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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 prerequisite may be assigned as an additional required course on the basis of transcript review:
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.
Terms: Fall 2016
Instructors: Campbell, Evan; Morrison, Robert (Fall)
18 credits:
Practical Instrument : Individual instrumental, vocal, conducting, collaborative piano or operatic tutorial. Technical and interpretive development, preparation of thesis performance projects.
Terms: Fall 2016, Winter 2017
Instructors: Mdivani, Marina; Guimond, Claire; Bergeron, Sylvain; Hashimoto, Kyoko; Poletaev, Ilya; Christie, Carolyn; Levesque, Stephane; Zirbel, John; Roy, Andre J; Yazdanfar, Ali; Algie, Stephen; Kolomyjec, Joanne; Popescu, Maria; Beaudry, Pierre; Eriksson, Erik; Hauser, Rudolf-Alexius; Aldrich, Simon; Haimovitz, Matt; Merkelo, Paul A; McMahon, Michael; Kutan, Aline; Fewer, Mark; 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; Cazes, Alain; Knox, Hank; Richer, Patrice; Johnson, Alexander David; Lemelin, Stéphane; Moye, Felicia; Labelle, Dominique; Purdy, Winston; Devuyst, Russell; Laimon, Sara; Mallette, Marcelle; Dann, Steven Arthur; Normand, Jean-Francois; Stoelzel, Richard; Ducharme, Jérôme; Wan, Andrew; Kinslow, Valerie; Cope, Todd; Huang, Yai-Yun; Marandola, Fabrice; Vallée, Jean-Sébastien; Desgagne, Alain; Read, Alexander (Fall) Huang, Yai-Yun; Marandola, Fabrice; Christie, Carolyn; Beaudry, Pierre; Mdivani, Marina (Winter)
Practical Instrument : Additional individual instrumental, vocal, conducting, collaborative piano or operatic tutorial according to area of performing specialization.
Terms: Fall 2016, Winter 2017
Instructors: Hashimoto, Kyoko; Chappell, Eric; Roy, Andre J; Strauss, Axel; Kutan, Aline; Kolomyjec, Joanne (Fall) Mdivani, Marina; Guimond, Claire; Bergeron, Sylvain; Hashimoto, Kyoko; Poletaev, Ilya; Forget, Normand; Christie, Carolyn; Levesque, Stephane; Zirbel, John; Roy, Andre J; Yazdanfar, Ali; Algie, Stephen; Kolomyjec, Joanne; Popescu, Maria; Beaudry, Pierre; Eriksson, Erik; Hauser, Rudolf-Alexius; Aldrich, Simon; Haimovitz, Matt; Merkelo, Paul A; McMahon, Michael; Kutan, Aline; Fewer, Mark; 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; Cazes, Alain; Knox, Hank; Richer, Patrice; Johnson, Alexander David; Lemelin, Stéphane; Labelle, Dominique; Purdy, Winston; Devuyst, Russell; Mallette, Marcelle; Moye, Felicia; Beghin, Tom; Dann, Steven Arthur; Normand, Jean-Francois; Laimon, Sara; Stoelzel, Richard; Ducharme, Jérôme; Wan, Andrew; Kinslow, Valerie; Cope, Todd; Huang, Yai-Yun; Marandola, Fabrice; Vallée, Jean-Sébastien; Desgagne, Alain; Read, Alexander (Winter)
Practical Instrument : Individual tutorial according to area of performing specialization. Interpretative preparation of thesis performance projects and development of individual artistic vision.
Terms: Fall 2016, Winter 2017
Instructors: Box, James; Zirbel, John; Guimond, Claire; Bergeron, Sylvain; Plouffe, Helene; Eriksson, Erik; Hashimoto, Kyoko; Mdivani, Marina; Poletaev, Ilya; Popescu, Maria; Kolomyjec, Joanne; Algie, Stephen; Levesque, Stephane; Aldrich, Simon; Christie, Carolyn; Fewer, Mark; Roy, Andre J; Haimovitz, Matt; Yazdanfar, Ali; Merkelo, Paul A; Kestenberg, Abe; Hutchins, Timothy; Leclair, Jacqueline; Robinson, Brian; Baskin, Theodore; Bolduc, Remi; Kutan, Aline; Dyachkov, Yegor; Swartz, Jennifer; Knox, Hank; Napper, Susan; Beghin, Tom; Manker, Brian; Strauss, Axel; Freeman, Peter; Labelle, Dominique; Hauser, Rudolf-Alexius; Cazes, Alain; Dolin, Elizabeth; Johnson, Alexander David; Richer, Patrice; Lemelin, Stéphane; McMahon, Michael; Purdy, Winston; Dann, Steven Arthur; Normand, Jean-Francois; Devuyst, Russell; Moye, Felicia; Ducharme, Jérôme; Mallette, Marcelle; Huang, Yai-Yun; Marandola, Fabrice; Mac Master, John D; Cope, Todd; Vallée, Jean-Sébastien; Bourgogne, Guillaume (Fall) Hashimoto, Kyoko; Poletaev, Ilya; Hauser, Rudolf-Alexius; Forget, Normand; Roy, Andre J; Huang, Yai-Yun; Marandola, Fabrice; Mdivani, Marina; Merkelo, Paul A; Bolduc, Remi; Chappell, Eric; Strauss, Axel; Kutan, Aline; Kolomyjec, Joanne; Knox, Hank; Christie, Carolyn; Beghin, Tom; Zirbel, John; Johnson, Alexander David; Labelle, Dominique; Algie, Stephen; Mac Master, John D; Cope, Todd; Leclair, Jacqueline; Levesque, Stephane; Vallée, Jean-Sébastien; Bourgogne, Guillaume (Winter)
Practical Instrument : Individual tutorial according to area of performing specialization. Interpretative preparation of thesis performance projects and development of individual artistic vision.
