Yes, the pre-screening videos must consist of all 5 works from your audition repertoire that you are presenting for the Singapore ‘live’ audition.

A ”virtuoso etude“ is one which requires a specific and usually fast-paced technical challenge.

Any such etude by Chopin, Liszt, Rachmaninov, Debussy, Scriabin, Bartók, Stravinsky, Moszkowski, Prokofiev, Ligeti or Bolcom is acceptable. Czerny, Cramer and Clementi are not permitted.

Any Prelude and Fugue chosen from Book I or II of the Well-Tempered Clavier (WTC) satisfies this requirement.

Other types of Bach works (Suites, Toccatas, Partitas, etc.) and those Preludes and Fugues not included in the WTC are not permitted.

Transcriptions of Bach’s Preludes & Fugues are also unacceptable

Any complete Sonata (all movements in their entirety) by Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven, Schubert, or Clementi meets the requirement. Any candidate not offering a complete sonata will be immediately deemed ineligible for admission.

Choose a sonata that you enjoy performing; a work which you and your teacher believe is the one that best suits your interpretative and technical abilities. This will ensure the strongest impression possible for the audition panel. Understanding and articulating sonata form are essential components of a successful audition.

A major work from the Romantic period is a composition which allows you to make an important interpretative ‘statement’. Its breadth and scope offer you an opportunity to demonstrate the many positive qualities we look for in a prospective student: a commitment to high artistic ideals, a charismatic personality, command of the instrument and the kind of lyric intensity, which demonstrates that you are deeply committed to (and have significant experience in) engaging your audiences with dynamic concert performances.

One or more movements from large-scale works are also acceptable. Etudes, however, are generally not accepted.

Any work characterised by styles and idioms representative of 20^th century to the present (excluding pop, rock, Broadway or jazz) suffices for this requirement

No work requiring orchestral accompaniment (e.g. concerto, concert piece) may be performed in the audition.

Large scale repeats, such as expositions or recapitulations within sonata movements or in Bach Preludes, are not advised for the pre-screening videos or Singapore ‘live’ audition. However, small scales repeats (e.g. in Theme & Variations) may be repeated, if desired.

Selecting repertoire which does not meet the criteria specified is not permitted in any of the categories.

No programme details can be changed once your application and pre-screening videos have been submitted.

Memorisation of your entire audition programme is not only important, it is a requirement.

If your programme is not fully memorised, you will be disqualified immediately. It would be better for you to wait another year to audition should this be the case.

Please do not ask to perform from scores at your audition as no such requests will be granted.

You will need to perform completely different repertoire from the five selections you offered at the time of any previous YST audition experience.

We regard your audition as a performance, including your pre-screening videos. As such, your attire should be similar to what you would normally wear for a lunchtime or afternoon concert.

Please also ensure that you are performing on a grand piano for your pre-screening video recordings (an upright piano is not acceptable).