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Faculty Students Degrees and
Courses Audition Requirements
Scholarships and T.A.’s Steinway Piano Series
Audition Requirements and Application Process
If you are interested in auditioning for
piano study at the School of Music, you will need to apply for acceptance at both the University of South Florida and the School of Music. Use the
following links below to access necessary application forms and information.
Application to
the University of South Florida - Undergraduate
Application to
the University of South Florida - Graduate
International Student Application to
the University of South Florida
Audition
application form for the School of Music
Auditions in person are preferable; however, applicants
from outside the state of Florida may submit a videotape in lieu of a live audition.
Scholarships
are available in all areas of applied music. Should an applicant be recommended
for scholarship and he or she has submitted a videotape in lieu of an audition
on the USF campus, a live audition may be required at the time the student
arrives on campus. Several Graduate
Assistantships and Teaching
Assistantships are also available for our graduate piano
students. For further information on applying to the School of Music, please
call (813) 974-2311.
Audition Dates for Fall 2010 Admittance:
January 16, 2010 - Scholarship Auditions
February 20, 2010 - Scholarship Auditions
March 20, 2010 - Admittance only
Placement exams will be given to incoming students right
before classes begin to help place them in the appropriate classes. For
information on the Theory Placement Exam and Theory Courses, click here.
For information on the Piano Proficiency Exam, click here.
Click below for audition requirements
for each degree or certificate:
Masters of Music in Piano Performance or Piano Pedagogy
Advanced Graduate Certificate in Piano
Graduate Certificate in Piano
Bachelors of Music in Piano Performance
Bachelor of Arts in Music Studies (piano emphasis)
Bachelors of Science in Music Education (piano emphasis)
Minor in Music
B.M. Piano
Performance Degree Audition Requirements:
Please bring three
complete works from the standard piano repertoire to be performed from memory.
Sightreading will also be requested at the audition.
B.A. Degree in
Music Studies Audition Requirements:
B.S.
Degree in Music Education Audition Requirements:
Minor
in Music Audition Requirements:
Please be prepared
to play two contrasting works, each from a different time period. One of
the two works should be performed from memory. Sightreading will also be
requested at the audition.
M.M. Piano Performance Degree and Piano
Pedagogy Degree Audition Requirements:
Graduate
Certificate in Piano Audition Requirements:
Advanced
Graduate Certificate in Piano Audition Requirements:
Please
bring three complete works from the standard piano repertoire to be performed
from memory. If
you are applying for an accompanying assistantship - sightreading
will be requested.
Piano
Proficiency Exam (for undergraduate music students
whose principle instrument is not piano)
The Piano Proficiency Exam, along with the Theory Placement Exam,
is used to help place incoming undergraduate students (including transfer
students) into the appropriate Keyboard Skills
class. The Piano Proficiency Exam is given before classes begin on campus. It is highly
recommended that non-piano students take the Piano Proficiency Exam if they
feel they are able to test out of any or all levels of Keyboard Skills.
In addition, the Piano Proficiency Exam is required of all incoming undergraduate pianists
(including undergraduate transfer pianists). Incoming
piano students who do not test out of Keyboard Skills II will be placed in
the appropriate Keyboard Skills class as a remedial course. Those piano
students placing out of Keyboard Skills II or III (but not IV) and Written
Theory II will be placed in Piano Ensemble I, and those placing out of Keyboard
Skills IV will have the option of taking either Piano Ensemble II or Chamber
Music.
To help incoming students (pianists and non-pianists)
prepare for the Piano Proficiency Exam, below you can find information on what
skills are needed to test out of each level of Keyboard Skills.
Proficiency
Requirements for MVK Keyboard Skills
Proficiency
Exams may be scheduled for the first week of classes of the fall and spring
semesters. Sign-up sheet will be posted on the door of FAH 217.
To
begin Level 2 you must demonstrate the following skills:
ü Play all major and minor
five-finger patterns, hands together.
ü Play all white-key major scales
and D-flat/C-sharp and G-flat/F-sharp major scales – two octaves, ascending and
descending, hands separately.
ü Play major, minor, diminished
and augmented triads; chord inversions; triads within the key.
ü Play I – IV6/4 – I – V6/5 – I
chord progression in all major keys.
ü Harmonize a melody using the I,
IV, and V7 chords (in all major keys). Transpose the harmonization.
ü Sight-Read a piece.
ü Solo Repertoire: Perform 2
pieces from your current repertoire, contrasting in style, preferably
memorized.
To
begin Level 3 you must demonstrate the following skills:
ü Play all major and harmonic
minor scales – two octaves, ascending and descending, hands separately.
ü Play arpeggios – triads of all
major and minor keys.
ü Play five types of seventh
chords (major, minor, dominant, half-diminished, fully-diminished).
ü Play modes on white keys (two
octaves, hands separately), chromatic scale, and whole-tone scale.
ü Harmonize a melody with
secondary chords and inversions of dominant-seventh chords. Transpose the
harmonization.
ü Play the following chord
progressions in all major and minor keys:
I –
IV6/4 – ii – V6/5 – I
I –
ii6 – I6/4 – V7 – I
I – vi
– IV – ii6 – I6/4 – V7 – I
I6 –
iii – IV – V2 – I6
I – IV
– viio – iii – vi – ii – V – I
ü Sight-Read a piece.
ü Solo Repertoire: Perform 2
pieces from your current repertoire, contrasting in style, preferably
memorized.
To
begin Level 4 you must demonstrate the following skills:
ü Play all major and harmonic
minor scales – two octaves, ascending and descending, hands together.
ü Play arpeggios of triads and
seventh chords.
ü Play the following chord
progressions:
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Chord progressions involving all triads of the key and secondary
dominants
-
Modulation to the subdominant and dominant
ü Harmonize a melody with
secondary dominants.
ü Sight-Read a piece.
ü Solo Repertoire: Perform 2
pieces from your current repertoire, contrasting in style, preferably
memorized.
To
pass the Proficiency Exam you must demonstrate the following skills:
ü Play all major and harmonic
minor scales and arpeggios – two octaves, ascending and descending, hands
together.
ü Play arpeggios of all dominant
and fully diminished seventh chords, hands together.
ü Play modes from any key – two
octaves, ascending and descending, hands separately.
ü Harmonize a melody using the
progressions outlined below.
ü Play the following chord
progressions:
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Modulation to the relative minor key and the relative major key
-
Chord progressions involving augmented sixth chords and the
Neapolitan 6th chord.
ü Sight-Read a piece - choral and
instrumental score reading; transposing of an instrumental score.
ü Solo Repertoire: Perform 2
pieces from your current repertoire, contrasting in style, preferably
memorized.
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