The Oregon Music Teachers’ Association organizes a semi-annual opportunity for students to participate in an audition-exam experience. All exams are held at private piano studios. There are ten levels of piano skills evaluations in the Syllabus system. The assignments of the Syllabus include playing major/ minor scales, arpeggios, chords, sight-reading and rhythm-reading examples, ear-training test.
At the end of the exam, students perform, depending on their level, 3 or 4 memorized pieces written in the different historical periods such as Baroque, Classical, Romantic, and Contemporary. All students receive a level completion certificate. There is an entrance fee for each level of Syllabus that is changed from year to year. Fees range from $30 to $70. Students who would like to participate in such an event should contact Alena for more detailed information.