Terms: Fall 2016
Instructors: Poletaev, Ilya; Johnson, Alexander David; Zirbel, John; Kolomyjec, Joanne; Labelle, Dominique; Algie, Stephen; Mac Master, John D; Cope, Todd; Leclair, Jacqueline; Levesque, Stephane; Huang, Yai-Yun; Marandola, Fabrice; Vallée, Jean-Sébastien; Hauser, Rudolf-Alexius; Bourgogne, Guillaume (Fall)
Practical Instrument : Individual tutorial according to area of performing specialization. Interpretative preparation of thesis performance projects and development of individual artistic vision.
Terms: Winter 2017
Instructors: Poletaev, Ilya; Johnson, Alexander David; Zirbel, John; Kolomyjec, Joanne; Labelle, Dominique; Algie, Stephen; Mac Master, John D; Cope, Todd; Leclair, Jacqueline; Levesque, Stephane; Huang, Yai-Yun; Marandola, Fabrice; Vallée, Jean-Sébastien; Bourgogne, Guillaume; Hauser, Rudolf-Alexius (Winter)
Performance : Solo recital, collaborative piano recital, conducting recital or principal Opera Role (by audition) with program notes.
Terms: Fall 2016, Winter 2017, Summer 2017
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2016-2017 academic year.
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
* Students may take MUIN 622 or MUIN 622D1 and MUIN 622D2.
9 credits from the following:
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 2016, Winter 2017
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2016-2017 academic year.
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
Performance : Recital, conducting recital or featured opera role (by audition) with program notes.
Terms: Fall 2016, Winter 2017, Summer 2017
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2016-2017 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
Performance : Concerto performance with orchestra (for the concerto competition or other competition in Montreal) or supporting opera role (by audition) with program notes.
Terms: Fall 2016, Winter 2017
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2016-2017 academic year.
Supporting Opera Role as defined by the American Musical Artists' website (), Supporting, Schedule C
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.
Terms: Fall 2016, Winter 2017
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2016-2017 academic year.
Chamber Music Recital (60-70 minutes). If single ensemble, recital may be taken for credit by all participating students, by approval of department.
Performance : Recording project with liner notes.
Terms: Fall 2016, Winter 2017
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2016-2017 academic year.
Limited enrolment; admissions by proposal only and with approval of the Department; additional fees apply.
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 2017
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2016-2017 academic year.
Performer-composer composition of 5-10 minutes. By proposal only and with approval of the Department.
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.
Terms: Fall 2016, Winter 2017
Instructors: Bourgogne, Guillaume (Winter)
Performer-composer commission of 10-20 minutes. By proposal only and approval of the Department.
Performance : Performance of selected excerpts from standard orchestral repertoire.
Terms: Fall 2016, Winter 2017
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2016-2017 academic year.
20-25 minutes of repertoire
Restriction: Not open to students who have taken MUPG 609, MUPG 609D1/D2, MUPG 610 or MUPG 610D1/D2
Performance : Performance of selected excerpts from standard orchestral repertoire.
Terms: Fall 2016, Winter 2017
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2016-2017 academic year.
Restriction: Not open to students who have taken MUPG 608 or MUPG 610 or MUPG 610D1/D2
35-40 minutes of repertoire
Performance : Performance of wide range of excerpts from orchestral repertoire in all styles and genres.
Terms: Fall 2016, Winter 2017
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2016-2017 academic year.
Restriction: Not open to students who have taken MUPG 608 or MUPG 609 or MUPG 609D1/D2
60-80 minutes of repertoire
* May take MUPG 606 or MUPG 607.
