PRIVATE PIANO LESSONS
Spring, 2009
Instructor: Dr. Young-Hyun Cho
Office/Studio Number: Fine Arts Building 367C
Office Telephone Number: 817 272 3335
Email Address:
Office Hours: Office hours will be posted after the lesson schedule is completed.
Course Number, Section Number, and Course Title:
MUSI 0174-002: Secondary Keyboard. For music majors whose degree option requires secondary piano. One half-hour lesson each week. The prerequisite for MUSI 0174 is MUSI 2181 or equivalent proficiency. The successful completion of a jury is required to receive credit and the number may be repeated for credit.
MUSI 1242, 1243, 2242, 2243, 3242 and 3243 or 3352 and 3353, 4242 and 4243 or 4452 or 4453, 5392 (all sections are 002): Private Lessons in Piano. These courses are required of music majors whose major instrument is piano (piano principals). One-hour lesson each week. All course numbers for piano principals must be taken in sequence and the successful completion of juries is required to receive credit.
Time, Place of Class Meetings: Lessons to be scheduled with instructor. Fine Arts Building 367C
Descriptions of Course Content: Instruction in private lessons will concentrate on two areas: technique and repertoire. Each semester, students are evaluated for technical competencies in the areas of scales, arpeggios, chords, and sight-reading, and assigned at least one etude and/or exercise that will address deficiencies. These will be performed in the Technique Jury. Each student will also be assigned a minimum of three pieces of contrasting style from the traditional piano repertoire to prepare for the Mid-term and Final juries. In the area of repertoire, the objective is to offer instruction in a broad range of historical and performing styles, thus providing the student a balanced knowledge of varying compositional methods.
Student Learning Outcomes: The student will be able to successfully perform the assigned technical exercises and etudes as prescribed in the attached document Requirements for Technical Proficiency, and be able to demonstrate both technical and interpretive mastery of the assigned repertoire.
Other Requirements:
Memorization: Graduate Performance Certificate students and undergraduate performance majors are required to have all repertoire memorized for the final jury. Performance majors with pedagogy emphasis and concentrates should have at least two pieces memorized for the final jury. Secondary-level students have no memorization requirement.
Recitals: All graduate and undergraduate piano principals must perform at least once per semester on the monthly Clavier Recital Series. Only first-semester freshmen (MUSI 1242) are exempt from this requirement. The Clavier Recitals are scheduled for Tuesday, February 24, Thursday, March 24, and Thursday, April 21. The Department of Music’s Honors Recital Series, for selected students, are scheduled for Tuesday, February 10, Tuesday, March 10, and Tuesday, April 14. Attendance to both recital series is mandatory.
Performance majors must present a junior and a senior recital, each approximately one hour in length. Performance/pedagogy majors must present a senior recital of approximately one hour in length. Graduate performance majors will present one full-length recital in their third or fourth semester as determined by their certificate plan. A pre-recital hearing will be performed for the faculty at least two weeks before the scheduled recital date to determine if the repertoire is ready for performance. This hearing is on a pass/fail basis; the faculty grades the public recital. The student does not have to play a final jury if a recital is given that semester. Non-required recitals are optional and are not graded, but a hearing is still necessary.
Fourth Semester Barrier: If a student fails any portion of the fourth semester (2243) requirements, a grade of “X” will be assigned for the semester. The student will register for the next semester’s course number and will have one more opportunity to pass the deficient material. This re-examination will take place at the mid-term jury during the following semester. If this is not accomplished, the grade of “X” will change to “F” and the course must then be repeated.
Required Textbooks and Other Course Materials: Students will be responsible for obtaining copies of the music that is assigned. A list of local and mail-order music stores is available.
Descriptions of major assignments and examinations with due dates: Juries are mandatory for all students taking applied lessons as a requirement for their degree. Repertoire sheets are completed by the instructor for the semester’s work and supplied to the jury panel, which consists of members of the keyboard faculty. Each jury member assigns a grade for the jury performance, taking into consideration not only the accuracy of performance and musicianship, but also improvements during the semester. Written comments are made for repertoire juries only.
Juries for graduate performance majors and undergraduate piano principals include:
Mid-term: Thursday, October 15, 2009 (10 minutes) One piece memorized, one piece in progress, one technical aspect (scales, arpeggios, or chords, etc.)
Technique: Thursday, November 19, 2009 (10 minutes) Technical work as assigned plus at least one etude.
Final (Repertoire): Thursday, December 10, 2009 Graduate performance majors and undergraduate performance majors must prepare 20 minutes of memorized music. All other piano principals must present 15 minutes of music with at least two pieces memorized.
Juries for secondary piano students will also be held on December 10, 2009 (12 minutes)
Grading Policy: Assigning a grade for an applied lesson is necessarily subjective. A grade is given for each lesson based on preparation, completion of assigned material, and responsiveness. The final grade is determined as follows:
Piano Principals 40% weekly lesson grades
40% final jury (3/4 repertoire, 1/4 technique)
20% mid-term jury
Piano Secondaries 75% weekly lesson grades
25% jury grade
Attendance Policy: Attendance is expected for all lessons. Lessons will be made up only under the following circumstances: illness, emergency situations, or if student arranges another time in advance of an absence. A missed lesson without any reasonable excuse results in a grade of “F” for that week.
Attendance and active participation in all Keyboard Area campus events is expected, e.g., keyboard recitals, festivals, workshops, master classes, studio classes, etc. The instructor will provide the dates for these events as they are scheduled.
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