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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 prerequisite may be assigned as an additional required course on the basis of transcript review:
MUPD 560 - Intro to Research Methods in Music
Thesis Performance (27 credits)
18 credits:
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MUIN 620 Performance Tutorial 1 (3 credits)
Overview
Practical Instrument : Individual instrumental, vocal, conducting, collaborative piano or operatic tutorial. Technical and interpretive development, preparation of thesis performance projects.
Terms: Fall 2014, Winter 2015
Instructors: Mdivani, Marina; Guimond, Claire; Bergeron, Sylvain; Huang, Yai-Yun; Marandola, Fabrice; Hashimoto, Kyoko; Poletaev, Ilya; Forget, Normand; Christie, Carolyn; Levesque, Stephane; Zirbel, John; Roy, Andre J; Yazdanfar, Ali; Algie, Stephen; Kolomyjec, Joanne; Popescu, Maria; Boudreault-Sevadjian, Therese; Sylvan, Sanford; Beaudry, Pierre; Eriksson, Erik; Hauser, Rudolf-Alexius; Aldrich, Simon; Haimovitz, Matt; Merkelo, Paul A; McMahon, Michael; Kutan, Aline; Fewer, Mark; Lupien, Denise; Crowley, Robert; Swartz, Jennifer; Leclair, Jacqueline; Dolin, Elizabeth; Baskin, Theodore; Box, James; Hutchins, Timothy; Chappell, Eric; Dyachkov, Yegor; Robinson, Brian; Freeman, Peter; Strauss, Axel; Manker, Brian; Plouffe, Helene; Napper, Susan; Weman Eriksson, Lena; Beghin, Tom; Cazes, Alain; Knox, Hank; Richer, Patrice; Johnson, Alexander David; Lemelin, Stéphane; Moye, Felicia; Labelle, Dominique; Purdy, Winston (Fall) Huang, Yai-Yun; Marandola, Fabrice (Winter)
Restriction: Not open to students who have taken MUPG 620
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MUIN 621 Performance Tutorial 2 (3 credits)
Overview
Practical Instrument : Additional individual instrumental, vocal, conducting, collaborative piano or operatic tutorial according to area of performing specialization.
Terms: Fall 2014, Winter 2015
Instructors: Hashimoto, Kyoko; Chappell, Eric; Roy, Andre J; Strauss, Axel; Kutan, Aline; Kolomyjec, Joanne (Fall) Mdivani, Marina; Guimond, Claire; Bergeron, Sylvain; Marandola, Fabrice; Reimer, Benjamin; Mativetsky, Shawn Eliot; Hashimoto, Kyoko; Poletaev, Ilya; Forget, Normand; Christie, Carolyn; Levesque, Stephane; Zirbel, John; Roy, Andre J; Yazdanfar, Ali; Algie, Stephen; Kolomyjec, Joanne; Popescu, Maria; Boudreault-Sevadjian, Therese; Sylvan, Sanford; Beaudry, Pierre; Eriksson, Erik; Hauser, Rudolf-Alexius; Aldrich, Simon; Haimovitz, Matt; Merkelo, Paul A; McMahon, Michael; Kutan, Aline; Fewer, Mark; Lupien, Denise; Crowley, Robert; Swartz, Jennifer; Leclair, Jacqueline; Dolin, Elizabeth; Baskin, Theodore; Box, James; Hutchins, Timothy; Chappell, Eric; Dyachkov, Yegor; Robinson, Brian; Freeman, Peter; Strauss, Axel; Manker, Brian; Plouffe, Helene; Napper, Susan; Weman Eriksson, Lena; Cazes, Alain; Knox, Hank; Richer, Patrice; Johnson, Alexander David; Lemelin, Stéphane; Moye, Felicia; Labelle, Dominique; Purdy, Winston (Winter)
Restriction: Not open to students who have taken MUPG 621
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MUIN 622 Performance Tutorial 3 (3 credits)
Overview
Practical Instrument : Individual tutorial according to area of performing specialization. Interpretative preparation of thesis performance projects and development of individual artistic vision.
