Offered by:Music
Degree:Doctor of Music
Program Requirement:
A minimum of two years' residence is required beyond the M.Mus. in Performance, or its equivalent.
Details concerning the comprehensive examinations, composition performance, thesis and academic regulations are available from the Graduate Studies website (http://www.mcgill.ca/music).
Thesis
Recitals (36 credits)
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MUPG 760
Doctoral Recital 1
12 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Performance: A full-length public recital with program notes.
Offered by: Performance
- Solo (60-75 minutes of music) or conducting (40 - 45 minutes of music).
- Terms
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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MUPG 767
Doctoral Recital 2
12 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Performance: A full-length public recital or recording with program notes.
Offered by: Performance
- 60-75 minutes of music (40-45 minutes conducting). In the event of a recording, additional fees and requirements may apply.
- Terms
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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MUPG 771
Doctoral Final Project
12 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Performance: The recital comprises 60-70 minutes of music. The presentation of the research document is followed by questions from the examiners and audience.
Offered by: Performance
- Terms
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
Required Courses (27 credits)
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MUGS 701
Comprehensive Examinations
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Graduate Faculty Music Courses: Examinations that must be passed by all doctoral candidates in order to continue in the doctoral program.
Offered by: Music Research
- Terms
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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MUGS 711
Perf. Doctoral Colloquium 1
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Graduate Faculty Music Courses: The colloquium nurtures a collaborative environment for the students to share and critique artistic practices and recent developments in their disciplines. The main focus for the Performance Colloquium is to work on, develop and formulate the framework of the student's final project.
Offered by: Performance
- Restrictions: Course restricted to D.Mus.; Performance Studies students only.
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MUGS 712
Perf. Doctoral Colloquium 2
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Graduate Faculty Music Courses: The colloquium nurtures a collaborative environment for the students to share and critique artistic practices and recent developments in their disciplines. The main focus for the Perf. Colloquium 2 is to finalize the comprehensive examination bibliographies and to prepare for the examination.
Offered by: Performance
- Prerequisite: MUGS 711
- Restrictions: Course restricted to D.Mus.; Performance Studies students only.
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MUPD 650
Research Methods in Music
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Music Professional Development: This interdisciplinary lecture offers an overview of the fundamental principles of research in music. Emphasis is placed on acquainting students with the methods and techniques most commonly used to study music and musical processes. Topics include approaches and theories, artistic research, research project design,
procedures for carrying out research, as well as both qualitatively- and quantitatively-oriented methods of data collection, processing and analysis.
Offered by: Performance
Performance Tutorials
one hour per week.
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MUIN 720
D.Mus. Performance Tutorial 1
4 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Practical Instrument: Individual instrumental or vocal tutorial. Advanced technical and interpretive training as well as recital preparation.
Offered by: Performance
- Restriction: Not open to students who have taken MUPG 720
- Terms
- Instructors
- John Mac Master, Dominique Labelle, Stephane Levesque, Brian Manker, Rudolf-Alexius Hauser, Simon Aldrich, Andre J Roy, sylvain Bergeron, Marina Mdivani, Sara Laimon, Kyoko Hashimoto, Susan E Napper, Matt Haimovitz, Fabrice Marandola, Ali Yazdanfar, Tracy A Smith, Isabelle Demers, Ilya Poletaev, Axel Strauss, Stéphane Lemelin, Jean-Francois Normand, Jean-Sébastien Vallée, Jean-Michel Pilc, Richard P Stoelzel, John E Hollenbeck, Marie- C Leclair, Alexis Basque, Jinjoo Cho, Patrick J Kearney, Darrell Green
- Fabrice Marandola, Axel Strauss, John E Hollenbeck
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MUIN 721
D.Mus. Performance Tutorial 2
4 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Practical Instrument: Individual instrumental or vocal tutorial. Advanced technical and interpretive training as well as recital preparation.
Offered by: Performance
- Restriction: Not open to students who have taken MUPG 721
- Terms
- Instructors
- Sara Laimon, Kyoko Hashimoto
- John Mac Master, Dominique Labelle, Stephane Levesque, Brian Manker, Simon Aldrich, sylvain Bergeron, Hank Knox, Marina Mdivani, Sara Laimon, Kyoko Hashimoto, Susan E Napper, Matt Haimovitz, Fabrice Marandola, Ali Yazdanfar, Isabelle Demers, Ilya Poletaev, Axel Strauss, Guillaume Bourgogne, Stéphane Lemelin, Jean-Sébastien Vallée, Jean-Michel Pilc, Richard P Stoelzel, John E Hollenbeck, Marie- C Leclair, Alexis Basque, Jinjoo Cho, Patrick J Kearney, Darrell Green
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MUIN 722
D.Mus. Performance Tutorial 3
4 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Practical Instrument: Individual instrumental or vocal tutorial. Advanced technical and interpretive training as well as recital preparation.
