September 30, 2021

2019-2020 Young Artist Enrollment: Full Year

  • High School tests Winter 2021 or Spring 2022

  • RCM Level 10 depends on high school enrollment

🟢 - on the right track, great work!

🟡 - on the right track but it needs more work

🔴 - needs lots of attention and work

⚫️ - no assignment - don’t practice this item.

🟣 - We didn’t get to this item,

LaGuardia Audition

  1. Find requirement.

  2. When is the date?

Radda International Piano Competition

  1. Submitted. Results on October 5th, 2021

New Orleans Virtual International Competition

  1. Submitted. Results announced.

READING

  1. 🟡🟡Beethoven Piano Sonatas, Khulau Sonatina, Bach French Suites.

    1. Set the metronome and stick with it. NO FIXING MISTAKES

THEORY

  1. ⚫️Level 9

    1. Score: 81 online.

TECHNIQUE

  1. 🟡Beethoven pattern mm. 30-31

    1. LH alone - stay in one pattern and repeat it at a faster tempo than the final. Find the articulation you need before you move on.

    2. Focus is 16th notes quiet and close to keys.

  2. 🔴Scales in broken octaves

    1. Rotate through keys

    2. Start by accenting the bottom note, then the top.

    3. Keep a rocking position with “rainbow” wrists.

  3. 🟢🟡Hanon: No. 18 TWO OCTAVES- work up to m.m. 76

    1. At the gym with Hanon:

      1. Start by connecting to the piano with balance at a slow - medium tempo.

      2. Find your maximum speed with clear articulation

      3. Play until arms get tired for 5-10 seconds.

      4. Repeat 3 times.

BAROQUE

  1. ⚫️Bach, Prelude and Fugue No. 11 in F Major, BWV 856

    1. October 7th assignment.

CLASSICAL

  1. 🟢Beethoven, Sonata No. 6 in C Minor, Op. 10 No. 2 (L. 10, B)

    1. M. 37 - slight rall.

    2. m. 5 - let me hear the RH melody from the start.

    3. End of m. 9 RH keep 16th clear. DBAUM

    4. m. 16-17 - Hear the first part of the 16ths as well! Not just the accent.

    5. System three, I don’t want to hear the pedal changes.

    6. All ff chords: Don’t lock shoulder to elbow

    7. mm. 41-43 - see your video

    8. mm. 46-49 - missing clear articulation, steady control, shaping.

    9. M 51 - pedal issue.

    10. m. 64 - shorten the end of the trill.

    11. Mm. 55-65 - focus on the p markings.

ROMANTIC

  1. 🟣Chopin, Nocturne in B-flat Minor, Op. 9 No. 1 (send me a video of your chopin)

    1. Middle section: pickup the speed slightly. This drags at times.

    2. Accented LH bass notes before the turn of section A - what’s unique about this?

    3. m. 70 - LH quarter-note

    4. Your RH accented high register notes - release the energy!

    5. Think about where you can bring out the bass. Where can it support the melody?

CONTEMPORARY / POST-ROMANTIC

  1. Maurice Ravel (1875-1937), Prélude from Le Tombeau de Couperin M68a

Repertoire for Review

BAROQUE

  1. Johan Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)

    1. French Suite No. 4 in E-flat Major BWV 815

      1. Allemande (L. 7, A)

      2. Gigue (L. 7, A)

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

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

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

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

    6. 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 G Minor, op. 49, no. 1 (L. 8, B)

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

      1. Movement III: Presto

  4. Friedrich Kuhlau (1786-1832)

    1. Sonatina in C Major Op. 88 No. 1 (L. 7: B)

  5. 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

  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)

  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 No. 6 Waltz (L. 7: C)

