High School Piano
Plan to demonstrate your ability in ALL of the following areas:
- Be able to demonstrate proficiency in major and minor scales and arpeggios up to 3 accidentals. (one octave, hands together, ascending and descending, the mode of the minor scale will be the student’s choice).
- Perform two solo pieces of your choice, the first needs to be written between 1650’s and 1900’s, and the second could be in any style, even improvised and composed by yourself. Email a copy of the sheet music to [email protected] at least 48 hours in advance for the assessor to read. Music does not have to be memorized. Make it your best piece, and something you love to play.
- If you are playing a piece that you have learned from a midi file/online piano tutorial, or a piece that you have composed or improvised, let me know at the time of the assessment.
- Demonstrate your ability in sight-reading. This will be something you will be shown during the assessment.
- Do NOT send a letter of recommendation. This is a demonstrable skills assessment during which you present what you know.
- Be prepared to answer the questions in the attached rubric during the assessment.