Graduation Performance Skill Requirements

Graduation Requirements

Performance Concentration Graduation Requirements

BRASS

Trumpet 

1. Scales: All blues scales, diminished scales and whole tone scales, two octaves, in quarter notes at ♩=100

The ability to perform at an excellent level, the following:

2. Etudes from the following or other works of comparable or greater difficulty:

• Bozza:  Seize Etudes
• Charlier:  36 Etudes
• Sachse:  100 Studies

3. Solo Literature such as:

• Artunian: Concerto
• Stevens: Sonata
• Torelli: Concerto in D
• Bellstedt: Napoli

French Horn

1. Scales: All major, minor and blues scales at ♩=80
2. The ability to perform at an excellent level, the following:

• Brandt:  Orchestral Etude
• Pottag/Andraud: 335 Selected
• Melodious Progressive and Technical Studies for French Horn Book 2
• Kopprasch:  60 Selected Studies Vol. 2

3.  Minimum of ten minutes of music (one or two contrasting pieces or movements) chosen from the following or other works of comparable or greater difficulty:

• Cherubini Horn Concerto No. 2
• Mozart Horn Concerto No. 4
• Strauss:  Concerto No. 1
• Haydn:  Concerto in Eb, 2nd mov’t
• Saint-Saens: Morceau De Concert
• Schumann:  Adagio and Allegro

4. Standard Orchestral Excerpts such as:

• Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 5
• Strauss: Till Eulenspigel’s Merry Pranks
• Mahler: Symphony No. 5
• Brahms: Symphony No. 1-4

Tenor Trombone

1. Scales: All blues scales, diminished scales and whole tone scales, two octaves, in quarter notes at ♩=100

The ability to perform at an excellent level, the following:

2. Etudes from the following or other works of comparable or greater difficulty:

• Bordogni:  Melodious Etudes, vol. 2
• Blazevich: Clef Studies

3. Solo literature such as:

• Grondahl: Concerto
• Hindemith: Sonata
• Pryor: Blue Bells of Scotland

Bass Trombone

1. Scales: All blues scales, diminished scales and whole tone scales, two octaves, in quarter notes at ♩=100

The ability to perform at an excellent level, the following:

2. Etudes from the following or other works of comparable or greater difficulty:

• Bordogni:  Melodious Etudes, vol. 2
• Pederson: Advanced Etudes

3. Solo literature such as:

• David: Concertino
• Tomasi: Être ou ne pas être!
• Pryor: Blue Bells of Scotland

Tuba

1. Scales: All major, minor and blues scales

The ability to perform at an excellent level, the following:

2.  One etude chosen from the following or other works of comparable or greater difficulty:

• Blazhevich:  70 Studies
• Bordogni:  43 Bel Canto Studies
• Kopprasch:  60 Selected Studies Vol. 2

3. Minimum of 15 minutes of music (one or two contrasting pieces of movements) chosen from the following or other works of comparable or greater difficulty:

• Vaughan Williams:  Six Studies in English Folk Song
• Lebedev:  Concerto in One Movement
• Jacob:  Tuba Suite
• Muczynski:  Impromptus
• Rachmaninov:  Vocalise

4. One orchestral excerpt chosen from the following or other works of comparable or greater difficulty:

• Tchaikovsky:  1812 Overture
• Tchaikovsky:  Symphony #5
• Shostakovich:  Festival Overture
• Wagner:  Lohengrin, Prelude to Act III

5. Walking bass line 12 bar Bb blues
6. Sight reading

PERCUSSION

The ability to prepare at least 30 minutes of Senior Recital repertoire at the level of or beyond the level of the audition requirements. The Senior Recital must include at least:

1. One unaccompanied 4-mallet marimba solo
2. One unaccompanied snare drum solo
3. One unaccompanied multiple-percussion solo -or- one unaccompanied timpani solo

PIANO

The ability to prepare at least 45 minutes of Senior Recital repertoire at the level of or beyond the level of the audition requirements. The recital program must include one collaborative performance piece.

STRINGS

Violin, Viola

The ability to prepare at least 45 minutes of Senior Recital repertoire at the level of or beyond the level of the audition requirements.

Cello

Recital of at least 45 minutes of music from contrasting styles and eras that can include a complete sonata or concerto, unaccompanied Bach Suite, Études and showpieces, jazz performance with improvisation, chamber music, etc.

The majority of the recital should be at or above ASTACAP level 8 (2016): https://www.astastrings.org/Public/Member_Resources/16_ASTACAP_Handbook/Cello.aspx

Bass

Recital of at least 45 minutes of music from contrasting styles and eras that can include a complete solo sonata or concerto, unaccompanied Bach Suite, Études and showpieces, jazz performance with improvisation, chamber music, etc.

