Author: clarinetguy ★2017
Date: 2017-02-19 07:05
Congratulations to you for getting a I rating! In which state do you live? I didn't know that memorization is still required anywhere, and if it is in your state, it's probably one of the few in which it's still a requirement. In Michigan, memorization was required until 1968 (the first time I went), but it hasn't been necessary for at least the last 47 years.
You're asking a great question when you bring up the point about a piece being "too mature." High school students regularly play the Mozart concerto and it's on many state lists, but it's a piece graduate students sometimes study seriously. The same is true for the Brahms sonatas. In fact, I once heard someone say that no high school student should perform these sonatas. Continuing with this reasoning, one could make the case that no high school student should perform the Weber concertos or concertino, the Schumann Fantasy Pieces, or the Saint-Saens sonata.
I strongly disagree. High school is a time for exploring and trying new things. A high school student might not play the Poulenc sonata with the same level of maturity as a professional, but so what? As John correctly points out, "why not play a piece if you have the technical ability to do a good job?" You can always go back to it later, and perhaps you'll approach it in a different way.
If you had made a mess of the Poulenc sonata, that would have been one thing. Since you received a I, you clearly didn't! Be proud of the fact that you took on a challenging piece and did well with it. I'd ignore this talk about the piece being too mature for a high school solo and ensemble competition. The Edison Denisov sonata perhaps--but not this one.
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