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Major Performance Piano (93 credits)

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Offered by: Performance     Degree: Licentiate in Music

Program Requirements

The Licentiate in Music (L.Mus.) Major Performance Piano is a 93-credit program.

Note: Special Requirements:

1. Continuation in the program requires a minimum grade of A- in practical instruction/exams and ensembles.

2. Candidates must take the L.Mus. Performance 1 Examination at the end of their first year of study and the L.Mus. Performance 2 and 3 Examinations in each of the next two years if they hope to complete the program in the normal length of time.

Required Performance (52 credits)

52 credits selected as follows:

Complementary Performance (14 credits)

Large Ensemble – during the first four terms (2 credits x 4 semesters).

14 credits selected as follows:

8 credits from:

  • MUEN 563 Jazz Vocal Workshop (2 credits)

    Offered by: Performance (Schulich School of Music)

    Overview

    Ensemble : .

    Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2010-2011 academic year.

    Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2010-2011 academic year.

  • MUEN 572 Cappella Antica (2 credits)

    Offered by: Performance (Schulich School of Music)

    Overview

    Ensemble : An ensemble of 8 to 12 voices specializing in early music. N.B. This ensemble may substitute as a Basic Ensemble in programs that specify Choral Ensemble, with Departmental approval.

    Terms: Fall 2010, Winter 2011

    Instructors: Kinslow, Valerie (Fall) Kinslow, Valerie (Winter)

    • 4 hours
    • Prerequisite: Audition.
  • MUEN 587 Cappella McGill (2 credits)

    Offered by: Performance (Schulich School of Music)

    Overview

    Ensemble : An ensemble of 16 voices performing challenging repertoire from the Renaissance to the present day. Since the expectation is a level of performance equivalent to a professional chamber ensemble, singers wishing to join this group should have had considerable ensemble experience, and advanced vocal and sight-reading skills.

    Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2010-2011 academic year.

    Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2010-2011 academic year.

    • 4 hours
    • Prerequisite: Audition.
    • Note: May be taken instead of Choral Ensemble.
  • MUEN 590 McGill Winds (2 credits)

    Offered by: Performance (Schulich School of Music)

    Overview

    Ensemble : .

    Terms: Fall 2010, Winter 2011

    Instructors: Dagenais, Jonathan (Fall) Dagenais, Jonathan (Winter)

    • 4-6 hours
    • Prerequisite: Audition.
  • MUEN 592 Chamber Jazz Ensemble (2 credits)

    Offered by: Performance (Schulich School of Music)

    Overview

    Ensemble : This ensemble will deal with the extensive repertoire of music which exists for small jazz orchestra (9-13 instruments).

    Terms: Fall 2010, Winter 2011

    Instructors: Sullivan, Joseph Leo; Bolduc, Remi (Fall) Sullivan, Joseph Leo; Bolduc, Remi (Winter)

    • Restriction: Open to Jazz Performance students only.
  • MUEN 593 Choral Ensembles (2 credits)

    Offered by: Performance (Schulich School of Music)

    Overview

    Ensemble : Students enrolling in Choral Ensembles will be assigned to one of the above groups.

    Terms: Fall 2010, Winter 2011

    Instructors: Ouimet, Francois (Fall) Wachner, Julian; Ouimet, Francois (Winter)

    • 4 hours
    • Prerequisite: Audition.
    • Section 001 Chamber Singers: a group of approximately 24 mixed voices which explores the a cappella repertoire of all periods as well as works with chamber accompaniment.
    • Section 002 Concert Choir: an ensemble of approximately 60 voices (S.A.T.B.) which performs the repertoire from all periods appropriate to a group of this size.
    • Section 003 University Chorus: a mixed chorus of approximately 100 which performs a variety of choral material including both traditional and popular selections.
    • Section 004 Women's Chorale: an ensemble of approximately 40 women stressing the fundamentals of singing and ensemble participation.
  • MUEN 594 Contemporary Music Ensemble (2 credits)

    Offered by: Performance (Schulich School of Music)

    Overview

    Ensemble : .

