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Master of Music with a specialization in Performance (Music)


Performance studies are offered in piano, voice, strings and selected other instruments, as well as routes in piano pedagogy and wind band conducting.

Program Requirements


Students must complete a minimum of 24 units in graduate-level coursework. Completion of a thesis-equivalent is also required, (a juried recital is the thesis equivalent and final examination equivalent for MMus students in Performance).

Coursework


3 units in any of the following areas:


  • Musicology, Popular Music, Ethnomusicology, or Music Theory

12 units in:


  • graduate-level options, to be approved by the supervisor.

Notes:


  1. MMus students whose area of concentration is Organ may complete 3 units in an approved music option in lieu of MUSIC 639 .
  2. All MMus Performance students concentrating in band or orchestral instruments (not including Wind Band Conducting majors) are required to take MUSIC 641 - Instrumental Ensemble  as one of their options.
  3. All MMus Performance students concentrating in Wind Band Conducting are required to take MUSIC 643 as one of their options.
  4. At the discretion of the supervisor, and based on the student’s background and prior preparation, MMus students may be required to take MUSIC 625  as one of their options.
  5. All MMUS Performance students concentrating in Piano Pedagogy are required to take MUSIC 603 , MUSIC 604  and MUSIC 625  as three of their option courses.
  6. At the discretion of the supervisor, students who have not taken a bibliography and research methods course (or equivalent) will be required to take MUSIC 505 . The fulfillment of this requirement will count as one of the approved options, as noted above.
  7. At the discretion of the supervisor, further coursework may be required.This will be based on the student’s background and prior preparation

Thesis


  • Registration in 900-level THES.
    • For performance a juried recital will be considered the equivalent of the thesis and final oral examination.
    • Students concentrating in Piano Pedagogy may present a juried recital or a Lecture-Recital
    • For students concentrating in Wind Band Conducting, four conducting performances will be presented over the course of the program and will be considered the equivalent of the thesis. An audio/video recording of the performances will be viewed by the examining committee. Links to audio/video streaming sites are acceptable.
  • For program completion and convocation, there is no requirement to submit the thesis-equivalent to FGSR.

Residence Requirements


The minimum period of residence for the MMus degree is two four-month terms of full-time attendance at the University of Alberta.

Length of Program


The time required to complete the program will vary according to the previous training of the applicant and the nature of the research undertaken; however, a minimum of two years is normally required.

The maximum time to complete the MMus program as set by the Faculty of Graduate Studies and Research is four years for full-time registration and six-years for part-time registration.