Our Goals
All members of the keyboard faculty, active as performers, teachers and scholars, are committed to excellence and helping our students:
- find their own "artistic voice" as a performer;
- discover their personal teaching styles and strengths;
- develop their creativity and research skills;
- rekindle their love of keyboard music;
- take their place in the music profession.
Beyond Studio and Classroom
Our faculty members:
- perform internationally, nationally and locally;
- lead national, regional and local workshops and conferences;
- invite renowned artists and teachers to appear on campus.
Our students:
- reach out to Southern California with "Pianists in Performance";
- perform internationally as soloists and as piano ensemble teams;
- come from the USA and over 15 foreign countries.
Our alumni:
- raise the level of teaching throughout Southern California;
- lead in music teacher organizations;
- are professional accompanists and organists;
- perform as soloists and collaborative artists around the world.
Our alumni:
- raise the level of teaching throughout Southern California;
- lead in music teacher organizations;
- are professional accompanists and organists;
- perform as soloists and collaborative artists around the world.
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Keyboard Faculty
> Dr. Robert Watson, piano, area coordinator
> Dr. Martha Baker-Jordan, piano pedagogy, class piano
> Eduardo Delgado, piano
> Alison Edwards, class piano, piano
> Ellen Kim, class piano
> Esther Jones, organ
> Dr. Sergey Martinchuk, piano
> Sung-Hwa (Leah) Park, class piano
> Dr. Dennis Siebenaler, class piano
> Grant Rohr, piano/vocal collaboration
> Teri Watson, class piano
Music Degrees
The Cal State Fullerton Music Department offers a wide variety of specialized, professional degrees in addition to a traditional liberal arts degree in music. Degrees with keyboard as the principal instrument include:
Bachelor of Music
> Keyboard Performance (piano or organ)
> Accompanying
Bachelor of Music
> Composition Bachelor of Arts in Music
> Piano Pedagogy
> Music Education
> Liberal Arts
> Music History & Theory
Master of Music - Performance
> Piano or Organ
Master of Arts - Piano Pedagogy
Minor in Music
Keyboard Curriculum
Undergraduate Degrees:
The Bachelor of Music, Keyboard Concentration is designed to train the highly gifted student who shows the capability and promise of becoming a professional performer. Students may audition for one of two concentrations: solo performance (piano, organ, or harpsichord) or accompanying. The Bachelor of Arts in Music Education, Piano Pedagogy Emphasis provides in-depth training for individual and group piano instruction. Nationally recognized, it is the most comprehensive piano-pedagogy program in the state of California.
The Bachelor of Arts in Music-Liberal Arts Concentration allows a student to take an academic major in music while keeping many options open for career development. Graduate Degrees:
The Master of Music (M.M.) provides an exciting and rigorous course of study tailored to the individual abilities and career goals of superior performers.
The Master of Arts, Piano Pedagogy continues the tradition of our acclaimed undergraduate emphasis (above) with an orientation that is both practical and demanding.
Auditions
All students wishing to study keyboard at Cal State Fullerton must audition.
Undergraduate and graduate audition information is available online
Also watch your mail for information sent from the music department, or;
Contact area coordinator Dr. Robert Watson, listed below, for more information.
Both scholarship and regular auditions for incoming students are scheduled in the spring of each year. Students who hope to begin study in a spring semester may make special arrangements for an audition through the area coordinator.
To Learn More
Contact: Keyboard Area Coordinator Robert Watson at
(714) 278-2575 or
> E-mail
Write:
California State University, Fullerton
Department of Music
P.O. Box 6850
Fullerton, CA 92834-6850
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