D. Keyboard Proficiency Test 1. Read at sight a four-part chorale. Play a piece, prepared in advance, comparable in length and difficulty to the theme of the second movement of Beethoven's Sonata Op. Read a string quartet score comparable in difficulty to the first 16 measures of the second movement of Haydn's Op. Improvise from given materials, such as chord symbols, pitch collections, rhythmic patterns, etc. 5.
Competence is demonstrated in a two-part exercise.
The committee is chaired by a tenured member of the Area faculty. G. Thesis Composition 1. As soon as possible after the candidate determines the genre, medium, procedures and approximate duration for the Thesis Composition, a written proposal of same is made to the Area faculty, and a date and time is scheduled for its presentation and discussion. It is the policy of the School that compositions be tested in a reading session prior to their defense. The Thesis defense committee is ordinarily chaired by the Thesis adviser.