School for Studies in Art and Culture
(Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences)
A911 Loeb Bldg.
613-520-5770
http://carleton.ca/ssac/music
This section presents the requirements for programs in:
- Music - B.Mus. Honours
- Music - B.A. Honours
- Music - B.A. Combined Honours
- Music - B.A. General
- Minor in Music
Graduation Requirements
In addition to the program requirements listed below, students must satisfy:
- the University regulations, including the process of Academic Performance Evaluation (see the Academic Regulations of the University section of this Calendar),
- in the case of B.A. programs, the common regulations applying to all B.A. students including those relating to First-Year Seminars and Breadth Requirements (see the Academic Regulations for the Bachelor of Arts Degree ).
Students should consult the School when planning their program and selecting courses.
Course Categories for Music Programs
Music History and Musicology
MUSI 1000 [0.5] | Introduction to the Study of Music | |
MUSI 1001 [0.5] | A History of Western Classical Music: Medieval to the Present | |
MUSI 1002 [0.5] | Issues in Popular Music | |
MUSI 2005 [0.5] | Introduction to Jazz History | |
MUSI 2006 [0.5] | Popular Musics before 1945 | |
MUSI 2007 [0.5] | Popular Musics after 1945 | |
MUSI 2008 [0.5] | Music of the World's Peoples | |
MUSI 2009 [0.5] | Music of Asia | |
MUSI 2100 [0.5] | Music in the Middle Ages | |
MUSI 2101 [0.5] | Music in the Renaissance | |
MUSI 2102 [0.5] | Music in the Baroque Era | |
MUSI 2103 [0.5] | Music in the Classical Era | |
MUSI 2104 [0.5] | Music in the Romantic Era | |
MUSI 2105 [0.5] | Twentieth-Century Music to World War II | |
MUSI 2106 [0.5] | Music Since World War II | |
MUSI 3102 [0.5] | Music in the United States in the Twentieth Century | |
MUSI 3103 [0.5] | Canadian Music | |
MUSI 3104 [0.5] | Popular Musics of Canada | |
MUSI 3106 [0.5] | Popular Musics of the World | |
MUSI 3302 [0.5] | Music and Gender I | |
MUSI 3400 [0.5] | A History of Opera before 1800 | |
MUSI 3401 [0.5] | A History of Opera from 1800 to 1945 | |
MUSI 3402 [0.5] | Film Music | |
MUSI 3403 [0.5] | Music Industries | |
MUSI 4006 [0.5] | Issues in the Study of Popular Music | |
MUSI 4103 [0.5] | Ethnomusicology of Canadian Traditions | |
MUSI 4104 [0.5] | Musics of Canada's First Peoples | |
MUSI 4303 [0.5] | Music and Gender II | |
MUSI 4908 [1.0] | Honours Essay in Musicology |
Theory and Composition
MUSI 1107 [0.5] | Elementary Materials of Music | |
MUSI 1701 [0.5] | Theoretical Studies: Common Practice I | |
MUSI 2601 [0.5] | Introduction to Instrumentation | |
MUSI 2602 [0.5] | Composition I | |
MUSI 2700 [0.5] | Theoretical Studies: Common Practice II | |
MUSI 2701 [0.5] | Theoretical Studies: Popular Music Practice | |
MUSI 2703 [0.5] | Theoretical Studies VI: Practical Skills | |
MUSI 3700 [0.5] | Theoretical Studies: Seminar in Theory and Analysis | |
MUSI 3701 [0.5] | Theoretical Studies: Jazz Styles and Structures | |
MUSI 4700 [0.5] | Theoretical Studies: Advanced Seminar in Theory and Analysis | |
MUSI 4701 [0.5] | Theoretical Studies: Advanced Jazz Theory | |
MUSI 4906 [1.0] | Honours Portfolio in Composition |
Performance
Performance | ||
MUSI 1900 [0.5] | Performance I | |
MUSI 1901 [0.5] | Performance II | |
MUSI 2900 [0.5] | Performance III | |
MUSI 2901 [0.5] | Performance IV | |
MUSI 3900 [0.5] | Performance V | |
MUSI 3901 [0.5] | Performance VI | |
MUSI 4900 [1.0] | Performance VII | |
MUSI 4907 [1.0] | Graduating Recital |
Ensemble
These courses are graded Sat/Uns.
MUSI 1912 [0.0] | Choral Ensemble I | |
MUSI 1913 [0.0] | Choral Ensemble II | |
MUSI 1914 [0.0] | Instrumental Ensemble I | |
MUSI 1915 [0.0] | Instrumental Ensemble II | |
MUSI 2912 [0.0] | Choral Ensemble III | |
MUSI 2913 [0.0] | Choral Ensemble IV | |
MUSI 2914 [0.0] | Instrumental Ensemble III | |
MUSI 2915 [0.0] | Instrumental Ensemble IV | |
MUSI 3912 [0.0] | Choral Ensemble V | |
MUSI 3913 [0.0] | Choral Ensemble VI | |
MUSI 3914 [0.0] | Instrumental Ensemble V | |
MUSI 3915 [0.0] | Instrumental Ensemble VI | |
MUSI 4912 [0.0] | Choral Ensemble VII | |
MUSI 4913 [0.0] | Choral Ensemble VIII | |
MUSI 4914 [0.0] | Instrumental Ensemble VII | |
MUSI 4915 [0.0] | Instrumental Ensemble VIII |
Practicum Courses
MUSI 4800 [0.5] | Practicum in Music | |
MUSI 4801 [0.5] | Practicum in Music |
Special Topics
MUSI 4109 [1.0] | Specialized Studies | |
MUSI 4200 [0.5] | Special Topics | |
MUSI 4201 [0.5] | Special Topics | |
MUSI 4205 [0.5] | Specialized Studies | |
MUSI 4206 [0.5] | Specialized Studies | |
MUSI 4209 [1.0] | Specialized Studies | |
MUSI 3604 [0.5] | Computer Music Projects |
Sonic Design
MUSI 4909 [1.0] | Portfolio in New Media | |
MUSI 3603 [0.5] | Computer Music Techniques | |
MUSI 3604 [0.5] | Computer Music Projects |
Prohibited and Restricted Courses
Performance courses are open only to students in the B.Mus. program. All ensemble (choir, jazz, early music, Indian classical music, chamber music, etc.) courses are open (without credit) to members of the public.
Academic Performance Evaluation
Academic Performance Evaluation for students in the B.Mus. degree is applied as follows:
- The minimum requirements for Good Standing are:
- If at most 15.0 credits are included in the Overall CGPA, the Major CGPA must be at least 6.00 and the Overall CGPA must be at least 5.00.
- If more than 15.0 credits are included in the Overall CGPA, the Major CGPA must be at least 6.50 and the Overall CGPA must be at least 5.00.
Program Requirements
Music
B.Mus. Honours (20.0 credits)
A. Credits Included in the Major CGPA (14.5 credits) | ||
1. Performance: 3.0 credits in: | 3.0 | |
MUSI 1900 [0.5] | Performance I | |
MUSI 1901 [0.5] | Performance II | |
MUSI 2900 [0.5] | Performance III | |
MUSI 2901 [0.5] | Performance IV | |
MUSI 3900 [0.5] | Performance V | |
MUSI 3901 [0.5] | Performance VI | |
2. Music Theory: | ||
a. 4.0 credits in: | 4.0 | |
MUSI 1700 [0.5] | Theoretical Studies: Foundations of Music Theory | |
MUSI 1701 [0.5] | Theoretical Studies: Common Practice I | |
MUSI 1710 [0.5] | Theoretical Studies: Aural Training I | |
MUSI 1711 [0.5] | Theoretical Studies: Applied Rhythmic Training I | |
MUSI 2700 [0.5] | Theoretical Studies: Common Practice II | |
MUSI 2701 [0.5] | Theoretical Studies: Popular Music Practice | |
MUSI 2710 [0.5] | Theoretical Studies: Aural Training II | |
MUSI 2711 [0.5] | Theoretical Studies: Applied Rhythmic Training II | |
b. 0.5 credit from: | 0.5 | |
MUSI 3700 [0.5] | Theoretical Studies: Seminar in Theory and Analysis | |
MUSI 3701 [0.5] | Theoretical Studies: Jazz Styles and Structures | |
MUSI 4700 [0.5] | Theoretical Studies: Advanced Seminar in Theory and Analysis | |
MUSI 4701 [0.5] | Theoretical Studies: Advanced Jazz Theory | |
3. Music History and Musicology: | ||
a. 1.5 credit in: | 1.5 | |
MUSI 1000 [0.5] | Introduction to the Study of Music | |
MUSI 1001 [0.5] | A History of Western Classical Music: Medieval to the Present | |
MUSI 1002 [0.5] | Issues in Popular Music | |
b. 1.0 credit in Music History and Musicology at the 2000-level | 1.0 | |
