Performance - String Quartet: Master of Music (MMus) at University of Victoria in Victoria, Canada is a master's degree in Music programme. The programme runs for 2 years, delivered on campus. Teaching is in English. Tuition for international students is CAD 2,857 per semester (CAD 2,265 per semester for local students).
At a glance
Degree:Master's Degree
Field:Music
Duration: 2 years
Delivery: On Campus
Language: English
Local tuition: CAD 2,265 / semester
International tuition: CAD 2,857 / semester
Last reviewed September 2026 ·
Program details
Overview
The Performance - String Quartet MMus is a two-year degree focused squarely on ensemble musicianship, sharpening technical skills like bow control, vibrato, and intonation while building the collaborative and leadership habits a quartet demands. Alongside chamber and solo playing, students take seminars in music theory, history, and style, and the program explicitly folds in career-facing skills such as business basics and help finding competitions and performance connections. Admission requires a thirty-minute audition of graduate-level repertoire, preferably live, plus a personal statement on musical background and goals, and a confirmed faculty supervisor. The degree can also serve as a springboard into doctoral-level performance study. Applications for the September intake are due December 15, and auditions completed by January 15 receive the strongest consideration.
Requirements
Admission Requirements: The program page does not publish a minimum GPA or an English-language test score, so UVic's general graduate floor applies to the latter: IELTS overall 6.5 with no band below 6.0, or TOEFL iBT overall 90 with no section below 20. Applicants submit a one- to two-page statement on their background, goals as a musician or scholar and reasons for applying, plus an audition of at least 30 minutes with repertoire pitched at graduate-program difficulty and variety. In-person auditions are encouraged; applicants unable to attend may instead submit a high-quality, unedited recording, though some instructors may still require a live audition, and instrument-specific audition guidance sits on the program's separate auditions page. The program admits for September entry, applications are due December 15, and auditions completed by January 15 receive the strongest consideration.
Application Details
Start Date:September
Application Deadline:Domestic applicants apply through EducationPlannerBC, which opens for 2027-entry applications on 1 October 2026: most degree programmes see September 2027 entry close 31 January 2027, January 2027 entry close 30 September 2026, and Summer 2027 entry close 31 March 2027, though Teacher Education post-degree programmes close 2 January 2027, Indigenous Education post-degree admits on an ongoing basis, and Engineering's Summer entry (high-school graduates only) closes 31 December 2026. International applicants use the same portal and face identical dates, since UVic publishes no separate international deadline. UVic treats these as fixed annual dates rather than rolling admission, though it warns any programme can close early without notice. These are institution-wide dates; this programme publishes no deadline of its own.
