The piano major is led by talented educators who are recipients of awards from foreign musical competitions and are active in piano performance. In order to build a strong musical foundation, sightreading, music dictation, harmonics, counterpoint, music analysis, and music history along are all required courses in the curriculum.
Performance classes and recitals, which are held in the spring and fall, are offered in order to provide students opportunities for public performance. In order to provide further experience, foreign professors are invited to teach master classes. Not only is solo performance considered to be important but playing as an accompanist and as part of an ensemble is also considered to be important as well and thus courses in instrumental accompaniment, vocal accompaniment and chamber music ensemble classes are subsequently offered.