c. 0.5 credit from on of the following Canadian music courses: | 0.5 | |
MUSI 3103 [0.5] | Canadian Music | |
MUSI 3104 [0.5] | Popular Musics of Canada | |
MUSI 4103 [0.5] | Ethnomusicology of Canadian Traditions | |
MUSI 4104 [0.5] | Musics of Canada's First Peoples | |
d. 0.5 credit in Music History and Musicology at the 3000-level | 0.5 | |
4. 3.5 credits in MUSI, satisfying: | 3.5 | |
a. 1.0 credit in MUSI at the 2000-level | ||
b. 1.0 credit in MUSI at the 3000-level | ||
c. 1.5 credit in MUSI at the 4000-level | ||
B. Credits Not Included in the Major CGPA (5.5 credits) | ||
5. 3.0 credits not in MUSI, not cross-listed with MUSI | 3.0 | |
6. 2.5 credits in free electives | 2.5 | |
C. Additional Non-Credit Requirements | ||
7. Satisfactory performance in one full year (two consecutive terms) of Choir. It is strongly recommended that students fulfil this requirement by participating in MUSI 1912 and MUSI 1913 in their first year of B.Mus study. | ||
8. Satisfactory performance in six further Ensemble courses, which may be fulfilled by further choir participation or by some other ensemble (see list in Course Categories, above). | ||
Total Credits | 20.0 |
Music
B.A. Honours (20.0 credits)
A. Credits Included in the Major CGPA (10.0 credits) | ||
1. 1.0 credit from: | 1.0 | |
MUSI 1000 [0.5] | Introduction to the Study of Music | |
MUSI 1001 [0.5] | A History of Western Classical Music: Medieval to the Present | |
MUSI 1002 [0.5] | Issues in Popular Music | |
2. 1.0 credit in Music History and Musicology at the 2000-level | 1.0 | |
3. 1.0 credit in Music History and Musicology at the 3000-level | 1.0 | |
4. 2.0 credits in MUSI at the 2000-level | 2.0 | |
5. 2.0 credits in MUSI at the 3000-level | 2.0 | |
6. 2.0 credits in MUSI at the 4000-level | 2.0 | |
7. 1.0 credit in MUSI | 1.0 | |
B. Credits Not Included in the Major CGPA (10.0 credits) | ||
8. 8.0 credits in electives not in MUSI | 8.0 | |
9. 2.0 credits in free electives | 2.0 | |
Total Credits | 20.0 |
Music
B.A. Combined Honours (20.0 credits)
A. Credits Included in the Major CGPA (7.0 credits) | ||
1. 1.0 credit from: | 1.0 | |
MUSI 1000 [0.5] | Introduction to the Study of Music | |
MUSI 1001 [0.5] | A History of Western Classical Music: Medieval to the Present | |
MUSI 1002 [0.5] | Issues in Popular Music | |
2. 2.0 credits in MUSI at the 2000-level | 2.0 | |
3. 2.0 credits in MUSI at the 3000-level | 2.0 | |
4. 1.0 credit in MUSI at the 4000-level | 1.0 | |
5. 1.0 credit in MUSI | 1.0 | |
B. Additional Requirements (13.0 credits) | 13.0 | |
6. The requirements from the other discipline must be satisfied | ||
7. 5.0 credits in electives not in MUSI or the other discipline | ||
8. Sufficient free electives to make 20.0 credits total for the program | ||
Total Credits | 20.0 |
Music
B.A. General (15.0 credits)
A. Credits Included in the Major CGPA (7.0 credits) | ||
1. 1.0 credits from: | 1.0 | |
MUSI 1000 [0.5] | Introduction to the Study of Music | |
MUSI 1001 [0.5] | A History of Western Classical Music: Medieval to the Present | |
MUSI 1002 [0.5] | Issues in Popular Music | |
2. 1.0 credit in Music History and Musicology at the 2000-level | 1.0 | |
3. 2.0 credits in MUSI at the 2000-level | 2.0 | |
4. 2.0 credits in MUSI at the 3000-level | 2.0 | |
5. 1.0 credit in Music | 1.0 | |
B. Credits Not Included in the Major CGPA (8.0 credits) | ||
6. 7.0 credits in electives not in MUSI | 7.0 | |
7. 1.0 credit in free electives | 1.0 | |
Total Credits | 15.0 |
Minor in Music (4.0 credits)
Open to all undergraduate degree students not in Music programs.
