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School of Creative & Performing Arts

Program Availability

Type:
Certificate
Campus: Lakeshore
Program Code:
Bass 1226S
Cello 1226C
French Horn 12262
Guitar 12263
Keyboard 12264
Percussion 12265
Trombone 12266
Trumpet 12267
Tuba 12268
Violin 1226V
Vocal 12269
Woodwind 12260
Length:
Two semesters, beginning in September

 

CONTACT INFORMATION:
Christina Takaoka, program assistant | 416.675.6622 ext. 3361 | christina.takaoka@humber.ca
  • Our Program

    Humber’s Jazz Performance – Introduction to Commercial Jazz is a performance-based program designed to help you develop and further the skills and knowledge required for you to continue your postsecondary education in music. Students will have the opportunity to identify and improve upon areas of weakness and to further develop performance skills. 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 and their own career potentials within the field, and as stronger candidates for entry into diploma/ degree programs at Canadian colleges and universities.

    This intensive, performance-based program provides a comprehensive and integrated curriculum designed for the talented player who wants to solidify their knowledge of the fundamentals of western music and/or further their current performance skills. Students will be challenged to develop and further their performance skills through the jazz-specific areas of improvisation, repertoire development, and small group ensemble performance.

    Your Career

    Your Career

    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 Jazz Performance – Introduction to Commercial Jazz, you will have the opportunity to study with many of Canada’s finest jazz musicians, thereby learning the craft directly from the pros. The program will help you develop the ability to accurately and confidently assess your skills in relation to existing vocational opportunities and future career directions.

     

  • Admission Requirement
    • Ontario Secondary School Diploma (OSSD) or equivalent, or mature student status
    • Grade 12 English (ENG4C or ENG4U). If English is not your first language visit the English Language Proficiency Policy
    • Three Grade 11 or Grade 12 C, U or M courses in addition to those listed above
    • Applicants who do not possess the required courses may complete admission testing to determine equivalencies. Invitation and booking of admission testing is done using the email address provided on the online application
    • Submission of an online audition

    For audition and theory requirements, visit humbermusic.ca.

    Note: For more information visit Selection Procedures.

    Meeting the minimum requirements does not guarantee admission to the program.

  • Alternative Course of Study

    Humber also offers the Bachelor of Applied Music – Contemporary Music degree program 22061.

    Students who apply to the degree program may be recommended for the Jazz Performance – Introduction to Commercial Jazz ­program. Students who complete the Jazz Performance – Introduction to Commercial Jazz program must then re-audition for the degree program. In order to audition for the Contemporary Music degree program, students enrolled in the Jazz Performance – Introduction to Commercial Jazz program must successfully complete the program with an overall GPA of 70 per cent or more including a minimum grade of 65 per cent in COMM 200.

  • Fees

    The 2012/2013 fee for two semesters is

     – domestic $3,735.48

    – international $12,800.

    Note: Price will vary according to instrument profile.

    Amounts listed are the total of tuition, lab and material fees, student service and auxiliary fees for the first two semesters of the 2012/2013 academic year.

    Fees are subject to change.

    For more information visit Fees and Financial Assistance.

Curriculum
  • Humber offers pathways from Ontario college diplomas to Humber degrees. Find out where your diploma can take you.

    You can also choose another postsecondary institution. Humber has formal articulation agreements indicating the specific transfer arrangements from a Humber program to a particular degree program, as well as general policies on admissions at specific institutions. Click here to find out more.

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