2017-2018 Lesson 19: Katie Moore

Final Recital

  1. Sunday, June 3rd, 2018

Guest Artist Class

  1. Sunday, April 22nd, 2018: National Opera Center, Rehearsal Hall

Performance Class

  1. Sunday, February 11th, 2018: DiMenna Center, Benzaquen Hall

Notes & Makeups

  1. Start your practice with Technique and treat Czerny as a technical exercise. Next, do your Four Star assignment, followed by repertoire in the following hierarchical order: Clementi Movement III, Bartok, Scarlatti, Debussy and other "*" items. 

Books on Loan

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Lesson Assignments:

  1. *Hanon

    1. No. 14
      1. Do no's 1, 2, 15, 18 and 19 in your Rhythm and Accent Practice Guide.

  2. Scales: Parallel

    1. Do 2 major and minor (natural form) scales each day
    2. Close Loud
    3. High Loud
    4. Apply any rhythm / accent practice you wish to scales. 
    5. Legato: m.m. 88, 2 notes per tick, then 3 then 4 (2, 3 and 4 octaves)
      1. One time for each scale: breathe in slowly to the top and out slowly to the bottom. 
    6. Staccato: m.m. 100, 2 notes per tick.
      1. C Major
      2. a minor
      3. G Major
      4. e minor
      5. D Major
      6. b minor
      7. A Major
      8. f-sharp minor
      9. E Major
      10. c-sharp minor 
      11. B Major / C-flat Major
      12. g-sharp / a-flat minor
      13. F-sharp / G-flat Major
      14. d-sharp / e-flat minor
      15. C-sharp / D-flat Major

  3. *Four Star: Sight Reading & Ear Tests Level 4

    1. Finished Set 5 - do tests with Dustin next week. 
    2. Go back to set's 1-3 and do extra sight-reading assignments.

  4.  

      *Czerny Op. 823
      1. No. 26: 
        1. Sprint practice - three times.    

    1.  

        *Etude in D Major Op. 37 No. 17 by Henry Lemoine (Etude L.3) PAUSE
        1. Learn
        2. See pencil

      1. *Folk Dance by Kabalevsky (Etude L.4) PAUSE

        1. Learn
        2. Focus on trampoline hands. 

      2. Etude in C Major by Carl Czerny Op. 261 No. 81 (Etude L.3) PAUSE

        1. Build to m.m. 56.

      3. Bartok Sonatina Sz. 55: 1. Bagpipers (recital)

        1. Bagpiers - fix green pen.
        2. Bear Dance - fix Green pen hands alone first.
        3. Finale - Learn hands alone to section 2, thinking about ARTICULATIONS! Relaxed wrists with no fingers sliding toward your body.  

      4. *Scarlatti Sonata in C Major K 159 (recital)

        1. Explore all the expressive possibilites. 

      5. *Debussy: Children's Corner, L. 113, No. 1 Doctor Gradus ad Parnassum (recital)

        1. Consistent tempo - next level in work.  

      6. Haydn: Piano Concerto in D Major HobXVIII:11, Movement 3

        1. m. 1 - accent 1st and 2nd beats
        2. m. 2, 8, 10 - crescendo / pokey fingers
        3. m. 11: do the decrescendo and drop wrist into 2nd beat. 
        4. mm. 39-50 - accent practice on each subdivision of of the beat: 1, 2, 3, 4 (use rhythms 15-19 on this section). 

      7. Bartok, Mikrokosmos Vol. 1 (no assignment)

        1. No. 36 - the most important aspect of this piece is the expression, Add your own. 

      8. Solos 3 & 4 (no assignment)

        1. PREPARE: page 32

      9. Lesson & Musicianship 4 (no assignment)

        1. LEFT OFF AT PAGE 60

      10. Rhythm (no assignment)

        1. Left off at 128

      11. Solfege (no assignment)

        1. Chapter 8
          1. Prepare Nos. 35-36 at m.m. 100.

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      REVIEW

      Remove 3 from the list below

      1. Clementi Op. 36 No. 2 Movement 3

         

         

      2. Arabesque Op. 100 No. 2 by Johann Friedrich Burgmüller (L. 3 Etude)

      3. Musette in D Major by J.S. Bach (L. 3 List A)

      4. Clowns Op. 39 No. 20 by Dmitri Kabalevsky (L. 3 List C)

      5. Sonatina in A Minor Op. 94 No. 4 by Albert Biehl (L. 3 List B)

      6. Clementi, Sonatina Op. 36 No. 1 in C Major

      7. Faure Dolly Suite

      8. Turkish Bazaar by Mark Mrozinski (L.2, List B)

      9. Kuhlau, movement 2

      10. *"Allegro in B-flat" by W. A. Mozart

      11. "Angelfish" by Anne Crosby (

      12. "Celebration" by Anne Crosby

      13. Sonatina in G Major by Beethoven

      14. **Adieu by Bergmuller

      15. **Chanson Italienne Op.39 No. 15 Tchaikovsky

      16. Melodie Antique Francaise by Tchaikovsky

      17. Innocence by Bergmuller

      18. Pastorale by Bergmuller

      19. La Candeur by Bergmuller

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      PROSPECTIVE REPERTOIRE

      1. Mendelssohn Op. 30 No. 6 "Venetian Boat-Song No. 2"
      2. Moszkowski, Vingt Petites Etudes Op. 91 No. 10, 11