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Private Student Repertoire

All students should be working on the following technical items, where appropriate.  Please consult the Piano Area Guide for technique requirements for your level.

Hanon:  Virtuoso pianist, exercises 1-20.  The first 10 should be done in G. B. style, holding the first note of the pattern and repeating the last half of the measure so that instead of 2/4, it becomes 4/4.

Czerny:  School of Velocity, Book I

Peskanov:  Russian Technical Regime (at the appropriate level)
            Scales:  single notes; double notes (3rs and 6ths)
            Octave & Broken Octave Scales: two octaves
            Chord Segments:  Blocked, Broken, Russian Broken
            Arpeggios

Brahms:  selected exercises

Jenny Anderson
Bach:  Toccata from Partita No. 6
Beethoven:  Sonata, 14 No. 1 (complete)
Chopin:  Nocturne, Op. 48 in c minor, Nocturne, Op. 9 No.1
Prokofieff:  Prelude in C
Debussy: Arabesque No. 1

Technique:  Level 5

Maria Bennici
Scarlatti:  Sonata in f# minor
Mozart:  Sonata, Op. 457 in c minor
Chopin:  Nocturne Op 27, No. 2
Mendelssohn:  Rondo Capriccioso
Gershwin: Three Preludes
Chopin:  Etude, Op. 10, Nos. 8, 9, 12

Concerto: Saint-Säens
Technique:  Level 6

Leah Claiborne
Bach:  Prelude & Fugue Ab Major and g# minor, WTC, Book I
Beethoven:  Sonata, Op. 78 (complete)
Rachmaninoff:  Prelude, Op. 23, NO. 5 in g minor
Debussy:  L’isle joyeuse.
Chopin:  Etude, Op. 10, Nos. 3, 4, 5, 8, 12

Concerto: Saint-Säens Concerto in g minor
Technique:  Level 7

George Fu
Bach:  Prelude & Fugue in a minor, WTC, Book I
Beethoven:  Sonata, Op. 53 (complete)
Chopin:  Barcarolle, Op. 60
Ravel:  Ondine & Scarbo from Gaspard de la Nuit
Chopin:  Etude, Op. 25, Nos. 5-7

Concerti:  Liszt Concerto No. 1 in E-flat Major, Tchaikovsky No. 1
Technique:  Level 7

Emily Holland
Scarlatti:  Sonata in C, L. 104
Haydn:  Sonata in D Major (complete)
Dohnanyi:  Postludium
Prokofieff:  Prelude in C
Copland:  Cat and the Mouse

Technique:  Level 5

Sarah Hornbeck
Bach:  Inventions in d & a minor
Beethoven:  Sonata, Op. 27, No. 2
Chopin:  Waltz, Op. 69 No. 1
Kabalevsky:  Variations in D Major, Op. 40

Concerto: Peskanov No. 1 in C Major
Technique:  Level 4

Theron Masters
Bach:  Fantasie in c minor
Haydn:  Sonata No. 50 in D Major
Mendelssohn:  Scherzo in e minor
Debussy:  Dr. Gradus ad parnassum

Ian McGaughran
Bach:  Prelude & Fugue in f#minor, WTC, Book I
Beethoven:  Sonata, Op. 26 (complete)
Rachmaninoff:  Polichinelle
Debussy:  Soirée dans Grénade
Chopin:  Etude, Op. 25, Nos. 1 & 2

Concerto: Mendelssohn Concerto in g minor
Technique:  Level 6

Ruth Raubertas
Scarlatti:  Sonata in D Major, K. 492
Beethoven:  Sonata, Op. 10 No.1
Mendelssohn:  Selections from Op. 67
Debussy:  Prelude from Suite Arabesque
Chopin:  Etude, Op. 25, No. 1

Technique:  Level 4-5

Suzanne Tabb
Scarlatti:  Selected sonatas (A & E Major)
Mozart:  Sonata in c minor & Fantasy in c minor
Chopin:  Waltz, Op. 42
Ravel:  Sonatine
Satie:  Three Flabby preludes
Chopin:  Etude, Op. 10, Nos. 5, 6

Technique:  Level 6-7

Jane Wang
Scarlatti:  Sonata K. 503 in C Major
Haydn:  Sonata No. 58 in C Major
Chopin: Nocturne, Op. 27, No. 2
Liebermann:  Gargoyles No. 1
Chopin:  Etude, Op. 10, Nos. 5, 6

Technique:  Level 6

Darwin Yang
Bach:  Prelude & Fugue in d minor, WTC, Book II
Beethoven:  Sonata, Op. 31, No. 2 (mvts. 1 & 3)
Chopin:  Etude, Op. 10, No. 5
Mendelssohn:  Rondo Capriccioso
Ginastera:  Three Argentinean Dances

Technique:  Level 5

Steven Yang
Bach:  Prelude & Fugue in d minor, WTC, Book II
Beethoven:  Sonata, Op. 10 No. 2
Chopin:  Etude, Op. 25 No. 1
Chopin:  Nocturne, Op. 27, No. 2
Debussy:  Jardins sous la pluie

Concerto:  Mendelssohn Piano Concerto in g minor

Edward Yoon
Scarlatti:  Sonata in D Major, L. 492
Beethoven:  Sonata, Op. 13, mvt. I
Chopin:  Nocturne, Op. 55 No. 1 in f minor
Chopin:  Scherzo No. 2
Lees:  Fantasia

Concerto:  Haydn D Major, 1st & 3rd mvts
Technique:  Level 4