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Riverside Community College District
Integrated Course Outline of Record

Music 12


COURSE DESCRIPTION

12 Advanced Applied Piano Units: 3.00
 
Prerequisite(s): None.

Co-Requisite(s): MUS P36 or a two unit performance class.
Advanced individual piano lessons for those students who are preparing for a recital, audition, or a transfer exam, or for those who wish to study at an advanced level. Advanced instruction includes supervised practice, concert attendance and ensemble participation. Enrollment for a second semester ensures uninterrupted study for students who are preparing to transfer as music majors. This course may be taken a total of four times. 162 hours laboratory.
 
SHORT DESCRIPTION FOR CLASS SCHEDULE

Advanced individual instruction in piano.
 
ADVISORY ENTRY SKILLS
None.

STUDENT LEARNING OUTCOMES
Upon successful completion of the course, students should be able to:

  1. Perform repertoire in public (recital) at an advanced level that includes sonatas, preludes and fugues, Romantic character pieces, advanced twentieth century works or other complex works.
  2. Perform advanced piano repertoire of increasing complexity and interpretative sophistication from memory in front of a faculty jury.
  3. Play major and harmonic minor scales, hand together, four octaves, at a speed appropriate for an audition or transfer examination at a four-year college or university.
  4. Compare and contrast the specific sound elements which constitute music for the keyboard and to recognize those sound elements in performance.
 
COURSE CONTENT

  TOPICS
 
  1. Advanced individual repertoire chosen by the instructor especially for this student.
  2. Technical studies appropriate for advanced study in piano.
  3. Study of general piano literature through listening and attendance at concerts.
  4. Structured, documented, individual practice sessions appropriate to an advanced level of study.

 

 
METHODS OF INSTRUCTION
Methods of instruction used to achieve student learning outcomes may include, but are not limited to:

  • Present class lectures/discussions/demonstrations in order to demonstrate a basic knowledge of the principles of piano technique, and to apply them to the further development of individual technique
  • Show Videos/audio recordings in order to solve novel problems of the musical/pianistic problems at hand
  • Employ technical exercises in order to reinforce finger dexterity
  • Invite guest clinicians and/or master class speakers in order to expose students to broader scope of piano performance practices
 
METHODS OF EVALUATION
Students will be evaluated for progress in and/or mastery of learning outcomes by methods of evaluation which may include, but are not limited to:

  • Public performances as approved by and planned with the instructor designed to exhibit refinement of elements of good musicianship
  • Written reports and concert attendance designed to promote critical thinking
  • Final Jury evaluation before the music faculty designed to demonstrate improvement of performance skills
  • Required recital performance designed to reveal knowledge of musical style and interpretation through public performance medium
  • Completion of individual repertoire assigned
  • Laboratory log-in for practice hours, participation and regular attendance at lessons designed to show consistency in effort
ASSIGNMENTS

Required Reading Assignments


Required Writing Assignments


Other Outside-of-Class Assignments

 
COURSE MATERIALS
All materials used in this course will be periodically reviewed to ensure that they are appropriate for college level instruction. Possible texts include:

  • Advanced piano repertoire as assigned by the instructor to include sonatas, preludes and fugues,
    Romantic character pieces, advanced twentieth century works or other complex works.
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