Program Requirement:
The Bachelor of Music (B.Mus.); Faculty Program in Music; Jazz requires 123 credits and has been designed to accommodate students who trained as jazz musicians and who are interested in a pattern of specialization not provided in the established major programs, or who are interested in combining studies in music with studies in other disciplines. Students registered in the Faculty Program in Music; Jazz may, with the approval of a staff adviser, design their own programs around specific interests or develop programs with a broader base by incorporating courses from other disciplines and faculties.
Program Prerequisites - Freshman Program (32 credits)
32 credits selected as described below, in consultation with the Program Adviser:
22 credits of Prerequisite courses
4 credits of Large Ensemble
6 credits of non-Music electives
Prerequisite Courses
22 credits, all of the courses below:
Note: Students who can demonstrate through auditions, placement tests or equivalencies that they have mastered the material in any of the courses below will be exempt from them and may proceed to more advanced courses.
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MUIN 180
BMus Practical Lessons 1
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Practical Instrument: Practical instruction on an instrument or voice.
Offered by: Performance
- 3 hours
- Prerequisite: Admission to the B.Mus. program by audition.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2025-2026 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2025-2026 academic year
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MUIN 181
BMus Practical Lessons 2
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Practical Instrument: Practical examination in clarinet techniques.
Offered by: Performance
- Prerequisite: MUIN 180
- Restriction: Open to students entering directly from High Schools outside Quebec.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2025-2026 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2025-2026 academic year
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MUJZ 160
Jazz Materials 1
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Jazz Studies: Fundamental aural and theoretical skills associated with the jazz idiom. Nomenclature, chord construction, chord/scale relationships, harmonic progression, circle of 5ths, simple turnarounds, simple substitution, symmetrical scales and chord relationships, voice leading.
Offered by: Performance
- 4 hours
- Prerequisite: none. Open to non-jazz majors, space permitting, but not for elective credit in B.Mus. or Artist Diploma programs
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2025-2026 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2025-2026 academic year
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MUJZ 161
Jazz Materials 2
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Jazz Studies: Simple and advanced substitution, borrowed chords, reharmonisation, modes of harmonic minor and melodic minor diatonic systems, unresolved tensions, odd and infrequent modulations, mixed two-five-ones, introduction to polychords, slashchords and non-functional harmony.
Offered by: Performance
- 4 hours
- Prerequisite: MUJZ 160. Open to non-jazz majors, space permitting, but not for elective credit in B.Mus. or Artist Diploma programs
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2025-2026 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2025-2026 academic year
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MUJZ 170
Jazz Keyboard Proficiency 1
1 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Jazz Studies: Basic piano skills, basic comping techniques, standard 3 note rootless voicings in 7, 3 and 3, 7 position with one extension, two-five-ones in major and minor - limited keys. Simple substitution and reharmonisation.
Offered by: Performance
- 1 hour
- Prerequisite: none. Open only to Jazz Performance Majors. May not be taken for elective credit in B.Mus. or Artist Diploma programs
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2025-2026 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2025-2026 academic year
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MUJZ 171
Jazz Keyboard Proficiency 2
1 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Jazz Studies: Continuation of previous semester. Two-five-ones and mixed two-five-ones using 4 note close position voicings and 4 and 5 note spreads, in all keys, diminished passing chords, half step shifts, voice leading extensions, quartal and modal voicing, sight reading of standard jazz repertoire.
Offered by: Performance
- 1 hour
- Prerequisite: MUJZ 170. Open only to Jazz Performance Majors. May not be taken for elective credit in B.Mus. or Artist Diploma programs
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2025-2026 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2025-2026 academic year
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MUJZ 187
Jazz History Survey
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Jazz Studies: An introductory study of the principal recordings, artists and musical trends in jazz from its origins to the present day.
Offered by: Performance
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2025-2026 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2025-2026 academic year
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MUPD 135
Music as a Profession 1
1 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Music Professional Development: Music Professional Development: An introduction to information, resources, and skills related to physical, mental, and professional well-being for the musician and scholar.
Offered by: Music Research
- Open to B.Mus. students or by permission of the instructor.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2025-2026 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2025-2026 academic year
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MUSP 123
Jazz Ear Training 1
2 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Musicianship: Rhythmic, melodic and harmonic materials from the jazz idiom. Sight-singing, dictation and transcription with some classical materials.
Offered by: Music Research
- 2 hours
- Corequisites: MUJZ 160, MUJZ 170
- Restriction: Open to Jazz Performance Majors.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2025-2026 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2025-2026 academic year
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MUSP 124
Jazz Ear Training 2
2 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Musicianship: Advanced jazz idioms.
Offered by: Music Research
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2025-2026 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2025-2026 academic year
Required Courses (26 credits)
Theory
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MUJZ 262
Applied Jazz Theory
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Jazz Studies: An examination of harmonic practices and compositional styles in post-1960 jazz. Various theoretical approaches to jazz harmonic analysis will be addressed. Students analyze and compose jazz tunes and longer forms.
