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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:
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MUPD 560 Introduction to Research Methods in Music (1 credit)
Overview
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 2019
Instructors: Sarid, Shulamit; Willis, Laurence; Noble, Jason (Fall)
4 credits of:
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MUPG 210 Italian Diction (2 credits)
Overview
Performance : Study of International Phonetic Alphabet. Study of Italian pronunciation in singing using song and opera texts.
Terms: Fall 2019
Instructors: Popescu, Maria (Fall)
2 hours
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MUPG 211 French Diction (2 credits)
Overview
Performance : Study of French pronunciation in singing using song and opera texts.
Terms: Winter 2020
Instructors: Godin, Olivier (Winter)
2 hours
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MUPG 212 English Diction (2 credits)
Overview
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.
Terms: Fall 2019
Instructors: Koch, Elizabeth (Fall)
2 hours
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MUPG 213 German Diction (2 credits)
Overview
Performance : Study of German pronunciation in singing using song and opera texts.
Terms: Winter 2020
Instructors: Strauss, Anja (Winter)
2 hours
6 credits of:
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MUHL 372 Solo Song Outside Germany and Austria (3 credits)
Overview
Music History and Literature : Topics in American and European non-German song repertoire from the eighteenth century to the present. Issues discussed may include the role of song in national music culture, art song and folk song, national styles and poetic traditions, text-music relationships, and performance practice.
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 377 Baroque Opera (3 credits)
Overview
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.
Terms: Winter 2020
Instructors: Cumming, Julie Emelyn (Winter)
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MUHL 387 Opera from Mozart to Puccini (3 credits)
Overview
Music History and Literature : Mozart's operas and the seria, buffa, and Singspiel traditions. Ottocento opera, grand opera, and cross-fertilization between France and Italy. German Romantic opera. Wagner. Eastern European opera. Verismo and fin-de-si猫cle opera in Vienna and Paris. Sociology of opera. Emphasis on critical understanding of music's role in articulating drama.
Terms: Fall 2019
Instructors: Huebner, Steven (Fall)
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MUHL 388 Opera After 1900 (3 credits)
Overview
Music History and Literature : Major early twentieth-century works by Debussy, Strauss, Schreker, Bart贸k, Stravinsky and Schoenberg. Opera in Europe between the Wars including operas of Berg, Milhaud, Krenek, Hindemith and Weill. Politics, sociology, and literature in relationship to musical style. Approaches since 1945 in selected works by Britten, Henze, Zimmermann, Ligeti, Somers and Glass.
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 390 The German Lied (3 credits)
Overview
Music History and Literature : Survey of the German Lied from the late eighteenth to the early twentieth century, focusing on songs and song cycles by Schubert, Schumann, Brahms, Wolf, Mahler, Schoenberg, Berg, and Webern. Topics include text, musical form and text-music relationships, melodic style and harmonic organization, accompaniment, and performance practice.
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.
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 2019, Winter 2020
Instructors: Mdivani, Marina; Bergeron, Sylvain; Hashimoto, Kyoko; Poletaev, Ilya; Christie, Carolyn; Levesque, Stephane; 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; Swartz, Jennifer; Leclair, Jacqueline; Dolin, Elizabeth; Baskin, Theodore; Box, James; 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, St茅phane; Labelle, Dominique; Devuyst, Russell; Laimon, Sara; Mallette, Marcelle; Normand, Jean-Francois; Stoelzel, Richard; Ducharme, J茅r么me; Wan, Andrew; Cope, Todd; Vall茅e, Jean-S茅bastien; Desgagne, Alain; Read, Alexander; Cote, Nadia; Howle, Mark Austin; Lupien, Denise; Melancon, Violaine; Smith, Tracy; Mac Master, John; Brault, Olivier; Watson, Nathaniel; Gavrilova, Julia; Jennejohn, Matthew Dixon; Marandola, Fabrice; Dobby, Timothy; Cho, Jinjoo; Brouwer, Albert G; Mangrum, Martin D; Lane, Christian; Polegato, Brett; Gaudreault, Jean; Cowan, Steven; Hendrickson, Anna; Soderstrom, Elin; Tremblay, Pierre-Antoine (Fall) Beaudry, Pierre; Mdivani, Marina; Christie, Carolyn; Leclair, Marie- (Winter)
