Program overview
The thesis for the Ph.D. in composition involves the creation of an original large-scale work and research that increases our understanding of music and musical processes.聽
An option exists for specialization in:
Gender, Sexuality and Feminist Studies
This program option is open to doctoral students who are interested in cross-disciplinary research that focuses on issues centrally related to gender, sexuality, feminist theory, and/or women鈥檚 studies. The Composition Ph.D. requirements are augmented by participation in a Research Methods course and a Graduate Feminism Symposium that engages with a diverse array of critical and empirical perspectives.
The program draws on the resources of the 成人VR视频 Institute for Gender, Sexuality, and Feminist Studies that includes faculty and graduate students from across the University. Supporting music faculty have interests in Opera, film studies, aesthetics, theory of performance, and popular/jazz studies.
Faculty
Composers refine their musical language and artistic voice through private instruction with some of Canada's most accomplished composers, all of whom have聽distinguished themselves through high-profile commissions, performances, recordings, and awards. Faculty members have diverse interests that ensure composers will find a suitable mentor. 聽
Resources & Opportunities
Students benefit from:
- Cutting-edge research and performance facilities
- Equipment resources of the Digital Composition Studios and
- International new music festivals, lecture and performance series, and conferences co-sponsored by the Schulich School of Music
- A visiting artist series
- High-quality performances, readings, and recordings of their works by some of the school鈥檚 most esteemed ensembles and advanced performers
- Commissioning opportunities through an established composer-in-residence program and through student-initiated, performer-composer and interdisciplinary collaborations.
Awards
Students in this program have won the Jules L茅ger Governor General's Prize for new chamber music, have received funding from granting agencies and internships at the International Music Workshop and Festival, among other awards.
Careers
Graduates of this program have won prestigious awards (e.g., Jules Leger Prize, SOCAN competition) and gone on to have successful careers in:
- university teaching
- (freelance) composition
- film
- literature
- conducting
