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EMU254H1 - Instrumental Class: Trombone

Fixed Credit: 0.17

Introductory study of the trombone.

Prerequisite: Trombone majors: P.I.

EMU260H1 - Instrumental Class: Cello I

Fixed Credit: 0.17

Introductory study of the cello.

Prerequisite: Cello majors: P.I.
Exclusion: EMU350H1

EMU262H1 - Instrumental Class: Percussion

Fixed Credit: 0.17

Practical study of percussion instruments. Care and maintenance of instruments and equipment. Ensemble playing.

Prerequisite: Percussion majors: P.I.
Exclusion: EMU352H1

EMU264H1 - Instrumental Class: Oboe

Fixed Credit: 0.17

Introductory study of the oboe.

Prerequisite: Oboe majors: P.I.
Exclusion: EMU354H1

EMU267H1 - Instrumental Class: Saxophone

Fixed Credit: 0.17

Introductory study of the saxophone.

Prerequisite: Saxophone majors: P.I.
Exclusion: EMU357H1

EMU270H1 - Instrumental Class: Double Bass

Fixed Credit: 0.17

Introductory study of the double bass. One hour, one term.

Prerequisite: Bass majors: P.I.
Exclusion: EMU450H1

EMU330Y1 - Choral Music Education

Fixed Credit: 1.00

The study and practice of choral music with an emphasis on teaching and learning in school and community choral settings. The course will focus on conducting, programming and score study with an emphasis on rehearsal pedagogy.

Prerequisite: EMU130Y1, EMU230H1, EMU240H1, EMU245H1 - Education majors only/ In Year 3.
Exclusion: EMU330H1 and/or EMU331H1

EMU355Y1 - Accompanying

Fixed Credit: 0.33

The course focuses on developing pianistic, musical and verbal skills in order to succeed in a broad spectrum of collaborative opportunities during a professional career. In-class accompanying presentations and lectures introduce students to professional musician/teacher requirements through collaborative training.  Practical experience in improvisation, sight-reading. Assignments appropriate to level of keyboard facility.

Prerequisite: TMU105Y1/TMU107Y1, in Year 2, RCM Grade 9 level Piano or equivalent/P.I.

EMU356Y1 - Instrumental Music I: Curriculum, Conducting, Rehearsal and Repertoire

Fixed Credit: 1.00

A study of techniques for the instruction and administration of wind and string instrumental programs. Analysis and performance of beginning and intermediate band and string orchestra repertoire.

Prerequisite: 5 EMU Instrumental courses or P.I.
Corequisite: PMU380Y1

EMU360H1 - Jazz Improvisation for Music Education

Fixed Credit: 0.50

Development of improvisation skills through applied performance and theoretical analysis in a variety of jazz styles.

Prerequisite: TMU220H1, TMU221H1/TMU230H1, TMU231H1, TMU232H1
Exclusion: Not open to Jazz majors.

EMU370H1 - Principles & Practice of Music Education for Children

Fixed Credit: 0.50

This course provides an introduction to the philosophical underpinnings and practice-based theories of music education for children. Students will have the opportunity to study the development of musicianship in childhood and explore common theories and educational approaches through seminars, observations, composition and performance experiences, and microteaching opportunities.

Prerequisite: Year 3.
Exclusion: EMU370Y1

EMU371H1 - Multimodal Approaches to Music Teaching and Learning

Fixed Credit: 0.50

This course provides a multitude of approaches to music teaching and learning including informal music learning, music technology, community music and improvisatory and creative musical activities in music classrooms. Students will actively create and perform music while crafting a well-rounded curriculum based on the ideas derived from the course. Philosophical underpinnings of such practices will also be examined.

Prerequisite: EMU240H1, EMU245H1 - Education Majors only/In Year 3.

EMU372Y1 - Movement & Music: Dalcroze Eurhythmics

Fixed Credit: 0.33

This course focuses on the pedagogy of Dalcroze Eurhythmics, a music education approach that examines the intrinsic relationships between physical movement and the learning/performing of music. Students make a kinaesthetic connection to a wide variety of music through invigorating combinations of free movement, choreography, singing, conducting, improvisation and music games.

EMU401H1 - Calls to Action through Music Education

Fixed Credit: 0.50

This course takes the Calls to Action from the Truth and Reconciliation Commission as the Foundation for Curriculum and Pedagogy in Music Education. Students will lead seminars on topics related to their research interest and examine current issues facing Indigenous Peoples through the lens of Reconciliation.

Prerequisite: EMU240H1, EMU245H1

EMU410H1 - Introduction to Research in Music Education

Fixed Credit: 0.50

An introduction to modes of research in music education, with particular reference to principles of research design and effective research procedures. Students will prepare critiques of research material and will be guided in designing research projects.

Prerequisite: EMU240H1, EMU245H1

EMU430H1 - Choral Literature & Conducting I

Fixed Credit: 0.50

The study of choral literature and conducting technique with an emphasis on European classical and Contemporary choral music (including selected choral-orchestral repertoire). The weekly class will meet in a combined literature seminar and conducting practicum with piano and/or small instrumental ensemble.

Prerequisite: EMU330Y1 or P.I.
Exclusion: EMU430Y1

EMU431H1 - Choral Literature & Conducting II

Fixed Credit: 0.50

The study of choral literature and conducting technique with an emphasis on European classical and Contemporary choral music (including selected choral-orchestral repertoire). The weekly class will meet in a combined literature and seminar and conducting practicum with piano and/or small instrumental ensemble.

