Visit our Ensembles webpages for detailed descriptions of each ensemble and for all audition information and deadlines.
A minimum B- must be obtained in all Ensemble courses. Ensemble options for this program include:
MUEN 540
Chamber Music Project 1
0.5 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Ensemble: Chamber music ensemble for various instruments.
Offered by: Performance
- Requires departmental approval
- Restrictions: Open to undergraduate and graduate Performance students
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year
MUEN 541
Chamber Music Project 2
0.5 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Ensemble: Chamber music ensemble for various instruments.
Offered by: Performance
- Requires departmental approval
- Restrictions: Open to undergraduate and graduate Performance students
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year
MUEN 553
Vocal Chamber Ensemble
1 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Ensemble: Vocal ensemble repertoire written after 1800.
Offered by: Performance
- Prerequisite: Audition
- Restriction: Open by audition to pianists and singers.
- Terms
- Instructors
- Annamaria Popescu, Sara Laimon
- Annamaria Popescu, Sara Laimon
MUEN 554
Course not available
MUEN 560
Chamber Music Ensemble
1 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Ensemble: Ensemble for chamber music - various instruments.
Offered by: Performance
- Prerequisite(s): Audition.
- Restriction(s): For Music students; open to others by permission of the Department.
- Terms
- Instructors
- Chloe Dominguez, Nadia Cote, Albert G Brouwer, Stephane Levesque, Trevor Dix, Martin D Mangrum, Simon Aldrich, Andre J Roy, Russell Devuyst, Matt Haimovitz, Lindsay Roberts, Ali Yazdanfar, Jacqueline F Leclair, Mark Austin Howle, Marina Thibeault, Richard P Stoelzel, Marie-Chantal Leclair, Alexis Basque, Luis Guilherme Walder de Almeida, David A Stewart
- Ali Yazdanfar, Richard P Stoelzel, Jinjoo Cho
MUEN 572
Cappella Antica
2 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
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.
Offered by: Performance
- 4 hours
- Prerequisite: Audition.
- Terms
- Instructors
- Rona M Nadler
- Rona M Nadler
MUEN 579
Song Interpretation 2
1 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Ensemble: Study of song repertoire for singers and pianists.
Offered by: Performance
- Terms
- Instructors
- Michael McMahon
- Michael McMahon
MUEN 580
Early Music Ensemble
1 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Ensemble: An ensemble of 4-6 vocalists and instrumentalists which performs music of the Medieval, Renaissance and Baroque periods.
Offered by: Performance
- Prerequisite: Audition. Prerequisite or corequisite for keyboard players: MUPG 272.
- Terms
- Instructors
- Esteban La Rotta, Dorothéa Ventura, Mika Putterman, Matthew Jennejohn, Olivier B Brault, Sylvain Bergeron, Vincent Lauzer, Elinor Frey, Dorian Bandy
- Dorian Bandy
MUEN 593
Choral Ensembles
2 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Ensemble: Students enrolling in Choral Ensembles will be assigned to one of the above groups.
Offered by: Performance
- 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.
- Terms
- Instructors
- Jean-Sébastien Vallée, Matthew Boutda, Jeffrey Chan, Kody Pisney
- Jean-Sébastien Vallée, Matthew Boutda, Jeffrey Chan, Kody Pisney
MUEN 696
Opera Theatre
1 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Ensemble: Individual coaching in acting, movement and role preparation; possibility for roles in Opera McGill productions (by audition).
Offered by: Performance
- 3 - 6 hours
- Prerequisite: audition
- Terms
- Instructors
- Stephen Hargreaves
- Stephen Hargreaves, Patrick J Hansen
