• Prerequisites
• Auditions
• Audition Program
  
• Application Supporting Documents
 

This program is offered on a full-time basis only and begins in September. We have ONE admissions cycle per year.

Prerequisites

An appropriate bachelor's degree with high academic standing from a recognized university is required. 

Auditions

There are two parts to the audition:

1.  A pre-audition DVD is required by the document deadline.  (Students registered in the Faculty of Music at the time of application deadline are not required to submit a pre-audition DVD.)
2.    Based on the Admission Committee's assessment of the DVD, applicants may be invited for a live audition and interview.  Audition Schedule 

Audition Program

The requirements are the same for the pre-audition and the live audition:  Three contrasting arias, one of which must be in English (an aria in English translation is acceptable). 

Scores of all compositions on the audition program must be provided for the jurors at the live audition.

Application Supporting Documents

We must receive all the following by the document deadline.

Graduate Department of Music
University of Toronto
80 Queen’s Park
Toronto, Ontario, Canada, M5S 2C5

1. ONE (1) official paper transcript of your academic record from every post-secondary institution attended. Include a description of grading systems used, and full course titles. Note: The transcripts you receive in sealed envelopes are confidential and must not be opened.
2. Applicants from universities other than the University of Toronto should provide course descriptions for specialized music courses where content is not clear from the course titles on the transcript.
3. At least TWO letters of reference (one from an instructor in your major area and one from an instructor familiar with your academic work).  Please contact your referees in advance to obtain an e-mail address (preferably a university e-mail address). Be sure to inform your referees that you are doing this and that the University of Toronto, School of Graduate Studies will be contacting them by email.  Referees have the option of sending hard copies instead.
4. Typed audition program, titled with your name, voice type, name of applied teacher you wish to study with.  Please state on the program whether or not you are an Equity Member.  Audition Form
5. Pre-audition DVD (see Auditions).
6. Audition fee of $75.00 Canadian.  Please make certified cheques or money orders payable in Canadian or US funds to the University of Toronto and mailed to the Graduate Department of Music, University of Toronto.  Note: credit cards and personal cheques are not accepted.
7. Up-to-date resume 
8. Recent photo 
9. Proof of English proficiency for applicants from Universities where English is not the language of instruction and examination. Please note that an offer of admission cannot be made unless the minimum score is achieved.

on-line application form