Requirements | ||
1. 1.0 credit in: | 1.0 | |
MUSI 1001 [0.5] | A History of Western Classical Music: Medieval to the Present | |
MUSI 1002 [0.5] | Issues in Popular Music | |
2. 1.0 credit in MUSI at the 2000-level | 1.0 | |
3. 1.0 credit in MUSI at the 3000-level | 1.0 | |
4. 1.0 credit in MUSI | 1.0 | |
5. The remaining requirements of the major discipline(s) and degree must be satisfied. | ||
Total Credits | 4.0 |
Music (MUSI) Courses
School of Art and Culture
Faculty of Arts & Social Sciences
Introduction to the Study of Music
Introduction to issues and methods in the study of music. Development of writing and research skills; methodological approaches in all academic areas of music (historical musicology, ethnomusicology, popular music studies, music theory).
Lectures three hours a week.
A History of Western Classical Music: Medieval to the Present
Western classical music from the medieval period to the present. Major historical periods (Medieval, Renaissance, Baroque, Classical, Romantic, Modern, Postmodern) are examined through representative music ranging from Gregorian chant to contemporary experimental trends.
Issues in Popular Music
History of world popular music from the 19th century until the present. Topics may include the growth of the music industry, the impact of technology, stardom, world music, the role of the press, copyright, censorship, and sexuality.
Elementary Materials of Music
An introduction to the rudiments of music and aural training. Successful completion of this course will fulfil the prerequisite for entry into MUSI 1701. Not available to B.Mus. students for credit.
Theoretical Studies: Foundations of Music Theory
An introduction to the organizational principles underlying tonal music including intervals, scales, rhythm, metre, chords, counterpoint, form, cadences, and harmonic progressions.
Lectures three hours a week.
Theoretical Studies: Common Practice I
A study of the harmonic, melodic, rhythmic and formal structures of music of the common-practice period, with emphasis on the development of analytical and written skills of diatonic music.
Theoretical Studies: Aural Training I
A study of ear training, sight singing, and basic keyboard skills in relation to classical and popular musics, with emphasis on melodic, harmonic, and formal structures.
Lectures one and a half hours a week, full-year.
Theoretical Studies: Applied Rhythmic Training I
A study of the rhythm of selected classical, popular, and world musics, with emphasis on applied performance, movement, and dictation.
Lectures one and a half hours a week, full year.
Performance I
Individual vocal or instrumental instruction in classical, traditional or popular idioms.
Individual tuition ten hours a term.
Performance II
Individual vocal or instrumental instruction in classical, traditional or popular idioms.
Choral Ensemble I
Participation in a choral ensemble, by arrangement with the Supervisor of Performance and Practical Studies. Registration, but not participation, is restricted to students in the B.Mus. program. Graded Sat/Uns.
Ensemble work approximately two hours a week throughout either the fall or winter term and participation in concerts.
Choral Ensemble II
A continuation of MUSI 1912. Registration, but not participation, is restricted to students in the B.Mus. program. Graded Sat/Uns.
Ensemble work approximately two hours a week throughout either the fall or winter term and participation in concerts.
Instrumental Ensemble I
Participation in an instrumental ensemble, by arrangement with the Supervisor of Performance and Practical Studies. Registration, but not participation, is restricted to students in the B.Mus. program. Graded Sat/Uns.
Ensemble work approximately two hours a week throughout either the fall or winter term and participation in concerts.
Instrumental Ensemble II
A continuation of MUSI 1914. Registration, but not participation, is restricted to students in the B.Mus. program. Graded Sat/Uns.
Ensemble work approximately two hours a week throughout either the fall or winter term and participation in concerts.
Introduction to Jazz History
A survey of ragtime and jazz from their roots in pre-twentieth-century black music and white music to contemporary jazz idioms, including an examination of New Orleans jazz and Dixieland, swing, bebop, cool jazz, and free jazz.
Prerequisite(s): second-year standing.
Lectures three hours a week.
Popular Musics before 1945
Selected aspects of the development of Anglo-American popular musics from their roots in the nineteenth century until the shifts and tensions which led to the advent of rock `n' roll and soul in the 1950s. Genres to be examined include blues, country, the sentimental ballad, and Broadway music.
Prerequisite(s): second-year standing.
Lectures three hours a week.
Popular Musics after 1945
Selected aspects of the development of Anglo-American and world popular musics from the advent of rock `n' roll and soul to the present. Early rock `n' roll, British rhythm `n' blues, Motown, West Coast music, punk, heavy metal, new wave, disco and country.
Prerequisite(s): second-year standing.
Lectures three hours a week.
