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Tuition Fees, Practical Instruction Fees, and Lesson Quotas
Note: The fee rate presented in this section is in reference to the 2022-2023 academic year, and is subject to change for the 2023-2024 academic year. Review current Schulich School of Music fee rate at the Student Accounts website.
General information on tuition and other fees can be found in University Regulations and Resources > Undergraduate > Fees > Tuition Fees. The University reserves the right to make changes without notice in the published scale of fees.
Individual practical instruction on a main instrument or voice as indicated in the various degree and diploma programs (see Degrees and Diplomas Offered) is included at the per-credit rate and the practical instruction fee of $645.09 per term only while the student is full-time, and for a maximum number of years according to the following table:
Practical Instruction is also known as private lessons, which are one-on-one instruction with a private teacher for an instrument/voice which a student learns.
| Maximum Years of Practical Instruction at the Per-Credit Rate, One Hour per Week | ||
|---|---|---|
| Category of Student (Based on Academic Entrance Qualifications) | B.Mus. (Perf. or Jazz Perf.) | B.Mus. (Non-Perf. Major*) |
| High school graduates (Gr.12) [Canadian, except Quebec; United States; overseas];U0 student at time of admission | 5 years | 3 years |
| CEGEP graduates [holders of DEC or DCS in Music or a non-Music specialization]; U1 student at time of admission | 4 years | 2 years |
| Transfer students [from other colleges, universities, music conservatories or another McGill faculty], degree holders, or admitted as U1 students who have completed a French or International Baccalaureat (IB); U1 student at time of admission | 4 years | 2 years |
| Mature Students [without above academic qualifications but who are 21 years old as of September 1 at term of admission]; U1 student at time of admission | 4 years | 2 years |
* B.Mus. non-Performance majors include Music Composition, Music Education, Music History, Music Theory, Faculty Program, and Faculty Program-Jazz.
L.Mus. students are entitled to practical instruction at the per-credit rate plus the music practical instruction fee for a maximum of four years, one hour per week, regardless of education qualifications prior to admission.
Students who opt to take the last year of practical instruction in their lesson quota will have practical instruction counted as elective lessons. Credits earned from elective lessons can be counted as free/music electives in a B.Mus. program. For example, a B.Mus. Performance student who started the program as a U0 student, and who opts to complete the degree in five, instead of four, years may apply for a fifth year of practical instruction, which will be noted as elective lessons. See Elective Lessons mcgill.ca/music/resources/undergraduate/practical-instruction-muin-courses/elective-lessons for detail.
The maximum of four years of practical instruction for L.Mus. students includes instruction received while in a B.Mus. program either during or prior to registration in the L.Mus. program.
Note: Part-time students in the B.Mus. and L.Mus. programs and those
who have exhausted the above-listed maxima will be charged a supplemental private lesson fee of $1,012.80 per term in addition to the per-credit fee, and the music practical instruction fee of $645.09 per term. Supplemental private lesson fee is waived for part-time students in the graduating year.
Special or part-time Visiting Students who are permitted to enrol for practical instruction will also be charged a supplemental private lesson fee of $1.012.80 per term, in addition to the per-credit fee and the music practical instruction fee of $645.09 per term, as will all other students taking instruction in a second practical subject.
Voice Coaching (MUIN 300, MUIN 301) is available at the per-credit rate for a maximum of two terms for full-time B.Mus. and L.Mus. Voice Performance students only.
Students in the Minor in Early Music and the Minor in Jazz Performance will be charged a private lesson fee of $645.09 for 3 credits or $322.55 for 1.5 credits in addition to the per-credit fee for Early Music Minor Repertoire Coaching and/or Practical Lessons.
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