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Doctor of Music (D.Mus.) Music: Performance Studies

Offered by: Music     Degree: Doctor of Music

Program Requirements

A minimum of two years' residence is required beyond the M.Mus. in Performance, or its equivalent.

Details concerning the comprehensive examinations, composition performance, thesis and academic regulations are available from the Graduate Studies website ().

Thesis

Recitals (36 credits)

  • MUPG 760 Doctoral Recital 1 (12 credits)

    Offered by: Performance (Schulich School of Music)

    Administered by: Graduate Studies

    Overview

    Performance : A full-length public recital with program notes.

    Terms: Fall 2022, Winter 2023

    Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2022-2023 academic year.

    • Solo (60-75 minutes of music) or conducting (40 - 45 minutes of music).

  • MUPG 767 Doctoral Recital 2 (12 credits)

    Offered by: Performance (Schulich School of Music)

    Administered by: Graduate Studies

    Overview

    Performance : A full-length public recital or recording with program notes.

    Terms: Fall 2022, Winter 2023

    Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2022-2023 academic year.

    • 60-75 minutes of music (40-45 minutes conducting). In the event of a recording, additional fees and requirements may apply.

  • MUPG 771 Doctoral Final Project (12 credits)

    Offered by: Performance (Schulich School of Music)

    Administered by: Graduate Studies

    Overview

    Performance : The recital comprises 60-70 minutes of music. The presentation of the research document is followed by questions from the examiners and audience.

    Terms: Fall 2022, Winter 2023

    Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2022-2023 academic year.

Required Courses (27 credits)

  • MUGS 701 Comprehensive Examinations

    Offered by: Music Research (Schulich School of Music)

    Administered by: Graduate Studies

    Overview

    Graduate Faculty Music Courses : Examinations that must be passed by all doctoral candidates in order to continue in the doctoral program.

    Terms: Fall 2022, Winter 2023

    Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2022-2023 academic year.

  • MUGS 711 Performance Doctoral Colloquium 1

    Offered by: Performance (Schulich School of Music)

    Administered by: Graduate Studies

    Overview

    Graduate Faculty Music Courses : The colloquium nurtures a collaborative environment for the students to share and critique artistic practices and recent developments in their disciplines. The main focus for the Performance Colloquium is to work on, develop and formulate the framework of the student's final project.

    Terms: Winter 2023

    Instructors: Aldrich, Simon (Winter)

    • Restrictions: Course restricted to D.Mus.; Performance Studies students only.

  • MUGS 712 Performance Doctoral Colloquium 2

    Offered by: Performance (Schulich School of Music)

    Administered by: Graduate Studies

    Overview

    Graduate Faculty Music Courses : The colloquium nurtures a collaborative environment for the students to share and critique artistic practices and recent developments in their disciplines. The main focus for the Perf. Colloquium 2 is to finalize the comprehensive examination bibliographies and to prepare for the examination.

    Terms: Fall 2022

    Instructors: Aldrich, Simon (Fall)

    • Prerequisite: MUGS 711

    • Restrictions: Course restricted to D.Mus.; Performance Studies students only.

  • MUPD 650 Research Methods in Music (3 credits)

    Offered by: Performance (Schulich School of Music)

    Administered by: Graduate Studies

    Overview

    Music Professional Development : This interdisciplinary lecture offers an overview of the fundamental principles of research in music. Emphasis is placed on acquainting students with the methods and techniques most commonly used to study music and musical processes. Topics include approaches and theories, artistic research, research project design, procedures for carrying out research, as well as both qualitatively- and quantitatively-oriented methods of data collection, processing and analysis.

    Terms: Fall 2022

    Instructors: Aldrich, Simon (Fall)

Performance Tutorials

one hour per week.

  • MUIN 720 D.Mus. Performance Tutorial 1 (4 credits)

    Offered by: Performance (Schulich School of Music)

    Administered by: Graduate Studies

    Overview

    Practical Instrument : Individual instrumental or vocal tutorial. Advanced technical and interpretive training as well as recital preparation.

    Terms: Fall 2022, Winter 2023

    Instructors: Haimovitz, Matt; Hashimoto, Kyoko; Hauser, Rudolf-Alexius; Laimon, Sara; Mdivani, Marina; Roy, Andre J; Strauss, Axel; Lemelin, Stéphane; Levesque, Stephane; Marandola, Fabrice; Hollenbeck, John; Pilc, Jean-Michel; Stoelzel, Richard; Vallée, Jean-Sébastien; Aldrich, Simon; Bergeron, sylvain; Napper, Susan; Leclair, Marie-Chantal; Normand, Jean-Francois; Basque, Alexis; Yazdanfar, Ali; Kearney, Patrick; Smith Bessette, Tracy; Globerson, Eitan (Fall) Strauss, Axel; Hollenbeck, John; Demers, Isabelle (Winter)

    • Restriction: Not open to students who have taken MUPG 720

  • MUIN 721 D.Mus. Performance Tutorial 2 (4 credits)

    Offered by: Performance (Schulich School of Music)

    Administered by: Graduate Studies

    Overview

    Practical Instrument : Individual instrumental or vocal tutorial. Advanced technical and interpretive training as well as recital preparation.

