Main subject:
Classical
- Major and harmonic minor scales in different tempos and styles – staccato, legato – , in simpler keys.
- 2 etudes from the 2nd volume of Kopprasch’s edition.
- 2 pieces at the choice of the candidate. (For example, Saint-Saens: Kavatina; Sachse: Concerto; Gafe: Concerto; De La Nux: Concerto; Spinelli: Concerto or pieces of similar difficulty.)
Jazz
- Solistic performance of three popular jazz standards (theme-improvisation-theme) of different tempo (slow, medium, fast) and character (ballad, Latin, swing, pair and impair metrum). Piano accompaniment is provided by the department, but the candidate has to bring the notes – suitable for piano accompaniment.
- Blues improvisation with simple harmonies in various tempos and in simpler keys.
- Playing about 10 jazz standards in original harmonisation from memory. (Presentation of themes with stylistic phrasing, without improvisation)
- Sight reading of a motive possibly with stylistic phrasing, given at the exam.
Career aptitude test:
The teacher aptitude test is done only in oral form. Consists of two parts:
- Talk of the auditioning student career plans attached application has already been prepared by auditioning and selection, based on a letter of motivation for teacher career choices.
- Based on a short few lines of text interpretation of a specific educational theme educational situation and express an opinion.
The aptitude test requires no special preparation ( from the literature curriculum )!
- During the test the student’s communication skills, personal motivation, awareness of speech and culture committee investigating the entrance exam.
The duration of the test: maximum 15 minutes