June 3, 2026 (Lesson 5 of 10)

Performance Goals for Next Year:

  1. Finish your piece fully before you get off the bench or look into the audience.

  2. Dynamic contrast.

Stage Presence Goals for Next Year:

  1. Speak loudly

  2. Hold body still while speaking

  3. Keep eyes focused on one or two points.

Assignments:

đź’šNew Shoes by Linda Niamath (L. B)

  1. Practice saying and playing the names of the notes of the first system (measures 1-4) hands alone.

  2. Remember to pop up your RH wrist (not too far off the keyboard) when you play staccato.

đź’śFLASH CARDS

  1. The new cards (lower neighbors) are at the top of the deck in the box.

đź’śSIGHTREADING_00_26-37_DEF (in Newzik)

  1. Please prepare pages 1-3 of the PDF

đź–¤THEORY: Unit 7: Triads

  1. Print Unit 7 or Complete the Unit in Newzik.

  2. Prepare pages 61-63 and be able to tell me about ANY bold words

đź–¤RCM Ear Training Online Portal

  1. https://moodle.rcmusic.com/lms/login/index.php (LINK TO RCM ONLINE EAR TRAINING)

    Login Information:

    info@gledhillartscollective.com

    dust2789

🖤RHYTHM: Basic Rhyhmic Training (in Newzik) “RHYTHM_008_018”

  1. Please prepare number 11 (Tah and Conduct).

  2. 🎥Please see the new video I texted your thread.

đź–¤READING: L&M Unit 3

  1. Page 1: Deep Blue Sea

    1. Pressing the media button, select “Deep Blue Sea Your Part.” Practice with this until you can play with it exactly as it sounds.

      1. It might not be correct after three tries so just do three in one day and be ok with that - try again the next day.

      2. Remember to keep going if you make a mistake.

    2. Once the above is correct, select the “Deep Blue Sea Accompaniment.”

      1. Do the same as above.


Review List:

đź’šThe Haunted Mouse (RCM, Prep. A)

đź’šThe Juggler by Nancy and Randall Faber (RCM, Prep. A)