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Program Requirements
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:
MUPD 560 - Intro to Research Methods in Music
4 credits of:
MUPG 210 - Italian Diction (2 credits)
MUPG 211 - French Diction (2 credits)
MUPG 212 - English Diction (2 credits)
MUPG 213 - German Diction (2 credits)
6 credits of:
MUHL 372 - Solo Song Outside Germany and Austria (3 credits)
MUHL 377 - Baroque Opera (3 credits)
MUHL 387 - Opera from Mozart to Puccini (3 credits)
MUHL 388 - Opera after 1900 (3 credits)
MUHL 390 - German Lied (3 credits)
Thesis Performance (27 credits)
18 credits:
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MUIN 620 Performance Tutorial 1 (3 credits)
Overview
Practical Instrument : Individual instrumental, vocal, conducting, collaborative piano or operatic tutorial. Technical and interpretive development, preparation of thesis performance projects.
Terms: Fall 2013, Winter 2014
Instructors: Mdivani, Marina; Guimond, Claire; Bergeron, Sylvain; Huang, Yai-Yun; Marandola, Fabrice; Hashimoto, Kyoko; Poletaev, Ilya; Forget, Normand; Christie, Carolyn; Levesque, Stephane; Zirbel, John; Roy, Andre J; Yazdanfar, Ali; Algie, Stephen; Kolomyjec, Joanne; Popescu, Maria; Boudreault-Sevadjian, Therese; Sylvan, Sanford; Beaudry, Pierre; Eriksson, Erik; Hauser, Rudolf-Alexius; Aldrich, Simon; Haimovitz, Matt; Dunn, Andrew; Merkelo, Paul A; McMahon, Michael; Kutan, Aline; Fewer, Mark; Lupien, Denise; Crowley, Robert; Swartz, Jennifer; Leclair, Jacqueline; Dolin, Elizabeth; Baskin, Theodore; Box, James; Hutchins, Timothy; Chappell, Eric; Dyachkov, Yegor; Robinson, Brian; Freeman, Peter; Strauss, Axel; Manker, Brian; Plouffe, Helene; Napper, Susan; Weman Eriksson, Lena; Beghin, Tom; Weimann, Alexander; Jarczyk, Jan; Cazes, Alain (Fall) Chappell, Eric; Strauss, Axel; Kolomyjec, Joanne; Kutan, Aline; Roy, Andre J (Winter)
Restriction: Not open to students who have taken MUPG 620
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MUIN 621 Performance Tutorial 2 (3 credits)
Overview
Practical Instrument : Additional individual instrumental, vocal, conducting, collaborative piano or operatic tutorial according to area of performing specialization.
Terms: Fall 2013, Winter 2014
Instructors: Hashimoto, Kyoko (Fall) Mdivani, Marina; Guimond, Claire; Bergeron, Sylvain; Marandola, Fabrice; Hashimoto, Kyoko; Poletaev, Ilya; Forget, Normand; Christie, Carolyn; Levesque, Stephane; Zirbel, John; Roy, Andre J; Yazdanfar, Ali; Algie, Stephen; Kolomyjec, Joanne; Popescu, Maria; Boudreault-Sevadjian, Therese; Sylvan, Sanford; Beaudry, Pierre; Eriksson, Erik; Hauser, Rudolf-Alexius; Aldrich, Simon; Haimovitz, Matt; Dunn, Andrew; Merkelo, Paul A; McMahon, Michael; Kutan, Aline; Fewer, Mark; Lupien, Denise; Crowley, Robert; Swartz, Jennifer; Leclair, Jacqueline; Dolin, Elizabeth; Baskin, Theodore; Box, James; Hutchins, Timothy; Chappell, Eric; Dyachkov, Yegor; Robinson, Brian; Freeman, Peter; Strauss, Axel; Manker, Brian; Plouffe, Helene; Napper, Susan; Weman Eriksson, Lena; Weimann, Alexander; Jarczyk, Jan; Cazes, Alain; Dominguez, Chloe; Beghin, Tom (Winter)
Restriction: Not open to students who have taken MUPG 621
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MUIN 622 Performance Tutorial 3 (3 credits)
Overview
Practical Instrument : Individual tutorial according to area of performing specialization. Interpretative preparation of thesis performance projects and development of individual artistic vision.
