Performance-Based Pedagogy

Why study this program?

Our Performance-Pedagogy major combines intensive studies in instrument or voice, music history, theory, and ensembles. This major is designed to prepare students for careers in many different facets of music such as: performance, music education, music therapy, arts administration, and musicology. This degree offers students the opportunity to focus their studies in one of four streams: voice, keyboarding, conducting, or comprehensive music.

Why study at the University of Alberta?

Augustana Campus, located in Camrose, Alberta, one hour southeast of Edmonton, is home to just over 1,000 students from across Canada and around the world. Augustana offers liberal arts and science degree programs in an intimate and personalized setting, with smaller class sizes and a more flexible academic schedule.

Augustana also offers a modified semester system called The Augustana Calendar. Each semester is comprised of a three-week session studying a single course, followed by a more traditional 11-week session studying up to four courses. This gives you the opportunity to dive deeper into research, travel, and other experiential learning endeavors, while at the same time reducing stress and workload.