Master of Music (Field: Conducting)
Minimum Admission Requirements
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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.
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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.
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Selected applicants must pass an audition.
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Two letters of reference commenting on the applicant's music performance ability, academic ability, and professional promise.
Program Requirements
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Coursework. Students in choral conducting must complete a total of 8.0 full-course equivalents (FCEs). Students in orchestral conducting and wind ensemble conducting must complete 7.0 FCEs.
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1.0 FCE: MUS4200Y Critical Approaches to Music History, normally taken in Year 1.
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0.5 FCE selected from:
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MUS4600H Performance Practices Before 1800 or MUS4606H Special Topics in Performance Practice
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MUS4610H Analysis and Performance: Music of the Eighteenth and Nineteenth Centuries
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MUS4615H Analysis and Performance Practices of Twentieth-Century Music
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0.5 FCE: MUS4210H Introduction to Music Analysis
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1.0 FCE: MUS4444Y0 Applied Music I
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1.0 FCE: MUS4445Y0 Applied Music II
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Students in choral conducting must also complete 4.0 FCEs as follows:
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0.5 FCE: MUS4220H Orchestral Conducting I
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0.5 FCE: MUS4223H Choral Conducting I
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0.5 FCE: MUS4224H Choral Conducting II
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1.0 FCE: MUS4225Y Advanced Choral Conducting
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1.0 FCE: MUS4230Y Vocal-Choral Pedagogy for Conductors
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0.5 FCE: MUS4700H Major Ensemble I (choral).
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Students in orchestral conducting must also complete 3.0 FCEs as follows:
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0.5 FCE: MUS4220H Orchestral Conducting I
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0.5 FCE: MUS4221H Orchestral Conducting II
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1.0 FCE: MUS4222Y Advanced Orchestral Conducting
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0.5 FCE: MUS4223H Choral Conducting I
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0.5 FCE: elective
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Students in wind ensemble conducting must also complete 3.0 FCEs as follows:
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0.5 FCE: MUS2203H Development of the Wind Band
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0.5 FCE: MUS4226H Wind Ensemble Conducting I
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0.5 FCE: MUS4227H Wind Ensemble Conducting II
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0.5 FCE: MUS4228H Advanced Wind Conducting I
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0.5 FCE: MUS4229H Advanced Wind Conducting II
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0.5 FCE: elective
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Two recitals, one in each year:
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1.0 FCE: MUS6666Y0 Recital I
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1.0 FCE: MUS8888Y0 Recital II.
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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.