** May take MUPG 608 or MUPG 609 or MUPG 610.
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 2016, Winter 2017
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2016-2017 academic year.
One of the following:
Performance Practice : Seminar in performance practice. Topic varies by year.
Terms: Fall 2016, Winter 2017
Instructors: Globerson, Eitan (Fall) Huang, Yai-Yun (Winter)
3 hours
Performance Practice : Seminar in performance practice. Topic varies by year.
Terms: Fall 2016, Winter 2017
Instructors: Weman Eriksson, Lena (Fall) Weman Eriksson, Lena (Winter)
3 hours
Performance Practice : Seminar in performance practice. Topic varies by year.
Terms: Fall 2016, Winter 2017
Instructors: Fewer, Mark (Fall) Mac Master, John D (Winter)
3 hours
Performance Practice : Seminar in performance practice. Topic varies by year.
Terms: Fall 2016, Winter 2017
Instructors: Huang, Yai-Yun (Fall) Bourgogne, Guillaume (Winter)
3 hours
Performance Practice : Seminar in performance practice. Topic varies by year.
Terms: Fall 2016, Winter 2017
Instructors: Marandola, Fabrice (Fall) Marandola, Fabrice (Winter)
3 hours
Performance Practice : Seminar in performance practice. Topic varies by year.
Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2016-2017 academic year.
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2016-2017 academic year.
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.
Orchestral Instruments:
6 credits from the following (may be taken more than once):
Ensemble : Open to singers and instrumentalists, this ensemble specializes in chamber music primarily of the Baroque era.
Terms: Fall 2016, Winter 2017
Instructors: Knox, Hank (Fall) Knox, Hank (Winter)
Ensemble : Large ensemble for wind instruments.
Terms: Fall 2016, Winter 2017
Instructors: Cazes, Alain (Fall) Cazes, Alain (Winter)
4-6 hours
Prerequisite: Audition
Ensemble : Ensemble for contemporary music - instruments and voice.
Terms: Fall 2016, Winter 2017
Instructors: Bourgogne, Guillaume (Fall) Bourgogne, Guillaume (Winter)
4 hours
Prerequisite: Audition.
Ensemble : Ensemble for orchestral instruments.
Terms: Fall 2016, Winter 2017
Instructors: Hauser, Rudolf-Alexius (Fall) Hauser, Rudolf-Alexius (Winter)
6 - 7 hours
Prerequisite: Audition.
Strings:
Two terms of:
Ensemble : Ensemble for chamber music - various instruments.
Terms: Fall 2016, Winter 2017
Instructors: McNabney, Douglas; Robinson, Brian; Yazdanfar, Ali; Devuyst, Russell; Gaudreault, Jean; Johnson, Alexander David; Aldrich, Simon; Strauss, Axel; Ducharme, Jérôme; Bourgogne, Guillaume; Beaudry, Pierre; Moye, Felicia; Stoelzel, Richard; Baskin, Theodore; Normand, Jean-Francois; Leclair, Marie-; Roy, Jocelyne; Mangrum, Martin D; Roy, Andre J; Dolin, Elizabeth; Haimovitz, Matt; Swartz, Jennifer; Hashimoto, Kyoko; Shuter, Cindy; Fewer, Mark; Leclair, Jacqueline; Weman Eriksson, Lena; Roberts, Richard Allen; Dix, Trevor (Fall) Robinson, Brian; Yazdanfar, Ali; Antonio, Garry M W; Haimovitz, Matt; Dolin, Elizabeth; Swartz, Jennifer; Moye, Felicia; Hashimoto, Kyoko; Ducharme, Jérôme; Lupien, Denise; Dyachkov, Yegor; Roberts, Richard Allen; Roy, Andre J; Gaudreault, Jean; Shuter, Cindy; Mangrum, Martin D; Leclair, Marie-; Baskin, Theodore; Bourgogne, Guillaume; Aldrich, Simon; Leclair, Jacqueline; Levesque, Stephane; Devuyst, Russell; Stoelzel, Richard; Beaudry, Pierre; Richer, Patrice (Winter)
Prerequisite(s): Audition.
Restriction(s): For Music students; open to others by permission of the Department.
1 credit of:
Ensemble : Ensemble for chamber music - various instruments.
