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thierry13

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sight reading expectations

on: July 20, 2005, 03:53:25 AM

What are they suposed to expect from you if you want to enter a conservatory at college level. Are you suposed to play any bach fugue flawlessly at speed at sight-reading?

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pianiststrongbad

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Re: sight reading expectations

Reply #1 on: July 20, 2005, 07:06:18 AM

Each college is different. If the requirement was a Bach Fugue, most of us would be in trouble. I have heard at Julliard one is expected to be able to sightread and transpose at the same time- not sure if it is true. I would imagine that the top notch schools would require fairly advanced sightreading though- Bach Fugues, or Beethoven Allegro movements, whereas many other schools don't expect you to be able to sightread more than a Mozart Adagio.

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