Is This a Good Repertoire for a High School Junior?

[piano51]

Hi everyone, I will be a high school junior next year and I would like to know if I am moving in the right direction. So here's my rep for this year:

Competition pieces that I completed in February:

Classical division: Polonaise Op. 53-Chopin
Championship division: Nocturne Op. 33-Barber
Jazz division: Fingerbuster-Jelly Roll Morton
Pop division: Dream Within a Dream-Hans Zimmer (I know lol, they have pretty strict guidelines for this category)

The pieces that I've added and am working on for Guild Auditions in later May (10 memorized movements of work required):

Etude Op. 25, No. 5-Chopin
Sonata K. 310 (1st mvt.)-Mozart
Liebestraum No. 3-Liszt
(Those 3 I worked a little on last summer)
Plus:
Prelude Op. 23, No. 5-Rachmaninoff
Sonata K. 492-Scarlatti
Rhapsody Op. 79, No. 2-Brahms
(Those 3 I started middle of February)

I've played some other major works in the past as well (Ballade Op. 23, Moonlight Sonata full, Clair de Lune, Revolutionary Etude, a sinfonia, etc.)

So here's what I'm thinking about for next year:

Competition Pieces:

Classical division: Sonata Op. 57-Beethoven
Championship division: Jeux D'eau-Ravel
Jazz division: Viper's Drag-Fats Waller
Pop division: Lord of the Rings Virtuosic Piano Solo-Jarrod Radnich

Then to add on for Guild Auditions:

Etude Op. 25, No. 11-Chopin
Etude Op. 8, No. 12-Scriabin
Un Sospiro-Liszt
Prelude and Fugue in C# Major (book 1)-Bach

I know that these pieces may be considered "overplayed" but these are the songs I love.
I also know that you can't determine what good pieces would be just from past rep. I just want to be sure that that is a step up from what I'm doing this year. Would that also be a competitive rep for a high school junior for scholarships? Btw I also always strive for perfection in the pieces I play but I have other interests as well.

[piano51]

Hi everyone, I will be a high school junior next year and I would like to know if I am moving in the right direction. So here's my rep for this year:

Competition pieces that I completed in February:

Classical division: Polonaise Op. 53-Chopin
Championship division: Nocturne Op. 33-Barber
Jazz division: Fingerbuster-Jelly Roll Morton
Pop division: Dream Within a Dream-Hans Zimmer (I know lol, they have pretty strict guidelines for this category)

The pieces that I've added and am working on for Guild Auditions in later May (10 memorized movements of work required):

Etude Op. 25, No. 5-Chopin
Sonata K. 310 (1st mvt.)-Mozart
Liebestraum No. 3-Liszt
(Those 3 I worked a little on last summer)
Plus:
Prelude Op. 23, No. 5-Rachmaninoff
Sonata K. 492-Scarlatti
Rhapsody Op. 79, No. 2-Brahms
(Those 3 I started middle of February)

I've played some other major works in the past as well (Ballade Op. 23, Moonlight Sonata full, Clair de Lune, Revolutionary Etude, a sinfonia, etc.)

So here's what I'm thinking about for next year:

Competition Pieces:

Classical division: Sonata Op. 57-Beethoven
Championship division: Jeux D'eau-Ravel
Jazz division: Viper's Drag-Fats Waller
Pop division: Lord of the Rings Virtuosic Piano Solo-Jarrod Radnich

Then to add on for Guild Auditions:

Etude Op. 25, No. 11-Chopin
Etude Op. 8, No. 12-Scriabin
Un Sospiro-Liszt
Prelude and Fugue in C# Major (book 1)-Bach

I know that these pieces may be considered "overplayed" but these are the songs I love.
I also know that you can't determine what good pieces would be just from past rep. I just want to be sure that that is a step up from what I'm doing this year. Would that also be a competitive rep for a high school junior for scholarships? Btw I also always strive for perfection in the pieces I play but I have other interests as well.

[oxy60]

Very ambitious. I don't see how you will have time for anything/anybody else.

At your age I had so many things going that attacking such a repertoire would have been out of the question.

[piano51]

Thanks for replying! Actually, it hasn't been that hard at all. I mean of course I have to work hard on the songs, but being homeschooled helps a lot. You see, my school time gets cut in half pretty much so I have plenty of time for the things I love, like piano, tennis, running, and hanging out with friends, while still getting all my school done.

[4greatkeyboards]

You are fabulous, with this repertoire at your age.

Horowitz, by about age 18, left Russia, and went on his own concertizing. He also knew two concerti:
the 1st Tschychowski and the 3rd Rachmaninoff.

You in your young years will never ever again be able to learn music so fast as you do now. The Rachy 3rd is the most nutritious. Even if you cannot pull it off just the experience of trying it will stretch out your talent beyond the other pieces.

[rachmaninoff_forever]

You are fabulous, with this repertoire at your age.

Horowitz, by about age 18, left Russia, and went on his own concertizing. He also knew two concerti:
the 1st Tschychowski and the 3rd Rachmaninoff.

He played the Rach 3 at age 18?!

[ajspiano]

He played the Rach 3 at age 18?!

1920: Kiev Conservatory, Ukraine [Graduation Concert]


    Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto No.3 in D minor, Op.30

From list of horowitz concerts (https://vladimirhorowitz.hostzi.com/1_4_Concertography.html) wouldve made him 17 I guess?

Interesting how little Beethoven there is in his programs.

[j_menz]

He played the Rach 3 at age 18?!

Yep. Best get your skates on. He did the second sonata as well.