The majority of the recital should be at or above ASTACAP level 8 (2016): https://www.astastrings.org/Public/Member_Resources/16_ASTACAP_Handbook/Double_Bass.aspx

GUITAR

A recital containing at least 45 minutes of music, which may include some chamber music, at least two thirds of the recital memorized –including but not limited to:

1. Solo Classical (Renaissance, Baroque, Classical, Romantic, 20th and 21st-century)
2. Song and Chamber Music
3. Musical Theater
4. Jazz
5. Popular/Rock
6. World Music

Repertoire is chosen by agreement with the studio teacher and will include a minimum of four major genres or historical periods listed above, at the level of:

1. Dowland-Lachrimae Pavane
2. Bach-BWV 995, 996
3. Ponce-Sonatas
4. Turina-Sevillana
5. Brouwer-El Decameron Negro
6. Barrios-La Catedral

VOICE

Sing effectively in at least 3 additional languages beyond native language and in multiple genres–including but not limited to:

1. Classical (Early music, Opera, Oratorio, Art Song)
2. Musical Theater
3. Jazz
4. Popular/Rock
5. World Music

Repertoire list should reflect a minimum of 36 individual pieces for 8 semesters.

Completed senior recital with repertoire reflective of above criteria, chosen by agreement with studio teacher.

WOODWINDS

Flute

Present a Senior Recital of a least 45 minutes of repertoire at the level of:

1. Bach, Sonata in E minor or B minor
2. Schubert, Variations
3. Demersseman, Sixieme Solo de Concert
4. Debussy, Sonata
5. Dutilleux, Sonatine
6. Prokofiev, Sonata
7. Messiaen, Le Merle Noir

Clarinet, Oboe, Bassoon, Saxophone

The ability to prepare at least 45 minutes of Senior Recital repertoire at the level of or beyond the level of the audition requirements.

Music Teacher Preparation Graduation Requirements

BRASS

Trumpet 

1. Scales: All blues scales, diminished scales and whole tone scales, two octaves, in quarter notes at ♩=80

The ability to perform at an excellent level, the following:

2. Etudes from the following or other works of comparable or greater difficulty:

• Brandt:  Orchestral Etudes
• Charlier:  Études

3. Solo Literature such as:

• Haydn:  Concerto in Eb
• Hummel:  Concerto in Eb
• Haydn:  Concerto in Eb, 2nd mov’t
• Goedicke: Con. Etude
• Kennen:  Sonata
• Jazz repertoire from The Real Book, vol. 1

French Horn

1. Scales: All major, minor and blues scales

The ability to perform at an excellent level, the following:

2. One etude chosen from the following or other works of comparable or greater difficulty:

• Maxime-Alphonse:  200 Modern Horn Etudes
• Kopprasch:  60 Studies Vol. 2

3. Solo literature such as:

• Beethoven: Sonata
• Glazounov:  Reveries
• Heiden: Sonata
• Hindemith: Sonata
• Haydn: Concerto No. 1
• Mozart: Concerto No. 2 or 4, or Concert-Rondo

4. Standard Orchestral Excerpts such as:

• Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 5
• Beethoven:  Symphony No. 3, horn 2
• Mendelssohn: Nocturne from Midsummer Night’s Dream
• Ravel: Pictures from an Exhibition

5. Sight Reading

Tenor Trombone

1. Scales: All blues scales, diminished scales and whole tone scales, two octaves, in quarter notes at ♩=80

The ability to perform at an excellent level, the following:

2. Etudes from the following or other works of comparable or greater difficulty:

• Bordogni:  Melodious Etudes
• Snidero:  Jazz Conception

3. Solo literature such as:

• David: Concertino for Trombone, Op. 4
• Davison: Sonata
• Larsson: Concertino
• Serocki: Sonatina
• Sulek: Sonata (Vox Gabrieli)
• Jazz repertoire from The Real Book, vol. 1

Bass Trombone

1. Scales: All blues scales, diminished scales and whole tone scales, two octaves, in quarter notes at ♩=80

The ability to perform at an excellent level, the following:

2.  One etude chosen from the following or other works of comparable or greater difficulty

• Bordogni:  Melodious Etudes
• Snidero:  Jazz Conception

3. Solo literature such as:

• Hindemith: Drei leichte Stucke
• Jacob: Cameos
• Lebedev: Concerto in One Movement
• Vaughan Williams: Six Studies in English Folksong
• Jazz repertoire from The Real Book, vol. 1

Tuba

1. Scales: All major, minor and blues scales

The ability to perform at an excellent level, the following:

2. One etude chosen from the following or other works of comparable or greater difficulty:

• Kopprasch:  60 Selected Studies Vol. 2
• Blazhevich:  70 Studies
• Bordogni:  43 Bel Canto Studies

3. Minimum of 10 minutes of music (one or two contrasting pieces or movements) chosen from the following or other works of comparable or greater difficulty:

• Jacob:  Tuba Suite
• Galliard:  Sonata No. 6
• Hartley:  Sonatina
• Bernstein:  Waltz for Mippy III
• Vaughan Williams:  Six Studies in English Folk Song

4. One orchestral excerpt chosen from the following or other works of comparable or greater difficulty:

• Tchaikovsky:  Symphony #4
• Wagner:  Die Meistersinger
• Brahms:  Academic Festival Overture

5. Walking bass line 12 bar Bb Blues
6. Sight Reading

PERCUSSION

The ability to prepare an excellent performance of repertoire at the level of:

