Performance Voice Major (L.Mus.) (105 credits)
Offered by: Performance (Schulich School of Music)
Degree: Licentiate in Music
Program credit weight: 105
Program Description
The Licentiate in Music (L.Mus.) Major Performance Voice is a 105-credit program.
Special Requirements
- Continuation in the program requires a minimum grade of A- in practical instruction/exams, ensembles, and voice coaching.
- Candidates must take the L.Mus. Performance 1 Examination at the end of their first year of study and the L.Mus. Performance 2 and 3 Examinations in each of the next two years if they hope to complete the program in the normal length of time.
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 Performance (48 credits)
| Course | Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| MUIN 250 | L.Mus. Practical Instruction 1. | 6 |
L.Mus. Practical Instruction 1. Terms offered: this course is not currently offered. Practical instruction in an instrument or voice. | ||
| MUIN 251 | L.Mus. Practical Instruction 2. | 6 |
L.Mus. Practical Instruction 2. Terms offered: this course is not currently offered. Practical instruction in an instrument or voice. | ||
| MUIN 252 | L.Mus. Performance 1 Examination. | 4 |
L.Mus. Performance 1 Examination. Terms offered: this course is not currently offered. Assessment of student progress. | ||
| MUIN 350 | L.Mus. Practical Instruction 3. | 6 |
L.Mus. Practical Instruction 3. Terms offered: this course is not currently offered. Practical instruction in an instrument or voice. | ||
| MUIN 351 | L.Mus. Practical Instruction 4. | 6 |
L.Mus. Practical Instruction 4. Terms offered: this course is not currently offered. Practical instruction in an instrument or voice. | ||
| MUIN 352 | L.Mus. Performance 2 Examination. | 4 |
L.Mus. Performance 2 Examination. Terms offered: this course is not currently offered. Assessment of student progress. | ||
| MUIN 450 | L.Mus. Practical Instruction 5. | 4 |
L.Mus. Practical Instruction 5. Terms offered: this course is not currently offered. Practical instruction in an instrument or voice. | ||
| MUIN 451 | L.Mus. Practical Instruction 6. | 4 |
L.Mus. Practical Instruction 6. Terms offered: this course is not currently offered. Practical instruction in an instrument or voice. | ||
| MUIN 452 | L.Mus. Performance 3 Examination. | 8 |
L.Mus. Performance 3 Examination. Terms offered: this course is not currently offered. Assessment of student progress. | ||
Complementary Performance (21 credits)
Large Ensemble Training – during every term of enrolment as a full-time or part-time student.
12 credits from:
| Course | Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| MUEN 496 | Opera Studio. | 2 |
Opera Studio. Terms offered: this course is not currently offered. Coachings, rehearsals, stagings, technical/dress rehearsals in the theatre, and performances in front of an audience. | ||
| MUEN 563 | Jazz Vocal Workshop. | 2 |
Jazz Vocal Workshop. Terms offered: this course is not currently offered. Vocal workshop for jazz musicians. | ||
| MUEN 572 | Cappella Antica. | 2 |
Cappella Antica. Terms offered: this course is not currently offered. An ensemble of 8 to 12 voices specializing in early music. N.B. This ensemble may substitute as a Basic Ensemble in programs that specify Choral Ensemble, with Departmental approval. | ||
| MUEN 578 | Song Interpretation 1. | 1 |
Song Interpretation 1. Terms offered: this course is not currently offered. Normally open only to Voice and Piano Performance students. Study of the standard song repertoire with emphasis on the singer and pianist as partners. A public recital will be given at the end of each term. | ||
| MUEN 579 | Song Interpretation 2. | 1 |
Song Interpretation 2. Terms offered: this course is not currently offered. Study of song repertoire for singers and pianists. | ||
| MUEN 580 | Early Music Ensemble. | 1 |
Early Music Ensemble. Terms offered: this course is not currently offered. An ensemble of 4-6 vocalists and instrumentalists which performs music of the Medieval, Renaissance and Baroque periods. | ||
| MUEN 587 | Cappella McGill. | 2 |
Cappella McGill. Terms offered: this course is not currently offered. An ensemble of 16 voices performing challenging repertoire from the Renaissance to the present day. Since the expectation is a level of performance equivalent to a professional chamber ensemble, singers wishing to join this group should have had considerable ensemble experience, and advanced vocal and sight-reading skills. | ||
| MUEN 593 | Choral Ensembles. | 2 |
Choral Ensembles. Terms offered: this course is not currently offered. Students enrolling in Choral Ensembles will be assigned to one of the above groups. | ||
| MUEN 594 | Contemporary Music Ensemble. | 2 |
Contemporary Music Ensemble. Terms offered: this course is not currently offered. Ensemble for contemporary music - instruments and voice. | ||
9 credits from:
MUEN courses at the 400 or 500 level (maximum 4 credits).
