Performance (Post-Grad Artist Diploma) (30 credits)
Offered by: Music (Schulich School of Music)
Degree: PGD-AT
Program credit weight: 30
Program Description
The Post-Graduate Artist Diploma in Performance is a third-cycle, one-year post-Master’s program that enables an intensive focus on the pursuit of performance goals at the highest level, through repertoire expansion and refinement of artistry, including intensive coaching, practice, and varied performance projects. Admission is by audition, with candidates having previously completed an M.Mus. or equivalent.
Note: For information about Fall 2025 and Winter 2026 course offerings, please check back on May 8, 2025. Until then, the "Terms offered" field will appear blank for most courses while the class schedule is being finalized.
Required Courses (16 credits)
| Course | Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| MUIN 715 | Post-Graduate Artist Diploma Tutorial 1. | 8 |
Post-Graduate Artist Diploma Tutorial 1. Terms offered: this course is not currently offered. Practical instruction. Coaching and mentorship in support of the development of artistic goals defined by the student in consultation with the instructor. | ||
| MUIN 716 | Post-Graduate Artist Diploma Tutorial 2. | 8 |
Post-Graduate Artist Diploma Tutorial 2. Terms offered: this course is not currently offered. Practical instruction. Continued coaching and mentorship in support of the development of artistic goals defined by the student in consultation with the instructor. | ||
Complementary Courses (14 credits)
8 credits from the following:
| Course | Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| MUPG 750 | Post-Graduate Artist Diploma Performance Project 1. | 4 |
Post-Graduate Artist Diploma Performance Project 1. Terms offered: this course is not currently offered. A public solo, collaborative piano, chamber music recital, or preparation/presentation of a Featured Opera Role (by audition). | ||
| MUPG 751 | Post-Graduate Artist Diploma Performance Project 2. | 4 |
Post-Graduate Artist Diploma Performance Project 2. Terms offered: this course is not currently offered. A second public solo, orchestral repertoire, collaborative piano, chamber music recital, or preparation/presentation of a Featured Opera Role (by audition). | ||
| MUPG 752 | Post-Graduate Artist Diploma Performance Project 3. 1 | 8 |
Post-Graduate Artist Diploma Performance Project 3. Terms offered: this course is not currently offered. A public solo, collaborative piano, chamber music recital, or Lead Opera Role (by audition). | ||
| MUPG 752D1 | Post-Graduate Artist Diploma Performance Project 3. 1 | 4 |
Post-Graduate Artist Diploma Performance Project 3. Terms offered: this course is not currently offered. A public solo, collaborative piano, chamber music recital, or Lead Opera Role (by audition). | ||
| MUPG 752D2 | Post-Graduate Artist Diploma Performance Project 3. 1 | 4 |
Post-Graduate Artist Diploma Performance Project 3. Terms offered: this course is not currently offered. | ||
| MUPG 753 | Post-Graduate Artist Diploma Interdisciplinary Project. | 4 |
Post-Graduate Artist Diploma Interdisciplinary Project. Terms offered: this course is not currently offered. A composition commission, a research-related project (e.g., transcription, performance edition) or inter-disciplinary collaboration (music technology, dance, performance/sound recording student collaboration) that results in a public performance or through recorded media. | ||
| MUPG 754 | Post-Graduate Artist Diploma Concerto Performance. | 4 |
Post-Graduate Artist Diploma Concerto Performance. Terms offered: this course is not currently offered. Concerto performance. | ||
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Students may take MUPG 752 Post-Graduate Artist Diploma Performance Project 3. or MUPG 752D1 Post-Graduate Artist Diploma Performance Project 3. and MUPG 752D2 Post-Graduate Artist Diploma Performance Project 3..
0-3 credits from:
| Course | Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| MUSR 692 | Music Production Workshop. | 3 |
Music Production Workshop. Terms offered: this course is not currently offered. The Seminar aims at giving Music Performance and Sound Recording students the tools to becoming better recording artists, performers and recording engineers in today’s music scene. It will help them acquire skills and abilities as well as develop an informed judgement about recorded music performances and the recorded sound. | ||
*Needed of all instruments except Voice.
