Diploma in Music Performance

Accredited by Camosun College

Curriculum

Our Music Performance program is not your typical program. Unique performance-focused training is designed to meet increasingly competitive market demands for artistic versatility and presentational success. Creating, capturing, producing, and traditional stage performing, are all enhanced by state-of-art music technologies. The Diploma in Music Performance program is offered in long-standing partnership between the Victoria Conservatory of Music and Camosun College.

This two-year (four semester) program, by design, blends student artists of all styles in a common first year, before moving into a specialized second year; all built around a performance-oriented culture. Intensive one-on-one studio instruction, group performance, music theory and contexts, music technologies, and career skills will give you the foundations for success in the 21st-century music profession.

The Music Performance diploma is offered over four 14-week semesters, running from September to early April over two years; select courses may be offered during spring/summer terms. You may elect to study full-time or part-time; however, you should be prepared to dedicate both daytime and evening hours to scheduled courses, and if you select a part-time option, you should be aware that alternate-year delivery schedule of some courses may add significantly to the length of the full program.

The innovative training environment is designed to allow musicians of any genre to find their place. Classical, Contemporary (i.e. folk, jazz and rock), and experimental musicians work side-by-side in the dynamic musical atmosphere of our downtown campus at the Victoria Conservatory of Music. The Diploma in Music Performance will vastly increase your personal strengths in music making through a balance of performance, core instruction, and hands-on demonstration of practical skills.

Year 1: A common first year for musicians of all genres will lay the ground work for future specialized study. Performance, music theory and contexts, aural skills, and music technologies are taught.

Year 2: In the second year, you will choose areas of musical specialization. Areas of performance, contexts and creativity, composition, improvisation, performance practice, and stagecraft are emphasized.

Notice: This program does not require approval by the Private Training Institutions Branch of the Ministry of Advanced Education, Skills & Training and as such has not been reviewed.