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Program Requirements
A minimum of two years' residence is required beyond the M.Mus. in Composition, or its equivalent. Details concerning the comprehensive examinations, composition performance, thesis, and academic regulations are available from the Graduate Coordinator, Schulich School of Music or from the Music Graduate Handbook ().
Additional prerequisite courses may be assigned to candidates in Composition, Music Education, Music Theory, Music Technology, and Musicology following transcript review and/or placement exams.
Thesis
The thesis is a musical composition of major dimensions together with a written analysis of the work. The thesis must be defended in an oral examination.
Required Courses (12 credits)
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MUGS 701 Comprehensive Examinations
Overview
Graduate Faculty Music Courses : Examinations that must be passed by all doctoral candidates in order to continue in the doctoral program.
Terms: Fall 2019, Winter 2020, Summer 2020
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2019-2020 academic year.
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MUGS 702 Comprehensive Examination Part 2
Overview
Graduate Faculty Music Courses : An examination that must be passed by all doctoral candidates in order to continue in the doctoral program.
Terms: Fall 2019, Winter 2020, Summer 2020
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2019-2020 academic year.
12 credits (two years) of:
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MUCO 722D1 Doctoral Composition Tutorial (3 credits)
Overview
Composition : Individualized guided composition research on an approved topic.
Terms: Fall 2019, Winter 2020
Instructors: Cherney, Brian; Leroux, Philippe; Hui, Melissa; Ferguson, Sean Alastair; Bouliane, Denys; Lesage, Jean; Harman, Christopher; Wild, Jonathan; Neidhofer, Christoph (Fall) Hui, Melissa (Winter)
Students must register for both MUCO 722D1 and MUCO 722D2
No credit will be given for this course unless both MUCO 722D1 and MUCO 722D2 are successfully completed in consecutive terms
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MUCO 722D2 Doctoral Composition Tutorial (3 credits)
Overview
Composition : Individualized guided composition research on an approved topic.
Terms: Winter 2020
Instructors: Cherney, Brian; Leroux, Philippe; Hui, Melissa; Ferguson, Sean Alastair; Bouliane, Denys; Lesage, Jean; Harman, Christopher; Wild, Jonathan; Neidhofer, Christoph (Winter)
Prerequisite: MUCO 722D1
No credit will be given for this course unless both MUCO 722D1 and MUCO 722D2 are successfully completed in consecutive terms
Elective Courses (12 credits)
Four approved 3-credit graduate electives or the equivalent.
Composition Performance
The candidate must present a concert of his/her compositions. With the permission of the Composition Area Committee, the compositions may be presented as parts of two or three concerts, or as a list of national and international performances since the student began his/her residency.
