Please note: The jury will be evaluated by a faculty committee. Committee grades will be averaged (50%) with the private instructor's grade (50%) to determine the final grade for the semester. In semesters where no jury takes place, the instructor's grade will constitute 100% of the final grade.

 

Piano Performance Majors Piano Study and Jury

  1. Piano performance majors are required to achieve Level X.  Please refer to the Undergraduate Announcements for a complete list of the undergraduate levels of piano study.  
  2. Requirements for each level, including scales, broken chords, arpeggios, etudes, representative repertoire, chamber music and concerto performance requirements, and required recitals, appear in the catalog.        
  3. Each level represents normally one year of study.  Students may audition to advance at their own pace. Initial placement is designated at entrance. Assignment of level is made by jury hearings and is not based solely on repertoire presented.
  4. A non-level end-of semester jury is 10 minutes (required each semester when a level jury is not taken). A level jury is 20 minutes.

 

Piano Principal Requirements Piano Study and Jury

 
Composition Majors
  • 2 semesters required, 2 semester juries* (minimum) no proficiency required                                     
  • Required to achieve Level VI (refer to catalog for description of Levels)
  • Required to pass a Level jury: 60 minutes of repertoire

 Non-level Jury Requirements:

  1. Representative semester work
  2. Technical routine (scales, arpeggios, exercises, etc.) as directed by teacher

*All juries are 10 minutes in length, except for Level juries, which are 20 minutes.  Level juries are typically presented during the second semester of the school year. 

Instrumental Music Education Majors (private instruction)
  • 8 semesters required, 8 juries piano proficiency (music education) required at end of sophomore year
  • Required to achieve Level VIII (refer to catalog for description of Levels)
  • Required to pass a Level jury: 60 minutes of repertoire
  • Recital requirements: forty-five minute solo recital senior year.

Jury Requirements:

  • Representative semester work
  • Technical routine (scales, arpeggios, exercises, etc.) as directed by teacher

*All juries are 10 minutes in length, except for Level juries, which are 20 minutes.  Level juries are typically presented during the second semester of the school year. 

General-Choral Music Education Majors (private instruction)
  • 8 semesters required, 8 semester juries piano proficiency (music education) required at the end of sophomore year. 
  • Required to achieve Level VIII (refer to catalog for descriptions of Levels)
  • Required to pass a Level jury: 60 minutes of repertoire                                            

Jury Requirements:

  1. Representative semester work
  2. Technical routine (scales, arpeggios, exercises, etc.) as directed by teacher

*All juries are 10 minutes in length, except for Level juries, which are 20 minutes.  Level juries are typically presented during the second semester of the school year. 

Combined General-Choral and Instrumental Music Education Majors (private instruction)
  • 9 semesters required, 9 semester juries piano proficiency (music education) required at the end of junior year
  • Required to achieve Level VIII (refer to catalog for descriptions of Levels)
  • Required to pass a Level jury: 60 minutes of repertoire
  • Recital requirements: forty-five minute solo recital senior year                                                   

Jury Requirements:

  1. Representative semester work
  2. Technical routine (scales, arpeggios, exercises, etc.) as directed by teacher

*All juries are 10 minutes in length, except for Level juries, which are 20 minutes.  Level juries are typically presented during the second semester of the school year. 

 

Secondary Piano Requirements Piano Study and Jury

 
Composition Majors
  • 6 semesters, 6 juries, no proficiency (voice) required

Jury Requirements:

  1. Three pieces in contrasting style:  one must be memorized
  2. Technical routine (scales, arpeggios, exercises, etc.) as directed by teacher*

*By the 4th semester, students are expected to have studied all major, harmonic minor, melodic minor two octave scales, hands together.  The final jury must show the proficiency of all scales.

Instrumental Performance Majors
  • 4 semesters of private instruction piano, 4 juries     no proficiency (voice) required

Jury requirements:

  1. Three pieces in contrasting style:  one must be memorized
  2. Technical routine (scales, arpeggios, exercises, etc.) as directed by teacher* 

*By the 4th semester, students are expected to have studied all major, harmonic minor, melodic minor two octave scales, hands together.  The final jury must show the proficiency of all scales.