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The Bachelor of Music (B.Mus.) - Major Theory program requires 91 credits (plus 35 credits for the Freshman requirement for out-of-province students).
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, select 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)
24 credits of required courses selected as follows:
9 credits of Theory
6 credits of Musicianship
3 credits of Music History
6 credits of Performance
9 credits
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.
6 credits
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.
3 credits
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)
6 credits
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.
40 credits selected as follows:
30 credits of Theory (Complementary)
6 credits of Music History
4 credits of Performance
30 credits
6 credits selected from:
Music Theory and Analysis : Polyphonic techniques of the Renaissance period studied through analysis of works by Palestrina and others and through written exercises in two to three voices.
Terms: Fall 2010
Instructors: Schubert, Peter N (Fall)
Music Theory and Analysis : The contrapuntal techniques of Baroque composers studied through detailed technical analysis of their works and through written exercises in strict style.
Terms: Fall 2010
Instructors: Provost, Matthew (Fall)
Music Theory and Analysis : Continuation of Modal Counterpoint I. Study of more advanced techniques through further analysis and written exercises in three or more voices.
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 : Further analysis and written exercises with special emphasis on fugal techniques in free style.
Terms: Winter 2011
Instructors: Neidhofer, Christoph (Winter)
6 credits selected from:
Music Theory and Analysis : Topics in advanced analysis of tonal music.
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 : Topics in advanced analysis of post-tonal music.
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 : Music from before 1700 is analyzed using recently developed techniques as well as materials gathered from treatises contemporaneous with the music. The implications of analysis for performance are considered.
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 : Different approaches to the analysis of popular music. Issues of transcription, notation, analytical pertinence, aesthetics, hermeneutics, and semiotics will be explored through transcription exercises, readings, and analysis of selected recordings.
Terms: Fall 2010
Instructors: Brackett, David (Fall)
6 credits selected from:
Music Theory and Analysis : Introduction to the principles and graphing techniques of Schenkerian theory, analysis of tonal works from 1700-1900, and study of prolongational techniques in relation to formal types.
Terms: Fall 2010
Instructors: Daley, Rene (Fall)
Music Theory and Analysis : An introduction to the discipline of music theory, including modern music theory and analysis.
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 : Theoretical topics and analytical applications selected from the following: serial theory, atonal set theory, contour theory, similarity metrics, transformational networks, elementary group theory and generalized interval systems, neo-Riemannian theory, atonal voice-leading and geometry, scale theory, models of tuning and temperament and information theory.
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.
12 credits selected from courses not taken above and the following:
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 : 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 : Advanced writing skills, including intensive four-part harmonization, advanced harmonic vocabulary and syntax, post-tonal counterpoint.
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.
6 credits of courses with an MUHL or MUPP prefix.
4 credits selected from:
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)