Offered by Collège Lionel Groulx in Sainte-Thérèse, Canada, Diploma in Arts, lettres et communication et Musique is a diploma in Performing Arts programme. The programme runs for 3 years. Teaching is in French. Tuition is CAD 3,740 per year for local students.
This double-DEC program at Collège Lionel-Groulx pairs the Théâtre option of Arts, lettres et communication -- specifically its Jeu et création théâtrale (acting and theatrical creation) profile -- with a Musique diploma, letting students complete both credentials in three years, or six sessions, instead of studying them one after the other. Students take the theatre component through practical courses in dramatic performance and staging, developing acting and stagecraft skills across the program, while choosing one of the college's three Musique profiles -- Classique, Jazz, or Numérique -- for their musical training in technique, theory, and ensemble work. Coursework from the two programs runs on an integrated timetable rather than as separate blocks. Admission combines the college's standard academic-record review with a mandatory music audition; a non-refundable audition fee applies. The pathway suits students who want serious training in both live-performance disciplines at once -- for example, singers and actors aiming at opera or musical theatre -- rather than a single specialization, and who have the motivation and organizational skills to manage two demanding studio-based programs in parallel. Graduates can pursue university study in music, theatre, communications, or arts administration.
Requirements
Admission Requirements: Beyond the college's general admission conditions (a DES, or DEP-plus-courses equivalency, or judged-sufficient training/experience, plus adequate French with the Bright test at 3.7 minimum for anyone without a francophone-sector DES), this Double DEC's stated prerequisite is a passed music audition. Selection is decided jointly by audition and academic record: "l'audition et le dossier scolaire sont les criteres de selection pour l'admission au programme." Candidates must submit an audition request before the deadline and prepare for solfege, dictation and theory examinations plus an instrumental audition. For the 2026 intake, the audition request is due 15 February, the audition is held 21 February, and the SRAM application is due 1 March, with two further rounds in April and May.
Application Details
Start Date:September
Application Deadline:Domestic applicants apply through the Service régional d'admission du Montréal métropolitain (SRAM) at admission.sram.qc.ca: the college's own admission page states an equal-consideration date of 1 March for Fall entry and 1 November for Winter entry, which for the 2027 cycle fall on 1 March 2027 (Fall) and 1 November 2026 (Winter), with Winter 2027 applications opening 15 September 2026. Collège Lionel-Groulx does not publish a dedicated international-admissions page of its own; international applicants would follow SRAM's system-wide window, published as 15 March 2026 to 14 March 2027 for Fall 2027 entry, though the college has not confirmed this itself. Admission proceeds round by round on a rolling basis after each equal-consideration date until seats are filled. These are institution-wide dates; this programme publishes no deadline of its own.
