The piano faculty administrates the proficiency examination. It is unadvisable for a student to attempt the exam for the first time without consultation with a piano faculty member. The exam is usually scheduled at the end of the fall semester and in the middle of the spring semester. Students may pick up the open score excerpts in the music office one week before the exam. A prepared composition from the Baroque or Classic Periods on the level of a Bach Two-Part Invention or a Sonatina by Clementi or Kuhlau.
More difficult literature is acceptable.
The work does not have to be memorized. One four-part hymn at sight. Prepared open-score excerpts. The excerpts will be given to the student one week in advance.