Prerequisites

• Ability to maintain a mature, controlled tone at all dynamic levels
   
• Acute awareness of intonation and ability to adjust intonation by ear
   
• Ability to perform all articulations at the highest artistic level
   
• Ability to perform advanced rhythmic figures in all meters
   
• Advanced technical facility
   
• Ability to perform all major scales, minor and chromatic scales
   
• Ability to perform with a mature sense of phrasing and musical style
   
• Ability to perform with a steady inner pulse
   
• Consistent ability to watch and follow the conductor
   
• Command of the full range of dynamics on their instrument
   
• Mastery of all fingerings on their instrument and ability to read all written notes within the instrument’s normal range