Offered by:Music
Degree:Master of Music
Program Requirement:
Voice, Baroque Flute, Recorder, Baroque Oboe, Baroque Bassoon, Baroque Violin, Baroque Viola, Baroque Cello, Early Music Clarinet, Viola da Gamba, Organ, Harpsichord, Lute, Early Brass, Fortepiano
Applicants to the Performance program are expected to have a background in Music Theory equivalent to the B.Mus. in Performance. Applicants found to be deficient in their background preparation may be required to take certain additional music theory undergraduate courses.
The following program prerequisites may be assigned as additional required courses on the basis of transcript review:
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MUPD 560
Intro to Res Methods in Music
1 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Music Professional Development: Introduction to music research, including print and online tools for finding printed and recorded music and research on music; appropriate citation of sources; writing grant proposals, program/liner notes, and reviews.
Offered by: Music Research
- Prerequisites: MUHL 286 and one 300-level MUHL or MUPP course
- Restriction: Not open to students who have taken MUHL 570
- Terms
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2019-2020 academic year
3 credits from the following:
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MUHL 377
Baroque Opera
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Music History and Literature: History of opera from its origins in the musical, literary, and philosophical models available to the Florentine Camerata to the end of the baroque. The development of opera will be studied from the perspective of artistic style and in the light of historical, political, social, and economic conditions.
Offered by: Music Research
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MUHL 380
Medieval Music
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Music History and Literature: The medieval style - an intensive study of one or more selected topics from the repertoire. Possible subjects include liturgical chant, Notre Dame, the medieval motet, secular developments, and instrumental literature.
Offered by: Music Research
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2019-2020 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2019-2020 academic year
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MUHL 381
Renaissance Music
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Music History and Literature: Sacred and secular musical genres of the 15th and 16th Centuries. Various phases of imitative practice, cantus firmus and parody techniques. The emergence of homophonic textures in peripheral areas of the repertoire. Selected problems in the fields of theory, bibliography and aesthetics.
Offered by: Music Research
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2019-2020 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2019-2020 academic year
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MUHL 382
Baroque Music
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Music History and Literature: A detailed examination of several selected areas of Baroque music. Topics will be drawn from different geographical regions (e.g., Italy, France, Germany, etc.) and encompass church, chamber and theatre music, as well as performance practice. Each topic will be related to general musical developments of the period.
Offered by: Music Research
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MUHL 383
Classical Music
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Music History and Literature: The period covered will be from approximately 1740-1828, from the schools of the Italian keyboard composers, opera buffa and seria, and composers centred at Mannheim, Paris, London, Berlin and Vienna, through the Viennese Classic period of Haydn, Mozart and Beethoven, to the death of Schubert.
Offered by: Music Research
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MUHL 395
Keyboard Lit before 1750
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Music History and Literature: The solo repertoire for organ, harpsichord, and clavichord from 1400 to 1750: intabulation, cantus firmus treatment, indigenous keyboard genres, German organ literature, French harpsichord repertoire.
Offered by: Music Research
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2019-2020 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2019-2020 academic year
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MUPP 381
Topics in Performance Practice
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Performance Practice: Issues in performance traditions. Topics focus on rhythmic interpretation, vocal and instrumental style, ornamentation, improvisation, performance venues and context. Sources include original notation and modern editions, treatises, iconography, organology, analysis, criticism, and recordings.
Offered by: Music Research
- 3 hours
- Restriction: Not open to students who have taken MUPP 385
- Terms
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2019-2020 academic year
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MUTH 426
Topics in Early Music Analysis
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Music Theory and Analysis: Music from before 1700 is analyzed using recently developed techniques as well as materials gathered from treatises contemporaneous with the music. The implications of analysis for performance are considered.
Offered by: Music Research
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2019-2020 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2019-2020 academic year
Fortepiano students:
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MUHL 366
The Era of the Fortepiano
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Music History and Literature: Survey of the repertoire for keyboard 1750-1850: the instruments, Empfindsamkeit, gallant style, London, Paris, Vienna, the Czech school, Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven, sonatas, variations, character pieces, "high" and "low" salon music, virtuosos and the virtuoso repertoire, Schubert, Chopin, Schumann, Mendelssohn, early Liszt.
