Audition for Orchestral Piano/Organ
Announcement:
No piano openings available for 2023 Summer Concert. If you want to be on the waiting list, please move forward to take the piano audition. We currently have a pipe organ opening and you can apply for the organ audition.
Notes: This audition is not for Piano Concerto Competition but for orchestral piano/organ which means a piano or organ instrument is one of the orchestral instruments such as violin, flute, trumpet, timpani etc. Some of the repertoires may include a piano or organ in instrumentation/orchestration, and vice versa.
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 video 3
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 | 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 |
| Organ | Teachers may choose any other organ concertos of comparable skill level. |