Education Options

Academy Canada

St. John, NL

Programs Offered:

• Music and Recording Arts

Algonquin College

Ottawa, ON

Programs Offered:

• Event Management
• Music Industry ARts
• Music, Media, and Film Foundations

The Banff Centre

Banff, AB

Programs Offered (The Banff Centre will announce fall and winter program soon as details are still being confirmed):

• Independent Music Residency (Formerly Banff Indie Band Residency)
• Studio Recording Opportunities
• Audio Post Production Engineer Work Study
• Radio Producer Work Study
• Brass and Drum Residency
• Collaborative Piano Internship
• Piano Master Class
• Master Classes for String and Winds
• Chamber Music Residency for Pre-formed Ensembles
• Band Festival Orchestra
• Roots & Rhizomes Percussion Residency
• Musicians in Residence
• Banff International Workshop in Jazz and Creative Music
• Diverse As This Land - Voice Intensive Workshop
• International Voice Workshops with Richard Armstrong
• Interdisciplinary Arts Residency
• Audio
• Digital Media
• Music
• Voice
• Photography

Centre for Arts and Technology

Kelowna, BC

Programs Offered:

• Audio Engineering & Production
• Audio Engineering Fundamentals
• Digital Music Production
• Event Planning & Management 

Durham College

Whitby, ON

Programs Offered:

• Music Business
• Music Business Management

Grant MacEwan University

Edmonton, AB

Programs Offered:

• Arts and Cultural Management
• Bachelor of Music in Jazz and Contemporary Popular Music
• Music Diploma

Harris Institute

Toronto, ON

Programs Offered:

• Audio Production
• Arts Management
• Music Business Professional
• Harris International Program

Lasalle College

Vancouver, BC

Programs Offered:

• Professional Recording Arts Diploma

Metalworks Institute

Mississauga, ON

Programs offered:

• Audio Production & Engineering Diploma
• Electronic Music Production Diploma
• Live Event & Concert Production Diploma
• Live Sound Diploma
• Music Business Diploma
• Music Mixing & Mastering Diploma
• Music Performance & Technology Diploma
• Music Performance Diploma
• Professional Sound (Audio Specialist) Diploma
• Professional Sound & Business (Live Production Major) Advanced Diploma
• Professional Sound & Business (Studio Production Major) Advanced Diploma
• Stage Lighting & video Diploma

Mid-Ocean School of Media Arts

Winnipeg, MB

Programs Offered:

• Audio in Media

Nimbus School of Recording & Media

Vancouver, BC
Programs Offered:

• Music Production Recording & Business
• Artist Development
• Electronic Music Production Fundamentals

Nova Scotia Community College

Dartmouth, NS

Programs Offered:

• Music Arts
• Music Business
• Music Production and Engineering

Ontario Institute of Audio Recording Technology

Toronto, ON

Programs Offered:

• Audio Recording Technology

Recording Arts Canada

Montreal, QC and Toronto, ON

Programs Offered:

• Sound and Music Recording

Recording Arts Institute of Saskatoon

Saskatoon, SK

Programs offered:

• Audio Engineering

SAE Institute

Vancouver, BC

Programs Offered:

• Audio Engineering and Music Production Diploma
• Electronic Music Production Diploma

Southern Alberta Institute of Technology (SAIT)

Calgary, AB

Programs Offered:

• Hospitality and Tourism Management- Event Management
• Radio, Television, and Broadcast News- Radio Major

The Audio Recording Academy

Ottawa, ON

Programs Offered:

• Applied Audio Recording

Trebas

Montreal, QC and Toronto, ON
 

Programs Offered:

• Live Sound
• Sound Recording
• Sound Design
• Audio Engineering & Production/ DJ Arts
• Event & Venue Management
• Entertainment Management
• Show & Event Management
• Music Business Administration

Vancouver Institute of Media Arts (VanArts)

Vancouver, BC

Programs Offered:

• Professional Photography
• Web Development & Digital Design

Vanier College

Montreal, QC

Programs Offered:

• Music
• Audio Recording Technology
• Professional Music and Song Techniques

There are many options across Canada to get a university degree in Music, Music Education, Musicology, or more. Here are some of them:

• Bishop University - Sherbrooke, QC 

  • Honours in Music (BA),
  • Major in Classical Music (BMus)
  • Major in Jazz, Pop, and Rock (BMus)
  • Arts Administration (BA)

• Brock University - St. Catherine’s, ON 

  • Music Education (BMus)
  • Music Therapy (BMus)
  • Music Performance (BMus)

• Carleton University - Ottawa, ON 

  • Music Performance (BMus)
  • Music and Culture (MA)

• Concordia University - Montreal, QC 

  • Electroacoustic Studies (BFA)
  • Jazz Studies (BFA)
  • Music (BFA)

• Dalhousie University - Halifax, NS 

  • Music (BMus,BA)
  • Recreation Management (BSc/BMgmt)
  • Musicology (MMus)

• McGill University - Montreal, QC 

  • Music Education (BMus/BEd)
  • Music History (BMus)
  • Music Theory (BMus)
  • Music Performance (BMus)
  • Jazz (BMus)
  • Music Composition (BMus)

• McMaster University - Hamilton, ON 

  • Music Performance (BMus)