Offered by: Music Research
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2019-2020 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2019-2020 academic year
Harpsichord students:
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MUPG 272D1
Continuo
2 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Performance: An historically-oriented study of the principles of figured-bass. The student will realize at sight elementary bass patterns. Standard idioms from historical treatises will be introduced.
Offered by: Performance
- 2 hours
- Prerequisites: MUTH 150 and permission of instructor.
- Students must register for both MUPG 272D1 and MUPG 272D2.
- No credit will be given for this course unless both MUPG 272D1 and MUPG 272D2 are successfully completed in consecutive terms
- Enrolment limited to 6.
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MUPG 272D2
Continuo
2 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Performance: See MUPG 272D1 for course description.
Offered by: Performance
- Prerequisite: MUPG 272D1
- No credit will be given for this course unless both MUPG 272D1 and MUPG 272D2 are successfully completed in consecutive terms
- 2 hours
- Enrolment limited to 6.
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MUPG 372D1
Continuo
1 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Performance: A study of 17th and 18th Century styles of figured-bass accompaniment as revealed in contemporary sources. The emphasis will be on the realization at the keyboard of representative works using original sources.
Offered by: Performance
- 1 hour
- Prerequisites: MUPG 272 AND permission of instructor. Enrolment limited to 4
- Students must register for both MUPG 372D1 and MUPG 372D2.
- No credit will be given for this course unless both MUPG 372D1 and MUPG 372D2 are successfully completed in consecutive terms
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MUPG 372D2
Continuo
1 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Performance: See MUPG 372D1 for course description.
Offered by: Performance
- Prerequisite: MUPG 372D1
- No credit will be given for this course unless both MUPG 372D1 and MUPG 372D2 are successfully completed in consecutive terms
Organ/Lute students:
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MUPG 272D1
Continuo
2 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Performance: An historically-oriented study of the principles of figured-bass. The student will realize at sight elementary bass patterns. Standard idioms from historical treatises will be introduced.
Offered by: Performance
- 2 hours
- Prerequisites: MUTH 150 and permission of instructor.
- Students must register for both MUPG 272D1 and MUPG 272D2.
- No credit will be given for this course unless both MUPG 272D1 and MUPG 272D2 are successfully completed in consecutive terms
- Enrolment limited to 6.
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MUPG 272D2
Continuo
2 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Performance: See MUPG 272D1 for course description.
Offered by: Performance
- Prerequisite: MUPG 272D1
- No credit will be given for this course unless both MUPG 272D1 and MUPG 272D2 are successfully completed in consecutive terms
- 2 hours
- Enrolment limited to 6.
Voice students:
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MUPG 210
Italian Diction
2 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Performance: Study of International Phonetic Alphabet. Study of Italian pronunciation in singing using song and opera texts.
Offered by: Performance
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MUPG 211
French Diction
2 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Performance: Study of French pronunciation in singing using song and opera texts.
Offered by: Performance
- Terms
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2019-2020 academic year
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MUPG 212
English Diction
2 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Performance: Study of International Phonetic Alphabet. Study of Standard English pronunciation in singing using song and opera texts with a special emphasis on problematic vowels, diphthongs and consonants.
Offered by: Performance
- Terms
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2019-2020 academic year
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MUPG 213
German Diction
2 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Performance: Study of German pronunciation in singing using song and opera texts.
Offered by: Performance
- Terms
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2019-2020 academic year
Thesis Performance (27 credits)
18 credits:
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MUIN 620
Performance Tutorial 1
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Practical Instrument: Individual instrumental, vocal, conducting, collaborative piano or operatic tutorial. Technical and interpretive development, preparation of thesis performance projects.
