September 24, 2026 (60 min · in-person)

September 25, 2026 Dustin Gledhill

2026-2027 Events

October 17-18, 2026 — Group Classes
December 5-6, 2026 — Group Classes
January 24, 2027 — Performance Class & Guest Artist Workshop
February 27-28, 2027 — Group Classes
April 10-11, 2027 — Group Classes
May 22, 2027 — Student Final Recital

How to Practice

Use the Practice Guide below. It logs your practice for you — no comments needed.

Press Start from # whatever number it shows. It picks up where you stopped last time.
Press Start, read the assignment, practice.
Tap the kind of practice, then press Done.
Press Next practice item and go again.

Capped items count down and chime. Keep going if it's going well.

Some assignments finish. Those carry a Done for the Week button. Press it when the job is done and the assignment comes off your list. Technique and repertoire don't have one; those are every day.

Need the metronome, a recorder or the NFPER colors? They are in Practice Tools, right under the practice types. Tap one and it opens inside your assignment. Tap Close to put it away.

Got something to say about an assignment? Paste the line it gives you into the comments and add your note.

Log only what you actually did, on the day you did it. Five minutes is a real entry.

Log every practice session from today. The competition starts October 1 — practicing and logging now is how we get the kinks out.

🟩 on track · 🟨 needs extra attention · 🟪 didn't get to it at the lesson · 🟥 priority · ⬛️ on hold, don't practice this one · 🟧 mine, not yours

[PRACTICE TOOLS]

Technique

1. 🟩 RCM Technique, Level 5

THIS WEEK: Arpeggios again, with one round of accent practice and then the fingering and the wrist.

⏱ Max 5 minutes per practice session.

Practice type: Polishing.

Three things, in this order.

Correct fingering. In the left hand on white-key arpeggios use finger 4, not 3. Three opens the hand more and that means more tension.
Wrist position. Left hand going up: wrist slightly raised, leading. Coming down: lower it. Right hand is the opposite. Don't hike it.
Accent practice, one round, both modes. Strong-weak all the way, then weak-strong.

Then spend the rest of the time on fingering and wrist position.

🎥 Arpeggios: wrist movement and accent practice https://youtube.com/shorts/YNCacrS3NSw

The cap went from 7 minutes to 5. You said you got through them in about three.

2. 🟧 RCM Technical Requirements, Level 5 (Newzik)

THIS WEEK: I'm printing the Level 5 technique and bringing it.

Nothing for you to do on this one.

Theory

3. 🟩 Theory 5, Unit 2

THIS WEEK: Finish Unit 2, from page 18.

⏱ Max 10 minutes per practice session.

Press Done for the Week when the unit is finished.

We went through your questions on compound meter, duplets, and combining rests and notes.
Before you write any rhythm, settle two things first: the time signature, and the shortest note value. That is what was making them come out wrong.

4. 🟩 Theory 5, Unit 3

THIS WEEK: Scales and key signatures, pages 34 to 37.

⏱ Max 10 minutes per practice session.

Press Done for the Week when you reach page 37.

Bonus if you want it: pages 38 to 41.
The whole unit runs 34 to 51. We are not doing all of it this week.

5. ⬛️ Celebrate Theory, Level 4, Unit 8

Not this week.

Musicianship

7. ⬛️ Basic Rhythmic Training, No. 115 (Starer)

Not this week.

8. ⬛️ Sight-Reading: Czerny, Op. 599, from No. 64

Not this week.

Repertoire

9. 🟪 Prelude, Op. 39 No. 19 (Kabalevsky)

THIS WEEK: Keep it going, and make at least 3 of the 5 minutes slow practice.

⏱ Max 5 minutes per practice session.

You can already play it up to tempo. That is not what the five minutes is for.
At least 70 percent of it slow.

10. 🟩 Invention No. 4 in D minor, BWV 775 (Bach)

THIS WEEK: Write the fingering into every highlighted section, and have all of it playable.

No time cap. Whatever is left after everything above.

Fingering landmarks, not every note. Enough that you never have to work it out twice.
All of the highlighted material playable with the correct fingering: red, beige and green.
Work in the binder now, not the tablet.

Position

Stay inside the black keys. About an inch in, not way up.
The rule: don't come outside the block right after you have played a black key.
I want to see less movement than I saw today.

The fingering corrections we wrote in together are in your score.

11. 🟪 L'Indifférente (Rameau)

THIS WEEK: Listen to both recordings, on three different practice days.

Done for the week after 3 sessions.

RCM Level 6, List A. From Nouvelles suites de pièces de clavecin. Your new Baroque piece.

Jean-Philippe Rameau (1683-1764).
Nothing to play yet.
After the third session the button appears and the assignment comes off your list.
Tell me next lesson whether you like it.

🎥 Isidora Kuzmanovic https://youtu.be/ftBDhpnfd88

🎥 Ingmar Lazar https://youtu.be/f6EJEIQ-xt8

Review List

Review these with your music. You don't need to get through all of them in one session.

RCM Level 5

Deux rigaudons, from Suite in E Minor, RCT 2, by Jean-Philippe Rameau (1683-1764) (List A)

Fantasia in E-flat Major, TWV 33:35, 2nd Section, by Georg Philipp Telemann (1681-1767) (List A)

Sonatina in F Major, Anh. 5, No. 2, attr. Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827) (List B)

Lyric Pieces, Book I, Op. 12, No. 2, Waltz, by Edvard Grieg (1843-1907) (List C)

RCM Level 4

Air in B-flat Major, HWV 471, by George Frideric Handel (1685-1759) (List A)

Sonatina in F Major, Op. 168, No. 1, I. Moderato cantabile, by Anton Diabelli (1781-1858) (List B)

Sonatina in G Major, Op. 36, No. 2, III. Allegro, by Muzio Clementi (1752-1832) (List B)

Etude in E Minor, Op. 65, No. 42, by Carl Albert Loeschhorn (1819-1905) (Etude)

Masquerade, by Linda Niamath (Etude)

RCM Level 3

Musette in D Major, BWV Anh. 126, Anonymous, from the Notebook for Anna Magdalena Bach (1725) (List A)

Minuet in G Major, BWV Anh. 114, attr. Christian Petzold (1677-1733) (List A)

Minuet in G Minor, BWV Anh. 115, attr. Christian Petzold (1677-1733) (List A)

Sonatina in A Minor, Op. 94, No. 4, by Albert Biehl (List B)

Clowns, Op. 39, No. 20, from 24 Pieces for Children, by Dmitri Kabalevsky (1904-1987) (List C)

Arabesque, Op. 100, No. 2, by Johann Friedrich Franz Burgmüller (1806-1874) (Etude)

RCM Level 2

Impertinence, HWV 494, by George Frideric Handel (1685-1759) (List A)

Etude in D Minor, Op. 82, No. 65, by Cornelius Gurlitt (1820-1901) (Etude)

Other

Yesterday, by John Lennon and Paul McCartney

Step-by-Step Practice Flow

Identify a section to record.
Record your section once — video is best, but audio is fine too.
Listen back with one color/goal in mind.
As you listen, mark your music using that color anywhere it needs improvement.
Repeat for each remaining color, one at a time, until all five have been addressed.
Choose a small "spot" section from your markings to fix.
"Spot" until it's solid — ✅ 3 times in a row correctly, or ✅ 5 total correct repetitions, then move on.
Focus on one or two colors at a time while practicing that spot.
Use the troubleshooting checklist below if you're stuck.

🔧 Troubleshooting Tips

🎯 If you've tried to fix something three times in a row and it's still not working, don't just repeat it — troubleshoot:

Do you need to slow down?
Should you practice hands alone?
Could you make the spot even smaller?
Would technical exercises help (staccato, accents, etc.)?
Do you need to think ahead more clearly?
Do you need blocking practice?

September 17, 2026 (60 min · in-person)

September 17, 2026 Dustin Gledhill

2026-2027 Events

October 17-18, 2026 — Group Classes
December 5-6, 2026 — Group Classes
January 24, 2027 — Performance Class & Guest Artist Workshop
February 27-28, 2027 — Group Classes
April 10-11, 2027 — Group Classes
May 22, 2027 — Student Final Recital

How to Practice

Use the Practice Tools panel below. It logs your practice for you — no comments needed.

Press Start here. It picks up where you stopped last time.
Read the assignment, press Start, practice.
Tap the kind of practice — learning, spotting, memorizing, polishing, run-through or review — then press Done.
Press Next practice item and go again.

Capped items count down and chime. Keep going if it's going well.

Got something to say about an assignment? Paste the line it gives you into the comments and add your note.

Also in the panel: a metronome, a spotting counter, and recording.

Log only what you actually did, on the day you did it. Five minutes is a real entry. Logging starts October 1.

🟩 on track · 🟨 needs extra attention · 🟪 didn't get to it at the lesson · 🟥 priority · ⬛️ don't practice this one

[PRACTICE TOOLS]

Technique

1. 🟩 Technique: Level 5, RCMCP

⏱ Max 7 minutes. Start the stopwatch.

Rotate through all of the arpeggios.

💬 Log it: Technical Requirements for Piano, Level 5 (RCM) — type of practice — minutes.

2. ⬛️ RCM Technical Requirements, Level 5 (Newzik)

Not this week.

Theory

3. 🟩 Theory 05_02, Rhythm

⏱ No more than 10 minutes per practice session. Start the stopwatch.

Finish the unit.
If you already have a handle on something, skip it.

💬 Log it: Celebrate Theory, Level 5 (RCM) — type of practice — minutes.

4. 🟩 Label the cadence in measures 37-38 (Bach Invention No. 4)

⏱ Start the stopwatch.

Look at both hands, play it, then label underneath the measure what you think it is.
Just ask yourself what it is. Write your answer in.

💬 Log it: Invention No. 4 in D minor, BWV 775 (Bach) — type of practice — minutes.

5. ⬛️ Celebrate Theory, Level 4, Unit 8

Not this week.

Musicianship

7. ⬛️ Basic Rhythmic Training, No. 115, by Robert Starer

Not this week.

8. ⬛️ Sight-Reading: Czerny, Op. 599, from No. 64

Not this week.

Repertoire

9. 🟩 Prelude, Op. 39, No. 19, by Dmitri Kabalevsky (1904-1987)

⏱ 5 minutes per practice session. Start the stopwatch.

Review, to get it back in your fingers.

💬 Log it: Prelude, Op. 39 No. 19 (Kabalevsky) — type of practice — minutes.

10. 🟩 Invention No. 4 in D Minor, BWV 775, by Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)

⏱ No cap. Whatever time is left after everything above. Start the stopwatch.

Learn all the green: every complete statement of the subject.
Then learn all the beige: the first level of transposition of the subject.
Put in your fingering as you go. If you have a question about any of it, reach out and let me know.

What we found in the score

Measures 17-18: the first cadence, taking us into the relative major, F major.
Measures 22-23: an inversion of the subject.
Around measures 29-31: a pedal point on E.
Measures 37-38: another big cadence. That one is your assignment, number 4 above.

The types of transposition we labelled

Real — exact by interval. Every interval is preserved, so the shape moves to a new key exactly.
Tonal — the notes move but stay inside the original scale, so the intervals change slightly.
Inversion (mirror) — the shape flipped upside down. What went up now goes down.
Retrograde — the subject played backwards.
Retrograde inversion — backwards and upside down. We haven't found one of these yet.
Fragment — part of the subject rather than a complete statement. Bach and other composers use fragments to build tension.

Two things to keep in mind

Bach wrote the inventions for his students, to teach composition and to teach a singing style. Keep asking why he's doing each thing.
In an invention the two hands are equal parts, not melody and accompaniment. There are 15 inventions and 15 sinfonias.
When something looks out of the ordinary, you're probably at a transition, a pedal point, or a cadence.

💬 Log it: Invention No. 4 in D minor, BWV 775 (Bach) — type of practice — minutes.

11. ⬛️ Level 6 Baroque repertoire

We'll choose a slower Level 6 Baroque piece next lesson.

Review List

Review these with your music. You don't need to get through all of them in one session.

RCM Level 5

Deux rigaudons, from Suite in E Minor, RCT 2, by Jean-Philippe Rameau (1683-1764) (List A)
Fantasia in E-flat Major, TWV 33:35, 2nd Section, by Georg Philipp Telemann (1681-1767) (List A)
Sonatina in F Major, Anh. 5, No. 2, attr. Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827) (List B)
Lyric Pieces, Book I, Op. 12, No. 2, Waltz, by Edvard Grieg (1843-1907) (List C)

RCM Level 4

Air in B-flat Major, HWV 471, by George Frideric Handel (1685-1759) (List A)
Sonatina in F Major, Op. 168, No. 1, I. Moderato cantabile, by Anton Diabelli (1781-1858) (List B)
Sonatina in G Major, Op. 36, No. 2, III. Allegro, by Muzio Clementi (1752-1832) (List B)
Etude in E Minor, Op. 65, No. 42, by Carl Albert Loeschhorn (1819-1905) (Etude)
Masquerade, by Linda Niamath (Etude)

RCM Level 3

Musette in D Major, BWV Anh. 126, Anonymous, from the Notebook for Anna Magdalena Bach (1725) (List A)
Minuet in G Major, BWV Anh. 114, attr. Christian Petzold (1677-1733) (List A)
Minuet in G Minor, BWV Anh. 115, attr. Christian Petzold (1677-1733) (List A)
Sonatina in A Minor, Op. 94, No. 4, by Albert Biehl (List B)
Clowns, Op. 39, No. 20, from 24 Pieces for Children, by Dmitri Kabalevsky (1904-1987) (List C)
Arabesque, Op. 100, No. 2, by Johann Friedrich Franz Burgmüller (1806-1874) (Etude)

RCM Level 2

Impertinence, HWV 494, by George Frideric Handel (1685-1759) (List A)
Etude in D Minor, Op. 82, No. 65, by Cornelius Gurlitt (1820-1901) (Etude)

Other

Yesterday, by John Lennon and Paul McCartney

🎨 Color-Focus Practice (NFPER)

At the top of your music, write NFPER using the following color system:

N – Notes – correct pitches and accidentals (🟥 Red)
F – Fingering – consistent, effective finger choices (🟧 Orange)
P – Position – hand shape, posture, and keyboard geography (🟨 Yellow)
E – Expression – phrasing, dynamics, articulation, tone, etc. (🟩 Green)
R – Rhythm – steady pulse, accurate timing, and rests (🟦 Blue)

✅ If you're only recording audio, just use NER.

Step-by-Step Practice Flow

Identify a section to record.
Record your section once — video is best, but audio is fine too.
Listen back with one color/goal in mind.
As you listen, mark your music using that color anywhere it needs improvement.
Repeat for each remaining color, one at a time, until all five have been addressed.
Choose a small "spot" section from your markings to fix.

