The final examination for private applied study in piano for piano majors, principals, and minors is the "jury examination." Juries are scheduled at the end of the semester usually on the Thursday after classes end. Juries are 8 minutes in length for a 30 minute lesson and up to 15 minutes in length for a 50 minute lesson. A JURY is an opportunity for the student to be evaluated in a performance situation by a group of faculty. All assigned repertory will be heard on the jury examination. Repertory which has not been assigned by the private teacher will not be heard on the jury. A minimum of two selections is required of all principals and minors.

Overall evaluation of the jury is made on the basis of:

- appropriate repertory for the degree and semester.
- successful performance
- subjective factors (musicianship, expression, individuality, etc.)

The jury GRADE will be a letter grade which is the average of all the individual grades of the faculty present at the jury. The jury grade will be averaged along with the applied grade according to this percentage:

weekly private lesson grade = 75%
jury grade = 25 %.

Failure to show up for a jury will constitute an automatic F for the semester grade.

Proper attire should be worn for the jury examination. See General Expectations.