Keyboard Studies
OBU has a long-established tradition of excellence in the area of keyboard instruction, both in private and group study. Students reap the benefits of quality instruction with individual attention from full-time faculty committed to their musical development and well-being. Facilities are conveniently located on campus and include grand piano practice rooms, a piano pedagogy suite complete with resource center, a Yamaha Clavinova class piano lab, and a recital hall with two Steinway concert grand pianos. Potter Auditorium in Raley Chapel houses a magnificent Reuter pipe organ with 52 ranks as well as a Steinway grand piano.Our goal is for all keyboard students to develop their talent, skill and musicianship to their fullest potential. The outcome is that they will be successful as classroom and studio teachers as well as church musicians. Many have chosen the path of graduate school after OBU and have been accepted into prestigious schools such as: The New School for Music Study (Rider University), The University of Oklahoma, Southern Methodist University, University of Texas, University of North Texas, Baylor University, The Eastman School of Music, Indiana University, and Texas Christian University.
FACULTY:
Carol Ann Bell
Associate Professor
Keyboard Coordinator
Performance and Piano Literature
Michael Dean
Assistant Professor
Performance and Piano Pedagogy
Sandra Meyer
Associate Professor
Music Theory Coordinator
Performance and Theory Courses
Keith Whitmore
Assistant Professor
Staff Accompanist and Accompanying Coordinator
Accompanying and Related Courses
DEGREES OFFERED
Bachelor of Music, piano performance
Bachelor of Music, piano pedagogy emphasis
Bachelor of Church Music, keyboard emphasis
Bachelor of Music Education, vocal emphasis k - 12
Bachelor of Musical Arts, piano emphasis (minor outside music)
Music Scholarship Information
- Two or three contrasting memorized pieces
- Play all major/minor scales in four octaves
- Sight-reading
- Bach - Two-part inventions
- Clementi - Sonatinas, Op. 36 (excluding No. 1)
- Schuman - Selections from Album for the Young
- Chopin - Selected Preludes
- Bartok - Sonatina, Mikrokosmos, Book III
- Kabelevsky - Sonatina or Variations
- Khachaturian - Sonatina
- Bach - WTC, easier Preludes and Fugues
- Beethoven - Sonatas (ex. Op. 2, No. 1)
- Chopin - Nocturnes, Waltzes
- Rachmaninoff - Polichinelle, Humoresque
- Debussy - Children's Corner, Arabesque
- Khachaturian - Toccata
- Bartok - Mikrokosmos, Bk. IV
- Copeland - The Cat and the Mouse
Schedule Music Audition
Thresa Swadley, Division of Music
405.878.2305
music@okbu.edu
