Undergraduate Piano
Major Audition Requirements
Major/harmonic minor scales and arpeggios, parallel motion, 4 octaves.
Two memorized pieces in contrasting style from standard keyboard literature. The following examples may be used as a guideline:
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Baroque: J.S. Bach - WTC Prelude and Fugue
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Classical: a movement from a sonata by Mozart, Haydn, or Beethoven Romantic: a work of Chopin, Schumann, Brahms, Liszt, etc.
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Impressionistic or Contemporary: a work of Debussy, Ravel, Bartok, Prokofiev, etc.
Sight-reading (to be considered for a keyboard talent grant in accompanying)
If you would like more specific information about any aspect of your audition, please feel free to contact any of the individual instructors.
Transfer, graduate, and students returning after an extended absence should expect more advanced criteria in audition materials and must contact the appropriate instrumental instructor for complete requirements.
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