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The Bachelor of Music (B.Mus.) - Major Composition program requires 91 credits (plus 35 credits for the Freshman requirement for out-of-province students).
It includes 21 credits of non-music and free elective courses so that students may pursue other academic interests outside of music.
35 credits selected as described below, in consultation with the program adviser:
23 credits of Prerequisite courses
2 credits of Assigned Small Ensemble
4 credits of Basic Ensemble Training
6 credits of Non-Music Electives
23 credits, all of the courses below:
Note: Students who can demonstrate through auditions and placement tests that they have mastered the material in any of the courses below will be exempt from them and may proceed to more advanced courses.
Music History and Literature : A survey of Western music from the Middle Ages to the present. Emphasis on key musical concepts and genres in their historical context and aural recognition of style.
Terms: Fall 2010, Summer 2011
Instructors: Barg, Lisa (Fall)
Practical Instrument : Practical instruction on an instrument or voice.
Terms: Fall 2010
Instructors: Hutchins, Timothy; Devuyst, Russell; Kolomyjec, Joanne; Box, James; Forget, Normand; Freeman, Peter; Mangrum, Martin D; Miller, Dennis; Zirbel, John; Algie, Stephen Michael; Desgagne, Alain; Baskin, Theodore; Kestenberg, Abe; Hashimoto, Kyoko; Amirault, Steve; Lee, Ranee Y; Bolduc, Remi; Clayton, Greg; Dean, Kevin; McCann, Christopher; Hollins, Fraser; Lozano, Francisco J; Couture, Jocelyn; Guimond, Claire; Haimovitz, Matt; Manker, Brian; Lupien, Denise; Roberts, Richard Allen; Roy, Andre J; Crow, Jonathan; Carroll, Edward; Williams, Thomas; Antonio, Garry M W; Leroux, Andre; Rager, Joshua; Sylvan, Sanford; Purdy, Winston; Karlicek, Martin; Harboyan, Patil; Dix, Trevor; Fewer, Mark; Crowley, Robert; Wan, Andrew; Huang, Yai-Yun; Marandola, Fabrice; Kutan, Aline; Klopoushak, Carissa; Grew, John; Mdivani, Marina; Dunn, Andrew; McMahon, Michael; Chen, Jun-Yuan; Popescu, Maria-Caliopi (Fall)
Practical Instrument : Practical instruction on an instrument or voice.
Terms: Winter 2011
Instructors: Hutchins, Timothy; Devuyst, Russell; Kolomyjec, Joanne; Box, James; Forget, Normand; Freeman, Peter; Mangrum, Martin D; Miller, Dennis; Zirbel, John; Algie, Stephen Michael; Desgagne, Alain; Baskin, Theodore; Kestenberg, Abe; Hashimoto, Kyoko; Amirault, Steve; Lee, Ranee Y; Bolduc, Remi; Clayton, Greg; Dean, Kevin; McCann, Christopher; Hollins, Fraser; Lozano, Francisco J; Couture, Jocelyn; Guimond, Claire; Haimovitz, Matt; Manker, Brian; Lupien, Denise; Roberts, Richard Allen; Roy, Andre J; Crow, Jonathan; Carroll, Edward; Williams, Thomas; Antonio, Garry M W; Leroux, Andre; Rager, Joshua; Sylvan, Sanford; Purdy, Winston; Karlicek, Martin; Harboyan, Patil; Dix, Trevor; Fewer, Mark; Crowley, Robert; Huang, Yai-Yun; Marandola, Fabrice; Klopoushak, Carissa; Grew, John; McMahon, Michael; Chen, Jun-Yuan; Kutan, Aline; Dunn, Andrew; Popescu, Maria-Caliopi; Jimenez, Carlos Alberto (Winter)
Music Professional Development : An introduction to the responsibilities and skills required of professionals in music; job options, contracts, professional organizations, freelancing.
Terms: Fall 2010
Instructors: Kestenberg, Abe (Fall)
Music Professional Development : Additional responsibilities and skills required of professionals in music.
Terms: Winter 2011
Instructors: Kestenberg, Abe (Winter)
Musicianship : Rhythm and metre basic subdivisions and conducting patterns; intervals, chords, and scale patterns; non-modulating tonal melodies with treble and bass clefs; harmonic progressions emphasizing two-part outer voice structures.
Terms: Fall 2010, Winter 2011
Instructors: Mariner, Justin B; De Castro, Margaret Emily; Asly, Monica; Guzik, John W P; Petit-Homme, Fredericka; Kunz, Jean-Willy (Fall) De Castro, Margaret Emily (Winter)
Musicianship : Rhythm and metre mixed divisions and syncopations; triadic and seventh chord voicings and disjunct pitch collections; chromatically embellished melodies adding alto clef; simple modulating harmonic progressions emphasizing two-part outer voice structures.
