ObjectivesThe B.Mus. (Honours) degree is an intensive program intended for those who wish to pursue a career in performance-related aspects of music. It is the only degree in which individual performance instruction is offered.
1. Credits Included in the Major CGPA (13.0 credits):
1. Performance: 3.0 credits in MUSI 1900, MUSI 1901, MUSI 2900, MUSI 2901, MUSI 3900, MUSI 3901;
2. Music Theory:
1. 2.5 credits in MUSI 1701, MUSI 1702, MUSI 2700, MUSI 2701, MUSI 2702;
2. 0.5 credit from MUSI 3700, MUSI 3701, MUSI 4700 or MUSI 4701;
3. Music History and Musicology:
1. 1.5 credit in MUSI 1000, MUSI 1001, MUSI 1002;
2. 1.0 credit in Music History and Musicology at the 2000-level;
3. 1.0 credit in Music History and Musicology at the 3000-level;
4. 0.5 credit from one of the following Canadian music courses: MUSI 3103, MUSI 3104, MUSI 4103, MUSI 4104;
5. Choice:
1. 1.0 credit in MUSI at the 2000-level;
2. 1.0 credit in MUSI at the 3000-level;
3. 1.5 credits in MUSI at the 4000-level;
2. Credits Not Included in the Major CGPA (7.0 credits):
6. 7.0 credits in free electives;
3. Additional Non-Credit Requirements:
7. Satisfactory performance in eight Ensemble courses (see list in Course Categories, above). Note: For Item 7 above, it is strongly recommended that, as a minimum, B. Mus. students enroll in the same group (i.e. Choral Ensemble or Instrumental Ensemble) for at least three out of four years.
MUSI 1000 - Introduction to the Study of Music
MUSI 1001 - A History of Western Classical Music: Medieval to the Present
MUSI 1002 - Issues in Popular Music
MUSI 1106 - Elementary Materials of Music I
MUSI 1107 - Elementary Materials of Music II
MUSI 1701 - Theoretical Studies I
MUSI 1702 - Theoretical Studies II
MUSI 1900 - Performance I
MUSI 1901 - Performance II
MUSI 1912 - Choral Ensemble I
MUSI 1913 - Choral Ensemble II
MUSI 1914 - Instrumental Ensemble I
MUSI 1915 - Instrumental Ensemble II
MUSI 2005 - Introduction to Jazz History
MUSI 2006 - Popular Musics before 1945
MUSI 2007 - Popular Musics after 1945
MUSI 2008 - An Introduction to Ethnomusicology
MUSI 2009 - Music of Asia
MUSI 2100 - Music in the Middle Ages
MUSI 2101 - Music in the Renaissance
MUSI 2102 - Music in the Baroque Era
MUSI 2103 - Music in the Classical Era
MUSI 2104 - Music in the Romantic Era
MUSI 2105 - Twentieth-Century Music to World War II
MUSI 2106 - Music Since World War II
MUSI 2601 - Introduction to Instrumentation
MUSI 2602 - Introduction to Composition
MUSI 2605 - Choral Conducting
MUSI 2700 - Theoretical Studies III: Common Practice
MUSI 2701 - Theoretical Studies IV: Popular Music Practice
MUSI 2702 - Theoretical Studies V: Aural Training
MUSI 2703 - Theoretical Studies VI: Practical Skills
MUSI 2900 - Performance III
MUSI 2901 - Performance IV
MUSI 2912 - Choral Ensemble III
MUSI 2913 - Choral Ensemble IV
MUSI 2914 - Instrumental Ensemble III
MUSI 2915 - Instrumental Ensemble IV
MUSI 3102 - Music in the United States in the Twentieth Century
MUSI 3103 - Aspects of Canadian Musical Heritage
MUSI 3104 - Popular Musics of Canada
MUSI 3106 - Popular Musics of the World
MUSI 3107 - Classical Indian Music I
MUSI 3302 - Music and Gender I
MUSI 3400 - A History of Opera before 1800
MUSI 3401 - A History of Opera from 1800 to 1945
MUSI 3402 - Film Music
MUSI 3403 - Music Industries
MUSI 3404 - Music, the Law and Morality
MUSI 3600 - Composition I
MUSI 3603 - Computer Music Techniques
MUSI 3604 - Computer Music Projects
MUSI 3700 - Theoretical Studies VII: Seminar in Theory Topics
MUSI 3701 - Theoretical Studies VIII: Jazz Styles and Structures
MUSI 3900 - Performance V
MUSI 3901 - Performance VI
MUSI 3912 - Choral Ensemble V
MUSI 3913 - Choral Ensemble VI
MUSI 3914 - Instrumental Ensemble V
MUSI 3915 - Instrumental Ensemble VI
MUSI 4006 - Issues in the Study of Popular Music
MUSI 4103 - Ethnomusicology of Canadian Traditions
MUSI 4104 - Musics of Canada's First Peoples
MUSI 4107 - Classical Indian Music II
MUSI 4109 - Specialized Studies
MUSI 4200 - Special Topics
MUSI 4201 - Special Topics
MUSI 4205 - Specialized Studies
MUSI 4206 - Specialized Studies
MUSI 4209 - Specialized Studies
MUSI 4300 - Notation of Medieval and Renaissance Music
MUSI 4303 - Music and Gender II
MUSI 4600 - Composition II
MUSI 4700 - Theoretical Studies IX: Seminar in Theory Topics
MUSI 4701 - Theoretical Studies X: Jazz Styles and Structures