VAM’s post-secondary programs are offered to high school graduates interested in majoring in piano, voice, orchestral instruments, or composition. Students receive intensive training as music performers, along with classes in music theory, ear training, and history. There are many performance opportunities as soloists, chamber musicians, composers and orchestra or vocal theatre ensemble members.
The Music Performance Diploma (MPD) is a full-time, four-year program featuring private studies with a faculty of distinguished performing artists in residence at VAM. Additional courses may be taken to complete a Bachelor of Music (BMus) degree through the BMus Transfer Program.
Programs are available in:
- Instrumental Music
- Voice
- Composition
Music Performance Diploma/BMus Transfer – Instrumental
Length: 4 years
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Music Performance Diploma/BMus Transfer – Voice
Length: 4 years
Admission Requirements Audition Requirements Program Outline
Music Performance Diploma/BMus Transfer – Composition
Length: 4 years
Admission Requirements Audition Requirements Program Outline
A Bachelor of Music (B.Mus.) performance degree can be completed through our Bachelor of Music transfer option, offered in collaboration with Thompson Rivers University, Open Learning (TRU-OL). VAM Music Performance Diploma courses can be transferred as a block to TRU-OL to complete the music requirements of the degree. TRU-OL offers the extra academic credits students need by distance education or by transfer from other accredited institutions. This degree is accepted at Canadian, U.S. and other international universities and conservatories around the world. It is possible to graduate with a B.Mus. (Performance) degree from TRU-OL at the same time as a student finishes the VAM Music Performance Diploma. Students can also opt to complete the extra academic courses after earning our MPD.
For students with some post-secondary training, it may be possible to transfer into second or third year of the Music Performance Diploma/B.Mus. transfer program. The transcripts of incoming transfer students will be evaluated on a course-by-course basis. Auditions are required, and placement in your instrument is decided by the instrument department at VAM. If there is any question about theory and aural skills placement, the theory department will evaluate students individually. There is a two-year residency requirement in this program.
BMus Transfer General Education Requirements
