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1. Audio Recording & Engineering School - PAVI, Vancouver
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Pacific Audio Visual Institute (PAVI) is located in Central Vancouver BC, Canada and accredited under the Private Career Training Institutions Act of British Columbia [PCTIA]. We currently offer one-year diploma programs in Audio Engineering & Production and Music Business Management to students from Canada and around the world.
PAVI differs from other institutions in that we teach within the environment of an operating, full-service, world-class studio complex. We provide an outstanding curriculum, instructors currently active in their field and world-class facilities, while ensuring that each student is treated and related to as an individual.
The Audio Engineering & Production program incorporates in-depth training in sound engineering and music production. A PAVI education prepares you for a career in the music recording and audio engineering industry. The Music Business Management program provides the technical and business education required to begin on a business career in the prospering film industry and rapidly expanding music industry.
- Audio Engineering & Production diploma
- Music Business Management diploma
Our diploma programs provide comprehensive and "hands-on" training. PAVI also offers an optional Internship Placement Program as part of our diploma programs.
2. Nimbus School of Recording Arts Ltd, Vancouver BC
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Nimbus School of Recording Arts Ltd is Canada's elite accredited music and recording industry training facility, offering 6 & 12-month diploma programs in Advanced Music Production, Music Business Administration, and Beats & Urban Music Production. We build our lessons around a 95%+ hands-on approach to education. You’ll learn by doing rather than simply sitting and taking notes, because our classes take place in actual studios, with the actual equipment being discussed.
Real world instructional staff, mentoring by world class engineers and producers, extremely small instructional groups of 6 students per class, practical, proven & accredited curriculum as well as serious hands-on time with Solid State Logic consoles (only school in Western Canada with SSL Consoles) ProTools HD digital workstations, Studer analog multitracks and a vast selection of processors, mics, vintage keys, amps and guitars. Student access 24/7!
Pink Floyd, Jane's Addiction, Alice Cooper, Peter Gabriel, Jay-Z, Rage Against the Machine, Alexis On Fire, Rise Against, and the Red Hot Chilli Peppers all have one thing in common - they are a few of the collective works of Garth Richardson and Bob Ezrin, Nimbus founders! Our Grads are in demand and currently working at The Warehouse (Bryan Adams) The Armoury, Vogville and many other top studios both locally and internationally.
12-month Advanced Music Production Diploma: - Advanced mixing and mastering
- Understanding the role of the producer
- Artist and song selection
- Advanced editing techniques...
12-month Beats & Urban Music Production Diploma: - Hip hop as a business strategy
- Advanced studio recording techniques
- Pre-production through to mastering...
6-month Music Business Diploma: - Business Planning & Social Media
- Songwriting & Publishing
- Live Concert Promotion
- Marketing & Promotion
- Building Your Business...
Located in the beautiful harbourside district of North Vancouver, BC, the Harbourside Institute of Technology (HIT) is one of Canada’s premier Audio Engineering and Music Production schools, and offers technically advanced audio training with programs and courses in Audio Engineering and Music Production, Pro Tools, Ableton Live and Advanced Recording Artist development.
We are dedicated to the pursuit of creative excellence combined with the technical knowledge and networking skills necessary to succeed in today’s highly competitive audio industry. Our primary objective is to ensure that, by graduation, our students have achieved the level of proficiency and confidence required to enter the world of professional recording and music production.
Harbourside Institute of Technology is accredited by the PCTIA - the Private Career Training Institutions Agency (of BC).
HIT is a certified Pro Tools training facility with one of the only two Pro Tools experts in Canada and a certified Ableton training instructor on staff. All the HIT instructors are successful professionals currently active in the recording, game audio, post audio and film industries.
- Audio Engineering and Music Production program (AEMP) - a 9 month / 720 hour diploma program
- Advanced Recording Artist program (ARA) - a 3 month diploma program
- Ableton Live 8
- Pro Tools 101
- Pro Tools 110
- Pro Tools 130 (Game Audio)
- Pro Tools 201
- Pro Tools 210M
Students receive a great deal of personal attention due to the small class sizes.
4. Amanda Tosoff Jazz and Blues Piano Lessons
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Amanda Tosoff is an experienced jazz pianist and educator and offers private piano lessons in jazz and blues piano, theory, composition and more in Toronto, Ontario. All levels and ages are welcome - children, teenagers and adults.
Amanda holds a BA in Music, Jazz studies and has won several awards including the Montreal Jazz Festival Grand Prix de Jazz in 2009. She has performed all over Canada, taught privately and at community music schools, and has run clinics in various schools, colleges and universities. In addition to performing all across Canada, she has released 3 CDs and has been featured on CBC radio and at festivals including the Montreal Jazz Festival.
- Private jazz and blues piano lessons for adults, kids & teens
- Jazz and blues theory
- Jazz and blues composition
- History and jazz styles
5. Recording Arts Canada, Toronto
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Recording Arts Canada (RAC) has two campuses in Toronto, Ontario & Montreal, Quebec. We are a Digital Arts college that provides an unparalleled learning experience in the creative arts of Sound and Music Recording and Digital Media. We've created the best possible learning environment for those who believe they were meant to be creative and want to work with the most powerful digital sound and imaging technologies. Take control of your future in audio engineering and music recording. The audio production industry has been at the forefront of new technologies – evolving as a vital part of today's media platforms, providing new challenges and solutions as well as an explosion of new opportunities.
