Keyboard Area
Keyboard Area
Keyboard at UNO
The Keyboard Area of the School of Music at UNO provides opportunities for students to develop their solo and ensemble skills in a wide variety of performance venues, both on campus and in the community. In addition to weekly lessons, piano students are required to attend a performance class where they play on a regular basis and learn about technique, stage presence, practice methods, audition/jury/competition preparation, and essential concepts of piano pedagogy and literature. Students additionally have the opportunity to study organ and play on our double-manual French harpsichord. Our students also learn outside the classroom by attending faculty and guest artist recitals, master classes and lectures, and collaborating with instrumentalists and vocalists in the collaborative piano program.
Program Requirements:
Audition Requirements
Undergraduate Performance Majors (B.M. Performance)
Prepare two contrasting works chosen from the Baroque, Classical, Romantic, Impressionistic, and Contemporary periods. All selections should be memorized. You may additionally be asked to sightread a short selection.
Undergraduate Non-Performance Majors (B.M. Music Education; B.A. Music Studies)
Prepare one work chosen from the Baroque, Classical, Romantic, Impressionistic, or Contemporary periods. All selections should be memorized. You may additionally be asked to sightread a short selection.
M.M. Music Performance (Graduate)
A recital program of at least thirty minutes representing a minimum of three contrasting works chosen from the Baroque, Classical, Romantic, Impressionistic and Contemporary periods, demonstrating high levels of technical and musical abilities. The repertoire should include all or part of a Classical Sonata (piano only). All selections should be memorized. You may additionally be asked to sightread a short selection.
Questions? Contact Keyboard Area Coordinator, Dr. Kristín Jónína Taylor at kristintaylor@unomaha.edu.