Bachelor of Music

Skills and knowledge you may gain from your program:

• Demonstrate a multi-layered knowledge of music in all forms
• Exhibit skill in one or more areas of music analysis, composition, cultural theory, archival/historical research and ethnographic fieldwork in music
• Identify and describe a wide range of traditions and repertoires of music along with their varying cultural and historical contexts
• Communicate effectively to a range of different audiences
• Work cooperatively in both musical and other forms of group activity
• Critically apply a variety of musicological perspectives and techniques in the analysis of music
• Recognize the relationship between creative, practical and theoretical forms of knowledge in music
• Develop an appreciation of the place of music in culture and human life, and of the relationship of various musical traditions to one another
• Perform on a principal musical instrument, and demonstrate general musicianship and cooperative, ensemble-playing skills at or near a professional level

• Demonstrate self-awareness and progress towards a distinctive compositional style (for composers)
• Incorporate the relevant use of instruments and contemporary sound recording technologies in a production of a performance or compositional practice
• Apply concepts of common-practice, jazz, and other forms of theory to the analysis and performance of music