Electroacoustic Studies

Fall admission only

The Major in Electroacoustic is designed to provide students from a variety of backgrounds with a strong core of fundamental auditory, listening and sonic creativity skills allowing them to pursue work and studies in electroacoustic composition, sound design and recording. Multiple opportunities and support are provided for solo creative and interdisciplinary collaborative work in areas as diverse as film and video sound, sound design for video games, sound design for theatre, performance and interactive projects with dance and the visual arts, performance art and installations. Graduates have gone on to graduate studies in composition and recording, and work in the music/media/ sound design/ film and video sound industries in Montreal and around the world.

All new music students enter the Undergraduate Music Program as either Majors in Integrative Music Studies or Majors in Electroacoustic Studies (below).

Major in Electroacoustic Studies — 48 credits

Minor in Electroacoustic Studies — 24 credits

See Program-Specific Admission Requirements – In addition to the general admission requirements, this program have extra program-specific requirements. These additional requirements must be arranged with the departments to which you are applying.

See the BFA degree description for more information on general degree requirements. For a complete list of courses: Undergraduate Calendar

Sample courses include:

Digital Audio Editing, Analog Studio Techniques, Electroacoustic Composition

Facilities

Courses are given in new state-of-the-art facilities in the Molson Building on the Sir George Williams campus. Designed specifically for the Department's needs by an acoustician, the spaces include smart classrooms and studios with networked multimedia, mixing and playback capabilities, a recording room, octophonic studio, keyboard lab and soundproofed practice modules.

More than 100 concerts and presentations take place each year (along with numerous seminars and master classes) in the acoustically and visually spectacular Oscar Peterson Concert Hall on the Loyola campus. The hall seats 600 people and boasts a multi-track and digital recording studio. It is a premier venue for student and faculty presentations, internationally acclaimed jazz, classical and electroacoustics concerts, broadcasts, and numerous cd recordings.

Electroacoustics Concerts

For more than 25 years, and with more than 300 concerts produced, Concordia has been nationally noted for the quality and diversity of its electroacoustics presentations. These include works by Canadian and international composers as well as young and emerging sound artists using an 18 channel sound projection system.

Music Department

The Department fosters a rich environment for students from diverse backgrounds to perform, compose and improvise in different languages including jazz, classical and electroacoustics. The focus on contemporary music is informed by a diversity of historical styles and genres studied through analysis, history and performance. Course structures are built around lectures, workshops, studios, private study, ensembles, tutorials and practice sessions.

Admission Requirements

Electroacoustic Studies (BFA - Major/Minor) requirements: Minimum cut-off averages, admission statistics and program requirements.

Undergraduate admissions guidelines: For information on international admission, required documents, proof of language proficiency, the university admissions timetable, selection and notification process.