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Information for Incoming Music Graduate Students
Congratulations on your successful application to the UBC School of Music! Please arrive on campus by September 1st, 2013.
1. WELCOME AND ORIENTATION
2. INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS
- Subscribe to the weekly newsletter from International House and review their services.
3. FINANCIAL
Cost
Financial Assistance
- Student loans: for Canadian and United States students. Apply by June 30th to receive funds in time for September.
- Bursaries: General (apply by September 15th for Winter Session and June 1st for Summer Session); Affiliation (apply by May 31st)
- Emergency Funding and Graduate Student Society policy
Awards
- Review the awards information page. As an entering School of Music graduate student, you have automatically been considered for all first-year School awards.
- Review the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) and the Affiliated Fellowship awards page. These applications are completed in September.
- Music scholarships offered by off-campus agencies (sections B to E).
- Canadian Scholarship Programs for Non-Canadians wishing to study/conduct research in Canada
- Aboriginal awards - deadline to apply, May 31st. Services for Aboriginal students.
- Awards for students with disabilities. Services for students with disabilities.
Employment
- Jobs on Campus:
- Jobs at the School of Music:
- Each year the Concerts and Communications Manager hires School of Music students for ushering and front-of-house duties. Go to Music Building Rm. 206 on the first day of class to pick-up an application.
- Each year the Audio Manager trains select music students on audio engineering. These students then are paid to record recitals, auditions, etc. Further details and application instructions will be e-mailed to all School of Music students in September.
4. REGISTRATION (incl. student card)
- You MUST remain enrolled in your graduate program CONTINUOUSLY from the beginning of your program until the end -- this includes the summer term. Tuition payments are divided into three equal installments, payable in September, January and May. Please make special note of this policy, as students -- especially those not intending to take courses in the summer -- are sometimes surprised there is a tuition payment due for the period May to September.
- Before classes start, you must pay a deposit, view the course schedule and register for courses through the Student Service Centre. The Student Service Centre is your interface with UBC. Here, you pay your registration deposit, access the course schedule, register for courses, pay fees, change your e-mail and address and eventually apply for graduation.
- Registration for all graduate students opens on June 12th, 2013. Additional registration information, and course drop/add deadlines may be found here.
- Student cards and UPASS transit passes are available at the UBC Bookstore, but you must register for at least one course (this changes your student status from eligible to registered) prior to picking them up.
- If applicable, you will find out at the beginning of September whom your private lesson instructor is.
- Some courses meet for both terms of the winter session, while others meet just in the first or second term. Be sure to register for both terms, right away, on, or as close as possible, to your registration date.
- Academic progress: Please note that graduate students who receive a grade below 60 in any course may be asked to withdraw from the program. Furthermore, no more than six credits of courses with grades between 60 and 67 can be counted for credit toward graduation.
- Please note that Master's students will not receive more than six credits for courses at the 300 or 400 level; no credit is given for courses at the 100 or 200 levels. Please ensure that you take the requisite number of credits at the graduate level (500 or 600 level) during the course of your program.
- You are responsible for planning and successfully completing all of the courses you need to graduate. Your faculty advisor and the staff are willing to assist you, but you must also make yourself aware of the requirements of your curriculum and ensure that you are taking the proper courses and making sufficient progress in your program.
5. WHICH COURSES TO REGISTER FOR
- Curriculum Guides
- Composition & Performance Programs
- Academic Programs - Music Graduate Student advising webpages (under construction).
- Music Faculty Directory
- You will meet with the the Head of your Division no later than the first week of classes in September to complete your course planning/program of study and to receive advice on appropriate committee members. It is not necessary to register for more than one course prior to that time.
- MUSC 520A (Introduction to Music Research) is required for all Master's programs and as a prerequisite in all doctoral programs. It should be taken in the first term of graduate study. Students who have had an equivalent course in their prior studies may be exempted from this requirement; please contact the Student Advisor (music.advisor(at)ubc.ca) or the chair of the Graduate Committee for more information.
- Please note that Master's students will not receive more than six credits for courses at the 300 or 400 level; no credit is given for courses at the 100 or 200 levels. Please ensure that you take the requisite number of credits at the graduate level (500 or 600 level) during the course of your program.
- To register for one class and change your status to REGISTERED (which allows you to pick up your student card and obtain your bus pass):
- MMUS Performance: Register for MUSC 520A and your 593 lesson class now. 593 has different sections depending on which instrument you play: 593A - piano; 593B - voice; 593C - strings; 593D - brass, winds, percussion; and 593E - guitar.
