IU Indiana University Piano Academy and School

[brendan765]

Hey I'm a junior in highschool, residential to Indiana. Would like to go to IU this summer for their piano academy. Also would like to attend college there after my senior year; 2014.  majoring in performance, masters hopefully.

Advice for me?

You think I will get in, explain...

I love playing piano and am mechanically very capable of difficult music. reach around octave 3rd to 4th, Working on technique right now...trying to lose the tension that apparently is in my hands says the Russian Piano Instructor i'm working with...My masters degree, music theory teacher/ametuer pianist says I have great technique though

I express music well, am doing alot better with knowing how a piece should sound


I have a large repertoire of peices I play descently 50-100 of Chopin, Rachmaninoff, Mozart, Beethoven, Liszt, Bach, Debussy, Mendelssohn, etc.   My russian teacher is all about technical shape up at this point...apparently im behind if I want to be a wealthy concert pianist.

I am good in music theory, know all the college stuff.

I am big into composing!!!!

Ive played my whole life.




I have about a 2.8 now, will be a 3.0 gpa or above when im done with highschool...will I be able to get a music scholarship?? I sight read alot better now, almost any piece that is not ridicoulous like liszt sonatas I can play and people could understand and say hey thats pretty good or whatever..let me know thanks!

[quantum]

There is no need to double post in other boards.  People here do traverse the boards.

[the89thkey]

Which concertos have you played? For very advanced and musical pianists I'd suggest learning Rach 2. Otherwise Beethoven 4 and 5 are great pieces for much less technical effort.

[brendan765]

Really not worried about anything other than technical work, because im good at everything else, once i lose the tension in my hands, I will be able to focus on my own compositions, I am not going to college for money at all, I have my money invested into a completely different area. Although it would be nice, their is no pressure on me for that. I am going to college for being a great pianist as in conqouring technique, and go on to harder works like transcendental etudes Liszt. Transpose orchestras, search works by composers that are fairly unknown of, and bring to the light.