2026-2027 Events
October 17-18, 2026 — Group Classes
December 5-6, 2026 — Group Classes
January 24, 2027 — Performance Class & Guest Artist Workshop
February 27-28, 2027 — Group Classes
April 10-11, 2027 — Group Classes
May 22, 2027 — Student Final Recital
How to Practice
Use the Practice Tools panel below. It logs your practice for you — no comments needed.
Press Start here. It picks up where you stopped last time.
Read the assignment, press Start, practice.
Tap the kind of practice — learning, spotting, memorizing, polishing, run-through or review — then press Done.
Press Next practice item and go again.
Capped items count down and chime. Keep going if it's going well.
Got something to say about an assignment? Paste the line it gives you into the comments and add your note.
Also in the panel: a metronome, a spotting counter, and recording.
Log only what you actually did, on the day you did it. Five minutes is a real entry. Logging starts October 1.
🟩 on track · 🟨 needs extra attention · 🟪 didn't get to it at the lesson · 🟥 priority · ⬛️ don't practice this one
[PRACTICE TOOLS]
Technique
1. 🟪 Technical Requirements for Piano, Level 1 (RCM)
Review C major and A minor scales.
Learn A harmonic minor, hands together.
Theory
2. 🟪 Theory_00_05_Rhythm
Prepare page 7.
Musicianship
3. 🟩 Four Star Sight Reading and Ear Tests, Level 1 (Berlin and Markow)
Review Set 1. One day per practice session — start at Day 2.
Use the book now, not Newzik.
Study it first, then play it once. Treat every one like a test.
Check the rhythm before you start. Day 1, m. 2 — those are half notes.
4. 🟩 Twelve Variations on "Ah vous dirai-je, Maman," K. 265 (Mozart)
Listening. Listen all the way through.
Repertoire
5. 🟩 The Snake (Christopher)
NFPER, two measures at a time. Mark off each step on your blue paper.
Metronome at 50 — one tick per quarter note.
Keep the wrist up when you play loud.
6. 🟪 Andante in G minor, from Fantasia in G minor, TWV 33:17 (Telemann)
Review once a week with your music. Hands alone, then together.
7. 🟪 Heavenly Blue (Gerou)
Review once a week with your music. Hands alone, then together.
RCM Certificate Program
Goal: Level 1, May-June 2027 exam session, at the National Opera Center.
You still need a List B piece. Andante is your A, The Snake is your C, Heavenly Blue is your etude. We'll pick B next lesson.
Level 5 and up also requires a theory exam.
Books on Loan
Four studio books. No markings — they come back.
Technical Requirements for Piano, Level 1 (RCM)
Celebration Series, 6th ed. — Piano Repertoire, Level 1
Celebration Series, 6th ed. — Piano Etudes, Level 1
Four Star Sight Reading and Ear Tests, Level 1 (2015 Edition)
They live in Finn's Piano Binder. Back in the binder after every practice.
Coming Up
Group Class 1 — Saturday October 17 or Sunday October 18. Let me know which one.