June 9, 2024

RCMCP Scores:

Level 1: Score of 84

Level 2: Score of 96

Level 3: Score of 92

💚RCM Technical Requirements Level 4 in Newzik

1. See green highlights

💚Celebrate Theory, Level 4, Unit 3

1. Complete by June 18th

💚Sight-reading: J.S. Bach, 6 Preludes, BWV 939-943

1. FOCUS is to keep a pulse no matter what and no matter how slow. Don’t fix mistakes in realtime. Let notes go if needed.

2. Finished:

   1. Burgmuller, 25 Etudes, Op. 100

   2. J.S. Bach, 6 Preludes, BWV 939-943

🖤Four Star Sightreading and Ear Tests Level 4 (tests PDF)

1. Resume in July

💚March in D Major BWV Anh. 122 C. P. E. Bach (L. 4, A)

1. Fix all purple pen

2. Work the green sections hands alone and together for more accuracy.

💚Etude in E Minor op 65 no 42 by Carl Albert Loeschhorn (L. 4 Etude)

1. Learn by blocking LH chords and identify as many as you can.

Masquerade by Linda Niamath (L. 4, Etude)

Ballade op 100 no 15 by JF Burgmüller (L. 4, Etude)

The Avalanche op 45 no 2 by Stephen Heller (L. 4, Etude)

💜Level 4 A possible pieces: Air in B-flat by Handel, and Allegretto in E Major by Hassler

🖤Czerny Op. 299 No. 1 in C Major

1. Speed-building:

   1. One measure at a time, starting at m.m. 50 and going up in increments of 4. Goal is 88.

   2. Complete at least mm. 9-12 and more if possible over the next week.

   3. If you get to a speed that is not working after three tries, STOP, and ask yourself what technical work you need.

      1. Use “accent practice” as needed: Accent every four 16th notes. Rotate them.

2. Review mm. 9 to the end with a very slow pace.

🖤Czerny Op. 299 No. 2 in C Major

1. Measures 5-8

   1. get rid of any pauses

   2. Speed-build

   3. Do technical work as needed

🖤Hanon No. 4 (start with this assignment every day)

1. Rhythms:

   1. Long, Long, Short, Short

   2. Long, Short, Short, Long

   3. Short, Short, Long, Long

   4. Short, Long, Long, Short

2. LEGATO: m.m. 100 two notes per tic. Your goal here it to play with a smooth, bump-free hand position.

🖤Basic Rhythmic Training by Robert Starer No. 95 (slower)

1. Prepare nos. 108 and 110

2. Remember to clap the pulse for one measure before you begin.

3. Tidy up the beat’s subdivisions. They’re almost clear! :)

🖤Bartok Microkosmos:

1. Left off on no. 61

1. 💚Clowns by Kabalevsky (L. 3, C)

2. 💚Arabesque op. 100 no. 2 by Johann Friedrich Burgmüller (1806-1874) (L. 3, Etude)

3. 💚Left Alone by Joyce Grill (L. 3, Etude)

4. 💚Sonatina in A Minor op. 94 no. 4 (L. 3, B)

5. 💚💚Sonatina in C Major op. 36 no. 1 by Clementi (L. 3, B)

6. 💚Musette in D Major BWV Anh. 126, attr. Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750) (L. 3, A)

7. 💚Minuet in G Major, BWV Anh. 114 by Christian Petzold (1677-1733) (L. 3, A)

8. 💚Minuet in G Minor, BWV Anh. 115 by Christian Petzold (1677-1733) (L. 3, A)

9. 💚Etude in F Major, Op. 190, NMo. 27 by Köhler (L. 2, Etude)

10. 💚Impertinence, HWV 494 George Frideric Handel (1685-1759) (L. 2, A)

11. 💚I Spy by Melody Bober (L. 2, B)

12. 💜💚Canon in A Minor by Cornelius Gurlitt (L. 2, C)

13. 💚Etude in D Minor op. 82 No. 65 by Cornelius Gurlitt (L. 2, Etude)

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

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

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

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

Level 3 or Practical RCM assessment: May 29, 2024

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

2. List B C Major

3. List C: Clowns by Kabalevsky

4. Etude 1: Left Alone

5. Etude 2: Arabesque