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Undergraduate Bulletin 2008-2009 
    
Undergraduate Bulletin 2008-2009 [Archived Catalog]

Piano Pedagogy Certificate


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Program: Certificate in Piano Pedagogy
Department of Music
College of Visual and Performing Arts

Rhinehart Music Center (RC) 144 ~ 260-481-6714


The student learning outcomes for the degree are as follows:

  • Performance. Students will demonstrate the ability to perform competently in public on a principal instrument or voice as a soloist and as a member of a major ensemble.
  • Music Theory. Students will demonstrate:
    • knowledge of musical form, structures, concepts, and terms
    • skill and fluency in application through analysis
    • ability to compose within basic musical structures
    • perspective regarding historical styles and structures
    • ability to relate the cognitive to aural perception and to aesthetic response
  • Aural Perception. Students will demonstrate the ability to:
    • read and sing melodic lines with accurate intonation
    • read and perform complex rhythms accurately
    • recognize and notate melodic, rhythmic, and harmonic patterns and progressions
  • Keyboard. All music majors will be able to use the keyboard as a basic tool and will demonstrate the ability to:
    • perform appropriate technical skills such as scales, arpeggios, etc.
    • play chord progression from Roman numerals
    • improvise
    • play “by ear” and from lead sheets
    • harmonize melodic lines
    • perform repertoire at the intermediate level
    • transpose simple pieces and lead sheets
    • sight read at the late elementary level
    • play from 4-part open score.
  • Technology. Students will demonstrate a basic overview of how technology serves the field of music as a whole including the following:
    • knowledge of computer hardware
    • ability to use notational software
    • ability to use the Internet as a resource for research.

Program Requirements


If you intend to be a professional piano studio teacher, you may earn the certificate in piano pedagogy by satisfying the requirements of IPFW (see Part 8) and the College of Visual and Performing Arts (see Part 4), completing the following courses, and earning a grade of C or better in each:

  • Credits in applied music Credits: 8
  • Credits in ensemble course(s) Credits: 2

Total Credits: 30


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