Program Recognition
•Musicology and Sound Studies engages the critical study of music as a cultural practice and music's relation to sound.
Training
•Undergraduates receive the same initial training as performers before focusing on critical study and scholarly writing.
•The program is flexible enough to support performance, academic, and arts-administration paths.
Career Outcomes
•Graduates have pursued study at Cornell, Princeton, Stanford, and Yale, and careers in music criticism, journalism, arts administration, librarianship, and publishing.
Facilities
•UVic describes its School of Music as Canada's only all-Steinway school, with more than 60 pianos.
Location
•UVic is located in Victoria, with access to Pacific Opera, the Victoria Symphony, indie bands, music-tech companies, and local performance communities.