    Terms: Fall 2022, Winter 2023

    Instructors: Hashimoto, Kyoko; Laimon, Sara (Fall) Strauss, Axel; Basque, Alexis; Yazdanfar, Ali; Hashimoto, Kyoko; Poletaev, Ilya; Marandola, Fabrice; Bourgogne, Guillaume; Hollenbeck, John; Pilc, Jean-Michel; Vallée, Jean-Sébastien; Haimovitz, Matt; Laimon, Sara; Mdivani, Marina; Lemelin, Stéphane; Levesque, Stephane; Stoelzel, Richard; Aldrich, Simon; Bergeron, sylvain; Napper, Susan; Leclair, Marie-Chantal; Kearney, Patrick; Smith Bessette, Tracy; Miller, Elizaveta (Winter)

    • Restriction: Not open to students who have taken MUPG 721

  • MUIN 722 D.Mus. Performance Tutorial 3 (4 credits)

    Offered by: Performance (Schulich School of Music)

    Administered by: Graduate Studies

    Overview

    Practical Instrument : Individual instrumental or vocal tutorial. Advanced technical and interpretive training as well as recital preparation.

    Terms: Fall 2022, Winter 2023

    Instructors: Dean, Kevin; Haimovitz, Matt; Hashimoto, Kyoko; Laimon, Sara; Mdivani, Marina; Strauss, Axel; Lemelin, Stéphane; Box, James; Christie, Carolyn; Marandola, Fabrice; Hollenbeck, John; Aldrich, Simon; Bolduc, Remi; Napper, Susan; Rager, Joshua; Jennejohn, Matthew; Leclair, Marie-Chantal; Normand, Jean-Francois; Basque, Alexis; Yazdanfar, Ali; Labelle, Dominique; McMahon, Michael; Cowan, Steven; Melancon, Violaine; Demers, Isabelle; Globerson, Eitan (Fall) Hashimoto, Kyoko; Laimon, Sara; Mdivani, Marina (Winter)

    • Restriction: Not open to students who have taken MUPG 722

  • MUIN 723 D.Mus. Performance Tutorial 4 (4 credits)

    Offered by: Performance (Schulich School of Music)

    Administered by: Graduate Studies

    Overview

    Practical Instrument : Individual instrumental or vocal tutorial. Advanced technical and interpretive training as well as recital preparation.

    Terms: Fall 2022, Winter 2023

    Instructors: Hashimoto, Kyoko; Laimon, Sara; Roy, Andre J (Fall) Strauss, Axel; Basque, Alexis; Yazdanfar, Ali; Hashimoto, Kyoko; Poletaev, Ilya; Marandola, Fabrice; Hollenbeck, John; Pilc, Jean-Michel; Normand, Jean-Francois; Haimovitz, Matt; Laimon, Sara; Lemelin, Stéphane; Aldrich, Simon; Bolduc, Remi; Napper, Susan; Jennejohn, Matthew; Beaudry, Pierre; Leclair, Marie-Chantal; Labelle, Dominique; Demers, Isabelle; McMahon, Michael; Cowan, Steven; Melancon, Violaine (Winter)

    • Restriction: Not open to students who have taken MUPG 723

  • MUIN 724 D.Mus. Performance Tutorial 5 (4 credits)

    Offered by: Performance (Schulich School of Music)

    Administered by: Graduate Studies

    Overview

    Practical Instrument : Individual instrumental or vocal tutorial. Advanced technical and interpretive training as well as recital preparation.

    Terms: Fall 2022, Winter 2023

    Instructors: Haimovitz, Matt; Hashimoto, Kyoko; Laimon, Sara; Strauss, Axel; Lemelin, Stéphane; Box, James; Lupien, Denise; Marandola, Fabrice; Napper, Susan; Jennejohn, Matthew; Beausejour, Luc; Normand, Jean-Francois; Yazdanfar, Ali; Kearney, Patrick; Dagenais, Jonathan; Levesque, Stephane; Putterman, Mika; Demers, Isabelle (Fall) Hashimoto, Kyoko; Laimon, Sara; Lemelin, Stéphane; Labelle, Dominique; Fournelle-Blain, Victor (Winter)

    • Restriction: Not open to students who have taken MUPG 724

  • MUIN 725 D.Mus. Performance Tutorial 6 (4 credits)

    Offered by: Performance (Schulich School of Music)

    Administered by: Graduate Studies

    Overview

    Practical Instrument : Individual instrumental or vocal tutorial. Advanced technical and interpretive training as well as recital preparation.