Terms: Fall 2016, Winter 2017
Instructors: McNabney, Douglas; Robinson, Brian; Yazdanfar, Ali; Devuyst, Russell; Gaudreault, Jean; Johnson, Alexander David; Aldrich, Simon; Strauss, Axel; Ducharme, Jérôme; Bourgogne, Guillaume; Beaudry, Pierre; Moye, Felicia; Stoelzel, Richard; Baskin, Theodore; Normand, Jean-Francois; Leclair, Marie-; Roy, Jocelyne; Mangrum, Martin D; Roy, Andre J; Dolin, Elizabeth; Haimovitz, Matt; Swartz, Jennifer; Hashimoto, Kyoko; Shuter, Cindy; Fewer, Mark; Leclair, Jacqueline; Weman Eriksson, Lena; Roberts, Richard Allen; Dix, Trevor (Fall) Robinson, Brian; Yazdanfar, Ali; Antonio, Garry M W; Haimovitz, Matt; Dolin, Elizabeth; Swartz, Jennifer; Moye, Felicia; Hashimoto, Kyoko; Ducharme, Jérôme; Lupien, Denise; Dyachkov, Yegor; Roberts, Richard Allen; Roy, Andre J; Gaudreault, Jean; Shuter, Cindy; Mangrum, Martin D; Leclair, Marie-; Baskin, Theodore; Bourgogne, Guillaume; Aldrich, Simon; Leclair, Jacqueline; Levesque, Stephane; Devuyst, Russell; Stoelzel, Richard; Beaudry, Pierre; Richer, Patrice (Winter)
Prerequisite(s): Audition.
Restriction(s): For Music students; open to others by permission of the Department.
Ensemble : Chamber music of the Medieval, Renaissance and Baroque periods.
Terms: Fall 2016, Winter 2017
Instructors: Hashimoto, Kyoko; Haimovitz, Matt; Stoelzel, Richard; Dix, Trevor; McNabney, Douglas; Devuyst, Russell; Beaudry, Pierre; Dolin, Elizabeth; Gaudreault, Jean; Weman Eriksson, Lena (Fall) Swartz, Jennifer; Roy, Andre J; Lupien, Denise; Dyachkov, Yegor; Dolin, Elizabeth; Richer, Patrice; Hashimoto, Kyoko; Leclair, Jacqueline; Stoelzel, Richard; Aldrich, Simon; Devuyst, Russell; Haimovitz, Matt (Winter)
1 hour
Prerequisite: Audition.
Ensemble : Special arrangement ensemble. Topic varies by year.
Terms: Fall 2016, Winter 2017
Instructors: Robinson, Brian; Yazdanfar, Ali; Roberts, Richard Allen; Dolin, Elizabeth; Mativetsky, Shawn Eliot; Bourgogne, Guillaume; Vallée, Jean-Sébastien; McNabney, Douglas; Dean, Kevin; Gaudreault, Jean; Knox, Hank; Devuyst, Russell; Miller, Dennis; Hauser, Rudolf-Alexius (Fall) Robinson, Brian; Yazdanfar, Ali; Gaudreault, Jean; Devuyst, Russell; Miller, Dennis; Roberts, Richard Allen; Mativetsky, Shawn Eliot; Jennejohn, Matthew Dixon; Weman Eriksson, Lena; MacMillan, Elizabeth H; Vallée, Jean-Sébastien; Cazes, Alain; Bourgogne, Guillaume; Plouffe, Helene; Hauser, Rudolf-Alexius (Winter)
Ensemble : Augmented big band orchestra to include strings, clarinets, and other winds and brass as appropriate to the repertoire.
Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2016-2017 academic year.
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2016-2017 academic year.
Audition; Instrumentation restrictions vary from year to year on basis of needs of repertoire.
Performance : Introduction to the creative practice of improvisation for performers. The course focuses on the development of listening as applied to the practice of collective and solo improvisation.
Terms: Fall 2016
Instructors: Bourgogne, Guillaume (Fall)
Prerequisite(s): Audition.
Restriction(s): Available to Music students; open to others by permission of the department. Not open to Jazz students. Not open to students who have taken MUEN 571.
Performance : This course is designed for performers who want to develop their skills as advanced improvisers. Both collective and solo contexts are addressed as performance practices, touching upon the history of improvisation as well as current trends.
Terms: Fall 2016
Instructors: Bourgogne, Guillaume (Fall)
Performance : This course is designed for performers who want to develop their skills as advanced improvisers. Both collective and solo contexts are addressed as performance practices, touching upon the history of improvisation as well as current trends.
Terms: Winter 2017
Instructors: Bourgogne, Guillaume (Winter)
Prerequisite(s): MUPG 571 or MUJZ 224 and MUPG 572D1
Winds/Brass:
2 credits from the following (may be taken more than once):
Ensemble : Ensemble for woodwind instruments.
Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2016-2017 academic year.
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2016-2017 academic year.
Prerequisite: Audition
Restriction(s): For Music students; open to others by permission of the Department.
Ensemble : Ensemble for brass instruments.
Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2016-2017 academic year.
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2016-2017 academic year.
Prerequisite: Audition.
