Music
Note: We are pausing our MA and PhD program intake for the 2025-26 academic year. Please note that applications will be closed during this time.
Program focuses on musicology and ethnomusicology as well as composition, giving particular but not exclusive emphasis to North American music, including jazz and urban popular music, religious music, concert music, and folk music in rural and urban localities.
Special prominence is given to ethnomusicology, contemporary concert music, jazz music, as well as popular music.
Our professors include ethnomusicologists, music historians, music theorists and composers.
You'll have access to a wide range of specialized facilities and resources including: analogue and digital piano labs; piano/practice modules; ethnomusicology and jazz archives, York’s Sound & Moving Image Library; and popular music archives.
Stream and Specializations
- Ethnomusicology
- Musicology
- Composition
- Popular music
- Jazz
Degrees Offered
MA
Program Length (Full-time)
4 term(s)
Program Component(s)
- Major Research Paper (MRP)
Minimum Required GPA
B
English Proficiency Requirement
| Minimum TOEFL (Paper-based) | 600 |
| Minimum TOEFL (Internet-based) | 100 |
| IELTS (Academic Module) | 7.5 |
| YUELI | Academic Program Level 9 with Distinction |
| YUELI Graduate Studies Preparation Program (GSPP) | Graduate with distinction |
| CAEL | Overall score of 70, no component score less than 60 |
| Minimum CPE Score | C |
| Minimum CAE Score | B |
| Duolingo | 140 |
| PTE Academic | 76 |
PhD
Program Length (Full-time)
18 term(s)
Program Component(s)
- Comprehensive examination(s)
- AND Dissertation
Minimum Required GPA
B+
English Proficiency Requirement
| Minimum TOEFL (Paper-based) | 600 |
| Minimum TOEFL (Internet-based) | 100 |
| IELTS (Academic Module) | 7.5 |
| YUELI | Academic Program Level 9 with Distinction |
| YUELI Graduate Studies Preparation Program (GSPP) | Graduate with distinction |
| CAEL | Overall score of 70, no component score less than 60 |
| Minimum CPE Score | C |
| Minimum CAE Score | B |
| Duolingo | 140 |
| PTE Academic | 76 |
Additional Admission Requirements
Number of Recommendation(s)
- 3 recommendation(s)
Other Requirements
- MA
- Statement of intent (500 words), including Grad Course List
- Two samples of scholarly writing
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- PhD
- Statement of intent (500 words), including Grad Course List
- Two samples of scholarly writing
- ¸é±ð²õ³Ü³¾Ã©/°ä³Õ
Composition applicants for both MA & PhD, must additionally submit a portfolio (minimum two pieces that are representative of applicant’s style). To upload any audio visual files, please provide a link to YouTube or some other web-sharing service in one of their uploaded supporting documents.
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