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

Master of Music (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.

Program Requirements

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

    • Year 1 (3.5 FCEs)

      • 0.5 FCE: MUS3610H Music Entrepreneurship: Music and Cities

      • 0.5 FCE: MUS3611H Creative Applications of Technology I

      • 0.5 FCE: MUS3612H Creative Applications of Technology II

      • 0.5 FCE: MUS3614H Sound Recording I

      • 0.5 FCE: 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)

      • 0.5 FCE: JDM3619H Digital Media Distribution (Credit/No Credit)

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

      • 1.0 FCE: MUS3666Y0 Music Technology and Digital Media Major Project (Credit/No Credit), 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.

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. Credit is given when the course is completed.