Offered by: Performance
- Terms
- Instructors
- Alain Desgagne, Michael McMahon, Andre J Roy, Stéphane Lemelin, Brian Robinson, Nathaniel Watson, Jean-Sébastien Vallée, Paul A Merkelo, Stephane Levesque, Alexander David Johnson, Yegor Dyachkov, Olivier B Brault, Matt Haimovitz, Todd A Cope, Carolyn Christie, Patrice Richer, Brett Polegato, Eric Chappell, Jocelyne Roy, Simon Aldrich, Andrew J Wan, Ilya Poletaev, Hank Knox, Christian Lane, John Mac Master, Timothy Hutchins, Rudolf-Alexius Hauser, Jérôme Ducharme, Alain Cazes, Martin D Mangrum, Kyoko Hashimoto, Tracy A Smith, James O Box, Erik H Eriksson, Richard P Stoelzel, Lena Weman Eriksson, Albert G Brouwer, Sylvain Bergeron, Theodore Baskin, Violaine Melancon, Pierre Beaudry, Jean-Francois Normand, Jinjoo Cho, Claire Guimond, Susan E Napper, Elizabeth Dolin, Denise Lupien, Maria C Popescu, Marcelle Mallette, Timothy Dobby, Marina Mdivani, Helene Plouffe, Jacqueline F Leclair, Mark Austin Howle, Sara Laimon, Joanne E Kolomyjec, Brian Manker, Fabrice Marandola, Jennifer Swartz, Nadia Cote, Russell Devuyst, Stephen M Algie, Axel Strauss, Matthew Dixon Jennejohn, Aline Kutan, Alexander W Read, Ali Yazdanfar, Dominique Labelle, Peter Freeman, Julia Gavrilova
- Marina Mdivani, Pierre Beaudry, Marie- C Leclair, Carolyn Christie
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MUIN 621
Performance Tutorial 2
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Practical Instrument: Additional individual instrumental, vocal, conducting, collaborative piano or operatic tutorial according to area of performing specialization.
Offered by: Performance
- Terms
- Instructors
- Sylvain Bergeron, Stephane Levesque, Joanne E Kolomyjec, Aline Kutan, Axel Strauss, Andre J Roy, Eric Chappell, Kyoko Hashimoto, Marie- C Leclair
- Russell Devuyst, Stephen M Algie, Axel Strauss, Nathaniel Watson, Aline Kutan, Jean-Sébastien Vallée, Dominique Labelle, Brett Polegato, Ali Yazdanfar, Peter Freeman, Olivier B Brault, Michael McMahon, Todd A Cope, Christian Lane, Andre J Roy, Stéphane Lemelin, Brian Robinson, Jocelyne Roy, Paul A Merkelo, Martin D Mangrum, Stephane Levesque, Alexander David Johnson, Yegor Dyachkov, John Mac Master, Andrew J Wan, Matt Haimovitz, Carolyn Christie, Patrice Richer, Albert G Brouwer, Eric Chappell, Tracy A Smith, Jérôme Ducharme, Simon Aldrich, Ilya Poletaev, Hank Knox, Stephen Hargreaves, Timothy Hutchins, Violaine Melancon, Rudolf-Alexius Hauser, Richard P Stoelzel, Kyoko Hashimoto, Alain Cazes, Jinjoo Cho, Denise Lupien, James O Box, Erik H Eriksson, Sara Laimon, Sylvain Bergeron, Lena Weman Eriksson, Timothy Dobby, Mark Austin Howle, Theodore Baskin, Pierre Beaudry, Jean-Francois Normand, Susan E Napper, Fabrice Marandola, Claire Guimond, Elizabeth Dolin, Nadia Cote, Maria C Popescu, Felicia K Moye, Helene Plouffe, Matthew Dixon Jennejohn, Marina Mdivani, Jacqueline F Leclair, Alexander W Read, Joanne E Kolomyjec, Marcelle Mallette, Julia Gavrilova, Brian Manker, Jennifer Swartz, Alain Desgagne
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MUIN 622
Performance Tutorial 3
3 Credits**
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Practical Instrument: Individual tutorial according to area of performing specialization. Interpretative preparation of thesis performance projects and development of individual artistic vision.
