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About the Schulich School of Music (Undergraduate)

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About the Schulich School of Music (Undergraduate)

McGill's Schulich School of Music is the largest university-based school for professional musical training and music research in Canada.

McGill's Schulich School of Music is renowned for its orchestral, choral, opera, jazz, chamber, contemporary, and early music programs, and for its award-winning creative and research work in composition, music theory, musicology, music education, sound recording, and music technology.

  • Pollack Hall (capacity: 600), Redpath Hall (capacity: 300 and housing the University organ) and Tanna Schulich Hall (capacity: 170) are among the busiest and best concert venues in Montreal;
  • The intimate Clara Lichtenstein Hall (capacity: 50) was renovated in 2014;
  • Facilities also include the Wirth Opera Studio (an opera rehearsal room), and the Multimedia Complex Suite, including the Multimedia Room (a scoring stage/acoustical research lab), three isolation booths, a small recording studio, and three control rooms of different sizes;
  • The three floors of the Marvin Duchow Music Library contain well over 100,000 scores, recordings, books, and periodicals;
  • The Gertrude Whitley Performance Library has performing parts for over 6,000 titles;
  • The (CIRMMT) is an inter-faculty, inter-university, international consortium of scholars that brings together researchers in music, sound recording, music technology, psychology, neuroscience, engineering, and medicine.

Both old and new buildings house labs for numerous specialized functions: digital composition and electronic music, music education research, multi-channel sound recording, music perception and cognition, sound processing and control, computational modelling, and more. There are state-of-the-art classrooms, teaching studios, and over 100 practice rooms.

Current student enrolment is approximately 550 at the undergraduate level and approximately 300 at the graduate level. Teaching staff includes 60 full-time and over 140 part-time members. Students, faculty, and staff play major roles in Montreal's vibrant cultural scene, presenting approximately 600 concerts and events annually, as well as master classes, lectures, and symposia, all enhanced by active music student societies, a booking office, and engaged administrative and support staff.

Location

Location

  • Strathcona Music Building
  • 555 Sherbrooke Street West
  • Montreal QC H3A 1E3
  • Canada
  • Telephone: 514-398-4535
  • Fax: 514-398-1540
  • Website: www.mcgill.ca/music
Programs, Courses and University Regulations—2019-2020 (last updated Aug. 13, 2019) (disclaimer)
Schulich School of Music—2019-2020 (last updated Aug. 13, 2019) (disclaimer)
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