Terms: Fall 2010, Winter 2011, Summer 2011
Instructors: De Castro, Margaret Emily; Petit-Homme, Fredericka (Fall) De Castro, Margaret Emily; Asly, Monica; Mariner, Justin B; Petit-Homme, Fredericka; Kunz, Jean-Willy (Winter)
Musicianship : Harmonic, melodic and rhythmic analysis at the keyboard through the study of rudiments, repertoire, chorale/score reading, transposition and harmonization.
Terms: Fall 2010, Winter 2011
Instructors: Kovacs, Jolan Ilona; Davidson, Thomas; Gavrilova, Julia; Choi, Yoo Kyung (Fall) Kovacs, Jolan Ilona (Winter)
Musicianship : Building chordal fluency. Harmonic vocabulary including sequences, chromaticism and modulation. Chorale and score reading with transposing instruments and alto/tenor clefs.
Terms: Fall 2010, Winter 2011, Summer 2011
Instructors: Gavrilova, Julia; Pousont, Thomas (Fall) Kovacs, Jolan Ilona; Gavrilova, Julia; Choi, Yoo Kyung (Winter)
Music Theory and Analysis : Diatonic chords and harmonic progressions, focus on outer-voice framework, cadences, embellishments, building chordal fluency in common-practice tonality, applied chords.
Terms: Fall 2010, Summer 2011
Instructors: Schubert, Peter N; Davidson, Thomas (Fall) Provost, Matthew (Summer)
Music Theory and Analysis : Sequences and modulation, chromatic vocabulary, analysis of simple theme types (sentence, period, hybrids) and fugal techniques.
Terms: Winter 2011, Summer 2011
Instructors: Davidson, Thomas; Biamonte, Nicole (Winter) Mariner, Justin B (Summer)
60 credits selected as follows:
36 credits of Composition
9 credits of Theory
6 credits of Musicianship
3 credits of Music History
6 credits of Performance
Composition : 20th Century techniques and approaches. Basic dimensions such as pitch, rhythm and timbre, and their inter-relationship at all structural levels. Notation and score preparation. Performance practice. Analysis of selected 20th Century scores. Writing of short pieces for solo instruments and small ensembles, including voice.
Terms: Fall 2010
Instructors: Harman, Christopher (Fall)
Composition : See MUCO 245D1 for course description.
Terms: Winter 2011
Instructors: Harman, Christopher (Winter)
Composition : The history of orchestration. Study of instrumentation and traditional orchestration. Reduction of orchestral scores for piano. Transcription of piano works for string quartet and string orchestra.
Terms: Fall 2010
Instructors: Bouliane, Denys (Fall)
Composition : Free composition.
Terms: Fall 2010
Instructors: Neidhofer, Christoph; Harman, Christopher; Bouliane, Denys; Lesage, Jean; Wild, Jonathan; Rea, John; Cherney, Brian; Ferguson, Sean Alastair; Hui, Melissa (Fall)
Composition : See MUCO 340D1 for course description.
Terms: Winter 2011
Instructors: Neidhofer, Christoph; Harman, Christopher; Bouliane, Denys; Lesage, Jean; Wild, Jonathan; Rea, John; Cherney, Brian; Ferguson, Sean Alastair; Hui, Melissa (Winter)
Composition : Composition with MIDI, audio recording, digital audio signal processing software and hardware. Creation of small-scale composition studies using technological resources in the context of electroacoustic music. The hands-on activities will include critical listening and evaluation of electronic and computer music repertoire.
Terms: Fall 2010
Instructors: Tan, Anthony (Fall)
Composition : Advanced composition with MIDI, audio recording, digital audio signal processing software and hardware. Creation of complete electroacoustic pieces and/or production of audio media materials.
Terms: Winter 2011
Instructors: Tan, Anthony (Winter)
Composition : Traditional orchestration through analysis. Transcription of piano works for woodwind quintet, brass quintet, wind orchestra and percussion ensemble. Scoring for classical orchestra.
Terms: Winter 2011
Instructors: Bouliane, Denys (Winter)
Composition : Free composition.
Terms: Fall 2010
Instructors: Neidhofer, Christoph; Harman, Christopher; Bouliane, Denys; Lesage, Jean; Wild, Jonathan; Rea, John; Cherney, Brian; Ferguson, Sean Alastair (Fall)
Composition : See MUCO 440D1 for course description.
Terms: Winter 2011
Instructors: Neidhofer, Christoph; Harman, Christopher; Bouliane, Denys; Lesage, Jean; Wild, Jonathan; Rea, John; Cherney, Brian; Ferguson, Sean Alastair (Winter)
Composition : Analysis of advanced orchestration techniques. Various orchestration theories and practices used by composers, particularly in the twentieth century including the study of extended techniques.