    Terms: Fall 2010, Winter 2011

    Instructors: Gort, Cristian; Lavoie, Jean-Michaël (Fall) Gort, Cristian; Wachner, Julian; Bard, Shalom (Winter)

    • 4 hours
    • Prerequisite: Audition.
  • MUEN 595 Jazz Ensembles (2 credits)

    Offered by: Performance (Schulich School of Music)

    Overview

    Ensemble : .

    Terms: Fall 2010, Winter 2011

    Instructors: Di Lauro, Ronald; Foote, Gordon; Danderfer, James (Fall) Di Lauro, Ronald; Foote, Gordon; Danderfer, James (Winter)

    • 3-4 hours
    • Prerequisite: Audition.
  • MUEN 597 Orchestral Ensembles (2 credits)

    Offered by: Performance (Schulich School of Music)

    Overview

    Ensemble : .

    Terms: Fall 2010, Winter 2011

    Instructors: Hauser, Rudolf-Alexius (Fall) Hauser, Rudolf-Alexius (Winter)

    • 6 - 7 hours
    • Prerequisite: Audition.

6 credits from:

  • MUEN 556 Introduction to Collaborative Piano 1 (1 credit)

    Offered by: Performance (Schulich School of Music)

    Overview

    Ensemble : Aspects and techniques of performing in ensembles, including vocal accompanying, piano duos, instrumental duos and chamber ensemble work. Ensemble score-reading, preparation and performance analysis.

    Terms: Fall 2010

    Instructors: Marchand, Jean (Fall)

    • 2 hours
    • Prerequisite: Audition
    • Restriction: Not open to students who have taken MUEN 583
    • Open to singers and pianists.
  • MUEN 560 Chamber Music Ensemble (1 credit)

    Offered by: Performance (Schulich School of Music)

    Overview

    Ensemble : .

    Terms: Fall 2010, Winter 2011

    Instructors: Robinson, Brian; McNabney, Douglas; Antonio, Garry M W; Devuyst, Russell; Crowley, Robert; Gaudreault, Jean; Christie, Carolyn; Shuter, Cindy; Dolin, Elizabeth; Williams, Thomas; Crow, Jonathan; Carroll, Edward; Roy, Andre J; Haimovitz, Matt; Dyachkov, Yegor; Kestenberg, Abe; Swartz, Jennifer; Huang, Yai-Yun; Forget, Normand; Miller, Dennis; Klopoushak, Carissa; Dunn, Andrew; Hashimoto, Kyoko; Desgagne, Alain; Smith, Tracy (Fall) Robinson, Brian; McNabney, Douglas; Antonio, Garry M W; Swartz, Jennifer; Roy, Andre J; Dolin, Elizabeth; Roberts, Richard Allen; Dyachkov, Yegor; Westell, Emily; Klopoushak, Carissa; Hashimoto, Kyoko; Dunn, Andrew; Gaudreault, Jean; Devuyst, Russell; Carroll, Edward; Miller, Dennis; Shuter, Cindy; Forget, Normand; Kestenberg, Abe; Huang, Yai-Yun; Smith, Tracy; Crow, Jonathan (Winter)

  • MUEN 578 Song Interpretation 1 (1 credit)

    Offered by: Performance (Schulich School of Music)

    Overview

    Ensemble : Normally open only to Voice and Piano Performance students. Study of the standard song repertoire with emphasis on the singer and pianist as partners. A public recital will be given at the end of each term.

    Terms: Fall 2010, Winter 2011

    Instructors: McMahon, Michael (Fall) McMahon, Michael (Winter)

    • 2 hours
    • Prerequisite: Audition.
  • MUEN 579 Song Interpretation 2 (1 credit)

    Offered by: Performance (Schulich School of Music)

    Overview

    Ensemble : .

    Terms: Fall 2010, Winter 2011

    Instructors: McMahon, Michael (Fall) McMahon, Michael (Winter)

  • MUEN 581 Piano Ensemble Seminar 1 (1 credit)

    Offered by: Performance (Schulich School of Music)

    Overview

    Ensemble : Concentration on interpretation and performance of piano duet and two piano repertoire.

