{"id":7618,"date":"2019-06-04T16:22:51","date_gmt":"2019-06-04T20:22:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/music-draft\/?p=7618"},"modified":"2024-07-02T09:37:21","modified_gmt":"2024-07-02T13:37:21","slug":"classical-piano-undergrad","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/music\/auditions\/classical-piano-undergrad\/","title":{"rendered":"Piano – Classical"},"content":{"rendered":"

Undergraduate Audition Requirements<\/h2>\n

Candidates auditioning on piano will be expected to perform at least one piece from memory.<\/p>\n

Candidates auditioning for the B.A. in Music or the B.M. in Music Education<\/strong> will be asked to play:<\/p>\n

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  1. Two-octave major scales, hands together, at a moderate tempo. Please be prepared to play two scales selected from G, D, A, F and B-flat, E-flat majors.<\/li>\n
  2. A fast sonata movement by Classical-Period composers such as Haydn, Mozart or Beethoven.<\/li>\n
  3. Choose one from the following:\n
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    1. A study\/etude\/exercise from Carl Czerny\u2019s Op.139 and Op.849, or one that is comparable.<\/li>\n
    2. A Bach Two-Part Invention, or a short composition by Bach.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n
    3. Choose one from the following:\n
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      1. A short composition by a 19th-century Romantic composer (example: Schubert, Chopin, Mendelssohn).<\/li>\n
      2. A short composition by a 20th- or 21st-century composer (example: Debussy, Bartok, Prokofiev).<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

        Prospective music majors auditioning for the Bachelor of Music degree in performance in piano are expected to demonstrate higher levels of proficiency. They will be asked to play from memory:<\/p>\n

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        1. Major and harmonic minor scales, four octaves in sixteenth notes; major and minor triads and arpeggios, four octaves in sixteenth notes. Please be prepared to play the above in two keys (example: G Major\/Minor and A Major\/Minor).<\/li>\n
        2. A prelude and fugue from The Well-Tempered Clavier<\/em>, or a comparable work by J.S. Bach.<\/li>\n
        3. A fast movement of a sonata by Beethoven, Mozart or Haydn.<\/li>\n
        4. A Romantic work of the difficulty comparable to Schumann\u2019s Fantasy Pieces<\/em>, Op 12.<\/li>\n
        5. A 20th or 21st-century work of the difficulty comparable to Debussy\u2019s Prelude La Cath\u00e9drale engloutie<\/em>.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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