Junior-Level Piano Transfer Audition Requirements

Entry into Junior-level piano study must include the presentation of works at or above the level of difficulty of the pieces listed below. Please note that requirements are different for each area of study.

Piano Performance Major
Well-Tempered Clavier I (G Major, g minor) – Bach
Sonata Op. 27, No. 1 – Beethoven
Rhapsody in g minor, Op. 79, No. 1 – Brahms
Danzas Argentinas – Ginastera

Piano Pedagogy Major
Sinfonia (Eb, F, d) or WTC I (D, Ab), or WTC II (Eb) – Bach
Sonata Op. 2, No. 1 – Beethoven
Op. 116, No. 4 (E); Op. 118, No. 1 (A) – Brahms
La Cathedrale Engloutie – Debussy

Music Education Major
French Suite No. 5 in G – Bach
Sonata K. 570 (Bb) – Mozart
Preludes (Db, g) – Chopin
Sonatina – Bartok

Composition Major, BA Piano Principal, Music Minor with Piano Principal
Sonatinas (Longo 58, 104) – Scarlatti
Sonata K. 283 (G Major) – Mozart
Songs without Words (Hunting Song) – Mendelssohn
Diversions – Dello Joio