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Southern Suzuki Piano Graduation Program
 
 
Fast Facts
Rules
Levels
Dress Code
 

 

Required Repertoire:

Level One

Allegro – S. Suzuki
And one additional piece:

  • Christmas-Day Secrets – Dutton
  • Musette – anon
  • Ecossaise – Hummel
  • A Short Story – Lichner
  • The Happy Farmer – Schumann
  • Minuet 1 – J.S. Bach

Level Two

Minuet 2 – J.S. Bach
And one additional piece
: Any piece past Minuet 2 in Suzuki Piano Volume 2 or Volume 3 (excluding Wild Rider and Spiritoso)

Level Three

Sonatina Op. 36 #3, SpiritosoClementi
OR
Sonatina Op. 55 #1, 1st movement (Allegro)
OR
Sonatina
Op. 55 #1, 2nd  movement (Vivace)
OR
Sonata op. 49 #2 – Beethoven (1st  movement)

And one additional piece:

  • Wild Rider – Schumann
  • Rondo – Mozart
  • Minuet and Trio – Mozart
  • Musette – J.S. Bach
  • Sonata op. 49 #2 – Beethoven (2nd movement)
  • Etude in A minor – opus 27 #3 - Kabalevsky
  • Sonatina – opus 27 #18 - Kabalevsky
  • Ballade opus 100 # 15 - Burgmuller

Level Four

Minuets I & II and Gigue – J.S. Bach (Partita in Bb)
An additional piece is optional
  • Fur Elise – Beethoven
  • Gigue – J.S. Bach (Partita in Bb)
  • Sonatina in F – Beethoven (one movement)
  • Lyrical Waltz (Puppet Dances) Shostakovich
  • About Strange Lands and People - Schumann
  • Ivan is Busy - Khachaturian (Applause book 1)
  • A Short Story opus 27 #20 – Kabalevsky (called Legende in some editions) 

Level Five

.Haydn Sonata- first movement
And one additional piece:.
  • Bagatelle op. 5 #10 – Tcherepnin (Applause book 1
  • Waltz in A minor – Chopin
  • Sonata in D – M. Albeniz
  • Sacromonte op. 55 #5 - Joaquin Turina
  • Le Coucou - Daquin*From Suzuki international Edition Volume 5

Level Six

Choice A. Sonata K. 545 – Mozart - three movements
Choice B. Sonata K. 330, Mozart, 1st movement and one additional piece:
  • Waltz in B Minor op. 69 #2 - Chopin
  • Pastorale Sonata – Scarlatti
  • Puck – Grieg (Applause book 1)
  • Venetian Gondola Song op. 30 #6– Mendelssohn
  • Six Ecossaises - Beethoven

Level Seven

Choice A. Prelude and Fugue in D major, J.S. Bach and one additional piece:
Choice B. Sonata K. 331, Mozart - 1st movement and one additional piece:
  • Minuet in G -Paderewski
  • Nocturne op. 9 #2 in Eb – Chopin
  • Golliwogs Cakewalk (Children's Corner Suite) – Debussy
  • Nocturne – Grieg ***
  • Andaluza – Spanish Dance #5 - Granados **
  • Maple Leaf Rag - Scott Joplin

** From Suzuki International Edition Volume 6
***From Suzuki International Edition Volume 7


Level Eight

Choice A. Italian Concerto- JS Bach – all three movements
Choice B. Italian Concerto – JS Bach – 1st movement and one additional piece:

Waltz in E minor posthumous – Chopin
Waltz in C# Minor, op. 64 #2 – Chopin
*** Nocturne in C# Minor posthumous – Chopin
Dr. Gradus ad Parnassum (Children’s Corner Suite) – Debussy
Reverie – Debussy
First Arabesque – Debussy
The Harmonious Blacksmith – Handel
Fantasy in D Minor- Mozart

Level Nine

Two contrasting pieces of advanced level repertoire: one from Baroque or Classical era; and one from Romantic, Impressionist or Contemporary era.