    Terms: Fall 2022, Winter 2023

    Instructors: Haimovitz, Matt; Pilc, Jean-Michel; Aldrich, Simon; Gossage, David Mark (Fall) White, Andre; Strauss, Axel; Yazdanfar, Ali; Hashimoto, Kyoko; Poletaev, Ilya; Box, James; Marandola, Fabrice; Beausejour, Luc; Haimovitz, Matt; Laimon, Sara; Lemelin, Stéphane; Napper, Susan; Jennejohn, Matthew; Demers, Isabelle; Kearney, Patrick; Hollenbeck, John; Levesque, Stephane; Putterman, Mika; Coleman, Ira (Winter)

    • Restriction: Not open to students who have taken MUPG 725

OR

one and a half (1.5) hours per week

  • MUIN 730 D.Mus. Performance Tutorial 8 (6 credits)

    Offered by: Performance (Schulich School of Music)

    Administered by: Graduate Studies

    Overview

    Practical Instrument : Individual instrumental or vocal tutorial. Advanced technical and interpretive training as well as recital preparation.

    Terms: Fall 2022

    Instructors: Haimovitz, Matt; Hauser, Rudolf-Alexius; Roy, Andre J; Leclair, Jacqueline; Lemelin, Stéphane; Marandola, Fabrice; Hollenbeck, John; Pilc, Jean-Michel; Stoelzel, Richard; Vallée, Jean-Sébastien; Bolduc, Remi; Napper, Susan; Plouffe, Helene; Ducharme, Jérôme; Basque, Alexis; Brault, Olivier; Wan, Andrew; Bergeron, sylvain (Fall)

    • Restriction: Not open to students who have taken MUPG 730

  • MUIN 731 D.Mus. Performance Tutorial 9 (6 credits)

    Offered by: Performance (Schulich School of Music)

    Administered by: Graduate Studies

    Overview

    Practical Instrument : Individual instrumental or vocal tutorial. Advanced technical or interpretive training as well as recital preparation.

    Terms: Fall 2022, Winter 2023

    Instructors: Haimovitz, Matt; Roy, Andre J (Fall) Roy, Andre J; Basque, Alexis; Wan, Andrew; Hendrickson, Anna; Poletaev, Ilya; Leclair, Jacqueline; Bourgogne, Guillaume; Hollenbeck, John; Pilc, Jean-Michel; Vallée, Jean-Sébastien; Ducharme, Jérôme; Haimovitz, Matt; Hauser, Rudolf-Alexius; Lemelin, Stéphane; Stoelzel, Richard; Napper, Susan; Brault, Olivier; Bergeron, sylvain; Weymouth, Robert (Winter)

    • Restriction: Not open to students who have taken MUPG 731

  • MUIN 732 D.Mus. Performance Tutorial 10 (6 credits)

    Offered by: Performance (Schulich School of Music)

    Administered by: Graduate Studies

    Overview

    Practical Instrument : Individual instrumental or vocal tutorial. Advanced technical and interpretive training as well as recital preparation.

    Terms: Fall 2022, Winter 2023

    Instructors: Hauser, Rudolf-Alexius; Roy, Andre J; Leclair, Jacqueline; Pilc, Jean-Michel; Stoelzel, Richard; Vallée, Jean-Sébastien; Bandy, Dorian; Bergeron, sylvain; Napper, Susan; Plouffe, Helene; Ducharme, Jérôme; Basque, Alexis; Brault, Olivier; Wan, Andrew; Trevino, Matthew; Swartz, Jennifer; Manker, Brian; Dagenais, Jonathan (Fall) Roy, Andre J; Poletaev, Ilya; Pilc, Jean-Michel; Demers, Isabelle (Winter)

    • Restriction: Not open to students who have taken MUPG 732

  • MUIN 733 D.Mus. Performance Tutorial 11 (6 credits)

    Offered by: Performance (Schulich School of Music)

    Administered by: Graduate Studies

    Overview

    Practical Instrument : Individual instrumental or vocal tutorial. Advanced technical and interpretive training as well as recital preparation.

    Terms: Fall 2022, Winter 2023

    Instructors: Dean, Kevin; Dahlen, Sienna; Ducharme, Jérôme (Fall) Roy, Andre J; Basque, Alexis; Wan, Andrew; Poletaev, Ilya; Leclair, Jacqueline; Pilc, Jean-Michel; Vallée, Jean-Sébastien; Bandy, Dorian; Plouffe, Helene; Ducharme, Jérôme; Hauser, Rudolf-Alexius; Stoelzel, Richard; Bergeron, sylvain; Napper, Susan; Brault, Olivier; Trevino, Matthew; Swartz, Jennifer; Manker, Brian; Dagenais, Jonathan (Winter)

    • Restriction: Not open to students who have taken MUPG 733

Complementary Courses

9-17 credits

9 credits at the 500 level or higher, to be chosen from the Schulich School of Music's seminar offerings; 3 of the 9 credits may be replaced with a supervised special project approved by the advisory committee, departmental chair and the Associate Dean of Graduate Studies in Music.

0-8 credits from (Voice Candidates only: Vocal Repertoire Coaching):

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