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Strings

Degrees offered: B.M., M.M., D.M.A., Advanced Studies, Artist Diploma

Professor of Violin Robert Lipsett with student Songa Lee

High standards of professionalism in performance and teaching have been upheld through the years by a faculty which has included Jascha Heifetz, Gregor Piatigorsky and William Primrose. The school's string department is among the nation's finest-its eminent artist-teachers are particularly noted for both individual instruction and coaching in chamber music.

The USC Symphony, many prize-winning chamber ensembles and the musical organizations of greater Los Angeles offer abundant opportunities for ensemble training at the professional level and for highly varied experience in the performance of orchestral and chamber repertoire.

Bachelor of Music in Performance

Audition - Violin

Applicants must play three-octave scales and arpeggios and perform such standard etudes as Kreutzer, Fiorillo and Carl Flesch Scale System. Students should play works corresponding in difficulty to the Bach Concerto in A-Minor, Mozart Concerto in G-Major, any Handel sonata, and the Spohr Concerto No. 2, as well as the Bruch Concerto in G-Minor and the Mendelssohn Concerto.

Audition - Viola

Applicants must demonstrate a sound foundation in all major and minor scales, arpeggios in three octaves, and include etudes by Kreutzer, Fiorillo, Campagnoli or Fuchs. Students should play a concerto corresponding in difficulty to Stamitz, Hoffmeister, Handel-Casadesus or J.S. Bach, and a sonata or major recital work from the Romantic or contemporary period (e.g., Schumann's 'Adagio and Allegro' or Hindemith's Trauermusik).

Audition - Violoncello

Applicants must demonstrate a sound foundation in all major and minor scales and arpeggios in three octaves and include etudes by Dotzauer (Books I and II), Duoport, and Cossman Exercises for Finger Development. Students should play works corresponding in difficulty to the Bach Suite No. 1, Beethoven Sonata No. 1, baroque sonatas by Corelli, Handel, Vivaldi, Eccles, and concertos by Saint-Sa‘ns and Lalo.

Audition - Double Bass

Applicants must demonstrate a firm technical command of the instrument through the sixth position, as presented by a standard bass method such as Franz Simandl's New Method for the Double Bass, Book I. They must play major and minor scales in two octaves from E to C, others in one octave, and earlier solos or selections from Simandl's 30 Etudes for Double Bass.

Audition - Harp

The applicant must be prepared to demonstrate adequate technical knowledge of such standard Harp etudes as those of Pozzolli, Lariviere, Bochsa and Posse; and of works for solo harp at the level of Feerie by Tournier, Dussek and Rosetti sonatas; Handel's Tema con Variazioni; Hovhaness' Sonate; Pierne's Impromptu-Caprice; and Grandjany's Fantaisie.

Curriculum Requirements- Violin, Viola and Violoncello	Units
General education requirements	6 courses
Writing	2 courses
Foreign language	2 courses
MUCD 343 (2)	2
Ensemble 227 (4), 427 (4) *	8
Large ensemble*	8
MUHL 280ab (6), 385ab (6)	12
MUPF 153 (8), 253 (8), 353 (4), 453 (4), 220 (2), 250ab (4), 350ab (4), 471ab (4), 472 (4), 481 (2)	44
MUTC 132ab (2), 133ab (6), 232ab (2), 233ab (6), 332ab (2), 338x (2), 340x (2)	22
Electives in music or letters, arts and sciences**	4
Junior recital	0
Senior recital	0
	132

*Required each semester in residence.
**Violin majors are required to take MUPF 201VA (2) as two units of the four-unit elective requirement.

Curriculum Requirements- Double Bass	Units
General education requirements	6 courses
Writing	2 courses
Foreign language	2 courses
MUCD 343 (2)	2
MUEN 227 (2), 427 (2) *	4
Large ensemble*	8
MUHL 280ab (6), 385ab (6)	12
MUPF 153 (8), 220 (2), 250ab (4), 253 (8), 262 (4), 350ab (4), 353 (4), 453 (4), 462 (4), 472 (4), 481 (2)	48
MUTC 132ab (2), 133ab (6), 232ab (2), 233ab (6), 332ab (2), 338x (2), 340x (2)	22
Electives in music or letters, arts and sciences	4
Junior recital	0
Senior recital	0
	132

Curriculum Requirements- Harp	Units
General education requirements	6 courses
Writing	2 courses
Foreign language	2 courses
MUCD 343 (2)	2
MUEN 227 (4), 427 (4) *	8
Large ensemble*	8
MUHL 280ab (6), 385ab (6)	12
MUPF 153 (8), 220 (2), 250ab (4), 253 (8), 263 (4), 350ab (4), 353 (4), 453 (4), 463 (4), 481 (2)	44
MUTC 132ab (2), 133ab (6), 232ab (2), 233ab (6), 332ab (2), 338x (2), 340x (2)	22
Electives in music or letters, arts and sciences	4
Junior recital	0
Senior recital	0
	132

* Required each semester in residence.

Graduate Degrees

Audition

A personal audition or recent video or cassette tape recording of representative selections is required for all applicants seeking admission as a performance major. If a cassette is submitted, it should accompany the supplementary application. D.M.A. auditions must be accompanied by a pianist. Applicants will be required to perform a full concerto by memory, one complete solo Bach work, one Romantic sonata, and either a 20th century piece or a virtuoso piece.

Master of Music in Performance

The applicant must hold a bachelor of music degree with a major in a string instrument or equivalent.

Curriculum Requirements	Units
MUCD 443 (2)	2
Ensemble 427 (2), electives (2)	4
MUHL 570 (2), 578 (2), MUHL electives at the 500 level (4)	8
MUPF 481 (2), 553 (8)	10
Music electives (at least two from the 500 level)	6
Graduate recital	0
	30

Doctor of Musical Arts
Performance Major

It is the objective of the performance curriculum to combine high standards of performance with intellectual accomplishments appropriate to a university degree. Candidates electing this major must present at least four major public appearances: two solo recitals and two other appropriate appearances. The exact format, content and scheduling of the four appearances are the responsibility of the candidate's guidance committee. For additional information, please contact the department chair.

Curriculum Requirements	Units
Basic D.M.A. curriculum	24
MUPF 653	12
Electives in music	4
Two solo recitals and two other appropriate performances	0