Restriction(s): For Music students; open to others by permission of the Department.
1 credit from:
Ensemble : Ensemble for chamber music - various instruments.
Terms: Fall 2016, Winter 2017
Instructors: McNabney, Douglas; Robinson, Brian; Yazdanfar, Ali; Devuyst, Russell; Gaudreault, Jean; Johnson, Alexander David; Aldrich, Simon; Strauss, Axel; Ducharme, Jérôme; Bourgogne, Guillaume; Beaudry, Pierre; Moye, Felicia; Stoelzel, Richard; Baskin, Theodore; Normand, Jean-Francois; Leclair, Marie-; Roy, Jocelyne; Mangrum, Martin D; Roy, Andre J; Dolin, Elizabeth; Haimovitz, Matt; Swartz, Jennifer; Hashimoto, Kyoko; Shuter, Cindy; Fewer, Mark; Leclair, Jacqueline; Weman Eriksson, Lena; Roberts, Richard Allen; Dix, Trevor (Fall) Robinson, Brian; Yazdanfar, Ali; Antonio, Garry M W; Haimovitz, Matt; Dolin, Elizabeth; Swartz, Jennifer; Moye, Felicia; Hashimoto, Kyoko; Ducharme, Jérôme; Lupien, Denise; Dyachkov, Yegor; Roberts, Richard Allen; Roy, Andre J; Gaudreault, Jean; Shuter, Cindy; Mangrum, Martin D; Leclair, Marie-; Baskin, Theodore; Bourgogne, Guillaume; Aldrich, Simon; Leclair, Jacqueline; Levesque, Stephane; Devuyst, Russell; Stoelzel, Richard; Beaudry, Pierre; Richer, Patrice (Winter)
Prerequisite(s): Audition.
Restriction(s): For Music students; open to others by permission of the Department.
Ensemble : Special arrangement ensemble. Topic varies by year.
Terms: Fall 2016, Winter 2017
Instructors: Robinson, Brian; Yazdanfar, Ali; Roberts, Richard Allen; Dolin, Elizabeth; Mativetsky, Shawn Eliot; Bourgogne, Guillaume; Vallée, Jean-Sébastien; McNabney, Douglas; Dean, Kevin; Gaudreault, Jean; Knox, Hank; Devuyst, Russell; Miller, Dennis; Hauser, Rudolf-Alexius (Fall) Robinson, Brian; Yazdanfar, Ali; Gaudreault, Jean; Devuyst, Russell; Miller, Dennis; Roberts, Richard Allen; Mativetsky, Shawn Eliot; Jennejohn, Matthew Dixon; Weman Eriksson, Lena; MacMillan, Elizabeth H; Vallée, Jean-Sébastien; Cazes, Alain; Bourgogne, Guillaume; Plouffe, Helene; Hauser, Rudolf-Alexius (Winter)
Ensemble : Ensemble for woodwind instruments.
Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2016-2017 academic year.
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2016-2017 academic year.
Prerequisite: Audition
Restriction(s): For Music students; open to others by permission of the Department.
Ensemble : Ensemble for brass instruments.
Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2016-2017 academic year.
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2016-2017 academic year.
Prerequisite: Audition.
Restriction(s): For Music students; open to others by permission of the Department.
Ensemble : Augmented big band orchestra to include strings, clarinets, and other winds and brass as appropriate to the repertoire.
Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2016-2017 academic year.
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2016-2017 academic year.
Audition; Instrumentation restrictions vary from year to year on basis of needs of repertoire.
Performance : Introduction to the creative practice of improvisation for performers. The course focuses on the development of listening as applied to the practice of collective and solo improvisation.
Terms: Fall 2016
Instructors: Bourgogne, Guillaume (Fall)
Prerequisite(s): Audition.
Restriction(s): Available to Music students; open to others by permission of the department. Not open to Jazz students. Not open to students who have taken MUEN 571.
Performance : This course is designed for performers who want to develop their skills as advanced improvisers. Both collective and solo contexts are addressed as performance practices, touching upon the history of improvisation as well as current trends.
Terms: Fall 2016
Instructors: Bourgogne, Guillaume (Fall)
Performance : This course is designed for performers who want to develop their skills as advanced improvisers. Both collective and solo contexts are addressed as performance practices, touching upon the history of improvisation as well as current trends.
Terms: Winter 2017
Instructors: Bourgogne, Guillaume (Winter)
Prerequisite(s): MUPG 571 or MUJZ 224 and MUPG 572D1
Percussion:
3 credits from (may be taken more than once unless otherwise indicated):
Ensemble : Ensemble for chamber music - various instruments.
