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Program Requirements
The Artist Diploma Major Performance Voice is a 65-credit program. Special Requirements: 1. Continuation in the program requires a minimum grade of A- in practical instruction/exams, ensembles, and voice coaching. 2. Candidates who have not taken the courses in Italian, French, English, and German Diction as specified in the L.Mus. program must add them to the above requirements. 3. A leading operatic or oratorio role may substitute for one recital. Note: Courses taken as credit toward a B.Mus. or L.Mus. may not be applied to the Artist Diploma requirements except for the required courses in Theory, Musicianship and Music History or Performance Practice.Required Performance (41 credits)
41 credits, select all the courses below:
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MUIN 460 Artist Diploma Practical Instruction 1 (8 credits)
Overview
Practical Instrument
Terms: Fall 2011, Winter 2012
Instructors: Mdivani, Marina; Quarrington, Joel Andrew; Lussier, Mathieu; Hashimoto, Kyoko; Box, James; Crow, Jonathan; Roy, Andre J; Grew, John; Kutan, Aline; Eriksson, Erik; Forget, Normand; Kolomyjec, Joanne; Knox, Hank (Fall) Crow, Jonathan (Winter)
1.5 hours
Prerequisite: admission to the Artist Diploma program by audition.
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MUIN 461 Artist Diploma Practical Instruction 2 (8 credits)
Overview
Practical Instrument : .
Terms: Winter 2012
Instructors: Crow, Jonathan; Roy, Andre J; Grew, John; Kutan, Aline; Eriksson, Erik; Forget, Normand; Kolomyjec, Joanne; Knox, Hank; Mdivani, Marina; Hashimoto, Kyoko; Lussier, Mathieu; Box, James (Winter)
1.5 hours
Prerequisite: MUIN 460
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MUIN 462 Artist Diploma Recital 1
Overview
Practical Instrument : .
Terms: Fall 2011, Winter 2012
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2011-2012 academic year.
- Note: Complete descriptions are to be found under Examinations and Goals in Practical Subjects in the Music Chapter of the University Calendar.
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MUIN 469 Artist Diploma Concerto 1 (1 credit)
Overview
Practical Instrument
Terms: Fall 2011, Winter 2012
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2011-2012 academic year.
- Prerequisite: MUIN 460
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MUIN 560 Artist Diploma Practical Instruction 3 (8 credits)
Overview
Practical Instrument
Terms: Fall 2011, Summer 2012
Instructors: Boudreault-Sevadjian, Therese; Haimovitz, Matt; Manker, Brian; Yazdanfar, Ali; Mdivani, Marina; Sylvan, Sanford; McMahon, Michael; Lussier, Mathieu; Hashimoto, Kyoko; Roy, Andre J (Fall) Eriksson, Erik (Summer)
1.5 hours
Prerequisite: MUIN 461
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MUIN 561 Artist Diploma Practical Instruction 4 (8 credits)
Overview
Practical Instrument : .
Terms: Fall 2011, Winter 2012
Instructors: Mdivani, Marina (Fall) Mdivani, Marina; Sylvan, Sanford; McMahon, Michael; Lussier, Mathieu; Hashimoto, Kyoko; Roy, Andre J; Boudreault-Sevadjian, Therese; Haimovitz, Matt; Manker, Brian; Yazdanfar, Ali (Winter)
1.5 hours
Prerequisite: MUIN 560
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MUIN 562 Artist Diploma Recital 2
Overview
Practical Instrument : .
Terms: Fall 2011, Winter 2012, Summer 2012
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2011-2012 academic year.
- Complete descriptions are to be found under Examinations and Goals in Practical Subjects in the Music Chapter of the University Calendar.
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MUIN 569 Artist Diploma Concerto 2 (1 credit)
Overview
Practical Instrument
Terms: Fall 2011, Winter 2012
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2011-2012 academic year.
- Prerequisite: MUIN 469
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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 2011, Winter 2012
Instructors: Gonthier, Esther; Nigrim, Dana; Knox, Hank; Kinslow, Valerie; McMahon, Michael; Hansen, Patrick (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
Terms: Fall 2011, Winter 2012
Instructors: Hansen, Patrick; Gonthier, Esther; McMahon, Michael; Knox, Hank (Fall) Kinslow, Valerie; McMahon, Michael; Hansen, Patrick; Knox, Hank; Gonthier, Esther (Winter)
(1 hour)
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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 2012
Instructors: Schmithusen, Ingrid (Winter)
3 hours
Restriction: Not open to students who have taken MUPG 690.
Complementary Performance (8 credits)
Large Ensemble Training - during every term of enrolment as a full-time or part-time student.
8 credits from:
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MUEN 496 Opera Studio (2 credits)
Overview
Ensemble : Coachings, rehearsals, stagings, technical/dress rehearsals in the theatre, and performances in front of an audience.
Terms: Fall 2011, Winter 2012
Instructors: Hansen, Patrick (Fall) Hansen, Patrick (Winter)
2 hours
Prerequisite: Audition
For undergraduates voice majors students cast in roles in Opera McGill productions.
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MUEN 563 Jazz Vocal Workshop (2 credits)
Overview
Ensemble : .
Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2011-2012 academic year.
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2011-2012 academic year.
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MUEN 572 Cappella Antica (2 credits)
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 2011, Winter 2012
Instructors: Kinslow, Valerie (Fall) Kinslow, Valerie (Winter)
4 hours
Prerequisite: Audition.
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MUEN 578 Song Interpretation 1 (1 credit)
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 2011, Winter 2012
Instructors: McMahon, Michael (Fall) McMahon, Michael (Winter)
2 hours
Prerequisite: Audition.
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MUEN 579 Song Interpretation 2 (1 credit)
Overview
Ensemble : .
Terms: Fall 2011, Winter 2012
Instructors: McMahon, Michael (Fall) McMahon, Michael (Winter)
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MUEN 580 Early Music Ensemble (1 credit)
Overview
Ensemble : An ensemble of 4-6 vocalists and instrumentalists which performs music of the Medieval, Renaissance and Baroque periods.
Terms: Fall 2011, Winter 2012
Instructors: Bergeron, Sylvain; Maute, Matthias; MacMillan, Elizabeth H; Kinslow, Valerie; Michaud, Natalie; Plouffe, Helene (Fall) Kinslow, Valerie; Beghin, Tom; Bergeron, Sylvain; Michaud, Natalie; Plouffe, Helene; Maute, Matthias; MacMillan, Elizabeth H (Winter)
Prerequisite: Audition. Prerequisite or corequisite for keyboard players: MUPG 272.
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MUEN 587 Cappella McGill (2 credits)
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 2011-2012 academic year.
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2011-2012 academic year.
- 4 hours
- Prerequisite: Audition.
- Note: May be taken instead of Choral Ensemble.
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MUEN 593 Choral Ensembles (2 credits)
Overview
Ensemble : Students enrolling in Choral Ensembles will be assigned to one of the above groups.
Terms: Fall 2011, Winter 2012
Instructors: Maute, Matthias; Schubert, Peter N; Ouimet, Francois (Fall) de Souza, Jordan James; 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.
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MUEN 594 Contemporary Music Ensemble (2 credits)
Overview
Ensemble : .
Terms: Fall 2011, Winter 2012
Instructors: Gort, Cristian (Fall) Gort, Cristian; de Souza, Jordan James (Winter)
4 hours
Prerequisite: Audition.
Required Courses (10 credits)
10 credits selected as follows:
6 credits of Theory
4 credits of Musicianship
Theory
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MUTH 310 Mid and Late 19th-Century Theory and Analysis (3 credits)
Overview
Music Theory and Analysis : Expanded harmonic resources of the late 19th century (e.g., foreign modulation, chromatic harmony). Analysis of characteristic small and large forms. Development of writing and analytical skills with a goal toward perceiving how levels of musical structure interact.
Terms: Fall 2011, Summer 2012
Instructors: Biamonte, Nicole; Rusch, René; Wild, Jonathan (Fall) Mariner, Justin B (Summer)
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MUTH 311 20th-Century Theory and Analysis (3 credits)
Overview
Music Theory and Analysis : Exploration of 20th-century systems of pitch organization and attitudes toward counterpoint (e.g., polytonality, modal systems, neo-classical tonality, serialism, linear counterpoint, etc.). Examination of the relationship of these systems to earlier practices. Development of written and analytical skills for the purpose of gaining insight into 20th-century principles and techniques.
Terms: Winter 2012, Summer 2012
Instructors: Neidhofer, Christoph (Winter) Mariner, Justin B (Summer)
3 hours
Prerequisite: MUTH 310
Musicianship
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MUSP 329 Musicianship 5 (2 credits)
Overview
Musicianship : Rhythm (mixed divisions, basic polyrhythms); Isolated Sonorities (dominant ninths, thirteenths, diminished sevenths, augmented sixths); chromaticism, mixture, enharmonicism in 19th-century Tonal Melodic Structures; Atonal Structures (extended melodies with basic cells); instrumental-texture Multipart Structures; Harmonic Progression with early 19th-century uses of chromatic chords; Score Reading (19th-century repertoire).
Terms: Fall 2011, Summer 2012
Instructors: Mariner, Justin B; Davidson, Thomas; Asly, Monica; Mather, Pierrette (Fall) Asly, Monica (Summer)
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MUSP 331 Musicianship 6 (2 credits)
Overview
Musicianship : Rhythm (20th-century practices); Isolated Sonorities (trichordal set-classes); chromatically-complex shorter or longer common-practice Tonal Melodic Structures; Atonal Structures (20th-century repertoire items); two-part 20th-century Multipart Structures; Harmonic Progression with late 19th-century chromatic and extended-modulatory paradigms; Score Reading (20th-century repertoire).
Terms: Fall 2011, Winter 2012
Instructors: Mather, Pierrette (Fall) Mariner, Justin B; Mather, Pierrette; Asly, Monica (Winter)
Complementary Music History or Performance Practice (6 credits)
6 credits selected from courses with a MUHL or MUPP prefix. These may include MUHL 362 or MUHL 393, but not both.
Schulich School of Music—2011-2012 (last updated Aug. 17, 2011) (disclaimer)