    Terms: Fall 2010, Winter 2011

    Instructors: Gavrilova, Julia; Mdivani, Marina (Fall) Gavrilova, Julia; Mdivani, Marina; Beghin, Tom (Winter)

    • 1 hour
    • Prerequisite: Piano Concentration 1 Examination or Audition.
  • MUEN 582 Piano Ensemble Seminar 2 (1 credit)

    Offered by: Performance (Schulich School of Music)

    Overview

    Ensemble : Ensemble playing in two-piano and piano 4-hand repertoire.

    Terms: Fall 2010, Winter 2011

    Instructors: Mdivani, Marina; Gavrilova, Julia (Fall) Mdivani, Marina; Gavrilova, Julia (Winter)

    • Prerequisite: MUEN 581 or permission of the instructor.
  • MUEN 584 Studio Accompanying (1 credit)

    Offered by: Performance (Schulich School of Music)

    Overview

    Ensemble : Highly qualified accompanists will be assigned to work independently with studio teachers and their students.

    Terms: Fall 2010, Winter 2011

    Instructors: Sylvan, Sanford; Kestenberg, Abe (Fall) Fewer, Mark; Kestenberg, Abe; Roy, Andre J (Winter)

    • 4 hours
    • Prerequisite: MUEN 583 (formerly MUEN 483); or MUEN 556
  • MUEN 585 Sonata Masterclass (1 credit)

    Offered by: Performance (Schulich School of Music)

    Overview

    Ensemble : Exploration of the vast literature for sonatas with piano and instrument, including multiple issues of ensemble preparation and performing.

    Terms: Fall 2010, Winter 2011

    Instructors: Hashimoto, Kyoko; Fewer, Mark (Fall) Hashimoto, Kyoko; Fewer, Mark (Winter)

    • Prerequisite: MUEN 583 (formerly MUEN 483); or MUEN 556; or permission of the instructor
    • Restriction: Limited to 4 advanced pianists and 4 instrumentalists.

Required Courses (27 credits)

27 credits of required courses selected as follows:

9 credits of Theory
12 credits of Musicianship
6 credits of History

Theory

  • MUTH 110 Melody and Counterpoint (3 credits)

    Offered by: Music Research (Schulich School of Music)

    Overview

    Music Theory and Analysis : Introduction to principles of melodic and contrapuntal structure through the traditional species of counterpoint: first through fifth species in two parts; first species in three parts. Analysis and compositional modeling of repertoire in medieval-renaissance and 20th-century idioms. Notation, elementary acoustics, review of rudiments.

    Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2010-2011 academic year.

    Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2010-2011 academic year.

    • 4 hours
    • Prerequisite: Matriculation Music or McGill Conservatory Theory Secondary V or its equivalent. Corequisites: MUSP 129 and MUSP 170 or permission of coordinator or instructor.
  • MUTH 111 Elementary Harmony and Analysis (3 credits)

    Offered by: Music Research (Schulich School of Music)

    Overview

    Music Theory and Analysis : Diatonic chords, harmonic progression, the concept and practice of tonality, simple modulation, seventh chords and secondary dominants. Small forms from c.1700 to the early 19th Century will be analyzed. Written four-part exercises will be required.

    Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2010-2011 academic year.

    Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2010-2011 academic year.

    • 4 hours
    • Prerequisite: MUTH 110
    • Corequisites: MUSP 131 and MUSP 171
  • MUTH 210 Tonal Theory and Analysis 1 (3 credits)

    Offered by: Music Research (Schulich School of Music)

    Overview

    Music Theory and Analysis : Compositional resources of early and mid-18th Century music. Thorough review of elementary harmonic procedure. Introduction to chromatic alteration and linear chords, and to analysis of imitative and invertible counterpoint. Analysis of common forms of the period c.1700 - 1770, including principal Baroque forms, but not including the Classical sonata.

    Terms: Fall 2010

    Instructors: Sabourin, Carmen (Fall)

    • 3 hours
    • Prerequisites: MUTH 110 and MUTH 111
    • Corequisite: MUSP 229
    • Prerequisite or corequisite: MUSP 171
  • MUTH 211 Tonal Theory and Analysis 2 (3 credits)

    Offered by: Music Research (Schulich School of Music)

    Overview

    Music Theory and Analysis : Compositional resources of late 18th- and early 19th-century music. Analysis of forms common to the period c.1770 - 1830, including Classical sonata forms in several media. Writing of short pieces for keyboard, piano and voice, and string quartet.