Terms: Fall 2016, Winter 2017
Instructors: McNabney, Douglas; Robinson, Brian; Yazdanfar, Ali; Devuyst, Russell; Gaudreault, Jean; Johnson, Alexander David; Aldrich, Simon; Strauss, Axel; Ducharme, Jérôme; Bourgogne, Guillaume; Beaudry, Pierre; Moye, Felicia; Stoelzel, Richard; Baskin, Theodore; Normand, Jean-Francois; Leclair, Marie-; Roy, Jocelyne; Mangrum, Martin D; Roy, Andre J; Dolin, Elizabeth; Haimovitz, Matt; Swartz, Jennifer; Hashimoto, Kyoko; Shuter, Cindy; Fewer, Mark; Leclair, Jacqueline; Weman Eriksson, Lena; Roberts, Richard Allen; Dix, Trevor (Fall) Robinson, Brian; Yazdanfar, Ali; Antonio, Garry M W; Haimovitz, Matt; Dolin, Elizabeth; Swartz, Jennifer; Moye, Felicia; Hashimoto, Kyoko; Ducharme, Jérôme; Lupien, Denise; Dyachkov, Yegor; Roberts, Richard Allen; Roy, Andre J; Gaudreault, Jean; Shuter, Cindy; Mangrum, Martin D; Leclair, Marie-; Baskin, Theodore; Bourgogne, Guillaume; Aldrich, Simon; Leclair, Jacqueline; Levesque, Stephane; Devuyst, Russell; Stoelzel, Richard; Beaudry, Pierre; Richer, Patrice (Winter)
Prerequisite(s): Audition.
Restriction(s): For Music students; open to others by permission of the Department.
Ensemble : Special arrangement ensemble. Topic varies by year.
Terms: Fall 2016, Winter 2017
Instructors: Robinson, Brian; Yazdanfar, Ali; Roberts, Richard Allen; Dolin, Elizabeth; Mativetsky, Shawn Eliot; Bourgogne, Guillaume; Vallée, Jean-Sébastien; McNabney, Douglas; Dean, Kevin; Gaudreault, Jean; Knox, Hank; Devuyst, Russell; Miller, Dennis; Hauser, Rudolf-Alexius (Fall) Robinson, Brian; Yazdanfar, Ali; Gaudreault, Jean; Devuyst, Russell; Miller, Dennis; Roberts, Richard Allen; Mativetsky, Shawn Eliot; Jennejohn, Matthew Dixon; Weman Eriksson, Lena; MacMillan, Elizabeth H; Vallée, Jean-Sébastien; Cazes, Alain; Bourgogne, Guillaume; Plouffe, Helene; Hauser, Rudolf-Alexius (Winter)
Ensemble : Ensemble for percussion instruments.
Terms: Fall 2016, Winter 2017
Instructors: Huang, Yai-Yun; Marandola, Fabrice (Fall) Huang, Yai-Yun; Marandola, Fabrice (Winter)
Prerequisite(s): Audition.
Restriction(s): For Music students; open to others by permission of the Department.
Performance : Introduction to the creative practice of improvisation for performers. The course focuses on the development of listening as applied to the practice of collective and solo improvisation.
Terms: Fall 2016
Instructors: Bourgogne, Guillaume (Fall)
Prerequisite(s): Audition.
Restriction(s): Available to Music students; open to others by permission of the department. Not open to Jazz students. Not open to students who have taken MUEN 571.
Performance : This course is designed for performers who want to develop their skills as advanced improvisers. Both collective and solo contexts are addressed as performance practices, touching upon the history of improvisation as well as current trends.
Terms: Fall 2016
Instructors: Bourgogne, Guillaume (Fall)
Performance : This course is designed for performers who want to develop their skills as advanced improvisers. Both collective and solo contexts are addressed as performance practices, touching upon the history of improvisation as well as current trends.
Terms: Winter 2017
Instructors: Bourgogne, Guillaume (Winter)
Prerequisite(s): MUPG 571 or MUJZ 224 and MUPG 572D1
Harp:
3 credits from (may be taken more than once unless otherwise indicated):
Ensemble : Ensemble for chamber music - various instruments.
