Piano pieces for college audition?
I'm looking at a music recording/production major, but at both of the schools I'm looking at, this is part of the music school, meaning I have to audition. I've been taking piano lessons for a month now, and I know recording majors aren't held to the same standard as performance majors, but I'm still starting late. What I'm looking for right now are some suggestions for audition pieces. The requirements for my top choice school are: A representative Baroque work by Bach, such as an Invention, or Little Prelude, or Prelude & Fugue; or a Scarlatti sonata. Movement from a representative Classic period work such as a Clementi sonatina, Haydn sonata, or Mozart or Beethoven piece. A short Romantic work by composers such as Chopin (Preludes, Waltzes), Schumann (Album for the Young), Schubert, Mendelssohn, or Brahms. These also fulfill the requirements for my other choices. I'm already learning Schumann's Mignon from Album for the Young, and the first movement of Clementi's op.36 no. 1. As far as the Baroque piece, I'm absolutely clueless. Bach and Scarlatti both wrote so much, and I really know nothing about either of them. I need suggestions for a few pieces that I can learn well in a few months, but that don't sound like they were written for a 6-year-old. Again, I know I'm starting late and it's going to take a lot of effort, but I'm working with what I've got. Please help?
What are good piano audition pieces? I am going to audition for a $1000 scholarship. I have been playing for 4 years.
It's hard to be specific without knowing your strengths. Some general guidelines:1. It doesn't need to be anything obscure, but avoid the "big hits". It's hard to impress a professional with a kind of piece that every pianist plays. If you play an extremely popular and well-known piece (like für Elise), there is inevitable comparison with all the thousand versions they have heard, and other applicants playing that same piece. 2. Choose a piece that represents your current skills. Not too difficult.Pick something that feels quite easy, since you don't have much time to prepare. Then you can focuse on the interpretation and really nail it. Don't choose a piece that feels difficult to you or is at the upper limit of your current skills, you end up struggling.Those who evaluate are not impressed by a difficult piece played not-so-well, but a piece that represents your current level played really really well.3. Play to your strengths and show what you are good at. If you have fast fingers, play something where you can show that. If you are not that fast, avoid showing it. If you are a strong player with big hands, take something with massive chords. If you are a good interpreter and expressive player, choose something romantic like Chopin nocturnos. Your teacher who knows you probably can give you advise with this.4. Choose a piece that you likeYou need to practice it a lot, so it's easier if you find that enjoyable. It's more motivating if you are excited to get there to be able to perform that particular piece. I hope you do well!
College Audition Piano Piece?
The easiest piece I can think of for a college audition will not do much to help get you IN. You must be studying with a fine private teacher - so what do THEY say??? Asking here is a sure sign of desperation - or a weak teacher - or NO teacher ( not good . . .) Added - you never gave us any of this info up front - and we are accustomed to a lot of people here who are grossly under prepared, and NOT studying at all. Who knew? Why ditch the Bach if you have invested so much time in it? If you have less than 2 weeks, then you cannot afford to move on to anything that will not be really good in that time - so to ask for the EASIEST piece that will get you in, is pointless. If you didn't like my answer, then re-read your question, because you gave us next to nothing to work from. I do not know your playing at all, or the college to which you are applying - my advice would be a lot different if you were applying for Manhattan than if you were applying for some third-rate state school - and none of us here STILL know anything of your playing - a YouTube would have been helpful. I adjudicate hundreds of kids every year - and in ten minutes with an info sheet, I know more about them than you have chosen to write here. You HAVE a good teacher - and you are asking on YA??? WHY??????? Maybe you should post this in the Psychic section.
College Piano Audition Pieces?
Baroque: Bach- Prelude & Fugue #6 Dm WTC 1 Classical: Haydn- Sonata Hob. 35 CM Romantic: Chopin- Military Polonaise Impressionist/20th Century/Contemporary: Debussy- Doctor Gradus ad Parnassum, or Prokofiev (any ideas for pieces?) Is this a solid list? I have 6 months to perfect them, and I just started the sonata; is that enough time? And any piece ideas for Prokofiev? Thanks!
20th Century Piano College Audition Piece?
If it's a college audition, i wouldn't take shortcuts. Just saying. Not virtuosic... no fun... How about Scriabin's Valse in Ab? that's a nice one, although it might be "virtousic" (it seems so, but I don't know). I suppose it would be significant technical level. The rach etudes I think are good, personal favorites are op. 39 no. 5 and 6. I'm not sure if it's too hard but I kinda like Prokofiev's 3rd sonata. It's a bit long though, although quite short for a sonata.
What would be a good Baroque piano audition piece for college?
As both a harpsichordist and a pianist, the first thing that comes to mind, for me, is "La Timide" from Rameau's Pieces de clavecin en concert. This, and the other pieces from it, all have a distinct personality - what I like about La Timide, is that in the second section, it is lighter, and so contrasting - its very fun to play, and to add all this character to the piece, as if you really were describing the personality of a person. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jA6XRUQMc... (I would personally take it a little bit slower than how its played here.) Here is the music (It gives the music for a small ensemble, but the harpsichord part can and is played separately.) http://erato.uvt.nl/files/imglnks/usimg/... It is the second piece, of the third concert (On page 25).
My Piano audition pieces, do you think they are overplayed?
Well I still have a while before I apply to college for the piano (4 years) and would hope to go somewhere like Juilliard, MSM, RCM, Oberlin, Curtis... etc. And yes I am fully aware of the fact that one must be a complete genius to enter these schools and have to be the cream of the crop BUT I believe I can do it yet I wouldn't be shocked if I did not enter these prestigious academies (I am also open to over colleges too). For a bit of background, I started playing a year ago and have now officially completed the Valse Brilliante by Chopin op 34 no.1 which took me a month and I can definitely play it well with hardly any mistakes (I don't want it to make me look like I am bragging but you have to be amazing to get into these schools and I'm just 'tooting my own horn' I guess it must have a musical connotation for a reason!). Anyway I'm wondering these would be my Ideal pieces for an audition Bach-Chromatic Fantasia Beethoven-Waldstein op 53 Chopin-Heroic op 53 Rachmaninoff- Sonata 1 D minor I play 5 hours every day and have 4 years minimum until I even think about auditioning at conservatories and study with a scholar from the Royal Academy of Music who came 2nd in the International Chopin piano competition (and I also take harpsichord lessons). Assuming I could play all these very well... perhaps even perfectly (let's just say) could I get in and do you think they are overplayed? If you play it very well but it's overplayed will they mark you down just for it being too overplayed? And finally are these pieces up to standard for an audition? Thank you
Mozarteum master class piano audition piece?
Hello all! I am planning on attending the International Summer Academy Mozarteum 2012. I am hoping to attend a piano Master Class as an active student, meaning I need to audition before some of the most renowned piano professors in the world. I am looking for a piece that showcases a wide variety of skills and shows a lot of devotion. I was thinking Mozart's Fantasy in D Minor or Rachmaninoff's Prelude in C Sharp Minor. I know these are fairly well known, but aren't often seen as audtition pieces. I'm not sure though; I've been playing for 16 years but I'm new at the audition/competition scene. I would greatly appreciate any advice that you could give me on this program, I have other questions like whether it is worth it to go two years and spend the first as a passive student, or just dive in head first and go active. I've never been before, so like I said, ANY advice is appreciated haha =] Thanks in advance! -Amelia
What are good piano audition songs?
I'm planning to audition at the New England Conservatory of Music, and I must learn one baroque piece, one classical sonata in its entirety, one substantial romantic piece, one contemporary piece, and one fast etude. Any suggestions would be extremely helpful.