Piano and Pipe Organ

Audition for Orchestral Piano and Pipe Organ

Scale, Arpeggio, & Chromatic: Play the three, four or maximum-octave scale, arpeggio, & chromatic (HT) as fast as possible to demonstrate fluency in the key in which your solo audition piece is written before you perform it. If it is written in the minor key, play the melodic minor. To play the relative major or harmonic minor is optional. If your solo piece is atonal or non-traditional, play F-sharp major or E-flat melodic minor scale. It is optional to play a relative or parallel minor or chromatic scale.

To watch an example video, click video 1 video 2

Notes: This audition is not for the Piano Concerto Competition but for orchestral piano or pipe organ. This implies that a piano or pipe organ instrument is considered one of the orchestral instruments, alongside violin, flute, trumpet, timpani, etc. Some of the repertoires may involve the inclusion of a piano or organ in instrumentation or orchestration, and vice versa.

FAQ: Is there a specific reason why the suggested repertoire for the piano/organ audition is all concertos? 

A: Concerto is one of the great musical forms in which orchestral students can experience/express group playing and harmony (Italian, from concertare ‘harmonize’). To perform a concerto is strongly recommended not only for piano/organ students but also other orchestral instrumental students as you can see their syllabus on our website.

Piano	LAYP Playing Level 9 – 12 Suggested Repertoire
J.C. Bach	Piano Concerto, Op.13, No. 4 or  No. 2
J. S. Bach	Clavier Concerti: No. 1 in D Minor, BWV 1052 No. 2 in E Major, BWV 1053 No. 3 in D Major, BWV 1054 No. 4 in A Major, BWV 1055 No. 5 in F Minor, BWV 1056 No. 7 in G Minor, BWV 1057 Brandenburg Concerto No. 5 in D Major, BWV 1050
C.P.E. Bach	Concerto in E-flat for Fortepiano, Harpsichord, and Orchestra
Ludwig van Beethoven	Piano Concerti: No. 1 in C Major, Op. 15 No. 2 in B-flat Major, Op. 19 No. 3 in C Minor, Op. 37 No. 4 in G Major, Op. 58 No. 5 in E-flat Major, Op. 73 “Emperor”
Johannes Brahms	Concerto No. 1 in D Minor, Op. 15 Concerto No. 2 in B-flat Major, Op. 83
Frederic Chopin	Concerto No. 2 in F Minor, Op. 21 Andante Spianato and Grande Polonaise Brillante, Op. 22
A. Glazunov	Piano Concerto No. 2 in B Major, Op. 100
Edvard Grieg	Concerto in A Minor, Op. 16
Franz Joseph Haydn	Piano Concerto No. 11 in D major, Hob. XVIII/11 Piano Concerto in G, Hob. XVIII/4 Piano Concerto in F, Hob. XVIII/3 Piano Concerto in C Major, Hob. VIII:1 Piano Concerto in D Major, Hob. VIII:XI
Franz Liszt	Concerto No. 2  in A Major
Felix Mendelssohn	Piano Concerto No. 1 in G Minor, Op. 16 Piano Concerto No. 3 in E Minor, Op. Posth.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart	No. 1 in F Major, K. 37 No. 3 in D Major, K. 40 Piano Concertos K. 107 based on sonatas by J.C. Bach No. 5 in D Major, K. 175 No. 6 in B-flat, K. 238 No. 7 for Three Pianos in F, K. 242 “Lodron” No. 8 in C, K. 246 No. 9 in E-flat, K. 271 “Jeunehomme” No. 10 for Two Pianos in E-flat, K. 365 No. 11 in F, K. 413 No. 12 in A, K. 414 No. 14 in E-flat, K. 449 No. 15 in B-flat, K. 450 No. 16 in D , K. 451 No. 17 in G, K. 453 No. 18 in B-flat, K. 456 No. 19 in F, K. 459 No. 20 in D Minor, K. 466 No. 21 in C, K. 467 No. 22 in E-flat, K. 482 No. 23 in A, K. 488 No. 24 in C Minor, K. 491 No. 25 in C, K. 503 No. 26 in D, K. 537 “Coronation” No. 27 in B-flat, K. 595
Francis Poulenc	Concerto for Piano and Orchestra (1949)
Sergei Prokofiev	Concerto No. 1 in D-flat, Op. 10
Sergei Rachmaninov	Concerto No. 1 in F-sharp Minor, Op. 1 Concerto No. 2 in C Minor, Op. 18 Rhapsody on a Theme by Paganini, Op. 43
Camille Saint-Saens	No. 2 in G Minor, Op. 22 No. 4 in C Minor, Op. 44 No. 5 in F Major, Op. 103 “Egyptian”
Robert Schumann	Concerto in A Minor, Op. 54 Introduction and Allegro Appassionato in G, Op. 92
Dimitry Shostakovich	Concerto No. 2 in F Major, Op. 102
Igor Stravinsky	Concerto for Piano and Wind Instruments
Peter Tchaikovsky	Concerto No. 1 in B-flat Minor, Op. 23

Pipe Organ

Teachers may choose any other organ concertos of comparable skill level.

Collaborative Piano

Battle Hymn of the Republic (Piano Part)

If you are applying for the collaborative piano position to perform with the SATB Choir, you are required to submit two audition pieces:

1. One comparable solo work of the applicant’s choice, and
2. The suggested piano part of the SATB piece linked above.