Graduate Exam Application Form 2.0

Graduate Exam Application Form 2.0

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In an effort to simplify and manage communication, we ask that you create a ‘concert code’. You will be able to use this code in the subject line of all email correspondance with our offices (Communcations and Production), which will allow us to track changes and requests as well as search by date or last name. The concert code must indicate the date, time, hall and your last name. Clara Lichtenstein – CLH, Pollack Hall – PH, Tanna Hall – TSH, Redpath Hall – RH, Other – OH
Example: 1.sept.17h.PH.Schulich

Contact Information

Some pages in this form may be skipped depending on your exam type! You may return to previous pages before submitting the form.

Exam Information

Please put in the first performance date if this is an opera role with multiple performances
Concert Hall
24 hour format
Exam Month (Note that this exam will be scheduled during the undergraduate exam period. If there are days/times you are not available during this period, please indicate them in the section, “Comments and Special Requests.”
Room for evaluation rehearsal
Start time of evaluation rehearsal
End time of evaluation rehearsal
Do you want ALL additional performers in your recital to be listed one time in a roster format at the beginning of the program?
Please select Yes if you would like ALL additional performers in your recital to be listed one time in a roster format at the beginning of the program. – If you prefer to recognize additional performers after each piece on your program, there are spaces provided on the following page(s) detailing your Program Information.
First name, Last Name, instrument (French / English)

Program Information

This form features a repeating tool at the bottom of this section. Please select “add” for each piece in your program. French / English translation is required for works like Sonatas, Concertos, Preludes… otherwise titles should be listed in their original language. All translations will be reviewed. If you are playing an excerpt from a piece, please add the following text after the title: (extraits / excerpts). Please consult the C&P style sheet https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B5CQU1BVk8hsMEJtR2JQb0lrUnM/view?resourcekey=0-xVbCkLnUNBCTGDlVQsc_2g for French translations and standard formatting for catalog numbers.
FORMAT: Piece 1: Beethoven 5, Piece 2: etc. Use full piece titles.
FORMAT: Please use a new line for each new movement
FORMAT: Full First & Last name (no initials except for middle names) Ex. Johannes Brahms
FORMAT: (xxxx-xxxx) OR (né en / b. XXXX)
FORMAT: First & Last Name (DATES)
FORMAT: First Name, Last Name, Instrument (French/English); Please use a new line for each player
For Opera roles, please enter the role and it’s classification (Lead, Featured, Supporting) according to the AGMA website (http://www.musicalartists.org/agreements_schedule_c.html).
Please indicate the length of each piece in your program. FORMAT: Piece 1: Beethoven 5 (minutes : seconds)
plus1 Add minus1 Remove

Total Timing

Ex. 47 minutes

Intermission

Will there be an intermission?
Indicate where you would like your intermission:

Additional Information

We would be happy to post a link to your website or YouTube Channel, please add the link above!

Maximum file size: 8.39MB

Recommended External Member – Doctoral Students only:

For the D.Mus. recitals (MUPG 760 and MUPG 767), the panel consists of three members, one of whom is the student’s teacher (except in the event that the student has two teachers: in this instance, the panel will consist of four members as both teachers will submit one combined grade). The second panel member is selected from the list of examiners for the student’s area (i.e., horn from the horn list, voice from the voice list, etc.). The third panel member is external to the area, except for the Jazz Area. The evaluation of the doctoral projects will consist of the Doctoral Advisory Committee plus an external examiner for the final project only. Please see details on the music website: https://www.mcgill.ca/music/programs/dmus-performance/doctoral-project. If this submission if for your final project, please suggest 3 names from the external list (last column on the right), by area, and list them as follows: first choice, alternate 1 and alternate 2. The guidelines on the selection of examiners and the list of examiners can be found on the following website: https://www.mcgill.ca/music/resources/grads-postdocs/forms, under the Graduate Exam Application Form section. Please note that although the student’s preferences will be noted, anyone on the list of examiners may be on your panel. Therefore, if you have a particular reason why you do not want a particular examiner on the panel, this should be made known to the Music Graduate Studies Office by email at graduatestudies.music@mcgill.ca at the same time as submitting the form.
Submit one paragraph outlining your reasons for selecting the repertoire.

Project Description

Please attach a 1 page TYPED description (PDF) of your project that details the collaborators involved, the specific role of each of the collaborators, the specific objectives of the project and the means or methods by which the project will be completed (e.g., performance, presentation, publication, recording, etc.). For example, in the case of a composer-performer or performer-dancer collaboration, the project proposal should detail the specific parameters of the composition or interpretative process and the way(s) in which the participants will collaborate (i.e., exploring particular techniques through which different text ended techniques will be notated, developing particular gestures through which the musical language will evolve, the relationship between a performer’s gestures and the bodily gestures of a dancer, the choreographic implications of a dramatic scene, etc.). In the case of a research study, the proposal should detail the goals and objectives of the study and the particular tasks that will be completed by the performer and the importance of those tasks to the study as a whole. Where a performance is involved please also attach a copy of the program as detailed which should include the date, time, and hall. Recital programs should be complete and error-free. Incomplete applications will not be accepted. Include Title, opus number, key, movements, composer and dates, duration of the piece and duration of the program. If the project is a recording, please include the name of the Sound Engineer, email address, location of recording, scheduled dates of the recording and date when the recording will be submitted to the Graduate Studies Office. If there are special technical requirements, please include the details.

Maximum file size: 8.39MB

Production Information

Important: If the information provided is not complete, we cannot guarantee that we will be able to provide you with the services you require.  Changes to the information provided once submitted should be communicated with the Production Office (production.music@mcgill.ca). For all technical questions, please call Serge Filiatrault at 514-398-4535 ext. 00321 or serge.filiatrault@mcgill.ca.
Public address system (PA)
Projector and screen (CLARA & TANNA HALLS ONLY)
Portative organ use? (if applicable)
Harpsichord use (if applicable)
Percussion Instruments
(it is the students’ responsability to ensure that the instruments are on stage for their rehearsal and performance)
Do you need orchestra risers?
Available: 4 @ 8” x 4’ x 8’, 2 @ 16” x 4’ x 8’, 2 @ 24” x 4’ x 8’
Piano use (if applicable)
Will there be any prepared piano techniques?
For example, when its sounds are temporarily altered by placing bolts, screws, mutes, rubber erasers, and/or other objects on or between the strings.
Will there be playing inside the piano?

Audio Needs

Please note that live sound and recording services are available between September 1 and May 31.
Microphones needed?
Stage Monitors needed?
PA System
Laptop usage?
Please note that a VGA adapter is not provided
Laptop type
CD Playback
DVD Playback
For Copied DVDs, provide us with a copy one (1) week in advance to determine compatibility.
Type of DVD

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