Music
School of the Arts, Media, Performance & Design
Explore, improvise and create new sounds with globally informed training to compose, perform, and teach future musicians. Develop your musical toolkit in the world of music through jazz, gospel, western classical, global, and contemporary music, music creation, studies, and community practice courses. Turn your passion into a career with mentorship from acclaimed performers and showcases like Jazz Week and Global Music Festival.
The AMPD Advantage:
- World-class, state-of-the-art facilities for performance, rehearsal, recording, and composing.
- The flexibility to choose courses from different areas, or to focus and specialize.
- Faculty members who are dedicated performers, composers and scholars who give students individual attention.
Program Overview
Founded on the principles of diversity and inclusion, the Music (BFA; BA) program is unique in recognizing students with musical talent and ambition who arrive with a wide variety of musical backgrounds. The Music (BFA; BA) program builds on these experiences by providing a common foundation through four core courses in the first two years. Students then specialize further during their final two years and can explore the full range of options available to them. Regardless of specialization, students will develop skills in various musical practices and cultural forms.
Students in the Music (BFA; BA) program can specialize or generalize according to their interests after a diverse foundational first- and second-year common practice. Specialization areas include:
- Jazz & Gospel Music
- Western Classical Performance
- World Music & Ethnomusicology
- Contemporary Improvisation, Composition
- Digital & Electronic Music
- Black Music Studies
- Studies in Music Cultures
- Music Education & Community Music
Note: This program requires a supplementary application. Applicants must start their application through the Ontario University Application Centre (OUAC). A non-refundable supplementation fee of $20 CAD per application will be applied to the OUAC fee.
After completing the application through the OUAC, applicants will receive an email in two to five business days with steps on how to complete the supplementary application for the School of the Arts, Media, Performance & Design (AMPD). Both the OUAC application and AMPD supplementary application must be completed before the application can be assessed for admission. Find out more: ampd.yorku.ca/apply
Program Details
Offered by
School of the Arts, Media, Performance & Design
Offered at
- Keele Campus
Degrees offered
BA, BFA
Ways to study
Full-Time, Part-Time
Experiential Education
- Practicum
- Co-op or internship
- Class-focused
- Community-focused
- Faculty research
Fall entry
Yes (first and upper year)
Winter entry
Yes (first and upper year)
Summer entry
Yes (first and upper year)
Experiential Education
Practicum, Co-op or internship, Class-focused, Community-focused, Faculty research
Sample Schedule (first year)
- Performance (strings, brass, woodwinds, piano, percussion and/or voice)
- Theory & musicianship
- Music & cultures
Possible career paths
- Musician
- Composer/arranger
- Music director
- Music teacher
- Sound designer
- Producer
- Music curator/presenter
