Music Schools in Canada
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Music Schools | Canada
Alberta College Conservatory of Music | Grant MacEwan University
Edmonton, AB
MacEwan offers diplomas, certificates, applied degrees, and four-year bachelor degrees in arts, science, nursing, child and youth care, and commerce. Starting in 2011 a Bachelor of Music in Jazz and Contemporary Popular Music will be offered at the conservatory.
Banff, AB
The Banff Centre, formerly known as The Banff Centre for Continuing Education, is an arts, cultural, and educational institution and conference complex located in Banff, Alberta. The list of music programs offered is vast, and covers a wide spectrum of musical interests.
Sherbrooke, QC
Bishop's University is a small liberal arts university in Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada. Students can choose from either traditional classical studies or a new popular music programme that investigates the literature, theory and creative aspects of jazz, pop, and theatre music.
St. Catharines, ON
Brock University, generally referred to simply as Brock, is a comprehensive university located in St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada. Brock offers undergraduate, graduate and doctoral degree programs and has a large music department with a range of musical studies.
Ottawa, ON
Carleton University is a comprehensive university located in Canada's capital of Ottawa, Ontario. The Music programs at Carleton provide a solid grounding in the practice, analysis and history of European classical music from the Middle Ages to the present. In addition, they focus on more recently developed areas such as Canadian music, American music, computer music, composition, ethnomusicology, jazz, popular music, the sociology of music, and gender studies.
Montreal, QC
Concordia University is a comprehensive Canadian public university located in Montreal, Quebec, one of the two universities in the city where English is the primary language of instruction. Concordia’s music department offers graduate and undergraduate programs in a range of musical studies.
Halifax, NS
Dalhousie University is a university located in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. Dalhousie offers a bachleors in music with a variety of supplemental music courses to take along with your major.
Faculty of Music | University of Toronto
Toronto, ON
The Faculty of Music offers music degree programs in: history, opera, jazz, performance, theory, education, and composition. It is located in Misssissauga, just south of Toronto.
Humber College Institute of Technology & Advanced Learning
Toronto, ON
Humber College Institute of Technology & Advanced Learning is a polytechnic college in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Humber offers more than 150 programs including: bachelor’s degree, diploma, certificate, post-graduate certificate and apprenticeship programs, across 40 fields of study.
Quebec City, QC
Laval University (French: Université Laval) is the oldest centre of education in Canada and was the first institution in North America to offer higher education in French. Laval University offers music degrees as high as receiving your doctorate.
Maritime Conservatory of Performing Arts
Halifax, NS
The Maritime Conservatory of Performing Arts (MCPA) is a Canadian performing arts school in Halifax, Nova Scotia that offers courses in higher education in music, dance, and theatre. In its initial years, the school awarded degrees through Dalhousie University, but became its own independent institution in 1962.
Montreal, QC
McGill University is a research university located in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. With 21 faculties and professional schools, McGill offers degrees and diplomas in over 300 fields of study, including medicine, law, and music.
Mississauga, ON
Our campus, situated just outside of Toronto, is the educational creation and natural extension of renowned Metalworks Studios, home to some of the world’s most successful artists and producers. Our diploma programs are designed for those who wish to understand the complexities of the entertainment industry and build a successful career on a solid base of knowledge. We are providing an opportunity for students to explore their art through the understanding of its science.
Memorial University of Newfoundland
St. John's, NL
Memorial University of Newfoundland, (colloquially known as Memorial University or "MUN") is a comprehensive university located primarily in St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. With historical strengths in engineering, business, geology, and medicine, it is one of the top comprehensive universities in Canada, however it does offer a degree in drama and music.
Memorial University of Newfoundland
St. John's, NL
Memorial University of Newfoundland, (colloquially known as Memorial University or "MUN") is a comprehensive university located primarily in St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. With historical strengths in engineering, business, geology, and medicine, it is one of the top comprehensive universities in Canada, however it does offer a degree in drama and music.
Sackville, NB
Mount Allison University (also Mount A or MTA) is a primarily undergraduate Canadian liberal arts and science university situated in Sackville, New Brunswick. Mount Allison offers Bachelors degrees in Arts, Fine Arts, and Music.
Queen's School of Music | Queen's University
Ontario, CA
Queen's University, generally referred to simply as Queen's, is a coeducational, non-sectarian, research intensive, public university located in Kingston, Ontario, Canada. Students at the School of Music can enroll in the Bachelor of Music (B. Mus) program, Bachelor of Arts (Music) program, or the Concurrent Education (Music) program.
Toronto, ON
The Royal Conservatory of Music, also known as The Royal Conservatory or RCM, provides music and arts education, evaluative standards, publishing and performance to people of all ages and stages across Canada and around the world.
School of Music | University of Victoria
Victoria, BC
The University of Victoria (UVic) is the second oldest degree granting university in British Columbia. The faculty includes performers of international reputation, along with composers, musicologists, theorists and educators who are actively engaged in the scholarly and creative aspects of learning.
South-Central British Columbia
Our Vision is to be a Regional Community College that inspires, engages and enables learners to be valuable contributors to their communities and to society as a whole. Recognizing the value of mutually beneficial relationships, we will provide collaborative leadership in the communities we serve.
This Vision is rooted in our vivid sense of place that is more than mere location. It is a composite of our people, history, culture, values, lifestyle and landscape. It is a strength that will define us, give us direction and provide us with unique opportunities.