Music of the World's Peoples
A survey of musical traditions from various regions of the world, with an emphasis on the sociocultural contexts in which those musics are created and performed.
Prerequisite(s): second-year standing.
Lectures three hours a week.
Music of Asia
A comparative and analytical study of music in Asia, including India, China, Korea, Indonesia, Japan, and the Arabic world, through an examination of the music, musical instruments and theoretical systems.
Prerequisite(s): second-year standing.
Lectures three hours a week.
Music in the Middle Ages
A survey of music in its courtly, national and ecclesiastical contexts from the fourth to the fifteenth centuries, including the study of secular monophony, medieval polyphony and liturgical music.
Prerequisite(s): second-year standing.
Lectures three hours a week.
Music in the Renaissance
A survey of music from 1400 to 1650, including works from the Burgundian and Flemish schools, French chanson, sacred Latin music, Italian and Elizabethan madrigal, and dance music. Transitions from the renaissance to baroque style.
Prerequisite(s): second-year standing.
Lectures three hours a week.
Music in the Baroque Era
A survey of the major genres and composers in the period 1600 to 1750. Instrumental music, oratorio, motet, cantata, sonata, concerto, and opera genres. Monteverdi, Schütz, Lully, Couperin, Rameau, Vivaldi, Bach, and Handel.
Prerequisite(s): second-year standing.
Lectures three hours a week.
Music in the Classical Era
European music from the early 18th century to the beginning of Romanticism. The evolution of the Classical style in important works of composers from the 1720s and the Viennese school of Haydn, Mozart, and Beethoven.
Prerequisite(s): second-year standing.
Lectures three hours a week.
Music in the Romantic Era
European classical music from c.1790 to c.1910. Important genres (art song, symphony, opera, etc.); individual and national styles in the context of the socio-political climate of the period.
Prerequisite(s): second-year standing.
Lectures three hours a week.
Twentieth-Century Music to World War II
A survey of European classical music from c. 1890 to c. 1945. Idioms to be examined in the socio-political climate of the period include Debussyan impressionism, Viennese expressionism, nationalism, and Stravinskyan neoclassicism.
Prerequisite(s): second-year standing.
Lectures three hours a week.
Music Since World War II
Selected aspects of the musical avant-garde in the Western classical tradition in the socio-political climate of the post-War period. Serialism, colouristic and textural composition, music of political commitment, electronic music, musical theatre, process music and the music of chance.
Prerequisite(s): second-year standing.
Lectures three hours a week.
Introduction to Instrumentation
Introduction to the fundamentals of effective and professional arranging. All aspects of the various instruments of the orchestra and matters having to do with the practicalities of orchestration for both small and large ensembles, and accepted professional standards of score presentation.
Composition I
Introduction to theories and technicalities involved in original creative writing through the preparation of individual assignments; based in the practice of recent music in the Western Classical tradition while allowing for the music of other Western styles and traditions to be addressed.
Lectures and workshops three hours a week.
Survey of Computer Music Applications
Introduction to various applications commonly used in the production of computer music.
Prerequisite(s): enrolment in one of the programs of the School for Studies in Art & Culture or permission of the instructor.
Lectures and studio demonstrations three hours a week.
Choral Conducting
Introduction to the special stylistic features of choral music from the Renaissance to the present as well as to a variety of practical techniques (vocal production, gesture, conducting patterns, diction, etc.).
Lectures three hours a week.
Theoretical Studies: Common Practice II
A continuation of the study of the harmonic, melodic, rhythmic and formal structures of music of the common-practice period and early twentieth century, with emphasis on chromaticism and the development of analytical and written skills.
Lectures three hours a week.
Theoretical Studies: Popular Music Practice
A study of the rhythmic, melodic, harmonic and formal structures of popular musics.
Lectures three hours a week.
Theoretical Studies VI: Practical Skills
A practical study of rhythm, harmony and melody on the keyboard, with an emphasis on vocal and instrumental accompaniment and the development of improvisation skills in a variety of styles.
Labs three hours a week.
Theoretical Studies: Aural Training II
A continuation of the study of ear training, sight singing, and basic keyboard skills in relation to classical and popular musics, with emphasis on melodic, harmonic, and formal structures.
Theoretical Studies: Applied Rhythmic Training II
A continuation of the study of the rhythm of common-practice and world musics, with emphasis on applied performance, movement, and dictation.
Performance III
A continuation of MUSI 1901.
Individual tuition ten hours a term.
Performance IV
A continuation of MUSI 2900.
Individual tuition ten hours a term.
