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The Artist Diploma is a 62-credit program offered in all areas of musical performance.
Ensemble Requirement:
1. Violin Majors will be required to complete two terms of ensemble playing on viola.
Special Requirements:
1. Continuation in the program requires a minimum grade of A- in practical instruction/exams and ensembles.
2. Guitarists may present a third recital which may be counted as a substitute for 4 credits of ensemble. Organists may present a third recital or Concerto 1 and 2 which may be counted as a substitute for 4 credits of ensemble. For concerto requirements, refer to the "Postgraduate Study" section.
Note:
Courses taken as credit towards a B.Mus. or L.Mus. may not be applied to the Artist Diploma requirements except for the required courses in Theory and Musicianship.
34 credits, select all the courses below:
Practical Instrument
Terms: Fall 2010
Instructors: Mdivani, Marina; Knox, Hank; Quarrington, Joel Andrew; Lussier, Mathieu; Kolomyjec, Joanne; Hashimoto, Kyoko; Box, James (Fall)
Practical Instrument : .
Terms: Winter 2011
Instructors: Mdivani, Marina; Knox, Hank; Quarrington, Joel Andrew; Lussier, Mathieu; Kolomyjec, Joanne; Hashimoto, Kyoko; Box, James (Winter)
Practical Instrument : .
Terms: Fall 2010, Winter 2011
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2010-2011 academic year.
Practical Instrument
Terms: Fall 2010, Winter 2011
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2010-2011 academic year.
Practical Instrument
Terms: Fall 2010
Instructors: Boudreault-Sevadjian, Therese; Yazdanfar, Ali; Haimovitz, Matt; Manker, Brian; Roy, Andre J; Mdivani, Marina; Sylvan, Sanford; McMahon, Michael (Fall)
Practical Instrument : .
Terms: Fall 2010, Winter 2011
Instructors: Mdivani, Marina (Fall) Boudreault-Sevadjian, Therese; Yazdanfar, Ali; Haimovitz, Matt; Manker, Brian; Roy, Andre J; Mdivani, Marina; Sylvan, Sanford; McMahon, Michael (Winter)
Practical Instrument : .
Terms: Fall 2010, Winter 2011
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2010-2011 academic year.
Practical Instrument
Terms: Fall 2010, Winter 2011
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2010-2011 academic year.
Large Ensemble Training - during every term of enrolment as a full-time or part-time student.
8 credits from:
Ensemble : .
Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2010-2011 academic year.
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2010-2011 academic year.
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.
Terms: Fall 2010, Winter 2011
Instructors: Kinslow, Valerie (Fall) Kinslow, Valerie (Winter)
Ensemble : Open to singers and instrumentalists, this ensemble specializes in chamber music primarily of the Baroque era.
Terms: Fall 2010, Winter 2011
Instructors: Knox, Hank (Fall) Knox, Hank (Winter)
Ensemble : An ensemble of 16 voices performing challenging repertoire from the Renaissance to the present day. Since the expectation is a level of performance equivalent to a professional chamber ensemble, singers wishing to join this group should have had considerable ensemble experience, and advanced vocal and sight-reading skills.
Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2010-2011 academic year.
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2010-2011 academic year.
Ensemble : .
Terms: Fall 2010, Winter 2011
Instructors: Dagenais, Jonathan (Fall) Dagenais, Jonathan (Winter)
Ensemble : This ensemble will deal with the extensive repertoire of music which exists for small jazz orchestra (9-13 instruments).
Terms: Fall 2010, Winter 2011
Instructors: Sullivan, Joseph Leo; Bolduc, Remi (Fall) Sullivan, Joseph Leo; Bolduc, Remi (Winter)
Ensemble : Students enrolling in Choral Ensembles will be assigned to one of the above groups.
Terms: Fall 2010, Winter 2011
Instructors: Ouimet, Francois (Fall) Wachner, Julian; Ouimet, Francois (Winter)
Ensemble : .
Terms: Fall 2010, Winter 2011
Instructors: Gort, Cristian; Lavoie, Jean-Michaël (Fall) Gort, Cristian; Wachner, Julian; Bard, Shalom (Winter)
Ensemble : .
Terms: Fall 2010, Winter 2011
Instructors: Di Lauro, Ronald; Foote, Gordon; Danderfer, James (Fall) Di Lauro, Ronald; Foote, Gordon; Danderfer, James (Winter)
Ensemble : .
Terms: Fall 2010, Winter 2011
Instructors: Hauser, Rudolf-Alexius (Fall) Hauser, Rudolf-Alexius (Winter)
Assigned small ensemble – during every term of enrolment as a full-time or part-time student.
4 credits from:
Ensemble : .
