Instrumental repertoire: (Solos to be played as per original recording or improvised at an appropriate technical level) Style Piece Composer/Arranger Rock Roll Jerry Lee Lewis Great Balls of fire ‘n Little Richard Frutti Progressive Rock Jon Lord (Deep Purple) Lazy Richard Wright (Pink Floyd) Money Ballad Billy Joel Baby Elton John Your Song Kiss Beth James Horne Somewhere Out There Regina Spektor Samson Tim Freedman (The Whitlams) Buy Now Pay Later Soul Ray Charles Hit the road Jack Ray Charles I’ve got a women Soul Stevie Wonder I just called to say I love you 60’s Rock Booker T Green Onions 70’s Rock Steely Dan Pretzel logic 80’s Rock David Pache (Toto) Georgy Porgy Solo repertoire: Style Piece Composer/Arranger Ballad David Foster Water Fountain (Album: Touch of David Foster) Ballad Ben Folds Brick Please note that repertoire is best learned via a combination of printed and recorded sources. Students should be mentored and encouraged to devise their own piano/keyboard arrangements of selected repertoire based on the chord progression, melody, rhythmic structures and form. SUGGESTED REPERTOIRE YEAR 12 – Contemporary piano repertoire covers a wide range of styles. Some styles may not be strongly represented in this list, for example Country or Latin. It is recommended that a variety of styles be included in the recital, with consideration given to the need to display a variety of technique and appropriate skill level. The candidate can perform a maximum of ONE as an accompanist. All other repertoire must be arranged for the pianist/keyboardist as the feature instrument Instrumental repertoire: to be played as per original recording or improvised at a similar technical level) Style Piece Composer/Arranger Early RnB/Blues Mose Allison Seventh Son Blues Sting/Kenny Kirkland Been down so long Donald Fagan Ruby, Ruby Early Soul Unchain my heart Ray Charles 50’s Rock Ramsey Lewis In Crowd 70’s Rock Steely Dan Fire in the Hole Jeff Lynne (ELO) Mr Blue Sky Billy Joel Scenes from an Italian Restaurant 80’s Rock Shadows in the Rain Phil Collins (Genesis) That’s All 90’s Rock Ben Folds five One Angry Dwarf Jamiraquai Virtual Insanity Rock Emerson Lake and Palmer Hoedown Tim Minchin Darkside Matthew Bellamy (Muse) Butterflies and Hurricanes Tim Freedman (The Whitlams) You Sound Like Lousie Burdett Progressive Rock Richard Wright Floyd) Money (Pink Daniel Johns (Silverchair) Emotion Sickness
Instrumental repertoire: (Solos to be played as per original recording or improvised at an appropriate technical level) Style Piece Composer/Arranger Rock ‘n Roll Great Balls of fire Jerry Lee Lewis Frutti Little Richard Progressive Rock Lazy Jon Lord (Deep Purple) Money Richard Wright (Pink Floyd) Ballad Baby Billy Joel Your Song Elton John Beth Kiss Somewhere Out There James Horne Samson Regina Spektor Buy Now Pay Later Tim Freedman (The Whitlams) Soul Hit the road Jack Ray Charles I’ve got a women Ray Charles Soul I just called to say I love you Stevie Wonder 60’s Rock Green Onions Booker T 70’s Rock Pretzel logic Steely Dan 80’s Rock Georgy Porgy David Pache (Toto) Solo repertoire: Style Piece Composer/Arranger Ballad Water Fountain David Foster (Album: Touch of David Foster) Ballad Brick Ben Folds Please note that repertoire is best learned via a combination of printed and recorded sources. Students should be mentored and encouraged to devise their own piano/keyboard arrangements of selected repertoire based on the chord progression, melody, rhythmic structures and form. SUGGESTED REPERTOIRE – YEAR 12 Contemporary piano repertoire covers a wide range of styles. Some styles may not be strongly represented in this list, for example Country or Latin. It is recommended that a variety of styles be included in the recital, with consideration given to the need to display a variety of technique and appropriate skill level. The candidate can perform a maximum of ONE as an accompanist. All other repertoire must be arranged for the pianist/keyboardist as the feature instrument Instrumental repertoire: to be played as per original recording or improvised at a similar technical level) Style Piece Composer/Arranger Early RnB/Blues Seventh Son Mose Allison Blues Been down so long Sting/Kenny Kirkland Ruby, Ruby Donald Fagan Early Soul Unchain my heart Ray Charles 50’s Rock In Crowd Ramsey Lewis 70’s Rock Fire in the Hole Steely Dan Mr Blue Sky Jeff Lynne (ELO) Scenes from an Italian Restaurant Billy Joel 80’s Rock Shadows in the Rain That’s All Phil Collins (Genesis) 90’s Rock One Angry Dwarf Ben Folds five Virtual Insanity Jamiraquai Rock Hoedown Emerson Lake and Palmer Darkside Tim Minchin Butterflies and Hurricanes Matthew Bellamy (Muse) You Sound Like Lousie Burdett Tim Freedman (The Whitlams) Progressive Rock Money Richard Wright (Pink Floyd) Emotion Sickness Daniel Johns (Silverchair)
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