BA/BS in Music at Western University in London, Canada is a bachelor's degree in Music programme. The programme runs for 4 years, delivered on campus. Tuition for international students is CAD 47,493 per year (CAD 6,171 per year for local students).
At a glance
Degree:Bachelor's Degree
Field:Music
Duration: 4 years
Delivery: On Campus
Local tuition: CAD 6,171 / year
International tuition: CAD 47,493 / year
Information for the 2027/28 academic year · Last reviewed September 2026 ·
Program details
Overview
The Bachelor of Music (BMus) is an undergraduate program at Western University's Don Wright Faculty of Music, one of the larger music faculties in Canada, offered alongside a related Bachelor of Arts music option so that students can choose the degree pathway that fits their goals. Admission includes an audition, with requirements that vary by instrument or voice type. Performance is a significant part of the student experience: the faculty hosts more than 350 public performances and other events each year, giving BMus students regular opportunities to perform in ensembles and recitals as part of their training. The faculty maintains a direct pathway from the BMus into Western's Faculty of Education for students planning to pursue teaching, reflecting a program focus that extends into music education alongside performance. Teaching and performance activity are based at Talbot College on Western's main campus in London, Ontario, within a student community that draws musicians from across Canada and beyond. The program suits students who want a performance-intensive undergraduate music education with the option to move later into teacher training, and who are prepared to audition on their principal instrument or voice as part of admission.
Requirements
Admission Requirements: Western's Don Wright Faculty of Music publishes no Grade 12 course prerequisites or numeric admission average on its undergraduate pages; entry instead turns on an audition or interview matched to the degree sought. The Bachelor of Music requires an audition and interview (in person preferred, with a recorded audition and Zoom interview available); the BA (Music) requires an interview; the BA (Popular Music Studies) and BA (Music Administrative Studies) require an interview plus a video submission. Applicants living more than 250km from London, or with special permission, may submit a recording and complete the interview by Zoom. All incoming students are expected to have a basic understanding of music theory and be able to read music at an entry level. The pages state no English-proficiency scores; non-native English speakers must meet Western's institution-wide policy of IELTS Academic 6.5 overall (no band below 6.0) or TOEFL iBT 83 (no section below 20), among other accepted tests, unless exempt.
Application Details
Application Deadline:Western applies through the Ontario Universities' Application Centre, which opens for Fall 2027 entry in late September 2026; Western's own equal-consideration deadline for full-time undergraduate study is 15 January 2027, the same date used for domestic (OUAC 101/105) and international applicants alike, since Western publishes no separate international closing date. Several named programmes carry their own earlier deadlines within the cycle: Medicine (MD) closes 1 October 2026, Law (JD) and Dentistry (DDS) close 1 November 2026, Education (BEd) closes 2 November 2026, and Western Integrated Science closes in early April 2027. Students already enrolled in an Ontario high school cannot be required to respond to an offer before 1 June 2027. Admission is not rolling: applicants are assessed against these published deadlines. These are institution-wide dates; this programme publishes no deadline of its own.