    Terms: Winter 2011, Summer 2011

    Instructors: Caplin, William Earl (Winter) Ferguson, Sean Alastair (Summer)

    • 3 hours
    • Prerequisite: MUTH 210
    • Corequisite: MUSP 231

Musicianship

  • MUSP 129 Musicianship 1 (2 credits)

    Offered by: Music Research (Schulich School of Music)

    Overview

    Musicianship : Rhythm (basic duple-triple divisions); Isolated Sonorities (intervals, triads, tonal-modal collections); non-modulating Tonal Melodic Structures; Score Reading with treble-bass-alto clefs; Atonal Structures (cells with intervals to fifth excluding tritone); species-counterpoint-like Multipart Structures; Repertoire Building (MUTH 110).

    Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2010-2011 academic year.

    Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2010-2011 academic year.

    • 2 hours, plus 2 hours Choral Solfège Lab
    • Prerequisite: Admission to the B.Mus. or L.Mus. program through audition and placement tests in Musicianship (including Keyboard Proficiency) and Theory. Open to students from other Faculties with permission of Musicianship Co-ordinator; McGill Conservatory Secondary V or equivalent level in Ear Training. Corequisites: MUTH 110 and MUSP 170
  • MUSP 131 Musicianship 2 (2 credits)

    Offered by: Music Research (Schulich School of Music)

    Overview

    Musicianship : Rhythm (quadruple-mixed divisions); Isolated Sonorities (voiced triads, dominant sevenths); chromatically-embellished modulating Tonal Melodic Structures; Score Reading with treble-bass-alto-tenor clefs; Atonal Structures (cells with intervals to seventh); diatonic Harmonic Progressions; Repertoire Building (MUTH 111).

    Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2010-2011 academic year.

    Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2010-2011 academic year.

    • 2 hours, plus 2 hours Choral Solfège Lab
    • Prerequisite: MUSP 129
    • Corequisites: MUTH 111 and MUSP 171
    • Students must complete three of five Listening Tasks (one of which must be Tonal Melodic Structures) in the final segments of both MUSP 129 and MUSP 131 before proceeding to the next Musicianship course.
  • MUSP 170 Musicianship (Keyboard) 1 (1 credit)

    Offered by: Music Research (Schulich School of Music)

    Overview

    Musicianship : Harmonic, melodic and rhythmic analysis at the keyboard through the study of rudiments, repertoire, chorale/score reading, transposition and harmonization.

    Terms: Fall 2010, Winter 2011

    Instructors: Kovacs, Jolan Ilona; Davidson, Thomas; Gavrilova, Julia; Choi, Yoo Kyung (Fall) Kovacs, Jolan Ilona (Winter)

    • 1 hour
    • Prerequisite: Matriculation Music or McGill Conservatory Theory Secondary V or its equivalent.
    • Corequisites: MUTH 150 and MUSP 140.
    • Course contents parallel with those of MUTH 150 and MUSP 140.
  • MUSP 171 Musicianship (Keyboard) 2 (1 credit)

    Offered by: Music Research (Schulich School of Music)

    Overview

    Musicianship : Building chordal fluency. Harmonic vocabulary including sequences, chromaticism and modulation. Chorale and score reading with transposing instruments and alto/tenor clefs.

    Terms: Fall 2010, Winter 2011, Summer 2011

    Instructors: Gavrilova, Julia; Pousont, Thomas (Fall) Kovacs, Jolan Ilona; Gavrilova, Julia; Choi, Yoo Kyung (Winter)

    • 1 hour
    • Prerequisite: MUSP 170
    • Corequisites: MUTH 111 and MUSP 131; or MUTH 151 and MUSP 141
    • Restriction: All students admitted to B.Mus. and L.Mus. programs, including those with keyboard or guitar as their principal instrument, are required to take MUSP 171 Keyboard Lab, unless exempt on the basis of a placement test. Students who are exempt from MUTH 111 through placement tests must still take MUSP 171 (unless exempt) since this course forms the foundation of keyboard-based musicianship tasks at upper levels. (All Majors in Jazz Performance substitute MUJZ 171 for MUSP 171. Students in Jazz Performance who have completed MUJZ 170 and MUJZ 171, and who transfer to a Department of Theory program, will be required to complete MUSP 171.) Students who do not achieve a continuation pass in MUSP 171 must reregister for the course in the semester immediately following. Students who do not achieve a continuation pass after repeating the course will not be allowed to proceed with further Musicianship or Theory studies until a continuation pass is achieved. Tests for MUSP 171 are held in August-September, December-January, and April-May [as well as during the Summer Session when course(s) offered], the exact dates determined by the Department of Music Research.
    • Course contents parallel with those of MUTH 151 and MUSP 141.
  • MUSP 172 Keyboard Lab 2 (1 credit)

