Foundations of Engagement
An introduction to the basic principles and skills of engaging audiences, patrons, and members of the public in the love, understanding, and support of music, along with essential personal skills that provide a foundation for living and working as a professional musician in today's world (including public speaking, communication, leadership, collaboration, and responsibility). This two-semester course provides classroom learning and supervised field experience using engagement skills in a variety of settings.

Required of all second-year students over eighteen in the Diploma and Bachelor of Music programs.

Conductors' Forum
A yearlong course that helps conducting majors develop various career and personal skills needed to become a successful conductor, including leadership, career management, orchestra administration and management, artistic planning and programming, and verbal communication. The course includes opportunities to meet various guest conductors, speakers, and artists in an informal classroom setting.

The Twenty-First-Century Musician
An exploration of how the classical music industry works and how students can tailor their skills to create their own varied, rewarding, and sustainable professional paths. Topics include obtaining a job, orchestral life, freelancing, grant-writing, and managing money, time, and stress. Required of Bachelor of Music and Diploma students in one of their last two years.

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