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MTSUSchoolofMusic WrightMusicBuilding MTSUBox47 Murfreesboro,TN37132 (615)898-2469,898-5924 www.mtsumusic.com
Undergraduate Audition Requirements Piano
SIGHTREADING:Wewillprovidepianomusictobereadatsight.Youwillbegiven1minutetolookatthemusicbeforeyouplay.Sightreadingisrequiredforallprospectivepianostudents.SCALESANDARPEGGIOS:Werecommendthatprospectivestudentsknowandthoughtfullypracticeallmajorandminorscalesandarpeggios.Wewillnot,however,asktoheartheseduringtheaudition.PREPAREDMUSIC:*PianoPerformance:Threecontrastingworksfromdifferenthistoricalperiods.Memorizationisrequired.InstrumentalMusicEducation,Vocal/GeneralMusicEducation,MusicIndustry,Theory/Composition:Twoormorecontrastingworksfromdifferenthistoricalperiods.Memorizationisoptional,buthighlyrecommended.MusicMinors,InstrumentalAdd-ons,andNon-MusicMajors:Twocontrastingworksfromdifferenthistoricalperiods.Memorizationisoptional.JazzStudies:Twocontrastingworksfromdifferenthistoricalperiods.Memorizationisoptional,buthighlyrecommended.StudentsauditioningforthisprogrammustalsoscheduleaseparateJazzPianoauditionwiththeJazzfaculty.ForinformationregardingtheJazzStudiespianoauditionrequirements,pleaseseetheJazzStudiesAuditionRequirementspage.TransferStudents:Pleaseseepg.6oftheKeyboardAreaHandbook(linkbelow).REPERTOIRELEVEL:Auditionrepertoireandperformanceabilitymustindicateareasonablepredicationofsuccessinthedesiredprogram.AuditioningstudentsshouldviewtheUpperDivisionJuryrequirementsonpage14oftheKeyboardAreaHandbookasanindicationofwhatwillbeexpectedbytheendofthe4thsemesterofstudy.TheKeyboardAreaHandbookisavailableasapdfontheMTSUKeyboardStudiespage:http://www.mtsu.edu/music/keyboardstudies.php*PleaserefertoPage2ofthisdocumentformoreinformationregardingrepertoireselection.
REPRESENTATIVECOMPOSERSBYHISTORICALPERIOD
BAROQUE
J.S.Bach,G.F.Handel,D.Scarlatti,G.Telemann,H.Purcell
CLASSICAL
J.Haydn,W.A.Mozart,L.vanBeethoven,M.Clementi,F.Kuhlau
ROMANTIC
F.Chopin,J.Brahms,F.Liszt,F.Mendelssohn,R.Schumann,F.Schubert,P.Tchaikovsky,S.Rachmaninoff
1900-PRESENT
D.Kabalevsky,V.Persichetti,A,Khachaturian,A.Schoenberg,P.Hindemith,R.Muczynski,R.Starer,F.Poulenc,C.Debussy,M.Ravel,S.Prokofiev,A.Scriabin,A.Copland,S.Barber,L.Liebermann
Thelistaboveisnotmeanttobeall-inclusive;itissimplyforreference.Manycomposersnotlistedabovemaystillbeincludedonyouraudition.Popularmusic,musicaltheater,NewAgemusic,andtheapplicant’sowncompositionsarenotpermittedfortheaudition.Formoreinformationregardingthekeyboardareaandtheauditionprocess,pleasegotohttp://www.mtsu.edu/music/keyboardstudies.php.
Foranyspecificquestionsregardingtheselectionofauditionmaterial,ortheauditionitself,pleasecontactDr.AruneshNadgirat615-898-5649,[email protected].