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tehwoodwindking
March 24th, 2008, 10:14 pm
Im now a junior in high school, and I play 4 instruments (clarinet, oboe, flute, and piano) and Im considering majoring in clarinet or oboe, and minoring in piano even though im fairly new. The reason I'm posting this is because I would like some good repertoire pieces for both of these instruments, I love baroque! So please suggest some songs for me to maybe consider playing.

Nyu001
March 24th, 2008, 10:54 pm
Have you checked any University/College requirements? Probably they would have some specifications to enter for do a degree in a instrument. If you are free to choice a repertoire try to have one very variate and from different periods that can show various skills of your performs.

Edit: Btw no idea of any good repertoire for clarinet or oboe, I am not very familiar there. =P

PorscheGTIII
March 25th, 2008, 02:28 am
I...don't think you major and minor in playing an instrument. :huh:

Nyu001
March 25th, 2008, 02:37 am
Wrong word I used. =P

Sondagger
March 28th, 2008, 11:43 pm
Where are you applying?

If you want Baroque you can't go wrong with Bach. For my college audition I did a Prelude and Fugue (a good choice), but he's got dozens of other stuff like French Suites, Inventions, Sinfonias, etc. For piano, well any instrument actually, Its good to know at least one song from each era: baroque, classical, romantic, and 20th century. Most colleges (again piano for sure), require two or three making baroque and/or classical the required era and you chose from between the other two.

Make sure you're well prepared. And good luck.