Master of Arts in Musicology with Performance

University of Victoria - Kaplan

The MA in Musicology with Performance (project option) is intended for musicology students who are proficient performers and want to continue serious study of their instrument.The program is modelled on the MA in Musicology, but reduces the seminar requirement to accommodate performance activities. The program culminates in a dual-purpose capstone project including a lecture recital and a related research paper.This program is designed to support those aspiring to teach at post-secondary institutions, which often also require experience in performance and classroom teaching on musicological subjects.OutcomesStudents in this program will gain:refined skills in music research and bibliographyexpertise in contemporary research methodologies, including the role of race, ethnicity, gender, economics, and other social issues in the study of music and the construction of musical narratives and historical practices, reinforcement of musical practices and theories across a variety of genres and historical periods, refined writing skills, especially as pertains to writing about music, refined abilities in peer-assessmentrefined abilities in close-reading, rhetorical analysis, and textual criticism, refined presentation abilities (including public speaking and electronic presentation formats)