Music & Dance courses

About Music & Technology in Selkirk College

The Selkirk College Music Program has been preparing students for the commercial music and entertainment industry for over 25 years.

A diverse cross-section of musical styles is offered allowing students to explore the best that each genre has to offer from rock and blues, to jazz, folk and world music.

Develop Your Skills

• Performance

• Improvisation
• Songwriting
• Composition
• Film Scoring
• Recording
• Live Sound Mixing

**New in Fall 2019 - Private Lesson Instruction and Video Game Composition: Our Music & Technology programming is evolving to provide valuable skills to students addressing these huge elements of the music industry.

Program Overview

The Contemporary Music & Technology program at Selkirk College is a two-year diploma program developed to train musicians for the commercial music and entertainment industry. It’s the only program in Canada based on the world renowned Berklee College of Music curriculum and its guiding principle that the best way to prepare students for careers in music is through the study and practice of contemporary music. For graduates of jazz and classical programs, Selkirk College can offer the technology training and popular music concepts they might be missing in order to become more employable.

Study your instrument and related skills in the first year and choose a major in the second. An initial core year that provides solid grounding in music theory and ear training is followed by one of six program majors:

• Core (Year 1)
• Performance (Year 2)
• Production (Year 2)
• Composition (Year 2)
• Songwriting (Year 2)
• Directed Studies (Year 2)
• General Music (Year 2)

Academic qualification equivalents

• Completion of All India or State Board HSC (XII): 55% or higher in relevant subjects.

English language requirements (one of the below):

• IELTS:Must have an IELTS score of 6.0 with no band less than 6.0. 

  Post Graduate Diploma programs and a few other programs have a higher English Language Proficiency requirement (6.5 IELTS).

• TOEFL: TOEFL score of IBT 80 or better

Selkirk College Highlights

Selkirk College Average Tuition Fees And Other Expenses

• The payment of the semester must be made by the students before the first day of academic term.
• For payment methods cash, cheque, money order, bank draft, credit as well as debit cards are accepted
• The annual fees of courses vary with each other. Below mentioned is the estimated cost of living in Canada when enrolled at the institute: 

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