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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 2019, Winter 2020
Instructors: Hashimoto, Kyoko; Chappell, Eric; Roy, Andre J; Strauss, Axel; Kolomyjec, Joanne; Levesque, Stephane; Bergeron, Sylvain; Leclair, Marie- (Fall) Mdivani, Marina; Bergeron, Sylvain; Hashimoto, Kyoko; Poletaev, Ilya; Christie, Carolyn; Levesque, Stephane; 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; Swartz, Jennifer; Leclair, Jacqueline; Dolin, Elizabeth; Baskin, Theodore; Box, James; 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, St茅phane; Labelle, Dominique; Devuyst, Russell; Mallette, Marcelle; Moye, Felicia; Normand, Jean-Francois; Laimon, Sara; Stoelzel, Richard; Ducharme, J茅r么me; Wan, Andrew; Cope, Todd; Vall茅e, Jean-S茅bastien; Desgagne, Alain; Read, Alexander; Cote, Nadia; Howle, Mark Austin; Lupien, Denise; Melancon, Violaine; Smith, Tracy; Mac Master, John; Brault, Olivier; Watson, Nathaniel; Gavrilova, Julia; Jennejohn, Matthew Dixon; Marandola, Fabrice; Dobby, Timothy; Cho, Jinjoo; Hargreaves, Stephen; Brouwer, Albert G; Mangrum, Martin D; Lane, Christian; Polegato, Brett; Gaudreault, Jean; Hendrickson, Anna; Soderstrom, Elin; Tremblay, Pierre-Antoine; Duncan, Tyler (Winter)
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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 2019, Winter 2020
Instructors: Box, James; Bergeron, Sylvain; Plouffe, Helene; Eriksson, Erik; Hashimoto, Kyoko; Mdivani, Marina; Poletaev, Ilya; Popescu, Maria; Kolomyjec, Joanne; Algie, Stephen; Levesque, Stephane; Aldrich, Simon; Christie, Carolyn; Roy, Andre J; Haimovitz, Matt; Yazdanfar, Ali; Merkelo, Paul A; Leclair, Jacqueline; Robinson, Brian; Baskin, Theodore; Bolduc, Remi; Dyachkov, Yegor; Swartz, Jennifer; Knox, Hank; Napper, Susan; Manker, Brian; Strauss, Axel; Freeman, Peter; Labelle, Dominique; Hauser, Rudolf-Alexius; Cazes, Alain; Dolin, Elizabeth; Johnson, Alexander David; Richer, Patrice; Lemelin, St茅phane; McMahon, Michael; Normand, Jean-Francois; Devuyst, Russell; Ducharme, J茅r么me; Mallette, Marcelle; Stoelzel, Richard; Vall茅e, Jean-S茅bastien; Melancon, Violaine; Read, Alexander; Cope, Todd; Wan, Andrew; Brault, Olivier; Gavrilova, Julia; Lupien, Denise; Smith, Tracy; Mac Master, John; Watson, Nathaniel; Desgagne, Alain; Lane, Christian; Laimon, Sara; Cote, Nadia; Cho, Jinjoo; Mangrum, Martin D; Marandola, Fabrice; Jennejohn, Matthew Dixon; Polegato, Brett; G'Froerer, Joanna; Hollenbeck, John (Fall) Hashimoto, Kyoko; Poletaev, Ilya; Hauser, Rudolf-Alexius; Roy, Andre J; Mdivani, Marina; Merkelo, Paul A; Bolduc, Remi; Chappell, Eric; Strauss, Axel; Kolomyjec, Joanne; Knox, Hank; Christie, Carolyn; Stoelzel, Richard; Levesque, Stephane; Bergeron, Sylvain; Haimovitz, Matt; Leclair, Marie-; Laimon, Sara; Cowan, Steven; Marandola, Fabrice; Brault, Olivier; Yazdanfar, Ali; Smith, Tracy; Ducharme, J茅r么me; Johnson, Alexander David; Labelle, Dominique; Algie, Stephen; Mac Master, John; Cope, Todd; Leclair, Jacqueline; Vall茅e, Jean-S茅bastien; Wan, Andrew; Popescu, Maria; Dolin, Elizabeth; Manker, Brian; Cote, Nadia; Jennejohn, Matthew Dixon; Lemelin, St茅phane; Polegato, Brett; Aldrich, Simon; Baskin, Theodore; G'Froerer, Joanna; Hollenbeck, John (Winter)
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MUIN 622D1 Performance Tutorial 3 (1.5 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 2019
Instructors: Poletaev, Ilya; Johnson, Alexander David; Kolomyjec, Joanne; Labelle, Dominique; Algie, Stephen; Mac Master, John; Cope, Todd; Leclair, Jacqueline; Levesque, Stephane; Vall茅e, Jean-S茅bastien; Marandola, Fabrice; Wan, Andrew; Popescu, Maria; Dolin, Elizabeth; Manker, Brian; Cote, Nadia; Mdivani, Marina; Jennejohn, Matthew Dixon; Lemelin, St茅phane; Ducharme, J茅r么me; Polegato, Brett; Aldrich, Simon; Baskin, Theodore; Christie, Carolyn; Brault, Olivier; G'Froerer, Joanna; Knox, Hank; Hollenbeck, John (Fall)
Students must register for both MUIN 622D1 and MUIN 622D2
No credit will be given for this course unless both MUIN 622D1 and MUIN 622D2 are successfully completed in consecutive terms
MUIN 622D1 and MUIN 622D2 together are equivalent to MUIN 622
