Graduate Course Offerings
Graduate courses are offered by faculty in each of the three departments of the Don Wright Faculty of Music, and are listed here according to that department. With the permission of their advisor or advisory committee, graduate students are welcome to take courses in any of the categories listed on this page.
2012-13 Graduate Course Schedule
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- Dept. of Music Education
- Dept. of Performance
- Dept. of Music Research and Composition
- Doctoral Courses and Milestones
Dept. of Music Education Graduate Course Offerings
2011-12 Music Education Graduate Course Schedule
Department of Music Performance Studies Graduate Course offerings
9502 Applied Music. Available at extra fee through the Faculty of Part-time and Continuing Education. No credit or transcript record in degree programs.
9506 Collaborative Musicianship. A course intended to teach the pianist and orchestral instrumentalist the principles of ensemble playing as well as the literature of Solo Instrumental Works and Chamber Music. Designed for students majoring in Piano or Orchestral Instruments in Honors Performance and the Masters in Literature and Performance degree. BY AUDITION.
9507 Contemporary Techniques and Repertoire An introduction to contemporary music from 1945 and after, through preparation and performance of appropriate repertoire in a masterclass setting. This course will incorporate oral presentations involving analysis of performance practice issues along with related artistic and cultural topics. BY AUDITION.
9508 Applied Music for Non-performance Majors. (In programs which allow a full course of Applied Music for credit; audition required.)
9509 Applied Music for Literature and Performance Majors.
9510y Vocal Pedagogy. A systematic study of Voice Technique and how to teach it, surveying the vocal treatises from the earliest roots of bel canto in the 16th century up to the most recent voice science.
9511 Recital. (Degree requirement).
9513 Phonetics for Singers. (Non-credit).
9515 Vocal Repertory With Piano. Survey of the literature for voice and piano, with detailed study and supervised performance of selected works.
9516 Instrumental Seminar I. A study of the major works, styles, genres and performance practices of Instrumental music prior to the Nineteenth century with conductor's analyses of selected works. OFFERED EVERY SECOND YEAR.
9517 Instrumental Seminar II. A study of major works, styles, genres and performance practices of Instrumental music from the Nineteenth century to the present with conductor's analyses of selected works. OFFERED EVERY SECOND YEAR.
9528 Ensemble. Degree requirement; placement by audition. University of Western Ontario Symphony Orchestra, 90-piece orchestra. Dedicated to performing the major orchestral repertoire from the 18th century to the present. Four concerts a year which include programs with the UWO choirs, concerto performances featuring winners of the annual UWO Concerto Competition, and world premieres of major contemporary composers.
9546 Opera Workshop.
9558 Organ and Church Music Literature.
9559 Practicum in Church Music.
9564 Chamber Orchestra. University of Western Ontario Chamber Orchestra, 30-piece chamber orchestra. Fall term consists of two programs of chamber orchestra and chamber music repertoire spanning the last 400 years. Winter term consists of working with UWO's renowned Opera Workshop in fully staged operatic presentations. In addition the UWOCO participates regularly in performances and readings of student compositions.
9565 Chamber Orchestra. See 9564.
9566 Chamber Music.
9567 The Art of Vocal Coaching.
9568 Early Music Studio.
9569 Early Music Studio.
9574 Choral Seminar I. A study of major works, styles and performance practices of choral literature from the Renaissance, Baroque and Classical eras with conductor's analyses of selected works. OFFERED EVERY SECOND YEAR.
9575 Choral Seminar II A study of major works, styles, compositional techniques and developments in Choral repertoire from the 19th century to the present with conductor's analyses of selected works. OFFERED EVERY SECOND YEAR.
9584 Applied Music.
9585 Applied Music.
9588 MMus Graduation Recital.
9590 Thesis.
9593 Seminar in Performance Research I. Exposure to and critical evaluation of a wide range of reference sources for performance research; review of "the canon" from about 1650, concentrating on the historical context and theoretical foundations of representative masterpieces; refinement of formal argumentation and writing skills. OFFERED YEARLY.
9594 Contemporary issues in performance practice, the nature and reception of musical works and the nature and history of performance itself. Includes extensive readings and discussions on selected general topics, and more focused seminar presentations. OFFERED YEARLY.
9595 Seminar in Performance Research III. Directed study to prepare a lecture-recital of 30-45 minutes' duration, which will be presented publicly. OFFERED YEARLY.
Dept. of Music Research and Composition Graduate Course Offerings
9530 Bibliography and Research Techniques. (Non-credit). Review and survey of selected problems in musicological research.
9534 Music Notation. Selected problems in semiotics, historical and contemporary.
9535 Special Topics.
9536 Medieval Music. Selected problems in aesthetics, analysis, codicology and typology of the 9th through the 15th centuries.
9537 Renaissance Music. Selected problems in aesthetics, analysis, codicology and typology of the 15th and 16th centuries.
9538 Baroque Music. Selected problems in aesthetics, analysis, codicology and typology of the 17th and 18th centuries.
9540 Classical Music. Selected problems in aesthetics, analysis, and typology of the period ca. 1750-1800.
9541 Music in the Romantic Era. Selected problems in aesthetics, analysis and typology of the period ca. 1775 to 1900.
9542 Contemporary Music. Selected problems in aesthetics and analysis.
9543 Topics in Popular Music
9544 Performance Practices. Documentary and organological methods in the solution of selected problems of the 19th century and earlier.
9547 Selected Composer Study.
9549 Concerted Vocal Music and Song.
9550 Opera. Study of selected staged dramatic works from the 17th to 20th centuries.
9552 Liturgical Music. Selected problems in aesthetics, analysis, codicology and typology; the interaction of music and ceremony.
9554 Instrumental Music. Selected organological and typological problems.
9557 Canadian Music. Selected problems in aesthetics, analysis and sociology.
9590 MA Thesis.
9501 Theory Review for Graduates (Non-credit).
9512 Advanced Orchestration.
9518 Composition.
9520 Studies in Transformational Theory.
9521 Resources and Current Areas of Research in Music Theory.
9522 Selected Composer Study.
9523 Special Topics in Composition or Theory.
9524 Directed Study in Music Theory.
9525 Renaissance Counterpoint.
9526 Schenkerian Analysis: Small Forms.
9527 Advanced Schenkerian Analysis.
9529 Baroque Fugue.
9532 Seminar in Computer Applications in Music.
9533 Electroacoustic Composition and Performance.
9551 Philosophies of Living Composers.
9556 Studies in Contemporary Repertoire.
9560 History of Theory I.
9561 History of Theory II.
9562 History of Theory III.
9582 Aesthetics of Music.
9590 MMus Thesis.
Doctoral Courses and Milestones
9600 Written Comprehensive and Oral Examination.
9602 Area Examination.
9620 Directed Research.
9621 Directed Research.
9690 PhD Thesis.
9692 Language Requirement (If Required)
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