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MUS110H1
Introduction to Music History 26L

and Culture
Introduction to form, style and the interrelationships of music and culture. A basic ability to read music is required.
Exclusion: HMU111H1


MUS111H1
Historical Survey of 26L

Western Music
Historical survey of Western art music from the Middle Ages to the present. A basic ability to read music is required.
Exclusion: HMU111H1


MUS120Y1
Vocal and Instrumental Ensembles I 156P

Students rehearse and perform in concerts and reading sessions as assigned by the Faculty of Music. Provides experience in choral groups, orchestra, or in concert band and large wind groups of diverse instrumentation. Development of musicianship skills through performance of large ensemble works; emphasis on sight-reading, ear-training, and musical knowledge. Attendance at all sessions is required. Placement audition and permission of the Department required.
Please contact Andrea McGee at 416-978-3741 in July in order to obtain your audition material. Placement audition-interview will be held on Thursday, September 4th 2003 from 6-10 p.m. in the Edward Johnson Building. The audition-interview will be 10 minutes in length and students are expected to arrive prior to 6 p.m. to register. Late auditions will not be permitted.
Exclusion: MUS291Y1


MUS200H1
Music of the World’s People 26L

A survey of musical traditions from various regions of the world, with particular emphasis on the sociocultural contexts in which those musics are created and appreciated. No prior background in music or ability to read music is required.
Exclusion:HMU111H1


MUS204H1
The Age of Bach 26L

A study of the representative major works in their social and cultural setting with emphasis on the high baroque style of Bach and Handel. The ability to read music is not required.
Exclusion:HMU111H1


MUS207H1
Music for Orchestra 26L

Study of selected orchestral works from 1700 to the present. No prior background in music or ability to read music is required. (Not offered in 2001-02)
Exclusion: HMU110H/111H


MUS220Y1
Vocal and Instrumental Ensembles II 156P

Students rehearse and perform in concerts and reading sessions as assigned by the Faculty of Music. Provides experience in choral groups, orchestra, or in concert band and large wind groups of diverse instrumentation. Development of musicianship skills through performance of large ensemble works; emphasis on sight-reading, ear-training, and musical knowledge. Attendance at all sessions is required. Placement audition and permission of the Department required.
Please contact Andrea McGee at 416-978-3741 in July in order to obtain your audition material. Placement audition-interview will be held on Thursday, September 4th 2003 from 6-10 p.m. in the Edward Johnson Building. The audition-interview will be 10 minutes in length and students are expected to arrive prior to 6 p.m. to register. Late auditions will not be permitted.
Prerequisite: MUS120Y1. Placement audition and permission of the Department required.


MUS300H1
Music, Media, and Technology 26L

This course explores some of the ways in which music has been shaped through history, and particularly during the last 100 years, by technology and the media. Special attention will be paid to the record industry, broadcasting, and cinema. Examples from popular and art music traditions of the world will be used to illustrate the symbiotic relationship between music and media. No prior background in music or ability to read music is required.
Exlusion:HMU111H1


MUS306H1
Popular Music in North America 26L

A selected survey of North American popular music from the 1930s through the present. Students will develop a critical framework for listening to and analyzing popular music in historical and social context by focusing on aspects of performance, representation, composition, mass media aesthetics, and commodification.


ABS330Y1
Aboriginal Music: Technical and Theoretical Aspects

See “Aboriginal Studies”


Future Offerings:

  • MUS202H1
    Beethoven
  • MUS205H1
    Mozart
  • MUS206H1
    World of Opera
  • MUS207H1
    Music for the Orchestra
  • MUS208H1
    Medieval and Renaissance Masterpieces
  • MUS209H1
    Performing Arts of South Asia
  • MUS211H1
    The World of Popular Music
  • MUS225H1
    Music: Islamic World
  • MUS230H1
    Music of the 1960s
  • MUS302H1
    Symphony
  • MUS303H1
    Music in the Contemporary World
  • MUS308H1
    Handel
  • MUS408H1
    Wagner

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