1. Snare Drum:

• Delecluse: Twelve Etudes for Snare Drum

2. 4-Mallet Marimba:

• Musser: Etudes for Marimba -  Op. 6, #8,  #9, or #10

3. Timpani:

• Bergamo: Four Pieces for Timpani

4. Multiple Percussion:

• Kraft: French Suite or English Suite

PIANO

The ability to prepare an excellent performance of repertoire level of:

1. Baroque pieces: Any Sonatas by D. Scarlatti, J.S. Bach any movements from Partitas, French Suites, English Suites or other works of comparable or greater difficulty.
2. Any movement of Classical Sonatas. Examples J. Haydn H: XVI: 27, W.A. Mozart  K. 283 and L.van Beethoven op. 49 #1 and #2 or other works of comparable or greater difficulty.
3. Romantic Pieces or Contemporary Pieces. Examples: Preludes op. 28 F Chopin, P. I. Tchaikovsky “ Seasons”, D. Kabalevsky “ Sonatina” or other works of comparable or greater difficulty.

STRINGS

Violin

The ability to prepare an excellent performance of repertoire at the level of:

1. Bartok Roumanian Folk Dances
2. Boulanger:  Nocturne and Cortege
3. Mozart Concertos in G, A, or D
4. Haydn Concerto in G
5. Schubert Sonatas
6. Beethoven Sonatas

Or repertoire of greater difficulty

Viola

The ability to prepare an excellent performance of repertoire at the level of:

1. Bartok Roumanian Folk Dances
2. Boulanger:  Nocturne and Cortege
3. Mozart Concertos in G, A, or D
4. Haydn Concerto in G
5. Schubert Sonatas

Or repertoire of greater difficulty

Cello

Informal performance of at least two contrasting works at ASTACAP level 6 or higher demonstrating an understanding of appropriate style and technical conventions.  

Demonstrated ability to discuss relevant challenges and pedagogical solutions in works studied.

ASTA cello levels: Cello

Bass

Informal performance of at least two contrasting works at ASTACAP level 6 or higher demonstrating an understanding of appropriate style and technical conventions.  

Demonstrated ability to discuss relevant challenges and pedagogical solutions in works studied.

ASTA Bass Levels:https://www.astastrings.org/Public/Member_Resources/16_ASTACAP_Handbook/Double_Bass.aspx

GUITAR

A jury containing at least 20 minutes of music, at least two thirds memorized, including but not limited to:

1. Solo Classical (Renaissance, Baroque, Classical, Romantic, 20th and 21st-century)
2. Song and Chamber Music
3. Musical Theater
4. Jazz
5. Popular/Rock
6. World Music

Repertoire is chosen by agreement with the studio teacher and will include a minimum of four major genres or historical periods listed above, at the level of:

1. Dowland-Lachrimae Pavane
2. Bach-BWV 995, 996
3. Ponce-Sonatas
4. Turina-Sevillana
5. Brouwer-El Decameron Negro
6. Barrios-La Catedral

VOICE

Sing effectively in at least 2 additional languages beyond native language and in multiple genres–including but not limited to:

1. Classical (Early music, Opera, Oratorio, Art Song)
2. Musical Theater
3. Jazz
4. Popular/Rock
5. World Music

Repertoire list should reflect a minimum of 32 individual pieces for 8 semesters.

WOODWINDS

Flute

Present an excellent performance of at least 20 minutes of repertoire at the level of:

1. Bach, Sonatas in E major or A major, or Partita in A minor
2. Telemann, Suite in A minor
3. Mozart, Concerto in G
4. Saint-Saëns, Airs de Ballet
5. Hue, Fantasie
6. Poulenc, Sonata
7. Piston, Sonata

Clarinet

All major and minor scales and arpeggios, 2 octaves or 3 where appropriate.

Present an excellent performance of at least 20 minutes of repertoire at the level of:

1. Debussy:  Petite Piece
2. Faure:  Berceuse:  Op. 16
3. Finzi:  Five Bagatelles
4. Hindemith: Sonata
5. Lefever:  Sonata No. 5
6. Stamitz: Concerto #3 in Bb

Oboe

All major and minor scales and arpeggios, 2 octaves when possible

Present an excellent performance of at least 20 minutes of repertoire at the level of:

1. Handel: Sonatas
2. Mozart: Concerto
3. Mozart: Quartet
4. Saint-Saens: Sonata

Bassoon

All major and minor scales and arpeggios, 2 octaves, 3 where appropriate

Present an excellent performance of at least 20 minutes of repertoire at the level of:

1. David:  Concertino in B-flat
2. Devienne:  Concerto in B-flat
3. Devienne:  Sonata in G, Op. 24, No. 5
4. Galliard:  Sonatas
5. Gliere:  Impromptu
6. Hindemith:  Sonata

Saxophone

All major and minor scales and arpeggios, 2 octaves when possible.

Present an excellent performance of at least 20 minutes of repertoire at the level of:

1. Eccles:  Sonata
2. Demersseman:  Allegretto brillante
3. Françaix:  Cinq danses exotiques
4. Handel: Sonata No. 3
5. Heiden:  Sonata