July 1, 2024

May 18th Recording in BK

1. Bach Prelude & Fugu

Future Repertoire

1. 💜Beethoven: Sonata Op. 27 No. 1

2. 💜Schumann:

3. 💜Debussy: Etudes, Book II, Nos. 7 and 11

4. 💜Chopin: Etudes Op. 25 No. 1 & 11 and Op. 10 No. 4

5. 💜Rameau: Gavotte et Six Doubles

6. 💜Fauré: Nocturnes: 5, 6, 13,

7. 💜Fauré: Valse-Caprice No. 2

8. Modern

9. Schubert Sonata No. 13 in A Major, D. 664

10. Rachmaninoff: Prelude op. 32 no. 12

11. Bach: Suite

12. Ravel Concert in G Major

Current Assignments

1. ❤️“Sightreading Pieces” in you Newzik. DAIL

   1. 💚Great American Songbook: left off on page 32

      1. 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.

      2. Ella Fitzgerald is a good reference for jazz standards

   1. 🖤Beethoven Piano Sonatas (paused at op. 27 no. 1)

   2. 🖤Brahms Piano Works (Paused at p. 12)

   3. Bach, 15 Inventions (completed 2023)

   4. Shostakovich, Children’s and Easy Pieces, Op. 69 (finished March, 2023)

   5. Tchaikovsky, Album for the Young, op. 39 (finished November 3, 2022)

   6. Grieg Lyric Pieces in Newzik (op. 54) (finished August 2022)

2. 💜Chopin: Scherzo No. 2 in B-flat Minor Op. 31

   1. mm. 334-365 - learn RH in A to B and speed-build in chunks

   2. Add LH bass notes only.

   3. Dovetail sections.

3. 💜(4:30) Liszt: 2 Études de Concert, S. 145 No. 1: Waldesrauschen

   1. Tremolo: mm. 79-82: One focus at a time, then two

      1. Focus is relaxation in each position. Do this softly and speed up and down. Slow down when it becomes uneven until you find relaxation again.

      2. Add the focus of dynamic increase and decrease.

4. 💚Bach, Prelude and Fugue in F Major BWV 856, Book 1

   1. PRELUDE:

      1. PLAY TO YOUR STORY. OUTWARD PHYSICAL EMOTIONS.

      2. Hands apart medium tempo practice listening to each part for it’s unique qualities

      3. Trill sections, close-loud and staccato on the 16ths with fast trill work.

      4. No accents at the beginning of each 16th passage after the trills.

   2. FUGUE:

      1. See red pen

      2. Pass first lesson in April

5. 💜Dutilleux: Sonata: Choral et Variations (11:00)

   1. Theme:

      1. EXPRESSION EXPERIMENT BODY LANGUAGE MAD SCIENTIST SHOOTING ROCKETS CRAZY EYES GIANTS SMASHING VILLAGE.

      2. M. 18-20: Sedation - waking up crazy.

      3. M. 27 - feel the articulation - be like a snare drum. Sempre forte. Someone’s world is falling apart.

   2. Variation 1:

      1. M. 103-106 - don’t change tempo. Do technical work.

      2. M. 136 - take time on the accent.

   3. Variation 2:

      1. Continue to focus on P.C., more aggressive dynamics changes. Listen to Anne Queffélec with recording and listen to textures and which notes are brought out.

   4. Variation 3:

      1. Examine all the voices and start to come up with an expressive plan to feature melodic motives so we don’t overwhelm the listener with too much overlapping.

   5. Variation 4:

      1. Mm. 553-576:

         1. 2-4 mm. At a time. Hands apart, then together, all of NFPER.

         2. Memorize as you go along.

         3. If you make mistakes, you’ll likely going too fast. Start very slowly.

         4. Approach the movement as if you playing at full tempo. Activate your wrist!

         5. Speed-build gradually from a very slow tempo.

      2. Mm. 595-605:

         1. Next section.

6. 💜Schumann, Piano Concerto in A Minor

   1. Mm. 131-134 - wrist movement in octaves.

   2. Mm. 128-131 - two short, one longer phrase. Lighten up two lower notes of chords. Dont’ get stuck with your 2nd and 4th beats.

   3. Letter F section: bring out bass notes

   4. Learn past letter G

Cleveland International Jr.

Van Cliburn International Jr

GINA BACHAUER INTERNATIONAL JUNIOR &

YOUNG ARTISTS PIANO COMPETITIONShttps://crescendocompetition.org/international-competition/

Pacific Stars International Piano Competition

1. Virtual 2024

2. https://www.pacificstars.org/professionalwinners

Capital Philharmonic of New Jersey

1. Video recording: Mendelssohn

Bravura 2023 Young Artists Concerto Competition

1. Video recording: Mendelssohn

Hill Concerto Competition

Lyra (NYC DiMenna Center)

Portugal

Music Teachers National Association (Senior)

1. 2024

Nazareth University Competition

1. 2024

The Claudette Sorel Piano Competition & Piano Fellows Program

1. 2024

New York International Piano Competition (June 2026)

