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Thank you for your interest in the UALR Music Department Piano Studies!
This page will provide you with helpful information and answers to questions you may have
regarding piano studies at UALR.
Music study at UALR can take several forms. For undergraduates, this includes the BA Music Major, the Music Minor, or elective study in music. For graduate students, this includes the Master of Education degree with an emphasis in music, or the Master of Arts in Liberal Studies degree with an emphasis in music.
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For elective study, no audition is required. However, admission to the BA Music Major as a piano principal is by audition only. Auditions are scheduled by appointment during the Fall and Spring semesters. Prospective majors whose principal instrument is piano should prepare a short program according to the following guidelines:
1. Two contrasting pieces. Each piece should represent a different historical style (Baroque, Classical, Romantic, or Twentieth Century).
2. At least one of the selections should be performed from memory.
3. Students are encouraged to present music that shows their highest technical proficiency. The minimum repertoire standard for admission as a piano principal is the Intermediate/Moderately Difficult level, comparable to the following list of pieces:
BAROQUE:
One of the Little Preludes by J.S. Bach
Sonata in G, L. 84/K. 63 or
Sonata in F, L. 75/K. 78 by D. Scarlatti
CLASSICAL:
Sonatinas by Diabelli, Kuhlau
7 Variations on "Nel cor piu non mi sento"
or "6 Variations on a Swiss Song" by Beethoven
ROMANTIC:
An easier Song Without Words by Mendelssohn
An easier prelude by Chopin, such as Op. 28 #4, 6, or 20
A selection from Schumann's Album for the Young, Op. 68
To a Wild Rose by E. MacDowell
20TH CENTURY:
A selection from 15 Children's Pieces, Op. 27 by Kabalevsky
such as #11 Sonatina, or #8 Etude
A selection from Mikrokosmos, Vol. III by Bartok
A selection from Pour les Enfants by A. Tansman
Students applying for scholarship aid are advised that those auditions (audition dates), held separately by the Scholarship Committee in October and February, are competitive. Repertoire should exceed the minimum level of difficulty for serious scholarship consideration.
Please contact us at the Music Department if we can be of further assistance as you prepare for college. We welcome your involvement in our program!
Keyboard Faculty:
Dr. Linda Holzer
Associate Prof. of Music;
Coordinator of Classical Piano Studies,
Piano, Piano Pedagogy, Piano Literature, Theory
Office: FA101-D
Phone: (501) 569-8436
lrholzer@ualr.edu
Tom Cox
Adjunct Assistant Prof. of Music;
Jazz Piano, Jazz Composition, Theory
Office: FA101-F
Phone: (501) 569-3105
tecox@ualr.edu
Dr. Pamela Pike
Associate Prof. of Music; Group Piano Coordinator,
3rd Age Piano Class
Office: FA101-C
Phone: (501) 683-7230
pdpike@ualr.edu
Trudy Kincade
Instructor; Accompanying, Harpsichord
Office: FA110
Phone: (501) 569-8776
gcktrudy@aol.com
Michael Heavner
Instructor;Music Technology, MIDI
Office: FA109-C
Phone: (501) 683-7231
mwheavner@ualr.edu
For a summary of degree requirements in classical piano, please consult the Guidelines for Piano Principals.
Click here for the Piano Proficiency requirements for Music Major
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