Piano Majors, Concentrations and BA students must pass a Keyboard Proficiency Exam including open score reading and transposition by the time they take the Upper Divisional Exam.  The exam is administered during the long semesters in the Accompanying Lab (MULB 1811) as part of the Sight-reading Lab. Students not taking MULB 1811 may be eligible to enroll in Functional Piano for private lessons, or study on their own, and then make an appointment to take the exam with Dr. Steven Harlos. The materials and requirements for the exam are as follows:

1. Open score – play one page of 4-part choral music from the score at sight.  Examples may be found in the anthology, Five Centuries of Choral Music (call number: M1495.F59), or similar repertoire.
2. Transposition – transpose a 4-part hymn from any standard hymnal up or down at the interval of a second or third, to be determined at the time of the examination.
3. Sight reading – read one page of piano music at sight.  If the student has taken MULB 1811, he/she should pass the sight reading exam with a grade of B- or better.