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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 based on transcript review:
MUPD 560 Intro to Research Methods in Music
MUPG 210 Italian Diction
MUPG 211 French Diction
MUPG 212 English Diction
MUPG 213 German Diction
Two of:
MUHL 372 Solo Song outside Germany and Austria
MUHL 377 Baroque Opera
MUHL 387 Opera from Mozart to Puccini
MUHL 388 Opera After 1900
MUHL 390 The German Lied
Recital (12 credits)
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MUPG 660 Solo Recital Project 1 (12 credits)
Overview
Performance : Thesis recital (solo repertoire) and programme 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.
Required Courses (27 credits)
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MUPG 611 Directed Voice Teaching 1 (3 credits)
Overview
Performance : A practical approach to vocal pedagogy through supervised private teaching and the observation of experienced studio voice teachers. The candidate must compile a dossier documenting the progress of his or her own students and observations made during master classes and private lessons by voice faculty.
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.
1 hour
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MUPG 612 Directed Voice Teaching 2 (3 credits)
Overview
Performance : A practical approach to advanced vocal pedagogy through supervised private teaching and the observation of experienced studio voice teachers. The candidate must compile a dossier documenting the progress of his or her own students and observations made during master classes and private lessons by voice faculty.
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.
1 hour
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MUPG 620 Performance Tutorial 1 (4 credits)
Overview
Performance : Individualized guided performance research on an approved topic.
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 621 Performance Tutorial 2 (4 credits)
Overview
Performance : Individualized guided performance research on an approved topic.
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 622 Performance Tutorial 3 (4 credits)
Overview
Performance : Individualized guided performance research on an approved topic.
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 650 Voice Lecture - Demonstration (3 credits)
Overview
Performance : The candidate is required to present his or her two voice students in a public mini-recital, to discuss their progress and to trace the pedagogical focus and choices that have been made during their two semesters of study.
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 693 Vocal Treatises and Methods (3 credits)
Overview
Performance : Review of vocal treatises and methods.
Terms: Winter 2014
Instructors: Algie, Stephen (Winter)
3 hours
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MUPG 694 Vocal Physiology for Singers (3 credits)
Overview
Performance : An anatomical study of the entire vocal mechanism; how to keep it functioning in a healthy manner, the various possible dysfunctions and how to diagnose and treat them.
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
Complementary Courses (8 credits)
One approved graduate 3-credit seminar with the prefix MUCO, MUGS, MUGT, MUHL, MUMT, MUPP, or MUTH.
3 credits from the following:
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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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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 of the following:
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MUIN 600 Vocal Repertoire Coaching 1 (2 credits)
Overview
Practical Instrument : A course in which the performer will have individual coaching sessions on repertoire, with emphasis on musical and linguistic nuance.
Terms: Fall 2013, Winter 2014
Instructors: Gonthier, Esther; Knox, Hank; Kinslow, Valerie; McMahon, Michael (Fall) Gonthier, Esther; McMahon, Michael; Knox, Hank (Winter)
(1 hour)
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MUIN 601 Vocal Repertoire Coaching 2 (2 credits)
Overview
Practical Instrument : Coaching sessions on vocal repertoire.
Terms: Fall 2013, Winter 2014
Instructors: Hansen, Patrick; Gonthier, Esther; McMahon, Michael; Knox, Hank (Fall) Kinslow, Valerie; McMahon, Michael; Knox, Hank; Gonthier, Esther (Winter)
(1 hour)
All courses at the 600 level with the prefix MUCO, MUGS, MUGT, MUHL, MUMT, MUPP, and MUTH, and MUHL 591D1/D2 Paleography have been approved as electives for M.Mus. students in Performance.