Numerous opportunities for experience and employment as accompanists are available to qualified pianists within the music department and in the Sacramento area. Recommended Audition Repertory Prior to acceptance into degree programs, students must pass an entrance audition. The following includes suggested solo works. Two contrasting movements, preferably from different style periods, from the standard repertory for piano are required. Selections may be drawn from sonatas, preludes, suites, etudes and short pieces by such composers as Beethoven, Debussy, Chopin, Liszt, Bart k, Mozart and others.
Memorization is required.
On the basis of both the audition and an evaluation of prior piano study, the student may be enrolled in one of four levels of lower division piano. After one semester of study, the student is re-evaluated and may be advanced to upper division status. Master of Music Representative works from the applicant's Bachelor of Arts or Bachelor of Music senior recital or comparable repertory. Scholarships, determined by audition in December and February, are available up to the level of full fees and are administered as part of a financial aid package.