<p>Hi, I'm getting ready to apply to colleges and I've been working on </p>
<p>1) Back Well-tempered Clavier BWV 884 prelude and fuge
2) Beethoven Sonata No. 7 in D major op. 10, no. 3 (all 4 movements)
3) Chopin Etude Op. 10 No. 12
4) Debussey Pour Le piano Prelude</p>
<p>and SFCM's audition requirments are </p>
<p>1) Baroque (a Prelude and Fugue from the W.T.C. or a fugal movement from a Suite)
2) Classical (a complete sonata by Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven or Schubert)
3) Romantic (a work from the 19th century)
4) contemporary (a work from the 20th or 21st century).</p>
<p>Does my pieces meet the requirment? I need to asap, because if it does I need to apply soon!</p>
<p>check on the Debussy -- pretty early 20th century for a "contemporary" piece. Try contacting the admissions office. Also, do they accept an etude for the Romantic piece, as opposed to a sonata?</p>
<p>Call the school today and ask specifically about items 3 and 4. Unless they have an admissions representative contributing to CC, it does not matter what anyone here thinks.</p>
<p>Bassdad is right -- contact them. Sometimes conservatories allow substitutions, for example a Bach toccata in lieu of a prelude and fugue. What I saw for most of the conservatories was that they required a Bach fugal piece, a classical sonata (Beethoven, Mozart, Haydn, for example), a romantic sonata (Schumann, Chopin, etc.), an etude of virtuosity (Chopin, Liszt, etc.), and a piece of your choice -- or, as here, a contemporary piece. For the sonatas, you generally must know all the movements, all from memory. For 20th-21st century, think of Bartok, Ligeti, Messaien. With some particularly difficult contemporary pieces, they may let you use a score, but you should ask.</p>
<p>I see two problems here. First, I am not sure if a Chopin Etude carries enough weight for a romantic piece. Have you learned any Chopin Ballade or Scherzo, or any romantic piece by other composer? Secondly, Debussy is categorized as an impressionistic composer. If you need to learn a contemporary piece quickly and if you have good sense of rhythm, I would suggest you look into Robert Muczynski's Toccata. It is short and easy to learn if you have good music theory background. From my daughter's experience, none of the schools she auditioned ever asked her to play her contemporary piece. But you need to be prepared.</p>
<p>My kid was asked to play the contemporary piece at every audition, and because it was a difficult one, it was a definite plus -- and they asked for the etude of virtuosity as well, and to improvise (at one audition). So don't count on not having to play all the pieces. For contemporary, Copeland is another possibility. You might consider if it is best to play pieces by well-known composers (I would tend to think so).</p>
<p>My son also played his contemporary (by memory, even tho one school allowed scores, he didn't use music, which I think worked to his benefit) in its entirety (or very close) at every audition. I agree about choosing a Scherzo or Ballade over an Etude (my son had to do an etude as well as an impressionistic piece, but it looks like SFC doesn't require this one), as well as the Debussey being too impressionistic, although he is technically a contemporary impressionist. Usually the schools want the contemporary piece to be from 1950 or later.</p>