Applied Piano

Catalog description

Individualized instruction in advanced piano techniques, performance skills, and repertoire. The emphasis is on the progressive development of skills needed for solo performance. Public performance is required. Achievement is evaluated through a juried performance. Audition is required. For music majors with a piano concentration. (Repeatable: May be taken four times only.) Other Conditions of Enrollment: Audition Required (Students may enroll in the course before the audition, but may be dropped based on the audition result); The student must already possess basic music reading skills, fundamental technical skills such as ability to play scales with correct fingering and left-right hand coordination, and some prior experience in playing intermediate solo piano literature. Students without these skills should take elementary or intermediate piano classes first to gain the proficiency level before taking this course.