Student deficient in the prerequisites for ORGAN I, are required to do additional work in piano before beginning ORGAN I. SEMESTER REQUIREMENTS. The following are requirements for each semester: thirty half-hour lessons; a written report of compositions studied; memoriza tion of at least two compositions; a final examination. The course of study includes: exercises, scales, compositions by J. S. Bach, compositions of the Romantic period, compositions by contemporary composers. GRADUATION REQUIREMENTS . The student must fulfill satisfactorily all requirements for the courses ORGAN I through ORGAN VIII, in addition to one-hour recital (compositions are all memorized) which includes the following compositions: one Prelude and Fugue by Bach; two Chorale Preludes by Bach; one composition by Franck; one composition by Brahms, Schumann or Liszt; one composition by Vierne, Dupre, Messiean, or Langlais; one composition by a contemporary American composer.
CLASSIFICATION OF STUDENTS MAJORING IN WIND INSTRUMENTS
Students majoring in flute, oboe, clarinet, or bassoon will be classified as to semesters beginning with Semester I and continuing through Semester VIII. Prerequisites for Semester I:
1. Evidence of potential musicianship. 2. Evidence of potential proficiency for the instrument. 3. Sufficient background, including the ability to play: a. all major and minor scales b. sustained tones
c. some elementary and intermediate studies and scales.
General Requirements for Graduation: 1. Thirty private half-hour lessons are taken each semester. 2. All requirements of the course of study from Semester I through Semester VIII are fulfilled. 3. Four years of ensemble playing (band and orchestra) required. 4. Four years of chamber music (with strings or woodwinds or both) required. 5. A written report of all material studied and all material memorized handed in at the end of each semester. 6. Development of sight-reading ability (and transposition when necessary) checked periodically. 7. A final examination given each semester over the material covered that semester or other materials the student was assigned during the preceding semesters. 8. A senior recital required. 72
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