Offered by: Performance
- Terms
- Instructors
- Julia Gavrilova, Timothy Hutchins, Ilya Poletaev, Jean-Francois Normand, Brian Manker, Olivier B Brault, Paul A Merkelo, Marina Mdivani, Michael McMahon, Susan E Napper, Ali Yazdanfar, Andrew J Wan, Kyoko Hashimoto, Stéphane Lemelin, Hank Knox, Sara Laimon, Matt Haimovitz, Todd A Cope, Erik H Eriksson, Patrice Richer, Christian Lane, Jennifer Swartz, Andre J Roy, Alexander W Read, Alexander David Johnson, Helene Plouffe, Alain Desgagne, Yegor Dyachkov, Carolyn Christie, Violaine Melancon, Elizabeth Dolin, Sylvain Bergeron, Aline Kutan, Jocelyne Roy, Simon Aldrich, Jean-Sébastien Vallée, Claire Guimond, Alain Cazes, Remi Bolduc, Nathaniel Watson, Stephane Levesque, Richard P Stoelzel, James O Box, Rudolf-Alexius Hauser, Theodore Baskin, John Mac Master, Marcelle Mallette, Stephen M Algie, Dominique Labelle, Brian Robinson, Tracy A Smith, Jérôme Ducharme, Joanne E Kolomyjec, Peter Freeman, Jacqueline F Leclair, Denise Lupien, Maria C Popescu, Russell Devuyst, Axel Strauss
- Carolyn Christie, Ilya Poletaev, Hank Knox, Kyoko Hashimoto, Joanne E Kolomyjec, Aline Kutan, Axel Strauss, Sara Laimon, Eric Chappell, Marie- C Leclair, Remi Bolduc, Matt Haimovitz, Paul A Merkelo, Sylvain Bergeron, Marina Mdivani, Stephane Levesque, Andre J Roy, Richard P Stoelzel, Rudolf-Alexius Hauser
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MUIN 622D1
Performance Tutorial 3
1.5 Credits**
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Practical Instrument: Individual tutorial according to area of performing specialization. Interpretative preparation of thesis performance projects and development of individual artistic vision.
Offered by: Performance
- Terms
- Instructors
- Jacqueline F Leclair, Todd A Cope, Marina Mdivani, John Mac Master, Nadia Cote, Stephen M Algie, Brian Manker, Dominique Labelle, Elizabeth Dolin, Joanne E Kolomyjec, Maria C Popescu, Alexander David Johnson, Andrew J Wan, Ilya Poletaev, Fabrice Marandola, Jean-Sébastien Vallée, Stephane Levesque
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MUIN 622D2
Performance Tutorial 3
1.5 Credits**
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Practical Instrument: Individual tutorial according to area of performing specialization. Interpretative preparation of thesis performance projects and development of individual artistic vision.
Offered by: Performance
- Terms
- Instructors
- Jacqueline F Leclair, Todd A Cope, Marina Mdivani, John Mac Master, Nadia Cote, Stephen M Algie, Brian Manker, Dominique Labelle, Elizabeth Dolin, Joanne E Kolomyjec, Maria C Popescu, Alexander David Johnson, Andrew J Wan, Ilya Poletaev, Fabrice Marandola, Jean-Sébastien Vallée, Stephane Levesque
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MUPG 600
Recital Project 1
9 Credits*
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Performance: Solo recital, collaborative piano recital, conducting recital or principal Opera Role (by audition) with program notes.
Offered by: Performance
- Solo recital (60-70 minutes), collaborative piano recital (60-70 minutes), conducting recital (30-35 minutes) or Principal Opera Role as defined by the American Guild of Musical Artists' website (http://musicalartists.org), Lead, Schedule C
- Terms
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2019-2020 academic year
* Solo Recital only
** Student may take either MUIN 622 or MUIN 622D1 and MUIN 622D2.
9 credits from:
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MUPG 601
Recital Project 2
9 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Performance: Solo recital, collaborative piano recital, conducting recital or principal opera role (by audition) with program notes. May include chamber music providing none of the repertoire was prepared in a chamber ensemble taken for credit.
Offered by: Performance
- Solo recital (60-70 minutes), collaborative piano recital (60-70 minutes), conducting recital (35-40 minutes) or principal opera role (by audition) as defined by the American Guild of Musical Artists' website (http://musicalartists.org), Lead, Schedule C
- Terms
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2019-2020 academic year
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MUPG 602
Recital Project 3
6 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Performance: Recital, conducting recital or featured opera role (by audition) with program notes.
Offered by: Performance
- Recital (30-40 minutes), conducting recital (20-25 minutes) or featured opera role (by audition) as defined by the American Guild of Musical Artists' website (http://musicalartists.org), Featured, Schedule C
- Terms
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2019-2020 academic year
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MUPG 603
Recital Project 4
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Performance: Concerto performance with orchestra (for the concerto competition or other competition in Montreal) or supporting opera role (by audition) with program notes.
Offered by: Performance
- Terms
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2019-2020 academic year
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MUPG 604
Chamber Music Recital
6 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Performance: Chamber Music Recital with program notes. Repertoire may not include works performed in MUEN courses. Various instrumentations permitted as long as student performs in all works.