Terms: Fall 2013, Winter 2014
Instructors: Box, James; Dunn, Andrew; Zirbel, John; Guimond, Claire; Bergeron, Sylvain; Plouffe, Helene; Eriksson, Erik; Hashimoto, Kyoko; Mdivani, Marina; Poletaev, Ilya; Popescu, Maria; Sylvan, Sanford; Kolomyjec, Joanne; Algie, Stephen; Levesque, Stephane; Aldrich, Simon; Christie, Carolyn; Fewer, Mark; Lupien, Denise; Roy, Andre J; Haimovitz, Matt; Yazdanfar, Ali; Merkelo, Paul A; Chen, Jun-Yuan; Huang, Yai-Yun; Marandola, Fabrice; Kestenberg, Abe; Hutchins, Timothy; Leclair, Jacqueline; Crowley, Robert; Boudreault-Sevadjian, Therese; Robinson, Brian; Baskin, Theodore; Bolduc, Remi; Kutan, Aline; Dyachkov, Yegor; Swartz, Jennifer (Fall) Hashimoto, Kyoko; Poletaev, Ilya; Hauser, Rudolf-Alexius; Boudreault-Sevadjian, Therese; Forget, Normand; Roy, Andre J; Sylvan, Sanford; Huang, Yai-Yun; Marandola, Fabrice; Mdivani, Marina; Merkelo, Paul A; Bolduc, Remi (Winter)
Restriction: Not open to students who have taken MUPG 622
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MUPG 600 Recital Project 1 (9 credits) *
Overview
Performance : Solo recital, collaborative piano recital, conducting recital or principal Opera Role (by audition) with program notes.
Terms: Fall 2013, Winter 2014, Summer 2014
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2013-2014 academic year.
Restriction: Not open to students who have taken MUPG 660, MUPG 660D1/D2 or MUPG 665D1/D2
Solo recital (60-70 minutes), collaborative piano recital (60-70 minutes), conducting recital (30-40 minutes) or Principal Opera Role as defined by the American Guild of Musical Artists' website (), Lead, Schedule C
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MUPG 653 Opera Coach Project (9 credits) *
Overview
Performance : Preparation and performance of standard operatic repertoire and programme notes.
Terms: Fall 2013, Winter 2014
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2013-2014 academic year.
* Students may take MUPG 653 or MUPG 600.
9 credits from the following:
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MUPG 601 Recital Project 2 (9 credits) *
Overview
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.
Terms: Fall 2013, Winter 2014, Summer 2014
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2013-2014 academic year.
Restriction: Not open to students who have taken MUPG 667, MUPG 667D1/D2, MUPG 657 or MUPG 657D1/D2
Solo recital (60-70 minutes), collaborative piano recital (60-70 minutes), conducting recital (30-40 minutes) or principal opera role (by audition) as defined by the American Guild of Musical Artists' website (), Lead, Schedule C
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MUPG 602 Recital Project 3 (6 credits)
Overview
Performance : Recital, conducting recital or featured opera role (by audition) with program notes.
Terms: Fall 2013, Winter 2014
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2013-2014 academic year.
Recital (30-40 minutes), conducting recital (20-30 minutes) or featured opera role (by audition) as defined by the American Guild of Musical Artists' website (), Featured, Schedule C
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MUPG 605 Recording Project (3 credits)
Overview
Performance : Recording project with liner notes.
Terms: Fall 2013, Winter 2014
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2013-2014 academic year.
Limited enrolment; admissions by proposal only and with approval of the Department; additional fees apply.
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MUPG 606 Interdisciplinary Project 1 (3 credits)
Overview
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.
Terms: Winter 2014
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2013-2014 academic year.
Performer-composer composition of 5-10 minutes. By proposal only and with approval of the Department.
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MUPG 614 Quick Study (3 credits)
Overview
Performance : Preparation and performance of short program of vocal, operatic, or collaborative piano repertoire in a limited three week time frame.
Terms: Fall 2013, Winter 2014
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2013-2014 academic year.
Restriction: Not open to students who have taken MUPG 663 or MUPG 663D1/D2 or MUPG 655 or MUPG 656 or MUPG 656D1/D2
20-25 minutes of repertoire
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MUPG 653 Opera Coach Project (9 credits) *
Overview
Performance : Preparation and performance of standard operatic repertoire and programme notes.
Terms: Fall 2013, Winter 2014
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2013-2014 academic year.
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MUPG 654 Opera Coach Performance (6 credits)
Overview
Performance : Preparation and performance of specialized operatic repertoire and program notes.
Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2013-2014 academic year.
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2013-2014 academic year.
* Students may take either MUPG 653 (if not already taken) or MUPG 601 (if MUPG 600 not already taken).
Required Courses (3 credits)
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MUGS 605 Graduate Performance Colloquium
Overview
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.
Terms: Fall 2013
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2013-2014 academic year.
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MUPG 687 Collaborative Piano Repertoire 1: Song (1 credit)
Overview
Performance : Issues in collaborative piano song repertoire and performance in different genres and musical styles.
