Boyer College of Music and Dance | Temple University

Keyboard Audition Information

Piano (BM)

l  Scales, major and minor (melodic and harmonic), and arpeggios, major and minor, four octaves, hands together at a fast tempo

l  Sight reading

l  One piece from each of the following periods, all works are to be played from memory:

ü  Baroque: Prelude and Fugue from Bach's Well-Tempered Clavier, or a major work by Bach.

ü  Classical: Entire sonata by Mozart, Beethoven (excluding Opus 49, Nos. 1 and 2), Haydn, or Schubert.

ü  Romantic, Impressionistic, or Contemporary: Any piece of advanced difficulty.

Harpsichord (BM) 

l  Applicants without previous harpsichord study: same as piano performance audition requirements.

l  Applicants with some harpsichord and piano experience: the work of J.S. Bach (required in the piano audition) or another baroque work should be performed on harpsichord, with the remainder as listed in the piano requirements.

l  Applicants with harpsichord but no piano experience:

ü  Work of J.S. Bach

ü  Work from the French baroque repertoire

ü  Scarlatti Sonata OR an English work from the Fitzwilliam Virginal Book

ü  Sight reading

                                                                                                                                Updated on 04/19/2019