March 28 & April 11, 2024 (60 min)

Final Recital Repertoire: MAY 19th 1 pm or 3 pm

  1. Bourrée in D Minor by Christoph Graupner (1683-1760) (L. 1, A)

  2. Clear Mountain Sky Level 1, B

  3. Early One Morning

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

  1. 💚FOUR STAR Level 1:

    1. Prepare Set 5

  2. 💚Bourrée in D Minor by Christoph Graupner (1683-1760) (L. 1, A)

    1. PRACTICE:

      1. Measures 1-4, hands alone 3 times each correctly, then hands together 3 times each correctly.

      2. Measures 5-8, hands alone 3 times each correctly, then hands together 3 times each correctly.

      3. Measures 9-12, hands alone 3 times each correctly, then hands together 3 times each correctly.

      4. Measures 13-16, hands alone 3 times each correctly, then hands together 3 times each correctly.

  3. 💚Early One Morning

    1. PRACTICE

      1. Measures 1-4, hands alone 3 times each correctly, then hands together 3 times each correctly.

      2. Measures 5-8, hands alone 3 times each correctly, then hands together 3 times each correctly.

      3. Measures 9-12, hands alone 3 times each correctly, then hands together 3 times each correctly.

      4. Measures 13-16, hands alone 3 times each correctly, then hands together 3 times each correctly.

  4. 💚Clear Mountain Sky Level 1, B

    1. CHUNKS OF 4 MEASURES: hands alone, then together with lots of repetition.

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

    1. Practice starting from any measure (get a steady beat in your mind first, then play on for three measures)

    2. Turn on m.m. 88 and play through the piece with the metronome.

  6. 💜Theory Level 1 Unit 5 “Scales”

    1. Fix the yellow pen on pages 1-6

  7. 💜“SIGHTREADING 00 46-61”

    1. Do one “Day” for each practice session.

    2. Continue on from page 7

  8. 💜“RCM Technical Requirements Level 01”

  1. Two octave scales

    1. Prepare E harmonic minor and F Major

    2. Please practice theses slowly and make sure you can remember where finger 4 goes in each hand.

REVIEW

💚Review once a week with your music. You don’t need to review all of them in ONE practice session - just one PER WEEK.

  1. 💚Ukrainian Folk Song op. 107, no. 3 by Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827) (L. 1, A)

  2. 💚💚Sleigh Bells by Christine Donkin (b. 1976) (L. A)

  3. 💚💚What’s That Noise? B by Martha Mier (b. 1936) (L. A)

  4. 💚💚Boots, by Yvonne Adair (L. A)

  5. 💚💚To Fly Like and Eagle by Anne Crosby-Gaudet (L. B)

  6. 💜💚💚The Haunted Mouse by Nancy and Randall Faber (b. 1955; 1954)(L. A)

  7. 💚💚The Lively Boy by Daniel Gottlob Türk (1750-1813)(L. A)