachelor of Music may either: declare their area of specialization once they have successfully completed the Common Year during which they embark on core requirements and explore options to help determine a specific concentration (History & Theory, Comprehensive) or; they may enter directly into their area of concentration in year one (C.T.E.P., Composition, Music Education). Students pursuing Music Education or Composition have the option of entering into their chosen stream in year one or in year two, following the Common Year. Admission into the Composition program is highly selective due to limited enrolment.
Options available are:
History & Theory: The primary goal of this program is to promote, in students, the capacity to explore, analyze, and convey effectively a world of ideas about music. This program is suited to those who have a serious interest in how music communicates meaning, both in terms of its own construction as well as in the way it is and has always been shaped by social and historical forces. Students may concentrate in history, or in theory, or choose a balance of the two. More about the History & Culture program. . . More about the Theory program. . .
Comprehensive: This option will provide students with depth in musical training while preserving considerable opportunities to pursue breadth through through electives in Music in other Faculties. It features a solid multidisciplinary core of required courses plus specific electives chosen from each of the four areas of study: Performance (including Jazz), History & Culture (including ethnomusicology), Music Education and Theory & Composition. It also offers students the freedom to design part of their program of study around individual interests that may not otherwise be accommodated through our specialized degree programs.
Music Education: This program aims to program aims to produce thoughtful, musically sensitive, and technically skilled music teachers capable of working at any level in the school system and in the broader community. Although individuals may specialize in certain areas of music education (for example, elementary, choral, or instrumental), students are required to take choral, string, brass, woodwind, and conducting courses to help establish all-round musicianship and knowledge. Moreover, the Foundations course provides all Music Education students with the philosophical basis for further work in the field. More about the Music Education Program...
Concurrent Teacher Education Program: Students are admitted directly into this program. Students admitted into this program work towards two degrees simultaneously: The Bachelor of Music and the Bachelor of Education (Ontario's teaching certification). This program integrates the study of music with education over a five-year period. It also offers the opportunity to gain a variety of teaching experiences over the entire undergraduate period and to connect practice with course work while developing as professionals. This option is available to those who wish to be intermediate or high school music teachers. More about CTEP. . .
Composition: The goal of this program is to teach a range of skills that will nurture the ability of committed individuals to express themselves effectively through music composition. Aside from studying with some of Canada’s best composers, individuals take upper-level theory classes in analysis, counterpoint, orchestration, electroacoustic music, computer applications, and conducting. Admission into the program is based on demonstrated achievement in composition and is highly competiitive because enrolment is limited. More about the Composition program. . .