March 21, 2023

Interlochen Summer: June 17-23 (confirmed)

1. Solo repertoire

Lucerne:

1. Choose Grieg or Mendelssohn 4

2023 Radda Rise International Piano Competition

Bohemians Young Artists Piano Competition

1. Received Honorable Mention

Lucy Moses Competition

1. Info comes out in November.

2021 Radda Rise International Piano Competition

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

Music Teacher’s National Association

1. Compete in 2023?

New Orleans Virtual International Competition

1. Submitted. Results announced

2. Compete in 2023

🖤Prepare Hanon No. 2

1. TWO OCTAVES: C major through B major without stopping.

   1. More legato, closer to the keys, no sliding.

   2. Start at 132 after some accent or close loud.

   3. I need to hear TICKY fingers.

🖤Piano Technique Book 2008 Edition Royal Conservatory Music Development Program BOOK

1. E Major, E minor (Chords and arpeggios)

   1. No sliding

   2. Correct on the first try.

   3. 2-4 octaves.

   4. Write down your maximum tempi.

🖤Czerny op. 299 no. 12

1. No. 12 - passed m.m. 72 per half note

2. Finished: No. 39

3. No. 3, 12, 30 on deck

💚“Sightreading Pieces” in you Newzik. DAILY

1. 💚Bach, 15 Inventions

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

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

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

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

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

CHECK NEWZIK FOR MARKINGS AS WELL

BAROQUE

1. 💚Handel Chaconne

   1. Review

CLASSICAL

1. 💚 Haydn Piano Sonata in E-flat Major Hob. XVI:49

   1. Review - medium tempo

2. 🖤Beethoven Op. 31 No. 3 in E-flat Major

3. 💚Sonata in C Minor, Op. 10 No. 2 (No. 6) (L. 10, B)

   1. I. Allegro - Review

ROMANTIC

1. 💚💚Mendelssohn, Concerto in D Minor (finish by May 1st).

   1. Continue to learn! Reset hand positions when needed.

2. 💚💚Rachmaninoff, Prelude op. 23 no. 5 in G minor

   1. See the yellow highlights in the meno mosso section.

   2. Beginning:

      1. “Precision with note placement”

      2. Careful placement of descending octaves (example m. 2, beats 3 and 4). This usually happens after a strong portion of the beat.

   3. Measures 15-16:

      1. 2, 3, 4, 5 repeated note practice on chords and any other section like this.

      2. DON’T CONTINUE TO PUSH DOWN INTO THE KEYBOARD AFTER THE ATTACK!

   4. Dmitri Alexeev - listen :)

   5. M. 2 - gradual even crescendo.

   6. M. 24 - sprints starting in pairs of 2 up to 6. Remember to keep closed / relaxed position between sprints.

   7. Apply the ideas of page 1 to the end of page 2.

3. 💚Rachmaninoff, Prelude op. 23 no. 4 in D Major

   1. Review

4. Rachmaninoff, Prelude Op. 32 No. 12, Op. 23 No. 4 and 5

CONTEMPORARY / POST-ROMANTIC

1. 💚Gershwin: Prelude No. 1

   1. Review

   2. Drop wrists into ornaments.

   3. Softer softs.

2. 💚Debussy: Image, Book I: Reflets dans l’eau

   1. Review at medium tempo

CONCERTI

1. Mendelssohn D minor or G minor.

2. Saint-Seans Piano Concerto No. 2 or 5

3. Schumann, Piano Concerto in A Minor

CONCERTI

1. Haydn

   1. Concerto in D Major, Hob. XVIII:11, III, Rondo

BAROQUE

1. Johan Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)

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

      1. prelude

   2. French Suite No. 4 in E-flat Major BWV 815 (L.

      1. Allemande (L. 7, A)

      2. Gigue (L. 7, A)

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

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

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

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

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

2. 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)

   3. Sonata in E Major K380, Domenico Scarlatti (L. 9, A)

CLASSICAL

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

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

      1. Movement II

      2. Movement III

   2. Sonata in C Minor, Op. 10 No. 2 (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. No. 1 in C Major

      2. No. 2

      3. No. 3

      4. No. 4

      5. No. 5

      6. No. 6

3. Haydn

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

      1. Movement 3: Rondo all’Ungarese: Allegro assai

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

      1. Movement III: Presto

4. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)

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

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

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

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. Robert Schumann (1810-1856)

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

CONTEMPORARY / POST-ROMANTIC

1. Claude Debussy (1862-1918)

   1. Children’s Corner:

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

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

   2. Page d’Album (L. 8, D)

   3. 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. Sergei Rachmaninoff (1873-1943)

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

4. Maurice Ravel (1875-1737)

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

5. Alexander Scriabin ()

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

6. Sergei Prokofiev ()

   1. Op. 65

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

      2. No. 12