Choral Ensemble III
A continuation of MUSI 1913. Registration, but not participation, is restricted to students in the B.Mus. program. Graded Sat/Uns.
Ensemble work approximately two hours a week throughout either the fall or winter term and participation in concerts.
Choral Ensemble IV
A continuation of MUSI 2912. Registration, but not participation, is restricted to students in the B.Mus. program. Graded Sat/Uns.
Ensemble work approximately two hours a week throughout either the fall or winter term and participation in concerts.
Instrumental Ensemble III
A continuation of MUSI 1915. Registration, but not participation, is restricted to students in the B.Mus. program. Graded Sat/Uns.
Ensemble work approximately two hours a week through either the fall or winter term, and participation in concerts.
Instrumental Ensemble IV
A continuation of MUSI 2914. Registration, but not participation, is restricted to students in the B.Mus. program. Graded Sat/Uns.
Ensemble work approximately two hours a week throughout either the fall or winter term and participation in concerts.
Music in the United States in the Twentieth Century
A survey of contemporary American music. Topics include: Ives and the experimental tradition; Copland, Thomson, Harris and the American nationalists; the neoromantics; Gershwin and the third stream; and post-1945 developments in indeterminacy and minimalism.
Prerequisite(s): second-year standing.
Lectures three hours a week.
Canadian Music
An examination of various issues related to the study of music in Canada and by Canadians, and an examination of various genres of Canadian music, including art music, folk music, popular music, First Peoples music and music of various immigrant groups.
Prerequisite(s): second-year standing.
Lectures three hours a week.
Popular Musics of Canada
A survey of popular musics in Canada from early colonial times to the present. The course will consider a wide range of musical styles and genres, along with related cultural and historical issues.
Prerequisite(s): second-year standing.
Lectures three hours a week.
Popular Musics of the World
Popular musics of the world, including those of Africa, Asia, Central and Eastern Europe, Latin America, the Caribbean and Oceania. Special attention to the interaction between some world popular musics and the Western record industry.
Lectures three hours a week.
Classical Indian Music I
An introduction to the history and theory of classical Indian music including ragas, instruments, rhythm and improvisation.
Lectures three hours a week.
Music and Gender I
The role of gender in the theory and practice of music in western and non-western cultures.
Lectures three hours a week.
A History of Opera before 1800
A survey of the development of opera from the beginnings to about 1800. The major monuments of Italian, French, German and English opera, by such composers as Monteverdi, Cavalli, Scarlatti, Purcell, Lully, Gluck, Rameau, Mozart and Haydn.
Lectures three hours a week.
A History of Opera from 1800 to 1945
A study of romantic and contemporary opera through an examination of selected works from Weber's Der Freischütz to Britten's Peter Grimes, including an investigation of national styles from Wagnerian music drama and Italian verismo to Russian realism and German expressionism.
Lectures three hours a week.
Film Music
The use of music in film, from the silent era to the present day, studying the techniques, styles and theory of film music through the examination of selected scenes.
Prerequisite(s): second-year standing.
Lectures three hours a week, screening two hours a week.
Music Industries
An introduction to the structure and history of the music industries.
Musical Theatre
A survey of the styles, works, and artists of the musical theatre genre as well as the artistic elements that comprise musical theatre.
Lectures three hours a week.
Composition II
Designed to enable students to develop abilities in the writing of original music. The study and appreciation of modern and contemporary styles and techniques are encouraged.
Prerequisite(s): MUSI 2601, MUSI 2602, and MUSI 2700, or permission of the instructor .
Lectures, workshops, and individual consultations three hours a week.
Computer Music Techniques
An introduction to the techniques of sound synthesis primarily through practical experience at the digital synthesizer and computer. The basics of machine operations, software and computer applications to composition and synthesis. Enrolment is limited.
Lectures three hours a week, plus individual studio time.
Computer Music Projects
A continuation of MUSI 3603. The various applications of digital equipment are examined through the realization of original projects. Students may focus on studio composition, software development or analytic research. Appropriate compositional techniques and problem solving strategies are also discussed. Enrolment is limited.
Lectures three hours a week, plus individual studio time.
Theoretical Studies: Seminar in Theory and Analysis
A study of a selected topic in music theory. Topics will change yearly and may include: methods of music analysis, analysis of selected works, styles and structures of common practice or post common practice period, music, modal, tonal, or post-tonal counterpoint, history of music theory.
Prerequisite(s): MUSI 2700 or permission of the instructor.
Seminars three hours a week.
