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Program Requirements

A minimum of two years' residence is required beyond the M.Mus. in Composition, or its equivalent. Details concerning the comprehensive examinations, composition performance, thesis, and academic regulations are available from the Graduate Coordinator, Schulich School of Music or from the Music Graduate Handbook ().

Additional prerequisite courses may be assigned to candidates in Composition, Music Education, Music Theory, Music Technology, and Musicology following transcript review and/or placement exams.

Thesis

The thesis is a musical composition of major dimensions together with a written analysis of the work. The thesis must be defended in an oral examination.

Required Courses (12 credits)

• MUGS 701 Comprehensive Examination Part 1

  Offered by: Music Research (Schulich School of Music)

  Administered by: Graduate Studies

  Overview

  Graduate Faculty Music Courses : An examination that must be passed by all doctoral candidates in order to continue in the doctoral program.

  Terms: Fall 2018, Winter 2019, Summer 2019

  Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2018-2019 academic year.

• MUGS 702 Comprehensive Examination Part 2

  Offered by: Music Research (Schulich School of Music)

  Administered by: Graduate Studies

  Overview

  Graduate Faculty Music Courses : An examination that must be passed by all doctoral candidates in order to continue in the doctoral program.

  Terms: Fall 2018, Winter 2019, Summer 2019

  Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2018-2019 academic year.

12 credits (two years) of:

• MUCO 722D1 Doctoral Composition Tutorial (3 credits)

  Offered by: Music Research (Schulich School of Music)

  Administered by: Graduate Studies

  Overview

  Composition : Individualized guided composition research on an approved topic.

  Terms: Fall 2018, Winter 2019

  Instructors: Cherney, Brian; Leroux, Philippe; Ferguson, Sean Alastair; Bouliane, Denys; Lesage, Jean; Harman, Christopher; Wild, Jonathan; Neidhofer, Christoph; Rea, John; Hui, Melissa (Fall) Hui, Melissa (Winter)

  • Students must register for both MUCO 722D1 and MUCO 722D2

  • No credit will be given for this course unless both MUCO 722D1 and MUCO 722D2 are successfully completed in consecutive terms

• MUCO 722D2 Doctoral Composition Tutorial (3 credits)

  Offered by: Music Research (Schulich School of Music)

  Administered by: Graduate Studies

  Overview

  Composition : Individualized guided composition research on an approved topic.

  Terms: Winter 2019

  Instructors: Cherney, Brian; Leroux, Philippe; Ferguson, Sean Alastair; Bouliane, Denys; Lesage, Jean; Harman, Christopher; Wild, Jonathan; Neidhofer, Christoph; Rea, John; Hui, Melissa (Winter)

  • Prerequisite: MUCO 722D1

  • No credit will be given for this course unless both MUCO 722D1 and MUCO 722D2 are successfully completed in consecutive terms

Elective Courses (12 credits)

Four approved 3-credit graduate electives or the equivalent.

Composition Performance

The candidate must present a concert of his/her compositions. With the permission of the Composition Area Committee, the compositions may be presented as parts of two or three concerts, or as a list of national and international performances since the student began his/her residency.