Overview
Our two-year Music Diploma will help you develop the industry-ready knowledge and confidence you need to launch your professional career. Strengthen your skills through private lessons in voice or your chosen instrument, and take music classes in music theory and history, performing ensembles and class piano. You’ll also have the option to audition for one of Douglas’s performance groups, where you’ll get live performing experience through concerts, recordings and festival appearances.
Our high ratio of faculty to students allows you plenty of one-on-one instruction. Our faculty members are active performers locally, nationally and internationally. They are committed to providing you with a learning experience that is both challenging and supportive.
Many Music Diploma graduates transfer to university to pursue careers as public-school music teachers. The diploma program also provides a basis for further studies directed toward performance, composition, private teaching and other careers in music.
*Price shown is for indicative purposes, please
September 2025
Douglas College
New Westminster Campus,
700 Royal Avenue,
NEW WESTMINSTER,
British Columbia (BC),
V3M 5Z5, Canada
British Columbia secondary school graduation or equivalent; One course short of British Columbia secondary school graduation, or equivalent; Nineteen (19) years of age or older on the first day of the first semester of attendance; Seventeen (17) years of age on the first day of the first semester of attendance, and has not been enrolled at a school for a minimum of one year; Completion of a certificate or equivalent from a special needs program and has been in school for 12 years, or has received an Evergreen or Leaving School Certificate
Douglas College English Assessment
TOEFL iBT (in-person or online) - minimum score 83
TOEFL Essentials - minimum score of 9 (no score below 8 on any individual section)
IELTS - minimum overall band test score 6.5 (academic module only)
EIKEN Practical English - minimum placement of Grade 1
CAEL - minimum overall and essay score of 60 (computer or paper based)
Cambridge English CAE - minimum score 75 or "B
Cambridge English CPE - minimum score 60 or "C
Canadian Language Benchmark (CLB) Level 8 in each of Listening, Speaking, Reading and Writing
Duolingo English Test Minimum overall score of 110. Official test scores must be sent directly to Douglas College.
Pearson Test of English (PTE) Academic - minimum score of 56
*There may be different IELTS requirements depending on your chosen course.
Students who complete one of Douglas College’s 10 degree programs enjoy a graduate employment rate of 94 percent.
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