<p>I'm thinking of doing these two for the live audition at Stanford.</p>
<p>Beethoven Sonata No.14, 3rd movement.
Debussy Preludes, Book 2: II, Feuilles mortes.</p>
<p>You have a nice contrast in terms of periods, styles, tempi, technical demands, and moods. This is just the sort of thing that an audition panel wants to see in a 10-minute audition.</p>
<p>My only reservation is that the Beethoven is played a great deal by adolescent pianists and usually very poorly, so that some piano teachers cringe at the thought of it. If you play it well, it should not be a problem at all, and I’m sure that with just the 10 minutes of music to prepare, you should be able to prepare it very well. </p>
<p>Fortunately, you are not playing the first movement of the Beethoven: that would be the kiss of death! As well, your Debussy is not overplayed–if you had chosen Claire de Lune along with the Beethoven 3rd mvmt., then I would have suggested that you change one of them. </p>
<p>Of course, as you well know, what ultimately mattesr is how well you play, and I think your choices will give you an excellent opportunity to show that.</p>
<p>Wildcat0, I am a fan of your choices. The question I have for you is what other schools you’ll be auditioning at and what pieces you’ll be using for all your auditions. Debussy is tricky because he’s not romantic or contemporary era so for some auditions you can’t use him (although if you’re playing something written after 1900, which you are, you’re in the clear for any guideline defined as “twentieth century.”)</p>
<p>I’m just auditioning at Stanford, and I think they are pretty lax about the piece selection.</p>
<p>Also, I have a really noobish question. On the live audition request from, what does Stanford mean by “Representative repertoire you have studied (e.g., Jazz, Chopin Fantaisie in F. Op. 49, etc.)” The examples confuse me a little, because there is a separate field for listing your pieces.</p>
<p>I would call or email them and ask because I honestly have no idea what that means. Never be afraid to contact a school you’re looking at; they should always be more than willing to help you completely your application successfully (and if they aren’t, you should probably start looking at other schools).</p>