RAC offers a college-level program in Digital Sound and Music Recording.
6. Mid-Ocean School of Media Arts, Winnipeg, MB
Courses / Programs
Mid-Ocean School of Media Arts (MOSMA) is a registered private vocational institution located in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada that provides practical and intensive education in audio production through our full-time and part-time programmes. Audio production is a rapidly changing industry and we are committed to providing our students with the necessary skills to enter, adapt and advance within it.
MOSMA was founded on the basis of creating an environment which would educate students with the fundamentals of audio production and encourage students to work in a creative and collaborative atmosphere with artists, producers, and recording engineers.
We believe that irrelevant of the avenue a student pursues in their career; they require the essential building blocks of capturing sound. Whether they are capturing a musical sound, spoken word, or a sound effect; the discipline of these tasks require grounded knowledge of the fundamentals which define Audio Production as a whole. Our media and equipment may change over time, but the concepts remain the same.
MOSMA offers low student to teacher ratios in its courses and it aims for intimate classroom settings where learning is enhanced.
Mid-Ocean School of Media Arts offers full and part-time programmes in audio engineering / production.
- Audio in Media (Full Time Diploma)
- Introduction to Multi-Track Recording
- Introduction to Pro Tools
- Music with Reason
7. High Note Music Academy, Ottawa
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Located in the Nepean suburb, south of downtown Ottowa, ON, High Note Music Academy provides high quality practical and theoretical music lessons and tutoring for adults and children of all ages. Instruments include: Violin, piano, guitar, voice, accordion and ukulele. Opportunities are also available for music theory education, master classes and chamber/ensemble instruction, and a variety of community and regional performances.
High Note Music Academy seeks to instill and enhance a love of music in all of its students, whether their musical endeavours are for personal pleasure, or with higher performance or career aspirations. Let us help you achieve the high notes of musical success!
High Note Music Academy is dedicated to giving children and young adults the head start they deserve. Instruction is provided by top quality and experienced music educators. Get your kids started on the road to musical enjoyment and success today.
In addition to our musical programs, High Note is pleased to provide an extensive tutoring program covering all major subjects. Our highly educated teachers will enable your children to considerably improve their academic skills.
Other Music Lessons:
- Music Theory Education
- Early Childhood Music Appreciation
- Master Classes
- Chamber / Ensemble Instruction
Tutoring Service:
- All grades from Preschool to High School
- Private and group tutorials available
- Specialty Workshops
- Preparation for TOEFL exam
8. The Virtual School of Music
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The Virtual School of Music is your online source for live music instruction offering one-to-one music instruction for students 16 years and older in the areas of woodwinds, brass, strings, guitar, bass, percussion, keyboard, and voice. Other individual classes include music theory, jazz improvisation, music education courses for music teachers and our new College Prep Programs. Group classes are available in the areas of music theory, basic jazz improvisation or sectional workshops.
Private Online Instruction for Students 16+ years:
- Woodwinds, brass, guitar, bass, percussion, strings, keyboard, and voice
- Music theory
- Jazz improvisation
- Music education for music teachers
- College Prep Programs
- Group classes
- Workshops for Kids (5 - 11 years)
9. Beaches Conservatory of Music
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Beaches Conservatory of Music, located in Fallingbrook, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, is a private music school providing lessons for all ages and levels. The Beaches Conservatory of Music teaches music to students of all ages, in a manner that is exciting, modern and tailored to each student's individual needs and goals. Each student is regarded as an individual with his or her own learning style, strengths, needs and aspirations.
The Beaches Conservatory is dedicated to fostering the growth of musicians and the appreciation of music. Our staff are performing musicians who have had extensive training.
We offer instruction in the following:
- Piano
- Singing/Voice/Vocal Coaching
- Guitar- Electric And Acoustic
- Bass
- Sax
- Violin
- Flute
- Recorder
- Keyboards
- Theory
- Rcm Examination Preparation
- Teachers Examination Preparation
- Kiwanis Festival
- Special Lessons For Beginners
10. Elite Music Academy, Toronto
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Elite Music Academy, located in East Toronto, Ontario, is a premier private music school offering students of all ages lessons in most musical instruments. Elite Music Academy continuously strives to offer the best musical education in Toronto. Our reputation is founded on providing innovative and unique courses not available anywhere else in the city. Elite Music is not just a school; it’s an interactive musical community. Whether or not you’re a beginner or budding professional, at Elite Music, you can experience a complete taste of a musician’s world.
- Guitar (Acoustic, Electric, Classical)
- Bass Guitar
- Piano and Keyboards
- Violin and Viola
- Voice
- Hand Drumming and Drum Set
- Flute, Saxophone and Clarinet
- Music Theory, Improvisation
- Guitar Master Classes
- Rock Jam Sessions and Jazz Ensembles
- Greek Bouzouki
