Brandon University School of Music offers a wide variety of degree programs at the undergraduate and graduate levels. New programs include jazz studies and composition.

There are four departments in the School of Music:

• The Applied Department is responsible for the Performance major, including jazz studies;
• the Music Research Department is responsible for the General Music major, including composition;
• the Joint Department of Music Education (administered jointly by the School of Music and Faculty of Education) is responsible for the concurrent and specialist music education majors; and
• the Graduate Music Department is responsible for the master’s programs in performance & literature and in music education.

Each department has a Chair:

• Prof. Ed Bach is the Chair of the Applied Department
• Dr. Jon Tomas Godin  is the Chair of the Music Research Department
• Dr. Sheelagh Chadwick is the Chair of the Joint Department of Music Education
• Dr. Leanne Zacharias  is the Chair of the Graduate Music Department