Terms: Fall 2010, Winter 2011
Instructors: Harman, Christopher (Fall) Harman, Christopher (Winter)
Composition : Stylistic concepts and resources of European music including phrase structure, melodic shape, rhythm, linear continuity, economy of means, notation, and basic contrapuntal procedures. Extensive and detailed analysis of characteristic repertoire.
Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2010-2011 academic year.
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2010-2011 academic year.
Composition : Advanced topics in digital studio composition. Aesthetics and poetics of electroacoustic composition. Analytical approaches to this repertoire. Use of digital signal processing and synthesis techniques. Creation of complete pieces incorporating music technology which may include a live performance component.
Terms: Fall 2010
Instructors: Schumacher, Mario Marlon (Fall)
Composition : Further advanced topics in digital studio composition culminating in a complete large-scale work incorporating music technology, including computer-assisted composition, analysis/resynthesis techniques, and new gestural controllers for live performance of digital musical instruments.
Terms: Winter 2011
Instructors: Ferguson, Sean Alastair (Winter)
Composition : Pitch systems, harmonic concepts and compositional techniques from the late 19th Century to the present.
Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2010-2011 academic year.
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2010-2011 academic year.
Music Theory and Analysis : Compositional resources of late 18th and early 19th century music. Analysis of forms common to the period c. 1770 - 1840, including Classical sonata forms in several media.
Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2010-2011 academic year.
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2010-2011 academic year.
Music Theory and Analysis : Expanded harmonic resources of the 19th century (e.g., advanced chromaticism including enharmonic reinterpretation and symmetrical division). Analysis of characteristic small and large forms. Writing and analytical skills with a goal toward perceiving how levels of musical structure interact.
Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2010-2011 academic year.
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2010-2011 academic year.
Music Theory and Analysis : Exploration of 20th and 21st century organizations of pitch, rhythm, timbre etc. Written and analytical skills for the purpose of gaining insight into the compositional techniques and aesthetics of this repertoire.
Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2010-2011 academic year.
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2010-2011 academic year.
Musicianship : Rhythm and metre mixed divisions and two-part work; additional chordal voicings and pitch collections; melodies modulating to closely-related keys adding tenor clef; harmonic progression including applied chords; two-part keyboard-style passages.
Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2010-2011 academic year.
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2010-2011 academic year.
Musicianship : Changing metres; chord voicings and atonal pitch collections; modulating tonal melodies and score reading of transposing instruments; harmonic progression including chromatic chords; two-part passages.
Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2010-2011 academic year.
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2010-2011 academic year.
Musicianship : Extended tonal and post-tonal harmonic and contrapuntal structures, rhythmic practices of the 20th and 21st century, score reading.
Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2010-2011 academic year.
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2010-2011 academic year.
Music History and Literature : Examination of various periods and styles: e.g., central works from different traditions, the interaction of music and society, performance practice, and music's relation to other arts.
Terms: Winter 2011
Instructors: Kok, Roe-Min (Winter)
Practical Instrument : Practical instruction on an instrument or voice.
Terms: Fall 2010, Winter 2011
Instructors: Kolomyjec, Joanne; Box, James; Forget, Normand; Howes, Heather L; Gaudreault, Jean; Levesque, Stephane; Zirbel, John; Aldrich, Simon; Martin, David R; Desgagne, Alain; Laimon, Sara; Hashimoto, Kyoko; Mdivani, Marina; Gavrilova, Julia; Zuk, Luba; Bibace, Kenneth; Bolduc, Remi; Clayton, Greg; Grott, David; Hollins, Fraser; Di Lauro, Ronald; Lozano, Francisco J; Haimovitz, Matt; Dolin, Elizabeth; Roberts, Richard Allen; Lambert, Frederic; Roy, Andre J; Carroll, Edward; Williams, Thomas; Antonio, Garry M W; White, Andre; Jarczyk, Jan; Sullivan, Joseph Leo; Doxas, Chester; Roney, John; Stevenson, Francois; Rager, Joshua; Sylvan, Sanford; Karlicek, Martin; Krejcar, Jan; Wan, Andrew; Dix, Trevor; Doxas, Dimitrios; Fewer, Mark; Crowley, Robert; Hutchins, Timothy; Huang, Yai-Yun; Marandola, Fabrice; McCann, Christopher; Algie, Stephen Michael; Lupien, Denise; Jimenez, Carlos Alberto; Purdy, Winston; Mahar, William V; Dunn, Andrew; Popescu, Maria-Caliopi; Johnson, Alexander David (Fall) Bibace, Kenneth; Roy, Andre J; Laimon, Sara (Winter)
Practical Instrument : Practical instruction on an instrument or voice.
