Find your voice
Whether you're composing original scores, performing under stage lights or studying the cultural impact of the arts, U of T offers space to express yourself and push your creativity further. With performance opportunities, academic flexibility and connections to a global arts scene, you'll grow as an artist, thinker and collaborator. Explore programs on all three campuses and find the people and spaces that move you.
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500+ music venues in Toronto
36 Academy Award, Juno Award and Grammy Award winners from U of T
Discover Student stories
Learn more about the inspiring work of the students in the Music faculty!
Specialist - Jazz Performance (Saxophone)
Bea
Bea is a Faculty of Music student who hopes become a touring musician, release her own music and play at other people’s shows.
Specialist - Classical Voice Composition
Danial
Danial is an alum of the Faculty of Music, who has been commissioned to compose pieces by the National Youth Orchestra of Canada and is now working on music of his own.
Specialist - Bassoon Performance
Rita
Rita is an alum of the Music Performance program who now hopes to pursue Music Administration.
Studying music at U of T
Whether you want to immerse yourself in music performance or explore how music connects with your other interests, you'll find flexible and inspiring options at the university. Here's how you can study music by faculty or campus:
Be immersed in music while studying composition, performance, education, health, history & culture, theory and technology.
In the Faculty of Arts & Science, you can study music through a Minor, Major or Specialist program focused on history, culture and theory.
In Engineering, you can pursue music through a performance-based minor or a Music Technology certificate.
At U of T Scarborough, you can study music through a blend of culture, performance and technology.
What's the difference between a Bachelor of Music and a Bachelor of Arts in Music?
Bachelor of Music (BMus) and Bachelor of Music in Performance (BMusPerf) are professional, performance-focused degrees offered through the Faculty of Music. They provide intensive, conservatory-style training in areas like performance, composition, theory and music education. This path is ideal if you're planning a career as a musician, composer, music teacher or music scholar. Music programs that lead to Honours Bachelor of Arts are academic, liberal arts degrees that emphasize music theory, history and culture, with optional performance components. These program are more flexible and often attracts students who want to combine music with another area of study or who are interested in music from a broader, interdisciplinary perspective.
If you're looking for intensive musical training and a career in performance or education, the BMus and BMusPerf might be the right fit. If you're more interested in exploring music within a wider academic context, our HBA programs offer that flexibility.
Theatre & drama studies at U of T
Explore programs in drama and the performing arts across all three of our campuses. Each campus offers unique programs—like U of T Mississauga's Theatre and Drama Studies which is jointly offered with Sheridan College—and access to professional stages and partnerships. You'll find opportunities to develop your craft and perspective, whether in acting, directing, design or critical theory.
Performance spaces on campus
With concert halls, theatres and performance spaces across all three campuses, there's always something to experience after class. Explore some of the spaces where creativity takes centre stage at U of T.
Mississauga campus
St. George campus
St. George campus
St. George campus
Scarborough campus
MacMillan Theatre
St. George campus
Multi-Media Studio Theatre (MiST)
Mississauga campus
Walter Hall
St. George campus