SECOND YEAR. Plans initiated for junior and senior recitals. Work begun on a standard oratorio. Rules of pronunciation of one or more foreign languages, and a language memorized. Student must be able to sing all selections (one complete voice role) from a standard oratorio. THIRD YEAR. The student is assigned a group of songs to be prepared unaided by the instructor. Junior recital is given, and senior recital planned in detail. FOURTH YEAR. Senior recital is memorized and given. Voice teaching methods, voice problems of all types of voices are covered; singing with orchestra. A thorough sight-reading examination constitutes the final examination. PIANO CLASSIFICATION OF STUDENTS. Students will be classified according to semesters. First semester students will be classified as PIANO I, second semester students as PIANO II, etc., through PIANO VIII. PREREQUISITE FOR PIANO I. Ability to play compositions of the grade simi lar to Clementi, "Sonatina in C"; Bach, "Four-Part Chorales:; or the easiest composi tions by Chopin. The student must demonstrate to the instructor that he is capable of meeting the Graduation Requirements after four years of study. Those unable to meet the prerequisites for PIANO I will be classified as ELEMENTARY PIANO. SEMESTER REQUIREMENTS. The student must fulfill the following require ments each semester: thirty half-hour lessons; written report of compositions studied; memorization of at least two compositions; a final examination. Course of study must include: exercises, scales and arpeggios, sonatas, compositions of the Romantic period, compositions by contemporary composers. GRADUATION REQUIREMENTS. The student must pass satisfactorily all re quirements for the courses PIANO I through PIANO VIII, and give a one-hour recital (all compositions memorized) which includes the following compositions: one Prelude and Fugue by Bach; one Sonata by Beethoven or Mozart; two compositions by Chopin; one composition by Brahms, Schumann or Liszt; two compositions by contemporary somposers. The student must have studied at least one piano concerto. ORGAN CLASSIFICATION OF STUDENTS. Students will be classified according to semesters. First semester students will be classified as ORGAN I, second semester students as ORGAN II, etc., through ORGAN VIII. PREREQUISITE FOR ORGAN I. The student must be able to play piano com positions of the grade similar to Clementi, "Sonatina in C"; "Four-part Chorales" by Bach ; or the eas iest compositions by Chopin; and must demonstrate to the teacher that he is capable of meeting the graduation requirements after four years of study. 71
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