May 14, 2026

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?

  1. 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.

  2. Then see apply to the whole piece.

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

  1. 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

  1. Let’s do the first repeat.

  2. Practice starting from random measures.

🟪Technique: Level 5, RCMCP

  1. Go back to scales.

Recital 🟪Rameau Rigaudon (L. 5, A)

  1. 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:

  1. Improvise your way through the circle of 5ths.

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

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

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

  1. Slow down a bit and keep this rhythmically strong.

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

  1. 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

  1. Revisit when we’re done with Yesterday

  1. Sonatina in F Major, op. 168, no. 1. I. Moderato cantabile by Anton Diabelli (L. 4, B)

  2. Air in B-flat Major, HWV 471, by George Frideric Handel (L. 4, A)

  3. Clementi, Sonatina in G Major, Op. 36 No. 2: Movement III (L. 4, B)

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

  5. Masquerade by Linda Niamath (L. 4, Etude)

  6. Clowns by Kabalevsky (L. 3, C)

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

  15. I Spy by Melody Bober (L. 2, B)

  16. Canon in A Minor by Cornelius Gurlitt (L. 2, C)

  17. 🟩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

  1. Prepare no. 115

  2. Measures 1-4 - study in your mind first, then clap and ta.

  3. Same thing for measures 5-8

  4. Then put them together!

🖤Celebrate Theory, Level 4, Unit 8

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

  1. 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.

  2. Paused:

    1. Bartok: Mikrocosmos, No. 6

    2. J.S. Bach, 6 Preludes, BWV 939-943, No. 4

  3. 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

  1. Identify a section to record

  2. Record your section once — video is best, but audio is fine too.

  3. Listen back with one color/goal in mind.

  4. As you listen, mark your music using that color anywhere it needs improvement.

  5. Repeat for each remaining color, one at a time, until all five have been addressed.

  6. 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.

  1. Focus on one or two colors at a time while practicing that spot.

  2. 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