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The MPREP Music Exam

Inspire Your Progress in Music Study

• Delivered in a convenient, remote format

• Flexible scheduling

• Friendly and encouraging examiners

• Examiners are world class professional musicians,
highly experienced in teaching and performing

• Students of all ages are welcome, from young children to adults

About MPREP

• MPREP conducts classical music performance exams for beginning to advanced levels

• MPREP stands for Music Performance Rating Exam Program

• We provide feedback and recommendations to inspire students to achieve their musical goals

Benefits of Participating

•MPREP provides clear goals and benchmarks for musical progress

• Students receive a professional evaluation and
recommendations for further advancement

• Students find the experience motivating

Benefits of Participating

Content of the MPREP Exam

Three Options

• Solo Performance Piece

• Scales and Solo Performance Piece

• Scales, Solo, and Sight Reading

History of MPREP

MPREP, a private exam program, was created by music teacher Ms. Jamie Geidel for her students when some exams were cancelled in 2020 due to the pandemic.

This enabled students to stay motivated and move forward with their goals and with their performance that they had spent the year preparing for and were anticipating.

MPREP has continued and is available as an exam option or as a supplement or preparation for other events such as concerts, orchestra auditions, college entrance auditions, or other widely recognized exams.

Examination Format

• Exams are delivered remotely over Zoom

• The student may opt to submit recorded videos
of scales and solo performance

• The sight-reading portion of the exam must be
done in real time, over Zoom

Examination Format

Evaluation and Grade

• Students may request either a Grade (with Comments) or Comments Only

• Grades are numbered based on 100 with a corresponding letter grade

• Comments will include what was done well, also
recommendations for next steps to advance further

Registration

• You may schedule the exam as many times per year as desired.
• November-December and May-June are recommended.
• Additional or alternate times may be scheduled.
• Days and times are flexible and will be scheduled on an individual basis.
• Exam will be scheduled when Registration form, Video Permission form (if applicable), and registration fee is received.
• Please contact Ms. Jamie Geidel, Organizer, for details regarding fees, payment, and to schedule an exam.

How to Prepare for the Exam

• Follow your private teacher’s guidelines for preparation.

Focus attention on musical elements:

Rhythm and Meter
Note Reading
Tempo
Articulation and Phrasing
Tone and Dynamics
Musical Expression

• Follow your private teacher’s guidelines for preparation.

Focus attention on musical elements:

Rhythm and Meter
Note Reading
Tempo
Articulation and Phrasing
Tone and Dynamics
Musical Expression

♪ Record and upload your video

♪ ♪ Register, enroll and pay

♪ ♪ ♪ Get specialized assessment by our expert musicians

♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ Receive report, assessment and certificate

Meet the Judges!

JAMIE GEIDEL grew up in a family of professional musicians and teachers and studied violin, viola, flute, and piano privately with great artists, such as Carlo Renzulli, first violinist in the NY Philharmonic Orchestra, and many others. She has a B.A. in Music from Thomas Edison University and took undergraduate courses at The Juilliard School and Mannes College, and graduate courses at Teachers College (Columbia) and Manhattanville College.