Music - Instrumental Pedagogy (Master's)

The Master's in Music - Instrumental Pedagogy at Universite Laval develops professional expertise in teaching a musical instrument, combining supervised teaching internships, individual student mentoring, and group instruction methods. Students learn to design teaching strategies suited to learners of varying ages and skill levels. The program comprises 45 credits and is estimated to take two years of full-time study, with up to 19 credits of prior learning eligible for recognition. Admission requires a bachelor's degree in music or equivalent training, a mandatory instrumental audition, a minimum grade average, a motivation letter of up to 500 words, and three letters of appreciation from referees. Non-francophone and non-anglophone applicants must submit official French and English proficiency test results. Graduates are prepared for careers teaching music at conservatories, private studios, and community music schools, or for further graduate study in music education.