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No PrescreenAudition RequiredNo InterviewUniversity App Required

Audition format

In-Person or Virtual

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Composition

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No PrescreenAudition RequiredNo InterviewUniversity App Required

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In-Person or Virtual

Program profile

Composition

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ProgramOfficial Program Page

Program snapshot

Admissions

No PrescreenAudition RequiredNo InterviewUniversity App Required

Audition format

In-Person or Virtual

Program profile

Composition

Training

Develops compositional skills within the Bachelor of Music professional-degree path

BMus students share a common first year across Performance, Composition, and Integrated Studies

Career Pathways

Prepares students for work as composers, sound designers, theorists, historians, musicologists, or graduate-study applicants

Students may connect composition study with interdisciplinary SCPA courses and music technology interests

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Enrollment

38K

Costs & aid

Domestic tuition

CA$7,387

Canadian students

International tuition

CA$30,782

international students

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Program info updated Sep 13, 1:20 AM

Program Highlights

Training

Develops compositional skills within the Bachelor of Music professional-degree path

BMus students share a common first year across Performance, Composition, and Integrated Studies

Career Pathways

Prepares students for work as composers, sound designers, theorists, historians, musicologists, or graduate-study applicants

Students may connect composition study with interdisciplinary SCPA courses and music technology interests

Program Highlights

Training

Develops compositional skills within the Bachelor of Music professional-degree path

BMus students share a common first year across Performance, Composition, and Integrated Studies

Career Pathways

Prepares students for work as composers, sound designers, theorists, historians, musicologists, or graduate-study applicants

Students may connect composition study with interdisciplinary SCPA courses and music technology interests

Key Info

Enrollment Term

These Fall 2027 enrollment dates have passed — dates for the next cycle aren't available yet.

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Fees

Application Fee (Canadian Education)

CA$125

Application Fee (International Education)

CA$145

Opens

Oct 1, 2026

Openhouse · discover.ucalgary.ca

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Dates

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Bmus Entrance Audition · arts.ucalgary.ca

Audition Requirements

These requirements are from the Fall 2026 entry cycle. Fall 2027 requirements are typically posted between August and October and usually change only slightly — confirm on the official source before submitting.

Video

Video audition only: upload a Word or PDF document in Student Centre with applicant name, UCID, audition video link or links, and password if needed

Bmus Entrance Audition · arts.ucalgary.ca

Good to Know

Current Cycle

Fall 2027 undergraduate applications open October 1, 2026

Fall 2027 Dance and BMus artistic deadlines and audition dates have not yet been published; the artistic requirements below remain tagged to Fall 2026

Application Logistics

Apply through UCalgary undergraduate admissions; domestic applicants begin with ApplyAlberta

Submit the BMus audition application form after the general application

The university application fee is paid with the admission application

Theory Requirement

BMus applicants must satisfy the music theory requirement through RCM/ABRSM proof, the online theory diagnostic, or MUSI 209

Theory work affects music-course registration and is not an audition gateway

What's The Process

Audition Process

Select in-person or video audition in the UCalgary application

In-person auditions are preferred

Video audition is available when the home address is more than 150 km from the University of Calgary

Auditioned students are assessed on technique, performance, talent, potential, and musicality

Sight-reading and technique may be included as part of the audition

Music for the adjudicating panel is not required

School info

Snapshot

Enrollment

38K

Costs & aid

Domestic tuition

CA$7,387

Canadian students

International tuition

CA$30,782

international students

School website

Training

Develops compositional skills within the Bachelor of Music professional-degree path

BMus students share a common first year across Performance, Composition, and Integrated Studies

Career Pathways

Prepares students for work as composers, sound designers, theorists, historians, musicologists, or graduate-study applicants

Students may connect composition study with interdisciplinary SCPA courses and music technology interests

Updated Sep 13, 1:20 AM