Senior students will be able to enroll in a Certificate III or IV in Music Industry delivered through the Canberra Institute of Technology which will strengthen music theory and composition knowledge, develop music performance abilities and help students gain skills for working in the music industry.

Education Minister Yvette Berry said the new course would provide more opportunities than the former H Course based at the ANU School of Music, which was axed at the end of 2019 when the territory pulled funding for the program.

"This is even better than the H Course with the ANU because it provides so many more opportunities," Ms Berry said.

"The H Course was pretty restrictive it only applied to classical and jazz music, whereas this has anything to do with performing arts and music. So this really opens up so many doors and broadens so many horizons for people."

Ms Berry said it was unknown how many students would be accepted into the course which will begin in Term 1, 2021.

She said it was also unknown what the total cost to the ACT government would be but a Certificate III course costs $2000 per student.

As part of the course, students will have access to a state-of-the art recording studio and will be working with sound technicians and media students to do performances that are live-streamed or published online to comply with physical-distancing rules.

The vocational course will contribute to a student gaining a Senior Secondary Certificate but will not contribute to attaining an ATAR.

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The course can be used as a pathway to the diploma program at CIT or the ANU School of Music degrees.

Canberra-based hip-hop artist, producer and sound engineer Citizen Kay said his experience at CIT set him up for success in the music industry.

"I came out of that [course] doing exactly what I wanted to do, performing nationally, with international acts... which was all just based off the foundations that I learned from CIT," he said.

"Being in that environment where you're around other musicians, other aspiring creatives, it just helps you to stay focused and I guess keep the enthusiasm up."