Piano Forum

This is for the Bmus performance undergrad, standard is quite high as they only take 7-8 piano performance students a year.

per above commment is how you play it, however for an ultra competitive program, the overall scope and difficulty of selections is a little on the skinny side. not to say it cannot be made into a competitive audition but you leave money on the table and leave it to chance on someone botching theirs or competition also bringing in lighter/weaker programs.

however, there are many find schools including some 'off the radar' that have incredible teachers /artists in residence and honestly for undergrad that's the most important, some of the bigger names it does matter more at Masters, DMA, and artist performance diploma levels, than there are more factors.

so do you best but if you have time to rethink programming discuss with your teacher but understand your capability, if you are not at the level to handle and play more demanding material the their standard then you're just not there yet and should refocus your efforts on where you'll be a better fit for the program. at the end of the day the standard for entry is mainly (supposed to be) used to determine your ability to get through the study there successfully, if the curve is too steep for your , there's burn out, fail out, or just more struggle that will negatively affect your development as a musician in that program.