Course Name: The Music Business
Course Code: IDC4U
Grade: 12, University
Integrates: Business, Creative Entrepreneurship, Law, Communications, Marketing, and more
Course Overview
The Music Business is a new one-of-a-kind interdisciplinary online credit course that complements in-school business and music classes. Technical musical abilities are not a prerequisite.
This course introduces students to the workings of the music industry and the careers available both onstage and offstage. It will also help direct students to post-secondary options and inspire them to learn independently.
The Music Business is a great way to introduce students to entrepreneurship and basic business concepts, instill financial literacy, and develop skills and knowledge that can be transferred to any other business or industry.
By integrating a variety of core learning disciplines such as marketing, law, technology, data analysis, communications, and finance, students will develop a clear understanding of the knowledge and skills required to establish a career as an artist entrepreneur or music and creative industries professional.
Please speak to your guidance counsellor to make sure it’s the right fit for you.
Find information about available bursaries here.
Course History
The Music Business course was launched in schools in 2011 and has been offered in partnership with Continuing Education (Night & Summer School), Toronto Catholic District School Board, Wexford Collegiate School for the Arts (Toronto District School Board), Timmins High & Vocational School (District School Board Ontario North East), Wasse-Abin High School (Wikwemikong, Manitoulin Island), and Nibisiing Secondary (Nipissing First Nation).
About Virtual High School
VHS is a private online high school offering ministry-inspected Ontario Secondary School Diploma (OSSD) credit courses to students all over the world. Because of VHS’s asynchronous model, students can register for any course at any time and work at their own pace. Each course contains instructional content that covers all the Ontario curriculum expectations and has been carefully designed by VHS’s content development team. All VHS writers and developers are experienced, qualified teachers in their respective fields, and each is a member of the Ontario College of Teachers. The self-paced courses flex to your schedule, your time zone, and your learning needs.
For more information, please visit Virtual High School
About Canada’s Music Incubator
Canada’s Music Incubator (CMI) is a Toronto-based national not-for-profit organization specializing in professional development and ongoing mentorship for artists, managers, and music companies. Launched in 2012, CMI supports over 1,000 music entrepreneurs of all genres in the development of long-term careers and sustainable businesses and has provided over 10,000 hours of professional development programs and one-on-one mentorship. CMI’s Live Events department works with private and community partners across the country curating paid performance opportunities for artists. To date, CMI has programmed 500+ shows and paid nearly $900,000 directly to artists. CMI also advocates on behalf of music sector infrastructure development and creative entrepreneurship education in high schools.
For more information, please visit Canada’s Music Incubator
About Coalition Music
As an artist management company and an independent record company, Coalition Music boasts partnerships with some of Canada’s most lauded artists, who have sold over 15 million albums with over one billion digital downloads and streams. Our Lady Peace, Simple Plan, The Tea Party, USS, and Scott Helman are only a few of Coalition Music’s internationally successful clients. Coalition Music’s Toronto-based headquarters are in a 12,000-square-foot former convent that houses not only their management and record companies, but also their recording studios, rehearsal spaces, a large performance space (the Chapel), and the one-of-a-kind not-for-profit that they co-founded—Canada’s Music Incubator—where musicians can create, evolve, and learn.
For more information, please visit Coalition Music