Piano Requirements

All applicants should prepare to play one major, one minor (all 3 forms) and one chromatic scale, two octaves.

Applicants should prepare two pieces in contrasting styles (excerpts are acceptable), approximately 10 minutes total. Suggested repertoire for each instrument listed below. Substitute selections are allowed.

Repertoire can be chosen from this list or from repertory of similar difficulty:

Scarlatti | Sonatas

Bach | Two-part Inventions

Mozart | D minor Fantasie, K.V.397 

Mozart | G Major Sonata, K.V.283

Chopin | Waltzes

Schumann | Scenes from Childhood

Debussy | Children's Corner Reverie

Shostakovich | Preludes, Op.34

Tcherepnin | Bagatelles, Op.5