Offered by: Performance
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2025-2026 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2025-2026 academic year
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MUTH 150
Theory and Analysis 1
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Music Theory and Analysis: Diatonic chords and harmonic progressions, focus on outer-voice framework, cadences, embellishments, building chordal fluency in common-practice tonality, applied chords.
Offered by: Music Research
- Prerequisite: Matriculation Music or 大发彩票平台 Conservatory Theory Secondary V or its equivalent.
- Corequisites: MUSP 140 and MUSP 170
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2025-2026 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2025-2026 academic year
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MUTH 151
Theory and Analysis 2
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Music Theory and Analysis: Sequences and modulation, chromatic vocabulary, analysis of simple theme types (sentence, period, hybrids) and fugal techniques.
Offered by: Music Research
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2025-2026 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2025-2026 academic year
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MUTH 250
Theory and Analysis 3
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Music Theory and Analysis: 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.
Offered by: Music Research
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2025-2026 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2025-2026 academic year
Musicianship
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MUJZ 213
Fundamentals of Jazz Improv 1
2 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Jazz Studies: Introduction to basic improvisation concepts of phrasing, articulation, melodic development, harmonic control, musical vocabulary and style. Pedagogical techniques will be discussed.
Offered by: Performance
- Prerequisite(s): MUSP 124 or MUSP 141, and MUJZ 161
- Note: Open to students in Faculty Program Jazz and to students minoring in Jazz Performance, or with permission of instructor; not open to students majoring in Jazz Performance.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2025-2026 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2025-2026 academic year
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MUJZ 214
Fundamentals of Jazz Improv 2
2 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Jazz Studies: A continuation of development of basic improvisation concepts of phrasing, articulation, melodic development, harmonic control, musical vocabulary and style. Pedagogical techniques will be discussed.
Offered by: Performance
- Prerequisite(s): MUJZ 213
- Note: Open to students in Faculty Program Jazz and to students minoring in Jazz Performance, or with permission of instructor; not open to students majoring in Jazz Performance.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2025-2026 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2025-2026 academic year
Music History
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MUHL 286
Critical Thinking About Music
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Music History and Literature: 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.
Offered by: Music Research
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2025-2026 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2025-2026 academic year
Performance
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MUIN 280
BMus Practical Lessons 3
2.5 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Practical Instrument: Practical instruction on an instrument or voice.
Offered by: Performance
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2025-2026 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2025-2026 academic year
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MUIN 281
BMus Practical Lessons 4
2.5 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Practical Instrument: Practical instruction on an instrument or voice.
Offered by: Performance
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2025-2026 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2025-2026 academic year
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MUIN 283
BMus Concentration Final Exam
1 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Practical Instrument: Assessment of student's progress in the practical area.
Offered by: Performance
- Exam details are to be found under Examinations and Goals in Practical Subjects in the Music Chapter of the University Calendar.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2025-2026 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2025-2026 academic year
Professional Development
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MUPD 235
Music as a Profession 2
1 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Music Professional Development: An overview of the responsibilities and skills required of professions in music and of the varied career paths leading from a music degree.
Offered by: Music Research
- Open to BMus students in U2 and U3, or by permission of the instructor.
- Prerequisite(s): MUPD 135
- Restriction(s): Not open to students who have taken MUPD 136.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2025-2026 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2025-2026 academic year
Complementary Courses (12 credits)
Music History
6 credits from courses with a prefix of MUHL or MUPP.
Musicianship
2 credits from:
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MUJZ 323
Advanced Jazz Ear Training
2 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Jazz Studies: Dictation workshop. Content includes tonal functions commonly found in Blues, Standard Tunes and post-1960s tunes; all harmonic structures commonly used in jazz; modulations to all keys; harmonic sequences and turnaround patterns; all commonly used jazz scales; melodic dictation of tonic, II-V and turnaround patterns.
Offered by: Performance
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2025-2026 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2025-2026 academic year
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MUSP 324
Musicianship for Strings
2 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Musicianship: Fundamental musicianship issues in the context of performance with an emphasis on intonation accuracy, rhythm, articulation, voice-leading and sound texture for strings.
Offered by: Music Research
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2025-2026 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2025-2026 academic year
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MUSP 330
Musicianship for Woodwinds
2 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Musicianship: Fundamental musicianship issues in the context of performance with an emphasis on intonation accuracy, rhythm, articulation, voice-leading and sound texture for woodwinds.
Offered by: Music Research
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2025-2026 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2025-2026 academic year
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MUSP 335
Musicianship for Brass
2 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Musicianship: Fundamental musicianship issues in the context of performance with an emphasis on intonation accuracy, rhythm, articulation, voice-leading and sound texture for brass.
