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Proficiency Requirements
| MM/DMA Harpsichord, Piano or Accompanying |
None |
| MM/DMA Jazz Studies |
See Jazz Division for piano requirements |
| MM/DMA Vocal/instrumental performance |
1. Repertoire--Masterworks Classics Level 5 or equivalent. Does not have
to be memorized.
2. Scales and arpeggios--2 octaves, hands together. White key majors and (natural,
harmonic, melodic) minors. Black key majors and (natural/harmonic) minors.
3. Sight-reading--comparable in difficulty to Masterworks Classics level 3
4a. Vocal only. Score reading--48-hour advance practice. 4 part vocal or 3 part
instrumental score with 1 transposing instrumental line.
4b. Instrumental only. Sightread a single line melody for Bb, Eb, and F instruments.
See this link for transposition information.
YOU MUST KNOW THIS INFORMATION IN
ORDER TO PASS THE EXAMINATION |
MM/PhD Musicology/Theory/Composition
revised October 2007 |
1. REPERTOIRE--both from 20th-21st century literature. Play 2 prepared
pieces, one from memory, of the level of the 2nd movement from Ravel's
Sonatine. The student's study materials should be selected from the works
of prominent 20th century composers such as Bartók, Schoenberg,
Ravel, etc.
2. Clef reading (48 hour preparation). Play all parts simultaneously.
In open score (using soprano, alto and tenor clefs). Do not write in score. Practice
Bach "Chorales" as preparation
3. Sight-reading
Play at sight an instrumental line from a contemporary score such as Stravinsky's
Threni. Concert pitch given. Score will be disjunct and rhythmically complex. |
| MM/PhD Music Education |
Elementary and Secondary Choral Tracks
1. Harmonization--48-hour advance practice. Improvise appropriate
accompaniment for a song selected from basic series, grades 1-8. Do
not write in.
a.One "free" improvisation (no chords given,
use accompaniment style.)
b. One example when chords are given (Practice "Get America Singing".
Use an accompaniment style.)
2. Accompaniments
a. "Lift Every Voice and Sing." Found
in "Get America Singing," keyboard version
b. 48 hours advanced practice. Accompaniment to vocal solo or
choral composition (such as found in Italian aria book.
3. Assembly
Songs
a. "Star
Spangled Banner"
b. "America the Beautiful"
c. "America"
d. "America" ("My Country tis of Thee)--in written key and transposed
to "F"
5. Score Reading
Sight-read a section from an open 4 part vocal score |
Instrumental Track
1. Harmonization--48-hour advance practice. Improvise appropriate accompaniment
for a song selected from basic series, grades 1-8. Do not write in.
a. One "free" improvisation
(no chords given, use accompaniment style.)
b. One example when chords are given (Practice "Get America Singing".
Use an accompaniment style.)
2. Accompanimentsa. "Lift Every Voice and Sing." Found
in "Get America Singing," keyboard version.
b. 48 hours advanced practice. Accompaniment found in beginning and intermediate
instrumental class methods books
c. Play accompaniment for Grade II instrumental solo
3. Assembly Songs
a. "Star
Spangled Banner"
b. "America the Beautiful"
c. "America"
d. "America" ("My Country tis of Thee)--in written key
and transposed to "F"
4. Score Reading: Transpose a single line
score for band or orchestral instruments. For example, transpose the
given line for trumpet down a whole step, the given line for horn down
a perfect fifth.
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M.M./D.M.A. Conducting
NEW! |
1. REPERTOIRE-2 selections
A. Choice
B. 20th-21st century
Level 10 Celebration Series, Hinson or Masterworks Classics or as found in Maurice Hinson book. See Dr. Conda for explanations
2. CLEF READING: 48 hours preparation. Soprano, Alto, Tenor and bass clefs
3. 4-part vocal score--at sight.
4. Score Reading: 48 hour preparation. From well known orchestral literature |
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