Prerequisite: EMU430H1
Exclusion: EMU430Y1

EMU435H1 - Internship in Music Education

Fixed Credit: 0.50

This course provides a community-based experience that will enable students to merge theory and practice in music education. Students will volunteer for three hours a week in a community music or school setting of their choosing. Placements must be approved by the instructor during the first week of classes.

Prerequisite: EMU240H1, EMU245H1, one of EMU356Y1/EMU330Y1/EMU370Y1/EMU361Y1

EMU456Y1 - Instrumental Music II: Advanced Curriculum, Conducting, Rehearsal & Repertoire

Fixed Credit: 1.00

Practical instrumental lab. Selected lecture topics related to teacher effectiveness in an instrumental program. In-field observation and participation.

Prerequisite: EMU356Y1
Exclusion: PMU480Y1

EMU461H1 - Cultural Perspectives in Music Teaching and Learning

Fixed Credit: 0.50

A seminar exploring music's social nature, with special attention to the ways culture influences music perception, cognition, and value, and the way musical practices in turn influence culture and social relations. Issues addressed include: music education as intercultural education; music, gender, and power; the educational implications of cultural relativity; music education as an agent of social reproduction and/or transformation; social relations implicit in various musical and instructional practices; and music education's moral significance. Emphasis is placed on practical pedagogical applications of world music.

Prerequisite: EMU240H1, EMU245H1 - Education Majors only/In Year 4.

EMU485H1 - Advanced Topics in Music and Childhood

Fixed Credit: 0.50

This course invites students to expand their strategies for welcoming children into the diverse practice of musicking. At the core is bell hook’s philosophy of education as a practice of freedom as well as culturally responsive, culturally relevant, and culturally sustaining approaches to music education.

Prerequisite: EMU370H1 or P.I.

EMU499H1 - Independent Study

Fixed Credit: 0.50

An intensive research project under the supervision of a faculty member. The project must be academically demanding and uniquely suitable for the individual student. Students propose a topic that is currently not covered in the curriculum or one that warrants further exploration related to research interests and/or musical goals. Available to students in 4th year on successful completion of several EMU courses; minimum cumulative GPA of 3.3 (B+) and availability of a full-time faculty advisor from the Music Education division. Modes of assessment are determined through discussion between student and supervisor, but will usually include a public presentation of the research project.

Prerequisite: In Year 4. Permission of the Division Required.

HMU111H1 - Introduction to Music and Society

Fixed Credit: 0.50

An examination of musical thought and practice in non-Western and Western traditions.

Exclusion: Does not count as an HMU elective.

HMU126H1 - Historical Survey II

Fixed Credit: 0.50

Western music from 1750 to the present.

Exclusion: HMU226H1. Does not count as an HMU elective.

HMU225H1 - Historical Survey I

Fixed Credit: 0.50

Western music up to 1750.

Prerequisite: In Year 2.
Exclusion: Does not count as an HMU elective.

HMU316H1 - Korean Music

Fixed Credit: 0.50

Begins with an introduction to traditional Korean music. Considers the class structure of late nineteenth-century Korea and the concomitant development of court, aristocratic and folk genres with the onset of Korean modernity. Second half focuses on popular music and studies the evolving place of music in Korean life.

Prerequisite: HMU111H1, HMU126H1,HMU225H1/JMU210H1

HMU333H1 - Ethnomusicology of Urban Environments: Doing Research in Sound

Fixed Credit: 0.50

This course explores the intersection of sound, listening, and urban environment through a selective survey of contemporary scholarship from ethnomusicology, sound studies, anthropology of sound, cultural geography, and urban studies. Class discussions, assigned readings, audio-visual examples, and lectures will build a theoretical understanding of sound’s relation to issues of identity, culture, politics, representation, power, media, gender, race, and urban space. Students will receive hands-on research methods training as they conduct ethnomusicological research in downtown Toronto. Students will be guided in designing a research project and conduct field research, interviews and soundwalks. They will materialize research results as presentable audio(visual) media.

Prerequisite: HMU111H1, HMU126H1 and HMU225H1/JMU210H1

HMU340H1 - Music in North America

Fixed Credit: 0.50

Study of music in North American life. Topics may include folk and popular music, jazz and art music.

Prerequisite: HMU111H1, HMU126H1, HMU225H1/JMU210H1

HMU345H1 - Global Popular Musics

Fixed Credit: 0.50

Global Popular Musics is an introduction to popular music in its social and cultural context in a variety of international settings. Genres to be covered may include, but are not limited to, rock, hip-hop, country, and “world music”. The course will take an issues-based approach to the study of popular music, focusing on topics such as the interplay of tradition and modernity; media and technology; race, gender, sexuality, class, and other facets of identity; urbanization and migration; and the markets and legal structures surrounding music.

Prerequisite: HMU111H1, HMU126H1, HMU225H1/JMU210H1
Exclusion: HMU245H1

HMU354H1 - Beethoven

Fixed Credit: 0.50

An investigation of a diverse array of Beethoven's works in the context of his life and cultural milieu.

Prerequisite: HMU111H1, HMU126H1, HMU225H1/JMU210H1