"Spot" until it's solid — meaning:

✅ 3 times in a row correctly, or
✅ 5 total correct repetitions, then move on.

Focus on one or two colors at a time while practicing that spot.
Use the troubleshooting checklist below if you're stuck.

🔧 Troubleshooting Tips

🎯 If you've tried to fix something three times in a row and it's still not working, don't just repeat it — troubleshoot:

Do you need to slow down?
Should you practice hands alone?
Could you make the spot even smaller?
Would technical exercises help (staccato, accents, etc.)?
Do you need to think ahead more clearly?
Do you need blocking practice?

June 11, 2026

June 11, 2026 Dustin Gledhill

Summer Schedule

June 24-July 21 - Sleep-away Camp!
August 5-16 - Second camp!
August vacation23-30
September 10, first day of school!

🟩Bach Inventions: Listen to them. Specifically 1, 4, and 8

🟩Prelude, op. 39, no. 19 by Dmitri Kabalevsky (L. 5, Etude)

Spot the two green sections, hands alone and together. Avoid wobbly wrist.

🟩Theory_05_02_Rhythm

Complete the unit

🟩Technique: Level 5, RCMCP

Learn and practice all of the arpeggios (see the syllabus)

🟩Level 6 Baroque Rep (slower)

Grieg Lyric Pieces Book I, Op.12 - 2. Waltz (L. 5, C)
Yesterday, J. Lennon & McCartney
Rameau Rigaudon (L. 5, A)
Beethoven Sonatina in F Major, Anh. 5 no 2 (L. 5, B)
Fantasia in E flat Major by Georg Philippine Telemann (L. 5, A)
Sonatina in F Major, op. 168, no. 1. I. Moderato cantabile by Anton Diabelli (L. 4, B)
Air in B-flat Major, HWV 471, by George Frideric Handel (L. 4, A)
Clementi, Sonatina in G Major, Op. 36 No. 2: Movement III (L. 4, B)
Etude in E Minor op 65 no 42 by Carl Albert Loeschhorn (L. 4 Etude)
Masquerade by Linda Niamath (L. 4, Etude)
Clowns by Kabalevsky (L. 3, C)
Arabesque op. 100 no. 2 by Johann Friedrich Burgmüller (1806-1874) (L. 3, Etude)
Sonatina in A Minor op. 94 no. 4 (L. 3, B)
Musette in D Major BWV Anh. 126, attr. Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750) (L. 3, A)
Minuet in G Major, BWV Anh. 114 by Christian Petzold (1677-1733) (L. 3, A)
Minuet in G Minor, BWV Anh. 115 by Christian Petzold (1677-1733) (L. 3, A)
Impertinence, HWV 494 George Frideric Handel (1685-1759) (L. 2, A)
Etude in D Minor op. 82 No. 65 by Cornelius Gurlitt (L. 2, Etude)

🖤RCM Technical Requirements Level 5 in Newzik

🖤Basic Rhythmic Training by Robert Starer

Prepare no. 115
Measures 1-4 - study in your mind first, then clap and ta.
Same thing for measures 5-8
Then put them together!

🖤Celebrate Theory, Level 4, Unit 8

🖤Sight-reading: Czerny Op. 599. Left off at No. 64

BEFORE YOU BEGIN: FOCUS
1. Keep a pulse no matter what and no matter how slow.
2. Don’t fix mistakes in realtime.
3. Let notes go if needed and look ahead to the next landing point.
Paused:
1. Bartok: Mikrocosmos, No. 6
2. J.S. Bach, 6 Preludes, BWV 939-943, No. 4
Finished:
1. Bürgmuller, 25 Etudes, Op. 100

🎨 Color-Focus Practice (NFPER)

At the top of your music, write NFPER using the following color system:

N – Notes – correct pitches and accidentals (🟥 Red)
F – Fingering – consistent, effective finger choices (🟧 Orange)
P – Position – hand shape, posture, and keyboard geography (🟨 Yellow)
E – Expression – phrasing, dynamics, articulation, tone, etc. (🟩 Green)
R – Rhythm – steady pulse, accurate timing, and rests (🟦 Blue)

✅ If you're only recording audio, just use NER.

Step-by-Step Practice Flow

Identify a section to record
Record your section once — video is best, but audio is fine too.
Listen back with one color/goal in mind.
As you listen, mark your music using that color anywhere it needs improvement.
Repeat for each remaining color, one at a time, until all five have been addressed.
Choose a small “spot” section from your markings to fix.

“Spot” until it’s solid — meaning:

✅ 3 times in a row correctly, or
✅ 5 total correct repetitions, then move on.

Focus on one or two colors at a time while practicing that spot.
Use the troubleshooting checklist below if you're stuck.

🔧 Troubleshooting Tips

🎯 If you’ve tried to fix something three times in-a-row and it’s still not working, don’t just repeat it — troubleshoot:

Do you need to slow down?
Should you practice hands alone?
Could you make the spot even smaller?
Would technical exercises help (staccato, accents, etc.)?
Do you need to think ahead more clearly?
Do you need blocking practice?

Sonatina in G Major op 168 No. 2 Allegro moderato by Diabelli

Deux Rigaudon by Jean-Philippe Rameau

June 6, 2026

June 7, 2026 Dustin Gledhill

Summer Schedule

June 24-July 21 - Sleep-away Camp!
August 5-16 - Second camp!
August vacation23-30
September 10, first day of school!

🟥Dustin choose three Baroque options (on the faster side)

🟩Prelude, op. 39, no. 19 by Dmitri Kabalevsky (L. 5, Etude)

Spot the two green sections, hands alone and together. Avoid wobbly wrist.

🟩Theory_05_02_Rhythm

Complete the unit

🟩Technique: Level 5, RCMCP

Learn and practice all of the arpeggios (see the syllabus)

🟩Prelude in G Major (Dear Mother)?

Grieg Lyric Pieces Book I, Op.12 - 2. Waltz (L. 5, C)
Yesterday, J. Lennon & McCartney
Rameau Rigaudon (L. 5, A)
Beethoven Sonatina in F Major, Anh. 5 no 2 (L. 5, B)
Fantasia in E flat Major by Georg Philippine Telemann (L. 5, A)
Sonatina in F Major, op. 168, no. 1. I. Moderato cantabile by Anton Diabelli (L. 4, B)
Air in B-flat Major, HWV 471, by George Frideric Handel (L. 4, A)
Clementi, Sonatina in G Major, Op. 36 No. 2: Movement III (L. 4, B)
Etude in E Minor op 65 no 42 by Carl Albert Loeschhorn (L. 4 Etude)
Masquerade by Linda Niamath (L. 4, Etude)
Clowns by Kabalevsky (L. 3, C)
Arabesque op. 100 no. 2 by Johann Friedrich Burgmüller (1806-1874) (L. 3, Etude)
Sonatina in A Minor op. 94 no. 4 (L. 3, B)
Musette in D Major BWV Anh. 126, attr. Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750) (L. 3, A)
Minuet in G Major, BWV Anh. 114 by Christian Petzold (1677-1733) (L. 3, A)
Minuet in G Minor, BWV Anh. 115 by Christian Petzold (1677-1733) (L. 3, A)
Impertinence, HWV 494 George Frideric Handel (1685-1759) (L. 2, A)
Etude in D Minor op. 82 No. 65 by Cornelius Gurlitt (L. 2, Etude)

🖤RCM Technical Requirements Level 5 in Newzik

🖤Basic Rhythmic Training by Robert Starer

Prepare no. 115
Measures 1-4 - study in your mind first, then clap and ta.
Same thing for measures 5-8
Then put them together!

🖤Celebrate Theory, Level 4, Unit 8

🖤Sight-reading: Czerny Op. 599. Left off at No. 64

BEFORE YOU BEGIN: FOCUS
1. Keep a pulse no matter what and no matter how slow.
2. Don’t fix mistakes in realtime.
3. Let notes go if needed and look ahead to the next landing point.
Paused:
1. Bartok: Mikrocosmos, No. 6
2. J.S. Bach, 6 Preludes, BWV 939-943, No. 4
Finished:
1. Bürgmuller, 25 Etudes, Op. 100

🎨 Color-Focus Practice (NFPER)

At the top of your music, write NFPER using the following color system:

N – Notes – correct pitches and accidentals (🟥 Red)
F – Fingering – consistent, effective finger choices (🟧 Orange)
P – Position – hand shape, posture, and keyboard geography (🟨 Yellow)
E – Expression – phrasing, dynamics, articulation, tone, etc. (🟩 Green)
R – Rhythm – steady pulse, accurate timing, and rests (🟦 Blue)

✅ If you're only recording audio, just use NER.

Step-by-Step Practice Flow

Identify a section to record
Record your section once — video is best, but audio is fine too.
Listen back with one color/goal in mind.
As you listen, mark your music using that color anywhere it needs improvement.
Repeat for each remaining color, one at a time, until all five have been addressed.
Choose a small “spot” section from your markings to fix.

“Spot” until it’s solid — meaning:

✅ 3 times in a row correctly, or
✅ 5 total correct repetitions, then move on.

Focus on one or two colors at a time while practicing that spot.
Use the troubleshooting checklist below if you're stuck.

🔧 Troubleshooting Tips

🎯 If you’ve tried to fix something three times in-a-row and it’s still not working, don’t just repeat it — troubleshoot:

Do you need to slow down?
Should you practice hands alone?
Could you make the spot even smaller?
Would technical exercises help (staccato, accents, etc.)?
Do you need to think ahead more clearly?
Do you need blocking practice?

Sonatina in G Major op 168 No. 2 Allegro moderato by Diabelli

Deux Rigaudon by Jean-Philippe Rameau

May 28, 2026 (45 min)

May 28, 2026 Dustin Gledhill

Summer Schedule

June 24-July 21 - Sleep-away Camp!

August 5-16 - Second camp!

August vacation?

September 10, first day of school!

🟥Come up with a few options for traditional Jewish music?

🟩Grieg Lyric Pieces Book I, Op.12 - 2. Waltz (L. 5, C)

Before the recital - do a round of slow practice and start from several random spots to help your memory. If you have time, hands alone practice is good memory insurance as well.

“Edvard Grieg was a Norwegian composer who loved nature, mountains, and Norwegian folk music, and many of his pieces were inspired by those sounds and landscapes. This Waltz comes from his first book of Lyric Pieces, Opus 12. Even though it’s called a waltz, it feels more expressive and emotional than a ballroom dance” - paraphrase if you’d like

🟩🌟Yesterday, J. Lennon & McCartney

Before the recital - do a round of slow practice and start from several random spots to help your memory. If you have time, hands alone practice is good memory insurance as well.

“Yesterday” was written by John Lennon and Paul McCartney of The Beatles, one of the most famous bands in music history. Paul McCartney said the melody actually came to him in a dream, and at first he worried he had accidentally copied it from another song!” - paraphrase if you’d like

🟩Rameau Rigaudon (L. 5, A)

Practice the yellow section slowly.

“Jean-Philippe Rameau was a French Baroque composer who was also known for his writings about music theory. This Rigaudon was originally written for the harpsichord and is part of a larger suite, which is a collection of dance movements. A Rigaudon is a traditional French dance known for its lively rhythm and clear structure.”

🟪Prelude, op. 39, no. 19 by Dmitri Kabalevsky (L. 5, Etude)

Rhythm at the end needs proper spacing.

🟪Theory Level 5

Start after recital.

🟪Technique: Level 5, RCMCP

Formula pattern & chroamtic

🟩Improvisation Assignment:

Improvise your way through the circle of 5ths.

🟩Four Star Sight-reading and Ear Tests Level 6 (tests PDF)

Online Ear-training Practice: rhythm & intervals.
Here’s a direct link:
https://moodle.rcmusic.com/lms/login/
Email: info@gledhillartscollective.com
Password: dust2789

🟪Music from Zelda?

🟩Prelude in G Major (Dear Mother)?

Beethoven Sonatina in F Major, Anh. 5 no 2 (L. 5, B)
Fantasia in E flat Major by Georg Philippine Telemann (L. 5, A)
Sonatina in F Major, op. 168, no. 1. I. Moderato cantabile by Anton Diabelli (L. 4, B)
Air in B-flat Major, HWV 471, by George Frideric Handel (L. 4, A)
Clementi, Sonatina in G Major, Op. 36 No. 2: Movement III (L. 4, B)
🟩Etude in E Minor op 65 no 42 by Carl Albert Loeschhorn (L. 4 Etude)
Masquerade by Linda Niamath (L. 4, Etude)
Clowns by Kabalevsky (L. 3, C)
Arabesque op. 100 no. 2 by Johann Friedrich Burgmüller (1806-1874) (L. 3, Etude)
🟩Left Alone by Joyce Grill (L. 3, Etude)
Sonatina in A Minor op. 94 no. 4 (L. 3, B)
Sonatina in C Major op. 36 no. 1 by Clementi (L. 3, B)
Musette in D Major BWV Anh. 126, attr. Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750) (L. 3, A)
Minuet in G Major, BWV Anh. 114 by Christian Petzold (1677-1733) (L. 3, A)
🟩Minuet in G Minor, BWV Anh. 115 by Christian Petzold (1677-1733) (L. 3, A)
Impertinence, HWV 494 George Frideric Handel (1685-1759) (L. 2, A)
I Spy by Melody Bober (L. 2, B)
🟩Etude in D Minor op. 82 No. 65 by Cornelius Gurlitt (L. 2, Etude)

🖤RCM Technical Requirements Level 5 in Newzik

🖤Basic Rhythmic Training by Robert Starer

Prepare no. 115
Measures 1-4 - study in your mind first, then clap and ta.
Same thing for measures 5-8
Then put them together!

🖤Celebrate Theory, Level 4, Unit 8

🖤Sight-reading: Czerny Op. 599. Left off at No. 64

BEFORE YOU BEGIN: FOCUS
1. Keep a pulse no matter what and no matter how slow.
2. Don’t fix mistakes in realtime.
3. Let notes go if needed and look ahead to the next landing point.
Paused:
1. Bartok: Mikrocosmos, No. 6
2. J.S. Bach, 6 Preludes, BWV 939-943, No. 4
Finished:
1. Bürgmuller, 25 Etudes, Op. 100

🎨 Color-Focus Practice (NFPER)

At the top of your music, write NFPER using the following color system:

N – Notes – correct pitches and accidentals (🟥 Red)
F – Fingering – consistent, effective finger choices (🟧 Orange)
P – Position – hand shape, posture, and keyboard geography (🟨 Yellow)
E – Expression – phrasing, dynamics, articulation, tone, etc. (🟩 Green)
R – Rhythm – steady pulse, accurate timing, and rests (🟦 Blue)

✅ If you're only recording audio, just use NER.

