-.-
Well I talked to the person that will be teaching me at school for the next three years (my school is cooler than yours; it's free, a middle/highschool and has a graduate program ^^ aka an awesome fine arts school). Anyways, I showed him my repertoire and he hated it! He said too much modern/obscure compositions so he's assigned me this huge amount of work I have to do before I can go back to doing what I want. This is what I have to do:
Finish the Chopin Etudes Op. 25
Finish the Rachmaninov Preludes Op. 32
Finish the Rachmaninov Etudes Tableaux Op. 39
Finish the Ligeti Etudes Book I (only cause I begged him to let me do some modern stuff)
Three more Debussy Preludes to make it an even five? five isnt even!!!
A major classical work (not necissarily in the key A Major =P)
A major Romantic Work (he won't allow Apres un Lecture du Dante =("
A major work by Ravel
A major work by Brahms
A major work by Bach or Handel
A major work by Scriabin
what is this guy's problem?!? I already do Miroirs >< But nuuu... Sonatine, Gespard de la Nuit or Valses Nobles et Sentimentales. and BRAHMS! I hate that guy! This is a nightmare >< And now I can't do my fun concerti -.- I suddenly hate male teachers! I don't like this at all =( And he won't count my Brahms piece towards my major romantic work either! What's this guy's problem? Maybe he hates me. Also he says all the pieces I choose have to be common rep! This is gonna take forever...
Debussy: (already know book 1 no. 7 and book 2 no. 12) Book 2 Nos. 2, 6, and 8
Classical: Schubert Sonata D. 894
Romantic: Schumann Fantasy Pieces Op. 12
Ravel: Sonatine (god this is going to kill me; ravel is mean to me ><)
Brahms: Fantasies Op. 116
Bach or Handel: don't know don't care
Scriabin: Sonata No. 5
sigh.... I guess I need to ask you guys what a good piece by bach or handel is. Some French Suite or some BS like that I guess -.- This is just depressing... Well tell me what you guys think of my choices. He's such a hardass he probably won't let me use Schubert as a Classical composer too, in which case I'll get stuck doing the Mozart Variations K. 573 which really scares me.
But seriously! ME? BRAHMS??? omg no....
So what do you guys think of this teacher? Is he mean or is he right? Should I murder him?