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MUIN 622D2 Performance Tutorial 3 (1.5 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: Winter 2020
Instructors: Poletaev, Ilya; Johnson, Alexander David; Kolomyjec, Joanne; Labelle, Dominique; Algie, Stephen; Mac Master, John; Cope, Todd; Leclair, Jacqueline; Levesque, Stephane; Vall茅e, Jean-S茅bastien; Marandola, Fabrice; Wan, Andrew; Popescu, Maria; Dolin, Elizabeth; Manker, Brian; Cote, Nadia; Mdivani, Marina; Jennejohn, Matthew Dixon; Lemelin, St茅phane; Ducharme, J茅r么me; Polegato, Brett; Aldrich, Simon; Baskin, Theodore; Christie, Carolyn; Brault, Olivier; G'Froerer, Joanna; Knox, Hank; Hollenbeck, John (Winter)
Prerequisite: MUIN 622D1
No credit will be given for this course unless both MUIN 622D1 and MUIN 622D2 are successfully completed in consecutive terms
MUIN 622D1 and MUIN 622D2 together are equivalent to MUIN 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 2019, Winter 2020
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2019-2020 academic year.
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 (), 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 2019, Winter 2020
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2019-2020 academic year.
* Students may take MUPG 653 or MUPG 600.
** Students may take MUIN 622 or MUIN 622D1 and MUIN 622D2.
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 2019, Winter 2020
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2019-2020 academic year.
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 (), 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 2019, Winter 2020
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2019-2020 academic year.
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 (), Featured, Schedule C
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MUPG 605 Recording Project (3 credits)
Overview
Performance : Recording project with liner notes.
Terms: Fall 2019, Winter 2020
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2019-2020 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: Fall 2019, Winter 2020
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2019-2020 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 2019, Winter 2020
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2019-2020 academic year.
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 2019, Winter 2020
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2019-2020 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 2019-2020 academic year.
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2019-2020 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 2019, Winter 2020
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2019-2020 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: 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.
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 2019-2020 academic year.
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2019-2020 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: Fall 2019
Instructors: Hargreaves, Stephen (Fall)
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: Winter 2020
Instructors: Strauss, Anja (Winter)
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: Fall 2019
Instructors: Smith, Tracy (Fall)
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: Fall 2019, Winter 2020
Instructors: Klorman, Edward (Fall) Foster, Adrian (Winter)
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 2019, Winter 2020
Instructors: Strauss, Anja (Fall) Smith, Tracy (Winter)
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 2019, Winter 2020
Instructors: Weman Eriksson, Lena (Fall) Frey, Elinor (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 2019
Instructors: Chiasson, Rachelle A M (Fall)
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: Fall 2019
Instructors: Marandola, Fabrice (Fall)
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: 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.
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 collaborative partners will be assigned to work independently with studio teachers and their students.
Terms: Fall 2019, Winter 2020
Instructors: Hashimoto, Kyoko; Mac Master, John; Algie, Stephen; Popescu, Maria; Labelle, Dominique (Fall) Hashimoto, Kyoko; Abbott, Patricia; Labelle, Dominique; Popescu, Maria (Winter)
4 hours
Prerequisite: Audition.
