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Degrees
and Courses
Master of Music Bachelor of Music Bachelor of Arts Bachelor of Science Certificate
Programs Minor in Music
Undergraduate
Courses Graduate Courses
Masters of Music Degrees (M.M.)
The School of
Music at the University of South Florida offers three Masters of Music Degrees
(M.M.) in piano: a Masters of Music in Piano Performance, a Masters
of Music in Piano Pedagogy, and a Masters Degree in Chamber Music. All
three programs are
two years in length and require a recital to be performed during the second
year of study.
Our
graduate piano students come from very diverse and international backgrounds
and are vital to the School of Music. We offer numerous Teaching
Assistantships and Graduate Assistantships to our graduate students that provide tuition waivers and
stipends. In addition, these Assistantships help our graduate students
learn the important skills needed for teaching undergraduate level courses,
studio accompanying, and chamber music.
Audition Requirements for the M.M. Degree
Graduate Certificates in Piano
The School of
Music at the University of South Florida offers two Graduate Certificate
Programs in piano: The Graduate Certificate and the Advanced Graduate
Certificate. The Graduate Certificate is a post-Bachelors of Music
course that allows for one year of intensive applied piano study. It
offers a student one more year of piano study before applying for acceptance
into a Masters of Music Degree program. The Advanced Graduate
Certificate is a one year post-Masters of Music course. It offers a
student one more year of intensive applied piano study after completion of the
Masters of Music Degree.
Audition Requirements for the Graduate Certificates in
Piano
Bachelors of Music Degree (B.M.)
The School of Music
at the University of South Florida offers a Bachelors of Music in Piano
Performance Degree. In this program pianists take four years of applied
piano study and give a half-recital during their junior year, and then a
full-recital during their senior year. All students must take and successfully
pass a jury at the end of their first and second
years.
Audition Requirements for the B.M. Degree
Bachelors of Arts in Music Studies
Degree (B.A.)
The School of
Music at the University of South Florida offers a Bachelors of Arts in Music
Studies Degree (B.A.) with an emphasis on applied piano study. Students
in this program take three years of applied piano study and are required to
give a half-recital during their junior year. They also enroll in seven
semesters of ensemble. A Bachelors of Arts with an emphasis on Music Studies
(versus piano study) involves 2 years of applied piano study and four semesters
of ensemble. A junior year half-recital is not required. All students must take
and successfully pass a jury at the end of their first and second years of study.
Audition Requirements for the B.A. in Music Studies
Degree
Bachelor of Science in Music
Education Degree (B.S.)
The School of
Music at the University of South Florida offers a Bachelors of Science in Music
Education Degree (B.S.) with an emphasis on applied piano study.
Students in this program take three years of applied piano study and are
required to give a half-recital during their junior year. Students in
this degree program must also successfully complete the FCTE (Florida Teacher
Certification Exam) inorder to receive a Florida teacher certification. All
students must take and successfully pass a jury at the end of their first and
second years of study.
Audition Requirements for the B.S. in Music Education
Degree
Minor in Music
A minor
program in piano is also available with a wide choice of degree programs
outside the School of Music. A piano student accepted into this program
can take one year of applied piano study at the School of Music at the
University of South Florida.
Audition Requirements for a Minor in Music
Juries
All undergraduate pianists (except music minors) are required to
take and successfully pass a jury at the end of both their first and second
years of study. Undergraduate pianists enrolled in a degree program that
requires a junior year half-recital and/or a senior year full-recital will also
need to take a Recital Jury two to three weeks prior to their scheduled recital
date. This Recital Jury must be passed before the student is allowed to perform
his or her recital. Repertoire requirements are as follows:
First
and Second Year Juries: Three pieces of contrasting
style and composer, performed from memory. Repertoire played during the first
year jury may not be played for the second year jury. Juries are held each
semester at the beginning of Final Exam week in the Recital Hall.
Recital
Juries: The entire program is presented at the jury. From this program,
the faculty will choose which pieces the student will play. Recital Juries are
to be scheduled two to three weeks before the student's recital date.
Below
you will find a list of undergraduate courses offered to piano students at the
School of Music . For a complete list of all School of Music courses, click here.
Undergraduate Courses
Applied Piano Study
(MVK 1311 "Piano Major" and subsequent
levels 2 credits)
(MVK 1411 "Piano Principal" and subsequent
levels 3 credits)
Lessons at the
School of Music are comprised of two parts: your weekly lesson, and a weekly
two-hour studio class. The studio class is held in the Recital Hall each
week, and serves various functions: master class, including master classes by
guest artists, viewing of videos, listening of recordings, lectures,
performances, and discussions. Instructors: Ivanov, Summer,
Panayotova, Tambiah.
Piano Literature
(MUS 4931 Thursdays 4:00-5:50pm 2 credits)
The fall
semester surveys the literature for the piano and its predecessors through the
works of Beethoven. The spring semester surveys the literature of the piano
from Schubert to the present. Open to undergraduate piano majors who have
completed MUL 2111 (Introduction to Music Literature), or by permission of the
instructor. May be taken for two semesters. Instructor: Summer
Piano Pedagogy I
(MVK 4640 Tuesdays 2:00-3:50pm 4
credits)
Offered in the
fall semester, this course covers the "practicals" of teaching and
self-employment as a teacher, as well as the literature and method books that
can be used for beginning piano students (children to adults). Students give
presentations in class and hands-on teaching is also done by the students.