Terms: Fall 2010, Winter 2011
Instructors: Robinson, Brian; McNabney, Douglas; Antonio, Garry M W; Devuyst, Russell; Crowley, Robert; Gaudreault, Jean; Christie, Carolyn; Shuter, Cindy; Dolin, Elizabeth; Williams, Thomas; Crow, Jonathan; Carroll, Edward; Roy, Andre J; Haimovitz, Matt; Dyachkov, Yegor; Kestenberg, Abe; Swartz, Jennifer; Huang, Yai-Yun; Forget, Normand; Miller, Dennis; Klopoushak, Carissa; Dunn, Andrew; Hashimoto, Kyoko; Desgagne, Alain; Smith, Tracy (Fall) Robinson, Brian; McNabney, Douglas; Antonio, Garry M W; Swartz, Jennifer; Roy, Andre J; Dolin, Elizabeth; Roberts, Richard Allen; Dyachkov, Yegor; Westell, Emily; Klopoushak, Carissa; Hashimoto, Kyoko; Dunn, Andrew; Gaudreault, Jean; Devuyst, Russell; Carroll, Edward; Miller, Dennis; Shuter, Cindy; Forget, Normand; Kestenberg, Abe; Huang, Yai-Yun; Smith, Tracy; Crow, Jonathan (Winter)
Ensemble : Normally open only to Voice and Piano Performance students. Study of the standard song repertoire with emphasis on the singer and pianist as partners. A public recital will be given at the end of each term.
Terms: Fall 2010, Winter 2011
Instructors: McMahon, Michael (Fall) McMahon, Michael (Winter)
Ensemble : .
Terms: Fall 2010, Winter 2011
Instructors: McMahon, Michael (Fall) McMahon, Michael (Winter)
Ensemble : An ensemble of 4-6 vocalists and instrumentalists which performs music of the Medieval, Renaissance and Baroque periods.
Terms: Fall 2010, Winter 2011
Instructors: Kinslow, Valerie; Plouffe, Helene; Bergeron, Sylvain; Michaud, Natalie; MacMillan, Elizabeth H; Beghin, Tom (Fall) Beghin, Tom; MacMillan, Elizabeth H; Kinslow, Valerie; Michaud, Natalie; Bergeron, Sylvain; Plouffe, Helene (Winter)
Ensemble : Exploration of the vast literature for sonatas with piano and instrument, including multiple issues of ensemble preparation and performing.
Terms: Fall 2010, Winter 2011
Instructors: Hashimoto, Kyoko; Fewer, Mark (Fall) Hashimoto, Kyoko; Fewer, Mark (Winter)
Ensemble : .
Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2010-2011 academic year.
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2010-2011 academic year.
Ensemble : An in-depth exploration of full-scale works for a brass ensemble (horns, trumpets, trombones and tuba) by composers such as R. Strauss, Wagner, Holst and Bernstein, along with contemporary composers.
Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2010-2011 academic year.
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2010-2011 academic year.
Ensemble : .
Terms: Fall 2010, Winter 2011
Instructors: Huang, Yai-Yun; Marandola, Fabrice (Fall) Huang, Yai-Yun (Winter)
Complementary ensembles, to be approved by the Department (minimum of two 1-credit ensembles per term for 4 terms).
10 credits of required courses are selected as follows:
6 credits of Theory
4 credits of Musicianship
6 credits, select the courses below:
Music Theory and Analysis : Expanded harmonic resources of the late 19th century (e.g., foreign modulation, chromatic harmony). Analysis of characteristic small and large forms. Development of writing and analytical skills with a goal toward perceiving how levels of musical structure interact.
Terms: Fall 2010, Summer 2011
Instructors: Daley, Rene; Biamonte, Nicole; Shin, Minna Re (Fall) Biamonte, Nicole (Summer)
Music Theory and Analysis : Exploration of 20th-century systems of pitch organization and attitudes toward counterpoint (e.g., polytonality, modal systems, neo-classical tonality, serialism, linear counterpoint, etc.). Examination of the relationship of these systems to earlier practices. Development of written and analytical skills for the purpose of gaining insight into 20th-century principles and techniques.
Terms: Winter 2011, Summer 2011
Instructors: Wild, Jonathan; Daley, Rene; Bilodeau, Julien; Hui, Melissa (Winter) Ferguson, Sean Alastair (Summer)
4 credits, select all courses below:
Musicianship : Rhythm (mixed divisions, basic polyrhythms); Isolated Sonorities (dominant ninths, thirteenths, diminished sevenths, augmented sixths); chromaticism, mixture, enharmonicism in 19th-century Tonal Melodic Structures; Atonal Structures (extended melodies with basic cells); instrumental-texture Multipart Structures; Harmonic Progression with early 19th-century uses of chromatic chords; Score Reading (19th-century repertoire).
Terms: Fall 2010, Winter 2011, Summer 2011
Instructors: Mather, Pierrette; Asly, Monica; Davidson, Thomas; Kunz, Jean-Willy (Fall) Mather, Pierrette (Winter) Asly, Monica (Summer)
Musicianship : Rhythm (20th-century practices); Isolated Sonorities (trichordal set-classes); chromatically-complex shorter or longer common-practice Tonal Melodic Structures; Atonal Structures (20th-century repertoire items); two-part 20th-century Multipart Structures; Harmonic Progression with late 19th-century chromatic and extended-modulatory paradigms; Score Reading (20th-century repertoire).
Terms: Fall 2010, Winter 2011, Summer 2011
Instructors: Mather, Pierrette (Fall) Davidson, Thomas; Asly, Monica; Mather, Pierrette; Kunz, Jean-Willy (Winter) Asly, Monica (Summer)
6 credits, select courses with a MUHL or MUPP prefix, may include MUHL 362 or MUHL 393 but not both.