Music: Music Performance MMus; Field: Piano Pedagogy

Master of Music; Field: Piano Pedagogy

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.

    • MUS4210H Introduction to Music Analysis

    • MUS4444Y Applied Music I.

    • MUS4445Y Applied Music II

    • MUS4270H Piano Pedagogy: Beginning and Intermediate Levels

    • MUS4271H Practicum: Beginning and Intermediate Levels

    • MUS4272H Piano Pedagogy: Advanced and University Levels

    • MUS4273H Practicum: Advanced and University Levels

    • 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

    • 1.0 FCE: electives.

  • Two recitals. With approval, one recital may be replaced by a pedagogy project and presentation.

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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