Students seeking degrees in this program may select an emphasis area in:

• Guitar
• Organ
• Piano
• Piano pedagogy
• Jazz and studio music
• String instruments (cello, string bass, viola, and violin)
• Voice
• Wind and percussion instruments (bassoon, clarinet, euphonium, flute, horn, oboe, percussion, saxophone, trombone, trumpet, and tuba)

Guitar

1. Students must show demonstrable knowledge of all major and minor scales and arpeggios in two and three octaves.
2. Students should be able to perform selections in contrasting styles at the level of Sor, Giuliani, Carulli, etc.
3. Students must be able to sight read single-line melodies in all positions.

Jazz and Studio Music

1. Students must show demonstrable knowledge of all major and minor scales and arpeggios, in one or two octaves, etudes and solos from standard literature of the instrument, including one jazz selection from memory.
2. Membership in high school orchestra, band or jazz band is desirable.
3. Sight reading will be required.
4. An interview with the appropriate jazz faculty is required.

Organ

1. Students must show demonstrable knowledge of all major and minor scales and arpeggios at moderate tempo.
2. Students should be able to perform Bach Two-Part Inventions or the Bach Little Preludes and Fugues for Organ and a contrasting work of comparable difficulty.

Piano

1. Students must show demonstrable knowledge in all major and minor scales and tonic arpeggios, parallel motion, and four octaves in moderately rapid tempo.
2. Students should be able to perform Bach Two- and Three-Part Inventions; compositions corresponding in difficulty to Beethoven Sonata, Opus 14, No. 1; Mozart Fantasia in D Minor; Chopin Nocturne, Opus 44, No. 1; Schubert Impromptu, Opus 90, No. 4; and Debussy Arabesques.

Piano Pedagogy

1. Students must show demonstrable knowledge of all major and minor scales and tonic arpeggios, parallel motion and four octaves in moderately rapid tempo.
2. Students should be able to perform Bach Two- and Three-Part Inventions; compositions corresponding in difficulty to Beethoven Sonata, Opus 14, No. 1; Mozart Fantasia in D Minor; Chopin Nocturne, Opus 44, No. 1; Schubert Impromptu, Opus 90, No. 4; Debussy Arabesques.

Strings

1. Students must show demonstrable knowledge of all major and minor scales and arpeggios, in one or two octaves, etudes and solos from standard literature of the instrument. One piece must be performed from memory.
2. Membership in high school orchestra or band is desirable.

Voice

1. Students must be able to sing standard songs in English on pitch and with satisfactory phrasing and musical intelligence.
2. Students must demonstrate ability to read a simple song at sight and should have completed the equivalent of PIANO 123.

Winds and Percussion

1. Students must show demonstrable knowledge of all major and minor scales and arpeggios in one or two octaves, etudes and solos from standard literature of the instrument.
2. Membership in high school orchestra or band is desirable.