Lessons

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.

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).

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.

Students should begin study in 172E first, then may move into 272E upon instructor approval.

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.

Contact instructor for proficiency requirements.

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 on 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.

Ability to play any 2 of the following: snare drum: Morris Goldenberg, Guidebook for the Artist Percussionist, Etude II (p. 11); mallets: Goldenberg, Modern School for Xyl., Marimba, Vibraph., Etude II (p.27); tympani: Saul Goodman, Modern Method for Tympani, §2 (examples for 2 drums), Ex. 34, or equivalent.

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.

Knowledge and performance of chromatic scale (full range) and test exercises in Rubank Intermediate (beginning sections); for jazz studies, first 6 exercises in Niehaus, Basic Jazz Conception.

Ability to play studies comparable to the Langey, Tutor; Fink, Studies in Legato (or Concone, Solfeggi); Cornette, Method for Trombone; Cimera, selected etudes and studies.

Previous experience: Private lessons during high school, some solo performance experience, knowledge of major and minor scales, some proficiency in a standard trumpet method such as the Arban Complete Conservatory Method. Contact the instructor directly to schedule an audition: Adam Luftman: adamluftman@gmail.com; John Worley: john@johnworley.com or (650) 968-0917.

Major Scales - 2  octaves; one Etude from Johannes Rochut Melodious Etudes for Trombone, 8vb and 15mb; one Etude from Kopprasch 60 Studies for Tuba; solo of your choice. Contact instructor directly to schedule an audition: ttuba@comcast.com or (408) 377-3493.

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.

A minimum of 3 years of private instruction and the ability to play scales, arpeggios, and etudes (e.g. Dont, Op. 37, Kreutzer, Rode, Mazas); movement from a solo J.S. Bach sonata or partita or from any concerto or sonata (Bach, Vivaldi, Mozart, Beethoven, etc).

Contact individual instructors for proficiency requirements at advanced level.

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

No proficiency requirements. Sign up on class lists via Axess and attend the first day of class to receive a permission number.

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’

Contact instructor for proficiency requirements.

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

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

Contact instructor for proficiency requirements. 

Contact instructor for proficiency requirements.