    Offered by: Music Research (Schulich School of Music)

    Overview

    Musicianship : Keyboard studies with emphasis on memorization and transposition of diatonic sequences; use of seventh chords in diatonic and chromatic contests; augmented sixth and Neapolitan sixth chords, pivot chords, enharmonic and common-tone modulation; practical command of orchestral score analysis at the keyboard.

    Terms: Fall 2010, Winter 2011, Summer 2011

    Instructors: Kovacs, Jolan Ilona; Pousont, Thomas (Fall) Pousont, Thomas (Winter) Davidson, Thomas (Summer)

    • Prerequisites: MUSP 131, MUSP 171 and MUTH 111
    • Corequisites: MUSO 229, MUTH 210
    • Course contents parallel those of MUTH 210, MUSP 229
  • MUSP 229 Musicianship 3 (2 credits)

    Offered by: Music Research (Schulich School of Music)

    Overview

    Musicianship : Rhythm (six-, five- and seven-part subdivisions); Isolated Sonorities (triads, dominant, supertonic, leading-tone sevenths); Tonal Melodic Structures tonicizing V, III (also vi, v); Score Reading with treble-bass-alto-tenor clefs; Atonal Structures (basic cell combinations); dance-suite Multipart Structures; Harmonic Progressions including sequential paradigms; Repertoire Building (MUTH 210).

    Terms: Fall 2010, Winter 2011, Summer 2011

    Instructors: Davidson, Thomas; Guzik, John W P (Fall) Guzik, John W P (Winter) Mariner, Justin B (Summer)

    • 2 hours
    • Prerequisite: MUSP 131
    • Corequisite: MUTH 210 and MUSP 172
  • MUSP 231 Musicianship 4 (2 credits)

    Offered by: Music Research (Schulich School of Music)

    Overview

    Musicianship : Rhythm (eight-part subdivisions, smaller note values); Isolated Sonorities (applied, neapolitan, augmented sixth chords); Tonal Melodic Structures tonicizing related scale-steps; Score Reading with treble-bass-alto-tenor-soprano clefs; Atonal Structures (basic cell combinations); instrumental-texture Multipart Structures; applied chords and tonicizations in Harmonic Progression; Repertoire Building (MUTH 211).

    Terms: Fall 2010, Winter 2011, Summer 2011

    Instructors: Asly, Monica (Fall) Davidson, Thomas; Guzik, John W P (Winter) Mariner, Justin B (Summer)

    • 2 hours, plus Keyboard lab
    • Prerequisite: MUSO 172 and MUSP 229
    • Corequisite: MUTH 211

History

  • MUHL 184 History Survey Before 1750 (3 credits)

    Offered by: Music Research (Schulich School of Music)

    Overview

    Music History and Literature : Representative works from the Carolingian Renaissance to 1750 and their relation to the social and cultural milieu. Basic reference works. Developments in notation, instruments, and performance practice.

    Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2010-2011 academic year.

    Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2010-2011 academic year.

    • Corequisites: MUTH 110 and MUSP 129 OR permission of instructor
  • MUHL 185 History Survey After 1750 (3 credits)

    Offered by: Music Research (Schulich School of Music)

    Overview

    Music History and Literature : Historical and stylistic investigation of music and musical life from circa 1750 to the present, i.e., the transition to the Classical period, the period of C.P.E. Bach and the Mannheim, Berlin, and Viennese symphonists, to recent developments, including electronic and music technology.

    Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2010-2011 academic year.

    Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2010-2011 academic year.

    • Corequisites: MUTH 111 and MUSP 131 OR permission of instructor
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