Master of Music and Concentration Performance

The School of Music offers the Master of Music (MMus) with concentration in Composition, the Master of Music (MMus) with concentration in Performance and the Master of Arts (MA) in Music.

Students may submit an admission application to a second degree in music after successfully completing one.

Performance studies are offered in piano, collaborative piano, voice, orchestral instruments, guitar, and conducting.

The School of Music participates in collaborative programs in Feminist and Gender Studies and in Medieval and Renaissance Studies for the MA in Music. For more information on these programs, see "Admission requirements".

The summer term (May to August) of the first year of study for this program is considered a regularly scheduled break approved by the University. Students must resume full-time studies in September.

For the most accurate and up to date information on application deadlines, language tests and other admission requirements, please visit the specific requirements webpage.

Candidates are required to have one of the following:

• A BMus.
• A four-year honours BA in music.
• A four-year BA with a major in music.
• Or an equivalent degree or diploma.

A 75 percent (B+) average is required for the undergraduate degree or diploma. If the degree is from a conservatory, it is deemed equivalent if so indicated on the transcript, or if the total course work is equivalent, to a four-year BA, and includes the equivalent of 6 units in music history and 6 units in music theory. In addition, applicants must perform an audition, submit a dossier of compositions or example of writing from undergraduate work in music history or music theory. The choice of evaluation depends on whether the student wishes to pursue the performance/composition stream or the musicology/theory stream. Applicants may be asked to take placement tests in music history, music theory or aural skills. If remedial work is necessary, deficiencies must be remedied by the end of the first year.

Candidates are admitted either to the MMus or the MA. A student who has successfully completed the requirements of the MMus degree may, instead of accepting the MMus, become a candidate for the MA with the approval of the Graduate Studies Committee.

Students who have completed a first MMus and who are admitted to a second MMus, will receive an equivalence of 6 units.

Students who have completed the Microprogram in Composition for Media will receive an equivalence of 9 units upon admission to the MMus, Concentration in Composition.