Music: Music Performance MMus; Field: Vocal Pedagogy

Master of Music; Field: Vocal 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 8.0 full-course equivalents (FCEs) as follows:

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

    • MUS4210H Introduction to Music Analysis

    • 0.5 FCE selected from:

      • MUS4213H Advanced Repertoire for Singers and Pianists I

      • MUS4231H Advanced Vocal Repertoire Study I

    • MUS4240Y Introduction to Voice Pedagogy and Vocology

    • MUS4241Y Advanced Vocal Pedagogy and Vocology

    • MUS4248H Optimizing the Singing Mind

    • MUS4444Y Applied Music I

    • MUS4445Y Applied Music II

    • 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

    • MUS7406H Music Psychology

    • 0.5 FCE: elective chosen from a list of courses approved by the department.

  • Two recitals:

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