Terms: Fall 2016, Winter 2017
Instructors: McNabney, Douglas; Robinson, Brian; Yazdanfar, Ali; Devuyst, Russell; Gaudreault, Jean; Johnson, Alexander David; Aldrich, Simon; Strauss, Axel; Ducharme, Jérôme; Bourgogne, Guillaume; Beaudry, Pierre; Moye, Felicia; Stoelzel, Richard; Baskin, Theodore; Normand, Jean-Francois; Leclair, Marie-; Roy, Jocelyne; Mangrum, Martin D; Roy, Andre J; Dolin, Elizabeth; Haimovitz, Matt; Swartz, Jennifer; Hashimoto, Kyoko; Shuter, Cindy; Fewer, Mark; Leclair, Jacqueline; Weman Eriksson, Lena; Roberts, Richard Allen; Dix, Trevor (Fall) Robinson, Brian; Yazdanfar, Ali; Antonio, Garry M W; Haimovitz, Matt; Dolin, Elizabeth; Swartz, Jennifer; Moye, Felicia; Hashimoto, Kyoko; Ducharme, Jérôme; Lupien, Denise; Dyachkov, Yegor; Roberts, Richard Allen; Roy, Andre J; Gaudreault, Jean; Shuter, Cindy; Mangrum, Martin D; Leclair, Marie-; Baskin, Theodore; Bourgogne, Guillaume; Aldrich, Simon; Leclair, Jacqueline; Levesque, Stephane; Devuyst, Russell; Stoelzel, Richard; Beaudry, Pierre; Richer, Patrice (Winter)
Prerequisite(s): Audition.
Restriction(s): For Music students; open to others by permission of the Department.
Ensemble : Chamber music of the Medieval, Renaissance and Baroque periods.
Terms: Fall 2016, Winter 2017
Instructors: Hashimoto, Kyoko; Haimovitz, Matt; Stoelzel, Richard; Dix, Trevor; McNabney, Douglas; Devuyst, Russell; Beaudry, Pierre; Dolin, Elizabeth; Gaudreault, Jean; Weman Eriksson, Lena (Fall) Swartz, Jennifer; Roy, Andre J; Lupien, Denise; Dyachkov, Yegor; Dolin, Elizabeth; Richer, Patrice; Hashimoto, Kyoko; Leclair, Jacqueline; Stoelzel, Richard; Aldrich, Simon; Devuyst, Russell; Haimovitz, Matt (Winter)
1 hour
Prerequisite: Audition.
Ensemble : Special arrangement ensemble. Topic varies by year.
Terms: Fall 2016, Winter 2017
Instructors: Robinson, Brian; Yazdanfar, Ali; Roberts, Richard Allen; Dolin, Elizabeth; Mativetsky, Shawn Eliot; Bourgogne, Guillaume; Vallée, Jean-Sébastien; McNabney, Douglas; Dean, Kevin; Gaudreault, Jean; Knox, Hank; Devuyst, Russell; Miller, Dennis; Hauser, Rudolf-Alexius (Fall) Robinson, Brian; Yazdanfar, Ali; Gaudreault, Jean; Devuyst, Russell; Miller, Dennis; Roberts, Richard Allen; Mativetsky, Shawn Eliot; Jennejohn, Matthew Dixon; Weman Eriksson, Lena; MacMillan, Elizabeth H; Vallée, Jean-Sébastien; Cazes, Alain; Bourgogne, Guillaume; Plouffe, Helene; Hauser, Rudolf-Alexius (Winter)
Performance : Introduction to the creative practice of improvisation for performers. The course focuses on the development of listening as applied to the practice of collective and solo improvisation.
Terms: Fall 2016
Instructors: Bourgogne, Guillaume (Fall)
Prerequisite(s): Audition.
Restriction(s): Available to Music students; open to others by permission of the department. Not open to Jazz students. Not open to students who have taken MUEN 571.
Performance : This course is designed for performers who want to develop their skills as advanced improvisers. Both collective and solo contexts are addressed as performance practices, touching upon the history of improvisation as well as current trends.
Terms: Fall 2016
Instructors: Bourgogne, Guillaume (Fall)
Performance : This course is designed for performers who want to develop their skills as advanced improvisers. Both collective and solo contexts are addressed as performance practices, touching upon the history of improvisation as well as current trends.
Terms: Winter 2017
Instructors: Bourgogne, Guillaume (Winter)
Prerequisite(s): MUPG 571 or MUJZ 224 and MUPG 572D1
OR
Guitar:
Three terms of:
Ensemble : Performance of guitar ensemble repertoire and transcriptions throughout music history and in various genres.
Terms: Fall 2016, Winter 2017
Instructors: Antonio, Garry M W (Fall) Antonio, Garry M W (Winter)
6 credits from the following:
Ensemble : Ensemble for chamber music - various instruments.
