{"id":97,"date":"2012-05-21T10:22:48","date_gmt":"2012-05-21T14:22:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/faculty.wcu.edu\/mkbauer\/?page_id=97"},"modified":"2015-02-27T14:43:08","modified_gmt":"2015-02-27T19:43:08","slug":"sophomore-exam","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/faculty.wcu.edu\/mkbauer\/faculty-name\/curriculum-vita\/sophomore-exam\/","title":{"rendered":"Sophomore Exam"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">SOPHOMORE EXAM<\/span><\/strong><strong><\/strong><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0During the fourth semester of voice study (MUS 207) students must perform a Sophomore Exam.\u00a0\u00a0This performance is the \u201cbarrier\u201d to upper level voice study.\u00a0\u00a0This performance consists of no less than 20 minutes of memorized music.\u00a0\u00a0The Sophomore Exam is traditionally performed in its entirety during the jury time scheduled for that semester.\u00a0However, with faculty permission, students may perform the sophomore examination in a public performance.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Public performances of Sophomore Exams must be planned well in advance.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The literature for this performance must contain French, German, Italian and English languages and must reflect literature from the Baroque, Classical, Romantic and 20th Century.\u00a0\u00a0One selection must be an aria from an opera\/oratorio.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>This performance is critical for all singers as it reflects the final check\/evaluation point prior to upper level study and final recitals.\u00a0\u00a0This performance is adjudicated and the faculty panel renders judgment as to whether this student may continue on her\/his study as a voice major.\u00a0\u00a0This is also the\u00a0performance which\u00a0determines whether or not a student may enter the BM Applied Concentration.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The Sophomore Exam is the only required performance for those students enrolled in the BA &#8211; General and the BA Music Industry Programs.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; SOPHOMORE EXAM \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0During the fourth semester of voice study (MUS 207) students must perform a Sophomore Exam.\u00a0\u00a0This performance is the \u201cbarrier\u201d to upper level voice study.\u00a0\u00a0This performance consists of no less than 20 minutes of memorized music.\u00a0\u00a0The Sophomore Exam is traditionally performed in its entirety during the jury time scheduled for that semester.\u00a0However, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":63,"featured_media":0,"parent":5,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"page_norightside.php","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-97","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/faculty.wcu.edu\/mkbauer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/97","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/faculty.wcu.edu\/mkbauer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/faculty.wcu.edu\/mkbauer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/faculty.wcu.edu\/mkbauer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/63"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/faculty.wcu.edu\/mkbauer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=97"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/faculty.wcu.edu\/mkbauer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/97\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":591,"href":"https:\/\/faculty.wcu.edu\/mkbauer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/97\/revisions\/591"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/faculty.wcu.edu\/mkbauer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/faculty.wcu.edu\/mkbauer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=97"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}