March 19, 2025


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  1. RCM Level 2: May 27, 2025, 4:20 pm

  2. List A: (Ecossaise & Minuet)

  3. List B: Crocodile Tears by Christine Donkin (L. 2, B)

  4. List C: Invention in C Major by Renée Christopher (b. 1955) L. 2, C

  5. Etude: Etude in G Major, op. 166, no. 6 by Henri Bertini (1798-1876) L. 2, Etude

Achievement in Posture Award: 💚💚💚💛💚💛💚💚

  1. 💚 Dustin didn’t ask for good posture, ONCE!

  2. 💛 Dustin asked for good posture one to three times.

  3. ❤️ Dustin asked for good posture four or more times!

  4. After 5 greens, you will receive a REWARD!

💚“RCM Technical Requirements Level 02”

  1. See the highlights

  2. Please focus on tidy attacks for any item that has more than one note played at once.

💜“SIGHT-READING 2A

  1. Prepare at least pages 51-55

  2. GO NO FASTER THAN M.M. 50 PER QUARTER NOTE

💜Interval & Playback Practice

  1. Go to your PDF in Newzik called Four Star Level 02 Tests

  2. See the audio titled “Playbacks Examples 1-6”

💜FOUR STAR Level 2

  1. Sight-reading

    1. NEVER start over in the middle of the exercise.

    2. Don’t play faster than m.m. 32 per quarter note. You can turn the metronome on to hear the beat then turn it off.

    3. Look at the rhythm and do it abstractly in your head. NOT fast.

    4. Then look at the intervals, key signature, etc.

    5. If you make a mistake, CONTINUE and pretend it didn’t happen. 😎

💜Theory Level 2

  1. Complete Unit 6 pages 1-4

💚Etude in G Major, op. 166, no. 6 by Henri Bertini (1798-1876) (L. 2, Etude)

  1. Measures 5-8, 9-12, and 13 to the end: be able to play through blocked with no pauses at m.m. 60 per quarter note.

💚Minuet G Major by JS Bach (L. 2, A)

  1. Please fix the pink markings

  2. Practice starting from 3 different places each practice session.

  3. 🖤Next goal:

    1. Metronome practice

    2. Dynamic refinement

💚Ecossaise in G Major by LV Beethoven (L. 2, A)

  1. See the new green markings!

  2. Practice starting from any measure of the piece.

💚Crocodile Tears by Christine Donkin (L. 2, B)

  1. See all the new green markings.

  2. Memorize up to measure 20 for next lesson.

💛Invention in C Major by Renée Christopher (b. 1955) L. 2, C)

  1. Do hands alone practice, followed by hands together.

  2. Spot any sections that need it.

  3. Finally, Try to play with m.m. 60 per quarter note.

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

  2. 💚Canon by Carlton Elliott

  3. 💚Early One Morning (Level 1, B)

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

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

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

  7. 💚💚Boots, by Yvonne Adair (L. A)

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

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

  1. 🖤Presto in 5/8 by Edwin McLean (L. 2, B)

  2. 🖤Atacama Desert by Wynn-Anne Rossi (L. 2, B)

RCMCP: May 29, 2024, 3:00 pm

  1. List A: Bourrée in D Minor

  2. List B: Early One Morning

  3. List C: Canon

  4. Etude: Celebration