Lessons

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Ability to play the 2nd & 3rd movement of the Mozart Concerto in B flat, K. 191, or equivalent; all major scales; one Milde scale study.

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At least 3 yrs. private lessons: ability to play pieces at the level of Bach Suite No. 1, Vivaldi, Marcello sonatas; Squire Tarantella or Bourrée; Elegy by Gabriel Fauré.

Ability to play at the level of: C. Rose, 32 Studies; Polatscek, Adv. Studies; Debussy, Première Rhapsodie; Brahms, F minor or E-flat Major Sonata; all major scales w/extensions; all melodic minor scales (tonic to tonic).

Contact instructor: (408) 577-9219.

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Contact Herb Myers to discuss proficiency requirements and to set up an audition: (650) 723-0635, hwm@stanford.edu.

Ability to play scales and arpeggios in major keys to 4 sharps and 4 flats; etude from Anderson, op. 33, or similar level; movement from a sonata by Handel, Telemann, or J.S. Bach; or a piece from the standard repertoire at a similar level.

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It is understood that students coming to the study of fortepiano at the undergraduate level will often not have had previous experience with early keyboard instruments. Keyboard skills on modern piano at the level of any Beethoven sonata (except op. 49) are sufficient for fortepiano study.

For audition: Prepare 10 minutes of music for modern piano, memorized (preferably 2 contrasting pieces); there may also be some sight reading.

Previous private study to the advanced high-school level. Previous exposure to standard German (i.e., Kopprasch or Kling) or French (i.e., Maxime Alphonse, Bk. 2) exercises.

Ability to play short studies by Sor, Guiliani, or basic repertoire from Noad, Book I

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Ability to play at the level of: Bach Partitas; François Couperin 8ème Ordre; Scarlatti Sonatas; Jean-Phillipe Rameau Suites.

Ability to play all scales, Ferling or similar etude, one of the Six Metamorphoses after Ovid (Britten).

Ability to play J.S. Bach’s Prelude & Fugue in C, BWV 545,  or equivalent.

Ability to play all 3 of the following:  snare drum: Goldenberg, 3 Etudes, Etude in 12/8 (p. 51); mallets: Goldenberg, No. 1 of the 39 Etudes (p. 62); tympani: Goodman, 4 Drum Studies, Ex. 71, or equivalent.

No proficiency requirements.

Meet with Dr. Zerlang in room 111 or contact him at timzer@stanford.edu or (650) 723-1549.

Meet with Dr. Zerlang in room 111 or contact him at timzer@stanford.edu or (650) 723-1549.

Ability to play by memory pieces at the level of any Beethoven sonata (except op. 49).

For audition: prepare 10 minutes of music, memorized (preferably 2 contrasting pieces); there may also be some sight reading.

All skills listed for the beginning class, plus:
    - Knowledge of basic jazz and blues forms
    - Working knowledge of one hand and two hand rooted and rootless chord voicings
    - Ability to read and play jazz or Latin music syncopations
    - Be able to play a jazz standard from a lead sheet in solo piano or trio style, including playing the melody, improvisation, and chord ‘comping’

Test exercises in Rubank Advanced No.1; for jazz studies, first 6 exercises in Niehaus, Intermediate Jazz Conception.

Proficiency at the level of Schlossberg, Daily Drills; Bordogni-Rochut, Etudes for Trombone, vol. 1; Kopprasch, Studies (vol. 1); all major and minor scales.

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Contact instructor for proficiency requirements.

3-octave scales; ability to play at the level of Kreutzer, Mazas, or Fuchs etudes; 1 or 2 movements from J.S. Bach unaccompanied suite; Telemann concerto, and an entire J.S. Bach unaccompanied suite; Rolla, Zelter, or Hoffmeister concerto.

A minimum of 4 years of private instruction and the ability to play 3 octave scales and arpeggios; a movement of an unaccompanied Bach sonata or partita; a movement of a Mozart, Romantic or twentieth-century concerto; a short virtuostic piece to show your ability level; Paganini Caprice

Contact Anthony Martin at a.p.martin@earthlink.net or 510-232-9824 if you’d like to take lessons.

Contact individual instructors for proficiency requirements at advanced level.

Two songs: one in English, one in another language is ideal.