Music Courses

Key to Course Descriptions.

For Distribution Requirement purposes, HMU, MUS, TMU courses are classified as HUMANITIES courses.

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MUS111H1
Historical Survey of Western Music [24L]

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 [144P]

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.

Download the excerpt that is relevant to the instrument you would like to audition on; excerpts will be available at www.music.utoronto.ca beginning early July. Complete and return the MUS120Y1 & MUS220Y1 Audition Request Form before August 21. Once your request form is received, you will be notified of your audition time. Placement audition will be held on Wednesday, September 2, 2009 from 4-10 p.m. in the Edward Johnson Building. The audition will be 10 minutes in length.

Exclusion: MUS291Y1


MUS200H1
Music of the World’s Peoples [24L]

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, VPMA99H3


MUS202H1
Beethoven [24L]

A study of Beethoven’s musical style in historical context, including a non-technical consideration of Beethoven’s innovations based on listening to music and reading history. No prior background in music or ability to read music is required.

Exclusion: HMU111H1, VPMC85H3


MUS207H1
Music for Orchestra [24L]

Study of selected orchestral works fROM 1700 to the present. No prior background in music or ability to read music is required.

Exclusion: HMU111H1


MUS220Y1
Vocal and Instrumental Ensembles II [144P]

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.
Download the excerpt that is relevant to the instrument you would like to audition on; excerpts will be available at www.music.utoronto.ca beginning early July. Complete and return the MUS120Y1 & MUS220Y1 Audition Request Form before August 21. Once your request form is received, you will be notified of your audition time. Placement audition will be held on Wednesday, September 2, 2009 from 4-10 p.m. in the Edward Johnson Building. The audition will be 10 minutes in length.
Prerequisite: MUS120Y1. Placement audition and permission of the Department required.


MUS306H1
Popular Music in North America [24L]

A selected survey of North American popular music from THE 1930s through 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. No prior background in music or ability to read music is required.

Exclusion: HMU111H1


MUS325H1
The Age of Haydn & Mozart [24L]

Selected works from the second half of the eighteenth century by Haydn, Mozart, and their contemporaries will be examined in cultural and historical context. No prior background in music or ability to read music is required.
Exclusion: HMU111H1

Future Offerings:

MUS110H1
Intro to Music & Culture

MUS204H1
Age of Bach & Handel

MUS205H1
Mozart

MUS206H1
The World of Opera

MUS208H1
Medieval and Renaissance Masterpieces

MUS209H1
Performing Arts of South Asia

MUS211H1
The World of Popular Music

MUS225H1
Music: Islamic World

MUS300H1
Music, Media & Technology

MUS302H1
Symphony

MUS303H1
Music in the Contemporary World

MUS308H1
Handel

MUS321H1
The Beatles



HMU, TMU Faculty of Music Courses


HMU111H1
Introduction to Music and Society [24L, 12T]

An examination of musical thought and practice in Western and non-Western traditions.
Prerequisite: Permission of Department
Co-requisite: TMU140Y1


TMU140Y1
Materials of Music I [48L, 72P]

Harmony: triads, non-harmonic materials, dominant seventh and derivatives, secondary dominants, simple modulation. Elementary forms and analysis of eighteenth- and nineteenth-century literature. Sight singing: melodic, rhythmic and harmonic dictation. Keyboard harmony: chords and scales in all major and minor keys; playing of cadence types, modulation to closely related keys, realization of elementary figured bass, two-part transposition, score reading in five clefs, and sight harmonization of simple melodies.
Prerequisite: Grade 2 Rudiments, Grade 3 Harmony (RCMT), Grade 8 level performing audition, permission of Department
Co-requisite: HMU111H1

Note
HMU111H1 and TMU140Y1 are Prerequisites for all other HMU/TMU courses which are offered annually. Full details on these and other courses may be found in the Calendar of the Faculty of Music.