Terms: Fall 2014, Winter 2015
Instructors: Box, James; Zirbel, John; Guimond, Claire; Bergeron, Sylvain; Plouffe, Helene; Eriksson, Erik; Hashimoto, Kyoko; Mdivani, Marina; Poletaev, Ilya; Popescu, Maria; Sylvan, Sanford; Kolomyjec, Joanne; Algie, Stephen; Levesque, Stephane; Aldrich, Simon; Christie, Carolyn; Fewer, Mark; Lupien, Denise; Roy, Andre J; Haimovitz, Matt; Yazdanfar, Ali; Merkelo, Paul A; Huang, Yai-Yun; Marandola, Fabrice; Kestenberg, Abe; Hutchins, Timothy; Leclair, Jacqueline; Crowley, Robert; Boudreault-Sevadjian, Therese; Robinson, Brian; Baskin, Theodore; Bolduc, Remi; Kutan, Aline; Dyachkov, Yegor; Swartz, Jennifer; Knox, Hank; Napper, Susan; Beghin, Tom; Manker, Brian; Strauss, Axel; Freeman, Peter; Labelle, Dominique; Hauser, Rudolf-Alexius; Cazes, Alain; Dolin, Elizabeth (Fall) Hashimoto, Kyoko; Poletaev, Ilya; Hauser, Rudolf-Alexius; Boudreault-Sevadjian, Therese; Forget, Normand; Roy, Andre J; Sylvan, Sanford; Huang, Yai-Yun; Marandola, Fabrice; Mdivani, Marina; Merkelo, Paul A; Bolduc, Remi; Chappell, Eric; Strauss, Axel; Kutan, Aline; Kolomyjec, Joanne; Knox, Hank (Winter)
Restriction: Not open to students who have taken MUPG 622
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MUPG 600 Recital Project 1 (9 credits)
Overview
Performance : Solo recital, collaborative piano recital, conducting recital or principal Opera Role (by audition) with program notes.
Terms: Fall 2014, Winter 2015, Summer 2015
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2014-2015 academic year.
Restriction: Not open to students who have taken MUPG 660, MUPG 660D1/D2 or MUPG 665D1/D2
Solo recital (60-70 minutes), collaborative piano recital (60-70 minutes), conducting recital (30-40 minutes) or Principal Opera Role as defined by the American Guild of Musical Artists' website (), Lead, Schedule C
9 credits from the following:
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MUPG 601 Recital Project 2 (9 credits) *
Overview
Performance : Solo recital, collaborative piano recital, conducting recital or principal opera role (by audition) with program notes. May include chamber music providing none of the repertoire was prepared in a chamber ensemble taken for credit.
Terms: Fall 2014, Winter 2015
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2014-2015 academic year.
Restriction: Not open to students who have taken MUPG 667, MUPG 667D1/D2, MUPG 657 or MUPG 657D1/D2
Solo recital (60-70 minutes), collaborative piano recital (60-70 minutes), conducting recital (30-40 minutes) or principal opera role (by audition) as defined by the American Guild of Musical Artists' website (), Lead, Schedule C
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MUPG 602 Recital Project 3 (6 credits) *
Overview
Performance : Recital, conducting recital or featured opera role (by audition) with program notes.
Terms: Fall 2014, Winter 2015, Summer 2015
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2014-2015 academic year.
Recital (30-40 minutes), conducting recital (20-30 minutes) or featured opera role (by audition) as defined by the American Guild of Musical Artists' website (), Featured, Schedule C
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MUPG 603 Recital Project 4 (3 credits)
Overview
Performance : Concerto performance with orchestra (for the concerto competition or other competition in Montreal) or supporting opera role (by audition) with program notes.
Terms: Fall 2014, Winter 2015, Summer 2015
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2014-2015 academic year.
Supporting Opera Role as defined by the American Musical Artists' website (), Supporting, Schedule C
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MUPG 604 Chamber Music Recital (6 credits)
Overview
Performance : Chamber Music Recital with program notes. Repertoire may not include works performed in MUEN courses. Various instrumentations permitted as long as student performs in all works.
Terms: Fall 2014, Winter 2015
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2014-2015 academic year.
Chamber Music Recital (60-70 minutes). If single ensemble, recital may be taken for credit by all participating students, by approval of department.
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MUPG 605 Recording Project (3 credits)
Overview
Performance : Recording project with liner notes.
Terms: Fall 2014, Winter 2015
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2014-2015 academic year.
Limited enrolment; admissions by proposal only and with approval of the Department; additional fees apply.
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MUPG 606 Interdisciplinary Project 1 (3 credits) **
Overview
Performance : Research-creation involving collaboration between different disciplines resulting in a new work, interpretation or contribution to knowledge presented in public (i.e., performer-composer commission; performer and actor/dancer collaboration, subject in CIRMMT research study, etc) with program notes as relevant.
Terms: Winter 2015
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2014-2015 academic year.
Performer-composer composition of 5-10 minutes. By proposal only and with approval of the Department.
