I think I've already decided I'm going to do Rachmaninoff's G Minor Prelude (Op. 23, No. 5) for next year's competition, but I don't know what to play with it. The only rule is that both pieces have to fit in ten minutes or so. The Rachmaninoff is about 4:00 if I remember right. I started playing it two years ago, but I've left it alone for about the past nine months. But, I still know the notes and it should be pretty easy and quick to learn. Whatever I play with it could be (and probably should be) a good bit more difficult. I have about ten months to learn whatever piece I choose!

One more question: I'm wanting to compete with Rhapsody in Blue (in the concerto competition) in a couple of years... is it a good piece to compete with?

Any of the Chopin Ballades except the 4th (it's longer than 10 minutes.)

How about:

Liszt - Un Sospiro (Concert Etude No. 3 in D-Flat Major)
Rach - Prelude in G Minor

A beautiful, arpeggiated, love-filled sigh and a marked, martial, almost threatening march.

The Liszt is about 6 minutes long, and the prelude about 4. Total: 10 minutes.

Can it get any better than that?

Since you have alrady picked a Romantic era piece, may want to consider pick another one in a different era. Any Beethoven, Mozart of Haydn Sonata interests you? or you can do first movement of a Sonata, that maybe like 3-4 minutes, and another piece to fit into 2 minutes time frame, like a Debussy or Ravel, or Bartok, Gershwin - his 3 preludes are short and sweet.

Rhapsody in Blue may not be a favorite for the judges....who is hosting it?

Thanks for the suggestions! I'll take a look at some of that music and see how I like it.

Oh, and I would be in the TMTA State Piano Concerto Competition.