Theoretical Studies: Jazz Styles and Structures
Techniques of arranging and composition for small and large ensembles will be studied through the examination of selected works drawn from the jazz repertoire. Works will be selected for stylistic and theoretical analysis, for exercises in aural recognition, and for arranging purposes.
Prerequisite(s): MUSI 2701 or permission of the instructor.
Workshops three hours a week.
Introduction to Physics and Psychoacoustics of Music
Basic topics in physics and psychoacoustics, with an emphasis on those concepts that are most useful for music performance, analysis and composition, and for musicology.
Lectures three hours a week.
Improvisation in Theory and Practice
This course examines selected forms of improvisation from diverse musical and cultural traditions. In addition to weekly seminar meetings, the class will engage in experiential forms of learning by actively improvising in a weekly performance-oriented seminar.
Discussion seminar 1.5 hours per week, performance seminar 1.5 hours per week.
Performance V
A continuation of MUSI 2901.
Individual tuition ten hours a term.
Performance VI
A continuation of MUSI 3900.
Individual tuition ten hours a term.
Choral Ensemble V
A continuation of MUSI 2913. Registration, but not participation, is restricted to students in the B.Mus. program. Graded Sat/Uns.
Ensemble work approximately two hours a week throughout either the fall or winter term and participation in concerts.
Choral Ensemble VI
A continuation of MUSI 3912. Registration, but not participation, is restricted to students in the B.Mus. program. Graded Sat/Uns.
Ensemble work approximately two hours a week throughout either the fall or winter term and participation in concerts.
Instrumental Ensemble V
A continuation of MUSI 2915. Registration, but not participation, is restricted to students in the B.Mus. program. Graded Sat/Uns.
Ensemble work approximately two hours a week throughout either the fall or winter term and participation in concerts.
Instrumental Ensemble VI
A continuation of MUSI 3914. Registration, but not participation, is restricted to students in the B.Mus. program. Graded Sat/Uns.
Ensemble work approximately two hours a week throughout either the fall or winter term and participation in concerts.
Issues in Jazz Studies
An examination of key issues in the study of jazz including history/historiography, gender, genre, race, politics, identity and performance.
Issues in the Study of Popular Music
An introduction to current issues in the study of popular music. The course will be organized around a series of case studies.
Seminars three hours a week.
Theory and Methods in Ethnomusicology
Selected readings and discussion of major works in ethnomusicology, focusing on schools of thought and contemporary issues. Introduction to a variety of methods and strategies for ethnomusicological research, including field work, musical transcription and data analysis.
Seminars three hours a week.
Ethnomusicology of Canadian Traditions
Issues of anthropological, sociological, and analytical significance are examined in the context of selected developments in folklore and ethnomusicological research on Canadian traditions.
Also offered at the graduate level, with different requirements, as MUSI 5015, for which additional credit is precluded.
Seminars three hours a week.
Musics of Canada's First Peoples
The context and significance of musical expressions of selected Canadian Aboriginal groups and the contributions of individuals in the creation of music and meaning in First Peoples' communities.
Also offered at the graduate level, with different requirements, as MUSI 5016, for which additional credit is precluded.
Seminars three hours a week.
Classical Indian Music II
A continuation of MUSI 3107, featuring more in-depth study of the history and theory of classical Indian music.
Seminars three hours a week.
Specialized Studies
A course designed for Music Honours students who have acquired an extensive background through courses in theory, musicology or composition. The course offerings change from year to year.
Lectures and seminars three hours a week.
Special Topics
Courses focusing on one selected aspect of music, in the area of either musicology, theory or composition. The course offerings change from year to year.
Lectures and seminars three hours a week.
Special Topics
Courses focusing on one selected aspect of music, in the area of either musicology, theory or composition. Course offerings change from year to year.
Lectures and seminars three hours a week.
Specialized Studies
Courses designed for Music Honours students who have acquired an extensive background through courses in theory, musicology, performance, or composition. Course offerings change from year to year.
Lectures and seminars three hours a week.
Specialized Studies
Courses designed for Music Honours students who have acquired an extensive background through courses in theory, musicology, performance, or composition. Course offerings change from year to year.
Meeting schedule to be determined between instructor and student.
Specialized Studies
A course designed for Music Honours students who have acquired an extensive background through courses in theory, musicology or composition. Course offerings change from year to year.
Meeting schedule to be determined between instructor and student.
Music and Gender II
The relationship between the social and formal organization of music and the social and formal organization of sexual difference. The role of music in the social construction of gender; the role of gender in the determination of musical style and taste.
