Master of Music Program; Field: Vocal

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:

  • 4.0 FCEs must include:

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

    • MUS4210H Introduction to Music Analysis

    • MUS4444Y Applied Music I

    • MUS4445Y Applied Music II

    • 0.5 FCE selected from:

      • MUS4600H Performance Practices Before 1800 or MUS4606H Special Topics in Performance Practice;

      • MUS4610H Analysis and Performance: Music of the Eighteenth and Nineteenth Centuries;

      • MUS4615H Analysis and Performance Practices of Twentieth-Century Music

  • 3.0 FCEs: electives chosen from a specified list approved by the department.

• Two recitals. Recitals may include a chamber music component with the approval of the department.

  • MUS6666Y Recital I

  • MUS8888Y Recital II.

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