Offered by: Performance
- Restriction: Not open to students who have taken MUPG 722
- Terms
- Instructors
- Dominique Labelle, Matthew Dixon Jennejohn, Joshua Rager, Simon Aldrich, Remi Bolduc, Kevin Dean, Michael McMahon, Marina Mdivani, Sara Laimon, Kyoko Hashimoto, James O Box, Susan E Napper, Matt Haimovitz, Fabrice Marandola, Ali Yazdanfar, Tracy A Smith, Isabelle Demers, Ilya Poletaev, Axel Strauss, Steven C Cowan, Stéphane Lemelin, Jean-Francois Normand, John E Hollenbeck, Marie- C Leclair, Violaine Melancon, Alexis Basque
- Marina Mdivani, Sara Laimon, Kyoko Hashimoto
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MUIN 723
D.Mus. Performance Tutorial 4
4 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Practical Instrument: Individual instrumental or vocal tutorial. Advanced technical and interpretive training as well as recital preparation.
Offered by: Performance
- Restriction: Not open to students who have taken MUPG 723
- Terms
- Instructors
- Andre J Roy, Sara Laimon, Kyoko Hashimoto
- Matthew Dixon Jennejohn, Pierre Beaudry, Simon Aldrich, Remi Bolduc, Sara Laimon, Kyoko Hashimoto, Susan E Napper, Matt Haimovitz, Fabrice Marandola, Ali Yazdanfar, Tracy A Smith, Ilya Poletaev, Axel Strauss, Stéphane Lemelin, Jean-Francois Normand, Jean-Michel Pilc, John E Hollenbeck, Marie- C Leclair, Alexis Basque
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MUIN 724
D.Mus. Performance Tutorial 5
4 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Practical Instrument: Individual instrumental or vocal tutorial. Advanced technical and interpretive training as well as recital preparation.
Offered by: Performance
- Restriction: Not open to students who have taken MUPG 724
- Terms
- Instructors
- Dominique Labelle, Mikhaila Putterman, Matthew Dixon Jennejohn, Luc Beausejour, Stephane Levesque, Denise Lupien, Michael McMahon, Sara Laimon, Kyoko Hashimoto, James O Box, Susan E Napper, Matt Haimovitz, Fabrice Marandola, Ali Yazdanfar, Isabelle Demers, Axel Strauss, Steven C Cowan, Stéphane Lemelin, Jean-Francois Normand, Violaine Melancon, Patrick J Kearney
- Sara Laimon, Kyoko Hashimoto, Stéphane Lemelin
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MUIN 725
D.Mus. Performance Tutorial 6
4 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Practical Instrument: Individual instrumental or vocal tutorial. Advanced technical and interpretive training as well as recital preparation.
Offered by: Performance
- Restriction: Not open to students who have taken MUPG 725
- Terms
- Instructors
- Dominique Labelle, David Mark Gossage, Simon Aldrich, Matt Haimovitz, Jean-Michel Pilc
- Dominique Labelle, Matthew Dixon Jennejohn, Luc Beausejour, Andre J Roy, Michael McMahon, Andre White, Sara Laimon, Kyoko Hashimoto, James O Box, Susan E Napper, Matt Haimovitz, Fabrice Marandola, Ali Yazdanfar, Isabelle Demers, Ilya Poletaev, Axel Strauss, Steven C Cowan, Stéphane Lemelin, Violaine Melancon
OR
one and a half (1.5) hours per week
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MUIN 730
D.Mus. Performance Tutorial 8
6 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Practical Instrument: Individual instrumental or vocal tutorial. Advanced technical and interpretive training as well as recital preparation.
Offered by: Performance
- Restriction: Not open to students who have taken MUPG 730
- Terms
- Instructors
- Matthew Dixon Jennejohn, Helene Plouffe, Olivier B Brault, Rudolf-Alexius Hauser, Andre J Roy, Remi Bolduc, Susan E Napper, Andrew J Wan, Matt Haimovitz, Fabrice Marandola, Tracy A Smith, Jérôme Ducharme, Isabelle Demers, Jacqueline F Leclair, Stéphane Lemelin, Jean-Sébastien Vallée, Jean-Michel Pilc, Richard P Stoelzel, John E Hollenbeck, Marie- C Leclair, Alexis Basque, Darrell Green, Elizaveta Miller
- Rudolf-Alexius Hauser, Mélanie Léonard
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MUIN 731
D.Mus. Performance Tutorial 9
6 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Practical Instrument: Individual instrumental or vocal tutorial. Advanced technical or interpretive training as well as recital preparation.
