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Performing Arts Department Chair
Name: Michael Gend
Office: PAB 3539
Phone: (818) 710-2268
Email: gendmd@piercecollege.edu

Music Faculty Advisor
Name: Wendy Mazon
Office: MUS 3403A
Phone: (818) 710-2295
Email: mazonwe@piercecollege.edu

Music

Pierce > Departments > Music : Applied Music Program (AMP)

APPLIED MUSIC (Music 181, 182, 183, 184)

Corequisites: Music 250 (Performance Workshop), Music 216 (Theory), Music 217 (Musicianship), and a performance ensemble approved by the AMP Director.

Applied Music provides weekly individual lessons to qualified students on a principal instrument or voice. Students who successfully audition receive instruction in voice, piano, guitar, or band/orchestral instruments from a member of the Applied Music faculty. Performance for a faculty jury is required at the end of the semester.

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Applications and Auditions

Deadline to submit Applied Music Program (AMP) applications and audition videos for the Fall 2021 semester is Tuesday, 6/8/2021. Contact one of our accompanists by Tuesday, 5/25/2021 if you are requesting a backing track to record your video. Student guidelines, application, and instructions are available below. Please contact the AMP Director, Dr. Wendy Mazon, at mazonwe@piercecollege.edu for further information.

Read the Student Guidelines - this contains audition requirements and details about the Applied Music Program.

If needed, request a backing track from one of our accompanists by Tuesday, 5/25/2021. All vocalists are required to have a backing track of some kind.
- Contact one of our accompanists (Lance Merrill: merrillt@piercecollege.edu, or Hyunju Hwang: hwangh@piercecollege.edu) by Tuesday, 5/25/2021. In your email, introduce yourself and let them know that you would like to request a backing track for the following pieces.
- Send them a copy of the music for each piece/movement that you wish to have a backing track for.
- Include an audio or video link of a recording of each piece, so the accompanist can listen to the style of the piece as they prepare to create the track(s) requested. Also provide any other details about the piece that would be helpful, including a metronome tempo, information on how long to hold fermatas, etc.

Record your videos, upload to YouTube, Google Drive, OneDrive,etc. and create shareable links.
- Consult the Student Guidelines and follow the requirements listed under your specific instrument/voice. Each piece/movement should be performed in its entirety. If scales and/or arpeggios are required, include in your submission two scales and/or arpeggios of your choice that best demonstrate your range and technical ability.
- Students should post their videos in YouTube (public or unlisted), Google Drive, OneDrive, etc. Once your videos are posted, provide a link for each piece/movement submitted.
- Keep the video available until you get an official audition result from the AMP Director.
Complete the Pierce College AMP audition application. Be sure to use Adobe Acrobat Reader to open the AMP application, so the form works properly. You can download Adobe Acrobat Reader here for free if you do not have it on your device. (If the application form opens in your browser, save it as a pdf file and open with Adobe Acrobat Reader before completing it.)
Email the AMP audition application and video links to the AMP Director, Dr. Wendy Mazon, at mazonwe@piercecollege.edu. Deadline to submit Fall 2021 applications and audition videos is Tuesday, 6/8/2021.

AMP Instructors:

Flute - Charlotte Betry, Shannon Canchola
Oboe - Yinchi Chang, Victoria Sabonjohn, Rachel Van Amburgh
Clarinet - Ryan Espinosa, Virginia Figueiredo, Wendy Mazon, Micah Wright
Jazz Saxophone - Jesse Audelo, Shai Golan
Saxophone - Paul Cotton, Benjamin Sorrell, Russell Veirs
Woodwinds (Saxophone, Clarinet, Flute) - Noelle Fabian Dragon

Horn - Sean Holmes, Jon Titmus
Trumpet - Cameron Wilkins

Percussion - Trevor Anderies, Kevin Good

Guitar - Bryan Fasola, Hugo Nogueira
Jazz Guitar - Peter Park, John Storie

Piano - Ferhiz Brewer, Sam Grodin, Jeewon Lee
Composition and Piano - Alexander Zhu

Voice - Garineh Avakian, Fred Carama, Chelsea Obermeier, Alina Roitstein

Violin - Leila Nunez-Fredell
Viola - Karoline Menezes
Cello - Thomas Lovasz
Bass - Jake Leckie