Step-by-Step Practice Flow

Identify a section to record
Record your section once — video is best, but audio is fine too.
Listen back with one color/goal in mind.
As you listen, mark your music using that color anywhere it needs improvement.
Repeat for each remaining color, one at a time, until all five have been addressed.
Choose a small “spot” section from your markings to fix.

“Spot” until it’s solid — meaning:

✅ 3 times in a row correctly, or
✅ 5 total correct repetitions, then move on.

Focus on one or two colors at a time while practicing that spot.
Use the troubleshooting checklist below if you're stuck.

🔧 Troubleshooting Tips

🎯 If you’ve tried to fix something three times in-a-row and it’s still not working, don’t just repeat it — troubleshoot:

Do you need to slow down?
Should you practice hands alone?
Could you make the spot even smaller?
Would technical exercises help (staccato, accents, etc.)?
Do you need to think ahead more clearly?
Do you need blocking practice?

Sonatina in G Major op 168 No. 2 Allegro moderato by Diabelli

Deux Rigaudon by Jean-Philippe Rameau

May 14, 2026

May 14, 2026 Dustin Gledhill

Summer Schedule

June 24-July 21 - Sleep-away Camp!

August 5-16 - Second camp!

August vacation?

September 10, first day of school!

Final Recital: May 30th 2:15 pm

Goals through December:

RCM level 5

May 2026 in-person? We can work toward your curriculum without hard deadline and then decide if you’d like.

Group class

Performance class

Recital

Yesterday

Prelude

Waltz

Rameau

Beethoven

🟥Come up with a few options for traditional Jewish music?

🟩Prelude, op. 39, no. 19 by Dmitri Kabalevsky (L. 5, Etude) - recital?

Build your speed gradually with each day of practice (only after you’ve played each box 3x in-a-row at one speed). Build speed by 3 markings each.
Then see apply to the whole piece.

Recital 🟩Grieg Lyric Pieces Book I, Op.12 - 2. Waltz (L. 5, C)

Practice this once through with approx. m.m. 96 = quarter note. This may feel painfully slow but it will help solidify your notes / muscle memory. When you have any mistakes, just go back a measure to correct it and resume. Pay special attention to the B section.

Recital 🟩🌟Yesterday, J. Lennon & McCartney

Let’s do the first repeat.
Practice starting from random measures.

🟪Technique: Level 5, RCMCP

Go back to scales.

Recital 🟪Rameau Rigaudon (L. 5, A)

m.m. 76-ish once through each day. If there are issues, just go back one measure to correct. At this tempo, you have the ability to get all the markings so focus on expression.

💚Improvisation Assignment:

Improvise your way through the circle of 5ths.

🔨🟩Beethoven Sonatina in F Major, Anh. 5 no 2 (L. 5, B)

Please focus on the rhythm issues highlighted in the music (second pages)

🔨🟩Fantasia in E flat Major by Georg Philippine Telemann (L. 5, A)

Slow down a bit and keep this rhythmically strong.

💚Four Star Sight-reading and Ear Tests Level 5 (tests PDF)

Online Ear-training Practice: rhythm & intervals.
Here’s a direct link:
https://moodle.rcmusic.com/lms/login/
Email: info@gledhillartscollective.com
Password: dust2789

🟩Prelude in G Major (Dear Mother)?

🟩A Summer Day by Christopher Norton (L. 5, Etude)

🖤Let it Be, J. Lennon & McCartney

Revisit when we’re done with Yesterday

Sonatina in F Major, op. 168, no. 1. I. Moderato cantabile by Anton Diabelli (L. 4, B)
Air in B-flat Major, HWV 471, by George Frideric Handel (L. 4, A)
Clementi, Sonatina in G Major, Op. 36 No. 2: Movement III (L. 4, B)
🟩Etude in E Minor op 65 no 42 by Carl Albert Loeschhorn (L. 4 Etude)
Masquerade by Linda Niamath (L. 4, Etude)
Clowns by Kabalevsky (L. 3, C)
Arabesque op. 100 no. 2 by Johann Friedrich Burgmüller (1806-1874) (L. 3, Etude)
🟩Left Alone by Joyce Grill (L. 3, Etude)
Sonatina in A Minor op. 94 no. 4 (L. 3, B)
Sonatina in C Major op. 36 no. 1 by Clementi (L. 3, B)
Musette in D Major BWV Anh. 126, attr. Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750) (L. 3, A)
Minuet in G Major, BWV Anh. 114 by Christian Petzold (1677-1733) (L. 3, A)
🟩Minuet in G Minor, BWV Anh. 115 by Christian Petzold (1677-1733) (L. 3, A)
Impertinence, HWV 494 George Frideric Handel (1685-1759) (L. 2, A)
I Spy by Melody Bober (L. 2, B)
Canon in A Minor by Cornelius Gurlitt (L. 2, C)
🟩Etude in D Minor op. 82 No. 65 by Cornelius Gurlitt (L. 2, Etude)

🖤RCM Technical Requirements Level 5 in Newzik

🖤Basic Rhythmic Training by Robert Starer

Prepare no. 115
Measures 1-4 - study in your mind first, then clap and ta.
Same thing for measures 5-8
Then put them together!

🖤Celebrate Theory, Level 4, Unit 8

🖤Sight-reading: Czerny Op. 599. Left off at No. 64

BEFORE YOU BEGIN: FOCUS
1. Keep a pulse no matter what and no matter how slow.
2. Don’t fix mistakes in realtime.
3. Let notes go if needed and look ahead to the next landing point.
Paused:
1. Bartok: Mikrocosmos, No. 6
2. J.S. Bach, 6 Preludes, BWV 939-943, No. 4
Finished:
1. Bürgmuller, 25 Etudes, Op. 100

🎨 Color-Focus Practice (NFPER)

At the top of your music, write NFPER using the following color system:

N – Notes – correct pitches and accidentals (🟥 Red)
F – Fingering – consistent, effective finger choices (🟧 Orange)
P – Position – hand shape, posture, and keyboard geography (🟨 Yellow)
E – Expression – phrasing, dynamics, articulation, tone, etc. (🟩 Green)
R – Rhythm – steady pulse, accurate timing, and rests (🟦 Blue)

✅ If you're only recording audio, just use NER.

Step-by-Step Practice Flow

Identify a section to record
Record your section once — video is best, but audio is fine too.
Listen back with one color/goal in mind.
As you listen, mark your music using that color anywhere it needs improvement.
Repeat for each remaining color, one at a time, until all five have been addressed.
Choose a small “spot” section from your markings to fix.

“Spot” until it’s solid — meaning:

✅ 3 times in a row correctly, or
✅ 5 total correct repetitions, then move on.

Focus on one or two colors at a time while practicing that spot.
Use the troubleshooting checklist below if you're stuck.

🔧 Troubleshooting Tips

🎯 If you’ve tried to fix something three times in-a-row and it’s still not working, don’t just repeat it — troubleshoot:

Do you need to slow down?
Should you practice hands alone?
Could you make the spot even smaller?
Would technical exercises help (staccato, accents, etc.)?
Do you need to think ahead more clearly?
Do you need blocking practice?

Sonatina in G Major op 168 No. 2 Allegro moderato by Diabelli

Deux Rigaudon by Jean-Philippe Rameau

May 9, 2026

May 9, 2026 Dustin Gledhill

Summer Schedule

June 24-July 21 - Sleep-away Camp!

August 5-16 - Second camp!

August vacation?

September 10, first day of school!

Final Recital: May 30th 2:15 pm

Goals through December:

RCM level 5

May 2026 in-person? We can work toward your curriculum without hard deadline and then decide if you’d like.

Group class

Performance class

Recital

Yesterday

Prelude

Waltz

Rameau

Beethoven

🟪🟪Come up with a few options for traditional Jewish music?

🟩Prelude, op. 39, no. 19 by Dmitri Kabalevsky (L. 5, Etude)

See the red boxes. Spot each of them with m.m. 60 per quarter note, three times in-a-row correctly. Goal is precise rhythm, fingering, and notes. Build your speed gradually with each day of practice (only after you’ve played each box 3x in-a-row at one speed).

Recital 🟩Grieg Lyric Pieces Book I, Op.12 - 2. Waltz (L. 5, C)

Practice this once through with approx. m.m. 80 = quarter note. This may feel painfully slow but it will help solidify your notes / muscle memory. When you have any mistakes, just go back a measure to correct it and resume.

Recital 🟩🌟Yesterday, J. Lennon & McCartney

Let’s do the first repeat.
Please listen to and practice with the audio titled “Measures 8 to 10.” We’re trying to fix the repeat here.

🟪Technique: Level 5, RCMCP

Go back to scales.

Recital 🟩Rameau Rigaudon (L. 5, A)

m.m. 76-ish once through each day. If there are issues, just go back one measure to correct. At this tempo, you have the ability to get all the markings so focus on expression.

💚Improvisation Assignment:

Improvise your way through the circle of 5ths.

🔨🟩Beethoven Sonatina in F Major, Anh. 5 no 2 (L. 5, B)

Please focus on the rhythm issues highlighted in the music (second pages)

🔨🟩Fantasia in E flat Major by Georg Philippine Telemann (L. 5, A)

Slow down a bit and keep this rhythmically strong.

💚Four Star Sight-reading and Ear Tests Level 5 (tests PDF)

Online Ear-training Practice: rhythm & intervals.
Here’s a direct link:
https://moodle.rcmusic.com/lms/login/
Email: info@gledhillartscollective.com
Password: dust2789

⬛️A Summer Day by Christopher Norton (L. 5, Etude)

🖤Let it Be, J. Lennon & McCartney

Revisit when we’re done with Yesterday

Sonatina in F Major, op. 168, no. 1. I. Moderato cantabile by Anton Diabelli (L. 4, B)
Air in B-flat Major, HWV 471, by George Frideric Handel (L. 4, A)
Clementi, Sonatina in G Major, Op. 36 No. 2: Movement III (L. 4, B)
🟩Etude in E Minor op 65 no 42 by Carl Albert Loeschhorn (L. 4 Etude)
Masquerade by Linda Niamath (L. 4, Etude)
Clowns by Kabalevsky (L. 3, C)
Arabesque op. 100 no. 2 by Johann Friedrich Burgmüller (1806-1874) (L. 3, Etude)
🟩Left Alone by Joyce Grill (L. 3, Etude)
Sonatina in A Minor op. 94 no. 4 (L. 3, B)
Sonatina in C Major op. 36 no. 1 by Clementi (L. 3, B)
Musette in D Major BWV Anh. 126, attr. Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750) (L. 3, A)
Minuet in G Major, BWV Anh. 114 by Christian Petzold (1677-1733) (L. 3, A)
🟩Minuet in G Minor, BWV Anh. 115 by Christian Petzold (1677-1733) (L. 3, A)
Impertinence, HWV 494 George Frideric Handel (1685-1759) (L. 2, A)
I Spy by Melody Bober (L. 2, B)
Canon in A Minor by Cornelius Gurlitt (L. 2, C)
🟩Etude in D Minor op. 82 No. 65 by Cornelius Gurlitt (L. 2, Etude)

🖤RCM Technical Requirements Level 5 in Newzik

🖤Basic Rhythmic Training by Robert Starer

Prepare no. 115
Measures 1-4 - study in your mind first, then clap and ta.
Same thing for measures 5-8
Then put them together!

🖤Celebrate Theory, Level 4, Unit 8

🖤Sight-reading: Czerny Op. 599. Left off at No. 64

BEFORE YOU BEGIN: FOCUS
1. Keep a pulse no matter what and no matter how slow.
2. Don’t fix mistakes in realtime.
3. Let notes go if needed and look ahead to the next landing point.
Paused:
1. Bartok: Mikrocosmos, No. 6
2. J.S. Bach, 6 Preludes, BWV 939-943, No. 4
Finished:
1. Bürgmuller, 25 Etudes, Op. 100

🎨 Color-Focus Practice (NFPER)

At the top of your music, write NFPER using the following color system:

N – Notes – correct pitches and accidentals (🟥 Red)
F – Fingering – consistent, effective finger choices (🟧 Orange)
P – Position – hand shape, posture, and keyboard geography (🟨 Yellow)
E – Expression – phrasing, dynamics, articulation, tone, etc. (🟩 Green)
R – Rhythm – steady pulse, accurate timing, and rests (🟦 Blue)

✅ If you're only recording audio, just use NER.

Step-by-Step Practice Flow

Identify a section to record
Record your section once — video is best, but audio is fine too.
Listen back with one color/goal in mind.
As you listen, mark your music using that color anywhere it needs improvement.
Repeat for each remaining color, one at a time, until all five have been addressed.
Choose a small “spot” section from your markings to fix.

“Spot” until it’s solid — meaning:

✅ 3 times in a row correctly, or
✅ 5 total correct repetitions, then move on.

Focus on one or two colors at a time while practicing that spot.
Use the troubleshooting checklist below if you're stuck.

🔧 Troubleshooting Tips

🎯 If you’ve tried to fix something three times in-a-row and it’s still not working, don’t just repeat it — troubleshoot:

Do you need to slow down?
Should you practice hands alone?
Could you make the spot even smaller?
Would technical exercises help (staccato, accents, etc.)?
Do you need to think ahead more clearly?
Do you need blocking practice?

Sonatina in G Major op 168 No. 2 Allegro moderato by Diabelli

Deux Rigaudon by Jean-Philippe Rameau

May 3, 2026 (Group Class In-Person)

May 3, 2026 Dustin Gledhill

Final Recital: May 30th 2:15 pm

Group Class: May 2nd (morning & afternoon) and May 3rd (afternoon)

Rameau

Goals through December:

RCM level 5

May 2026 in-person? We can work toward your curriculum without hard deadline and then decide if you’d like.

Group class

Performance class

Recital

Yesterday

Prelude

Waltz

Rameau

Beethoven

🟪Come up with a few options for traditional Jewish music?

🟩Prelude, op. 39, no. 19 by Dmitri Kabalevsky (L. 5, Etude)

Speed-build in chunks of 2-4 measures. Gradually, using m.m. 88 to 104.

Recital 🟩Grieg Lyric Pieces Book I, Op.12 - 2. Waltz (L. 5, C)

Fix the fingering in the last system - RH.

Recital 🟪Yesterday, J. Lennon & McCartney

Fix any markings in the music. They mostly deal with rhythm, texture, and pedal.
Pass off by memory at group class.

🟪Technique: Level 5, RCMCP

Go back to scales.

Recital 🟩Rameau Rigaudon (L. 5, A)

Spot mm. 29-32 for note / rhythm accuracy. I would do RH, LH alone with repetition, then together. Repeat if necessary.

