Grade 10 RCM exam/repetoire?

[rowlt8100]

Hey guys,

So I'm 15 years old, started piano 7 and a half years ago. Through the younger grades I was very successful, winning competitions and receiving 90+% on exams. Then, last year in grade 9 piano I lost my focus, barely practiced and got a 77, I then quit thinking I would never play again.
Over the past couple months I have found a renewed drive, I went back to my teacher and she agreed to begin again. My goal is to take my grade 10 practical exam in june 2014, a year and a half from now and score over 85%. Do you think this is possible?? I am willing to work hard but my schedule only allows me to practice about 2 hours a day.
Additionally, I'm wondering what kind of repertoire you suggest, I'm meeting my teacher in a few days but just wanted to get a few ideas to explore.

Thanks so much!      

[cagal]

There is a really big jump from Grade 9 to 10.  2 hours a day would be the minimum to complete it in the time frame, but it should be possible.  As to the 85%, it's impossible to say whether you could achieve this as I do not know your practice habits.  Why the set time frame?

My repetoire for June exam is:
Bach Fantasia in C Minor
Mozart Sonata in Eflat Major
Schubert Moment muscial op 94 no 2
Rachmaninoff Prelude op 32 no 10
Oscar Peterson Land of the Misty Giants.

You should, however, pick the repetoire YOU like.

FYI - I have been working on Grade 10 for two years, but I dropped some pieces along the way, did not play for 25 years before returning and have difficulty being consistent with practice due to family and work commitments.  Age is also making memorization a real issue.  I am participating in a local music festival this spring, so I will see how I am doing...  

[rowlt8100]

There is a really big jump from Grade 9 to 10.  2 hours a day would be the minimum to complete it in the time frame, but it should be possible.  As to the 85%, it's impossible to say whether you could achieve this as I do not know your practice habits.  Why the set time frame?

My repetoire for June exam is:
Bach Fantasia in C Minor
Mozart Sonata in Eflat Major
Schubert Moment muscial op 94 no 2
Rachmaninoff Prelude op 32 no 10
Oscar Peterson Land of the Misty Giants.

You should, however, pick the repetoire YOU like.

FYI - I have been working on Grade 10 for two years, but I dropped some pieces along the way, did not play for 25 years before returning and have difficulty being consistent with practice due to family and work commitments.  Age is also making memorization a real issue.  I am participating in a local music festival this spring, so I will see how I am doing...  

Thanks! I love the mozart and bach
Hmm I suppose I could push the exam back but I was kind of wanting my senior year of high school to be a little bit more free, we'll see how everything goes though

[cagal]

I started the French Suite No 5 Allemande and Gigue and got as far as memorizing the Allemande - also very nice.  The gigue is a killer though.

I also started the Debussy Arabesque - had it mostly memorized but decided it was not for me. 

There are lots of really nice pieces in the syllabus not in the Celebrations book.  Two of mine are not in the book.  The Rach is probably my favourite; the cadenza is a killer and I don't know if I'll ever do it justice but I just love it.  My grandmother left Russia due to the revolution and I read somewhere it's about how he missed Russia so I always think about her and how hard her life was and how she never got to go back.