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Diverse Musics and Practices is a full-year sequence of two courses offered through the School of Music at the University of Windsor. Students enrolled in this course normally pursue a Bachelor of Arts degree with a Music major, though the course is open to students in other degree programs by audition. The DMAP course is repeatable for credit; students may participate for two years. In the third and fourth years of a BA (Music) degree, students interested in new music would normally proceed to the New Music Workshop courses.

An audition is required of students wishing to participate in the DMAP course. The audition serves to demonstrate that the student can sing or play an iinstrument with a musical tone, sense of pitch, and sense of rhythm. Students may audition on voice or on any instrument, including orchestral instruments, electric instruments, non-western instruments, or laptop. Students are advised to prepare two short pieces of music in any style that best demonstrate their ability. Students may also submit a portfolio of creative work including songs, instrumental compositions, improvisations, or sound recordings.

Audition dates for 2010-11 are March 20, April 10, April 24, and May 8. Interested students are encouraged to audition early, as space in this course is limited and offers of admission will be made beginning in April. For more information, please contact Dr. Brent Lee, professor for this course and artistic director of Noiseborder, the centre for new music at the University of Windsor.

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