💚Improvisation Assignment:

Improvise your way through the circle of 5ths.

🔨🟩Beethoven Sonatina in F Major, Anh. 5 no 2 (L. 5, B)

Please focus on the rhythm issues highlighted in the music (second pages)

🔨🟩Fantasia in E flat Major by Georg Philippine Telemann (L. 5, A)

Slow down a bit and keep this rhythmically strong.

💚Four Star Sight-reading and Ear Tests Level 5 (tests PDF)

Online Ear-training Practice: rhythm & intervals.
Here’s a direct link:
https://moodle.rcmusic.com/lms/login/
Email: info@gledhillartscollective.com
Password: dust2789

⬛️A Summer Day by Christopher Norton (L. 5, Etude)

🖤Let it Be, J. Lennon & McCartney

Revisit when we’re done with Yesterday

Sonatina in F Major, op. 168, no. 1. I. Moderato cantabile by Anton Diabelli (L. 4, B)
Air in B-flat Major, HWV 471, by George Frideric Handel (L. 4, A)
Clementi, Sonatina in G Major, Op. 36 No. 2: Movement III (L. 4, B)
🟩Etude in E Minor op 65 no 42 by Carl Albert Loeschhorn (L. 4 Etude)
Masquerade by Linda Niamath (L. 4, Etude)
Clowns by Kabalevsky (L. 3, C)
Arabesque op. 100 no. 2 by Johann Friedrich Burgmüller (1806-1874) (L. 3, Etude)
🟩Left Alone by Joyce Grill (L. 3, Etude)
Sonatina in A Minor op. 94 no. 4 (L. 3, B)
Sonatina in C Major op. 36 no. 1 by Clementi (L. 3, B)
Musette in D Major BWV Anh. 126, attr. Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750) (L. 3, A)
Minuet in G Major, BWV Anh. 114 by Christian Petzold (1677-1733) (L. 3, A)
🟩Minuet in G Minor, BWV Anh. 115 by Christian Petzold (1677-1733) (L. 3, A)
Impertinence, HWV 494 George Frideric Handel (1685-1759) (L. 2, A)
I Spy by Melody Bober (L. 2, B)
Canon in A Minor by Cornelius Gurlitt (L. 2, C)
🟩Etude in D Minor op. 82 No. 65 by Cornelius Gurlitt (L. 2, Etude)

🖤RCM Technical Requirements Level 5 in Newzik

🖤Basic Rhythmic Training by Robert Starer

Prepare no. 115
Measures 1-4 - study in your mind first, then clap and ta.
Same thing for measures 5-8
Then put them together!

🖤Celebrate Theory, Level 4, Unit 8

🖤Sight-reading: Czerny Op. 599. Left off at No. 64

BEFORE YOU BEGIN: FOCUS
1. Keep a pulse no matter what and no matter how slow.
2. Don’t fix mistakes in realtime.
3. Let notes go if needed and look ahead to the next landing point.
Paused:
1. Bartok: Mikrocosmos, No. 6
2. J.S. Bach, 6 Preludes, BWV 939-943, No. 4
Finished:
1. Bürgmuller, 25 Etudes, Op. 100

🎨 Color-Focus Practice (NFPER)

At the top of your music, write NFPER using the following color system:

N – Notes – correct pitches and accidentals (🟥 Red)
F – Fingering – consistent, effective finger choices (🟧 Orange)
P – Position – hand shape, posture, and keyboard geography (🟨 Yellow)
E – Expression – phrasing, dynamics, articulation, tone, etc. (🟩 Green)
R – Rhythm – steady pulse, accurate timing, and rests (🟦 Blue)

✅ If you're only recording audio, just use NER.

Step-by-Step Practice Flow

Identify a section to record
Record your section once — video is best, but audio is fine too.
Listen back with one color/goal in mind.
As you listen, mark your music using that color anywhere it needs improvement.
Repeat for each remaining color, one at a time, until all five have been addressed.
Choose a small “spot” section from your markings to fix.

“Spot” until it’s solid — meaning:

✅ 3 times in a row correctly, or
✅ 5 total correct repetitions, then move on.

Focus on one or two colors at a time while practicing that spot.
Use the troubleshooting checklist below if you're stuck.

🔧 Troubleshooting Tips

🎯 If you’ve tried to fix something three times in-a-row and it’s still not working, don’t just repeat it — troubleshoot:

Do you need to slow down?
Should you practice hands alone?
Could you make the spot even smaller?
Would technical exercises help (staccato, accents, etc.)?
Do you need to think ahead more clearly?
Do you need blocking practice?

Sonatina in G Major op 168 No. 2 Allegro moderato by Diabelli

Deux Rigaudon by Jean-Philippe Rameau

April 30, 2026

April 30, 2026 Dustin Gledhill

Final Recital: May 30th 2:15 pm

Group Class: May 2nd (morning & afternoon) and May 3rd (afternoon)

Rameau

Goals through December:

RCM level 5

May 2026 in-person? We can work toward your curriculum without hard deadline and then decide if you’d like.

Group class

Performance class

Recital

Yesterday

Prelude

Waltz

Rameau

Beethoven

🟪Come up with a few options for traditional Jewish music?

🟩Prelude, op. 39, no. 19 by Dmitri Kabalevsky (L. 5, Etude)

Speed-build in chunks of 2-4 measures. Gradually, using m.m. 88 to 104.

Recital 🟩Grieg Lyric Pieces Book I, Op.12 - 2. Waltz (L. 5, C)

Fix the fingering in the last system - RH.

Recital 🟪Yesterday, J. Lennon & McCartney

Fix any markings in the music. They mostly deal with rhythm, texture, and pedal.
Pass off by memory at group class.

🟪Technique: Level 5, RCMCP

Go back to scales.

Recital 🟩Rameau Rigaudon (L. 5, A)

Spot mm. 29-32 for note / rhythm accuracy. I would do RH, LH alone with repetition, then together. Repeat if necessary.

💚Improvisation Assignment:

Improvise your way through the circle of 5ths.

🔨🟩Beethoven Sonatina in F Major, Anh. 5 no 2 (L. 5, B)

Please focus on the rhythm issues highlighted in the music (second pages)

🔨🟩Fantasia in E flat Major by Georg Philippine Telemann (L. 5, A)

Slow down a bit and keep this rhythmically strong.

💚Four Star Sight-reading and Ear Tests Level 5 (tests PDF)

Online Ear-training Practice: rhythm & intervals.
Here’s a direct link:
https://moodle.rcmusic.com/lms/login/
Email: info@gledhillartscollective.com
Password: dust2789

⬛️A Summer Day by Christopher Norton (L. 5, Etude)

🖤Let it Be, J. Lennon & McCartney

Revisit when we’re done with Yesterday

Sonatina in F Major, op. 168, no. 1. I. Moderato cantabile by Anton Diabelli (L. 4, B)
Air in B-flat Major, HWV 471, by George Frideric Handel (L. 4, A)
Clementi, Sonatina in G Major, Op. 36 No. 2: Movement III (L. 4, B)
🟩Etude in E Minor op 65 no 42 by Carl Albert Loeschhorn (L. 4 Etude)
Masquerade by Linda Niamath (L. 4, Etude)
Clowns by Kabalevsky (L. 3, C)
Arabesque op. 100 no. 2 by Johann Friedrich Burgmüller (1806-1874) (L. 3, Etude)
🟩Left Alone by Joyce Grill (L. 3, Etude)
Sonatina in A Minor op. 94 no. 4 (L. 3, B)
Sonatina in C Major op. 36 no. 1 by Clementi (L. 3, B)
Musette in D Major BWV Anh. 126, attr. Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750) (L. 3, A)
Minuet in G Major, BWV Anh. 114 by Christian Petzold (1677-1733) (L. 3, A)
🟩Minuet in G Minor, BWV Anh. 115 by Christian Petzold (1677-1733) (L. 3, A)
Impertinence, HWV 494 George Frideric Handel (1685-1759) (L. 2, A)
I Spy by Melody Bober (L. 2, B)
Canon in A Minor by Cornelius Gurlitt (L. 2, C)
🟩Etude in D Minor op. 82 No. 65 by Cornelius Gurlitt (L. 2, Etude)

🖤RCM Technical Requirements Level 5 in Newzik

🖤Basic Rhythmic Training by Robert Starer

Prepare no. 115
Measures 1-4 - study in your mind first, then clap and ta.
Same thing for measures 5-8
Then put them together!

🖤Celebrate Theory, Level 4, Unit 8

🖤Sight-reading: Czerny Op. 599. Left off at No. 64

BEFORE YOU BEGIN: FOCUS
1. Keep a pulse no matter what and no matter how slow.
2. Don’t fix mistakes in realtime.
3. Let notes go if needed and look ahead to the next landing point.
Paused:
1. Bartok: Mikrocosmos, No. 6
2. J.S. Bach, 6 Preludes, BWV 939-943, No. 4
Finished:
1. Bürgmuller, 25 Etudes, Op. 100

🎨 Color-Focus Practice (NFPER)

At the top of your music, write NFPER using the following color system:

N – Notes – correct pitches and accidentals (🟥 Red)
F – Fingering – consistent, effective finger choices (🟧 Orange)
P – Position – hand shape, posture, and keyboard geography (🟨 Yellow)
E – Expression – phrasing, dynamics, articulation, tone, etc. (🟩 Green)
R – Rhythm – steady pulse, accurate timing, and rests (🟦 Blue)

✅ If you're only recording audio, just use NER.

Step-by-Step Practice Flow

Identify a section to record
Record your section once — video is best, but audio is fine too.
Listen back with one color/goal in mind.
As you listen, mark your music using that color anywhere it needs improvement.
Repeat for each remaining color, one at a time, until all five have been addressed.
Choose a small “spot” section from your markings to fix.

“Spot” until it’s solid — meaning:

✅ 3 times in a row correctly, or
✅ 5 total correct repetitions, then move on.

Focus on one or two colors at a time while practicing that spot.
Use the troubleshooting checklist below if you're stuck.

🔧 Troubleshooting Tips

🎯 If you’ve tried to fix something three times in-a-row and it’s still not working, don’t just repeat it — troubleshoot:

Do you need to slow down?
Should you practice hands alone?
Could you make the spot even smaller?
Would technical exercises help (staccato, accents, etc.)?
Do you need to think ahead more clearly?
Do you need blocking practice?

Sonatina in G Major op 168 No. 2 Allegro moderato by Diabelli

Deux Rigaudon by Jean-Philippe Rameau

April 23, 2026

April 23, 2026 Dustin Gledhill

Final Recital: May 30th 2:15 pm

Group Class: May 2nd (morning & afternoon) and May 3rd (afternoon)

Rameau

Goals through December:

RCM level 5

May 2026 in-person? We can work toward your curriculum without hard deadline and then decide if you’d like.

Group class

Performance class

Recital

Yesterday

Prelude

Waltz

Rameau

Beethoven

🟩Come up with a few options for traditional Jewish music?

🟩Prelude, op. 39, no. 19 by Dmitri Kabalevsky (L. 5, Etude)

Spot last system - RH, LH, HT - Do accent practice, every other note, then in groups of four. Stick to no more than 1.5 measures at first. Then expand your section.

🟩Grieg Lyric Pieces Book I, Op.12 - 2. Waltz (L. 5, C)

Speed-build with expression as your focus, using the phrasing we put in the music.

🟩Yesterday, J. Lennon & McCartney

Fix any markings in the music. They mostly deal with rhythm, texture, and pedal.
Next week we’ll work memorization / fine tune

🟩Technique: Level 5, RCMCP

Go back to scales.

Recital🟩Rameau Rigaudon (L. 5, A)

Spot mm. 29-32 for note / rhythm accuracy. I would do RH, LH alone with repetition, then together. Repeat if necessary.

💚Improvisation Assignment:

Improvise your way through the circle of 5ths.

🔨💜Beethoven Sonatina in F Major, Anh. 5 no 2 (L. 5, B)

Focus on this is expression. Greater louds, softer softs!

🔨💜Fantasia in E flat Major by Georg Philippine Telemann (L. 5, A)

Subtle slow-down at the end.

💚Four Star Sight-reading and Ear Tests Level 5 (tests PDF)

Online Ear-training Practice: rhythm & intervals.
Here’s a direct link:
https://moodle.rcmusic.com/lms/login/
Email: info@gledhillartscollective.com
Password: dust2789

⬛️A Summer Day by Christopher Norton (L. 5, Etude)

🖤Let it Be, J. Lennon & McCartney

Revisit when we’re done with Yesterday

Sonatina in F Major, op. 168, no. 1. I. Moderato cantabile by Anton Diabelli (L. 4, B)
Air in B-flat Major, HWV 471, by George Frideric Handel (L. 4, A)
Clementi, Sonatina in G Major, Op. 36 No. 2: Movement III (L. 4, B)
🟩Etude in E Minor op 65 no 42 by Carl Albert Loeschhorn (L. 4 Etude)
Masquerade by Linda Niamath (L. 4, Etude)
Clowns by Kabalevsky (L. 3, C)
Arabesque op. 100 no. 2 by Johann Friedrich Burgmüller (1806-1874) (L. 3, Etude)
🟩Left Alone by Joyce Grill (L. 3, Etude)
Sonatina in A Minor op. 94 no. 4 (L. 3, B)
Sonatina in C Major op. 36 no. 1 by Clementi (L. 3, B)
Musette in D Major BWV Anh. 126, attr. Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750) (L. 3, A)
Minuet in G Major, BWV Anh. 114 by Christian Petzold (1677-1733) (L. 3, A)
🟩Minuet in G Minor, BWV Anh. 115 by Christian Petzold (1677-1733) (L. 3, A)
Impertinence, HWV 494 George Frideric Handel (1685-1759) (L. 2, A)
I Spy by Melody Bober (L. 2, B)
Canon in A Minor by Cornelius Gurlitt (L. 2, C)
🟩Etude in D Minor op. 82 No. 65 by Cornelius Gurlitt (L. 2, Etude)

🖤RCM Technical Requirements Level 5 in Newzik

🖤Basic Rhythmic Training by Robert Starer

Prepare no. 115
Measures 1-4 - study in your mind first, then clap and ta.
Same thing for measures 5-8
Then put them together!