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MUPG 607 Interdisciplinary Project 2 (6 credits) **
Overview
Performance : Research-creation involving collaboration between different disciplines resulting in a new work, interpretation or contribution to knowledge presented in public (i.e., performer-composer commission); performance and actor/dancer collaboration, participant as co-researcher in CIRMMT study including participation in analysis of data, etc.) with program notes as relevant.
Terms: Winter 2015
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2014-2015 academic year.
Performer-composer commission of 10-20 minutes. By proposal only and approval of the Department.
* Students may take either MUPG 601 or MUPG 602.
** Students may take either MUPG 606 or MUPG 607.
Required Courses (3 credits)
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MUGS 605 Graduate Performance Colloquium
Overview
Graduate Faculty Music Courses : Participation in three professional development workshops or research colloquium approved by the department on topics such as performance pedagogy, academic teaching, music production, copyright, business, grantsmanship, etc. Students participate in each semester of residency until requirements have been met.
Terms: Fall 2014
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2014-2015 academic year.
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MUPG 683 Piano Seminar 1 (1.5 credits)
Overview
Performance : Content to include comparative studies of recorded solo and ensemble repertoire, and lecture-recital presentations reflecting knowledge of historical context and performance practice. Analysis and discussion will accompany attendance at specific performing events at McGill and beyond, as well as presentations by guest lecturers and piano area faculty.
Terms: Fall 2014
Instructors: Poletaev, Ilya; Hashimoto, Kyoko (Fall)
Restriction: Not open to students who have taken MUPG 681
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MUPG 684 Piano Seminar 2 (1.5 credits)
Overview
Performance : Content to include detailed critiques of in-class teaching, and general discussion of preparation for competitions and academic job applications. Analysis and discussion will accompany attendance at master classes and competitions and beyond, as well as presentations by guest lecturers and piano area faculty.
Terms: Winter 2015
Instructors: Hashimoto, Kyoko; Poletaev, Ilya (Winter)
Restriction: Not open to students who have taken MUPG 682
If MUPG 541 and MUPG 542 were taken during the undergraduate degree, MUPG 683 and MUPG 684 may be replaced with one 3-credit graduate seminar or 3 complementary Performance credits.
Complementary Seminars (9 credits)
One of the following:
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MUPP 690 Performance Practice Seminar 1 (3 credits)
Overview
Performance Practice : Seminar in performance practice. Topic varies by year.
Terms: Fall 2014, Winter 2015
Instructors: Cossette, Isabelle (Fall)
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: Winter 2015
Instructors: Weman Eriksson, Lena (Winter)
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 2014
Instructors: Marandola, Fabrice (Fall)
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: Winter 2015
Instructors: Bourgogne, Guillaume (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: Fall 2014, Winter 2015
Instructors: Weman Eriksson, Lena (Fall) Porter, William (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: Fall 2014
Instructors: Cumming, Julie Emelyn (Fall)
3 hours
One approved graduate 3-credit seminar with the prefix MUCO, MUGS, MUGT, MUHL, MUMT, MUPP, or MUTH.
One additional graduate 3-credit seminar approved by the Department.
Complementary Performance (6 credits)
6 credits from the following:
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MUEN 571 Contemporary Improvisation Ensemble (1 credit)
Overview
Ensemble : Ensembles of 4-6 players will explore the creative performance practice of improvisatory contemporary music.
Terms: Fall 2014, Winter 2015
Instructors: Bourgogne, Guillaume (Fall) Bourgogne, Guillaume (Winter)
Prerequisite: Audition.
Restriction: Open to advanced performance majors.
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MUPD 580 Piano Pedagogy Practicum (2 credits)
Overview
Music Professional Development : Observation of studio and master class teaching, videotaped private instruction, and adjudication of student performances.
Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2014-2015 academic year.
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2014-2015 academic year.
Restriction: Open to pianists in the graduate piano and Artist Diploma programs. Limited enrolment.
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MUPG 614 Quick Study (3 credits)
Overview
Performance : Preparation and performance of short program of vocal, operatic, or collaborative piano repertoire in a limited three week time frame.
Terms: Fall 2014, Winter 2015
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2014-2015 academic year.
Restriction: Not open to students who have taken MUPG 663 or MUPG 663D1/D2 or MUPG 655 or MUPG 656 or MUPG 656D1/D2
20-25 minutes of repertoire
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MUPG 646 Score- and Sight-Reading 1 (1 credit)
Overview
Performance : Playing operatic piano-vocal scores at sight. Realizing at the piano operatic orchestral scores with emphasis on repertoire from before 1800.
