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How to Apply

How to Apply

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How to Apply

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Application Process

1. Apply to Western

Apply to Western University through the Ontario Universities Application Centre.

2. Register for your audition/interview

After completing step 1 and you have received your Western student number, register for an audition or interview (requirements vary by program) and pay the fee. Register here.

3. Submit your documents

Submit a completed questionnaire for each of your chosen programs (linked below). If required, send in your video submission when requested.

4. Meet with us

Attend your audition and/or interview on your assigned date(s) if the program to which you are applying requires them. Bachelor of Music applicants, be sure to check your Instrument/Program Requirements in advance.

Admission Requirements & Forms

Please note that conservatory certificates are not required, but you may share any conservatory certificates in your completed questionnaire.

Audition and interview required (in-person preferred; recorded audition with Zoom interview available)
Questionnaire form
Interview required (in-person preferred; Zoom available)
Questionnaire form
Interview plus video submission required (in-person preferred; Zoom available)
Questionnaire form
Interview plus video submission required (in-person preferred; Zoom available)
Questionnaire form

Auditions and Interviews

Applicants are expected to audition in person for the Bachelor of Music program, but those living more than 250 km away from London, ON, or by special permission, may send a recording and request a Zoom interview with the audition panel.

Learn what you will need to play for your Bachelor of Music audition on the Instrument Requirements page.

Applicants for the Bachelor of Arts (Popular Music Studies) or (Music Administrative Studies) programs are required to submit a video recording and a completed questionnaire form (above). An in-person interview is required, but those living more than 250 km from London, ON, or by special permission, may request a Zoom interview.

Learn what you will need to include on your Bachelor of Arts (Popular Music Studies) or (Music Administrative Studies) video recording on the Instrument Requirements page.

Applicants for the Bachelor of Arts (Music) program are required to submit a completed questionnaire form (above). An in-person interview is required, but those living more than 250 km from London, ON, or by special permission, may request a Zoom interview.
Although a Music Theory Assessment is not required for applicants to the Don Wright Faculty of Music, all incoming students are expected to have a basic understanding of rudimentary music theory and be able to read music at an entry level at minimum when they start their first year. Please contact us (see below) if you would like to receive further information regarding the specific entry-level music literacy expectations.

Contact us

Need more information about applying to Western Music? We're here to help!

Undergraduate Admissions Inquiries

Grace Theriault
Admissions and Undergraduate Assistant
gwiebe2@uwo.ca 
519-661-2044

Sasha Gorbasew
Recruitment Co-ordinator
519-661-2111 x80532
agorbase@uwo.ca

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Don Wright Faculty of Music
Talbot College, Room 210
Western University
1151 Richmond St.
London, Ontario N6A 3K7

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