🖤Celebrate Theory, Level 4, Unit 8

🖤Sight-reading: Czerny Op. 599. Left off at No. 64

BEFORE YOU BEGIN: FOCUS
1. Keep a pulse no matter what and no matter how slow.
2. Don’t fix mistakes in realtime.
3. Let notes go if needed and look ahead to the next landing point.
Paused:
1. Bartok: Mikrocosmos, No. 6
2. J.S. Bach, 6 Preludes, BWV 939-943, No. 4
Finished:
1. Bürgmuller, 25 Etudes, Op. 100

🎨 Color-Focus Practice (NFPER)

At the top of your music, write NFPER using the following color system:

N – Notes – correct pitches and accidentals (🟥 Red)
F – Fingering – consistent, effective finger choices (🟧 Orange)
P – Position – hand shape, posture, and keyboard geography (🟨 Yellow)
E – Expression – phrasing, dynamics, articulation, tone, etc. (🟩 Green)
R – Rhythm – steady pulse, accurate timing, and rests (🟦 Blue)

✅ If you're only recording audio, just use NER.

Step-by-Step Practice Flow

Identify a section to record
Record your section once — video is best, but audio is fine too.
Listen back with one color/goal in mind.
As you listen, mark your music using that color anywhere it needs improvement.
Repeat for each remaining color, one at a time, until all five have been addressed.
Choose a small “spot” section from your markings to fix.

“Spot” until it’s solid — meaning:

✅ 3 times in a row correctly, or
✅ 5 total correct repetitions, then move on.

Focus on one or two colors at a time while practicing that spot.
Use the troubleshooting checklist below if you're stuck.

🔧 Troubleshooting Tips

🎯 If you’ve tried to fix something three times in-a-row and it’s still not working, don’t just repeat it — troubleshoot:

Do you need to slow down?
Should you practice hands alone?
Could you make the spot even smaller?
Would technical exercises help (staccato, accents, etc.)?
Do you need to think ahead more clearly?
Do you need blocking practice?

Sonatina in G Major op 168 No. 2 Allegro moderato by Diabelli

Deux Rigaudon by Jean-Philippe Rameau

April 16, 2026

April 16, 2026 Dustin Gledhill

Final Recital: May 30th 2:15 pm

Group Class: May 2nd (morning & afternoon) and May 3rd (afternoon)

Rameau

Goals through December:

RCM level 5

May 2026 in-person? We can work toward your curriculum without hard deadline and then decide if you’d like.

Group class

Performance class

Recital

🟩Prelude, op. 39, no. 19 by Dmitri Kabalevsky (L. 5, Etude)

Let’s have a goal for this to be ready for May 30th’s recital.
Continue slow practice with expressive exaggeration.

🟩Grieg Lyric Pieces Book I, Op.12 - 2. Waltz (L. 5, C)

Speed-build with expression as your focus, using the phrasing we put in the music.

💜Yesterday, J. Lennon & McCartney

Texture with any repeated notes should be very soft.
Then focus on repeated note textures not being faster than the rest of the piece.

💚Technique: Level 5, RCMCP

Practice all arpeggios

💜Rameau Rigaudon (L. 5, A)

Pass at group class by memory.

💚Improvisation Assignment:

Improvise your way through the circle of 5ths.

🔨💜Beethoven Sonatina in F Major, Anh. 5 no 2 (L. 5, B)

Focus on this is expression. Greater louds, softer softs!

🔨💜Fantasia in E flat Major by Georg Philippine Telemann (L. 5, A)

Subtle slow-down at the end.

💚Four Star Sight-reading and Ear Tests Level 5 (tests PDF)

Online Ear-training Practice: rhythm & intervals.
Here’s a direct link:
https://moodle.rcmusic.com/lms/login/
Email: info@gledhillartscollective.com
Password: dust2789

⬛️A Summer Day by Christopher Norton (L. 5, Etude)

🖤Let it Be, J. Lennon & McCartney

Revisit when we’re done with Yesterday

Sonatina in F Major, op. 168, no. 1. I. Moderato cantabile by Anton Diabelli (L. 4, B)
Air in B-flat Major, HWV 471, by George Frideric Handel (L. 4, A)
Clementi, Sonatina in G Major, Op. 36 No. 2: Movement III (L. 4, B)
🟩Etude in E Minor op 65 no 42 by Carl Albert Loeschhorn (L. 4 Etude)
Masquerade by Linda Niamath (L. 4, Etude)
Clowns by Kabalevsky (L. 3, C)
Arabesque op. 100 no. 2 by Johann Friedrich Burgmüller (1806-1874) (L. 3, Etude)
🟩Left Alone by Joyce Grill (L. 3, Etude)
Sonatina in A Minor op. 94 no. 4 (L. 3, B)
Sonatina in C Major op. 36 no. 1 by Clementi (L. 3, B)
Musette in D Major BWV Anh. 126, attr. Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750) (L. 3, A)
Minuet in G Major, BWV Anh. 114 by Christian Petzold (1677-1733) (L. 3, A)
🟩Minuet in G Minor, BWV Anh. 115 by Christian Petzold (1677-1733) (L. 3, A)
Impertinence, HWV 494 George Frideric Handel (1685-1759) (L. 2, A)
I Spy by Melody Bober (L. 2, B)
Canon in A Minor by Cornelius Gurlitt (L. 2, C)
🟩Etude in D Minor op. 82 No. 65 by Cornelius Gurlitt (L. 2, Etude)

🖤RCM Technical Requirements Level 5 in Newzik

🖤Basic Rhythmic Training by Robert Starer

Prepare no. 115
Measures 1-4 - study in your mind first, then clap and ta.
Same thing for measures 5-8
Then put them together!

🖤Celebrate Theory, Level 4, Unit 8

🖤Sight-reading: Czerny Op. 599. Left off at No. 64

BEFORE YOU BEGIN: FOCUS
1. Keep a pulse no matter what and no matter how slow.
2. Don’t fix mistakes in realtime.
3. Let notes go if needed and look ahead to the next landing point.
Paused:
1. Bartok: Mikrocosmos, No. 6
2. J.S. Bach, 6 Preludes, BWV 939-943, No. 4
Finished:
1. Bürgmuller, 25 Etudes, Op. 100

🎨 Color-Focus Practice (NFPER)

At the top of your music, write NFPER using the following color system:

N – Notes – correct pitches and accidentals (🟥 Red)
F – Fingering – consistent, effective finger choices (🟧 Orange)
P – Position – hand shape, posture, and keyboard geography (🟨 Yellow)
E – Expression – phrasing, dynamics, articulation, tone, etc. (🟩 Green)
R – Rhythm – steady pulse, accurate timing, and rests (🟦 Blue)

✅ If you're only recording audio, just use NER.

Step-by-Step Practice Flow

Identify a section to record
Record your section once — video is best, but audio is fine too.
Listen back with one color/goal in mind.
As you listen, mark your music using that color anywhere it needs improvement.
Repeat for each remaining color, one at a time, until all five have been addressed.
Choose a small “spot” section from your markings to fix.

“Spot” until it’s solid — meaning:

✅ 3 times in a row correctly, or
✅ 5 total correct repetitions, then move on.

Focus on one or two colors at a time while practicing that spot.
Use the troubleshooting checklist below if you're stuck.

🔧 Troubleshooting Tips

🎯 If you’ve tried to fix something three times in-a-row and it’s still not working, don’t just repeat it — troubleshoot:

Do you need to slow down?
Should you practice hands alone?
Could you make the spot even smaller?
Would technical exercises help (staccato, accents, etc.)?
Do you need to think ahead more clearly?
Do you need blocking practice?

Sonatina in G Major op 168 No. 2 Allegro moderato by Diabelli

Deux Rigaudon by Jean-Philippe Rameau

April 9, 2026

April 9, 2026 Dustin Gledhill

Final Recital: May 30th 2:15 pm

Group Class: May 2nd (morning & afternoon) and May 3rd (afternoon)

Rameau

Goals through December:

RCM level 5

May 2026 in-person? We can work toward your curriculum without hard deadline and then decide if you’d like.

Group class

Performance class

Recital

🟩Prelude, op. 39, no. 19 by Dmitri Kabalevsky (L. 5, Etude)

Learn two measures at a time, slow-mo practice, exaggerating the expression.

🟩Grieg Lyric Pieces Book I, Op.12 - 2. Waltz (L. 5, C)

Fix green and orange top of page 2.
Looking for softer piano markings
softer pp markings
More lyrical B section
Practice slower to get rid of studder playing

💚Yesterday, J. Lennon & McCartney

Texture with any repeated notes should be very soft.
Then focus on repeated note textures not being faster than the rest of the piece.

💜Technique: Level 5, RCMCP

Practice all V7 chords.

💚Rameau Rigaudon (L. 5, A)

Pass at group class by memory.

💜Improvisation Assignment:

Explore more textures, registers, and cantabile sound with quiet accompaniment

🔨💚Beethoven Sonatina in F Major, Anh. 5 no 2 (L. 5, B)

Focus on this is expression. Greater louds, softer softs!

🔨💚Fantasia in E flat Major by Georg Philippine Telemann (L. 5, A)

Subtle slow-down at the end.

💚Four Star Sight-reading and Ear Tests Level 5 (tests PDF)

Online Ear-training Practice: rhythm & intervals.
Here’s a direct link:
https://moodle.rcmusic.com/lms/login/
Email: info@gledhillartscollective.com
Password: dust2789

⬛️A Summer Day by Christopher Norton (L. 5, Etude)

🖤Let it Be, J. Lennon & McCartney

Revisit when we’re done with Yesterday

Sonatina in F Major, op. 168, no. 1. I. Moderato cantabile by Anton Diabelli (L. 4, B)
Air in B-flat Major, HWV 471, by George Frideric Handel (L. 4, A)
Clementi, Sonatina in G Major, Op. 36 No. 2: Movement III (L. 4, B)
🟩Etude in E Minor op 65 no 42 by Carl Albert Loeschhorn (L. 4 Etude)
Masquerade by Linda Niamath (L. 4, Etude)
Clowns by Kabalevsky (L. 3, C)
Arabesque op. 100 no. 2 by Johann Friedrich Burgmüller (1806-1874) (L. 3, Etude)
🟩Left Alone by Joyce Grill (L. 3, Etude)
Sonatina in A Minor op. 94 no. 4 (L. 3, B)
Sonatina in C Major op. 36 no. 1 by Clementi (L. 3, B)
Musette in D Major BWV Anh. 126, attr. Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750) (L. 3, A)
Minuet in G Major, BWV Anh. 114 by Christian Petzold (1677-1733) (L. 3, A)
🟩Minuet in G Minor, BWV Anh. 115 by Christian Petzold (1677-1733) (L. 3, A)
Impertinence, HWV 494 George Frideric Handel (1685-1759) (L. 2, A)
I Spy by Melody Bober (L. 2, B)
Canon in A Minor by Cornelius Gurlitt (L. 2, C)
🟩Etude in D Minor op. 82 No. 65 by Cornelius Gurlitt (L. 2, Etude)

🖤RCM Technical Requirements Level 5 in Newzik

🖤Basic Rhythmic Training by Robert Starer

Prepare no. 115
Measures 1-4 - study in your mind first, then clap and ta.
Same thing for measures 5-8
Then put them together!

🖤Celebrate Theory, Level 4, Unit 8

🖤Sight-reading: Czerny Op. 599. Left off at No. 64

BEFORE YOU BEGIN: FOCUS
1. Keep a pulse no matter what and no matter how slow.
2. Don’t fix mistakes in realtime.
3. Let notes go if needed and look ahead to the next landing point.
Paused:
1. Bartok: Mikrocosmos, No. 6
2. J.S. Bach, 6 Preludes, BWV 939-943, No. 4
Finished:
1. Bürgmuller, 25 Etudes, Op. 100

🎨 Color-Focus Practice (NFPER)

At the top of your music, write NFPER using the following color system:

N – Notes – correct pitches and accidentals (🟥 Red)
F – Fingering – consistent, effective finger choices (🟧 Orange)
P – Position – hand shape, posture, and keyboard geography (🟨 Yellow)
E – Expression – phrasing, dynamics, articulation, tone, etc. (🟩 Green)
R – Rhythm – steady pulse, accurate timing, and rests (🟦 Blue)

✅ If you're only recording audio, just use NER.

Step-by-Step Practice Flow

Identify a section to record
Record your section once — video is best, but audio is fine too.
Listen back with one color/goal in mind.
As you listen, mark your music using that color anywhere it needs improvement.
Repeat for each remaining color, one at a time, until all five have been addressed.
Choose a small “spot” section from your markings to fix.

“Spot” until it’s solid — meaning:

✅ 3 times in a row correctly, or
✅ 5 total correct repetitions, then move on.

Focus on one or two colors at a time while practicing that spot.
Use the troubleshooting checklist below if you're stuck.

🔧 Troubleshooting Tips

🎯 If you’ve tried to fix something three times in-a-row and it’s still not working, don’t just repeat it — troubleshoot:

Do you need to slow down?
Should you practice hands alone?
Could you make the spot even smaller?
Would technical exercises help (staccato, accents, etc.)?
Do you need to think ahead more clearly?
Do you need blocking practice?

Sonatina in G Major op 168 No. 2 Allegro moderato by Diabelli

Deux Rigaudon by Jean-Philippe Rameau

March 19, 2026

March 19, 2026 Dustin Gledhill

Group Class

Rameau

Goals through December:

RCM level 5

May 2026 in-person? We can work toward your curriculum without hard deadline and then decide if you’d like.

Group class

Performance class

Recital

🟩Choose level 5 etudes

🟩Grieg Lyric Pieces Book I, Op.12 - 2. Waltz (L. 5, C)

Fix the orange writing in the last system.
Fix the Green at the top of the 2nd page.

💚Yesterday, J. Lennon & McCartney

Next lesson, pass by memory and fix the rhythm issues.

💚Technique: Level 5, RCMCP

Practice all V7 chords.

💚Rameau Rigaudon (L. 5, A)

mm. 10-11: practice the “bad notes” at slow speed - gradually increase. Count the beats out loud with metronome.

💚Improvisation Assignment:

Explore more textures, registers, and cantabile sound with quiet accompaniment

🔨💚Beethoven Sonatina in F Major, Anh. 5 no 2 (L. 5, B)

Focus on this is expression. Greater louds, softer softs!

🔨💚Fantasia in E flat Major by Georg Philippine Telemann (L. 5, A)

Subtle slow-down at the end.

