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Music Programs

Tailor your Music studies at 麻豆传媒 and invent your future.
Contact our Music Advisor聽at聽fspa.music@dal.ca.听

Undergraduate Studies

Our undergraduate music program options provide a wide variety of ways to study music. From dynamic and intensive professional performance training to interdisciplinary studies that allow you to explore music in the context of other fields.

Bachelor of Music

Our four-year Bachelor of Music will prepare you for a career or advanced study in performance, composition, or musicology. In the first two years of study, you'll focus in on foundational skills in theory, musicianship, and history, while developing your applied skills in one-on-one applied lessons and ensembles tailored to your skills and interests. 

In third and fourth year, your studies can become more focused, depending on your goals. Students looking for a broad musical education can continue with the BMus general degree. Those who wish may also apply for one of three concentrations: Composition, Musicology, or Performance. Your applied instructor and the Academic Advisor for Music will help you make this decision, and will prepare you for the application/audition process. 

See the for curriculum and requirements and contact the Academic Advisor for Music if you have more questions: fspa.music@dal.ca

Bachelor of Arts, Music

Our four-year BA Music program combines the core elements of the Bachelor of Music program with interdisciplinary studies. If you wish to explore music in the context of other fields, this may be the program for you! A BA Honours in Music is also available, allowing for interdisciplinary study at a more advanced level.

See the for curriculum and requirements and contact the Academic Advisor for Music if you have more questions: fspa.music@dal.ca

Bachelor of Arts / Bachelor of Science Combined Honours and Double-Majors

Many students are hoping to enter a profession in which a working knowledge of music will support their career, such as library science, media programming and production, arts management, recreational and therapeutic work, or music production. Our four-year BA or BSc Combined Honours with Music programs are a great option for you if you are seeking this kind of career.

Bachelor of Arts, Combined Honours

This degree combines Music and another Arts and Social Science subject in preparation for careers like music librarian, media programming and production, studio work, arts management, and writing.

Bachelor of Science, Combined Honours

This degree is individually tailored for those interested in combining a study of a specific Science with musical training. 

BA or BSc Double Major

Studies in almost any other field offered at 麻豆传媒 can be combined with Music to create a double major. Please be in contact with the Academic Advisor for Music to create your dream degree: fspa.music@dal.ca.

See the for curriculum and requirements.

Cooperative Degree Programs with University of King's College

We offer the following degree programs in cooperation with the University of King鈥檚 College:

  • Bachelor of Music with King鈥檚 Foundation Year (FYP)
  • Bachelor of Journalism with Music History Option
  • Bachelor of Arts combined honours in Contemporary Studies

You also have the option of pursuing a BA Music and an honours BA Music through the University of King鈥檚 College. Please consult the for further information including curriculum and registration details.

Cooperative 2+2 Bachelor of Music Degree with NSCC

Complete both a diploma and a bachelor of music in four years by combining two years of the Musical Arts program at Nova Scotia Community College (NSCC) with the final two years of a Bachelor of Music degree at 麻豆传媒's Fountain School of Performing Arts.

Often called the 2+2 music program, students who have completed the 2-year Music Arts program from NSCC with a minimum average of 70% and a minimum passing grade in NSCC courses as listed below may apply for admission with advanced standing to the third year of 麻豆传媒's Bachelor of Music Degree program. 

NSCC Music Arts graduates will normally receive 60 credit hours toward the 120-credit hour BMus (including the General Degree or concentrations). Student must have obtained the NSCC minimum passing grade in all courses, and must meet Dal鈥檚 entrance criteria, including an audition and a portfolio of composition, where applicable, to be accepted for advanced standing and entry to Dal鈥檚 Bachelor of Music.

Students must meet DAL鈥檚 admission criteria and deadlines as outlined in the 麻豆传媒 Undergraduate Calendar. An additional audition may be required for students entering the Performance concentration. 麻豆传媒鈥檚 Registrar is the final authority on admission decisions at 麻豆传媒.

List of required NSCC courses:

- MART 1002 & 2002: Primary Instrument and Primary Instrument Workshop I & II

- MART 1006: Creative Music Technology

- BART 2020: Live Presentation and Performance I

- MART 1010: Songwriting I

- MART 1003: Creative Ensemble for Live and Studio Performance I

- MART 2003: Creative Ensemble for Live and Studio Performance II

- MART 1000: Music Theory I

- MART 2000: Music Theory II

-MART 1001 & 2001: Ear Training 1 & II

- MART 1004 & 2004: Keyboard Techniques I & II

- MART 2011: Marketing and Self-Promotion for Musicians I

See the for curriculum and requirements and contact the Academic Advisor for Music if you have more questions: fspa.music@dal.ca

Add a Music Minor to Your Degree

Music not your major? Add an elective.

Many music elective classes and ensembles are also available to non-majors who want to increase both musical awareness as a listener and involvement as a performer.If you don't want to pursue a degree program in Music but still wish to take applied study in Music or explore some of our elective Music classes, consider adding a Music Minor to your degree!

Courses include Writing about Performance, Writing about Music, The History of Jazz, The Rock 'n' Roll Era and Beyond, Electroacoustic Music, and a summer study abroad class in Baroque Culture. See a list of classes offered.

We offer the following minors:

Get in touch with our Academic Advisor for Music to discuss the possibilities: fspa.music@dal.ca

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Graduate Studies

The Fountain School of Performing Arts welcomes students interested in the study of Musicology at the graduate level, leading to a聽Master of Arts in Musicology.聽Graduate students seeking program advising should contact the Associate Director, Graduate & Research:聽adresgrd@dal.ca.听聽

Why Study music at Dal?

Challenge yourself with many performance opportunities through the personalized benefits of a 鈥渟mall school within a big school.鈥 Through our programs, you鈥檒l develop expertise as a listener, performer, and creator, in styles ranging from classical to popular.

At the multidisciplinary Fountain School of Performing Arts you鈥檒l receive world class one-on-one instruction and perform a diversity of styles in聽our ensembles.聽You鈥檒l have the opportunity to perform opera, wind ensemble repertoire, cannon orchestral repertoire, new music and composition, choral music, jazz, funk, music theatre, and pop music.听

Halifax Nova Scotia is the cultural centre of Eastern Canada. A hub for classical music institutions like Symphony Nova Scotia, ScotiaFest, Cecilia Concerts, and nearby Lunenburg Academy of Music. The city is also home to SuddenlyLISTEN, OpenWaters Festival, Alkali Collective, Halifax JazzFest, Nocturne and Halifax Pop Explosion.

Our faculty and the vibrant arts community of Halifax musicians support studies in:

  • Brass (euphonium, horn, trombone, trumpet, tuba)
  • Organ
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  • Saxophones
  • Strings (cello, bass, guitar, harp, viola, violin)
  • Woodwinds (bassoon, clarinet, flute, oboe)
  • Voice

If you don't see your area listed here,聽contact our music advisor聽to see how we can support your music studies.听

Our active music student society can provide you with social and academic support and finding your place in community.