Degree and Certificate Programs
Drama
The Bachelor of Arts, Drama is a 4-year Honours degree (BAH) or a 3-year General degree (BA). This degree integrates a variety of performance- and production-based learning with scholarship around theatre making and its role in society across cultures and over time.
Music
The DAN School offers two Music degree options: a Bachelor of Music or a Bachelor of Arts in Music. Both degree plans can be taken as part of the Concurrent Education program at Queen’s Faculty of Education.
Music Theatre
Our Music Theatre program provides students with rich opportunities to delve into the critical study of music theatre as a liberal arts subject, along with intense practical training in the three core disciplines of acting, singing, and dancing. This program is offered in partnership with St. Lawrence College.
Media and Performance Production
The Bachelor of Arts in Media and Performance Production (MAPP) is a 4-year Honours degree. In this specialization program, students focus on Drama or Music along with Media Production.
Computing and the Creative Arts
Queen’s University offers Computing and the Creative Arts (CoCA), an innovative 4-year Honours degree program that is grounded in Computing with a specialization in Music or Drama. Visit Queen’s Computing for details about this unique, interdisciplinary Computing and the Creative Arts program.
Entrepreneurship, Innovation & Creativity
This certificate allows students to develop an entrepreneurial mindset and to execute entrepreneurial innovation. Students will have the opportunity to study and practice skills in marketing and promotion as well as finance and business planning. Through a variety of interdisciplinary courses, students will be challenged to brainstorm, research, design, and present a new product or service.
My undergrad experience at Queen’s was formative, inspiring, and beyond valuable to me both personally and professionally. Having the ability to immerse myself in courses from both the Film & Media and Drama programs helped shape my understanding of storytelling and my voice as a creator, which continues to influence my career as a filmmaker every day.
Naseem Loloie
BAH 2014, MAPP Alumni
All students must submit applications through the Ontario University Application Centre (OUAC).
Students in the Bachelor of Arts program will be assessed based on their high school transcripts. Applicants to the Bachelor of Music or Bachelor of Music Theatre programs will additionally complete an audition. Information on the audition process can be found below.
Audition Information
Audition requirements for the Bachelor Music: Contemporary Vocal and Instrumental Genres, and the Bachelor of Music: Sonic Arts & Digital Production will be available here.
To audition for the Bachelor of Music program, you must prepare a 15-minute program of two or three works of contrasting styles/periods that you will perform at an in-person or recorded audition. Some instruments may also require you to perform some technical patterns (e.g., scales or arpeggios) and may also ask you to sight-read (or play a brand-new piece).
Through your audition, you will need to demonstrate your abilities on one primary instrument. We will be assessing your technical and musical abilities as well as your ability to interpret different types of pieces or songs.
Audition Requirements by Instrument
Booking your Audition
Audition dates for the 2025/2026 academic year will be announced shortly. After you have applied through OUAC you will be contacted directly with instructions to book your audition. If you have any questions about the audition process, please contact the Undergraduate Coordinator Kim Gudlauski at kim.gudlauski@queensu.ca.
This stream is for musicians with an interest in performing in any contemporary genre, such as musical theatre, jazz, pop, rock, or country/folk, among others. You may be a singer/songwriter, musical theatre singer or pit musician, rock/pop musician, or a multi-genre musician.
We want you to show us whatever represents your experience and ability best. Click on the button to learn more about the audition requirements. This audition has 2 components: repertoire and technique. The repertoire guidelines are meant to provide some choice and structure to help you showcase the breadth of your artistic abilities. We have provided some choice in your repertoire selection, since we know that people learn and perform music using different tools and approaches. The technical component is meant to assess your vocal or instrumental facility.
If you have any questions about the audition process, please contact the Undergraduate Coordinator Kim Gudlauski at kim.gudlauski@queensu.ca.
Audition Requirements by Instrument
Booking your Audition
Audition dates for the 2025/2026 academic year will be announced shortly. After you have applied through OUAC you will be contacted directly with instructions to book your audition. If you have any questions about the audition process, please contact the Undergraduate Coordinator Kim Gudlauski at kim.gudlauski@queensu.ca.
This stream is for students interested in sound design, music-based performance art, and/or digital music creation, production, recording, and composition across all genres (including beat–, sample–, and loop–based music) . These requirements are meant to help you showcase your artistic ideas and technical abilities with various digital tools. While some students applying to this stream may play a standard instrument, we expect that some applicants may not play a traditional acoustic instrument and will instead use a computer or other electronic means as their primary instrument.
Please prepare the following for your application:
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Three works of your choosing that show off your creative ability. These may be performances or compositions (or a combination of both) and can be audio or video recordings of:
- music you have written such as an original song, soundtrack, beat, or composition;
- sound design for radio, or stage theatre;
- field recordings;
- a cover, arrangement, remix, or other reinterpretation of someone else’s music;
- a recording that you have mixed, engineered, or otherwise contributed to (be sure to indicate your role)
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These may be live-performed, submitted as a recording, or submitted in a common file format (e.g., MusicXML, .mp3, YouTube link, etc.). We may contact you during the admission process for another format or more documentation if we want to see more detail about your creative process.
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A personal statement that details your inspiration and creation process for each piece, as well as your desired learning structure at Queen’s (i.e. what instrument(s) and genre(s) you are most proficient in as well as other areas you would like to learn). An online form will be provided for this component which you will fill in before your audition.
Booking your Audition
Audition dates for the 2025/2026 academic year will be announced shortly. After you have applied through OUAC you will be contacted directly with instructions to book your audition. If you have any questions about the audition process, please contact the Undergraduate Coordinator Kim Gudlauski at kim.gudlauski@queensu.ca.
The Bachelor of Music Theatre is a joint program with St. Lawrence College, and auditions are conducted by St. Lawrence College. You can audition in person at St. Lawrence College, on Zoom, or via electronic submission. The Bachelor of Music Theatre audition requires you to demonstrate your singing, dancing, and acting abilities.
Audition Requirements: The specific audition requirements, as well as information about in-person audition dates, Zoom auditions, and electronic submission procedures, are outlined on the St. Lawrence College website.