Prerequisite(s): MUSI 3302 or permission of the instructor.
Seminars three hours a week.
Composition III
A continuation of MUSI 3602, focusing on the development of creative individual approaches to music composition.
Prerequisite(s): MUSI 3602, or permission of the instructor.
Lectures, workshops, and individual consultations three hours a week.
Theoretical Studies: Advanced Seminar in Theory and Analysis
A study of a selected topic in music theory. Topics will change yearly and may include: methods of music analysis; analysis of selected works; styles and structures of common practice or post common practice period music; modal, tonal, or post-tonal counterpoint; history of music theory.
Theoretical Studies: Advanced Jazz Theory
A continuation of MUSI 3701, this course focuses on advanced techniques related to jazz theory, composition, arranging, and analysis.
Topics in Music Perception and Cognition
Selected advanced topics in the perception and cognition of music. Where appropriate, emphasis will be placed upon areas of overlap between psychological research and issues in aesthetics and cultural theory.
Seminars three hours a week.
Tonal Counterpoint
The development of writing skills and knowledge of counterpoint as manifest in the Baroque era. Topics may include invention, canon, fugue, dance forms, the compositional language of J. S. Bach, and contrapuntal techniques in the late 18th century and beyond.
Lectures and seminars three hours a week.
Post-Tonal Theory and Analysis
Fundamentals of post-tonal music theory and analysis. Neo-tonal, atonal, twelve-tone and third-stream jazz. Students will develop the critical skills to understand these theoretical tools and be conversant with some of the aesthetic precepts associated with them.
Lectures and seminars three hours a week.
Practicum in Music
Practical experience in music-specific projects such as recording studios, librarianship, research, multimedia, etc. at local institutions. A maximum of one credit of practicum may be offered in fulfilment of Music requirements.
Practicum in Music
Practical experience in music-specific projects such as recording studios, librarianship, research, multimedia, etc. at local institutions. A maximum of one credit of practicum may be offered in fulfilment of Music requirements.
Performance VII
A continuation of MUSI 3901. This course may not be taken in addition to or concurrently with MUSI 4907.
Individual tuition twenty hours over two consecutive terms.
Honours Portfolio in Composition
The course requires the composition of an original work of substantial proportions, with an accompanying analytical paper. Application to the Discipline for permission to register must be received by September 1.
Prerequisite(s): fourth-year standing, MUSI 3600 and permission of the Discipline.
Graduating Recital
The course requires a public recital arranged in consultation with the Supervisor of Performance and Practical Studies. An outline of the program must be submitted one week before the last day for course changes.
Prerequisite(s): fourth-year B.Mus. standing, MUSI 3901, A- or higher average in MUSI performance courses, and permission of both the relevant associate music instructor and the Music performance supervisor .
Individual tuition twenty hours over two consecutive terms.
Honours Essay in Musicology
An Honours research essay of approximately 50 pages. A written outline of the project must be submitted to the Honours committee changes by the first day of classes.
Portfolio in New Media
The course requires the creation of an original work (or works) of substantial proportions using applications in the electronic studios. A high level of independence and originality will be required. Requests to the Discipline for permission to register must be received by September 1.
Choral Ensemble VII
A continuation of MUSI 3913. Registration, but not participation, is restricted to students in the B.Mus. program. Graded Sat/Uns.
Ensemble work approximately two hours a week throughout either the fall or winter term and participation in concerts.
Choral Ensemble VIII
A continuation of MUSI 4912. Registration, but not participation, is restricted to students in the B. Mus. program. Graded Sat/Uns.
Ensemble work approximately two hours a week throughout either the fall or winter term and participation in concerts.
Instrumental Ensemble VII
A continuation of MUSI 3915. Registration, but not participation, is restricted to students in the B.Mus. program Graded Sat/Uns.
Ensemble work approximately two hours a week throughout either the fall or winter term and participation in concerts.
Instrumental Ensemble VIII
A continuation of MUSI 4914. Registration, but not participation, is restricted to students in the B.Mus. program. Graded Sat/Uns.
Ensemble work approximately two hours a week throughout either the fall or winter term participation in concerts.
Summer session: some of the courses listed in this Calendar are offered during the summer. Hours and scheduling for summer session courses will differ significantly from those reported in the fall/winter Calendar. To determine the scheduling and hours for summer session classes, consult the class schedule at central.carleton.ca
Not all courses listed are offered in a given year. For an up-to-date statement of course offerings for the current session and to determine the term of offering, consult the class schedule at central.carleton.ca