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Undergraduate Piano
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. 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. A memorized audition is manditory.
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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