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In Community Music, you'll learn and experience the benefits of introducing music into different settings within a range of community contexts.
You'll be introduced to a music-making approach that stresses active collaboration through creative songwriting, improvisation and group performance.
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Program Highlights
- Laurier is the only university in Canada to offer an undergraduate program in Community Music.
- Flexible in course requirements, you will have enough room to pursue a minor or double degree in an area outside of the Faculty of Music.
- Many courses have been designed by recent graduates of our Master of Arts in Community Music program, meaning course content is fresh and innovative.
- In 2013, Laurier was voted Canada’s Best Music Campus by CBC Radio.
- Throughout all four years you will be performing, learning and improving your musicianship. Small group instruction and large ensemble work is available to all students.
- Laurier hosted the first North American Community Music Conference.
- Check out options to enhance your degree.
First-Year Courses
- Music and its Contexts
- Introduction to Community Music
- Foundations of Popular and Commercial Music
- Musicianship I
- Musicianship II
- Community Music Ensemble
- Class Voice
- Class Drumming
- 1.5 electives
Admission Requirements
We encourage applicants of all academic backgrounds to apply.
Ontario High School Curriculum
- Minimum admission range: 75%.
- Competitive admission range, based on last year’s admitted students: 75%.
- English at 60%.
- Successful audition.
- Interview with a faculty member.
- Theory and ear training test (equivalent to Royal Conservatory of Music Advanced Rudiments).
- Aural skills assessment.
- Optional portfolio of compositions.
- View more information about applying and auditioning.
Other Curriculums
Visit our admission requirements section to find specific requirements for international curriculums, other Canadian curriculums, transfer students and more.
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