Music

This class comprises research and experimental development in music.
Parent Category
Sub-Categories
Opera
Sound creation
Organology
Music composition
Music interpretation
Music, n.e.c.
 
 
 

Graduate Degree Programs in Music

Doctor of Musical Arts in Composition (DMA)

The D.M.A. program is designed for composers who have already reached a high level of proficiency and artistry in their fields and who may wish to teach at the university level. This program offers an opportunity to bring creative and performance achievement to a high level while enriching...

Doctor of Musical Arts in Orchestral Instrument (DMA)

The D.M.A. program is designed for performers who have already reached a high level of proficiency and artistry in their fields and who may wish to teach at the university level. This program offers an opportunity to bring creative and performance achievement to a high level while enriching...

Doctor of Musical Arts in Piano (DMA)

The DMA program is designed for performers who have already reached a high level of proficiency and artistry in their fields and who may wish to teach at the university level. This program offers an opportunity to bring creative and performance achievement to a high level while enriching individual...

Doctor of Musical Arts in Voice (DMA)

The D.M.A. program is designed for performers who have already reached a high level of proficiency and artistry in their fields and who may wish to teach at the university level. This program offers an opportunity to bring creative and performance achievement to a high level while enriching...

Doctor of Philosophy in Music, Emphasis Theory (PhD)

Theories of music describe ways that listeners, composers, and performers conceive of the elements of their art. Study of theory, then, informs all aspects of musical learning at UBC. Our faculty include internationally known researchers who contribute to theories of rhythm and meter, music...

Master of Arts in Music, Emphasis Theory (MA)

Theories of music describe ways that listeners, composers, and performers conceive of the elements of their art. Study of theory, then, informs all aspects of musical learning at UBC. Our faculty include internationally known researchers who contribute to theories of rhythm and meter, music...

Master of Music in Composition (MMUS)

The Master of Music (M.Mus.) degree in composition is offered to students who have achieved necessary levels of attainment and productivity at the undergraduate level, and who give reasonable promise of further significant accomplishment. This degree is often a final academic step for the musician...

Master of Music in Conducting (Emphasis Choral Conducting) (MMUS)

The UBC School of Music offers excellent training for graduate assistant conductors with ample podium time in front of outstanding ensembles. Degrees are offered with emphases in Choral, Orchestral, or Wind conducting. The conducting program features private conducting study and significant podium...

Master of Music in Conducting (Emphasis Orchestral Conducting) (MMUS)

The orchestral conducting program features private conducting study and significant podium time. Teaching Assistantships in conducting and ensembles provide vital experiential learning opportunities throughout the degree. Collaboration among conducting faculty and students in all emphases makes it...

Master of Music in Conducting (Emphasis Wind Conducting) (MMUS)

This program is not accepting applications for the 2025 - 2026 academic year The M.Mus. with emphasis in wind conducting gives the aspiring professional wind conductor an unequaled opportunity to receive consistent, ample podium time with the UBC Symphonic Wind Ensemble and Concert Winds. Students...

Master of Music in Guitar (MMUS)

The Master of Music (M.Mus.) degree in performance is offered to students who have achieved necessary levels of attainment and productivity at the undergraduate level, and who give reasonable promise of further significant accomplishment. This degree is often a final academic step for the musician...

Master of Music in Harpsichord (MMUS)

The Master of Music (M.Mus.) degree in performance is offered to students who have achieved necessary levels of attainment and who show potential of further significant accomplishment. This degree is often a final academic step for the musician who wishes to enter the professional world, although...

Master of Music in Historical Performance Practice (MMUS)

Master of Music in Opera (MMUS)

The Master of Music (M.Mus.) degree in Opera performance is offered to students who have achieved necessary levels of attainment and productivity at the undergraduate level, and who give reasonable promise of further significant accomplishment. This degree is often a final academic and performance...

Master of Music in Orchestral Instrument (MMUS)

The Master of Music (M.Mus.) degree in performance is offered to students who have achieved necessary levels of attainment and productivity at the undergraduate level, and who give reasonable promise of further significant accomplishment. This degree is often a final academic step for the musician...

Master of Music in Organ (MMUS)

The Master of Music (M.Mus.) degree in performance is offered to students who have achieved necessary levels of attainment and who show potential of further significant accomplishment. This degree is often a final academic step for the musician who wishes to enter the professional world, although...

Master of Music in Piano (MMUS)

The Master of Music (M.Mus.) degree in performance is offered to students who have achieved necessary levels of attainment at the undergraduate level who show potential for further significant accomplishment. This degree is often a final academic step for the musician who wishes to enter the...

Master of Music in Voice (MMUS)

The Master of Music (M.Mus.) degree in Voice performance is offered to students who have achieved necessary levels of attainment and productivity at the undergraduate level, and who give reasonable promise of further significant accomplishment. This degree is often a final academic performance step...
 

UBC Researchers conducting research in Music

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Carrabre, T. Patrick

School of Music, Faculty of Arts

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

Music; construction of identity; creation of shared musical spaces with indigenous and non-western musicians; decolonization; use of interactive electronics

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Fisher, Alexander

School of Music, Faculty of Arts

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

Music, n.e.c.; Christianity studies (including biblical studies and church history); musicology; music; Sound Studies; History; religious history; european history

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Hamel, Keith

School of Music, Faculty of Arts

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

Music composition; Composition; Interactive Computer Music

Hesselink, Nathan

School of Music, Faculty of Arts

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

Music; ethnomusicology; music analysis; entrainment; rhythmic play and social meaning; Anglo-American rock music; African American popular music

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Jun, Hyejung

School of Music, Faculty of Arts

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

Music; choral

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Law, Hedy

School of Music, Faculty of Arts

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

Opera; eighteenth-century French music; opera; pantomime; dance; gesture; sign; the Enlightenment; Cantonese music; Cantonese opera; Cantonese songs; tone language; global Cantonese music; global music history; gender and sexuality; music and race

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Vellutini, Claudio

School of Music, Faculty of Arts

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

Opera; Critical Musicology; Cultural and reception history of nineteenth-century Italian opera; Early 19th century music (opera); Habsburg cultural policies; Historiography; Italian opera in the Habsburg Empire; Performance and staging practices; Vienna opera (first half of 19th century); 19th-century opera singers; Opera and mobility studies; Opera's global dissemination in the 19th century

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Whitney, Valerie

School of Music, Faculty of Arts

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

Music; French Horn
 
 
 

Academic Units in Music

School of Music
 
 
French Name
Musique
French Description
Cette classe comprend la recherche et le développement expérimental en musique.
 
 

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