Admissions

Prepare a current resumé/curriculum vitae highlighting education, musical experience, work experience, volunteer experience, and extracurricular activities. 

 Please save your resumé as a .pdf file.

We're looking for students who are truly passionate about music. This program is not only for aspiring musicians and performance artists. Whether you want to be a recording artist or a sound engineer, a band manager or an event producer, a corporate music executive or entrepreneur, or any of the many growing roles in the technology-enhanced global music business, this is the program for you. You will be exposed to areas like music production and the music-making process, intellectual property policy and practice, and live audio production, in a program that includes many other comprehensive business and marketing-oriented courses.

As a part of your application, please select one of two options as follows:

Option 1: 

Submit a demo of original recorded material; a music DIY project created by you. It can be a single piece or a compilation containing a solo performance, a group/band performance, electronic music, a beat, a production, or arrangement. You may have collaborators. This demo is your opportunity to present your musical identity. It is a chance for you to show us your passion and experience in music. Demos should not exceed four minutes in length. They can be submitted in audio or video formats. To support your demo, please be sure to include the 500 word essay for Option 1, described below (also a part of your application).

Option 2: 

Submit a business executive summary for a music business start-up. This may be a business you have contemplated or something hypothetical in nature. Your approach should be innovative, focused on solving a real issue or need in the music industry. The executive summary is an overview of a business plan. It is intended to create excitement and motivate the reader to continue reading. You are not writing a business plan for this exercise. The executive summary will encapsulate the company’s identity, mission and values statements. The summary should include an overview of the company’s business model, a SWOT analysis, and business path (type of business, location, goals, objectives). The executive summary should be a minimum of 500 words, a maximum of 800 words. To support your executive summary, please be sure to include the 500 word essay for Option 2, described below (also a part of your application).

 Use YouTube or Google Drive to show us your work. Please provide a link to your work in a .pdf file and upload this file (see Submission Instructions below).

Reference Forms are a requirement for admission consideration. Two forms must be completed and submitted:

• One must be from a current or past academic reference (e.g. guidance counsellor, teacher, professor). This form is titled “Academic Reference 1” in the ChooseTMU applicant portal. 
• One reference should be from a collaborator, supervisor, or employer — this can be any individual who works with you in a musical or professional capacity. This form is titled “Reference 2” in the ChooseTMU applicant portal. 

 See Submission instructions.