June 16, 2022

Royal Conservatory of Music Certificate Program Level 1

Winter Recital 2022

  • Level 1: 84

🟢 - Everything was correct, great work!

🟡 - on the right track but it needs more work

🔴 - needs lots of attention and work

⚫️ - no assignment - don’t practice this item.

🟣 - We didn’t get to this item

Remember to practice in the following order: 🔴🟣🟡🟢

  1. Improvisation warmup

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    1. We chose E minor in

    2. Choose a key

    3. Improvise with a pattern that you like and then repeat it (play it backward, upside down, mirror, etc.)

    4. One hand at a time only.

  2. REPERTOIRE

    1. A Starry Night by Italo Taranta (b. 1928)

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      1. Do the RH & LH with rhythm as your focus and use the metronome 50

        1. Try to keep the 8ths aligned with the quarter note beat of the metronome.

    2. 🖤Red Satin Jazz by Martha Mier (b. 1936)

    3. 🖤Dream Journey by Christine Donkin (b. 1976)

  3. TECHNIQUE

    1. Royal Conservatory of Music Syllabus in Newzik: Level 2

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      1. PREPARE: Formula Patterns. See your Syllabus for the fingering on p. 102

  4. MUSICIANSHIP

    1. Basic Rhythmic Training by Robert Starer #51

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      1. PREPARE mm. 1-4 at m.m. 60 per quarter

        1. Clap the QUARTER NOTES

        2. Ta the rhythm

    2. Online Ear Training and Rhythm, Level 2 (Practice online 4 times per week)

      🖤 (start with Dustin next week)

      1. https://moodle.rcmusic.com/lms/my/ Click “Piano Teacher Courses”

      2. Be sure to practice the playback and clap backs

        1. Login Info

          1. info@gledhillartscollective.com

          2. dust2789

    3. Four Star Sightreading and Ear Tests Level 2

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      1. Prepare Set 02 05

    4. Celebrate Theory, Level 3

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      1. NO ASSIGNMENT YET

  5. Review Pieces: ALWAYS USE YOUR MUSIC.

    1. Celebration by Anne Crosby-Gaudet (L. 1, Etude)

    2. Mist by Clifford Poole (1916-2003) (L. 1, B)

    3. Aria in F Major, BWV Anh. 131 by Johann Christian Bach (1735-1782) (L. 1, A)

    4. Swirling Leaves by Gordon A. McKinnon (b. 1952) (L. 1, C)

    5. Waltz Op. 39 No. 13 by Dmitri Kabalevsky (1904-1987) (L. 1, B)

    6. 🟢Andante in G Minor by Georg Philipp Telemann (1681-1767) (L. 1, A)

    7. 🟢Minuet in F Major K. 2 by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)(L. 1, A)

    8. 🟢German Dance in D Major Hob. IX:22, No. 2 by Franz Joseph Haydn (1732-1809) (L. 1, A)

    9. 🟢Drifting Clouds by William Gillock (L. 1, Etude)

    10. 🟢Calico Cat

No assignments below this line

Online Games

  1. RCM Online Ear Training and Rhythm

    1. https://moodle.rcmusic.com/lms/my/

    2. Click “Piano Teacher Courses”

      1. Login Info

        1. info@gledhillartscollective.com

        2. dust2789

    3. Then click Ear Training Prep A

    4. Rhythm Easy