Proficiency Test for PCL 105

When you are ready to take this test, contact Professor Caramia (room 410; tcaramia@esm.rochester.edu)

1) Technique: in any major or minor key up to 3#'s, 3 b's

 • major scales; minor scales (3 forms), hands together, 4 octaves

 • corresponding major and minor triad arpeggios, hands together, 2 octaves

 • corresponding dom. and dim 7th chord arpeggios, hands together, 2 octaves

 • 1 (one) etude from Bertini (Op.100), or Burgmuller (Op.100), or Czerny, or Heller (Opp.45, 47, 125)

2) Repertoire: a minimum of three (3) pieces, using different Baroque, Classic and Romantic composers; selected from (but not limited to):

Bach	Little Preludes Inventions/Sinfonias Preludes, Book 1, WTC
Beethoven	Bagatelles, Op.119
Chopin	Preludes, Waltzes, Mazurkas
Gretchaninoff	Children's Book
Grieg	Lyric Pieces
Mendelssohn	Songs Without Words
Schubert	Waltzes and other Dances
Schumann	Album for the Young Scenes from Childhood
	Sonatinas and Sonatas by Beethoven, Clementi, Haydn, Kuhlau, Mozart

3) Accompaniment: a piano accompaniment from the student's major instrument

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