July 1, 2026 (Lesson 9 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:

💚SIGHTREADING_00_26-37_DEF (in Newzik)

1. Please prepare pages 1-3 of the PDF. These deal with landmark notes and will help your note-reading ability.

💚New Shoes by Linda Niamath (L. B)

1. I re-uploaded the instruction study video. Please watch and get back to me with any questions.

💚FLASH CARD VIDEO TREBLE CLEF

1. TREBLE CLEF VIDEO SECTIONS:

   It’s ok for this to be hard at first. Just make sure to spend at least 5-10 min per day on this video and you’ll gradually become faster at reading the notes. Don’t go on to the next drill in the video before you’ve mastered the previous one.

   1. DRILL 1: Landmarks (make sure you’re fluent before you move on)

   2. DRILL 2: Landmarks with neighboring notes (the second round without hints should be practice multiple times until fluent). As you practice the second

   3. DRILL 3: Notes further away from landmarks

   4. DRILL 4: All mixed

   5. DRILL 5: All mixed faster

   6. DRILL 6: All mixed even faster

💚FLASH CARD VIDEO BASS CLEF

1. BASS CLEF VIDEO SECTIONS:

   It’s ok for this to be hard at first. Just make sure to spend at least 5-10 min per day on this video and you’ll gradually become faster at reading the notes. Don’t go on to the next drill in the video before you’ve mastered the previous one.

   1. DRILL 1: Landmarks (make sure you’re fluent before you move on)

   2. DRILL 2: Landmarks with neighboring notes (the second round without hints should be practice multiple times until fluent). As you practice the second

   3. DRILL 3: Notes further away from landmarks

   4. DRILL 4: All mixed

   5. DRILL 5: All mixed faster

   6. DRILL 6: All mixed even faster

💚FLASH CARD VIDEO TREBLE & BASS CLEFS

1. TREBLE & BASS CLEF VIDEO SECTIONS: Only do this video once the two above are mastered.

   It’s ok for this to be hard at first. Just make sure to spend at least 5-10 min per day on this video and you’ll gradually become faster at reading the notes. Don’t go on to the next drill in the video before you’ve mastered the previous one.

   1. DRILL 1: Landmarks (make sure you’re fluent before you move on)

   2. DRILL 2: Landmarks with neighboring notes (the second round without hints should be practice multiple times until fluent). As you practice the second

   3. DRILL 3: Notes further away from landmarks

   4. DRILL 4: All mixed

   5. DRILL 5: All mixed faster

   6. DRILL 6: All mixed even faster

🖤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

🖤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.

🖤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:

💚The Haunted Mouse (RCM, Prep. A)

💚The Juggler by Nancy and Randall Faber (RCM, Prep. A)