Burnaby, BC
Simon Fraser University, commonly referred to as SFU, is a Canadian public research university in British Columbia with its main campus on Burnaby Mountain in Burnaby, and satellite campuses in Vancouver and Surrey. SFU’s music department offers degrees in music in a variety of areas of study.
Antigonish, NS
St. Francis Xavier University is a primarily undergraduate university located in Antigonish, Nova Scotia, Canada. St. Francis Xavier offers a Bachelors degree in Music and in addition they offer Three Bachelor of Arts degrees - honours, major, and advanced major – for students with a strong interest in music.
Edmonton, AB
The University of Alberta (U of A) is a public research university located in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. Students enrolled at the Augustana Campus currently may pursue four-year Bachelor's degrees in arts, sciences, or music.
University of British Columbia
Vancouver, BC
The University of British Columbia (UBC) is a Canadian public research university with campuses in the Greater Vancouver area and in Kelowna, British Columbia. UBC offers music diplomas, degrees, and students may attain a Ph.D in music. The music programs are vast and meet a wide spectrum of courses that match students musical interest levels.
Calgary, AB
The University of Calgary (sometimes abbreviated "The U of C") is a public university in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. The Department of Music offers Bachelor Degrees as well as MMus in Composition, the MMus in Performance, the MA in Musicology and a PhD in Musicology or Composition.
Guelph, ON
The University of Guelph, also known as U of G, is a medium-sized university located in Guelph, Ontario, Canada. Guelph University currently offers three degrees in music studies for its enrolled students.
Lethbridge, AB
The University of Lethbridge (also known as the U of L) is a public university in the liberal arts tradition, located in Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada, with two other urban campuses in Calgary and Edmonton. Lethbridge has multiple degree options for music focused students with a brand new Bachelor of Music in Digital Audio Arts degree.
Winnipeg, MB
The University of Manitoba, in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, is the largest university in the province of Manitoba. Its school of music offers mainly education and training in classical music, but has programs for jazz studies, and composition.
Moncton, NB
The Université de Moncton (abbr. U de M, transl. University of Moncton) is a French language university located in Moncton, New Brunswick serving the Acadian community of Atlantic Canada. Moncton offers multiple music degree programs to choose from including a 5-year music education program.
Montreal, QC
Université de Montréal (UdeM) is a public french speaking research university in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. It offers more than 650 undergraduate programs and graduate programs, including 71 doctoral programs.
University of Montreal at Quebec
Montreal, QC
The Université du Québec à Montréal (UQAM) is one of four universities in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. UQAM offers a Bachelor of Music degree for its enrolled students, these students must be fluent in french and also able to read english.
St. John, NB
The University of New Brunswick (UNB) is a Canadian university located in the province of New Brunswick. UNB is the oldest English language university in Canada and the first public university in North America. The UNB Centre for Musical Arts offers a variety of credit and non-credit offerings to the students at UNB. Music courses include the traditional topics such as Music Theory and Music History, to the more specialized, such as Computers in Music, Music and Film and Jazz Theory.
Ottawa,ON
The University of Ottawa or Université d'Ottawa in French (also known as uOttawa or nicknamed U of O, and Ottawa U) is a bilingual, research-intensive, non-denominational, international university in Ottawa, Ontario. The School of Music at the University of Ottawa is one of the country's leading music schools and offers a large variety of degree programs for students.
University of Prince Edward Island
Charlottetown, PE
The University of Prince Edward Island (UPEI) is a public liberal arts university in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, Canada, and the sole university in the province. UPEI offers three undergraduate music degree programs--Bachelor of Music; Bachelor of Music Education; and Bachelor of Arts.
Regina, SK
The University of Regina is a public research university located in Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada. The music department offers degrees in music history, music theory, music performance, music comprehension, music composition, music education, along with a few others.
Saskatoon, SK
The University of Saskatchewan is the largest education institution in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan. The University of Saskatchewan offers a Master of Music as well as a Bachelors of Music and Music Education.
Sherbrooke, QC
The Université de Sherbrooke is a large university with campuses located in Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada and Longueuil, a suburb of Montreal approximately 130 km west of Sherbrooke. It is one of two universities, and the only French language university, in the Estrie region of Quebec. Sherbooke University offers music degree programs.
Waterloo, ON
The University of Waterloo is one of Canada’s leading comprehensive universities, with strong teaching and research programs in six faculties: applied health sciences, arts, engineering, environment, mathematics, and science.
London, ON
The University of Western Ontario (known as Western or UWO) is a public research university located in London, Ontario. UWO offers undergraduate and graduate programs for music related students to take full advantage of.
Nanaimo, BC
Vancouver Island University offers a variety of certificate, diploma, and degree programs. Our programs provide training in academic, vocational, and technical fields and range from basic literacy to university degrees. Each degree, diploma, or certificate has set criteria that must be completed to an acceptable standard.
Victoria Conservatory of Music
Victoria, BC
This conservatory is a resource for people of all ages, children to adult. Some programs include jazz studies, classical instrumentals, keyboard, voice, collegian programs, and also has a childs music department.
Waterloo, ON
Wilfrid Laurier University is a university located in Waterloo, Ontario, Canada. The university offers graduate and under graduate programs for music students. Some degrees offered include music comprehensive, music theory, music education, performance, composition, and both an undergraduate and a graduate program for music therapy.