💚Four Star Sight-reading and Ear Tests Level 5 (tests PDF)

Online Ear-training Practice: rhythm & intervals.
Here’s a direct link:
https://moodle.rcmusic.com/lms/login/
Email: info@gledhillartscollective.com
Password: dust2789

🖤Let it Be, J. Lennon & McCartney

Revisit when we’re done with Yesterday

Sonatina in F Major, op. 168, no. 1. I. Moderato cantabile by Anton Diabelli (L. 4, B)
Air in B-flat Major, HWV 471, by George Frideric Handel (L. 4, A)
Clementi, Sonatina in G Major, Op. 36 No. 2: Movement III (L. 4, B)
🟩Etude in E Minor op 65 no 42 by Carl Albert Loeschhorn (L. 4 Etude)
Masquerade by Linda Niamath (L. 4, Etude)
Clowns by Kabalevsky (L. 3, C)
Arabesque op. 100 no. 2 by Johann Friedrich Burgmüller (1806-1874) (L. 3, Etude)
🟩Left Alone by Joyce Grill (L. 3, Etude)
Sonatina in A Minor op. 94 no. 4 (L. 3, B)
Sonatina in C Major op. 36 no. 1 by Clementi (L. 3, B)
Musette in D Major BWV Anh. 126, attr. Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750) (L. 3, A)
Minuet in G Major, BWV Anh. 114 by Christian Petzold (1677-1733) (L. 3, A)
🟩Minuet in G Minor, BWV Anh. 115 by Christian Petzold (1677-1733) (L. 3, A)
Impertinence, HWV 494 George Frideric Handel (1685-1759) (L. 2, A)
I Spy by Melody Bober (L. 2, B)
Canon in A Minor by Cornelius Gurlitt (L. 2, C)
🟩Etude in D Minor op. 82 No. 65 by Cornelius Gurlitt (L. 2, Etude)

🖤RCM Technical Requirements Level 5 in Newzik

🖤Basic Rhythmic Training by Robert Starer

Prepare no. 115
Measures 1-4 - study in your mind first, then clap and ta.
Same thing for measures 5-8
Then put them together!

🖤Celebrate Theory, Level 4, Unit 8

🖤Sight-reading: Czerny Op. 599. Left off at No. 64

BEFORE YOU BEGIN: FOCUS
1. Keep a pulse no matter what and no matter how slow.
2. Don’t fix mistakes in realtime.
3. Let notes go if needed and look ahead to the next landing point.
Paused:
1. Bartok: Mikrocosmos, No. 6
2. J.S. Bach, 6 Preludes, BWV 939-943, No. 4
Finished:
1. Bürgmuller, 25 Etudes, Op. 100

🎨 Color-Focus Practice (NFPER)

At the top of your music, write NFPER using the following color system:

N – Notes – correct pitches and accidentals (🟥 Red)
F – Fingering – consistent, effective finger choices (🟧 Orange)
P – Position – hand shape, posture, and keyboard geography (🟨 Yellow)
E – Expression – phrasing, dynamics, articulation, tone, etc. (🟩 Green)
R – Rhythm – steady pulse, accurate timing, and rests (🟦 Blue)

✅ If you're only recording audio, just use NER.

Step-by-Step Practice Flow

Identify a section to record
Record your section once — video is best, but audio is fine too.
Listen back with one color/goal in mind.
As you listen, mark your music using that color anywhere it needs improvement.
Repeat for each remaining color, one at a time, until all five have been addressed.
Choose a small “spot” section from your markings to fix.

“Spot” until it’s solid — meaning:

✅ 3 times in a row correctly, or
✅ 5 total correct repetitions, then move on.

Focus on one or two colors at a time while practicing that spot.
Use the troubleshooting checklist below if you're stuck.

🔧 Troubleshooting Tips

🎯 If you’ve tried to fix something three times in-a-row and it’s still not working, don’t just repeat it — troubleshoot:

Do you need to slow down?
Should you practice hands alone?
Could you make the spot even smaller?
Would technical exercises help (staccato, accents, etc.)?
Do you need to think ahead more clearly?
Do you need blocking practice?

Sonatina in G Major op 168 No. 2 Allegro moderato by Diabelli

Deux Rigaudon by Jean-Philippe Rameau

March 14, 2026 (Group Class)

March 14, 2026 Dustin Gledhill

Group Class

Rameau

Goals through December:

RCM level 5

May 2026 in-person? We can work toward your curriculum without hard deadline and then decide if you’d like.

Group class

Performance class

Recital

💚Grieg Lyric Pieces Book I, Op.12 - 2. Waltz (L. 5, C)

Please fix the LH articulation on the second page. Connect the f-sharps to the E’s in the LH.

💚Yesterday, J. Lennon & McCartney

Fix the blue circle on the 2nd page.

💚Technique: Level 5, RCMCP

Practice all of the triads (broken and solid). Next week we’ll move on to V7 chords.

💚Rameau Rigaudon (L. 5, A)

Continue to focus on clean tempo and avoid accents.

💚Improvisation Assignment:

Explore more textures, registers, and cantabile sound with quiet accompaniment

🔨💚Beethoven Sonatina in F Major, Anh. 5 no 2 (L. 5, B)

Focus on this is expression. Greater louds, softer softs!

🔨💚Fantasia in E flat Major by Georg Philippine Telemann (L. 5, A)

Subtle slow-down at the end.

💚Four Star Sight-reading and Ear Tests Level 5 (tests PDF)

Online Eartraining Practice
Here’s a direct link:
https://moodle.rcmusic.com/lms/login/
Email: info@gledhillartscollective.com
Password: dust2789
Prepare Set 7
1. Intervals: let’s do these at each lesson.
  1. Major Minor 3 / 6

🖤Let it Be, J. Lennon & McCartney

Revisit when we’re done with Yesterday

Sonatina in F Major, op. 168, no. 1. I. Moderato cantabile by Anton Diabelli (L. 4, B)
Air in B-flat Major, HWV 471, by George Frideric Handel (L. 4, A)
Clementi, Sonatina in G Major, Op. 36 No. 2: Movement III (L. 4, B)
🟩Etude in E Minor op 65 no 42 by Carl Albert Loeschhorn (L. 4 Etude)
Masquerade by Linda Niamath (L. 4, Etude)
Clowns by Kabalevsky (L. 3, C)
Arabesque op. 100 no. 2 by Johann Friedrich Burgmüller (1806-1874) (L. 3, Etude)
🟩Left Alone by Joyce Grill (L. 3, Etude)
Sonatina in A Minor op. 94 no. 4 (L. 3, B)
Sonatina in C Major op. 36 no. 1 by Clementi (L. 3, B)
Musette in D Major BWV Anh. 126, attr. Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750) (L. 3, A)
Minuet in G Major, BWV Anh. 114 by Christian Petzold (1677-1733) (L. 3, A)
🟩Minuet in G Minor, BWV Anh. 115 by Christian Petzold (1677-1733) (L. 3, A)
Impertinence, HWV 494 George Frideric Handel (1685-1759) (L. 2, A)
I Spy by Melody Bober (L. 2, B)
Canon in A Minor by Cornelius Gurlitt (L. 2, C)
🟩Etude in D Minor op. 82 No. 65 by Cornelius Gurlitt (L. 2, Etude)

🖤RCM Technical Requirements Level 5 in Newzik

🖤Basic Rhythmic Training by Robert Starer

Prepare no. 115
Measures 1-4 - study in your mind first, then clap and ta.
Same thing for measures 5-8
Then put them together!

🖤Celebrate Theory, Level 4, Unit 8

🖤Sight-reading: Czerny Op. 599. Left off at No. 64

BEFORE YOU BEGIN: FOCUS
1. Keep a pulse no matter what and no matter how slow.
2. Don’t fix mistakes in realtime.
3. Let notes go if needed and look ahead to the next landing point.
Paused:
1. Bartok: Mikrocosmos, No. 6
2. J.S. Bach, 6 Preludes, BWV 939-943, No. 4
Finished:
1. Bürgmuller, 25 Etudes, Op. 100

🎨 Color-Focus Practice (NFPER)

At the top of your music, write NFPER using the following color system:

N – Notes – correct pitches and accidentals (🟥 Red)
F – Fingering – consistent, effective finger choices (🟧 Orange)
P – Position – hand shape, posture, and keyboard geography (🟨 Yellow)
E – Expression – phrasing, dynamics, articulation, tone, etc. (🟩 Green)
R – Rhythm – steady pulse, accurate timing, and rests (🟦 Blue)

✅ If you're only recording audio, just use NER.

Step-by-Step Practice Flow

Identify a section to record
Record your section once — video is best, but audio is fine too.
Listen back with one color/goal in mind.
As you listen, mark your music using that color anywhere it needs improvement.
Repeat for each remaining color, one at a time, until all five have been addressed.
Choose a small “spot” section from your markings to fix.

“Spot” until it’s solid — meaning:

✅ 3 times in a row correctly, or
✅ 5 total correct repetitions, then move on.

Focus on one or two colors at a time while practicing that spot.
Use the troubleshooting checklist below if you're stuck.

🔧 Troubleshooting Tips

🎯 If you’ve tried to fix something three times in-a-row and it’s still not working, don’t just repeat it — troubleshoot:

Do you need to slow down?
Should you practice hands alone?
Could you make the spot even smaller?
Would technical exercises help (staccato, accents, etc.)?
Do you need to think ahead more clearly?
Do you need blocking practice?

Sonatina in G Major op 168 No. 2 Allegro moderato by Diabelli

Deux Rigaudon by Jean-Philippe Rameau

March 12, 2026

March 12, 2026 Dustin Gledhill

Goals through December:

RCM level 5

May 2026 in-person? We can work toward your curriculum without hard deadline and then decide if you’d like.

Group class

Performance class

Recital

💚Grieg Lyric Pieces Book I, Op.12 - 2. Waltz (L. 5, C)

Please fix the LH articulation on the second page. Connect the f-sharps to the E’s in the LH.

💚Yesterday, J. Lennon & McCartney

Fix the blue circle on the 2nd page.

💚Technique: Level 5, RCMCP

Practice all of the triads (broken and solid). Next week we’ll move on to V7 chords.

💚Rameau Rigaudon (L. 5, A)

Continue to focus on clean tempo and avoid accents.

💚Improvisation Assignment:

Explore more textures, registers, and cantabile sound with quiet accompaniment

🔨💚Beethoven Sonatina in F Major, Anh. 5 no 2 (L. 5, B)

Focus on this is expression. Greater louds, softer softs!

🔨💚Fantasia in E flat Major by Georg Philippine Telemann (L. 5, A)

Subtle slow-down at the end.

💚Four Star Sight-reading and Ear Tests Level 5 (tests PDF)

Online Eartraining Practice
Here’s a direct link:
https://moodle.rcmusic.com/lms/login/
Email: info@gledhillartscollective.com
Password: dust2789
Prepare Set 7
1. Intervals: let’s do these at each lesson.
  1. Major Minor 3 / 6

🖤Let it Be, J. Lennon & McCartney

Revisit when we’re done with Yesterday

Sonatina in F Major, op. 168, no. 1. I. Moderato cantabile by Anton Diabelli (L. 4, B)
Air in B-flat Major, HWV 471, by George Frideric Handel (L. 4, A)
Clementi, Sonatina in G Major, Op. 36 No. 2: Movement III (L. 4, B)
🟩Etude in E Minor op 65 no 42 by Carl Albert Loeschhorn (L. 4 Etude)
Masquerade by Linda Niamath (L. 4, Etude)
Clowns by Kabalevsky (L. 3, C)
Arabesque op. 100 no. 2 by Johann Friedrich Burgmüller (1806-1874) (L. 3, Etude)
🟩Left Alone by Joyce Grill (L. 3, Etude)
Sonatina in A Minor op. 94 no. 4 (L. 3, B)
Sonatina in C Major op. 36 no. 1 by Clementi (L. 3, B)
Musette in D Major BWV Anh. 126, attr. Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750) (L. 3, A)
Minuet in G Major, BWV Anh. 114 by Christian Petzold (1677-1733) (L. 3, A)
🟩Minuet in G Minor, BWV Anh. 115 by Christian Petzold (1677-1733) (L. 3, A)
Impertinence, HWV 494 George Frideric Handel (1685-1759) (L. 2, A)
I Spy by Melody Bober (L. 2, B)
Canon in A Minor by Cornelius Gurlitt (L. 2, C)
🟩Etude in D Minor op. 82 No. 65 by Cornelius Gurlitt (L. 2, Etude)

🖤RCM Technical Requirements Level 5 in Newzik

🖤Basic Rhythmic Training by Robert Starer

Prepare no. 115
Measures 1-4 - study in your mind first, then clap and ta.
Same thing for measures 5-8
Then put them together!

🖤Celebrate Theory, Level 4, Unit 8

🖤Sight-reading: Czerny Op. 599. Left off at No. 64

BEFORE YOU BEGIN: FOCUS
1. Keep a pulse no matter what and no matter how slow.
2. Don’t fix mistakes in realtime.
3. Let notes go if needed and look ahead to the next landing point.
Paused:
1. Bartok: Mikrocosmos, No. 6
2. J.S. Bach, 6 Preludes, BWV 939-943, No. 4
Finished:
1. Bürgmuller, 25 Etudes, Op. 100

🎨 Color-Focus Practice (NFPER)

At the top of your music, write NFPER using the following color system:

N – Notes – correct pitches and accidentals (🟥 Red)
F – Fingering – consistent, effective finger choices (🟧 Orange)
P – Position – hand shape, posture, and keyboard geography (🟨 Yellow)
E – Expression – phrasing, dynamics, articulation, tone, etc. (🟩 Green)
R – Rhythm – steady pulse, accurate timing, and rests (🟦 Blue)

✅ If you're only recording audio, just use NER.

Step-by-Step Practice Flow

Identify a section to record
Record your section once — video is best, but audio is fine too.
Listen back with one color/goal in mind.
As you listen, mark your music using that color anywhere it needs improvement.
Repeat for each remaining color, one at a time, until all five have been addressed.
Choose a small “spot” section from your markings to fix.

“Spot” until it’s solid — meaning:

✅ 3 times in a row correctly, or
✅ 5 total correct repetitions, then move on.

Focus on one or two colors at a time while practicing that spot.
Use the troubleshooting checklist below if you're stuck.

🔧 Troubleshooting Tips

🎯 If you’ve tried to fix something three times in-a-row and it’s still not working, don’t just repeat it — troubleshoot:

Do you need to slow down?
Should you practice hands alone?
Could you make the spot even smaller?
Would technical exercises help (staccato, accents, etc.)?
Do you need to think ahead more clearly?
Do you need blocking practice?

Sonatina in G Major op 168 No. 2 Allegro moderato by Diabelli

Deux Rigaudon by Jean-Philippe Rameau

March 5, 2026

March 5, 2026 Dustin Gledhill

Goals through December:

RCM level 5

May 2026 in-person? We can work toward your curriculum without hard deadline and then decide if you’d like.

Group class

Performance class

Recital

💚Grieg Lyric Pieces Book I, Op.12 - 2. Waltz (L. 5, C)

Careful of your beats in measures 12-16. The measures with triplets often rush.
Learn first half of second page.

💚Yesterday, J. Lennon & McCartney

See the new recording for page 2!

💚Technique: Level 5, RCMCP

Practice all of the triads (broken and solid).

