<p>is it considered a virtuoso/show piece for grad school audition?</p>
<p>Yes, I believe it would be (I assume that you are talking violin Chausson here, but I am not familiar with grad school audition rep). I would consult with your violin teacher. If you are applying to grad school, then you should have a teacher that is at least as knowledgeable about grad audition rep issues as anyone on the board here.</p>
<p>yes i was speaking of chausson. and yes, i have talked ot my teacher. someone told me it didn’t count so i wanted to check with as many sources as possible.</p>
<p>Chausson’s Poeme is part of the violin repertoire and I have seen it used in recitals at places like Curtis and Juilliard, so I assume students are learning it for a reason. That said, it all depends on where you are auditioning, from what I can tell what is considered appropriate may vary from school to school,the people auditioning you may or may not think a piece is acceptable. Among other things, it is possible that the audition requirements don’t even want a showpiece, they may want only concertos and sonatas and solo pieces (at least theoretically). One suggestion is to check the school’s website and see what the grad school audition requirements are, to see, for example, if show pieces are allowed in the first place, and also, they often give sample works that might give hints towards what level they are looking for. </p>
<p>The other one is maybe shoot the admissions department of the school an e-mail asking if a certain piece would be considered acceptable, there is nothing top secret about that information, and it may save you grief in working on something then finding out it isn’t good. Put it this way, part of the audition process is not to see if the student can guess what the right repertoire is, but rather can they play on the correct level, so there is no reason not to ask or have them reply.</p>
<p>Wouldn’t do it. The fireworks don’t start for a long time. It’s a hard piece, of course – more so than most of the rep that gets played for the showpiece requirements. But playing something both harder and less flashy than average for the showpiece requirement is unwise; you want to show facility and charm in this part of the audition, not seriousness. The only circumstance in which I would endorse that choice would be if your concerto were lightweight musically and very showy – Paganini, say, or Ernst.</p>