Music

Overview

Why to study

Bachelor of Music Education graduates accepted to the Master of Music program at the University of Regina are normally required to complete additional undergraduate music courses, and to do so by the end of the first semester of graduate study.

Applicants for the MMus in Performance degree program (instrumental or vocal) will ordinarily perform an in-person audition arranged through the department head. International applicants, and Canadian applicants who are not within driving distance of Regina, will be considered on the basis of a video recording (an audio recording alone is not acceptable) and are to submit the recording in one of the following ways: uploaded to a video webiste with links provided or on a DVD or on a USB thumb drive.  Vocalists are to demonstrate acceptable singing ability in French, Italian, and German as well as English.  Applicants who audition in person should be prepared to perform at the audition the equivalent of an entire senior undergraduate recital, from which the audition planel will choose selections of at leaset one-half hour in duration. 

Applicants for the MMus in Composition degree program are to submit recent compositions for evaluation. 

Applicants for the MMus in Conducting degree program are to submit a video recording in one of the following ways: uploaded to a video website with links provided or on a DVD or on a USB thumb drive.  The video will be approximately 30 to 45 minutes of unedited rehearsal and performance, including at least 20 minutes of consecutive rehearsal.  The camera should be positioned to show the upper body from a frontal view.  An audio recording alone is not acceptable. 

For all programs, written diagnostic examinations in music theory and history are required prior to beginning the program.  Entering students scoring below a certain level will be required to do remedial work.  Remedial work of more than two semesters is not permitted.