April 21 & 24, 2025 (30 min virtual)

Assignment Legend

❤️= Priority above all else (repeated issues or reglect).

💛= Priority after red (on the right track but needs more work).

💜= Item we did not do at the last lesson. Lesson priority before green.

💚= on the right track! Practice these items as usual but prioritize other colors first.

🖤= don’t practice this item (on hold).



“Run It” from Sonic 3 - Fin is interested in learning this.

RECITAL PROCEDURE:

PLAY

💚Baby Kangaroo by Anne Crosby Gaudet (Prep A)

  1. Please play with the BUBBLE when you play RH finger 5

  2. Find the audio “Mm 66” and play with the recording! Careful of the red boxes.

  3. Find the audio “Mm 86” and play with the recording/

  4. Find the audio “Mm 100” and play with the recording.

STAND UP AND BOW

READ

Dennis Alexander has written hundreds of pieces that help young pianists sound advanced. 

“Reflections” is thoughtful and a little moody, with notes that feel like they’re rippling on still water.

GO SIT BACK IN YOUR SEAT

PLAY

💚Allegro in C Major, op. 1 no. 4 by Alexander Reinagle (Prep A)

  1. Practice measures 13-16 RH, LH and HT 5 x’s every day.

  2. See the “Gledhill Arts Collective” layer and practice the boxes, RH, LH, HT 3 x’s each!

  3. Entire piece 3 x’s HT.

STAND UP AND BOW

READ

Beethoven didn’t always write big, stormy music. This piece shows his softer side — thoughtful, lyrical, and quietly beautiful.

GO SIT BACK IN YOUR SEAT

PLAY

💚Melody in G Major, op, 101 no. 39 by Ferdinand Beyer (1803-1863) (Prep. A)

  1. See the new layer in Newzik, “April 7th”

  2. Please do each box RH, LH and HT 3 x’s each day.

STAND UP AND BOW

READ

Kevin Olson writes music for students that sounds like a movie soundtrack — dramatic, intense, and fun to play. “Raptors” is all about big birds of prey, and the music captures their power and sharp movement with bold rhythms and soaring melodies.

GO SIT BACK IN YOUR SEAT

💚Sleigh Bells

  1. Every day:

    1. Practice LH alone, then with the recording

    2. Practice RH alone, then with the recording

    3. Practice HT alone, then with the recording.

💚Note-reading game. See the instructions above.

❌Theory The Grand Staff

  1. Pick up with Dustin on page 3 #2