Certificate in Commercial Music 1 (Specialist) - Performance
Program Overview
The Certificate in Commercial Music 1 (Specialist) - Performance program focuses on jazz, popular, and commercial music performance. It equips students with essential knowledge and practical experience to prepare for a career as a performer. The program includes courses in music theory, arranging, history, and business, and emphasizes the development of students' creative and technical skills.
Program Outline
Degree Overview:
Overview
The Certificate in Commercial Music 1 (Specialist) - Performance is a program of study focusing on jazz, popular, and commercial music. It is designed for students that have a future in the music industry as performers who do not need a complete four-year academic degree program. The emphasis is on acquiring essential knowledge and practical performance experience to prepare, or enhance a performance-based career.
Objectives
The objectives of the program are to:
- Identify commercial music styles and analyze their applications in today's music world.
- Recognize style influences and create their own songs/arrangements using melody and chords.
- Identify production approaches that define a variety of styles.
- Recognize and analyze identifiable rhythms and progressions. Create your own rhythms and progressions.
Outline
The program consists of the following courses:
- MUSA 100 level 1001 and 1002 Non-Applied Lessons
- MUS 125 History of Rock Music
- MUS 181 Business of Music
- MUSE 138 Studio Combo