Test material for the Department of Instrumental Studies

BA Stud­ies

Major: INSTRUMENTAL STUDIES (intra­mural studies)

Spe­cial­ties: Vio­lin Play­ing, Viola Play­ing, Cello Play­ing, Dou­ble Bass Play­ing, Flute Play­ing, Oboe Play­ing, Clar­inet Play­ing, Bas­soon Play­ing, Sax­o­phone Play­ing, Trum­pet Play­ing, Horn Play­ing, Trom­bone Play­ing, Tuba Play­ing, Per­cus­sion Play­ing, Accor­dion Play­ing, Harp Play­ing, Gui­tar Playing

vio­lin

• two con­trast­ing move­ments of a sonata or par­tita for vio­lin solo by J. S. Bach
• one capric­cio
• con­certo for vio­lin and piano — either move­ment I with cadenza or move­ments II and III (the candidate’s choice)

viola

• one capric­cio
• two con­trast­ing move­ments — to choose from solo suites: J. S. Bach, G. Ph. Tele­mann, M. Reger
• a clas­si­cal or mod­ern con­certo with piano accom­pa­ni­ment — either move­ment I with cadenza or move­ments II and III (the candidate’s choice)

cello

• two-tones etude (from D. Pop­per 40 etudes op. 73) or two-tones capric­cio (from A. Piatti 12 capri­cios op. 25)
• two move­ments of one of J. S. Bach’s suites for solo cello
• two con­trast­ing move­ments of one of pre-classical sonatas

dou­ble bass

• en etude solo
• an old clas­sic sonata, move­ments I and II or III and IV
• con­certo (at least two move­ments) or concertino
• free piece (miniature)

wood­wind and brass instruments

• clar­inet and sax­o­phone — sonata form,
• other instru­ments — optional baroque piece
• con­certo
• free piece
• score read­ing a vista exam­i­na­tion require­ments: major and minor scales, inter­vals (thirds), arpeg­gios and sev­enth dominants.

harp

• one vir­tu­oso etude
• a sonata form (sonata or concerto)
• an optional piece
• an orches­tra cadenza

gui­tar

• two diverse vir­tu­oso etudes
• a baroque suite (at least three movements)
• a cyclic clas­si­cal form
• an optional piece

accor­dion

• a pre-classical or clas­si­cal period piece
• pre­lude and fugue (or an inde­pen­dent fugue)
• a cyclic piece (orig­i­nal music)
• at least two diverse optional pieces

per­cus­sion
(the pur­pose of the exam­i­na­tion is to test the candidate’s mas­tery of all per­cus­sion instruments)

1. pre­sen­ta­tion of the pre­pared programme:

snare drum

• Bent Lylloff Arhus Etude no. 9
• a piece based on rudi­men­tary tech­nique — J. S. Pratt, W. J. Schin­s­tine, or some other composer
• tremolo in var­i­ous gra­da­tions of dynam­ics includ­ing crescendo and decrescendo

ket­tle drums

• solo piece or piece with piano accompaniment
• tremolo in var­i­ous gra­da­tions of dynam­ics includ­ing crescendo and decrescendo

xylo­phone

• solo piece or piece with piano accompaniment
• major and minor scales (in thirds, sixths and octaves), arpeg­gios, chro­matic scale — to choose by the exam­i­na­tion com­mit­tee (xylo­phone or marimba)

vibra­phone

• solo piece with ele­ments of con­tem­po­rary per­for­mance technique

marim­ba­phone

• solo piece

mul­ti­per­cus­sion

• solo piece or part of a cyclic piece for any mul­ti­per­cus­sion set

2. prepa­ra­tion, in fixed time, of a solo piece (mul­ti­per­cus­sion set)
3. read­ing a vista: xylo­phone, kettledrum

Aural train­ing

• inter­val, thirds and tetrads perception
• musi­cal mem­ory and imag­i­na­tion test
• analy­sis of multi-voice melodic-harmonic passages
• singing at sight
• ren­der­ing of rhyth­mic passages

 

MA Stud­ies

From the Aca­d­e­mic Year 2010/2011 there is an option to widen one’s MA Stud­ies (sec­ond degree stud­ies) with the Mul­ti­me­dia Pro­gram for stu­dents of the sec­ond degree stud­ies major­ing in Instru­men­tal Stud­ies (spe­cial­ties: Harp Play­ing, Accor­dion Play­ing, Gui­tar Play­ing) at the FCUM. Stu­dents will be qual­i­fied to par­tic­i­pate in the Mul­ti­me­dia Pro­gram widen­ing the cho­sen Major of Stud­ies on the basis of their pre­lim­i­nary dec­la­ra­tions, dis­trib­uted among the can­di­dates for the sec­ond degree stud­ies and a qual­i­fy­ing test.
Detailed infor­ma­tion about the pos­si­bil­ity to use the above men­tioned widen­ing options in the aca­d­e­mic year of 2012/2013 will be given later on (in April 2012).

Major: INSTRUMENTAL STUDIES (intra­mural studies)

Spe­cialty: Vio­lin Playing

• W. A. Mozart – per­form­ing Move­ment I or Move­ments II and III of a cho­sen vio­lin con­certo with a cadenza
• per­form­ing a Cap­pri­cio or Etude for solo violin
• per­form­ing a cho­sen piece (pieces) for solo vio­lin or for vio­lin and piano

Spe­cial­ties: Viola Play­ing, Cello Play­ing, Dou­ble bass Playing

• per­form­ing a cho­sen pro­gramme (pre­sen­ta­tion up to 30 min­utes, pieces to choose by the exam­i­na­tion committee)

Spe­cial­ties: Flute Play­ing, Oboe Play­ing, Clar­inet Play­ing, Bas­soon Play­ing, Sax­o­phone Play­ing, Trum­pet Play­ing, Horn Play­ing, Trom­bone Play­ing, Tuba Playing

• per­form­ing a con­certo, a sonata and a selected piece (or two sonatas and a selected piece)

Spe­cialty: Per­cus­sion Playing

• per­form­ing a free pro­gramme, which varies in terms of the choice of per­cus­sion instru­ments (pre­sen­ta­tion up to 30 minutes)

Spe­cial­ties: Accor­dion Play­ing, Harp Play­ing, Gui­tar Playing

• per­form­ing a free pro­gramme (pre­sen­ta­tion up to 30 min­utes, pieces to choose by the exam­i­na­tion committee)