Terms: Fall 2014
Instructors: Petersen, Katherine (Fall)
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MUPG 647 Score- and Sight-Reading 2 (1 credit)
Overview
Performance : Playing operatic piano-vocal scores at sight. Realizing at the piano operatic orchestral scores with emphasis on repertoire from after 1800.
Terms: Winter 2015
Instructors: Petersen, Katherine (Winter)
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MUPG 670 Advanced Continuo 1 (2 credits)
Overview
Performance : A historically-oriented study of the principles of figured bass. Standard idioms from historical treatises will be introduced. Preparation of operatic excerpts from the standard high Baroque repertory is required.
Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2014-2015 academic year.
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2014-2015 academic year.
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MUPG 671 Advanced Continuo 2 (2 credits)
Overview
Performance : A study of the many different styles of figured bass accompaniment as revealed in contemporary sources. The emphasis will be on realization at the keyboard of representative 17th- and 18th- century operatic recitatives and arias.
Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2014-2015 academic year.
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2014-2015 academic year.
2 hours
Prerequisite: MUPG 670
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MUPG 687 Collaborative Piano Repertoire 1: Song (1 credit)
Overview
Performance : Issues in collaborative piano song repertoire and performance in different genres and musical styles.
Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2014-2015 academic year.
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2014-2015 academic year.
Prerequisite: MUEN 556 or equivalent or permission of the instructor
Restriction: Open to graduate students in collaborative piano or with the permission of the instructor
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MUPG 688 Collaborative Piano Repertoire 2: Instrumental (1 credit)
Overview
Performance : Issues in collaborative piano instrumental repertoire and performance in different genres and musical styles.
Terms: Fall 2014
Instructors: Marchand, Jean (Fall)
Prerequisite: MUEN 556 or equivalent or permission of the instructor
Restriction: Open to graduate students in collaborative piano or with the permission of the instructor
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MUPG 689 Collaborative Piano Rep.3: Orch. Reduction, Opera, Oratorio (1 credit)
Overview
Performance : Issues in collaborative piano orchestral reduction, opera, oratorio and performance in different genres and musical styles.
Terms: Winter 2015
Instructors: Marchand, Jean (Winter)
Prerequisite: MUEN 556 or equivalent or permission of the instructor
Restriction: Open to graduate students in collaborative piano or with permission of the instructor
OR
6 credits from the following (courses below may be taken more than once):
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MUEN 560 Chamber Music Ensemble (1 credit)
Overview
Ensemble : Ensemble for chamber music - various instruments.
Terms: Fall 2014, Winter 2015
Instructors: Devuyst, Russell; Levesque, Stephane; Aldrich, Simon; Cazes, Alain; Ducharme, Jérôme; Beaudry, Pierre; Bourgogne, Guillaume; Smith, Christopher; McNabney, Douglas; Roy, Andre J; Dolin, Elizabeth; Haimovitz, Matt; Swartz, Jennifer; Marchand, Jean; Hashimoto, Kyoko; Shuter, Cindy; Kestenberg, Abe; Robinson, Brian; Yazdanfar, Ali (Fall) Kestenberg, Abe; Dolin, Elizabeth; Gaudreault, Jean; Shuter, Cindy; Swartz, Jennifer; McNabney, Douglas; Marchand, Jean; Hashimoto, Kyoko; Ducharme, Jérôme; Beaudry, Pierre; Devuyst, Russell; Smith, Christopher; Simons, Mark; Levesque, Stephane; Christie, Carolyn; Dumouchel, Michael; Bourgogne, Guillaume; Aldrich, Simon; Roberts, Richard Allen; Desgagne, Alain; Robinson, Brian; Yazdanfar, Ali; Roy, Andre J (Winter)
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MUEN 561 2nd Chamber Music Ensemble (1 credit)
Overview
Ensemble : Chamber music of the Medieval, Renaissance and Baroque periods.
Terms: Fall 2014, Winter 2015
Instructors: Dolin, Elizabeth; Aldrich, Simon; Beaudry, Pierre; Bourgogne, Guillaume; Haimovitz, Matt; Smith, Christopher; Swartz, Jennifer; Lizotte, Caroline; Shuter, Cindy; McNabney, Douglas (Fall) Roy, Andre J; Simons, Mark; Bourgogne, Guillaume; McNabney, Douglas (Winter)
1 hour
Prerequisite: Audition.
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MUEN 568 Multiple Ensemble 1 (1 credit)
Overview
Ensemble : Special arrangement ensemble. Topic varies by year.
