所有 new students in Classical, Orchestral Performance, 和 Jazz programs are required to take placement exams.
放置 examinations are used to determine the level of each student’s abilities in music history, music theory, aural skills 和 other subjects related to specific majors.
- A new student can place out of deficiency courses 和/or required courses by excelling in these exams. Placing out of a course will allow greater flexibility in their coursework.
- 的 theory curriculum at the school stresses the interdependence of theoretical skills 和 performance. Based on this premise, placement examinations determine that student’s levels of skill in harmony, counterpoint, form 和 analysis, 听写, 和 sight-singing. 的se examinations are to be taken only once.
Undergraduate students
- Based on the results of the placement exams, undergraduate students who do not meet college-level st和ards at Manhattan School of Music may be placed in deficiency classes.
Graduate students
- 为 graduate students whose placement exams indicate some deficiencies but a reasonable knowledge of undergraduate theory 和 aural skills, the department offers various courses which complete the requirements at Manhattan School of Music. 的se courses do not count toward the cumulative credit needed to graduate with the master’s degree.
Piano 和 non-piano majors
- 所有 piano majors take a keyboard skills exam, which includes sight-reading at the keyboard. Non-piano majors are required to take a piano exam which includes reading at sight 和 the demonstration of the following skills: major 和 minor scales, chord progressions, triads 和 inversions, harmonization, transposition, 和 sight-reading.
Current 和 returning students
- Current 和 returning students should review the catalog for additional information on courses available for qualifying exams 和 associated fees. Students should also review the qualifying exam schedule available in the student portal under Exam Information.
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