4 credits from the following (may be repeated unless otherwise noted):
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MUEN 540 Chamber Music Project 1 (0.5 credits)
Overview
Ensemble : Chamber music ensemble for various instruments.
Terms: Winter 2020
Instructors: Darroch, Hannah (Winter)
Requires departmental approval
Restrictions: Open to undergraduate and graduate Performance students
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MUEN 541 Chamber Music Project 2 (0.5 credits)
Overview
Ensemble : Chamber music ensemble for various instruments.
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.
Requires departmental approval
Restrictions: Open to undergraduate and graduate Performance students
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MUEN 560 Chamber Music Ensemble (1 credit)
Overview
Ensemble : Ensemble for chamber music - various instruments.
Terms: Fall 2019, Winter 2020, Summer 2020
Instructors: Cho, Jinjoo; Devuyst, Russell; Bourgogne, Guillaume; Lupien, Denise; Box, James; Yazdanfar, Ali; Roy, Andre J; Haimovitz, Matt; Gaudreault, Jean; Desgagne, Alain; Johnson, Alexander David; Levesque, Stephane; Aldrich, Simon; Stoelzel, Richard; Baskin, Theodore; Dix, Trevor; Hashimoto, Kyoko; Leclair, Marie-; Darroch, Hannah (Fall) Cho, Jinjoo; Yazdanfar, Ali; Gaudreault, Jean; Mangrum, Martin D; Levesque, Stephane; Leclair, Marie-; Baskin, Theodore; Desgagne, Alain; Aldrich, Simon; Brouwer, Albert G; Haimovitz, Matt; Hashimoto, Kyoko; Lupien, Denise; Strauss, Axel; Klorman, Edward; Robinson, Brian; Choi, Alicia; Cicchillitti, Adam; Devuyst, Russell; Howle, Mark Austin; Dix, Trevor; Stoelzel, Richard; Roy, Andre J (Winter) Cho, Jinjoo (Summer)
Prerequisite(s): Audition.
Restriction(s): For Music students; open to others by permission of the Department.
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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 2019, Winter 2020
Instructors: Cho, Jinjoo; Haimovitz, Matt; Roy, Andre J; Swartz, Jennifer; Lupien, Denise; Bourgogne, Guillaume; Baskin, Theodore; Stoelzel, Richard (Fall) Cho, Jinjoo; Haimovitz, Matt; Roy, Andre J; Choi, Alicia; Baskin, Theodore; Dix, Trevor (Winter)
1 hour
Prerequisite: Audition.
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MUEN 569 Tabla Ensemble (1 credit)
Overview
Ensemble : Performance and practice of the tabla of North India.
Terms: Fall 2019, Winter 2020
Instructors: Mativetsky, Shawn Eliot (Fall) Mativetsky, Shawn Eliot (Winter)
Can be taken more than once.
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MUEN 579 Song Interpretation 2 (1 credit)
Overview
Ensemble : Study of song repertoire for singers and pianists.
Terms: Fall 2019, Winter 2020
Instructors: McMahon, Michael (Fall) Godin, Olivier (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 2019, Winter 2020
Instructors: Jennejohn, Matthew Dixon; La Rotta, Esteban; Bergeron, Sylvain; Basque, Alexis; Brault, Olivier; Bandy, Dorian; Andriani, Laura; Smith, Tracy (Fall) Bandy, Dorian; Smith, Tracy; Bergeron, Sylvain; Andriani, Laura; Jennejohn, Matthew Dixon; Basque, Alexis; La Rotta, Esteban; Brault, Olivier (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 collaborative partners will be assigned to work independently with studio teachers and their students.
Terms: Fall 2019, Winter 2020
Instructors: Hashimoto, Kyoko; Mac Master, John; Algie, Stephen; Popescu, Maria; Labelle, Dominique (Fall) Hashimoto, Kyoko; Abbott, Patricia; Labelle, Dominique; Popescu, Maria (Winter)
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 2019, Winter 2020
Instructors: Hashimoto, Kyoko; Melancon, Violaine (Fall) Hashimoto, Kyoko; Melancon, Violaine (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: 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.
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 捆绑SM社区 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: Fall 2019
Instructors: Knox, Hank (Fall)
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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: Winter 2020
Instructors: Knox, Hank (Winter)
2 hours
Prerequisite: MUPG 670
