Kevin Lawrence, Joseph Genualdi, Sarah Johnson, Sheila Browne, Brooks Whitehouse, Lynn Peters

In addition to academics, piano students enroll in private piano lessons, piano performance class, music theory, ear training, keyboard, sight-reading, ensembles and additional arts electives. Students receive one or two weekly private lessons in addition to a weekly two-hour performance class, where they develop confidence in performing before an audience.

Piano faculty and the NCSA Touring Office assist candidates in booking off-campus performances, obtaining employment and preparing for competitions. NCSA graduates have earned top prizes in a variety of national and international competitions, regularly appear on concert stages around the world, and are found as leading teachers in higher education and arts institutions nationwide.

In addition to academics, string students enroll in private lessons, performance class, music theory, ear training, sight-reading, ensembles and additional arts electives. Ensemble participation is determined by juried auditions. Students may be chosen to perform with the Symphony Orchestra, Opera Orchestra, Jazz Ensemble, School of the Arts Contemporary Ensemble, Cantata Singers and chamber music groups.


Cello
Students in the high school cello program will learn to analyze technical and musical problems, leading toward command of the instrument, mastery of all areas of musicianship and success in performing before an audience.

The repertoire listed below is an indication of the range and difficulty of works typically studied by a cello student in the undergraduate program. It does not necessarily indicate required repertoire.

Solo Works
Bach: Unaccompanied Cello Suites; Concertos by Haydn, Lalo, Elgar, Dvorak

Chamber Music
Works by Beethoven, Schubert, Haydn, Mozart, Schumann, Mendelssohn, Shostakovich

Double Bass
Students in the high school double bass program will learn to analyze technical and musical problems, leading toward command of the instrument, mastery of all areas of musicianship and success in performing before an audience.

The repertoire listed below is an indication of the range and difficulty of works typically studied by a bass student in the high school program. It does not necessarily indicate required repertoire.

Technical Studies
Semandl Etudes

Solo Repertoire
Bach: Unaccompanied Cello Suites; Concertos by Dittersdorf, Cimador, Capuzzi, Koussevitsky, Vivaldi, Jacobs; Sonatas by Eccles, Handel, Vivaldi


Viola
Students in the high school viola program will learn to analyze technical and musical problems, leading toward command of the instrument, mastery of all areas of musicianship and success in performing before an audience.

The repertoire listed below is an indication of the range and difficulty of works typically studied by a viola student in the undergraduate program. It does not necessarily indicate any required repertoire.

Solo Repertoire
Bach: Unaccompanied Cello Suites; Concertos by Hoffmeister, Telemann, Bach, Walton; Sonatas by Beethoven, Handel, Marcello; Bruch: Kol Nidrei; Bloch: Suite Hebraique

Violin
Students in high school violin program will learn to analyze technical and musical problems, leading toward command of the instrument, mastery of all areas of musicianship and success in performing before an audience.

The repertoire listed below is an indication of the range and difficulty of works typically studied by a violin student in the high school program. It does not necessarily indicate any required repertoire.

Technical Studies
Kreutzer Etudes, Dont 24 Studies, Gavinies, major and minor scales and arpeggios

Solo Repertoire
Concertos by Bruch, Mendelssohn, Mozart, Vieutemps, Wieniawski; Lalo’s Symphonie Espagnole; Bach: Unaccompanied Sonatas and Partitas; Sonatas by Beethoven, Franck and Mozart

Chamber Music
Works by Beethoven, Schubert, Haydn, Mozart, Schumann, Mendelssohn, Shostakovich