💚Rameau Rigaudon (L. 5, A)

Speed-build to m.m. 144 per quarter note. You can do this is chunks - small to big.

💚Improvisation Assignment:

Up to you.

🔨💜Beethoven Sonatina in F Major, Anh. 5 no 2 (L. 5, B)

Play through once per week with music and metronome. No faster than m.m. 80 = this may be tough so just try it and work

🔨💜Fantasia in E flat Major by Georg Philippine Telemann (L. 5, A)

Play through at least three times per week, with metronome 60, and 76

💚Four Star Sight-reading and Ear Tests Level 5 (tests PDF)

Prepare Set 7
1. Intervals: let’s do these at each lesson.
  1. Major Minor 3 / 6

🖤Let it Be, J. Lennon & McCartney

Revisit when we’re done with Yesterday

Sonatina in F Major, op. 168, no. 1. I. Moderato cantabile by Anton Diabelli (L. 4, B)
Air in B-flat Major, HWV 471, by George Frideric Handel (L. 4, A)
Clementi, Sonatina in G Major, Op. 36 No. 2: Movement III (L. 4, B)
🟩Etude in E Minor op 65 no 42 by Carl Albert Loeschhorn (L. 4 Etude)
Masquerade by Linda Niamath (L. 4, Etude)
Clowns by Kabalevsky (L. 3, C)
Arabesque op. 100 no. 2 by Johann Friedrich Burgmüller (1806-1874) (L. 3, Etude)
🟩Left Alone by Joyce Grill (L. 3, Etude)
Sonatina in A Minor op. 94 no. 4 (L. 3, B)
Sonatina in C Major op. 36 no. 1 by Clementi (L. 3, B)
Musette in D Major BWV Anh. 126, attr. Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750) (L. 3, A)
Minuet in G Major, BWV Anh. 114 by Christian Petzold (1677-1733) (L. 3, A)
🟩Minuet in G Minor, BWV Anh. 115 by Christian Petzold (1677-1733) (L. 3, A)
Impertinence, HWV 494 George Frideric Handel (1685-1759) (L. 2, A)
I Spy by Melody Bober (L. 2, B)
Canon in A Minor by Cornelius Gurlitt (L. 2, C)
🟩Etude in D Minor op. 82 No. 65 by Cornelius Gurlitt (L. 2, Etude)

🖤RCM Technical Requirements Level 5 in Newzik

🖤Basic Rhythmic Training by Robert Starer

Prepare no. 115
Measures 1-4 - study in your mind first, then clap and ta.
Same thing for measures 5-8
Then put them together!

🖤Celebrate Theory, Level 4, Unit 8

🖤Sight-reading: Czerny Op. 599. Left off at No. 64

BEFORE YOU BEGIN: FOCUS
1. Keep a pulse no matter what and no matter how slow.
2. Don’t fix mistakes in realtime.
3. Let notes go if needed and look ahead to the next landing point.
Paused:
1. Bartok: Mikrocosmos, No. 6
2. J.S. Bach, 6 Preludes, BWV 939-943, No. 4
Finished:
1. Bürgmuller, 25 Etudes, Op. 100

🎨 Color-Focus Practice (NFPER)

At the top of your music, write NFPER using the following color system:

N – Notes – correct pitches and accidentals (🟥 Red)
F – Fingering – consistent, effective finger choices (🟧 Orange)
P – Position – hand shape, posture, and keyboard geography (🟨 Yellow)
E – Expression – phrasing, dynamics, articulation, tone, etc. (🟩 Green)
R – Rhythm – steady pulse, accurate timing, and rests (🟦 Blue)

✅ If you're only recording audio, just use NER.

Step-by-Step Practice Flow

Identify a section to record
Record your section once — video is best, but audio is fine too.
Listen back with one color/goal in mind.
As you listen, mark your music using that color anywhere it needs improvement.
Repeat for each remaining color, one at a time, until all five have been addressed.
Choose a small “spot” section from your markings to fix.

“Spot” until it’s solid — meaning:

✅ 3 times in a row correctly, or
✅ 5 total correct repetitions, then move on.

Focus on one or two colors at a time while practicing that spot.
Use the troubleshooting checklist below if you're stuck.

🔧 Troubleshooting Tips

🎯 If you’ve tried to fix something three times in-a-row and it’s still not working, don’t just repeat it — troubleshoot:

Do you need to slow down?
Should you practice hands alone?
Could you make the spot even smaller?
Would technical exercises help (staccato, accents, etc.)?
Do you need to think ahead more clearly?
Do you need blocking practice?

Sonatina in G Major op 168 No. 2 Allegro moderato by Diabelli

Deux Rigaudon by Jean-Philippe Rameau

February 19, 2026

February 19, 2026 Dustin Gledhill

Goals through December:

RCM level 5

May 2026 in-person? We can work toward your curriculum without hard deadline and then decide if you’d like.

Group class

Performance class

Recital

🟩Grieg Lyric Pieces Book I, Op.12 - 2. Waltz (L. 5, C)

Small chunks (as small as 1 measure at a time) starting from m.m. 60 building to 100 with a focus express (correct articulation. Gradually increase the size of your sections.

💜Yesterday, J. Lennon & McCartney

See the three recordings in Newzik and follow the instructions! Reach out with any questions. You can also adjust the playback speed in the setting icon.

💜Technique: Level 5, RCMCP

Dustin bring the level technical requirements.

💚Rameau Rigaudon (L. 5, A)

Speed-build to m.m. 144 per quarter note. You can do this is chunks - small to big.

💚Improvisation Assignment:

Up to you.

🔨💜Beethoven Sonatina in F Major, Anh. 5 no 2 (L. 5, B)

Play through once per week with music and metronome. No faster than m.m. 80 = this may be tough so just try it and work

🔨💜Fantasia in E flat Major by Georg Philippine Telemann (L. 5, A)

Play through at least three times per week, with metronome 60, and 76

💚Four Star Sight-reading and Ear Tests Level 5 (tests PDF)

Prepare Set 6
1. Intervals: let’s do these at each lesson.
  1. Major Minor 3 / 6

🖤Let it Be, J. Lennon & McCartney

Revisit when we’re done with Yesterday

Sonatina in F Major, op. 168, no. 1. I. Moderato cantabile by Anton Diabelli (L. 4, B)
Air in B-flat Major, HWV 471, by George Frideric Handel (L. 4, A)
Clementi, Sonatina in G Major, Op. 36 No. 2: Movement III (L. 4, B)
🟩Etude in E Minor op 65 no 42 by Carl Albert Loeschhorn (L. 4 Etude)
Masquerade by Linda Niamath (L. 4, Etude)
Clowns by Kabalevsky (L. 3, C)
Arabesque op. 100 no. 2 by Johann Friedrich Burgmüller (1806-1874) (L. 3, Etude)
🟩Left Alone by Joyce Grill (L. 3, Etude)
Sonatina in A Minor op. 94 no. 4 (L. 3, B)
Sonatina in C Major op. 36 no. 1 by Clementi (L. 3, B)
Musette in D Major BWV Anh. 126, attr. Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750) (L. 3, A)
Minuet in G Major, BWV Anh. 114 by Christian Petzold (1677-1733) (L. 3, A)
🟩Minuet in G Minor, BWV Anh. 115 by Christian Petzold (1677-1733) (L. 3, A)
Impertinence, HWV 494 George Frideric Handel (1685-1759) (L. 2, A)
I Spy by Melody Bober (L. 2, B)
Canon in A Minor by Cornelius Gurlitt (L. 2, C)
🟩Etude in D Minor op. 82 No. 65 by Cornelius Gurlitt (L. 2, Etude)

🖤RCM Technical Requirements Level 5 in Newzik

🖤Basic Rhythmic Training by Robert Starer

Prepare no. 115
Measures 1-4 - study in your mind first, then clap and ta.
Same thing for measures 5-8
Then put them together!

🖤Celebrate Theory, Level 4, Unit 8

🖤Sight-reading: Czerny Op. 599. Left off at No. 64

BEFORE YOU BEGIN: FOCUS
1. Keep a pulse no matter what and no matter how slow.
2. Don’t fix mistakes in realtime.
3. Let notes go if needed and look ahead to the next landing point.
Paused:
1. Bartok: Mikrocosmos, No. 6
2. J.S. Bach, 6 Preludes, BWV 939-943, No. 4
Finished:
1. Bürgmuller, 25 Etudes, Op. 100

🎨 Color-Focus Practice (NFPER)

At the top of your music, write NFPER using the following color system:

N – Notes – correct pitches and accidentals (🟥 Red)
F – Fingering – consistent, effective finger choices (🟧 Orange)
P – Position – hand shape, posture, and keyboard geography (🟨 Yellow)
E – Expression – phrasing, dynamics, articulation, tone, etc. (🟩 Green)
R – Rhythm – steady pulse, accurate timing, and rests (🟦 Blue)

✅ If you're only recording audio, just use NER.

Step-by-Step Practice Flow

Identify a section to record
Record your section once — video is best, but audio is fine too.
Listen back with one color/goal in mind.
As you listen, mark your music using that color anywhere it needs improvement.
Repeat for each remaining color, one at a time, until all five have been addressed.
Choose a small “spot” section from your markings to fix.

“Spot” until it’s solid — meaning:

✅ 3 times in a row correctly, or
✅ 5 total correct repetitions, then move on.

Focus on one or two colors at a time while practicing that spot.
Use the troubleshooting checklist below if you're stuck.

🔧 Troubleshooting Tips

🎯 If you’ve tried to fix something three times in-a-row and it’s still not working, don’t just repeat it — troubleshoot:

Do you need to slow down?
Should you practice hands alone?
Could you make the spot even smaller?
Would technical exercises help (staccato, accents, etc.)?
Do you need to think ahead more clearly?
Do you need blocking practice?

Sonatina in G Major op 168 No. 2 Allegro moderato by Diabelli

Deux Rigaudon by Jean-Philippe Rameau

February 5, 2026

February 5, 2026 Dustin Gledhill

Goals through December:

RCM level 5

May 2026 in-person? We can work toward your curriculum without hard deadline and then decide if you’d like.

Group class

Performance class

Recital

🟩Grieg Lyric Pieces Book I, Op.12 - 2. Waltz (L. 5, C)

Please learn the first page.

💚Yesterday, J. Lennon & McCartney

See the three recordings in Newzik and follow the instructions! Reach out with any questions. You can also adjust the playback speed in the setting icon.

💜Technique: Level 5, RCMCP

Dustin bring the level technical requirements.

💚Rameau Rigaudon (L. 5, A)

RH quarter note - Listen back and circle any pauses
Spot the pauses
Repeat the next practice session. (at least three times in a week)

💚Improvisation Assignment:

Up to you.

🔨💚Beethoven Sonatina in F Major, Anh. 5 no 2 (L. 5, B)

Play through once per week with music and metronome. No faster than m.m. 80 = this may be tough so just try it and work

🔨💚Fantasia in E flat Major by Georg Philippine Telemann (L. 5, A)

Play through at least three times per week, with metronome 60, and 76

💛Four Star Sight-reading and Ear Tests Level 5 (tests PDF)

Prepare Set 5
1. Intervals: let’s do these at each lesson.
  1. Major Minor 3 / 6

🖤Let it Be, J. Lennon & McCartney

Revisit when we’re done with Yesterday

Sonatina in F Major, op. 168, no. 1. I. Moderato cantabile by Anton Diabelli (L. 4, B)
Air in B-flat Major, HWV 471, by George Frideric Handel (L. 4, A)
Clementi, Sonatina in G Major, Op. 36 No. 2: Movement III (L. 4, B)
🟩Etude in E Minor op 65 no 42 by Carl Albert Loeschhorn (L. 4 Etude)
Masquerade by Linda Niamath (L. 4, Etude)
Clowns by Kabalevsky (L. 3, C)
Arabesque op. 100 no. 2 by Johann Friedrich Burgmüller (1806-1874) (L. 3, Etude)
🟩Left Alone by Joyce Grill (L. 3, Etude)
Sonatina in A Minor op. 94 no. 4 (L. 3, B)
Sonatina in C Major op. 36 no. 1 by Clementi (L. 3, B)
Musette in D Major BWV Anh. 126, attr. Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750) (L. 3, A)
Minuet in G Major, BWV Anh. 114 by Christian Petzold (1677-1733) (L. 3, A)
🟩Minuet in G Minor, BWV Anh. 115 by Christian Petzold (1677-1733) (L. 3, A)
Impertinence, HWV 494 George Frideric Handel (1685-1759) (L. 2, A)
I Spy by Melody Bober (L. 2, B)
Canon in A Minor by Cornelius Gurlitt (L. 2, C)
🟩Etude in D Minor op. 82 No. 65 by Cornelius Gurlitt (L. 2, Etude)

🖤RCM Technical Requirements Level 5 in Newzik

🖤Basic Rhythmic Training by Robert Starer

Prepare no. 115
Measures 1-4 - study in your mind first, then clap and ta.
Same thing for measures 5-8
Then put them together!

🖤Celebrate Theory, Level 4, Unit 8

🖤Sight-reading: Czerny Op. 599. Left off at No. 64

BEFORE YOU BEGIN: FOCUS
1. Keep a pulse no matter what and no matter how slow.
2. Don’t fix mistakes in realtime.
3. Let notes go if needed and look ahead to the next landing point.
Paused:
1. Bartok: Mikrocosmos, No. 6
2. J.S. Bach, 6 Preludes, BWV 939-943, No. 4
Finished:
1. Bürgmuller, 25 Etudes, Op. 100

🎨 Color-Focus Practice (NFPER)

At the top of your music, write NFPER using the following color system:

N – Notes – correct pitches and accidentals (🟥 Red)
F – Fingering – consistent, effective finger choices (🟧 Orange)
P – Position – hand shape, posture, and keyboard geography (🟨 Yellow)
E – Expression – phrasing, dynamics, articulation, tone, etc. (🟩 Green)
R – Rhythm – steady pulse, accurate timing, and rests (🟦 Blue)

✅ If you're only recording audio, just use NER.

Step-by-Step Practice Flow

Identify a section to record
Record your section once — video is best, but audio is fine too.
Listen back with one color/goal in mind.
As you listen, mark your music using that color anywhere it needs improvement.
Repeat for each remaining color, one at a time, until all five have been addressed.
Choose a small “spot” section from your markings to fix.

“Spot” until it’s solid — meaning:

✅ 3 times in a row correctly, or
✅ 5 total correct repetitions, then move on.

Focus on one or two colors at a time while practicing that spot.
Use the troubleshooting checklist below if you're stuck.

🔧 Troubleshooting Tips

🎯 If you’ve tried to fix something three times in-a-row and it’s still not working, don’t just repeat it — troubleshoot:

Do you need to slow down?
Should you practice hands alone?
Could you make the spot even smaller?
Would technical exercises help (staccato, accents, etc.)?
Do you need to think ahead more clearly?
Do you need blocking practice?

