HD in Music Industry Arts and Performance is a higher diploma in Music programme taught at Centennial College in Toronto, Canada. The programme runs for 6 semesters, delivered on campus. Teaching is in English. Tuition for international students is CAD 18,005 per year (CAD 4,387 per year for local students).
At a glance
Degree:Higher Diploma
Field:Music
Duration: 6 semesters
Delivery: On Campus
Language: English
Local tuition: CAD 4,387 / year
International tuition: CAD 18,005 / year
Information for the 2027/28 academic year · Last reviewed September 2026 ·
Program details
Overview
The Centennial College Performing Arts Centre is Now Open! With the expansion and growth of our performing arts programs over the past several years, a unified performing arts centre has been our goal for some time. We are excited that the dream has become a reality with the opening of our new performing arts centre. Learn more. Centennial College's Music Industry Arts and Performance (MIAP) program will turn your passion for popular, world or Indigenous music into an exciting and lasting career in a wide range of music-related fields. This unique advanced music diploma program, offered at the School of Communications, Media, Arts and Design, will take three years to complete. During this time, Music Industry Arts and Performance course work will help you to: Nurture musicality and creativity; Become aware of a variety of music cultures; Build knowledge of music-related technologies; Develop business and entrepreneurial skills. Professional musicians will mentor you during private lessons and ensemble rehearsals. This hands-on experience will then be further enhanced by a six-week field placement in the final semester that will provide practical experience in the real world. In the third year of this college Music program, you'll choose a stream of study that will allow for specialization. You may join either the music creation and business stream or the music creation and technology stream. As a graduate of the Music Industry Arts and Performance program, you'll be a versatile, culturally-aware musician and singer with the technological and business savvy necessary to work and make money in the music industry of today and tomorrow. Please note the following academic calendar differences: September Start: Students who enroll in the September intake will attend classes during the Fall* and Winter* semesters for a duration of three consecutive years, with a scheduled break each Summer*. The academic calendar for September start students will follow this pattern: Fall*, Winter*, Break, Fall*, Winter*, Break, Fall*, Winter*. January Start: For students who choose the January intake, a condensed schedule is implemented to complete the program, including a break during the Winter* semester. The academic schedule for January start students will consist of classes during the Winter*, Summer*, and Fall* semesters, followed by a break during the Winter* semester. The program will then resume for another three consecutive semesters in the Summer*, Fall* and Winter*. The condensed January start schedule will follow this pattern: Winter*, Summer*, Fall*, Break, Summer*, Fall*, Winter*. * Please note the following specific semester timelines: Fall: September – December | Winter: January – April | Summer: May – August
Requirements
Admission Requirements: Admission requires an Ontario Secondary School Diploma or equivalent, or mature-applicant status at 19 or older, plus Grade 12 English at the College or University level, or a pass on Centennial's own English Admission Test. The programme defers standardized-test scores to the college's general language-proficiency page, whose Standard Programs scale applies: IELTS Academic 6.0 with no band under 5.5, TOEFL iBT 67 with Reading at least 16 and Writing at least 23, PTE Academic 51 or higher, or Duolingo 105 or higher. Beyond academics the programme requires a mandatory music portfolio: two contrasting live-performance audition videos on the applicant's primary instrument, a completed music-background questionnaire, and at least two supplementary items chosen from an online music-theory evaluation, a reference letter, a studio-quality audio recording, original sheet music, or a further live-performance video. No minimum admission GPA is published.
Application Details
Start Date:September and January
Application Deadline:Centennial publishes no application deadline for this program; what follows is the Ontario college cycle that governs it. Domestic applicants apply through ontariocolleges.ca: for a program starting in Fall 2027 the equal-consideration date is 1 February 2027, and applications arriving after it are still assessed, but first-come first-served while places remain. Across the Ontario college system the application opened on 26 September 2026, offers may be issued from 1 November 2026, and an offer must be accepted by 1 May 2027. One $150 fee covers up to five program choices. International applicants apply directly to Centennial through its own international application process and are assessed on a rolling basis across the Fall, Winter and Summer intakes; the college publishes no fixed international closing date. These are institution-wide dates; this programme publishes no deadline of its own.