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What I Expect from You
Practicing: Listed below are the requirements for each major. Practice must include scales, Kourguoff, Schradieck, and any assigned etudes and pieces. Lack of sufficient preparation can result in early dismissal from a lesson and will be reflected in the lesson grade.
Practice Requirements
Practice Average: Each student will keep a practice notebook recording the amount of time practiced each day. You will enter the total number of hours practiced during the week on a record sheet in your lesson. Your lesson grade will be calculated based on your average weekly practice time each week. (Total lesson time/ 13 weeks) The grading scale is as follows:| Performance | Music Education | Music Therapy | Non-Majors |
| A = 21+ hours | A = 15+ | A = 10+ | A = 7+ |
| B = 17-20 | B = 12-14 | B = 8-9 | B = 6 |
| C = 12-16 | C = 9-11 | C = 6-7 | C = 5 |
| D = 8-11 | D = 6-8 | D = 4-5 | D = 4 |
| F = 0-7 | F = 0-5 | F = 0-3 | F = 0-3 |
String Area Jury Requirements
All Level Lessons:- All three octave Major and Minor Scales (Freshmen will play major scales in the first semester and minor scales in the second semester)
- A movement from a concerto or major work for solo instrument and orchestra
- A movement of a Bach Suite or Sonata, or a comparable contrasting piece
- Etudes at the discretion of individual studio teacher.
All scales plus one other selection must be memorized. Failure to meet the memorization requirement will result in a letter grade deduction on the jury.
- Major and Minor Scales and Arpeggios from memory.
- A movement of a concerto, memorized.
- A movement of Bach.
- One contrasting piece of the student’s choice.