• Memorial University of Newfoundland - St. John’s, NL 

  • Ethnomusicology (MA, PhD)
  • Composition (BMus)
  • Performance (BMus,MMus)
  • Musicology (BMus)
  • Conducting (MMus)
  • Music and Business Administration (BMus/BBA)

• Mount Allison University - Sackville, NB 

  • Bachelors of Music, Bachelors of Arts in Music, Bachelors of Arts in Computer Science and Music

• Queen’s University - Kingston, ON 

  • Bachelors of Arts in Music, Bachelors of Music, Bachelors of Music & Education, Graduate Diploma in Arts Management, Masters in Arts Leadership

• St. Francis Xavier University - Antigonish, NS 

  • Music (BMus,BA)

• University of Alberta - Edmonton, AB 

  • Music Education (BMus/BEd)
  • Music (BMus, BA,MMus)

• University of British Columbia - Vancouver, BC 

  • Music (BA)
  • Music Performance (BMus)
  • Music Composition (BMus, MMus, DMA)
  • Music General Studies (BMus)
  • Music Scholarship (BMus)
  • Ethnomusicology (MA, PhD)
  • Guitar (MMus)
  • Harpsichord (MMus)
  • Music Education (MA, MEd)
  • Music Theory (MA, PhD)
  • Musicology (MA, PhD)
  • Opera (MMus)
  • Orchestra Conducting/Instrument (MMus, DMA)
  • Organ (MMus)
  • Piano (MMus, DMA)
  • Voice (MMus, DMA)
  • Wind Conducting (MMus)

• University of Calgary - Calgary, AB 

  • Music (BA, BMus, MMus, PhD)

• University of Guelph - Guelph, ON 

  • Music (BA)

• University of Lethbridge - Lethbridge, AB 

  • Music (BA, BMus, MA, MMus)
  • Music Education (BMus/BEd)
  • Digital Audio Art (BMus)

• University of Manitoba - Winnipeg, MB 

  • Jazz Studies (BJazz)
  • Music (BMus, MMus)
  • Music Research (MA)

• University of Moncton - Moncton, NB 

  • Music Education 
  • Management of Leisure, Sports, and Tourism
  • Music 

• University of Montreal - Montreal, QC 

  • Jazz and World Music (Diploma)
  • Music Meditation (Graduate Studies)
  • Music (BA, MA, PhD)
  • Music Composition (BMus, Diploma)
  • Music Writing (BMus, Diploma)
  • Music Instrumental Teaching (Graduate Studies)
  • Music Interpretation (BMus, Graduate Studies, Diploma)
  • Musicology (BMus)
  • Music Orchestral Repertoire (Graduate Studies)
  • Music, Art and Society (BA)
  • Music Piano Accompaniment (BMus, MMus, PhD)
  • Music Composition and Sound Creation (MMus, PhD)
  • Digital Music (BMus, Graduate Studies)

• University of New Brunswick - St. John’s, NB 

  • Music (BA)

• University of Ottawa - Ottawa, ON 

  • Arts Administration (BMus)
  • Music Composition (BMus)
  • Music Education (BMus)
  • Musicology (BMus)
  • Music Performance (BMus, Graduate Diploma)
  • Piano Pedagogy (BMus, Certificate, Graduate Diploma)
  • Music (Honours BA, MMus)

• University of Prince Edward Island - Charlottetown, PEI 

  • Music (BMus, BA)
  • Music Education (BMus/BEd)

• University of Regina - Regina, SK 

  • Music (BA, BMus, MMus)
  • Music Education (BMus, BMusEd)
  • Musicology (MA)
  • Music Theory (MA)
  • Conducting (MMus)

• University of Saskatchewan - Saskatoon, SK 

  • Music (BA, BMus)
  • Music Education (BMus)
  • Jazz (Certificate)

• University of Toronto - Toronto, ON 

  • Music (Honours BA, BMus, MA, PhD)
  • Music and Culture (Honours BA)
  • Music in Performance (BMus in Performance, MMus, DMa)
  • Music with Ensemble Options (Honours BA)

• University of Victoria - Victoria, BC 

  • BMus, Music and Computer Science (BFA/BSci)
  • Composition (MMus)
  • Music Technology (MMus)
  • Musicology (MA,PhD)
  • Musicology with Performance (MA)
  • Performance-Conducting (MA)
  • Performance in String Quartet (MMus)
  • Performance (MMus)

• University of Waterloo - Waterloo, ON 

  • Music (BA)

• University of Western Ontario - London, ON 

  • Creative Arts and Production (BA)
  • Music (BMus, BA, MA, MMus, DMA, PhD)
  • Popular Music Studies (BA)
  • Music Administrative Studies (BA)
  • Music Recording Arts (BMus)
  • Music Business (BMus)
  • Music and Psychology 
  • Music Cognition (Collaborative Specialization)

• Wilfred Laurier University - Waterloo, ON 

  • Community Music (BMus, MA)
  • Music (BMus)
  • Music Therapy (BMT, MMT)
  • Chamber Music (Diploma)

• York University - Toronto, ON

  • Music (BA, BFA, MA, PhD)
  • Integrative Arts (BFA)
  • Arts, Media, & Entertainment Management (Graduate Diploma)