Portland Community College | Portland, Oregon

All applied music students are required to attend weekly lessons, attend weekly performance classes, participate in public performance, and complete a music jury. A substantial amount of out-of-lesson practice time is required.

• Use an understanding of elementary musicianship and performance etiquette to perform basic solo cello repertory.
• Use an understanding of elementary music literacy to prepare and rehearse basic solo cello repertory for performance.
• Use an elementary understanding of stylistic distinctions in basic solo cello repertory to accurately interpret music in performance.
• Use an elementary understanding of the cello to continue to improve as a performer.

Public performance of assigned repertoire demonstrating solid technique, musicianship and proper performance practice. (minimum of two area recitals in addition to final performance.)

Sightread excerpts of basic level repertory.

Participation in final recital and jury.

Successful completion of material assigned by private instructor.

The material for the course will be presented in a one-on-one hands-on format.

Students will be required to perform in a final student recital and must pass
a performance jury at the end of every term before moving on to the next term of study.

Students are expected to participate in chamber ensembles and are required to perform a minimum of two times per term in the weekly music performance area recitals.

Students will demonstrate good tone production, solid technique, rhythmic precision, proper performance practice, good musicianship and perform scales and arpeggios at required tempi.

Students will learn and perform from memory representative works from contrasting styles and eras.

Public music performance of material covered in lessons.

Completion of music jury at the end of the term - featuring qualitative and quantitative demonstration.

Attendance and participation in applied performance sessions.

Participation and preparation of material assigned during lessons.

First Year Required Materials:

• Fundamentals: Posture, body and hand position, bowing, intonation, shifting, vibrato

• Technique: Three octave major and minor scales and arpeggios

• Preparation exercises in double stops, harmonics, glissandi and thumb position.

• Recommended Etudes: Dotzauer, Duport, Piatti, Lee, Merk, Greutzmacher, Franchomme

• Suggested Repertoire: J.S. Bach Cello Suites (individual movements), Haydn Concerti (individual movements, excerpts),

• Demonstrate basics: Bowing, Vibrato, Good Tone Production, Double Stops

• All major and minor scales and arpeggios (three octaves)

• Baroque, Classical and/or Romantic sonatas, concerti or character pieces

• Sight reading college entrance level material