Entrance Exam Requirements for Choir and Orchestral Conducting (BA)

 

A DVD recording is required for the application, as assigned in the following list.

 
If candidates are found suitable on the basis of their enclosed DVD recordings, the Faculty of Music will send detailed information about auditions. Candidates have to  take part in an audition to fulfil their entrance requirements of their chosen majors.
 
Information about Further Entrance Exam Requirements
SOLFEGGIO, THEORY OF MUSIC
 

Written Test

 
· notation of a two-part baroque (imitation) segment by dictation
· notation of a one-part 20th century piece of music by dictation
· notation and harmonic analysis of the two outer parts of a Viennese classical segment
· notation and tonal analysis of two and three-part chord chains
 

Oral exam

 
· material brought by the candidate: 6 pieces from the vocal literature of the period between the 17th century and our times (choral works, short arias, songs). The pieces must be analysed, sung and accompanied on the piano by the candidate. In this way, the performing, structural and analysing skills are tested. The list and the sheets (without any inscriptions made by the candidate) of the works must be brought by the candidate.
· sight-reading: singing a two-part polyphonic segment with piano
· assessment of knowledge of the harmony and formal structure of the Viennese classical period:
- playing chains of harmonies by figured bass or by dictation
- complex analysis of a movement chosen from the material brought by the candidate (piano, voice)
 
CONDUCTING
 
Presentation of conducting and rehearsing skills through works with piano and choir. The sheet of the two or three-part piece is handed to the candidate 2 hours before the exam.
 
FOLK MUSIC
 
· Singing 10 folk songs by heart from the candidate’s country, introducing the songs’ characteristic and ethnographic features.
· singing 10 Hungarian folk songs in a language chosen by the candidate PIANO AS COMPULSARY INSTRUMENT
Performance of three piano pieces or movements by heart:
· a piece by Bach
· a sonata form movement from the Viennese classical period

· a romantic piece or a piece by Bartók VOICE
A healthy, trainable voice is a requirement for entry. Expressive performance of two
songs/lieds by heart of different character, composed in different stylistic periods, with piano. Pianist is provided by the Examination Board.
 
MUSIC LITERATURE
 
Testing the candidate’s knowledge of Music Literature.

Entrance Exam Requirements for Creative Art and Musicology (BA)

 

In both fields the candidate must appear in person to take the entrance exam.

 
Entrance Exam Requirements for Theory of Music (BA)
 
SOLFEGGIO, THEORY OF MUSIC
 

Written Test

 
· notation of a two-part baroque (imitation) segment by dictation
· notation of a one-part 20th century piece of music by dictation
· notation and harmonic analysis of the two outer parts of a Viennese classical segment