| Course | Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| MUIN 300 | Voice Coaching 1. | 2 |
Voice Coaching 1. Terms offered: this course is not currently offered. Individual coaching on repertoire. | ||
| MUIN 301 | Voice Coaching 2. | 2 |
Voice Coaching 2. Terms offered: this course is not currently offered. Individual coaching on repertoire. | ||
| MUPG 296 | Acting for Voice. | 1 |
Acting for Voice. Terms offered: this course is not currently offered. Acting methods focused on improvisation, open scenes, and script analysis, including Laban theory and character development based on environments, relationships, objectives, obstacles, tactics and stakes. | ||
| MUPG 297 | Movement for Voice. | 1 |
Movement for Voice. Terms offered: this course is not currently offered. Critical awareness of the body in space, interpersonal and intrapersonal knowledge of one's own spine, torso, and extremities and their function in movement as well as stillness. Methods may include Feldenkreis, period dance, Tai Chi and/or Alexander Technique. | ||
| MUPG 309 | Advanced Diction. | 1 |
Advanced Diction. Terms offered: this course is not currently offered. Advanced lyric diction. | ||
| MUPG 353 | Song Repertoire Class. | 2 |
Song Repertoire Class. Terms offered: this course is not currently offered. Art song repertoire from the late eighteenth century to the present, including the reciprocal relationship between poet and composer and it's expression through performance and performance history. | ||
| MUPG 380 | Oratorio Class. | 2 |
Oratorio Class. Terms offered: this course is not currently offered. Standard solo oratorio repertoire with an emphasis on performance, performance practice and the interpretation of sacred text within a concert setting. | ||
| MUPG 453 | Contemporary Repertoire for Voice. | 2 |
Contemporary Repertoire for Voice. Terms offered: this course is not currently offered. Techniques on learning and performing music from the beginning of atonality to music of the present day. Exploration of unique notations and extended vocal techniques. | ||
Complementary Musicianship (2 credits)
2 credits from:
| Course | Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| MUSP 346 | Post-Tonal Musicianship. | 2 |
Post-Tonal Musicianship. Terms offered: Summer 2025 Extended tonal and post-tonal harmonic and contrapuntal structures, rhythmic practices of the 20th and 21st century, score reading. | ||
| MUSP 353 | Musicianship for Voice. | 2 |
Musicianship for Voice. Terms offered: this course is not currently offered. Fundamental musicianship issues in the context of performance with an emphasis on intonation accuracy, rhythm, voice-leading and sound texture. | ||
| MUSP 354 | Introduction to Improvisation and Ornamentation. | 2 |
Introduction to Improvisation and Ornamentation. Terms offered: this course is not currently offered. Principles of improvisation and ornamentation for music before 1800, including harmonic progressions and voice-leading and contrapuntal patterns for instrumentalists and singers, along with examples of ornamented vocal and instrumental works from 17th and 18th century sources. | ||
| MUSP 361 | Topics in Musicianship. | 2 |
Topics in Musicianship. Terms offered: this course is not currently offered. Advanced ear training challenges in rhythm, pitch, harmony, form, or timbre. | ||
| MUSP 381 | Singing Renaissance Notation. | 2 |
Singing Renaissance Notation. Terms offered: this course is not currently offered. Choral sightsinging of mensural notation, with a focus on white notation c. 1420-1600. Development of basic fluency in the notation, interpretation of values in triple meter, addition of accidentals given the contrapuntal context as perceived aurally, Renaissance solmisation. | ||
Required Courses (34 credits)
Diction (9 credits)
| Course | Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| MUPG 209 | Introduction to Lyric Diction. | 1 |
Introduction to Lyric Diction. Terms offered: this course is not currently offered. Rules of lyric diction and the sounds of the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA). | ||
| MUPG 210 | Italian Diction. | 2 |
Italian Diction. Terms offered: this course is not currently offered. Study of International Phonetic Alphabet. Study of Italian pronunciation in singing using song and opera texts. | ||
| MUPG 211 | French Diction. | 2 |
French Diction. Terms offered: this course is not currently offered. Study of French pronunciation in singing using song and opera texts. | ||
