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Undergraduate Piano
NEW PHONE NUMBERS
As of August 8, 2009 the admissions office phone numbers are changed to:
(410) 234-4848 local
(800) 368-2521 toll free
Most successful piano applicants have been taking private lessons for seven to ten years, and are currently practicing for several hours a day. Applicants who have been splitting their practice time between two or more instruments are less likely to be successful. Peabody hears about 100 undergraduate piano auditions each year, and the acceptance rate is about fifty percent. Successful applicants can perform a Chopin Ballade and/or Liszt Hungarian Rhapsody with flair and artistry. Typically, they have a complete (all movements) Beethoven Sonata and a Bach Prelude and Fugue ready for public performance from memory with only a little brush-up practice. Audition requirements are taken seriously.
All piano applicants are pre-screened via CD recording. Successful applicants at the pre-screening stage must audition in person at Peabody.
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