The Commercial Entertainment Program is unique in that students learn all aspects of the performance industry – commercial voice, dance, studio recording, songwriting, acting and stagecraft – in a concentrated amount of time. The department specializes in recording artist development, providing the aspiring country or pop artist with vocal, showcasing, recording, and songwriting skills.
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What We Offer
Commercial Entertainment offer a two-year transfer degree in Commercial Entertainment as well as one-year technical certificates in 'Commercial Performance' and 'Commercial Music-Multimedia for Songwriters'. Students receive a great deal of personal attention from our instructors, all of whom have extensive professional performance backgrounds in the industry. When a student chooses Columbia State’s Commercial Entertainment department, they are making a choice to realize their dreams of becoming a working professional in the exciting performing arts industry.
Currently, our recording artist graduates are successful touring artists with national radio airplay, including Radio Disney and top-ten hits on national radio. Other graduates of our program have worked at Disneyland, on Celebrity, Carnival and Holland America cruise lines and have toured nationally with Sesame Street Live and the Paul McCartney World Tour, the Rockettes, and Broadway touring companies.