1. https://thenyipc.org/competition/

Interlochen Summer: June 17-23 (confirmed

1. All five 2023 recital pieces

NOPI: July 15th

1. Mendelssohn

2023 Radda Rise International Piano Competitio

1. Participated

Bohemians Young Artists Piano Competition

1. Received Honorable Mention

2021 Radda Rise International Piano Competition

1. 2nd Place in Division 2: October 5, 2021

New Orleans Virtual International Competition

1. Submitted. Results announced.

CONCERTI

1. Haydn

   1. Piano Concerto in D Major, Hob:XVIII:11

      • Movement 3: Rondo all’Ungarese: Allegro assai

2. Mendelssohn:

   1. Concert No. 2 in D Minor, (Movement 3)

BAROQUE

1. Händel

   1. Chaconne in G Major, HVB 435

2. Johan Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)

   1. Prelude and Fugue No. ? In C Minor

   2. Prelude and Fugue No. 11 in F Major, BWV 856 (L. 10, A)

   3. French Suite No. 4 in E-flat Major BWV 815 (L. 7, A)

      1. Allemande (L. 7, A)

      2. Gigue (L. 7, A)

   4. Invention No. 4 in D Minor, BWV 775

   5. Invention No. 8 in F Major, BWV 779

   6. Invention No. 12 in A Major, BWV 783 (L. 8, A)

   7. Invention No. 15 in B Minor, BWV 786 (L. 8, A)

   8. Sinfonia No. 8 in F Major, BWV 794 (L. 9, A)

3. Domenico Scarlatti (1685-1757)

   1. Sonata in E Major, K 531 (L. 8, A)

   2. Sonata in G Major L 487, Domenico Scarlatti (L. 9, A)

CLASSICAL

1. L. V. Beethoven (1770-1827)

   1. Sonata Op. 10 No. 1 in C Minor (No. 5)

      1. Complete

   2. Sonata Op. 10 No. 2 in F Major (No. 6) (L. 10, B)

      1. I. Allegro

   3. Sonata in G Minor, op. 49, no. 1 (L. 8, B)

   4. Sonata in G Major Op 49 No. 2 (L. 8, B)

2. Muzio Clementi ()

   1. Six Sonatinas, Op. 36

      1. Complete

3. Haydn

   1. Piano Sonata, No. 53 in E Minor, Hob. XVI:34 (L. 9-B)

      1. III: Presto

   2. Piano Sonata, No. 59 in E-flat Major Hob. XVI:49:

      1. I: Allegro

4. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)

   1. Sonata in C Major, K 545, Allegro (L. 8, B)

      1. One movement

ROMANTIC

1. Johann Friedrich Franz Burgmüller (1806-1874)

   1. The Storm Op. 109 No. 13 (L. 8, Etude)

2. Frederic Chopin (1810-1849)

   1. Valse Op 69 No. 1 (L. 8, C)

   2. Waltz Op. 69 No. 2 in B minor (L. 8, C)

   3. Waltz in F Major Op. 34 No. 3

   4. Nocturne in B-flat Minor, Op. 9 No. 1

   5. Prelude Op. 28 No. 8 & 10

3. Edvard Grieg (1843-1907)

   1. Humoreske in C Major Op. 6 No. 3 (L. 8, C)

   2. Notturno, Op. 54 No. 4

4. Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847)

   1. Gondellied (Barcarole) in A Major (L. 8, C)

5. Sergei Rachmaninoff (1873-1943)

   1. Etude Tableaux, Op. 33 No. 7 in G Minor

   2. Prelude op. 23 no. 4 in D Major

   3. Prelude op. 23 no. 5 in G Minor

6. Robert Schumann (1810-1856)

   1. Album für die Jugend, Op. 68 No. 12 Knecht Rubrecht (L. 8, C)

IMPRESSIONISTIC / POST-ROMANTIC

1. Claude Debussy (1862-1918)

   1. Images: Livre I

      1. Reflets dans l’eau

   2. Children’s Corner:

      1. Doctor Gradus ad Parnassum (L. 10, D)

      2. The Little Shepherd (L. 8, D)

   3. Page d’Album (L. 8, D)

   4. Préludes, Book 2, L. 123

      1. 5, Bruyères

      2. 6. “General Lavine” - eccentric

2. Gabriel Fauré (1845-1924)

   1. Improvisation in C-sharp minor Op. 84 No. 5 from Huit Pièces Brèves (L. 9 Etude)

   2. Barcarolle Op. 26 No. 1 in A Minor

3. Maurice Ravel (1875-1737)

   1. Prelude in A Minor (L. 8, D)

4. Alexander Scriabin ()

   1. Twenty-Four Preludes, Op. 11 No. 22 by (L. 8, D)

5. Sergei Prokofiev ()

   1. Op. 65

      1. No. 6 Waltz (L. 7: C)

      2. No. 12

MODERN / 21st CENTURY

2024 Final Recital8

2023 Final Recital

1. 1:00 pm

   1. Gershwin

   2. Debussy, Reflets dans l’eau

   3. Handel (5:50)

2. 3:00 pm

   1. Haydn (6:00)

   2. Rachmaninoff (4:23