Offered by: Performance
- Chamber Music Recital (60-70 minutes). If single ensemble, recital may be taken for credit by all participating students, by approval of department.
- Terms
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2019-2020 academic year
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MUPG 605
Recording Project
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Performance: Recording project with liner notes.
Offered by: Performance
- Limited enrolment; admissions by proposal only and with approval of the Department; additional fees apply.
- Terms
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2019-2020 academic year
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MUPG 606
Interdisciplinary Project 1
3 Credits**
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Performance: Research-creation involving collaboration between different disciplines resulting in a new work, interpretation or contribution to knowledge presented in public (i.e., performer-composer commission; performer and actor/dancer collaboration, subject in CIRMMT research study, etc) with program notes as relevant.
Offered by: Performance
- Performer-composer composition of 5-10 minutes. By proposal only and with approval of the Department.
- Terms
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2019-2020 academic year
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MUPG 607
Interdisciplinary Project 2
6 Credits**
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Performance: Research-creation involving collaboration between different disciplines resulting in a new work, interpretation or contribution to knowledge presented in public (i.e., performer-composer commission); performance and actor/dancer collaboration, participant as co-researcher in CIRMMT study including participation in analysis of data, etc.) with program notes as relevant.
Offered by: Performance
- Performer-composer commission of 10-20 minutes. By proposal only and approval of the Department.
- Terms
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2019-2020 academic year
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MUPG 614
Quick Study
3 Credits*
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Performance: Preparation and performance of short program of vocal, operatic, or collaborative piano repertoire in a limited three week time frame.
Offered by: Performance
- 20-25 minutes of repertoire
- Terms
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2019-2020 academic year
* Voice Only
** Students may take either MUPG 606 or MUGP 607
Required Course
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MUGS 605
Graduate Perf. Colloquium
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Graduate Faculty Music Courses: Participation in three professional development workshops or research colloquium approved by the department on topics such as performance pedagogy, academic teaching, music production, copyright, business, grantsmanship, etc. Students participate in each semester of residency until requirements have been met.
Offered by: Performance
- Terms
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2019-2020 academic year
Complementary Seminars (9 credits)
3 credits from the following:
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MUPG 590
Vocal Styles and Conventions
3 Credits*
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Performance: Emphasis on vocal performance practices through practical application: text, language, inflection, pronunciation and interpretation considered with individuality of each student's voice and technical development. After examining historical treatises, students will discuss and present musical selections utilizing modern performance standards yet remaining true to stylistic demands of each period.
Offered by: Performance
- 3 hours
- Restriction: Not open to students who have taken MUPG 690.
- Terms
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2019-2020 academic year
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MUPP 690
Performance Practice Seminar 1
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Performance Practice: Seminar in performance practice. Topic varies by year.
Offered by: Music Research
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MUPP 691
Perf Practice Seminar 2
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Performance Practice: Seminar in performance practice. Topic varies by year.
Offered by: Music Research
- Terms
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2019-2020 academic year
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MUPP 692
Perf Practice Seminar 3
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Performance Practice: Seminar in performance practice. Topic varies by year.
Offered by: Music Research
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MUPP 693
Perf Practice Seminar 4
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Performance Practice: Seminar in performance practice. Topic varies by year.
Offered by: Music Research
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MUPP 694
Performance Practice Seminar 5
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Performance Practice: Seminar in performance practice. Topic varies by year.
Offered by: Music Research
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MUPP 695
Perf Practice Seminar 6
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Performance Practice: Seminar in performance practice. Topic varies by year.
Offered by: Music Research
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2019-2020 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2019-2020 academic year
One approved graduate 3-credit seminar with the prefix MUCO, MUGS, MUGT, MUHL, MUMT, MUPP, or MUTH.
3 credits from the following:
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MUHL 591D1
Paleography
1.5 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Music History and Literature: The theory and practice of musical transcription for the period 1100 to 1600. Black modal notation, Franconian notation, French and Italian Ars Nova notation, Mannerism, white mensural notation, proportions, and lute and keyboard tablatures will be studied.
Offered by: Music Research
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2019-2020 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2019-2020 academic year
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MUHL 591D2
Paleography
1.5 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Music History and Literature: See MUHL 591D1 for course description.
