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:
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Bishop University - Sherbrooke, QC
- Honours in Music (BA),
- Major in Classical Music (BMus)
- Major in Jazz, Pop, and Rock (BMus)
- Arts Administration (BA)
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Brock University - St. Catherine’s, ON
- Music Education (BMus)
- Music Therapy (BMus)
- Music Performance (BMus)
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Carleton University - Ottawa, ON
- Music Performance (BMus)
- Music and Culture (MA)
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Concordia University - Montreal, QC
- Electroacoustic Studies (BFA)
- Jazz Studies (BFA)
- Music (BFA)
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Dalhousie University - Halifax, NS
- Music (BMus,BA)
- Recreation Management (BSc/BMgmt)
- Musicology (MMus)
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McGill University - Montreal, QC
- Music Education (BMus/BEd)
- Music History (BMus)
- Music Theory (BMus)
- Music Performance (BMus)
- Jazz (BMus)
- Music Composition (BMus)
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McMaster University - Hamilton, ON
- Music Performance (BMus)
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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)
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Mount Allison University - Sackville, NB
- Bachelors of Music, Bachelors of Arts in Music, Bachelors of Arts in Computer Science and Music
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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
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St. Francis Xavier University - Antigonish, NS
- Music (BMus,BA)
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University of Alberta - Edmonton, AB
- Music Education (BMus/BEd)
- Music (BMus, BA,MMus)
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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)
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University of Calgary - Calgary, AB
- Music (BA, BMus, MMus, PhD)
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University of Guelph - Guelph, ON
- Music (BA)
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University of Lethbridge - Lethbridge, AB
- Music (BA, BMus, MA, MMus)
- Music Education (BMus/BEd)
- Digital Audio Art (BMus)
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University of Manitoba - Winnipeg, MB
- Jazz Studies (BJazz)
- Music (BMus, MMus)
- Music Research (MA)
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University of Moncton - Moncton, NB
- Music Education
- Management of Leisure, Sports, and Tourism
- Music
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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)
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University of New Brunswick - St. John’s, NB
- Music (BA)
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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)
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University of Prince Edward Island - Charlottetown, PEI
- Music (BMus, BA)
- Music Education (BMus/BEd)
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University of Regina - Regina, SK
- Music (BA, BMus, MMus)
- Music Education (BMus, BMusEd)
- Musicology (MA)
- Music Theory (MA)
- Conducting (MMus)
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University of Saskatchewan - Saskatoon, SK
- Music (BA, BMus)
- Music Education (BMus)
- Jazz (Certificate)
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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)
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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)
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University of Waterloo - Waterloo, ON
- Music (BA)
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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)
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Wilfred Laurier University - Waterloo, ON
- Community Music (BMus, MA)
- Music (BMus)
- Music Therapy (BMT, MMT)
- Chamber Music (Diploma)
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York University - Toronto, ON
- Music (BA, BFA, MA, PhD)
- Integrative Arts (BFA)
- Arts, Media, & Entertainment Management (Graduate Diploma)