<p>i plan to minor in music, and i wanna go to YAle
i know yale has this performance class
and they take about 60 pianist. does anyoen know how competitive that would be? i hear some high class musicians go to Yale?
and does Yale even have that many piano for 60 people to practice?</p>
<p>Basically, you audition at the beginning of the year, and you choose whether you want to be placed in a School of Music studio or take lessons from a grad student. I took the performance class last semester with one of the School of Music (YSM) faculty. I believe they took about 30 undergrads altogether for the credit performance classes, and at least 40 to take lessons with grad students. </p>
<p>Yes, there are numerous places on campus to practice -- the School of Music building (Sprague Hall) has a lot of practice rooms equipped with Steinway grands. And every residential college as at least one or two grand pianos in their common room or dining hall, and a practice room. I can't list off all the other places where I have found good grand pianos to play on because there are so many, but the point is that I have never had a problem finding a place to play.</p>
<p>In general, what options does a novice player have at Yale? I haven't played very long, so I don't I'll get into the school of music, but I would like to pursue piano in college.</p>
<p>You couldn't enter the YSM as an undergraduate anyway. But I'm sure there are tons of students in need of a teaching position. Even undergrads would jump at the chance.</p>
<p>Just to let you know, Yale doesn't offer minors.</p>
<p>*** !!!!!!!!!!</p>
<p>So how good does a pianist need to be to land within those 60?</p>
<p>Good enough to play Tchaikovsky Piano Concerto #1 in Carnegie Hall.</p>
<p>You have to be extremely amazing! Good luck to everyone :)</p>
<p>missme: are you joking? Most of those "Good enough to play Tchaikovsky Piano Concerto #1 in Carnegie Hall" are going to Juilliard rather than Yale... But I'll assume that those 30 should play Tchaikovsky's PC 1 very well, though probably not Carnegie Hall level (not with a major symphony orchestra unless for a competition, anyway) :)</p>
<p>i was joking. :)</p>
<p>can i find a free download of Tchaikovsky PC #1 somewhere?</p>
<p>Why is my concerto so popular? ;), jk. Sorry though, I can't seem to find a free recording.</p>
<p>Yale has no minors, so if you are planning to minor at music...i think it will be very difficult...maybe at another college?</p>
<p>On another point tho, I am just learning to play violin, is there any kind of extracurriculars at Yale that would suit my needs? I am not planning on majoring on music, but want to pursue it as an extracurricular activity, so any suggestion? Do I still need to audition just for extracuirriculars?
Thanks!</p>
<p>Check out <a href="http://www.karadar.it/%5B/url%5D">http://www.karadar.it/</a> - they usually have some legal download of classical mp3's. </p>
<p>Yeah, tchaikovsky, your concerto is VERY popular indeed - it is so many young pianists' first concerto! (not mine though...) :D</p>
<p>I don't like Tchai's first PC too much. It's a nice song, but strenous and very long, and not that musical. If you're looking for a manageable concerto that is stil a decent challenge, play Rach IV.</p>
<p>Anyway, I've heard stories of students being accepted into music schools at audition while they were warming up, just because their scales were so amazingly perfect. Dunno if it's a true story. As a rule of thumb, know one virtuosic piece from each composer (a friend of mine told me this). 1 Liszt (HRs, TransEtudes), 1 Chopin (Scherzos, Polonaises, etc.), 1 Rach (MM, Hard prelude), 1 Bach (a Partita, usually), 1 Mozart (Fantasie in D minor is getting common), and other stuff that fits your fancy. But don't listen to me, go to the YSM website...</p>
<p>I don't believe perfect scales can do anything without knowing the student's musical abilities...</p>
<p>I personally don't really like Rachmaninoff 4. His 2 & 3, of course, are wonderful works. Mozart's concertos might be good ones to start with - though musically they are so difficult, at least technically they are not.</p>
<p>"I don't like Tchai's first PC too much. It's a nice song, but strenous and very long, and not that musical"</p>
<p>A concerto isn't a song...and how is Tchaikovsky's Piano Concerto No.1 not that musical? I'm guessing it's too technical for you, but I personally feel that Rachmaninoff 2nd Piano Concerto is much more "strenuous."</p>