Terms: Fall 2016, Winter 2017
Instructors: McNabney, Douglas; Robinson, Brian; Yazdanfar, Ali; Devuyst, Russell; Gaudreault, Jean; Johnson, Alexander David; Aldrich, Simon; Strauss, Axel; Ducharme, Jérôme; Bourgogne, Guillaume; Beaudry, Pierre; Moye, Felicia; Stoelzel, Richard; Baskin, Theodore; Normand, Jean-Francois; Leclair, Marie-; Roy, Jocelyne; Mangrum, Martin D; Roy, Andre J; Dolin, Elizabeth; Haimovitz, Matt; Swartz, Jennifer; Hashimoto, Kyoko; Shuter, Cindy; Fewer, Mark; Leclair, Jacqueline; Weman Eriksson, Lena; Roberts, Richard Allen; Dix, Trevor (Fall) Robinson, Brian; Yazdanfar, Ali; Antonio, Garry M W; Haimovitz, Matt; Dolin, Elizabeth; Swartz, Jennifer; Moye, Felicia; Hashimoto, Kyoko; Ducharme, Jérôme; Lupien, Denise; Dyachkov, Yegor; Roberts, Richard Allen; Roy, Andre J; Gaudreault, Jean; Shuter, Cindy; Mangrum, Martin D; Leclair, Marie-; Baskin, Theodore; Bourgogne, Guillaume; Aldrich, Simon; Leclair, Jacqueline; Levesque, Stephane; Devuyst, Russell; Stoelzel, Richard; Beaudry, Pierre; Richer, Patrice (Winter)
Prerequisite(s): Audition.
Restriction(s): For Music students; open to others by permission of the Department.
Ensemble : Chamber music of the Medieval, Renaissance and Baroque periods.
Terms: Fall 2016, Winter 2017
Instructors: Hashimoto, Kyoko; Haimovitz, Matt; Stoelzel, Richard; Dix, Trevor; McNabney, Douglas; Devuyst, Russell; Beaudry, Pierre; Dolin, Elizabeth; Gaudreault, Jean; Weman Eriksson, Lena (Fall) Swartz, Jennifer; Roy, Andre J; Lupien, Denise; Dyachkov, Yegor; Dolin, Elizabeth; Richer, Patrice; Hashimoto, Kyoko; Leclair, Jacqueline; Stoelzel, Richard; Aldrich, Simon; Devuyst, Russell; Haimovitz, Matt (Winter)
1 hour
Prerequisite: Audition.
Ensemble : Special arrangement ensemble. Topic varies by year.
Terms: Fall 2016, Winter 2017
Instructors: Robinson, Brian; Yazdanfar, Ali; Roberts, Richard Allen; Dolin, Elizabeth; Mativetsky, Shawn Eliot; Bourgogne, Guillaume; Vallée, Jean-Sébastien; McNabney, Douglas; Dean, Kevin; Gaudreault, Jean; Knox, Hank; Devuyst, Russell; Miller, Dennis; Hauser, Rudolf-Alexius (Fall) Robinson, Brian; Yazdanfar, Ali; Gaudreault, Jean; Devuyst, Russell; Miller, Dennis; Roberts, Richard Allen; Mativetsky, Shawn Eliot; Jennejohn, Matthew Dixon; Weman Eriksson, Lena; MacMillan, Elizabeth H; Vallée, Jean-Sébastien; Cazes, Alain; Bourgogne, Guillaume; Plouffe, Helene; Hauser, Rudolf-Alexius (Winter)
Performance : Introduction to the creative practice of improvisation for performers. The course focuses on the development of listening as applied to the practice of collective and solo improvisation.
Terms: Fall 2016
Instructors: Bourgogne, Guillaume (Fall)
Prerequisite(s): Audition.
Restriction(s): Available to Music students; open to others by permission of the department. Not open to Jazz students. Not open to students who have taken MUEN 571.
Performance : This course is designed for performers who want to develop their skills as advanced improvisers. Both collective and solo contexts are addressed as performance practices, touching upon the history of improvisation as well as current trends.
Terms: Fall 2016
Instructors: Bourgogne, Guillaume (Fall)
Performance : This course is designed for performers who want to develop their skills as advanced improvisers. Both collective and solo contexts are addressed as performance practices, touching upon the history of improvisation as well as current trends.
Terms: Winter 2017
Instructors: Bourgogne, Guillaume (Winter)
Prerequisite(s): MUPG 571 or MUJZ 224 and MUPG 572D1
Performance : Development of Fretboard technique, comparing traditional keyboard harmony practices with parallel movement concepts applied to the fretboard, and different notational practices.
Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2016-2017 academic year.
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2016-2017 academic year.
Restriction: Open to graduate guitar performance students and by permission of the department
Performance : Survey of pedagogical approaches covering technique, physiological considerations, repertoire in all styles of music using a finger-style technique, performance practice, and notational practices.
Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2016-2017 academic year.
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2016-2017 academic year.
Restriction: Open to graduate guitar performance students and by permission of department
One 3-credit seminar at the 500 or 600 level with the prefix MUCO, MUGS, MUGT, MUHL, MUMT, MUPP, or MUTH.
** MUEN 560, MUEN 561, and MUEN 568 may be taken more than once.