Music Technologies

The Music Technologies program is offered through a partnership between the Victoria Conservatory of Music and Camosun. The program is comprised of a series of courses which may be taken part-time through distributed (distance) learning over 3 semesters. The program is designed for accomplished musicians who wish to acquire a basic competency in digital technologies applicable to modern practice in professional music-making. This credential supplements and complements traditional practical or academic post-secondary music credentials and may be taken either parallel to the Music Performance program or other post-secondary music credential, or concurrent with active professional practice in music.

Students undertake study in the four pillars of music technologies: digital notation; music sequencing; digital instrumentation; audio recording, mixing, editing. Students study basic software and hardware technologies and explore practical applications of technologies in a distributed delivery format.

Upon completion of the program, graduates are well prepared to apply basic music technologies to the active practice of music in a professional or educational setting, or to continue to the advanced study of individual technologies for personal or professional use.

What You’ll Learn

• Discuss and assess music technologies, software, and hardware applicable to digital notation; music sequencing; digital instrumentation; audio recording, mixing and editing.
• Apply music technology hardware and software to the practice of music in a professional or academic music setting.