Program overview Program structure Admission criteria After your degree
There has never been a culture without music — it nourishes our hearts and minds and stirs our souls. If your goal is to immerse yourself in the making of music, Concordia’s Major in Music program offers you the flexibility to control your own future — whether you want to compose, write songs, perform, manage artists, or become a music therapist.
Taking classes and working in our studios and rehearsal spaces will give you the skills, knowledge, discipline and experience you will need. After your first year you may transfer into the Specialization in Music Performance or Composition programs, or continue in the Major for the most flexibility. You will have the opportunity to:
After graduation you’ll have the knowledge, skill and passion to succeed as a musician or pursue graduate studies.
Up to $4000 for undergraduate programs.
A Bachelor of Fine Arts degree takes a minimum of three or four years (90 – 120 credits) of full-time study, depending on your academic background.
Music specializations After the successful completion of first-year core courses (30 credits), students in the Major in Music program may apply for transfer into one of two specialization in Music (66 credit) programs:
United States students: A U.S. Federal Student Aid-eligible version of this program is offered. This version meets all U.S. regulations (such as no co-operative education or e-courses) for eligible programs.
This program is available for Fall admission only.
Applicants must submit additional requirements for admission directly to the department.
Music admissions package submission deadline: March 1 Applicants must apply online before submitting the music admissions package.
We need to know more about you than the general University application provides.
It is the applicant’s responsibility to upload the video audition online by the prescribed deadline. Test results are sent after the audition has been evaluated.
Please remember:
For more information on these additional requirements, please read the following:
Minimum cut-off averages should be used as indicators. The cut-off data may change depending on the applicant pool. Applicants who meet the stated minimum requirements are not guaranteed admission to these programs.
Admission to the Minor in Music is only open to students who are already in a degree program at Concordia University. It is not open to new applicants. For information on how to add the Minor in Music, look for the Internal transfer of program request.
Some undergraduate programs are still accepting applications for fall 2024.
March 1 is the deadline to apply for fall term entry. International students are encouraged to apply by February 1 to allow sufficient time for CAQ and study permit application processing.
Admission to this program is available for the Fall Term only.
We reserve the right to close admission to a program at any time after the official deadline without prior notice.
Your hard work while at Concordia will give you the knowledge and discipline to further your solo work, plus the teamwork skills to collaborate with others. Our alumni compose, perform, tour, produce original CDs, write for theatre, dance, film, TV and video games; their cultural work has been recognized through awards and prizes. Your degree can lead to many paths such as:
Major in Music
Playing music across genres and across borders prepared Tim Charman for the life he dreams of as a musician.
As an electroacoustic artist, your ear is your instrument. As a student, you will explore the possibilities for sonic creativity through electroacoustic composition, sound design and recording, while training your inner and outer ears.
Department
Department of Music
Faculty
Faculty of Fine Arts
Students in the Concordia Jazz Studies program, the first university-level jazz program in Canada, have a unique opportunity to become fully immersed in the sounds and traditions of a 100 year-old art form that’s truly modern and still evolving.
© Concordia University