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Application Process

Admission Requirements & Forms

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

Bachelor of Music
Audition and interview required (in-person preferred; recorded audition with Zoom interview available)
Questionnaire form

Bachelor of Arts (Music)
Interview required (in-person preferred; Zoom available)
Questionnaire form

Bachelor of Arts (Popular Music Studies)
Interview plus recorded audition required (in-person preferred; Zoom available)
Questionnaire form

Bachelor of Arts (Music Administrative Studies)
Interview plus recorded audition required (in-person preferred; Zoom available)
Questionnaire form

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Auditions and Interviews

Requirements for Bachelor of Music Applicants

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.

Requirements of Bachelor of Arts (Popular Music Studies) or (Music Administrative Studies) Applicants

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. 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 audition on the Instrument Requirements page.

Requirements for Bachelor of Arts (Music)

Applicants for the Bachelor of Arts (Music) program are required to submit a completed questionnaire form. 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.

Music Theory for Incoming Students

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.

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Contact Us

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

Odilla Van Delinder
Undergraduate Admissions Assistant
519-661-2044
ovandeli@uwo.ca

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

Visit Us

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

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