Offered by: Music Research
- Prerequisite: MUHL 591D1
- No credit will be given for this course unless both MUHL 591D1 and MUHL 591D2 are successfully completed in consecutive terms
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2019-2020 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2019-2020 academic year
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MUPG 575D1
Liturgical Organ Playing
1.5 Credits**
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Performance: This seminar focuses on the development of skill in the leadership and accompaniment of hymns, the accompaniment of sung psalmody (particularly Anglican and Gregorian), and the conducting of choral music while accompanying at the organ. Additionally, regular instruction in techniques of improvisation will focus in particular upon hymn introductions and free accompaniments.
Offered by: Performance
- 1. 1 1/2 hours
- 2. Students must register for both MUPG 575D1 and MUPG 575D2.
- 3. No credit will be given for this course unless both MUPG 575D1 and MUPG 575D2 are successfully completed in consecutive terms.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2019-2020 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2019-2020 academic year
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MUPG 575D2
Liturgical Organ Playing
1.5 Credits**
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Performance: This seminar focuses on the development of skill in the leadership and accompaniment of hymns, the accompaniment of sung psalmody (particularly Anglican and Gregorian), and the conducting of choral music while accompanying at the organ. Additionally, regular instruction in techniques of improvisation will focus in particular upon hymn introductions and free accompaniments.
Offered by: Performance
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2019-2020 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2019-2020 academic year
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MUPG 590
Vocal Styles and Conventions
3 Credits*
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Performance: Emphasis on vocal performance practices through practical application: text, language, inflection, pronunciation and interpretation considered with individuality of each student's voice and technical development. After examining historical treatises, students will discuss and present musical selections utilizing modern performance standards yet remaining true to stylistic demands of each period.
Offered by: Performance
- 3 hours
- Restriction: Not open to students who have taken MUPG 690.
- Terms
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2019-2020 academic year
-
MUPG 691
Vocal Ornamentation
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Performance: Introduction to the major treatises with emphasis on their practical application to modern performance. Through the study and discussion of both primary and secondary sources, students will observe and compare national styles. Special topics include the conventions of recitative; text-driven embellishment; ornamentation in Handel's dramatic works.
Offered by: Performance
- 3 hours
- Restriction: Open to singers, keyboardists, and conductors or with permission of the instructor
- Terms
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2019-2020 academic year
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MUTH 602
Keyboard Modal Counterpoint
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Music Theory and Analysis: Advanced study of polyphonic techniques of the renaissance period through written exercises, in-depth written case study, and improvised practice at the keyboard.
Offered by: Music Research
- Prerequisite: MUTH 202 or equivalent
- Restrictions: Open to graduate keyboardists in early music and organ or permission of the instructor. This course may count only as the additional seminar and not as the approved graduate seminar with the prefix MUCO, MUGS, MUGT, MUHL, MUMT, MUPP, MUTH.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2019-2020 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2019-2020 academic year
or one graduate 3-credit seminar approved by the Department.
* If not already taken
** May be repeated once
Complementary Performance (9 credits)
Instruments:
3 terms of:
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MUEN 580
Early Music Ensemble
1 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Ensemble: An ensemble of 4-6 vocalists and instrumentalists which performs music of the Medieval, Renaissance and Baroque periods.
Offered by: Performance
- Prerequisite: Audition. Prerequisite or corequisite for keyboard players: MUPG 272.
- Terms
- Instructors
- Olivier B Brault, Elizabeth H MacMillan, Alexis Basque, Sylvain Bergeron, Esteban La Rotta, Tracy A Smith, Matthew Dixon Jennejohn, Lena Weman Eriksson, Tom Beghin, Laura Andriani
- Elizabeth H MacMillan, Sylvain Bergeron, Tom Beghin, Hank Knox
6 credits from (may be taken more than once):
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MUEN 569
Tabla Ensemble
1 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Ensemble: Performance and practice of the tabla of North India.
Offered by: Performance
- Can be taken more than once.
- Terms
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2019-2020 academic year
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MUEN 572
Cappella Antica
2 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Ensemble: An ensemble of 8 to 12 voices specializing in early music. N.B. This ensemble may substitute as a Basic Ensemble in programs that specify Choral Ensemble, with Departmental approval.
Offered by: Performance
- 4 hours
- Prerequisite: Audition.
- Terms
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2019-2020 academic year
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MUEN 573
Baroque Orchestra
2 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Ensemble: Open to singers and instrumentalists, this ensemble specializes in chamber music primarily of the Baroque era.