Terms: Winter 2014
Instructors: McMahon, Michael (Winter)
Prerequisite: MUEN 556 or equivalent or permission of the instructor
Restriction: Open to graduate students in collaborative piano or with the permission of the instructor
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MUPG 688 Collaborative Piano Repertoire 2: Instrumental (1 credit)
Overview
Performance : Issues in collaborative piano instrumental repertoire and performance in different genres and musical styles.
Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2013-2014 academic year.
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2013-2014 academic year.
Prerequisite: MUEN 556 or equivalent or permission of the instructor
Restriction: Open to graduate students in collaborative piano or with the permission of the instructor
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MUPG 689 Collaborative Piano Rep.3: Orch. Reduction, Opera, Oratorio (1 credit)
Overview
Performance : Issues in collaborative piano orchestral reduction, opera, oratorio and performance in different genres and musical styles.
Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2013-2014 academic year.
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2013-2014 academic year.
Prerequisite: MUEN 556 or equivalent or permission of the instructor
Restriction: Open to graduate students in collaborative piano or with permission of the instructor
Complementary Seminars (9 credits)
3 credits from the following:
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MUPG 590 Vocal Styles and Conventions (3 credits)
Overview
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.
Terms: Fall 2013
Instructors: Strauss, Anja (Fall)
3 hours
Restriction: Not open to students who have taken MUPG 690.
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MUPG 691 Vocal Ornamentation (3 credits)
Overview
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.
Terms: Winter 2014
Instructors: Kinslow, Valerie (Winter)
3 hours
Restriction: Open to singers, keyboardists, and conductors or with permission of the instructor
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MUPP 690 Performance Practice Seminar 1 (3 credits)
Overview
Performance Practice : Seminar in performance practice. Topic varies by year.
Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2013-2014 academic year.
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2013-2014 academic year.
3 hours
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MUPP 691 Performance Practice Seminar 2 (3 credits)
Overview
Performance Practice : Seminar in performance practice. Topic varies by year.
Terms: Fall 2013
Instructors: Weman Eriksson, Lena (Fall)
3 hours
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MUPP 692 Performance Practice Seminar 3 (3 credits)
Overview
Performance Practice : Seminar in performance practice. Topic varies by year.
Terms: Fall 2013, Winter 2014
Instructors: Leclair, Jacqueline (Fall) Leclair, Jacqueline (Winter)
3 hours
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MUPP 693 Performance Practice Seminar 4 (3 credits)
Overview
Performance Practice : Seminar in performance practice. Topic varies by year.
Terms: Fall 2013, Winter 2014
Instructors: Marandola, Fabrice (Fall) Chiasson, Rachelle A M (Winter)
3 hours
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MUPP 694 Performance Practice Seminar 5 (3 credits)
Overview
Performance Practice : Seminar in performance practice. Topic varies by year.
Terms: Winter 2014
Instructors: Mativetsky, Shawn Eliot (Winter)
3 hours
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MUPP 695 Performance Practice Seminar 6 (3 credits)
Overview
Performance Practice : Seminar in performance practice. Topic varies by year.
Terms: Winter 2014
Instructors: Wapnick, Joel (Winter)
3 hours
One approved graduate 3-credit seminar with the prefix MUCO, MUGS, MUGT, MUHL, MUMT, MUPP, or MUTH.
One additional graduate 3-credit seminar approved by the Department.
Complementary Performance (6 credits)
Two terms of:
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MUEN 584 Studio Accompanying (1 credit)
Overview
Ensemble : Highly qualified accompanists will be assigned to work independently with studio teachers and their students.
Terms: Fall 2013, Winter 2014, Summer 2014
Instructors: Purdy, Winston; Popescu, Maria; Strauss, Axel; Hashimoto, Kyoko (Fall) Lupien, Denise; Popescu, Maria; Kolomyjec, Joanne; Leclair, Jacqueline; Hashimoto, Kyoko (Winter) Algie, Stephen (Summer)
4 hours
Prerequisite: Audition.
4 credits from the following (may be repeated unless otherwise noted):
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MUEN 560 Chamber Music Ensemble (1 credit)
Overview
Ensemble : Ensemble for chamber music - various instruments.
