TO DO:
Plan final recital date and start invite list and invitation
Current Assignments
đź’šMozart: movement III.
Start to learn!
🟨Mozart: movement II.
From measure 21 to the end: this is your focus.
Left hand should be relatively steady and less inconsistent in terms of volume.
Think of the RH melody as an opera singer.
🟩Ravel, Jeux d’Eau
mm. 68-69: three to four groupings at a time, bring it to recital practice.
Slow-mo
accent practice
speed-build
If needed: rhythms.
🟩Rameau Gavotte & Six Doubles
Gavotte:
1st double:
2nd double:
Work on gradual speed-build toward the end. This doesn’t need to be much.
3rd double:
4th double:
5th double:
continue technical work and pedaling changes.
6th double:
🟩Prokofiev Sonata No. 2. IV: Vivace
Review at least twice per week.
Choose a small chunk (4-6 measures) and do recital practice work (no more then 5-7 very focused minutes).
🟩Chopin Ballade No. 1 in G Minor, Op. 23
Review once
Slow-mo on Coda
🟩Review Rachmaninoff one time this week.
Senior Recital: Start thinking about a general time / month. March / April / May?
Rameau Gavotte & Six Doubles âś… (approx. 7-8 min)
Chopin Ballade No. 1 âś… (approx. 10 min)
Mozart Sonata K. 332 âś… (appox. 14 min)
Brahms Intermezzo in A Major op. 118 (approx. 4-5) (maybe)
Ravel, Jeux d’Eau ✅ (approx. 5)
Prokofiev Sonata no. 2, IV âś… (approx. 4-5)
đź’šReview Pieces: 10 min per day. Get to a decent state. ROTATE the items below.
ENGAGED SLOW-MO PRACTICE.
Rachmaninoff, Concerto No. 2 in C Minor, Op. 18. I. Moderato
Schumann, Piano Concerto in A Minor
Debussy: Etudes, Book II, No. 11, pour les Arpèges composés
Chopin: Scherzo No. 2 in B-flat Minor Op. 31
Liszt: 2 Études de Concert, S. 145 No. 1: Waldesrauschen (4:30)
Bach, Prelude and Fugue in F Major BWV 856, Book 1
Beethoven, Piano Sonata No. 13 in E-flat Major, Op. 27, No. 1. I, II
Debussy, Image
đź–¤Beethoven Sonata movements III and IV
đź–¤Scriabin: 8 Etudes Op. 42, No. 5 in C-sharp Minor
YOUNG ARTISTS PIANO COMPETITIONShttps://crescendocompetition.org/international-competition/
Pacific Stars International Piano Competition
Virtual 2024
https://www.pacificstars.org/professionalwinners
Won first place
Capital Philharmonic of New Jersey
Video recording: Mendelssohn
Bravura 2023 Young Artists Concerto Competition
Video recording: Mendelssohn
Hill Concerto Competition
Lyra (NYC DiMenna Center)
Portugal
Music Teachers National Association (Senior)
2024
Nazareth University Competition
2024
The Claudette Sorel Piano Competition & Piano Fellows Program
2024
New York International Piano Competition (June 2026)
https://thenyipc.org/competition/
Interlochen Summer: June 17-23 (confirmed
All five 2023 recital pieces
NOPI: July 15th
Mendelssohn
2023 Radda Rise International Piano Competitio
Participated
Bohemians Young Artists Piano Competition
Received Honorable Mention
2021 Radda Rise International Piano Competition
2nd Place in Division 2: October 5, 2021
New Orleans Virtual International Competition
Submitted. Results announced.