Sonatina in G Major op 168 No. 2 Allegro moderato by Diabelli

Deux Rigaudon by Jean-Philippe Rameau

January 29, 2026

January 29, 2026 Dustin Gledhill

Goals through December:

RCM level 5

May 2026 in-person? We can work toward your curriculum without hard deadline and then decide if you’d like.

Group class

Performance class

Recital

🟪Grieg Lyric Pieces Book I, Op.12 - 2. Waltz (L. 5, C)

Start with Dustin next week
You can download the music from IMSLP

💚Yesterday, J. Lennon & McCartney

See the three recordings in Newzik and follow the instructions! Reach out with any questions. You can also adjust the playback speed in the setting icon.

💜Technique: Level 5, RCMCP

Dustin bring the level technical requirements.

***💚Rameau Rigaudon (L. 5, A)

Recording yourself playing through.
Listen back and circle any pauses
Spot the pauses
Repeat the next practice session. (at least three times in a week)

💚Improvisation Assignment:

Chords:
1. A-flat, D-flat 6/4, A-flat, f m 6, E-flat 6/5
2. Come up with another sequence of chords/

💚Beethoven Sonatina in F Major, Anh. 5 no 2 (L. 5, B)

Play through once per week with music and metronome. No faster than m.m. 80 = this may be tough so just try it and work

💜💚Fantasia in E flat Major by Georg Philippine Telemann (L. 5, A)

Play through at least three times per week, twice with metronome 60, and 76

💜💜Four Star Sight-reading and Ear Tests Level 5 (tests PDF)

Prepare Set 4
1. Intervals: let’s do these at each lesson.
  1. Major Minor 3 / 6

🖤Let it Be, J. Lennon & McCartney

Revisit when we’re done with Yesterday

Sonatina in F Major, op. 168, no. 1. I. Moderato cantabile by Anton Diabelli (L. 4, B)
Air in B-flat Major, HWV 471, by George Frideric Handel (L. 4, A)
Clementi, Sonatina in G Major, Op. 36 No. 2: Movement III (L. 4, B)
🟩Etude in E Minor op 65 no 42 by Carl Albert Loeschhorn (L. 4 Etude)
Masquerade by Linda Niamath (L. 4, Etude)
Clowns by Kabalevsky (L. 3, C)
Arabesque op. 100 no. 2 by Johann Friedrich Burgmüller (1806-1874) (L. 3, Etude)
🟩Left Alone by Joyce Grill (L. 3, Etude)
Sonatina in A Minor op. 94 no. 4 (L. 3, B)
Sonatina in C Major op. 36 no. 1 by Clementi (L. 3, B)
Musette in D Major BWV Anh. 126, attr. Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750) (L. 3, A)
Minuet in G Major, BWV Anh. 114 by Christian Petzold (1677-1733) (L. 3, A)
🟩Minuet in G Minor, BWV Anh. 115 by Christian Petzold (1677-1733) (L. 3, A)
Impertinence, HWV 494 George Frideric Handel (1685-1759) (L. 2, A)
I Spy by Melody Bober (L. 2, B)
Canon in A Minor by Cornelius Gurlitt (L. 2, C)
🟩Etude in D Minor op. 82 No. 65 by Cornelius Gurlitt (L. 2, Etude)

🖤RCM Technical Requirements Level 5 in Newzik

🖤Basic Rhythmic Training by Robert Starer

Prepare no. 115
Measures 1-4 - study in your mind first, then clap and ta.
Same thing for measures 5-8
Then put them together!

🖤Celebrate Theory, Level 4, Unit 8

🖤Sight-reading: Czerny Op. 599. Left off at No. 64

BEFORE YOU BEGIN: FOCUS
1. Keep a pulse no matter what and no matter how slow.
2. Don’t fix mistakes in realtime.
3. Let notes go if needed and look ahead to the next landing point.
Paused:
1. Bartok: Mikrocosmos, No. 6
2. J.S. Bach, 6 Preludes, BWV 939-943, No. 4
Finished:
1. Bürgmuller, 25 Etudes, Op. 100

🎨 Color-Focus Practice (NFPER)

At the top of your music, write NFPER using the following color system:

N – Notes – correct pitches and accidentals (🟥 Red)
F – Fingering – consistent, effective finger choices (🟧 Orange)
P – Position – hand shape, posture, and keyboard geography (🟨 Yellow)
E – Expression – phrasing, dynamics, articulation, tone, etc. (🟩 Green)
R – Rhythm – steady pulse, accurate timing, and rests (🟦 Blue)

✅ If you're only recording audio, just use NER.

Step-by-Step Practice Flow

Identify a section to record
Record your section once — video is best, but audio is fine too.
Listen back with one color/goal in mind.
As you listen, mark your music using that color anywhere it needs improvement.
Repeat for each remaining color, one at a time, until all five have been addressed.
Choose a small “spot” section from your markings to fix.

“Spot” until it’s solid — meaning:

✅ 3 times in a row correctly, or
✅ 5 total correct repetitions, then move on.

Focus on one or two colors at a time while practicing that spot.
Use the troubleshooting checklist below if you're stuck.

🔧 Troubleshooting Tips

🎯 If you’ve tried to fix something three times in-a-row and it’s still not working, don’t just repeat it — troubleshoot:

Do you need to slow down?
Should you practice hands alone?
Could you make the spot even smaller?
Would technical exercises help (staccato, accents, etc.)?
Do you need to think ahead more clearly?
Do you need blocking practice?

Sonatina in G Major op 168 No. 2 Allegro moderato by Diabelli

Deux Rigaudon by Jean-Philippe Rameau

January 22, 2026

January 22, 2026 Dustin Gledhill

Goals through December:

RCM level 5

May 2026 in-person? We can work toward your curriculum without hard deadline and then decide if you’d like.

Group class

Performance class

Recital

💚Spice of Life? L. 5, C

💚Yesterday, J. Lennon & McCartney

See the three recordings in Newzik and follow the instructions! Reach out with any questions. You can also adjust the playback speed in the setting icon.

💚Technique: Level 5, RCMCP

Practice contrary motion in A Major and A Minor harmonic. Focus is position and tidy attacks. m.m. 104 per quarter note.

💚Rameau Rigaudon (L. 5, A)

Focus on detached notes this week.

💚Improvisation Assignment:

Chords:
1. A-flat, D-flat 6/4, A-flat, f m 6, E-flat 6/5
2. Come up with another sequence of chords/

💚Beethoven Sonatina in F Major, Anh. 5 no 2 (L. 5, B)

Play through once per week with music and metronome. No faster than m.m. 80 = this may be tough so just try it and work

💚Fantasia in E flat Major by Georg Philippine Telemann (L. 5, A)

Play through at least three times per week, twice with metronome 60, and 76

💜Four Star Sight-reading and Ear Tests Level 5 (tests PDF)

Prepare Set 4
1. Intervals: let’s do these at each lesson.
  1. Major Minor 3 / 6

🖤Let it Be, J. Lennon & McCartney

Revisit when we’re done with Yesterday

Sonatina in F Major, op. 168, no. 1. I. Moderato cantabile by Anton Diabelli (L. 4, B)
Air in B-flat Major, HWV 471, by George Frideric Handel (L. 4, A)
Clementi, Sonatina in G Major, Op. 36 No. 2: Movement III (L. 4, B)
🟩Etude in E Minor op 65 no 42 by Carl Albert Loeschhorn (L. 4 Etude)
Masquerade by Linda Niamath (L. 4, Etude)
Clowns by Kabalevsky (L. 3, C)
Arabesque op. 100 no. 2 by Johann Friedrich Burgmüller (1806-1874) (L. 3, Etude)
🟩Left Alone by Joyce Grill (L. 3, Etude)
Sonatina in A Minor op. 94 no. 4 (L. 3, B)
Sonatina in C Major op. 36 no. 1 by Clementi (L. 3, B)
Musette in D Major BWV Anh. 126, attr. Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750) (L. 3, A)
Minuet in G Major, BWV Anh. 114 by Christian Petzold (1677-1733) (L. 3, A)
🟩Minuet in G Minor, BWV Anh. 115 by Christian Petzold (1677-1733) (L. 3, A)
Impertinence, HWV 494 George Frideric Handel (1685-1759) (L. 2, A)
I Spy by Melody Bober (L. 2, B)
Canon in A Minor by Cornelius Gurlitt (L. 2, C)
🟩Etude in D Minor op. 82 No. 65 by Cornelius Gurlitt (L. 2, Etude)

🖤RCM Technical Requirements Level 5 in Newzik

🖤Basic Rhythmic Training by Robert Starer

Prepare no. 115
Measures 1-4 - study in your mind first, then clap and ta.
Same thing for measures 5-8
Then put them together!

🖤Celebrate Theory, Level 4, Unit 8

🖤Sight-reading: Czerny Op. 599. Left off at No. 64

BEFORE YOU BEGIN: FOCUS
1. Keep a pulse no matter what and no matter how slow.
2. Don’t fix mistakes in realtime.
3. Let notes go if needed and look ahead to the next landing point.
Paused:
1. Bartok: Mikrocosmos, No. 6
2. J.S. Bach, 6 Preludes, BWV 939-943, No. 4
Finished:
1. Bürgmuller, 25 Etudes, Op. 100

🎨 Color-Focus Practice (NFPER)

At the top of your music, write NFPER using the following color system:

N – Notes – correct pitches and accidentals (🟥 Red)
F – Fingering – consistent, effective finger choices (🟧 Orange)
P – Position – hand shape, posture, and keyboard geography (🟨 Yellow)
E – Expression – phrasing, dynamics, articulation, tone, etc. (🟩 Green)
R – Rhythm – steady pulse, accurate timing, and rests (🟦 Blue)

✅ If you're only recording audio, just use NER.

Step-by-Step Practice Flow

Identify a section to record
Record your section once — video is best, but audio is fine too.
Listen back with one color/goal in mind.
As you listen, mark your music using that color anywhere it needs improvement.
Repeat for each remaining color, one at a time, until all five have been addressed.
Choose a small “spot” section from your markings to fix.

“Spot” until it’s solid — meaning:

✅ 3 times in a row correctly, or
✅ 5 total correct repetitions, then move on.

Focus on one or two colors at a time while practicing that spot.
Use the troubleshooting checklist below if you're stuck.

🔧 Troubleshooting Tips

🎯 If you’ve tried to fix something three times in-a-row and it’s still not working, don’t just repeat it — troubleshoot:

Do you need to slow down?
Should you practice hands alone?
Could you make the spot even smaller?
Would technical exercises help (staccato, accents, etc.)?
Do you need to think ahead more clearly?
Do you need blocking practice?

2026-2027 Events

How to Practice

Technique

1. 🟩 RCM Technique, Level 5

2. 🟧 RCM Technical Requirements, Level 5 (Newzik)

Theory

3. 🟩 Theory 5, Unit 2

4. 🟩 Theory 5, Unit 3

5. ⬛️ Celebrate Theory, Level 4, Unit 8

Musicianship

7. ⬛️ Basic Rhythmic Training, No. 115 (Starer)

8. ⬛️ Sight-Reading: Czerny, Op. 599, from No. 64

Repertoire

9. 🟪 Prelude, Op. 39 No. 19 (Kabalevsky)

10. 🟩 Invention No. 4 in D minor, BWV 775 (Bach)

11. 🟪 L'Indifférente (Rameau)

Review List

Step-by-Step Practice Flow

🔧 Troubleshooting Tips

2026-2027 Events

How to Practice

Technique

1. 🟩 Technique: Level 5, RCMCP

2. ⬛️ RCM Technical Requirements, Level 5 (Newzik)

Theory

3. 🟩 Theory 05_02, Rhythm

4. 🟩 Label the cadence in measures 37-38 (Bach Invention No. 4)

5. ⬛️ Celebrate Theory, Level 4, Unit 8

Musicianship

7. ⬛️ Basic Rhythmic Training, No. 115, by Robert Starer

8. ⬛️ Sight-Reading: Czerny, Op. 599, from No. 64

Repertoire

9. 🟩 Prelude, Op. 39, No. 19, by Dmitri Kabalevsky (1904-1987)

10. 🟩 Invention No. 4 in D Minor, BWV 775, by Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)

11. ⬛️ Level 6 Baroque repertoire

Review List

🎨 Color-Focus Practice (NFPER)

Step-by-Step Practice Flow

🔧 Troubleshooting Tips

Summer Schedule

🟩Bach Inventions: Listen to them. Specifically 1, 4, and 8

🟩Prelude, op. 39, no. 19 by Dmitri Kabalevsky (L. 5, Etude)

Spot the two green sections, hands alone and together. Avoid wobbly wrist.

🟩Theory_05_02_Rhythm

🟩Technique: Level 5, RCMCP

Learn and practice all of the arpeggios (see the syllabus)

🟩Level 6 Baroque Rep (slower)

🖤RCM Technical Requirements Level 5 in Newzik

🖤Basic Rhythmic Training by Robert Starer

🖤Celebrate Theory, Level 4, Unit 8

🖤Sight-reading: Czerny Op. 599. Left off at No. 64

🎨 Color-Focus Practice (NFPER)

Step-by-Step Practice Flow

🔧 Troubleshooting Tips

Sonatina in G Major op 168 No. 2 Allegro moderato by Diabelli

Deux Rigaudon by Jean-Philippe Rameau

Summer Schedule

🟥Dustin choose three Baroque options (on the faster side)

🟩Prelude, op. 39, no. 19 by Dmitri Kabalevsky (L. 5, Etude)

Spot the two green sections, hands alone and together. Avoid wobbly wrist.

🟩Theory_05_02_Rhythm

🟩Technique: Level 5, RCMCP

Learn and practice all of the arpeggios (see the syllabus)

🟩Prelude in G Major (Dear Mother)?

🖤RCM Technical Requirements Level 5 in Newzik

🖤Basic Rhythmic Training by Robert Starer

🖤Celebrate Theory, Level 4, Unit 8

🖤Sight-reading: Czerny Op. 599. Left off at No. 64

🎨 Color-Focus Practice (NFPER)

Step-by-Step Practice Flow

🔧 Troubleshooting Tips

Sonatina in G Major op 168 No. 2 Allegro moderato by Diabelli

Deux Rigaudon by Jean-Philippe Rameau

Summer Schedule

June 24-July 21 - Sleep-away Camp!

August 5-16 - Second camp!

August vacation?

September 10, first day of school!

🟥Come up with a few options for traditional Jewish music?

🟩Grieg Lyric Pieces Book I, Op.12 - 2. Waltz (L. 5, C)