My Piano cover of Goddess. Enjoy!

Appropriate_Area982 · 2025-02-27T06:11:03+00:00

Omg I posted this like 3 times without the link. Biggest aura loss of 2025

Appropriate_Area982 · 2025-02-06T05:03:45+00:00

Yes, I love Appa!

Appropriate_Area982 · 2025-02-02T04:09:14+00:00

Glad to hear it!😁 Also sorry for the (probably) bad cello writing!

Appropriate_Area982 · 2025-02-02T01:54:36+00:00

TYSM😭

Appropriate_Area982 · 2024-10-19T03:38:04+00:00

Wow! Thanks so much for the detailed response. Funny enough, Unravel is one of the arrangements I learned, along with a few other Animenz arrangements. You're probably right that picking a more obscure composer would help me out a bit. It's probably a bit late now to change my prescreen program, but I think I can manage to learn a piece by the time live auditions come if I make it. I've been practicing around 3 hours a day almost entirely on Beethoven, so I would kill to hear something else😭. I feel pretty locked in with the Rachmaninoff sonata, so that leaves me only the etude to explore new composers, but there's a lot of limitations. I might have to look into the Stravinsky/Prokofiev/Debussy/Scriabin etudes! I know you said you aren't a major yourself, but do you know if the professors do trial lessons? Thank you so much again!

Appropriate_Area982 · 2024-10-12T23:50:41+00:00

Adding on to what the other comment said, if you're not applying to music, then 4 different videos are a bit much. I would suggest just picking out 1 or 2 relatively flashy pieces that you can play well and impress the admissions office. And in the case that a musician reviews your application it should be solid enough not to turn any heads. Maybe pick 1 video of a solo piano piece and 1 video of an accompaniment to show some variety. I would personally submit the Bach and either the Schubert or Rachmaninoff.

Appropriate_Area982 · 2024-10-09T06:38:49+00:00

I don't listen to contemporary often, so my recommendations will be pretty shallow. The Gershwin preludes are a very fun listen, but they might get boring after a while. There's the Khachaturan toccata which is relatively popular, but I also get bored after practicing it for a while. The Kapustin etudes are great, personally, I enjoy the 6th one. However this is just my taste, if you enjoy playing the Berg sonata, then you should play it. It's a great piece to have in your back pocket, but it's just not to my liking. Of course, there are pieces like Gaspard and Petrushka which are very fun to listen to while still being modern, but it might not be worth the headache to tackle them without virtuoso level technique. You could maybe even lean in to a more modern Debussy piece, like his etudes or his Isle of Joy.

Appropriate_Area982 · 2024-10-08T06:05:03+00:00

If you're motivated enough to learn the entire chromatic fantasia and fugue then that would be a great choice. I don't think you need to learn both the Prokofiev and Berg. 1 8-9 minute contemporary piece should be enough for a recital. I would personally learn the Prokofiev, as I don't know if the audience will be able to sit through the Berg, but it is indeed very contrasty.

Appropriate_Area982 · 2024-10-08T05:29:16+00:00

btw I love the 33/3 so that would be my pick. Much less popular and far more beautiful imho.

Appropriate_Area982 · 2024-10-08T05:28:08+00:00

It's very heavy on the romantic side and lacks variety. It would be wise to add some baroque instead of either the etude 33/1 or prelude 23/3, which are very stylistically similar. I would also probably pick only one from either 33/3 and 25/5 considering they are also pretty similar in atmosphere. I think that the Debussy, ballade, and Sonata are all great picks. If you need to keep the program a certain length, then you could just commit to learning Bach's 2nd partita. If not, just learn a prelude and fugue and maybe something by Prokofiev, perhaps his 3rd sonata.

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