Dr. Sylvain Caron

Professor

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Biography

Sylvain Caron has been a professor at the Faculty of Music since 1995. His teachings encompass the history of baroque music, performance musicology, musical analysis and interpretation, and relationships between music and fine arts. He is the director of the OICRM, the Interdisciplinary Observatory for Creation and Research in Music, and a member of the team 'Music in France', funded by the FRQ-SC. His research focuses on musical expression and interpretation, particularly in the works of François Couperin and within French melodies. Sylvain serves on the editorial boards of 'Musurgia', a French journal of musical analysis, and the 'Cahiers de la Société québécoise de recherche en musique'. He has co-edited collective works on music, modernity in France, and music, art, and religion during the interwar period. His publications cover a wide array of topics from the relationships between music and painting to the religious music of Koechlin, and he has presented and published extensively on these subjects. Moreover, he collaborates with the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts for training guides, linking music and painting in exhibitions.

Research Interests

Requirements for University of Montreal

Master Program
Requirements
GPA Requirement
Required:3
IELTS
Listening
Required:6
Reading
Required:6
Writing
Required:6
Speaking
Required:6
Overall
Required:6.5
TOEFL
Listening
Required:21
Reading
Required:21
Writing
Required:21
Speaking
Required:21
Total
Required:90
Prerequisites
Bachelor degree or equivalent
Application Checklist
  • Official transcripts
  • Birth certificate
  • Proof of French proficiency (B2 level)
  • CV/Resume
  • Two letters of recommendation
Specialization Notes

Most programs require French B2 level; specific departments may require C1 or C2.