At The University of British Columbia in Vancouver, Canada, Harpsichord: Master of Music (MMUS) - UBCV is offered as a master's degree in Music programme. The programme is delivered on campus. Teaching is in English. Tuition for international students is CAD 10,082 per year (CAD 5,739 per year for local students).
At a glance
Degree:Master's Degree
Field:Music
Delivery: On Campus
Language: English
Local tuition: CAD 5,739 / year
International tuition: CAD 10,082 / year
Information for the 2027/28 academic year · Last reviewed September 2026 ·
Program details
Overview
A two-year performance master's in harpsichord for players with strong undergraduate attainment and clear potential for further significant accomplishment, taken either as a terminal professional credential or as preparation for doctoral study. A jury of solo and chamber music in the first year and a full-length solo recital in the second stand in place of a thesis. The degree emphasises comprehensive musical and personal growth through chamber ensembles and both early music and contemporary groups, and its distinctive feature is the UBC Baroque Mentorship Program, a partnership with the professional Pacific Baroque Orchestra led by Professor Alexander Weimann that offers unusual professional development. Admission requires a Bachelor of Music or equivalent, excellent performing ability, undergraduate coursework in music history, theory and continuo realisation, and an audition in person or by video. Performances take place in venues including the Chan Centre for the Performing Arts and the Roy Barnett Recital Hall, and graduates go into performance, university appointments, education and pedagogy, and arts administration.
Requirements
Minimum GPA:76.00 / %
Admission Requirements: Admission is administered by UBC's Faculty of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies (FGPS) under its published requirements for this master's program. B.Mus degree or equivalent Course requirements: Excellent performing ability BMus degree or equivalent Undergraduate Music History (Music 120/121 and 220/221), Theory (Music 100/101/105, 200/201/205, and 300), and continuo realization (Music 333/433), or their equivalents. FGPS's minimum admission average is in the B+ range (76 per cent), and this program's page states no higher academic minimum, though meeting it does not guarantee admission in a competitive process. Applicants from a university where English was not the language of instruction must meet this program's published English-proficiency minimum: IELTS Academic overall 6.5 with no band below 6; or TOEFL iBT overall 4.5 with no skill below 4 on the 6-point scale in effect for tests sat from 21 January 2026 (overall 90 with no skill below 21 on the prior 120-point scale); or Duolingo English Test overall 125 with no skill below 115. An audition, either via video or in-person, is required. The application also requires three letters of reference and transcripts from all prior post-secondary study.
Application Details
Start Date:September
Application Deadline:Domestic and international undergraduate applicants both apply through EducationPlannerBC for Winter Session 2027/28 (September 2027 entry) and Summer 2027: applications open in early October 2026 and the equal-consideration deadline is 15 January 2027, 11:59 p.m. PST, the same date for both groups; a few programs keep reviewing late applications on a space-available basis afterwards. Earlier dates apply only to entrance-award consideration -- 15 November 2026 for the International Scholars Program and 1 December 2026 for Presidential/Centennial/Beyond Tomorrow scholars. Several limited-entry programmes -- Law, Pharmacy, Dentistry, Nursing (advanced entry), Occupational/Physical Therapy, Social Work and Teacher Education -- set their own earlier deadlines from October 2026 through February 2027. These are institution-wide dates; this programme publishes no deadline of its own.
