January 27, 2022

2021-2022 Goals

  • 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,

2022 Kaufman Music Center Piano Competition

  1. February 15th Deadline for Prelim.

  2. Up to 15 min of music, include one fast faced work.

    1. Chopin Waltz in F Major (2.5 min)

    2. Beethoven Op. 10 No. 1 (1st or last movement) (4.5 min)

    3. Bach Prelude and Fugue in C Minor (3.5 min)

    4. Debussy Prelude (3.5)

Lucy Moses Competition

  1. Info comes out in November.

LaGuardia Audition

  1. One piece:

    1. Name

    2. OSIS number

    3. Title of the piece.

    4. Why did you choose this piece?

  2. F-sharp major scale

    1. Your own speed

Radda Rise International Piano Competition

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

New Orleans Virtual International Competition

  1. Submitted. Results announced.

Lesson Assignments

Order of practice AND lessons is 🔴🔵🟡🟢

READING

  1. MusicWithNoPain from YouTube? Check it out.

    🟢

  2. Beethoven Piano Sonatas, Debussy

    ⚫️🟣🔴🔵🟡🟢🟢🟡🟡🟡🟡

    1. Eyes Closed:

      1. broken and solid various chords in random keys.

    2. Reading one measure ahead.

    3. Omit rather than fish.

THEORY

  1. ⚫️Level 9

    1. Score: 81 online.

TECHNIQUE

  1. 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.

  2. Hanon: No. 12 TWO OCTAVES- work up to m.m. 76

    🔴🟡🟡🟢🔴🟡🟢🟢🟢🟢🟡

    1. B Major: HLCLS (high loud, close loud, staccato)

    2. At the gym with Hanon

      1. work up to m.m. 76

      2. Accent practice fingers 4

START DOING SLOW / MEDIUM PRACTICE ON YOUR REPERTOIRE PIECES FOR THE RECITAL (SEE ABOVE).

BAROQUE

  1. Prélude and Fugue No. 3 in C-sharp major op. 848

    ⚫️

    1. Hold

  2. (1)Prelude and Fugue No. 2 in C minor BWV 847 (L. 10, A)

    1. Prelude

      1. Somewhere around the 4th system, you got stuck in the RH (memory issue)

      2. mm. 25-27: three-layer cake. Highest note has the most time, and don’t accent the descending note that follows.

      3. m. 28 - not QUITE so much time

      4. m. 33 - reset here

      5. Come off the end note a bit slower

      6. Last system, phrase in three-layer cake mm. 36-37

    2. Fugue

      1. m. 15 - clear subject

      2. m. 20 - LH is muddy

      3. m. 26 - keep RH clear (this is the third of a three layer cake). Also bring out the second “fa”

CLASSICAL

  1. (2)Beethoven Op. 10 No. 1, Movement 1

    1. Beginning, not soft or creepy enough for contrast in m. 3

    2. m. 12, between Beats 1 and 2 - technical work

    3. mm. 28-30 - LH unstable, AND slowed down

      1. Do the same “wrist contouring

    4. m. 45 - create silence that is unexpected (

    5. mm. 67-69 - make it smoother - I hear too many chunks of rhythms. Make it one chromatic with emphasis on the first note.

    6. Mm. 91-92 - faster term.?

    7. Mm. 102-103 - crescendo more

    8. m. 106 - tempo should be a bit slower

ROMANTIC

  1. (4)Chopin Waltz in F Major, Op. 34 No. 3

    1. More energy / speed at the beginning

    2. M. 56 - take time at the end of the measure in the melody

    3. mm. 81-82 - make this figure a bit more straight-forward

    4. M. 127-128 - bigger sound

    5. pedaling last page. Connect more!

  2. Liszt, 3 Concert Etudes “Un Sospiro”

    1. mm.

CONTEMPORARY / POST-ROMANTIC

  1. (3)Debussy. Bruyères

    1. M. 5 - LH position

    2. m. 7 - the timing issue we talked about last week - not quite there

    3. m. 15 - better voicing needed

    4. m. 18 - don’t slow so much

    5. mm. 20-21 - keep tempo moving forward. Felt a bit pulled back

    6. m. 29 - good contrast, but let us soak into the first chord of the measure a bit longer

    7. mm. 36-37 - the slow down seems abrupt.

    8. m. 45 - don’t rush the doux

🔵Repertoire for Review

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

      1. Movement III: Presto

  4. Friedrich Kuhlau (1786-1832)

  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

    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)

  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: