Admission Requirements for the Department of Music Education

A. Academic Qualifications

Applicants must hold one of the following:

An Israeli Matriculation Certificate (Bagrut), or
An equivalent qualification, such as:
A recognized pre-academic preparatory program approved by the Council for Higher Education
A foreign high school diploma recognized by the Ministry of Education
A “30+ Preparatory Program” certificate

B. Instrument examination

Classical Piano

A work from the Baroque period at a level of difficulty equivalent to a three-part invention by Bach.
An easy sonata by Beethoven, Mozart, Haydn, or Clementi.
A work from the Romantic period at the level of difficulty of a nocturne by Chopin or Album for the Young.

Other Instruments (Classical Performance)

Three works, each in a different style: Baroque, Classical, Romantic, or 20th century.

Primary Instrument – Jazz (excluding drums)

Performance of melody and accompaniment — for melodic instruments without accompaniment — from a multi-genre repertoire.
Improvisation based on the structure of the piece.
Transcription of an existing solo and performance of the transcription during the examination.

Primary Instrument – Drums and Multi-Disciplinary Percussion

Performance of rhythms characteristic of the style.
Performance of a solo based on the structure of the piece.

Primary Instrument – Multi-Disciplinary Performance

The candidate shall choose a song from the fields of jazz, rock, pop, or Hebrew song, either with playback accompaniment (it is recommended to prepare a playback track containing 3–5 repetitions of the song) or as a solo performance. The candidate must perform:
a. The melody of the song.
b. The accompaniment of the song (if the instrument is harmonic).
c. An improvisation based on the structure of the song.
The candidate shall perform a transcription of a complete solo from the fields of jazz, rock, or pop.

Voice – Multi-Disciplinary

Performance of an interpretation of an Israeli song.
Performance of a song in a fast tempo.
Performance of a song in a slow tempo.

C. Personal interview with the head of the department

The interview will usually be held on the day of the instrument examination.It should be scheduled in advance with the academic secretariat when registering for the examinations.

D. Music skills – music theory and aural training

Written examination:

1.Pitch and notation (keys, notes, bars).

2.Identification of different types of interval – perfect, major, augmented, diminished – descending and ascending and their inversions –consonant and dissonant,within an octave.

3.Single voice, diatonic dictation, in major and minor scales, with accidentals.

4.Measures and rhythms of different kinds.

5.Identification of triads (major, minor, diminished, augmented) and their inversions.Identification of major seventh chord diminished (dominant seventh chord) in all inversions.

6. Transformation.

7. Basic music terms (dynamic, tempo, articulation, form, texture, etc).

Verbal examination:

1. Singing and identification of:
   a. Basic melodic intervals, ascending and descending.
   b. Four kinds of triads and dominant seventh chords in all their inversions.
   c. Different kinds of major and minor scales.

2.Sight reading a line of diatonic melody.

3.Basic familiarity with the keyboard.

4.Aspects of rhythm:Identification and performance of rhythm combinations based on division, addition
and subtraction of note length as follows:
   a.Division of the beat into two, four (sub-division) and three (trioles).
   b.Connections between beats and/or semi-beats that result from the divisions noted in section a.
   c.Subtraction (replacement of note lengths by intervals)Subtraction of rhythmic beats and/or semi-
   beats  that result from connection.
  d.Basic binary and trinary measures:2/8, 2/4, 3/8, 3/4, and complex measures:4/4 and 6/8.