Undergraduate Programs at the School of Music

Bachelor of Music (Honours)

• Bachelor of Music (Honours) program is an excellent launching pad for a career in any aspect of music;
• This full-time program offers intensive professional training;
• Students hone their musical skills through private instruction on a principal instrument (including voice), ensemble participation, and courses to improve listening, sight singing, and dictation; Music history, literature, and theory courses develop students’ academic concepts;
• A diversity of music is presented – from traditional Western art music to jazz, pop, electroacoustic, and world music;
• Students focus on specialized study in music education, performance, history, composition, and conducting;
• First year students study music theory and history, sight singing and ear training, and performance on their major instrument; they also participate in an ensemble and take a subject outside music.

Career Tracks

Bachelor of Arts in Music (Honours)

• This program is designed for those interested in exploring music and its role in social and cultural life.
• Students have an opportunity to develop composition and performance skills that reflect the diversity and richness of contemporary practices, to challenge themselves to be creative and reflective musicians and to prepare themselves for careers in the rapidly evolving music industry;
• Also for students who wish to pursue advanced applied musical study outside the western classical tradition – contemporary music-making, electronica, music technology and multimedia;
• With its focus on academic study and on the development of creative and critical thinking skills rather than performance, students are admitted directly into this program without an entrance audition.
• In first year, you’ll study music theory and history, sight singing and ear training. You may take a performance course and audition for an ensemble or Diverse Musics and Practices, and take a subject outside music.
• Two of the core course requirements for the BA in Music program (32-112: Music Theory I & 32-223: Basic Skills I) require a passing mark on a prerequisite Theory Placement Test.  This test covers a variety of Music Theory Rudiments (RCM Grade 2 & 3 Rudiments).  A sample version of this placement test can be found here Sample Theory Test.

Career Tracks

Bachelor of Music Therapy Program:
Applications to the Bachelor of Music Therapy degree program will not be accepted this year as admissions to the program have been suspended, effective September 8, 2011. Questions may be addressed to Professor Philip Adamson (adamson@uwindsor.ca).