MUSIC – PIANO REQUIREMENTS
Participants are required to submit a filmed audition which must include the following – in this order:





1. A prelude and fugue from J.S. Bach The Well-Tempered Clavier, Volume 1 or 2 (no substitution permitted).

2. The first or last movement of a major classical or romantic sonata (excluding Beethoven's Op. 49, Op. 79 and Mozart's K.545).

3. A substantial work of the participant's choosing from the Romantic (Chopin, Schumann, Liszt, Brahms, etc.) period through the early 20th century (including Bartók, Prokofiev, Rachmaninoff, Ravel, Shostakovich, ect.).

4. A 20th or 21st century work representing a contemporary style of composition, such as atonality, serialism, minimalism, chance, etc.

5. One etude of virtuosity from the 19th or 20th century by a composer such as Chopin, Liszt, Debussy, Scriabin, Bartók, Stravinsky, Rachmaninoff, etc.

No concertos are allowed.

NOTE: Participant's repertoire should be balanced to reflect a range of interpretive ability, virtuosity, slow lyrical playing and innovative programming. It is preferable to present works by a variety of composers. All repeats must be omitted. Failure to adhere to repertoire requirements will result in disqualification.

MEMORIZATION: It is strongly recommended that all selections with the exception of requirement 4 be performed by memory.

• Be sure that the acoustics of your performance space are not too live (boomy or too much reverberation) or too dry.
• Clarity and ambient quality of sound are important.
• Every effort should be made to tune the piano for your performance.
• Be sure the picture is clear and in focus
• If you are playing from memory, please be sure there is no music on the stand.
• Place the camera so that your hands are clearly visible.

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