Music: Music Performance MMus; Field: Collaborative Piano

Master of Music Program; 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.

Completion Requirements

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

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

    • MUS4444Y Applied Music I

    • MUS4445Y 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

    • MUS4210H Introduction to Music Analysis

    • MUS4213H Advanced Repertoire for Singers and Pianists I

    • MUS4214H Advanced Repertoire for Singers and Pianists II

    • MUS4502H Collaborative Piano Techniques I

    • MUS4506H Sonata Coaching I

    • 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:

    • MUS4520H Advanced Diction Studies I or

    • MUS4521H Advanced Diction Studies II — Italian or

    • MUS4522H Advanced Diction Studies III.

  • Two recitals, one in each year:

Mode of Delivery: In person
Program Length: 6 sessions full-time (typical registration sequence: FWS-FWS)
Time Limit: 3 years full-time