Armstrong Atlantic State University

Department of Art, Music, and Theatre

Suggested Repertoire List for Piano Auditions

When considering repertoire for an audition at Armstrong Atlantic State University, the following list may be used a guideline. Please prepare three contrasting pieces (a movement of a multi-movement work is sufficient), from three of the five periods on this list.

Baroque

When considering a multi-movement work such as a suite, any allemande, courante, sarabande, or gigue is preferred.

Classical

Any complete sonata or first movement by one of the following composers. Additional repertoire possibilities are given for each.

Romantic

Any character piece or movement from a multi-movement work by a composer from the era, not limited to the following group:

Mendelssohn, Hensel, C. Schumann, R. Schumann, Albeniz, Brahms, Field, Chopin, Liszt, Faure, Schubert, Granados, Grieg, MacDowell, Medtner, Rachmaninoff, Nielsen, Sibelius, Tchaikovsky

Impressionism

Any character piece, waltz, or movement of a multi-movement work by one of the following composers.

• Ravel
• Debussy
• Griffes

Twentieth Century

Any work or movement from a multi-movement work, not necessarily limited to this list.

Cowell, Copland, Griffes, N. Dello Joio, Auric, Barber, Bartok, A. Benjamin, L. Bernstein, S. Bernstein, Bolcolm, Britten, Casella, Chavez, Coleridge-Taylor, Dett, Diamond, Diemer, De Falla, Finney, Hindemith, Schoenburg, Berg, Webern, Gershwin, Griffes, Ginestera, Hovhaness, Satie, Mompou, Kabalevsky (any sonatina movement from Op. 13 or any sonata movement), Khatchaturian, Kay, Krenek, Lecuona, Menotti, Messiaen, Milhaud, Muczynski, Persichetti (sonatinas or Poems), Ponce, Poulenc, Prokofieff, Rodrigo, Rorem, Schuman, Scriabin, Shchedrin, Shostakovich (three fantastic dances), Siegmeister (American Kaleidoscope), Starer, I. Stravinsky, A. Tcherepnin, G. T. Walker, Turina, Villa-Lobos