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In order to continue in their degree program, all students
enrolled the Bachelor of Music Composition, Music History and Literature
and Music Theory degree programs must have successfully completed the
courses listed under Coursework (see above TK) as well as the
requirements listed below:
- Must have completed MUSC 185, 186, 195, 196, 285, 286, 295 and 296 with an average grade of "B" (3.0) or better in all eight courses.
- Must have completed MUSC 211, 175, 176, 275, 276 and 311 with a "C" (2.0) or better in each course.• Must have passed the
Piano Proficiency Test.
Piano Proficiency TestThe
Piano Proficiency Test is required of all Composition, Music History
and Literature and Music Theory students. It may be taken at any time
after matriculation as a music major but must be passed by the end of
the fourth semester of enrollment in the Composition, Music History and
Literature and Music Theory programs.
The following is a list of the
skills to be covered on the Piano Proficiency Test. These skills are
taught in MUSC 175, 176, 275 and 276:
- All major and minor scales and arpeggios: to be played at a moderate speed, hands together, for at least two octaves ascending and descending.
- Sight-reading: the reading at sight of piano music of a moderately difficult level (e.g., Bartok Mikrokosmos, Book 2).
- Melodic transposition: Transposition of a single melodic line at any interval.
- The performance of three pieces from different periods of music literature which are equal in difficulty to a Bach Two-Part Invention or one of the
less difficult first movements of a Classical sonata. Playing from
memory is preferred, but not mandatory.