Offered by: Performance
- Restriction: Not open to students who have taken MUPG 731
- Terms
- Instructors
- Andre J Roy, Matt Haimovitz
- Matthew Dixon Jennejohn, Helene Plouffe, Olivier B Brault, Rudolf-Alexius Hauser, Andre J Roy, Susan E Napper, Andrew J Wan, Matt Haimovitz, Fabrice Marandola, Jérôme Ducharme, Isabelle Demers, Ilya Poletaev, Jacqueline F Leclair, Guillaume Bourgogne, Stéphane Lemelin, Jean-Sébastien Vallée, Jean-Michel Pilc, Richard P Stoelzel, John E Hollenbeck, Marie- C Leclair, Alexis Basque, Anna K Hendrickson, Darrell Green, Elizaveta Miller
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MUIN 732
D.Mus. Performance Tutorial 10
6 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Practical Instrument: Individual instrumental or vocal tutorial. Advanced technical and interpretive training as well as recital preparation.
Offered by: Performance
- Restriction: Not open to students who have taken MUPG 732
- Terms
- Instructors
- Jennifer Swartz, Helene Plouffe, Olivier B Brault, Brian Manker, Rudolf-Alexius Hauser, Andre J Roy, sylvain Bergeron, Susan E Napper, Andrew J Wan, Jérôme Ducharme, Jacqueline F Leclair, Jean-Sébastien Vallée, Jean-Michel Pilc, Richard P Stoelzel, John E Hollenbeck, Alexis Basque, Dorian Bandy, Matthew Trevino
- Andre J Roy, Ilya Poletaev, Erik H Eriksson, Jean-Michel Pilc
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MUIN 733
D.Mus. Performance Tutorial 11
6 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Practical Instrument: Individual instrumental or vocal tutorial. Advanced technical and interpretive training as well as recital preparation.
Offered by: Performance
- Restriction: Not open to students who have taken MUPG 733
- Terms
- Instructors
- Sienna Dahlen, Kevin Dean, Jérôme Ducharme
- Helene Plouffe, Olivier B Brault, Rudolf-Alexius Hauser, Andre J Roy, sylvain Bergeron, Susan E Napper, Andrew J Wan, Jérôme Ducharme, Ilya Poletaev, Jacqueline F Leclair, Jean-Sébastien Vallée, Jean-Michel Pilc, Richard P Stoelzel, John E Hollenbeck, Alexis Basque, Dorian Bandy
Complementary Courses
9-17 credits
9 credits at the 500 level or higher, to be chosen from the Schulich School of Music's seminar offerings; 3 of the 9 credits may be replaced with a supervised special project approved by the advisory committee, departmental chair and the Associate Dean of Graduate Studies in Music.
0-8 credits from (Voice Candidates only: Vocal Repertoire Coaching):
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MUIN 700
Doc. Repertoire Coaching 1
2 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Practical Instrument: Individual tutorial coaching sessions in repertoire, with emphasis on musical and linguistic nuance.
Offered by: Performance
- Terms
- Instructors
- Michael McMahon, Patrick J Hansen, Julien M LeBlanc
- Michael McMahon, Stephen Hargreaves
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MUIN 701
Doc. Repertoire Coaching 2
2 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Practical Instrument: Individual tutorial coaching sessions in repertoire, with emphasis on musical and linguistic nuance.
Offered by: Performance
- Terms
- Instructors
- Michael McMahon
- Michael McMahon, Julien M LeBlanc, Stephen Hargreaves
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MUIN 702
Doc. Repertoire Coaching 3
2 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Practical Instrument: Individual tutorial coaching sessions in repertoire, with emphasis on musical and linguistic nuance.
Offered by: Performance
- Terms
- Instructors
- Michael McMahon
- Esther Gonthier
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MUIN 703
Doc. Repertoire Coaching 4
2 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Practical Instrument: Individual tutorial coaching sessions in repertoire, with emphasis on musical and linguistic nuance.
Offered by: Performance
- Terms
- Instructors
- Michael McMahon, Patrick J Hansen
- Michael McMahon