Terms: Fall 2010, Winter 2011
Instructors: Laimon, Sara; Huang, Yai-Yun (Fall) Kolomyjec, Joanne; Box, James; Forget, Normand; Howes, Heather L; Gaudreault, Jean; Levesque, Stephane; Zirbel, John; Aldrich, Simon; Martin, David R; Desgagne, Alain; Laimon, Sara; Hashimoto, Kyoko; Mdivani, Marina; Gavrilova, Julia; Zuk, Luba; Bibace, Kenneth; Bolduc, Remi; Clayton, Greg; Grott, David; Hollins, Fraser; Di Lauro, Ronald; Lozano, Francisco J; Haimovitz, Matt; Dolin, Elizabeth; Roberts, Richard Allen; Lambert, Frederic; Carroll, Edward; Williams, Thomas; Antonio, Garry M W; White, Andre; Jarczyk, Jan; Sullivan, Joseph Leo; Doxas, Chester; Roney, John; Stevenson, Francois; Rager, Joshua; Sylvan, Sanford; Karlicek, Martin; Krejcar, Jan; Wan, Andrew; Dix, Trevor; Doxas, Dimitrios; Fewer, Mark; Crowley, Robert; Hutchins, Timothy; Huang, Yai-Yun; Marandola, Fabrice; McCann, Christopher; Algie, Stephen Michael; Lupien, Denise; Jimenez, Carlos Alberto; Purdy, Winston; Mahar, William V; Dunn, Andrew; Popescu, Maria-Caliopi; Johnson, Alexander David; Roy, Andre J; Lee, Ranee Y; Kestenberg, Abe; Knox, Hank (Winter)
Practical Instrument : Assessment of student's progress in the practical area.
Terms: Winter 2011
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2010-2011 academic year.
10 credits selected as follows:
6 credits from Music History
4 credits from Performance
Music History and Literature : Development of European, Russian, and American music from the 1890s until the early 1940s, tracing its roots in late 19th-century Romanticism and following its evolution in central Europe, France, and the United States. The music of major innovators such as Debussy, Stravinsky, Schoenberg, Ives, and Varèse will be discussed.
Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2010-2011 academic year.
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2010-2011 academic year.
Music History and Literature : Survey of music in Canada from the 16th Century to the present. Current musical organizations and institutions, and contemporary Canadian music will be stressed. Time permitting, brief reference will be made to the folk music of indigenous and immigrant groups.
Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2010-2011 academic year.
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2010-2011 academic year.
Music History and Literature : Appearance and evolution of such post-war phenomena as total serialism, "chance" music of various kinds, and electronic music as seen in major figures such as Boulez, Stockhausen, Cage and others in Europe and the United States. Important developments during the 1960s. Rise of "minimalism" and "neo-Romanticism" during the 1970s and 80s.
Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2010-2011 academic year.
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2010-2011 academic year.
Ensemble : .
Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2010-2011 academic year.
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2010-2011 academic year.
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.
Terms: Fall 2010, Winter 2011
Instructors: Kinslow, Valerie (Fall) Kinslow, Valerie (Winter)
Ensemble : Open to singers and instrumentalists, this ensemble specializes in chamber music primarily of the Baroque era.
Terms: Fall 2010, Winter 2011
Instructors: Knox, Hank (Fall) Knox, Hank (Winter)
Ensemble : An ensemble of 16 voices performing challenging repertoire from the Renaissance to the present day. Since the expectation is a level of performance equivalent to a professional chamber ensemble, singers wishing to join this group should have had considerable ensemble experience, and advanced vocal and sight-reading skills.
Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2010-2011 academic year.
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2010-2011 academic year.
Ensemble : .
Terms: Fall 2010, Winter 2011
Instructors: Dagenais, Jonathan (Fall) Dagenais, Jonathan (Winter)
Ensemble : This ensemble will deal with the extensive repertoire of music which exists for small jazz orchestra (9-13 instruments).
Terms: Fall 2010, Winter 2011
Instructors: Sullivan, Joseph Leo; Bolduc, Remi (Fall) Sullivan, Joseph Leo; Bolduc, Remi (Winter)
Ensemble : Students enrolling in Choral Ensembles will be assigned to one of the above groups.
Terms: Fall 2010, Winter 2011
Instructors: Ouimet, Francois (Fall) Wachner, Julian; Ouimet, Francois (Winter)
Ensemble : .
Terms: Fall 2010, Winter 2011
Instructors: Gort, Cristian; Lavoie, Jean-Michaël (Fall) Gort, Cristian; Wachner, Julian; Bard, Shalom (Winter)
Ensemble : .
Terms: Fall 2010, Winter 2011
Instructors: Di Lauro, Ronald; Foote, Gordon; Danderfer, James (Fall) Di Lauro, Ronald; Foote, Gordon; Danderfer, James (Winter)
Ensemble : .
Terms: Fall 2010, Winter 2011
Instructors: Hauser, Rudolf-Alexius (Fall) Hauser, Rudolf-Alexius (Winter)