Instructor: TBA.
Piano Pedagogy II
(MVK 4641 Tuesdays 2:00-3:50pm 4 credits)
Offered in the spring semester, this course covers the teaching literature and
method books used for teaching intermediate and advanced piano students.
Students give presentations, observe private teaching done by local teachers in
the community, and also serve as teaching aides to the class piano program (for
non-music majors and music majors) at the School of Music. Instructor: TBA.
Chamber Music
(MUS 4930 1-2 credits)
Each semester
selected undergraduate and graduate students at the School of Music are placed
into different chamber ensembles which can range in size from duos to piano
quintets. Each chamber group has weekly coachings with members of the
piano and string faculties. Chamber groups are expected to perform their
studied work at the end of each semester. Instructors: Ivanov, Kluksdahl, Stuart, Summer, Panayotova, Tambiah.
Piano Ensemble
(MVK 3453-001 Thursdays 10:00-11:50 am 1
credit)
This course
offers an introduction to chamber music playing and accompanying. In
this course pianists will be exposed to 4-hand piano chamber music, 2 piano
chamber music, accompanying singers and instrumentalists, and duos with various
instrumentalists. Generally the Fall semester concentrates on two-piano
and four-hand repertoire; the spring semester concentrates on duos and
accompanying other instrumentalists and singers. Instructor: Tambiah
Ensemble: University Singers
(MUN 3313 Mondays 7:00-10:00pm 1
credit )
This ensemble
is open to all pianists, and must be taken by pianists who have not yet placed
out of, or completed, Keyboard Skills II and Written Theory II. The University
Singers is an auditioned, mixed choir made up of singers from the USF School of
Music, other academic disciplines, and the USF community. The chorus performs a
wide and interesting variety of choral selections. Instructor: Zielinski
More information
on Choir Ensembles at the School of Music
Keyboard Skills I-IV
(MVK 1111, 1121, 2111, 2121 2 credits)
These one
semester courses meet for one hour on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays, and
cover keyboard harmony and theory. Incoming undergraduate pianists
(including transfer students) are required to take the Piano Proficiency Exam to be properly placed in
the appropriate Keyboard Skills class (if needed), or ensemble. Pianists
who do not pass out of Keyboard Skills II will need to take the appropriate
levels of Keyboard Skills classes as remedial courses. Those passing out
of Keyboard Skills II or III (but not IV) can take Piano Ensemble I, and those
passing out of Keyboard Skills IV can take either Piano Ensemble II or Chamber
Music. For a list of what is needed to pass out of each level of
Keyboard Skills, click here.
Instructors: Panayotova, Reynolds, Hackstock.
Below you will find a list of graduate courses offered to piano
students at the School of Music . For a complete list of all School of
Music courses, click here.
Graduate Courses
Applied
Piano Study
(MVK 5251 and 6451and subsequent
levels 2-4 credits)
Lessons at the School of Music are comprised of two parts: your
weekly lessons and a weekly two-hour studio class. The studio class is held in
the Recital Hall and serves various functions: master
class, including master classes by guest artists, viewing of videos, listening
of recordings, lectures, performances, and discussions. Instructors: Ivanov, Summer.
Keyboard
Repertoire
(MUL 6410 and 6411 Tuesdays and Thursdays 3:00-3:50pm
2 credits)
The fall semester surveys the literature for the piano and its
predecessors through the works of Beethoven. The spring semester surveys the
literature of the piano from Schubert to the present. Open to graduate piano
majors or those who have completed an undergraduate degree in piano.
Instructor: Summer.
Piano Pedagogy I
(MVK 6650 Tuesdays
2:00-3:50pm 2 credits)
Offered in the fall semester, this course covers the
"practicals" of teaching and self-employment as a teacher, as well as
the literature and method books that can be used for beginning piano students
(children to adults). Students give presentations in class and hands-on
teaching is also done by the students. Instructor: TBA.
Piano Pedagogy II
(MVK 6651 Tuesdays
2:00-3:50pm 2 credits)
Offered
in the spring semester, this course covers the teaching literature and method
books used for teaching intermediate and advanced piano students. Students give
presentations, observe private teaching done by local teachers in the
community, and also serve as teaching aides to the class piano program (for
non-music majors and music majors) at the School of Music. Instructor: TBA.
Chamber Music
(MUS 5950 1-2 credits )
Each
semester selected graduate and undergraduate students at the School of Music
are placed into different chamber ensembles which can range in size from from
duos to piano quintets. Each chamber group has weekly coachings with members of
the string and piano faculties. Chamber groups are expected to perform their
studied work at the end of each semester. Instructors: Kluksdahl, Ivanov, Stuart, Summer, Panayotova, Tambiah.
Ensemble:
Piano Ensemble
(MUN 6456-001 Thursdays 10:00-11:50am 1
credit)
This one year course offers an introduction to
chamber music playing and accompanying. In this course pianists will be
exposed to 4-hand piano chamber music, 2 piano chamber music, accompanying
singers and instrumentalists, and duos with various instrumentalists.
Instructor: Tambiah
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