Music: General Studies

University of British Columbia

Canada, Vancouver

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University of British Columbia

Canada , Vancouver

Key Facts

Program Level

Bachelor

Study Type

Full Time

Delivery

On Campus

Application Fee

CAD 125

Campuses

Vancouver

Program Language

English

Start & Deadlines

Next Intake Deadlines15-May-2023

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Duration 4 year(s)

Tuition Fee

CAD 42,543 / year

Next Intake 15-May-2023

Music: General Studies

About

You can study intense specialization in a single field.

Students admitted to the Bachelor of Music program may follow one of four streams: General Studies, Advanced Performance, Scholarship, or Composition. Every stream includes four years of private lessons in an instrument or voice, along with ensemble performance (4 years), music scholarship (3 years), and non-music electives (4 years). The distribution of required and elective courses, in Music and in other subjects, is different for each stream. General Studies is designed to provide a broad, flexible, general higher education in music, including private lessons on the instrument the student plays best. Most undergraduates admitted to the School of Music are eligible to enrol in this program. In General Studies, you may select from three streams:

General Studies (concentrations include Piano, Organ, Voice, Opera, Guitar, Harpsichord, Orchestral Instruments, Historical Musical Instruments);
General Studies " Elementary Education Stream (preparation for studies in education leading to certification as a teacher in BC elementary schools);
General Studies " Secondary Education Stream (preparation for studies in education leading to certification as a music teacher in BC secondary schools).

Campus features

The School of Music offers cutting-edge performance facilities like the Gessler Multimedia Teaching Studio and the Chan Centre for the Performing Arts, recently named one of the world's greatest concert halls.

Chan Centre for the Performing Arts

General Studies is designed to provide a broad, flexible, general higher education in music, including private lessons on the instrument that you play best. You'll have the freedom to choose many elective courses, allowing continuation into various professional options, including graduate degrees.

Year 1
Year 2
Year 3
Year 4

MUSC 120 - History of Music I
An overview of Western music from antiquity through the Middle Ages and Renaissance, providing a framework for understanding musical styles and practices, and examining selected compositions in greater analytical and historical depth.
MUSC 119 - Introduction to Music Technology
Practical and theoretical training in technologies that support current artistic and academic practice, such as MIDI, podcasts/videocasts, websites, social media, and software for score notation, music education, and basic audio/video editing.
MUSC 105 - Aural Skills I
Sight singing; melodic and harmonic dictation; rhythm production; error detection; tuning; perception of harmony, form, and tonality; improvisation in set idioms. Restricted to B.Mus. students.
MUSC 101 - Diatonic Harmony and Voice Leading
Harmonic and linear functions of diatonic chords; common progressions and sequences; introduction to tonal hierarchy and prolongation; simple modulation. Compositional and analytical exercises.
MUSC 182 - Music Performance (Concentration)
Private instruction, vocal or instrumental.

MUSC 220 - History of Music III
The development of Western music from circa 1800 to circa 1900.
MUSC 200 - Chromatic Harmony and Voice Leading
Harmonic and linear functions of common chromatic chords; mixture; chords and progressions of linear origin; tonal plans. Compositional and analytical exercises.
MUSC 205 - Aural Skills III
Continuation of MUSC 106. Restricted to B.Mus. students.
MUSC 282 - Music Performance (Concentration)
Private instruction, vocal or instrumental.
MUSC 241 - Class Piano II
Continuation of MUSC 141.

MUSC 300 - Compositional and Analytical Approaches to Post-Tonal Music
Concepts essential to understanding and performing art music, since 1900, in which functional triadic harmony is absent or subsidiary to other musical processes. Detailed consideration of works of major composers up to the present, through analysis, composition, and musicianship exercises.
MUSC 382 - Music Performance (Concentration)
Private instruction, vocal or instrumental.
MUSC 301 - Compositional and Analytical Approaches to Music Today
Technical and stylistic perspectives on contemporary art music and popular and world music idioms. Exercises in composition and production. Training in related listening, sight-singing and score reading skills.
MUSC 322 - Topics in Western Music
Study in one major genre of Western music (e.g., "The Symphony", "Women in Opera", "History of the Song Cycle"). No musical knowledge is required. Not for credit toward the B.Mus. or B.A. in Music.
MUSC 324 - The Guitar in History and Practice
Introduction to guitar performance and repertoire for non-majors. Lectures explore guitar repertoires from selected regions and eras. Not for credit toward the B.Mus. or the Major/Minor in Music (B.A., B.F.A., B.Sc.). Students are expected to provide their own guitars.

MUSC 482 - Music Performance (Concentration)
Private instruction, vocal or instrumental.
MUSC 407 - c Composition IV
Continuation of MUSC 307.
MUSC 411 - Analysis of Tonal Music
Analytical approaches that complement Schenkerian analysis, including motivic construction, harmonic rhythm and phrase rhythm, chromaticism and enharmonicism, features of musical form, aspects of structure and hierarchy at the small and large scale.
MUSC 413 - Contemporary Art Music: Theory and Analysis
A technical approach to the diverse concert-music repertoire since 1950, including orchestral, chamber, solo, and electro-acoustic genres. Applicable theories of pitch and rhythm, with reference to composers' own writings.

Disciplines

School of Music

Requirements

Entry Requirements

Graduation from a university-preparatory program at a senior secondary school: General Secondary Education Certificate (Tawjihi). Certificates must be official. Photocopies are acceptable if certified by school principal, head, or counsellor. Notarized copies are not acceptable.

Career

A UBC education will introduce you to people and ideas from around the world, open doors to new opportunities, and take you places you never imagined. You'll graduate not only with expertise in your chosen field, but with the skills you need to continue growing, learning, and evolving with your career over time.

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Fee Information

Tuition Fee

CAD 42,543 / year

Application Fee

CAD 125

How to Apply

As you complete the online application, keep the following tips in mind:

Start early and take your time. Once you begin the application, you will be able to save it and return to it later – but only up until the deadline. Once you have submitted your application to UBC, you will not be able to edit it. Since the online application can sometimes time out if left open for too long, we recommend working on your personal profile questions outside of the application (where you can run them through a spell-checker) then copy and paste them into your application.
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