Offered by Cégep de Saint-Laurent in Montréal, Canada, Diploma in Techniques professionnelles de musique et de chanson is a diploma in Music programme. The programme runs for 3 years. Teaching is in French. Tuition for international students is CAD 19,610 per year (CAD 3,740 per year for local students).
Techniques professionnelles de musique et chanson is a three-year technical program (551.A0) at Cégep de Saint-Laurent leading to a DEC, with fall admission. Enrollment is quota-limited and varies by instrument; candidates are selected on academic record and audition results, and passing the audition, which includes an instrumental performance and classification tests in music theory and dictation, is a prerequisite. First-year courses are shared with the jazz/pop profile of the pre-university Musique program; from the fourth session, students choose one of two specializations within the jazz/pop stream: a composition-and-arrangement path, focused on writing and arranging instrumental and vocal works for ensembles, or an interpretation path, focused on performance, improvisation, studio recording, and arranging songs. A separate Creation, Music and Technology profile trains students in digital composition, sound design, and studio production, sharing its first-year courses with the pre-university Création et composition profile. Students take part in the college's large jazz/pop studio ensemble, festivals such as MusicFest, and public performances and recording projects. The program is designed to prepare graduates directly for professional careers in performance, composition, arrangement, or music production, and suits students who have already chosen a career path in music and want technical, career-focused training on their instrument.
Requirements
Admission Requirements: This three-year Technique program generally receives more applications than it has places available; selection is based on school-record quality and audition results, and the level of competition varies by instrument. Its own stated prerequisite is passing the audition; beyond that it runs on Cégep de Saint-Laurent's general conditions applied for through SRAM: a DES; a DEP plus 5th-secondary language of instruction, 5th-secondary second language and 4th-secondary mathematics; or judged-equivalent training. Across every program at the Cégep, school-record quality is the main selection criterion: for secondary-school applicants that means 4th- and 5th-secondary results as they stand when they apply, and college-level results count too for anyone who has already attended a cégep.
Application Details
Start Date:September
Application Deadline:Domestic and international applicants to Cégep de Saint-Laurent apply through the shared SRAM portal (admission.sram.qc.ca) serving Montréal-region cégeps. For Winter 2027, applications opened 15 September 2026, Round 1 closes 1 November 2026 and Round 2 closes 25 November 2026, with unfilled seats carried forward. SRAM has not yet posted Fall 2027 domestic dates. Internationally, SRAM's Fall 2027 window runs 15 March 2026 to 14 March 2027; its next window (Winter 2028) runs 1 June 2026 to 31 May 2027. Admission is rolling by round, not a single fixed date. Cégep de Saint-Laurent's own website (cegepsl.qc.ca) was unreachable (repeated connection timeouts) this session; the dates above come directly from SRAM. These are institution-wide dates; this programme publishes no deadline of its own.
