Cello

2017 Society of American Musicians (SAM) Competition: Required Cello Repertoire

All pieces are to be performed from memory

PRIMARY (Age 10 and under)

• James Macmillan: Shifting Sands from Northern Skies: 7 Intermediate pieces for Cello & Piano (Boosey & Hawkes)
• Dmitri Kabalevsky: 1938 Gallop from Time Pieces for Cello – Vol.2 (ABRSM)

JUNIOR (Age 13 and under)

• Christopher Bunting: Dance Caprice (OUP)
•  Tchaikovsky: Chanson Triste

INTERMEDIATE (Age 16 and under) 

• Schumann: Five Pieces in Folk Style Op.102 no.2 – Langsam
• Popper: Mazurka in G minor, Op.11 no. 3 – (take repeat)

YOUNG ARTIST (Age 22 and under) Applicants are eligible to participate if they have not yet completed their undergraduate degree. 

• J.S. Bach: Sarabande from Bach Cello Suite no.5 (with repeats)
• A virtuosic piece, Popper Etude, or Piatti Caprice not exceeding 5 minutes
• One movement of a concerto from the standard repertoire such as Dvorak, Schumann, Haydn C or D, Lalo, Shostakovich, Elgar or  Saint-Saens.