Bachelor of Music in Jazz Studies
VIU International, Canada
First Year Course Fee
USD 3,393
Course Accredited By
NA
VIU’s Bachelor of Music, Jazz Studies program is so much more than just music to your ears. The comprehensive jazz music program combines academic and performance studies with the latest recording studio technologies, music production and business strategies that arm you with elite skills to succeed in any and every facet of the music industry.
Vancouver Island University is proud to be one of the leading music production schools, having turned out some of the most successful music makers on the West Coast. Are you our next success story?
The Jazz Studies program will foster the acquisition of professional skills in a variety of performance genres. It will offer hands-on experience of group music making through ensembles, and promote skills in the fields of: music performance and its study; musical theory and composition; music history in general and jazz music history in particular; theoretical and applied keyboarding; instrumental and choral conducting; theoretical and applied computer technology; multi-track recording and film scoring; theoretical and applied sound recording; library and on-line research; techniques and practices fundamental to the music and entertainment industries; and music as a business.
The program is modular in structure. Students select Music elective courses on the basis of their musical needs, progressing from course module to course module and from year to year. The structure offers students considerable choice and flexibility in fulfilling program requirements. It is supportive of the development of primary musical skills, but flexible and adaptable, and conducive to effective use of space and time.
Enrollment Cycles
- September 2023
- General admission requirements apply.
- Successful audition to show musical competence or potential.
Year 1
- Intro. to Musical Theory
- Intro. to Musical Theory II
- Basic Musicianship I
- Basic Musicianship II
- Survey of North American Music Styles: 1619-1900
- History of American Popular Music: from 1900
- Computers and Music I
- Keyboard Musicianship I
- Keyboard Musicianship II
- Private Music Instruction I
- Private Music Instruction II
- Jazz Theory, Aural Skills and Improvisation I
- Jazz Theory, Aural Skills and Improvisation II
Select a minimum of two credits (two courses) from the following list of Ensemble and Workshop courses:
- Choir I
- Choir II
- VIU Singers I
- VIU Singers II
- Vocal Jazz I
- Vocal Jazz II
- Wind Ensemble I
- Wind Ensemble II
- Guitar Ensemble I
- Guitar Ensemble II
- Jazz Ensemble I)
- Jazz Ensemble II
- Degree English Requirements
Year 2
- Aural, Solfege and Conducting Skills I
- Aural, Solfege and Conducting Skills II
- Musical Theory I
- Musical Theory II
- History of Music I
- History of Music II
- Keyboard Musicianship III
- Keyboard Musicianship IV
- Private Music Instruction III
- Private Music Instruction IV
- Jazz Theory, Aural Skills and Improvisation III
- Jazz Theory, Aural Skills and Improvisation IV
- Jazz Workshop and Repertoire I
- Jazz Workshop and Repertoire II
Select a minimum of two credits (two courses) from the following list of Ensemble and Workshop courses:
- Choir III
- Choir IV
- VIU Singers III
- VIU Singers IV
- Vocal Jazz III
- Vocal Jazz IV
- Wind Ensemble III
- Wind Ensemble IV
- Advanced Guitar Ensemble I
- Advanced Guitar Ensemble II
- Jazz Ensemble III
- Jazz Ensemble IV
Year 3
- Musical Theory: Aural, Solfege and Conducting Skills III
- Musical Theory: Aural, Solfege and Conducting Skills IV
- Music Pedagogy
- History of Jazz I
- Private Music Instruction V
- Private Music Instruction VI
- Jazz Arranging, Aural Skills and Composititon I
- Jazz Arranging, Aural Skills and Composition II
- Jazz Workshop and Repetoire III
- Jazz Workshop and Repetoire IV
Select a minimum of two credits (two courses) from the following list of Ensemble and
Workshop courses:
- Choir V
- Choir VI
- VIU Singers V
- VIU Singers VI
- Vocal Jazz V
- Vocal Jazz VI
- Wind Ensemble V
- Wind Ensemble VI
- Jazz Ensemble V
- Jazz Ensemble VI
Electives:
- Select a minimum of six credits of Music or Non-Music electives.
- Intro to Music in Culture
- Studies in Ethnomusicology
- Music and Spirituality
- Music Producers: The Soundmakers of Generations
- Music Composition I
- Introduction to Home Recording
- Studies in Orff-Kodaly Pedagogy
- Music Composition II
- Introduction to Orchestration
- Studio Recording I
- Studio Recording II
- Non-Music elective courses may be used here.
Year 4
- Career Development I
- History of Jazz II
- Private Tuition, Jazz VII
- Private Tuition, Jazz VIII
- Applied Performance Project
- Choral and Instrumental Conducting
- Jazz Arranging, Aural Skills and Composition III
- Jazz Arranging, Aural Skills and Composition IV
- Jazz Workshop and Repertoire V
- Jazz Workshop and Repertoire VI
Select a minimum of three credits from the following Music elective courses, provided they were not taken in second or third year:
- Introduction to Music in Culture
- Studies in Ethnomusicology
- Music and Spirituality
- Music Producers: The Soudmakers of Generations
- Music Composition I)
- Music Composition II
- Introduction to Home Recording
- Studies in Orff-Kodaly Pedagogy
- Introduction to Orchestration
- Studio Recording I
- Studio Recording II
Select a minimum of two credits (two courses) from the following list of Ensemble and Workshop courses:
- Choir VII
- Choir VIII
- VIU Singers VII
- VIU Singers VIII
- Vocal Jazz VII
- Vocal Jazz VIII
- Wind Ensemble VII
- Wind Ensemble VIII
- Jazz Ensemble VII
- Jazz Ensemble VIII
- Fees - 33 credits* Amount Tuition (33 credits x $156.80 per credit) 5,174.40
- Student Activity fee (4% of tuition) 206.98
- Student Services fee (33 credits x $6.93 per credit) 228.69
- VIU Students' Union fee (8 months x $20.90 per month) 167.20
- Health and Dental Plan fee ($275.00 per year) 275.00
- Approximate yearly cost for books and supplies 700.00
- Total 6,752.27