Terms: Fall 2013, Winter 2014
Instructors: Chen, Jun-Yuan; Leclair, Jacqueline; Aldrich, Simon; Dunn, Andrew; Cazes, Alain; Strauss, Axel; McNabney, Douglas; Roy, Andre J; Dolin, Elizabeth; Haimovitz, Matt; Forget, Normand; Hashimoto, Kyoko; Shuter, Cindy; Kestenberg, Abe; Robinson, Brian; Yazdanfar, Ali (Fall) Kestenberg, Abe; Dolin, Elizabeth; Shuter, Cindy; Swartz, Jennifer; Hashimoto, Kyoko; Marchand, Jean; McNabney, Douglas; Dunn, Andrew; Chen, Jun-Yuan; Dyachkov, Yegor; Read, Alexander; Leclair, Jacqueline; Dumouchel, Michael; Aldrich, Simon; Christie, Carolyn; Strauss, Axel; de Caen, Kathleen; Arulanandam, Amahl; Robinson, Brian; Yazdanfar, Ali; Roy, Andre J (Winter)
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MUEN 561 2nd Chamber Music Ensemble (1 credit)
Overview
Ensemble : Chamber music of the Medieval, Renaissance and Baroque periods.
Terms: Fall 2013, Winter 2014
Instructors: Forget, Normand; McNabney, Douglas; Dolin, Elizabeth; Cazes, Alain (Fall) Dolin, Elizabeth; Weman Eriksson, Lena; MacMillan, Elizabeth H; Leclair, Jacqueline; McNabney, Douglas; Dunn, Andrew; Kestenberg, Abe; Arulanandam, Amahl; Aldrich, Simon (Winter)
1 hour
Prerequisite: Audition.
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MUEN 579 Song Interpretation 2 (1 credit)
Overview
Ensemble : Study of song repertoire for singers and pianists.
Terms: Fall 2013, Winter 2014
Instructors: McMahon, Michael (Fall) McMahon, Michael (Winter)
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MUEN 580 Early Music Ensemble (1 credit)
Overview
Ensemble : An ensemble of 4-6 vocalists and instrumentalists which performs music of the Medieval, Renaissance and Baroque periods.
Terms: Fall 2013, Winter 2014
Instructors: Weman Eriksson, Lena; MacMillan, Elizabeth H; Jennejohn, Matthew Dixon; Kinslow, Valerie; Michaud, Natalie (Fall) Kinslow, Valerie; MacMillan, Elizabeth H; Beghin, Tom; Michaud, Natalie; Jennejohn, Matthew Dixon; Weman Eriksson, Lena (Winter)
Prerequisite: Audition. Prerequisite or corequisite for keyboard players: MUPG 272.
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MUEN 584 Studio Accompanying (1 credit)
Overview
Ensemble : Highly qualified accompanists will be assigned to work independently with studio teachers and their students.
Terms: Fall 2013, Winter 2014, Summer 2014
Instructors: Purdy, Winston; Popescu, Maria; Strauss, Axel; Hashimoto, Kyoko (Fall) Lupien, Denise; Popescu, Maria; Kolomyjec, Joanne; Leclair, Jacqueline; Hashimoto, Kyoko (Winter) Algie, Stephen (Summer)
4 hours
Prerequisite: Audition.
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MUEN 585 Sonata Masterclass (1 credit)
Overview
Ensemble : Exploration of the vast literature for sonatas with piano and instrument, including multiple issues of ensemble preparation and performing.
Terms: Fall 2013, Winter 2014
Instructors: Hashimoto, Kyoko (Fall) Hashimoto, Kyoko (Winter)
Prerequisite: Audition or permission of the instructor.
Restriction: Limited to 4 advanced pianists and 4 instrumentalists.
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MUEN 596 Opera Repetiteur (2 credits)
Overview
Ensemble : Supervised coaching of singers, and playing of scenes and productions; rehearsal pianists and backstage conducting responsibilities.
Terms: Fall 2013, Winter 2014
Instructors: Hansen, Patrick (Fall) Hansen, Patrick (Winter)
6 hours
Restriction: Open by audition to advanced pianists, and to students in conducting, who are interested in training as operatic coaches. Students enrolled for piano instruction at 9I制作厂免费 must also have their practical teacher's approval
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MUPG 670 Advanced Continuo 1 (2 credits) *
Overview
Performance : A historically-oriented study of the principles of figured bass. Standard idioms from historical treatises will be introduced. Preparation of operatic excerpts from the standard high Baroque repertory is required.
Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2013-2014 academic year.
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2013-2014 academic year.
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MUPG 671 Advanced Continuo 2 (2 credits) *
Overview
Performance : A study of the many different styles of figured bass accompaniment as revealed in contemporary sources. The emphasis will be on realization at the keyboard of representative 17th- and 18th- century operatic recitatives and arias.
Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2013-2014 academic year.
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2013-2014 academic year.
2 hours
Prerequisite: MUPG 670
Schulich School of Music—2013-2014 (last updated Aug. 21, 2013) (disclaimer)
