Music: Music Performance MMus; Field: Collaborative Piano

Master of Music (Field: Collaborative Piano)

Minimum Admission Requirements

  • Applicants are admitted under the General Regulations of the School of Graduate Studies. Applicants must also satisfy the Faculty of Music's additional admission requirements stated below.

  • Applicants to the MMus program must hold a Bachelor of Music degree in the area of specialization from the University of Toronto with an average standing of mid-B or better over the final two years or an equivalent program and standing from another recognized university.

  • Selected applicants must pass an audition.

  • Two letters of reference commenting on the applicant's music performance ability, academic ability, and professional promise.

Program Requirements

  • Coursework. Students must complete 7.0 full-course equivalents (FCEs) as follows:

    • 1.0 FCE: MUS4200Y Critical Approaches to Music History, normally taken in Year 1

    • 1.0 FCE: MUS4444Y0 Applied Music I

    • 1.0 FCE: MUS4445Y0 Applied Music II

    • 0.5 FCE selected from

      • MUS4600H Performance Practices Before 1800

      • MUS4610H Analysis and Performance: Music of the Eighteenth and Nineteenth Centuries

      • MUS4615H Analysis and Performance Practices of Twentieth-Century Music

    • 0.5 FCE: MUS4210H Introduction to Music Analysis

    • 0.5 FCE: MUS4213H Advanced Repertoire for Singers and Pianists I

    • 0.5 FCE: MUS4214H Advanced Repertoire for Singers and Pianists II

    • 0.5 FCE: MUS4502H Collaborative Piano Techniques I

    • 0.5 FCE: MUS4506H Sonata Coaching I

    • 0.5 FCE: MUS4508H Collaborative Piano Techniques II or MUS4509H Collaborative Piano Techniques II Vocal

    • 0.5 FCE: elective.

  • Based on the outcome of preliminary consultations with the department, students may be required to take:

    • 0.5 FCE: MUS4520H Advanced Diction Studies I or

    • 0.5 FCE: MUS4521H Advanced Diction Studies II — Italian or

    • 0.5 FCE: MUS4522H Advanced Diction Studies III.

  • Two recitals, one in each year:

    • 1.0 FCE: MUS6666Y0 Recital I

    • 1.0 FCE: MUS8888Y0 Recital II.

Program Length

6 sessions full-time (typical registration sequence: F/W/S/F/W/S)

Time Limit

3 years full-time

0 Course that may continue over a program. The course is graded when completed.