Piano Proficiency Exam

The Piano Proficiency Exam includes scales, sight-reading, harmonization, rhythm execution and an assigned, memorized selection. Upon registering for class or studio piano, all Bachelor of Music candidates will be provided materials and a plan to guide them through the semesters of piano training for this evaluation.

Beginning in their freshman year, Bachelor of Music majors who have no prior piano study should enroll in MUS 110, 111 and then 211. Bachelor of Music majors who have prior piano study should schedule an appointment in the music office for a piano-placement hearing.

Bachelor of Music students who are in the spring semester of their sophomore year will appear before the full-time music faculty and piano instructors for Piano Proficiency Examinations.

The Piano Proficiency Examination will determine areas in which the student needs further piano study, or will deem the student qualified to pass the examination. The entire evaluation will be repeated each semester until the student fulfills this skills requirement.