Student services
Student services
Professional Development Agency
The Faculty of Music at the Université de Montréal is proud to announce the creation of its Professional Development Agency and the appointment of Rasha Masalkhi as its coordinator.
The Agency supports students in their transition from university training to professional life, in collaboration with faculty members, administration, and partners from the musical and cultural sectors.
Mission
The Professional Development Agency supports students as they move from academic training into professional life. It complements the disciplinary learning offered by the Faculty’s programs and prepares students for the current realities of the profession. The Agency acts as a springboard into the workforce and promotes sustainable preparation for professional life.
Projects and partnerships
The Agency coordinates concerts and projects presented outside the Faculty and develops partnerships with ensembles, orchestras, festivals, and cultural organizations. It also supports the development of artistic residencies, outreach and mediation projects, mentorship opportunities, and internships.
In addition, the Agency organizes activities and workshops related to professional development and integration into the cultural sector, contributing to the Faculty’s outreach.
Student community
The Agency serves all students of the Faculty, including those in performance, composition, musicology, mediation, and graduate programs. It does not replace existing initiatives but rather aims to support, highlight, and connect them.
Students and faculty members are invited to contact Rasha Masalkhi to propose ideas, discuss projects, or receive guidance.
Contact
Rasha Masalkhi
Coordinator – Professional Development Agency
Office B-312, Faculty of Music
Financial assistance and scholarships
> Financial assistance and scholarships
Visit the financial assistance page to consult the different scholarships offered at the Faculty of Music and at Université de Montréal.
> Office of Student Success webpage
The Office of Student Success (Bureau de la réussite étudiante) is the place to go for all your questions, needs and advice about your academic career. All kinds of resources in physical, mental and financial health and concerning disability are available to you!
Student associations
> AÉMUM - Association étudiante de musique de l’Université de Montréal (Université de Montréal Music Student Association)
The AÉMUM is responsible for student life at the Faculty of Music. Its principal mandates are:
· Representing students on the various Faculty of Music internal and external committees
- Defending the rights and interests of its members in the Faculty, as well as with FAÉCUM
· Organizing a peer tutoring service
· Arranging social activities, like after-class gatherings and parties
> CÉCO - Composition Circle
Discover the Université de Montréal Composition Circle, a student group whose mission is to get audiences for and promote the music composed by Université de Montréal Faculty of Music students!
The goal of the Musicology Circle is to create a network of students in the musicology and ethnomusicology programs. Activities are varied, ranging from social get-togethers to study days, and include an email group and a lecture series.
> Intersectional Feminist Committee
Created in 2018, its mission is to offer a safe, respectful and inclusive place that allows for both the discussion and the denunciation of harassment and sexism within the Faculty of Music.
Faculty of Music library
> Faculty of Music library webpage
- The Sofia research tool makes it possible to identify all the documentation held in our collections as well as in those at other universities in Québec or the world. You’ll be able to explore research guides, access databases specializing in music (journal articles, dictionaries, encyclopedias, audio or video recordings, digital scores), chat to get help or clarifications.
- You’ll also be able to borrow the scores, books, journals, recordings and so on that you need; to get information from team members for finding the titles or documentation by subject that you hope to obtain; and to attend practical workshops that will better acquaint you with the tools (catalogues, databases, software) at your disposal.
- In our spaces you’ll be able to use a computer station, digitize texts, images and music, and print. You’ll also get to work in a quiet area or reserve a table for working with a team in the room intended for that purpose.
- For multidisciplinary approaches, don’t hesitate to explore the different tabs on the UdeM libraries website: you’ll find a wealth of useful information for your academic career.
Academic resource people
Multimedia Service (SMM)
> Multimedia Service (SMM) webpage
The Faculty of Music’s Multimedia Service provides the audio, video and IT technical support needed for teaching and research, and is responsible for the audiovisual equipment in classrooms and workshops as well as for the free-service recording modules located in the three concert halls.
We also offer technical services: two multiphonic composition studios, a multitrack studio, a mixed music laboratory, a psychoacoustics laboratory, an electronics laboratory, a laboratory for electroacoustic ensemble, a computer laboratory and an audiovisual material loan counter.
Instrument loan service
The Faculty of Music possesses an inventory of instruments made up of various string, brass and woodwind models (modern and baroque). A student card will be required for borrowing by the day; for longer-term borrowing, you will need to take out insurance.
Office: B-386
Opening hours:
Monday to Friday
9 a.m. to 12 noon and 1:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Studio and concert hall reservation
Resource person for reservations:
Faculty of Music – Office B-302
reservation@musique.umontreal.ca | 514 343-6479
> Individual rehearsal studio (BOOKINGS)
- On the Bookings platform, you have to use your institutional address and enter your full name.
- It is impossible to reserve beyond 24 hours.
- Each reservation is for a 30-minute period. To reserve a longer period, you will have to make a number of successive reservations (maximum of 3 hours per room every 24 hours).
- It is not possible to make a recurring reservation.
- In case of cancellation, please delete your reservation as soon as possible to free up the timeslot.
- In case of a connection problem, fill out the formulaire d’aide des TI de l’UdeM (UdeM IT assistance form).
> Chamber-music rehearsal studio
With the approval of a teacher, it is possible to make a recurring reservation with the reservations resource person.
> Recording studio (1st floor)
The recording studios are for the exclusive use of students in composition and sound creation. Consult the multimedia sector webpage to check on availability and to reserve a studio.
> Concert hall for a recording
It is possible to reserve a concert hall to make a personal recording with the reservations resource person during the autumn and winter semesters only. The halls are equipped with a free-service audiovisual recording module.
Salle Serge-Garant (B-484) and Salle Jean-Papineau-Couture (B-421)
- Free of charge
- Recording periods are two hours long and are determined based on hall availability
Salle Claude-Champagne
- $65, payable at least seven working days before the recording session
- Recording periods are two hours long, and the reservation must be made before the 15th of the month preceding the recording session
Recording with a technical assistant from the Faculty of Music multimedia service
The audiovisual recording is carried out by a student-technician who has received training from the Université de Montréal Faculty of Music multimedia service. Recording is done with a HD camcorder positioned at the rear of the hall (static shot) and with a pair of stereo microphones positioned close to the stage (hall sound pick-up). Following the recording, editing will take place in 15 working days or less. When the editing is finished, an email containing a link to download the sound and audiovisual files will be sent.
- $130, payable at least seven working days before the recording session
Student Life Service (UdeM) - insurance, clinics, activities...
> SVÉ - Student Life Service
A wide range of services is available to help you as you progress through school: Welcome and Integration, Socioeconomic Resources, success support, Health and Psychological Consultation Center, residences and so on.
>SAC - Cultural Activities Service
Not-for-credit workshops are offered to all Université de Montréal students in the fields of visual arts, film, communications, creation, dance, languages, media, music, photography and theater. There are also a number of employment opportunities: several positions are allocated each year for teaching singing, various instruments, computer-assisted music, and so on.
> Assurances ASÉQ – Student insurance
As a student at the University and a member of the FAÉCUM, you will be automatically registered in a student insurance plan (eyesight, dental, travel, etc.), with no obligation to continue that coverage.
> Health and Psychological Consultation Clinic (CSCP) – On-campus clinic
If you need to consult a doctor or another health professional, on campus there is the Health and Psychological Consultation Clinic (CSCP), open to the university community.
You can also consult the website Tout le monde à des bas, a campaign to promote the psychological wellbeing of the Université de Montréal community.
Other clinics are available to you on campus: