Collaborative Piano Studies at the University of Colorado at Boulder

The College of Music at the University of Colorado at Boulder offers both a Master of Music and a Doctor of Musical Arts in Collaborative Piano. About the program:

The area offers MM and DMA performance degrees in collaborative piano, as well as courses in chamber music, sightreading and accompanying. Students receive specialized training in chamber music, instrumental accompanying, art song, opera, harpsichord, coaching techniques, and practical aspects of the collaborative career world, and they have opportunities to interact with many of the outstanding instrumental and vocal faculty and students in the College of Music.

Here are the audition requirements for both degree programs:

Master of Music repertoire requirements

• One (1) complete standard sonata for instrument and piano, such as Franck, Brahms, Beethoven, or Prokofiev;
• One movement of a standard instrumental concerto (with the exception of piano concerti);
• A group of six (6) art songs of contrasting styles and character, representing the French, German and English languages.

Doctor of Musical Arts repertoire requirements

• Two (2) complete standard sonatas for instrument and piano, such as Franck, Brahms, Beethoven, or Prokofiev. One sonata must be for a stringed instrument and piano, the other for a wind/brass instrument and piano;
• One movement of a standard instrumental concerto (with the exception of piano concerti);
• A group of six (6) art songs of contrasting styles and character, representing the French, German and English languages.

For more information, send an email to collaborativepiano [at] colorado dot edu.

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