Offered by: Music Research
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2025-2026 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2025-2026 academic year
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MUSP 346
Post-Tonal Musicianship
2 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Musicianship: Extended tonal and post-tonal harmonic and contrapuntal structures, rhythmic practices of the 20th and 21st century, score reading.
Offered by: Music Research
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2025-2026 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2025-2026 academic year
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MUSP 350
Musicianship for Pianists
2 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Musicianship: Fundamental musicianship issues in the context of performance with an emphasis on sight-reading, practical score analysis and focused learning methods.
Offered by: Music Research
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2025-2026 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2025-2026 academic year
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MUSP 353
Musicianship for Voice
2 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Musicianship: Fundamental musicianship issues in the context of performance with an emphasis on intonation accuracy, rhythm, voice-leading and sound texture.
Offered by: Music Research
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2025-2026 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2025-2026 academic year
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MUSP 354
Intro to Improv and Ornamen
2 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Musicianship: 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.
Offered by: Music Research
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2025-2026 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2025-2026 academic year
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MUSP 355
Musicianship for Percussion
2 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Musicianship: Fundamental musicianship issues in the context of performance with an emphasis on polyrhythm.
Offered by: Music Research
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2025-2026 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2025-2026 academic year
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MUSP 361
Topics in Musicianship
2 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Musicianship: Advanced ear training challenges in rhythm, pitch, harmony, form, or timbre.
Offered by: Music Research
- Topics will change from semester to semester.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2025-2026 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2025-2026 academic year
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MUSP 363
Topics in Global Musicianship
2 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Musicianship: Musicianship skills from one or more global musical practice(s), with specific challenges and approaches corresponding to the selected topic.
Offered by: Music Research
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2025-2026 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2025-2026 academic year
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MUSP 381
Singing Renaissance Notation
2 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Musicianship: 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.
Offered by: Music Research
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2025-2026 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2025-2026 academic year
Performance
4 credits from:
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MUEN 563
Jazz Vocal Workshop
2 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Ensemble: Vocal workshop for jazz musicians.
Offered by: Performance
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2025-2026 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2025-2026 academic year
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MUEN 572
Cappella Antica
2 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Ensemble: 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.
Offered by: Performance
- 4 hours
- Prerequisite: Audition.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2025-2026 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2025-2026 academic year
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MUEN 573
Baroque Orchestra
2 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Ensemble: Open to singers and instrumentalists, this ensemble specializes in chamber music primarily of the Baroque era.
Offered by: Performance
- 4 hours
- Prerequisites: Audition
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2025-2026 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2025-2026 academic year
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MUEN 587
Cappella 大发彩票平台
2 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Ensemble: 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.
Offered by: Performance
- 4 hours
- Prerequisite: Audition.
- Note: May be taken instead of Choral Ensemble.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2025-2026 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2025-2026 academic year
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MUEN 590
大发彩票平台 Wind Orchestra
2 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Ensemble: Large ensemble for wind instruments.
Offered by: Performance
- 4-6 hours
- Prerequisite: Audition
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2025-2026 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2025-2026 academic year
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MUEN 592
Chamber Jazz Ensemble
2 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Ensemble: This ensemble will deal with the extensive repertoire of music which exists for small jazz orchestra (9-13 instruments).
Offered by: Performance
- Restriction: Open to Jazz Performance students only.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2025-2026 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2025-2026 academic year
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MUEN 593
Choral Ensembles
2 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Ensemble: Students enrolling in Choral Ensembles will be assigned to one of the above groups.
Offered by: Performance
- 4 hours
- Prerequisite: Audition.
- Section 001 Chamber Singers: a group of approximately 24 mixed voices which explores the a cappella repertoire of all periods as well as works with chamber accompaniment.
- Section 002 Concert Choir: an ensemble of approximately 60 voices (S.A.T.B.) which performs the repertoire from all periods appropriate to a group of this size.
- Section 003 University Chorus: a mixed chorus of approximately 100 which performs a variety of choral material including both traditional and popular selections.
- Section 004 Women's Chorale: an ensemble of approximately 40 women stressing the fundamentals of singing and ensemble participation.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2025-2026 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2025-2026 academic year
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MUEN 594
Contemporary Music Ensemble
2 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Ensemble: Ensemble for contemporary music - instruments and voice.
Offered by: Performance
- 4 hours
- Prerequisite: Audition.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2025-2026 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2025-2026 academic year
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MUEN 595
Jazz Ensembles
2 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Ensemble: Ensemble for jazz - instruments and voice.
Offered by: Performance
- 3-4 hours
- Prerequisite: Audition.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2025-2026 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2025-2026 academic year
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MUEN 597
大发彩票平台 Symphony Orchestra
2 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Ensemble: Ensemble for orchestral instruments.
Offered by: Performance
- 6 - 7 hours
- Prerequisite: Audition.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2025-2026 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2025-2026 academic year
Elective Courses (53 credits)
20 credits of Music Electives.
3 credits of non-Music Electives.
30 credits of Free Electives