Music: Music Performance MMus; Field: Music Technology and Digital Media

Master of Music Program; Field: Music Technology and Digital Media

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.

  • Applicants must submit a portfolio (for example, scores, recordings, multimedia creations) that demonstrates at least two of the following:

    • knowledge of computer applications in music;

    • competency in music performance or composition (acoustic or digital);

    • released body of musical works/recordings as composer, sound engineer, or producer.

  • Selected applicants must pass an audition and interview.

  • 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:

    • Year 1 (3.5 FCEs)

      • MUS3610H Music Entrepreneurship: Music and Cities

      • MUS3611H Creative Applications of Technology I

      • MUS3612H Creative Applications of Technology II

      • MUS3614H Sound Recording I

      • MUS3615H Sound Recording II

      • 1.0 elective FCE:

        • 0.5 FCE selected from Music Technology and Digital Media and

        • 0.5 FCE selected from any of the Faculty of Music graduate courses.

    • Year 2 (3.5 FCEs)

      • JDM3619H Digital Media Distribution

      • 2.0 FCEs: electives selected from an approved department list, or from another graduate unit, with permission.

      • MUS3666Y Music Technology and Digital Media Major Project, completed in Year 2, consisting of a new musical composition or version recorded, mixed, produced, and mastered, integrating at least two media such as electronic and acoustic, music for picture, or live performance with multimedia.

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

 

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