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*Note: Students wishing to take this program must apply to the Music diploma program or the Contemporary Music degree program, but should inform the auditioner of their preference at the time of their audition.
Although popular music and rock recordings continue to dominate the Canadian market, sales of jazz and blues labels are growing the fastest, soaring 45.4 per cent in a recent two-year period. As a student of Introduction to Commercial/Jazz Music, you will develop the ability to accurately and confidently assess your skills in relation to existing vocational opportunities and future career directions.
Humber's Introduction to Commercial Jazz is a performance-based program designed to help you develop the skills and knowledge to continue your postsecondary education in the fundamentals of music. Students will have the opportunity to identify and improve upon significant areas of weakness and to further develop performance skills acquired in secondary school music courses or private study. All courses will provide a particular focus toward the commercial/jazz field.
Students will emerge from the program with a clearer understanding of the field, their own career potentials within the field, and as stronger candidates for entry into diploma/degree programs at Canadian colleges and universities.
The program provides a comprehensive and integrated curriculum designed to review and solidify the student's knowledge of the basics of country/western music and to expand and apply this knowledge to the basics of commercial/jazz music. Students have opportunities to apply and develop performance skills in the jazz-specific areas of improvisation and small group ensemble performance. Students will explore the various components of music as the foundation for writing, reading, performing and improvising music within the idiomatic style of the commercial/jazz field.
Auditions will be scheduled for early May. Most admission decisions will be made in May. For audition and theory requirements, visit theworldiswaiting.ca.
Note: Refer to the Selection Procedures for more information
The 2009/2010 fee for two semesters is
- domestic $3,102.70
- international $11,730.
Note: Price will vary according to instrument profile.
For further information, refer to Fees and Financial Assistance in this publication.
| Semester 1 (27 hours/week) | Credits |
MFDN 101 |
Theory Fundamentals 1 | 4 |
MFDN 102 |
Aural and Reading Fundamentals 1 | 4 |
| MFDN 103 | Song Materials 1 | 2 |
| MFDN 104 | Elements of Improvisation 1 | 4 |
| MFDN 105 | Keyboard Fundamentals 1 | 1 |
| MFDN 106 | Listening and Analysis 1 | 2 |
| MFDN 110 | Private Lessons 1 | 4 |
| GNED | General Education Elective | 3 |
| COMM 200 | College Writing Skills | 3 |
| Semester 2 (24 hours/week) | Credits |
| MFDN 201 | Theory Fundamentals 2 | 4 |
| MFDN 202 | Aural and Reading Fundamentals 2 | 4 |
| MFDN 203 | Song Materials 2 | 2 |
| MFDN 204 | Elements of Improvisation 2 | 4 |
| MFDN 205 | Keyboard Fundamentals 2 | 1 |
| MFDN 207 | Ensemble | 2 |
| MFDN 210 | Private Lessons 2 | 4 |
| HUMA 024 | Humanities | 3 |
Humber also offers the Music diploma program 01371 and the Bachelor of Applied Music - Contemporary Music degree program 22061. Students who apply to either the diploma or degree program may be recommended into the Introduction to Commercial/Jazz Music program. Students who complete the Introduction to Commercial/ Jazz Music program must then re-audition for either the degree or diploma programs.
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