CONCERTI
Haydn
Piano Concerto in D Major, Hob:XVIII:11
Movement 3: Rondo all’Ungarese: Allegro assai
Mendelssohn:
Concert No. 2 in D Minor, (Movement 3)
BAROQUE
Händel
Chaconne in G Major, HVB 435
Johan Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)
Prelude and Fugue No. ? In C Minor
Prelude and Fugue No. 11 in F Major, BWV 856 (L. 10, A)
French Suite No. 4 in E-flat Major BWV 815 (L. 7, A)
Allemande (L. 7, A)
Gigue (L. 7, A)
Invention No. 4 in D Minor, BWV 775
Invention No. 8 in F Major, BWV 779
Invention No. 12 in A Major, BWV 783 (L. 8, A)
Invention No. 15 in B Minor, BWV 786 (L. 8, A)
Sinfonia No. 8 in F Major, BWV 794 (L. 9, A)
Domenico Scarlatti (1685-1757)
Sonata in E Major, K 531 (L. 8, A)
Sonata in G Major L 487, Domenico Scarlatti (L. 9, A)
CLASSICAL
L. V. Beethoven (1770-1827)
Sonata Op. 10 No. 1 in C Minor (No. 5)
Complete
Sonata Op. 10 No. 2 in F Major (No. 6) (L. 10, B)
I. Allegro
Sonata in G Minor, op. 49, no. 1 (L. 8, B)
Sonata in G Major Op 49 No. 2 (L. 8, B)
Muzio Clementi ()
Six Sonatinas, Op. 36
Complete
Haydn
Piano Sonata, No. 53 in E Minor, Hob. XVI:34 (L. 9-B)
III: Presto
Piano Sonata, No. 59 in E-flat Major Hob. XVI:49:
I: Allegro
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)
Sonata in C Major, K 545, Allegro (L. 8, B)
One movement
ROMANTIC
Johann Friedrich Franz BurgmĂĽller (1806-1874)
The Storm Op. 109 No. 13 (L. 8, Etude)
Frederic Chopin (1810-1849)
Chopin: Etude in A-flat Major, Op. 10 No. 10
Valse Op 69 No. 1 (L. 8, C)
Waltz Op. 69 No. 2 in B minor (L. 8, C)
Waltz in F Major Op. 34 No. 3
Nocturne in B-flat Minor, Op. 9 No. 1
Prelude Op. 28 No. 8 & 10
Edvard Grieg (1843-1907)
Humoreske in C Major Op. 6 No. 3 (L. 8, C)
Notturno, Op. 54 No. 4
Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847)
Gondellied (Barcarole) in A Major (L. 8, C)
Sergei Rachmaninoff (1873-1943)
Etude Tableaux, Op. 33 No. 7 in G Minor
Prelude op. 23 no. 4 in D Major
Prelude op. 23 no. 5 in G Minor
Robert Schumann (1810-1856)
Album fĂĽr die Jugend, Op. 68 No. 12 Knecht Rubrecht (L. 8, C)
IMPRESSIONISTIC / POST-ROMANTIC
Claude Debussy (1862-1918)
Images: Livre I
Reflets dans l’eau
Children’s Corner:
Doctor Gradus ad Parnassum (L. 10, D)
The Little Shepherd (L. 8, D)
Page d’Album (L. 8, D)
Préludes, Book 2, L. 123
5, Bruyères
6. “General Lavine” - eccentric
Gabriel Fauré (1845-1924)
Improvisation in C-sharp minor Op. 84 No. 5 from Huit Pièces Brèves (L. 9 Etude)
Barcarolle Op. 26 No. 1 in A Minor
Maurice Ravel (1875-1737)
Prelude in A Minor (L. 8, D)
Alexander Scriabin ()
Twenty-Four Preludes, Op. 11 No. 22 by (L. 8, D)
Sergei Prokofiev ()
Op. 65
No. 6 Waltz (L. 7: C)
No. 12
MODERN / 21st CENTURY
“Sightreading Pieces” in you Newzik. DAIL
đź’šGreat American Songbook: left off on page 32
Listen to each song you read on Spotify and become familiar with the tune so you can play it better for the solo piano version.
Ella Fitzgerald is a good reference for jazz standards
đź–¤Beethoven Piano Sonatas (paused at op. 27 no. 1)
đź–¤Brahms Piano Works (Paused at p. 12)
Bach, 15 Inventions (completed 2023)
Shostakovich, Children’s and Easy Pieces, Op. 69 (finished March, 2023)
Tchaikovsky, Album for the Young, op. 39 (finished November 3, 2022)
Grieg Lyric Pieces in Newzik (op. 54) (finished August 2022)
2024 Final Recital8
2023 Final Recital
1:00 pm
Gershwin
Debussy, Reflets dans l’eau
Handel (5:50)
3:00 pm
Haydn (6:00)
Rachmaninoff (4:23