- MMUS Composition: register for MUSC 520A and MUSC 507C
- MMUS Choral Conducting: register for MUSC 520A and MUSC 593D
- MA: register for MUSC 520A
- PhD: register for MUSC 520A (if not exempt), and contact Student Advisor or your supervisor for advice on which course to register for
- DMA Composition: register for MUSC 520A and MUSC 508C
- DMA Performance: register for MUSC 520A (if not exempt); in addition, PIANO register for 692A; VOICE register for 692B; STRINGS register for 693C; and BRASS, WINDS, PERCUSSION register for 693D
- Heads of Divisions
- Winds/Brass/Percussion: Dr. Robert Taylor (T: 604-827-5474; E: rob.taylor(at)ubc.ca; Office: Music Building Room 325)
- Composition: Dr. Keith Hamel (T: 604-822-6308; E: keith.hamel(at)ubc.ca; Office: Music Building Room 317)
- Choral Conducting: Dr. Graeme Langager (T: 604-822-6792; E: graeme.langager(at)ubc.ca; Office: Music Building Room 417)
- Ethnomusicology: Dr. Nathan Hesselink (T: 604-827-3259; n.hesselink(at)ubc.ca; Office: Old Auditorium Room 206B)
- Keyboard: Dr. Corey Hamm (T: 604-822-3522; corey.hamm(at)ubc.ca; Office: Music Building Room 307)
- Musicology: Dr. David Metzer (T: 604-822-2246; E: david.metzer(at)ubc.ca; Office: Music Building Room 403)
- Strings: Prof. Eric Wilson (T: 604-822-5526; E: cellodude(at)shaw.ca; Office: Music Building Room 306)
- Theory: Dr. William Benjamin (T: 604-822-9193; E: w.benjamin(at)ubc.ca; Office: Music Building Room 419)
- Voice/Opera: Prof. Nancy Hermiston (T: 604-822-8246; E: nancy.hermiston(at)ubc.ca; Office: Old Auditorium Room 305)
6. ENSEMBLES
- How do I register for ensembles? For most ensembles an audition is required to secure your place and to determine seating.
- During the audition you play or sing a prepared piece for the conductor - check the course description in the course schedule for specific audition requirements.
- Auditions are held in the first week of September. Come in and sign up for audition times at the Music Office in mid-August or if you are unavailable to come in person, call our reception desk at 604-822-3113 or e-mail Margret at music.office(at)ubc.ca.
7. TRANSFER CREDIT GUIDELINES
8. MUSIC EDUCATION
9. HOUSING
- In addition to standard on-campus graduate housing, there are two graduate student college residences on-campus which both have several awards and fellowships available on a competitive basis to residents.
a) Green College
b) St. John's College - The cost of renting an off-campus apartment in Vancouver can be quite high; so, we recommend that applicants who require housing stay on-campus.
- Estimated yearly living costs for full-time graduate students may be found in the Grad Guide on Page 11.
10. STUDENT LIFE
11. UBC's GRADUATE STUDENT SOCIETY
12. UPASS
- The Universal Transportation Pass is a mandatory program for all AMS members and provides cardholders with:
- Unlimited access to TransLink Bus, SkyTrain, and SeaBus services (all zones) and discounted West Coast Express fares
- Information
13. MAPS
14. FACEBOOK
15. ATTEND A SUMMER MUSIC PROGRAM
- Summer Music Institute (including Vocal Workshop) - Each July, several hundred students spend a week or two on campus under the leadership and guidance of the performance faculty of the School of Music, and other distinguished music educators from British Columbia and the United States.
- Vancouver International Song Institute
16. MUSIC TICKET DEALS FOR STUDENTS
17. WHAT TO DO WHEN YOU FIRST ARRIVE ON-CAMPUS
- Register for at least one class BEFORE you arrive on-campus
- Pick-up your student card and UPASS at the UBC Bookstore after August 15th. Purchase any required textbooks which you are aware of.
- Read the Survival Guide for the School of Music
- Attend orientation
- Sit any Entrance Placement Exams required (held the week before classes begin). If you are not able to be on-campus in time to write the exams, you must immediately contact the noted exam proctor to see if it is possible to sit the exam at a later date.
- To Do at the School of Music Main Office:
- If you are a Teaching Assistant or Marker, see Isabel da Silva, Administrative Manager, in the main office to fill out payroll forms.
- Sign-up for ensemble auditions and seating placement (if applicable)
- Pick-up: Welcome package from School of Music main office (after August 20th)
- Pick up: graduate mailbox key ($5 deposit - cash only) from Margret (music.office(at)ubc.ca) at the main office.
- Request: practice room key requisition ($20 deposit, cash only - note that performers on double bass, percussion, organ and tuba are required to pay a $50 deposit for multiple keys) from Rowan (musicoff(at)interchange.ubc.ca) at School main office. After receiving your ready-for-pick-up e-mail, take additional $20 deposit to Parking & Access Control in the GSAB building to get your key. If you require a parking pass, obtain it at the same office. Note: all students, faculty and staff from across UBC who require keys or parking passes go to this office; so, you can imagine how busy it is in early September. If you arrive on-campus during August, go then.
- Fill out a Music Student Info Form (address info, etc.), available in the lobby of the Music building, and submit to to the School main office along with your $20 School of Music Administration Fee. All Music students must pay this fee. The form must be returned to the office at the same time as you pay the administration fee, otherwise neither will be accepted.
- Pick up a Practice Room Timesheet (to be completed and returned to MUSC reception by September 14th), available in the lobby of the Music building - return to office.
- Fill out a Gig List Sign-up Sheet if you (or your ensemble) are interested in being hired to play at weddings or other functions. Forms are available in the Music Building lobby - return to office.
- Fill out a Private Lessons Form if you wish to be on a public list of music teachers in the UBC School of Music Extension Program. Forms are available in the Music Building lobby - return to office.
- Meet with the Head of your Division to plan your courses no later than the end of the first week of classes.
- Local address/e-mail updates: Once you have your current, local address, immediately update the Student Service Centre with your contact information. It is your responsibility to provide (and update as needed) UBC with your current contact information so that we may reach you with any critical information, issues or advising details.