Terms: Fall 2014, Winter 2015
Instructors: Miller, Dennis; Gaudreault, Jean; Devuyst, Russell; Robinson, Brian; Yazdanfar, Ali; Mativetsky, Shawn Eliot; Roberts, Richard Allen; Patterson, Jonathan David; Dolin, Elizabeth; Beghin, Tom; Kolomyjec, Joanne; Lee, Ranee Y; Cazes, Alain; Bourgogne, Guillaume; Hauser, Rudolf-Alexius; Hollins, Fraser; Swartz, Jennifer (Fall) Mativetsky, Shawn Eliot; Robinson, Brian; Yazdanfar, Ali; Roberts, Richard Allen; Dolin, Elizabeth; MacMillan, Elizabeth H; Cazes, Alain; Risk, Laura; McMahon, Michael; Kolomyjec, Joanne; Kinslow, Valerie; Plouffe, Helene; Bibace, Kenneth; Grott, David (Winter)
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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 2014, Winter 2015
Instructors: McMahon, Michael (Fall) McMahon, Michael (Winter)
2 hours
Prerequisite: Audition.
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MUEN 579 Song Interpretation 2 (1 credit)
Overview
Ensemble : Study of song repertoire for singers and pianists.
Terms: Fall 2014, Winter 2015
Instructors: McMahon, Michael (Fall) McMahon, Michael (Winter)
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MUEN 582 Piano Ensembles (1 credit)
Overview
Ensemble : Ensemble playing in two-piano and piano 4-hand repertoire.
Terms: Fall 2014, Winter 2015
Instructors: Beghin, Tom; Mdivani, Marina; Dardykina, Tatiana; Peletsis, Anna (Fall) Mdivani, Marina (Winter)
Prerequisite: MUEN 581 or permission of the instructor.
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MUEN 584 Studio Accompanying (1 credit)
Overview
Ensemble : Highly qualified collaborative partners will be assigned to work independently with studio teachers and their students.
Terms: Fall 2014, Winter 2015
Instructors: Popescu, Maria; Dolin, Elizabeth; Labelle, Dominique; Haimovitz, Matt; Kolomyjec, Joanne; Vukovich, Emmanuel (Fall) Labelle, Dominique; Strauss, Axel; Kolomyjec, Joanne; Desgagne, Alain; Manker, Brian; Vukovich, Emmanuel (Winter)
4 hours
Prerequisite: Audition.
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MUEN 585 Sonata Masterclass (1 credit)
Overview
Ensemble : Exploration of the vast literature for sonatas with piano and instrument, including multiple issues of ensemble preparation and performing.
Terms: Fall 2014, Winter 2015
Instructors: Hashimoto, Kyoko (Fall) Hashimoto, Kyoko (Winter)
Prerequisite: Audition or permission of the instructor.
Restriction: Limited to 4 advanced pianists and 4 instrumentalists.
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MUEN 588 Multiple Ensemble 2 (1 credit)
Overview
Ensemble : Special arrangement ensemble. Topic varies by year.
Terms: Fall 2014, Winter 2015
Instructors: Patterson, Jonathan David; Hauser, Rudolf-Alexius; Haimovitz, Matt; Bourgogne, Guillaume (Fall) Strauss, Axel; Cazes, Alain; Risk, Laura; Grott, David (Winter)
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MUEN 590 McGill Winds (2 credits)
Overview
Ensemble : Large ensemble for wind instruments.
Terms: Fall 2014, Winter 2015
Instructors: Cazes, Alain (Fall) Cazes, Alain (Winter)
4-6 hours
Prerequisite: Audition
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MUEN 594 Contemporary Music Ensemble (2 credits)
Overview
Ensemble : Ensemble for contemporary music - instruments and voice.
Terms: Fall 2014, Winter 2015
Instructors: Bourgogne, Guillaume (Fall) Bourgogne, Guillaume (Winter)
4 hours
Prerequisite: Audition.
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MUEN 597 Orchestral Ensembles (2 credits)
Overview
Ensemble : Ensemble for orchestral instruments.
Terms: Fall 2014, Winter 2015
Instructors: Hauser, Rudolf-Alexius (Fall) Hauser, Rudolf-Alexius (Winter)
6 - 7 hours
Prerequisite: Audition.
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MUEN 688 Multiple Ensembles (2 credits)
Overview
Ensemble : Student participation in more than one ensemble in different concert periods over the course of a term.
Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2014-2015 academic year.
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2014-2015 academic year.
Schulich School of Music—2014-2015 (last updated Feb. 18, 2014) (disclaimer)