    2. Op. 65 No. 12

  7. J. S. Bach: Little Prelude in C Major, BWV 933 (L. 7)

  8. Granados, Cuentos de la juventud Op. 1 No. 9: La huerfana (L. 7)

  9. Mignon Op. 68 No. 36 by Robert Schumann (1810-1856) (L. 6 List C)

  10. Diabelli, Sonatina in F Major Op. 168 No. 1, movement III (L. 6 List B)

  11. Kabalevsky, Toccatina Op. 27 No. 12 (L. 6) (1904-1987)

  12. Haydn Hob.XVI No. 8

  13. Burgmuller Op. 109 No. 7 Berceuse

  14. Kabalevsky Etude in A Minor

  15. Beethoven Sonatina in F Major Anh 5 No. 2

  19. Bartok Sonatina Sz. 55: 1. Bagpipers (recital

  20. Scarlatti Sonata in C Major K 159 (recital)

  22. Clementi, Six Sonatinas Op. 36

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Kaufman Piano Competition: applications by March 1st

JUNIOR DIVISION 2: AGES 11-14
Preliminary YouTube Round: Up to 15 minutes of music,
Contestant's choice. (Needs to include at least one fast-paced work.)

Semi-Final Round: Up to 20 minutes
1. One Baroque polyphonic work
2. One virtuoso etude by Czerny, Clementi, Moszkowski, Chopin, Liszt, Rachmaninoff, etc.
3. One or more pieces at the participant's discretion

Finals: Up to 25 minutes
1. A Classical sonata (or first or last movement)
2. One or more compositions from the Romantic era
3. One or more Contemporary pieces, written after 1950
One work from semi-final round may be repeated.
Works from preliminary round can be performed at the semifinal or the final rounds.

Repertoire Goals

  1. Counterpoint

    1. Bach Invention No. 8

    2. Bach Gigue from French Suite…

    3. Scarlatti Sonata K…

    4. Handel Movement from Suite…

    5. Bach Invention No…

  2. Etudes

    1. Kabalevsky Etude in A Minor Op. 27 No.8

      1. Due November 8th

    2. *Burgmuller Op. 100 No. 23 Le Retour

      1. (repeated chords)

    3. *Burgmuller Op. 109 No. 1 Confidence

    4. *Burgmuller Op. 109 No. 8 Agitato

      1. Rotating balance

    5. *Burgmuller Op. 109 No. 10 La Vélocité

      1. 16th note Passage work

    6. *Burgmuller Op. 109 No. 14 Refrain du Gondolier

    7. *Burgmuller Op. 109 No. 18 La Fileuse

    8. Mendelssohn Op. 140

    9. Clementi…

    10. Czerny Op. 740

    11. Moszkowski Op. 72 No. 1…

  3. Sonatinas

    1. Clementi Op. 36 No. 4

      1. Performance Ready on November 8th

    2. Diabelli Op. 151 or 168

    3. Clementi Op. 36 No. 5

    4. Haydn Hob.XVI No. 8 or No. 7



    5. Kuhlau Op. 20 No. 1, Op. 55 No. 3, 4 or Op. 88 No. 4

    6. Clementi Op. 36 No. 6

  4. Contemporary / Modern - Late 19th & 20th Century

    1. Kabalevsky

    2. Prokofiev

    3. Debussy

  5. ROMANTIC

    1. Paderewski: Humoresque de Concert “Minuet”

  6. Contemporary / Modern - Post 1950

  1. Mendelssohn Op. 30 No. 6 "Venetian Boat-Song No. 2"

  2. Moszkowski, Vingt Petites Etudes Op. 91 No. 10, 11

2018-2019 Goals

  1. Jr. High applications - which schools?

  2. Kaufman Competition

    1. JUNIOR DIVISION 2: AGES 11-14
      Preliminary YouTube Round: Up to 15 minutes of music,
      Contestant's choice. (Needs to include at least one fast-paced work.)

      Semi-Final Round: Up to 20 minutes
      1. One Baroque polyphonic work
      2. One virtuoso etude by Czerny, Clementi, Moszkowski, Chopin, Liszt, Rachmaninoff, etc.
      3. One or more pieces at the participant's discretion

      Finals: Up to 25 minutes
      1. A Classical sonata (or first or last movement)
      2. One or more compositions from the Romantic era
      3. One or more Contemporary pieces, written after 1950
      One work from semi-final round may be repeated.
      Works from preliminary round can be performed at the semifinal or the final rounds.

    2. All application materials must be postmarked by March 1, 2019 and submitted by mail and/or email to: