Performing Arts Programs

Build the degree that fits your future.

Train in voice, music, composition, acting, costume studies, set design, technical theatre, film, and media, while actually creating work alongside other artists in a hands-on, collaborative environment.

Curious what Dal's performing arts programs are really like? Check out Fountain School alumni stories and hear firsthand what your time here could look like.

We’ve here to help you succeed. The Fountain School awards $350,000–$400,000 in scholarships and bursaries every year. Reach out to an academic advisor who gets your area of interest and start planning your path.

Undergraduate music studies options include:
•BMus degree, with concentrations including performance, voice, composition
•BA Music
•Combined Honours offerings
•Cooperative degree programs with the University of King's College
•Add a Minor to your degree
•Music elective classes

Graduate studies: MA Musicology
The Fountain School of Performing Arts welcomes students interested in the study of Musicology at the graduate level, leading to a Master of Arts in Musicology.

Undergraduate theatre studies options include:
•BA Honours in Theatre in Acting, Costume Studies, Stage Design & Technical Theatre, or Theatre Studies
•BA Theatre
•Combined Honours offerings
•Diploma in Costume Studies
•Add a Minor to your degree
•Certificate (Dance & Movement or Theatre Creation)
•Theatre elective classes

Undergraduate film studies options include:
•BA with Combined Honours in Cinema and Media Studies
•BA Cinema and Media Studies
•BA Double Major in Cinema and Media Studies
•Add a Minor in Film Studies to your degree
•Cinema and Media Studies elective classes

Certificate Programs

Certificate in Dance and Movement
Certificate in Theatre Creation
Certificate in Art History and Visual Culture