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Degrees Offered:

Audition Information

Memorization is required for all repertoire presented at audition. 

    Graduate (MM: Music Education):
    1. A Bach Prelude and Fugue from the Well-Tempered Clavier or a Bach Partita/Suite.
    2. A movement or movements from a classical sonata (excluding Beethoven Op.49 and Mozart K. 545)
    3. A Romantic work of advanced difficulty.
    4. An Impressionistic or 20th/21st Century work of advanced difficulty.
    5. Sight-reading
     
    Undergraduate:
     
    Applicants for the Applied Performance track:
    1. A Bach Prelude and Fugue from the Well-Tempered Clavier.
    2. One movement of a Classical sonata (excluding Beethoven Op.49 and Mozart K. 545)
    3. A Romantic work or a 20/21st Century work of advanced difficulty.
    4. Sight-reading
    Applicants for Bachelor of Arts, Music Education track:
    1. A Bach Prelude and Fugue from Well-Tempered Clavier or a Two/Three Part Invention
    2. One movement of a Classical sonata (excluding Beethoven Op.49 and Mozart K. 545)
    3. A Romantic work and/or a 20th Century work of early advanced difficulty to advanced difficulty.
    4. Sight-reading
     Applicants for elective study or music minor track:
    1. Perform 2 contrasting pieces of moderate difficulty from the Baroque, Classical and/or Romantic periods.

Keyboard Studies at UWSP

The piano faculty at UWSP consists of active performers and dedicated teachers who offer students a wealth of expertise. They are committed to helping individuals develop their talents and prepare for a successful career. With a low teacher to student ratio, piano students benefit from the exceptional attention they receive in a dynamic environment. UWSP is also unique in that it provides a diverse offering of both classical and jazz studies in piano. Please contact the keyboard area for additional information about the program or to arrange a sample lesson at mroseman@uwsp.edu
 
 

Keyboard Faculty

Curriculum

The piano area at UWSP provides a curriculum that fosters individualized attention and develops the full potential of each student. A variety of courses in piano pedagogy, piano literature, accompanying and chamber music is available to suit students’ career goals. In addition to a wide breadth of course offerings, all piano majors receive weekly lessons and regularly perform in weekly studio classes. These sessions provide an opportunity for informal performance and discussion on various performance practice topics.

Performance and Educational Opportunities

Piano students enjoy many additional performance opportunities through weekly student Colloquia, chamber music, and collaborative work with vocalists and instrumentalists in the department. Each year the UWSP Performing Arts Series and the Central Wisconsin Symphony bring outstanding performers to campus. Frequently students are given the opportunity to perform for these artists in a master class situation.
 
For those interested in private teaching as a career, piano students have the unique opportunity to gain practical experience as teachers through the UWSP Continuing Education Division music program. The piano pedagogy course offering also involves invaluable student teaching experience and a mentoring partnership with local teachers in the area.

Facilities

With the opening of the Noel Fine Arts Center in 2005, UWSP offers exceptional practice facilities and instruments for student use. Piano majors have access to four grand piano practice rooms in addition to new uprights in the remaining 30 practice rooms in the NFAC. Other performance and classroom spaces house well-maintained Yamaha and Steinway grand pianos. In 2006 the department acquired a new Steinway D concert grand piano for Michelsen Hall that is used for faculty and piano student recitals.