Recognized as one of Canada's top jazz training institutions, Cap U's Jazz Studies programs foster your abilities in jazz performance, composition, and music education in the context of an enriched liberal arts education.
The Bachelor of Music in Jazz Studies - Performance/Composition is a four-year degree focused on jazz performance and composition in balance with other musical traditions. If you plan to play, compose, teach, or move on to graduate studies, this unique program will put you in company with internationally successful performers, composers, and teachers.
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Member of Capilano’s premiere vocal jazz group, Nitecap, with guest artist, Ambrose Akinmusire.
Bachelor of Music in Performance/Composition
Learning Outcomes
Upon completion of this program, students will be able to:
Perform, improvise, compose, and collaborate fluently in a variety of jazz idioms.
Communicate their musical ideas, knowledge, and experiences with others.
Research, discuss, analyze, and notate music of a sophisticated harmonic, rhythmic, and formal character.
Remember and assimilate a wide range of music for use in jazz performance and composition.
Integrate theoretical concepts with practical performance, improvisation, and composition skills.
Produce scholarly work that shows a firm contextual understanding of music theory and history.
Exercise self-discipline and a strong work ethic in the development of performance and composition skills.