February 19 & March 7 , 2024

💚 = do the assignment. We are on track

💛 = do the assignment - it needs extra focus.

❤️ = do the assignment - needs lots of work or was not prepared properly

💜 = do the assignment - we didn’t get to it at the lesson and will start with this before any 💛💚

🖤 = Don’t do

Important Dates

  • December 10, 2023 - Performance Class

  • March 10, 2024 - Guest Artist Workshop

  • May 19, 2024 - Final Recitals

Technique

  1. Talk about beginner curriculum with

  2. 🖤Hanon

    1. Watch the practice video for Close Loud and follow the instructions. Video is found in the Newzik PDF.

  3. 🖤Czerny

    1. No assignment

  4. ❤️❤️RCMCP Technique

    1. Prepare Major and Minor Scales

      1. C/a, G/e, D/b, F/d

    2. Focus on No twisting in your wrists.

    3. Focus on the up and over movement with wrists and minimize elbow lift.

    4. Think everything should look and feel smooth.

  1. 💚Solfège Blue Book:

    1. Increase speed until it makes you feel slightly uncomfortable. Then work from there.

  2. 💚Four Star Sight-readng & Ear Tests

    1. Level 1: finish set 6 and 7

  1. 💚Celebrate Theory

    1. Order of Sharps and flats.

      1. Father

      2. Charles

      3. Goes

      4. Down

      5. And

      6. Ends

      7. Battles

    2. Finish Unit 4 and 5

  1. 💚Grieg Lyric Piece

  2. 💜NFRPE Five Basic Practice Tactics (re-read)

  3. 💜Bach, Invention No. 5 in E-flat Major, HWV 776

  4. 💚Mozart Sonata No. 10 in C Major, K 330: I. Allegro moderato

    1. Compare the exposition and recapitulation with same / similar content. Make note of NEW content in the recap.

Review Repertoire

  1. Chopin, Waltz in A Minor op. Posth., B 150 (L. 6, C)