3-6 credits from the following:
Performance courses with Schulich School of Music approval from the following lists:
3-6 credits from any ensemble courses with the prefix MUEN at the 500 or 600 level
| Course | Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| MUPG 571 | Free Improvisation 1. 1 | 1 |
Free Improvisation 1. Terms offered: this course is not currently offered. Introduction to the creative practice of improvisation for performers. The course focuses on the development of listening as applied to the practice of collective and solo improvisation. | ||
| MUPG 572D1 | Free Improvisation 2. | 0.5 |
Free Improvisation 2. Terms offered: this course is not currently offered. This course is designed for performers who want to develop their skills as advanced improvisers. Both collective and solo contexts are addressed as performance practices, touching upon the history of improvisation as well as current trends. | ||
| MUPG 572D2 | Free Improvisation 2. | 0.5 |
Free Improvisation 2. Terms offered: this course is not currently offered. This course is designed for performers who want to develop their skills as advanced improvisers. Both collective and solo contexts are addressed as performance practices, touching upon the history of improvisation as well as current trends. | ||
and the additional courses from the following list:
Voice
| Course | Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| MUIN 610 | Vocal Coaching 1. | 1 |
Vocal Coaching 1. Terms offered: this course is not currently offered. Individual coaching sessions on advanced vocal repertoire with emphasis on musical and linguistic nuance. | ||
| MUIN 611 | Vocal Coaching 2. | 1 |
Vocal Coaching 2. Terms offered: this course is not currently offered. Continuation of Vocal Coaching I with emphasis on musical and linguistic nuance. | ||
Piano
| Course | Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| MUPG 670 | Advanced Continuo 1. 1 | 2 |
Advanced Continuo 1. Terms offered: this course is not currently offered. A historically-oriented study of the principles of figured bass. Standard idioms from historical treatises will be introduced. Preparation of operatic excerpts from the standard high Baroque repertory is required. | ||
| MUPG 671 | Advanced Continuo 2. 1 | 2 |
Advanced Continuo 2. Terms offered: this course is not currently offered. A study of the many different styles of figured bass accompaniment as revealed in contemporary sources. The emphasis will be on realization at the keyboard of representative 17th- and 18th- century operatic recitatives and arias. | ||
| MUPG 687 | Collaborative Piano Repertoire 1: Song. 2 | 1 |
Collaborative Piano Repertoire 1: Song. Terms offered: this course is not currently offered. Issues in collaborative piano song repertoire and performance in different genres and musical styles. | ||
| MUPG 688 | Collaborative Piano Repertoire 2: Instrumental. 2 | 1 |
Collaborative Piano Repertoire 2: Instrumental. Terms offered: this course is not currently offered. Issues in collaborative piano instrumental repertoire and performance in different genres and musical styles. | ||
| MUPG 689 | Collaborative Piano Rep.3: Orch. Reduction, Opera, Oratorio. 2 | 1 |
Collaborative Piano Rep.3: Orch. Reduction, Opera, Oratorio. Terms offered: this course is not currently offered. Issues in collaborative piano orchestral reduction, opera, oratorio and performance in different genres and musical styles. | ||
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if not already taken
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may be repeated with the permission of the instructor
Chamber Music
| Course | Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| MUIN 500 | Practical Instruction 1. | 1 |
Practical Instruction 1. Terms offered: this course is not currently offered. Individual coaching sessions for musicians in advanced ensembles to focus on their individual instrumental technique. | ||
Organ
| Course | Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| MUPG 575D1 | Organ Repertoire and Performance Practice. | 1.5 |
Organ Repertoire and Performance Practice. Terms offered: this course is not currently offered. Seminar covering topics related to organ playing, such as liturgical organ playing, organ repertoire and improvisation. | ||
| MUPG 575D2 | Organ Repertoire and Performance Practice. | 1.5 |
Organ Repertoire and Performance Practice. Terms offered: this course is not currently offered. For description see MUPG 575D1. | ||
| MUPG 670 | Advanced Continuo 1. 1 | 2 |
Advanced Continuo 1. Terms offered: this course is not currently offered. A historically-oriented study of the principles of figured bass. Standard idioms from historical treatises will be introduced. Preparation of operatic excerpts from the standard high Baroque repertory is required. | ||
| MUPG 671 | Advanced Continuo 2. 1 | 2 |
Advanced Continuo 2. Terms offered: this course is not currently offered. A study of the many different styles of figured bass accompaniment as revealed in contemporary sources. The emphasis will be on realization at the keyboard of representative 17th- and 18th- century operatic recitatives and arias. | ||
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if not already taken
One 3-credit seminar at the 500 or 600 level approved by the Department.
Early Music
| Course | Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| MUPG 670 | Advanced Continuo 1. 1 | 2 |
Advanced Continuo 1. Terms offered: this course is not currently offered. A historically-oriented study of the principles of figured bass. Standard idioms from historical treatises will be introduced. Preparation of operatic excerpts from the standard high Baroque repertory is required. | ||
| MUPG 671 | Advanced Continuo 2. 1 | 2 |
Advanced Continuo 2. Terms offered: this course is not currently offered. A study of the many different styles of figured bass accompaniment as revealed in contemporary sources. The emphasis will be on realization at the keyboard of representative 17th- and 18th- century operatic recitatives and arias. | ||
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if not already taken