Offered by Conservatoire de Musique et d’art Dramatique du Québec in Québec, Canada, Master of Music - Performance is a master's degree in Music programme. The programme runs for 2 years. Tuition for international students is CAD 691 per credit (CAD 104 per credit for local students).
At a glance
Degree:Master's Degree
Field:Music
Duration: 2 years
Local tuition: CAD 104 / credit
International tuition: CAD 691 / credit
Information for the 2027/28 academic year · Last reviewed September 2026 ·
Program details
Overview
This Master of Music, offered through Quebec's Conservatoire network with a performance profile, is a second-cycle (graduate-level) university program lasting two years and requiring between 45 and 51 credit units depending on specialization. The program is designed to bring students to mastery of their specialty and a high level of artistic autonomy in musical interpretation, deepening their repertoire knowledge and technical skill while developing critical thinking about aesthetic interpretation through seminars combined with practical performance work. Its stated goals are to build critical and aesthetic research skills, achieve professional-level technical and expressive mastery, and prepare students for careers as professional performers. Specializations span strings, winds, keyboard instruments, classical voice with operatic training, and orchestral percussion. Admission requires a bachelor's degree in music with a performance focus, and candidates must demonstrate high-level professional musical and artistic ability through a jury audition. The program suits musicians preparing for careers as orchestral musicians, chamber musicians, soloists, or opera performers.
Requirements
Admission Requirements: Admission to this Maitrise en musique (Interpretation profile) requires applicants to hold a Baccalaureat en musique with an interpretation profile or concentration, or its equivalent, and to pass a jury admission audition demonstrating professional-level, high-caliber musical and artistic mastery beyond doubt. The Conservatoire's admission-conditions page does not state a language-proficiency requirement, minimum age, or numeric grade average, and it does not indicate whether transcripts or a research proposal are required beyond the audition itself. Audition repertoire lists and preparation requirements are published separately on the Conservatoire's website, and applicants should confirm current dates there before applying.
Application Details
Application Deadline:The Conservatoire de musique et d'art dramatique du Québec runs one province-wide admission process with a per-campus deadline rather than a single SRAM-style date. For the cycle currently published (entry in the 2026-2027 school year), the deadline to submit an application was 1 February 2026 for Montréal, 1 March 2026 for Gatineau, Québec and Trois-Rivières, 15 March 2026 for Val-d'Or, 1 April 2026 for Rimouski, and 1 May 2026 for Saguenay, each followed by campus-specific auditions. The next admission period, for 2027-2028 entry, opens 1 November 2026, but per-campus dates for that cycle are not yet posted. The site draws no distinction between domestic and international applicants, so no separate international deadline is published. Admission is not rolling: each campus works to its own fixed cutoff ahead of auditions. These are institution-wide dates; this programme publishes no deadline of its own.
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