Degrees and Programs
The School of Music is currently offering admissions to:
Our music core is highly distinct from other programs nationally. We develop our students’ basic competencies in many non-traditional ways allowing us to meet a more diverse student base. By offering courses such as Practising Music, Theory and Keyboard, Musicianship, and Music through the Ages our students experience music in a more holistic and integrated context. Experiential learning opportunities are imbedded into the curriculum, connection to community and social justice is woven within all musical experiences, and capstone projects that develop leadership and collaborative skills are intertwined throughout this degree.
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We look forward to helping you choose your degree and find your pathway!
The Bachelor of Arts in Music degree provides a well-rounded degree path for students interested in pursuing the academic study of music within a Liberal Arts framework. This program places a large emphasis on interdisciplinarity, while still allowing for students to fully participate in all performance-based options. The Honours option (BAMH) of this degree is designed for students who wish to pursue a more vigorous research opportunity within the academic study of musicology by completing an Honours Thesis.
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We look forward to helping you choose your degree and find your pathway!
This option provides any student at Acadia the opportunity to choose music as a second major.
Specifically created to allow those students who loved band, choir, music theatre, orchestra in high school to continue to pursue music for credit along with their other passions.
Connect with us at music@acadiau.ca to find out how to audition for music as a second major.
We look forward to helping you choose your degree and find your pathway!
As part of an overall process of curriculum change and renewal, the School of Music Faculty Council has decided to pause admissions to the music therapy program. This includes both the Bachelor of Music Therapy program and the Certificate of Music Therapy diploma.
While this was a difficult decision, it was supported by budgetary considerations, program numbers, and availability of current and potentially future resources.
We encourage students interested in music at Acadia to look at our other pathways that provide authentic experiential learning experiences, connections to community, and possibilities for deeper understanding of the pivotal role all musicians bring to the human experience.
https://music.acadiau.ca/home.html
We look forward to helping you choose your degree and find your pathway!
Program Objectives for all Degrees:
- Demonstrate technical and expressive musical proficiency and fluencies in music theory, literacy, and technology, developed through mentorship, practice, and performance.
- Compose, research, perform, and improvise, demonstrating clear application of theoretical knowledge, musical imagination, and collaborative techniques.
- Collaborate across diverse musical settings, demonstrating effective interpersonal communication, leadership, empathy, and responsiveness to feedback.
- Demonstrate a diverse and informed awareness of music’s role in local and global communities within historical, political, and socio-cultural contexts.
- Source, evaluate, and apply scholarly and practice-based research to inform artistic decisions, creative endeavours, and academic writing in music.
- Apply leadership and entrepreneurial skills to nurture/cultivate innovative projects that contribute to diverse communities and cultural ecosystems.
- Demonstrate self-direction and self-regulation through long-term goal setting, personal organization, and resilience, with a commitment to personal growth, motivation, self-awareness, and life-long learning in and beyond music.
We are uniquely positioned to support students from rural communities seeking the next step on their educational journey; at the same time, our community-rooted approach supports students from a variety of backgrounds who are seeking an individualized, authentic experience.
See how Acadia School of Music Graduate Freya Milliken ('23) keeps the Acadia connection strong in the video link below!
