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Jury Hymn-Playing Requirements
Piano Proficiency Requirement
Sophomore Qualifying Examination
Performance Requirements
Recital Sign-Up Procedures
Concert Attendance Requirements
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Jury Hymn-Playing Requirements
Undergraduate Students
In addition to your organ piece(s), please prepare the following:
First Year:
Select a hymn and play it as if you are playing for a
congregation, use the first stanza.
Employing the same hymn, solo the melody in the RH, play the
alto and tenor in the LH, and play the bass in the pedal.
Second Year:
Select a hymn and play it as if you are playing for a
congregation, use the first stanza.
Employing the same hymn, solo the melody in the RH, play the
alto and tenor in the LH, and play the bass in the pedal.
Add passing notes to the hymn by filling in all of the 3rds
in the A, T, B.
Third Year:
Select a hymn and play it as if you are playing for a
congregation, use the first stanza.
Add passing notes to the hymn, by filling in all of the 3rds
in the A, T, B.
Play in 4 parts, but invert the alto and soprano voices.
Fourth Year:
Select a hymn and play it as if you are playing for a
congregation, use the first stanza.
Play in 4 parts, but invert the alto and soprano voices.
You will be given another hymn melody, which you are to harmonize
in four parts at sight. Your harmonization should be
theoretically correct!
Graduate Students
- Play an introduction to a hymn:
improvise and intrada, OR introduce the hymn by playing
one voice, 2 voices, 3 voices, 4 voices for each phrase
of the hymn, OR create another appropriate introduction
- Play one stanza through as written
- Play a stanza with a variation such as:
soloing the melody
placing the alto on top of the soprano line
playing the cantus in the pedal
playing a free accompaniment
Piano proficiency examination (MUA
299). All music majors except piano majors must pass a piano
proficiency exam. During the jury examination that marks the
completion of required piano study (assuming that a minimum
number of hours in piano is a degree requirement), students
must demonstrate the ability to sight-read a piece of piano
literature appropriate to the level of study, to play a preassigned
piece of piano literature, and to harmonize a melody at sight.
Students must begin required piano study during the first semester
and must remain enrolled until (a) the required number of hours
of piano study is accrued, and (b) the piano proficiency exam
is passed. A student in a degree program with no piano study
requirement may, with the permission of the adviser and principal
instructor, elect to take the piano proficiency exam. If the
exam is not passed during the first semester, then enrollment
in piano study is required until the exam is passed. A student
should register for MUA 299 the semester after the exam is passed.
Sophomore qualifying examination
(MUA
199). Music students majoring in performance, music therapy,
or music education must pass a sophomore qualifying examination
in order to proceed to 300-level applied study. The sophomore
qualifying examination may not be taken before the fourth semester
of enrollment as a music major. A general description of the
requirements for the sophomore qualifying examination is available
for freshman and sophomore students. The sophomore qualifying
exam may be taken only once in a semester. A student who fails
the exam twice in a single major area may not take the exam
again in that major area. A student should register for MUA
199 in the semester in which the exam is to be taken.
Concert attendance requirements.
The School of Music presents a regular series of concerts by
faculty and students, University ensembles, and guest artists.
These are open to the public. Also, the school presents a weekly
music convocation to afford students the opportunity to perform
before their peers. Any University student enrolled in studio
instruction is eligible to perform on convocation. Music majors
must satisfactorily complete five semesters of MUA
010 Music Convocation. Music minors must satisfactorily
complete four semesters of MUA
010.
Performance requirements.
Music majors in the B.M. in performance program must perform
in convocation as follows: once as freshmen (excepting voice
majors), twice as sophomores, twice as juniors, and once as
seniors. The performed material may not be part of a junior
or senior recital. Music majors in the music therapy program
must perform in convocation as follows: once as sophomores,
twice as juniors, and once as seniors. The performed material
may not be part of a senior recital. Music majors in either
of the B.S. in education programs must perform in convocation
as follows: once as sophomores and twice as juniors. The performed
material may not be part of a senior recital.
A junior recital (25-30 minutes) and a senior recital (45-55
minutes) are required of B.M. performance majors. A senior
recital (20 minutes) is required of B.S. in education music
majors and music therapy majors. Every student recital is
preceded by a pre-hearing for a faculty jury (15-30 days before
a junior recital, 21-30 days before a senior recital). The
jury may pass, postpone, or cancel the recital. If the jury
does not pass the student's recital on the third attempt in
one semester, then the student must wait until the following
semester before attempting to pass again.
A student must be enrolled for appropriate applied study during
the semester of any recital.
Recital Sign Up Procedures
Students wishing to give a recital, may sign up during the first
and second week of school for an appointment time to schedule
a recital.
Recitals usually occur on Tuesdays & Thursdays at 5:30 p.m.
or Saturdays and Sundays at 2, 4, 6, or 8 p.m. Times other than
those listed, require special permission from The School of
Music Director. Home football game days are avoided due to traffic
and other problems. A list of available recital dates is sent
to all SOM professors at least two weeks prior to the start
of classes each semester. We suggest each student select three
possible dates. Please consult the list, your schedule, and
your teacher's schedule prior to sign-up.
All recitals take place in the Huey Recital Hall. Only percussionists
and organists may give a recital in the Concert Hall.
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