Test material for the Department of Piano, Harpsichord and Organ

BA Stud­ies

Major: INSTRUMENTAL STUDIES (intra­mural studies)

Spe­cial­ties: Piano Play­ing, Harp­si­chord Play­ing, Organ Playing

Piano

• J. S. Bach — pre­lude and fugue from Das Wohltem­perierte Klavier
• Clas­si­cal sonata
• Two etudes involv­ing dif­fer­ent prob­lems includ­ing one by F. Chopin (but not Etude C-sharp Minor Op. 25 No. 7 or Etude in E-flat Minor Op. 10 No. 6)
• A larger roman­tic piece
• An optional piece

Harp­si­chord

• J. S. Bach — a pre­lude and fugue or fan­ta­sia and fugue, or a piece con­tain­ing a fugue
• D. Scar­latti — two sonatas dif­fer­ing in metre
• A clas­si­cal sonata
• A vir­tu­oso piece
• An optional piece
• Can­di­dates shall ren­der their pro­gram on the piano (can­di­dates hold­ing a diploma in harp­si­chord may ren­der their pro­gram on the harpsichord).

Organ

• A pre-Bach piece
• J. S. Bach — pre­lude and fugue
• J. S. Bach — sonata
• J. S. Bach — chorale with a fig­ured can­tus firmus
• An optional piece

Aural train­ing — oral

• per­cep­tion of inter­vals, tri­ads and four note chords
• musi­cal mem­ory and imag­i­na­tion test
• analy­sis of poly­phonic melodic/harmonic passages
• voice score reading
• ren­der­ing of rhyth­mic passages

 

MA Stud­ies

MAJOR: INSTRUMENTAL STUDIES

Spe­cial­ties: Piano Play­ing, Harp­si­chord Play­ing, Organ Play­ing (intra­mural studies)

• instru­ment play­ing test: per­form­ing a cho­sen solo pro­gramme, styl­is­ti­cally var­ied and with a high dif­fi­culty level (pre­sen­ta­tion up to 45 min­utes, pieces to choose by the exam­i­na­tion committee)

Spe­cialty: Piano Play­ing with Eng­lish as the lan­guage of tuition (extra­mural studies)

• instru­ment play­ing test: per­form­ing a cho­sen solo pro­gramme, styl­is­ti­cally var­ied and with a high dif­fi­culty level (pre­sen­ta­tion up to 45 min­utes, pieces to choose by the exam­i­na­tion committee)
• addi­tional infor­ma­tion – plan of studies