| MUPG 212 | English Diction. | 2 |
English Diction. Terms offered: this course is not currently offered. Study of International Phonetic Alphabet. Study of Standard English pronunciation in singing using song and opera texts with a special emphasis on problematic vowels, diphthongs and consonants. | ||
| MUPG 213 | German Diction. | 2 |
German Diction. Terms offered: this course is not currently offered. Study of German pronunciation in singing using song and opera texts. | ||
Theory (9 credits)
| Course | Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| MUTH 150 | Theory and Analysis 1. | 3 |
Theory and Analysis 1. Terms offered: this course is not currently offered. Diatonic chords and harmonic progressions, focus on outer-voice framework, cadences, embellishments, building chordal fluency in common-practice tonality, applied chords. | ||
| MUTH 151 | Theory and Analysis 2. | 3 |
Theory and Analysis 2. Terms offered: this course is not currently offered. Sequences and modulation, chromatic vocabulary, analysis of simple theme types (sentence, period, hybrids) and fugal techniques. | ||
| MUTH 250 | Theory and Analysis 3. | 3 |
Theory and Analysis 3. Terms offered: Summer 2025 Compositional resources of late 18th and early 19th century music. Analysis of forms common to the period c. 1770 - 1840, including Classical sonata forms in several media. | ||
Musicianship (10 credits)
| Course | Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| MUSP 140 | Musicianship Training 1. | 2 |
Musicianship Training 1. Terms offered: this course is not currently offered. Rhythm and metre basic subdivisions and conducting patterns; intervals, chords, and scale patterns; non-modulating tonal melodies with treble and bass clefs; harmonic progressions emphasizing two-part outer voice structures. | ||
| MUSP 141 | Musicianship Training 2. | 2 |
Musicianship Training 2. Terms offered: this course is not currently offered. Rhythm and metre mixed divisions and syncopations; triadic and seventh chord voicings and disjunct pitch collections; chromatically embellished melodies adding alto clef; simple modulating harmonic progressions emphasizing two-part outer voice structures. | ||
| MUSP 170 | Musicianship (Keyboard) 1. | 1 |
Musicianship (Keyboard) 1. Terms offered: this course is not currently offered. Harmonic, melodic and rhythmic analysis at the keyboard through the study of rudiments, repertoire, chorale/score reading, transposition and harmonization. | ||
| MUSP 171 | Musicianship (Keyboard) 2. | 1 |
Musicianship (Keyboard) 2. Terms offered: this course is not currently offered. Building chordal fluency. Harmonic vocabulary including sequences, chromaticism and modulation. Chorale and score reading with transposing instruments and alto/tenor clefs. | ||
| MUSP 240 | Musicianship Training 3. | 2 |
Musicianship Training 3. Terms offered: Summer 2025 Rhythm and metre mixed divisions and two-part work; additional chordal voicings and pitch collections; melodies modulating to closely-related keys adding tenor clef; harmonic progression including applied chords; two-part keyboard-style passages. | ||
| MUSP 241 | Musicianship Training 4. | 2 |
Musicianship Training 4. Terms offered: Summer 2025 Changing metres; chord voicings and atonal pitch collections; modulating tonal melodies and score reading of transposing instruments; harmonic progression including chromatic chords; two-part passages. | ||
| MUSP 363 | Topics in Global Musicianship. | 2 |
Topics in Global Musicianship. Terms offered: this course is not currently offered. Musicianship skills from one or more global musical practice(s), with specific challenges and approaches corresponding to the selected topic. | ||
History (6 credits)
| Course | Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| MUHL 186 | Western Musical Traditions. | 3 |
Western Musical Traditions. Terms offered: this course is not currently offered. A survey of Western music from the Middle Ages to the present. Emphasis on key musical concepts and genres in their historical context and aural recognition of style. | ||
| MUHL 286 | Critical Thinking About Music. | 3 |
Critical Thinking About Music. Terms offered: Summer 2025 Examination of various periods and styles: e.g., central works from different traditions, the interaction of music and society, performance practice, and music's relation to other arts. | ||