Offered by: Performance
- 4 hours
- Prerequisites: Audition
OR
Voice:
2 credits of:
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MUEN 580
Early Music Ensemble
1 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Ensemble: An ensemble of 4-6 vocalists and instrumentalists which performs music of the Medieval, Renaissance and Baroque periods.
Offered by: Performance
- Prerequisite: Audition. Prerequisite or corequisite for keyboard players: MUPG 272.
- Terms
- Instructors
- Olivier B Brault, Elizabeth H MacMillan, Alexis Basque, Sylvain Bergeron, Esteban La Rotta, Tracy A Smith, Matthew Dixon Jennejohn, Lena Weman Eriksson, Tom Beghin, Laura Andriani
- Elizabeth H MacMillan, Sylvain Bergeron, Tom Beghin, Hank Knox
3 credits:
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MUIN 610
Vocal Coaching 1
1 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Practical Instrument: Individual coaching sessions on advanced vocal repertoire with emphasis on musical and linguistic nuance.
Offered by: Performance
- Restriction: Not open to students who have taken MUIN 600
- Terms
- Instructors
- Suzie Leblanc, Hank Knox, Stephen Hargreaves, Olivier Godin, Esther Gonthier, Patrick J Hansen, Michael McMahon
- Patrick J Hansen, Suzie Leblanc, Stephen Hargreaves, Esther Gonthier, Olivier Godin, Michael McMahon
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MUIN 611
Vocal Coaching 2
1 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Practical Instrument: Continuation of Vocal Coaching I with emphasis on musical and linguistic nuance.
Offered by: Performance
- Restriction: Not open to students who have taken MUIN 601
- Terms
- Instructors
- Stephen Hargreaves, Esther Gonthier, Michael McMahon
- Olivier Godin, Esther Gonthier, Michael McMahon, Suzie Leblanc, Patrick J Hansen, Hank Knox, Stephen Hargreaves
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MUIN 612
Vocal Coaching 3
1 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Practical Instrument: Coaching sessions on advanced vocal repertoire with emphasis on musical nuance and the expression of an individual artistic voice.
Offered by: Performance
- Restriction: Not open to students who have taken MUIN 602
- Terms
- Instructors
- Suzie Leblanc, Stephen Hargreaves, Olivier Godin, Esther Gonthier, Patrick J Hansen, Aline Kutan, Michael McMahon
- Marie-Ève É Scarfone, Stephen Hargreaves, Michael McMahon, Aline Kutan, Esther Gonthier
4 credits from (may be taken more than once):
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MUEN 569
Tabla Ensemble
1 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Ensemble: Performance and practice of the tabla of North India.
Offered by: Performance
- Can be taken more than once.
- Terms
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2019-2020 academic year
-
MUEN 572
Cappella Antica
2 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Ensemble: An ensemble of 8 to 12 voices specializing in early music. N.B. This ensemble may substitute as a Basic Ensemble in programs that specify Choral Ensemble, with Departmental approval.
Offered by: Performance
- 4 hours
- Prerequisite: Audition.
- Terms
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2019-2020 academic year
-
MUEN 579
Song Interpretation 2
1 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Ensemble: Study of song repertoire for singers and pianists.
Offered by: Performance
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MUEN 580
Early Music Ensemble
1 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Ensemble: An ensemble of 4-6 vocalists and instrumentalists which performs music of the Medieval, Renaissance and Baroque periods.
Offered by: Performance
- Prerequisite: Audition. Prerequisite or corequisite for keyboard players: MUPG 272.
- Terms
- Instructors
- Olivier B Brault, Elizabeth H MacMillan, Alexis Basque, Sylvain Bergeron, Esteban La Rotta, Tracy A Smith, Matthew Dixon Jennejohn, Lena Weman Eriksson, Tom Beghin, Laura Andriani
- Elizabeth H MacMillan, Sylvain Bergeron, Tom Beghin, Hank Knox
-
MUEN 696
Opera Theatre
1 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Ensemble: Individual coaching in acting, movement and role preparation; possibility for roles in Opera McGill productions (by audition).
Offered by: Performance
- 3 - 6 hours
- Prerequisite: audition
- Terms
- Instructors
- Patrick J Hansen, Stephen Hargreaves
- Patrick J Hansen, Stephen Hargreaves
